Steyer’s “Shared Prosperity” Town Hall Tour Goes to Southern California
CULVER CITY – Today, in Los Angeles County, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer made the third stop on his “Shared Prosperity” Town Hall tour. Assemblymember Isaac Bryan kicked off the event, firing up the packed audience as he introduced Tom to supporters gathered on Saturday morning. Steyer heard from Californians directly about the most pressing issues facing their families and communities and spoke about what the governor can do to address these challenges.
On supporting the entertainment industry:
“Every tax credit that we give to the film and entertainment industry comes back to us at 14% more. This is an investment.. It's a down payment on Los Angeles and this industry that more than pays itself back.”
On leaving the world of business to focus on giving back to California:
“I was in a business where I was inevitably going to be judging things too much in terms of money and too little in terms of impact. And that's why I left… I walked away from my business because I was not living my values the way I wanted to… I decided that [my business was] leading me to the wrong place, and I need to be proactively, aggressively doing the right thing.”
On being the only gubernatorial candidate with an AI Policy Plan and creating the Golden State Sovereign Wealth Fund:
“My AI policy starts with protecting working people. We have to make sure that we do not allow people to fall between the cracks, to have their lives destroyed in the millions… So one of the things we're going to do is use a very small fee to give the people of California ownership in the growth of this industry. And we're going to use that money to protect working people… The people of California need to be at the table… [AI is] a tool for working people. It's not a replacement for working people.”
On housing being the number one driver of affordability:
“The number one thing we're trying to address is affordability, and the number one thing in affordability is housing. We are going to have to do a number of things about permitting to drive down costs, zoning to drive down costs, changing building codes so we can use new technologies to dramatically drive down costs…It's the biggest issue we have right now.”
Throughout his “Shared Prosperity” Town Hall tour, Steyer has pledged to build on his record of success by lowering costs for Californians and taking on corporations that aren’t paying their fair share to make the state affordable for working families. Steyer’s next town hall stop will be in Palm Springs on Tuesday.
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