Steyer Details Housing, Film Industry, and Cost of Living Plans in Candid Interview
SAN FRANCISCO – Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer sat down with Brian Tyler Cohen to outline his plans to protect California’s film industry, expand housing, and lower costs for working families. During the conversation, Steyer detailed both his housing policy plan and his Hollywood tax plan, emphasizing how, as governor, he would champion working people while strengthening the industries that make California a global center of creativity and innovation. The following are excerpts from their conversation. The full interview can be watched here.
On his top priorities on the campaign trail:
“I believe the person who gets elected governor will be the person who works the hardest to go out and see Californians face to face… I want to see and listen to as many Californians as possible, and to stick to the absolute bread and butter issues that are driving people's day-to-day lives.
“We don't need a governor who knows there's a problem. We need a governor who understands the problem and has a solution, a plan that will work, and that is who I am.”
On the importance of the entertainment industry and how he plans to protect it:
“California invented the entertainment industry… We have actually imagined the future of entertainment… Tax credits to the entertainment industry are not a cost. They're an investment, and that investment returns more money to the state of California than we give to it… This is a critical industry for us in terms of jobs… People tend to think of movie stars, but these are good middle class jobs for and a lot of them are organized.”
Describing what “success looks like at the end of Tom Steyer’s first term:”
“Success looks like Californians can afford to live in California again. Success looks like we continue to grow and achieve and create the future, but it brings everybody along. I want us to make sure that the working people of this state share in the prosperity that is being created in this state.”
On being the only candidate with plans to increase revenue for working people:
“I'll bring over $20 billion at the get go to the state of California that we desperately need. No one else has really talked about how they're going to get revenue.
“Things cost too much in California, and at the end of the month, people can't afford to live here. The majority of people can't make their budgets work at the end of the month, and that has to be the top priority for anyone who becomes the next governor.”
You can watch Steyer’s full interview with Brian Tyler Cohen here.
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