{"id":337532,"date":"2026-05-29T13:51:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T13:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/337532\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T13:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T13:51:10","slug":"the-california-post-endorses-steve-hilton-for-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/337532\/","title":{"rendered":"The California Post endorses Steve Hilton for governor"},"content":{"rendered":"

Steve Hilton has the ideas, the energy, and the optimism<\/a> to turn California around.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That is why The California Post is endorsing him for governor.<\/p>\n

Hilton has spent years analyzing California\u2019s challenges and coming up with solutions<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton in front of the California State Capitol building. Josh Edelson for CA Post<\/p>\n

Years ago, he launched an organization, Golden Together, to push for change.<\/p>\n

And today, Hilton is running a campaign on common sense<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For too long, the world\u2019s fourth-largest economy has been governed like a Third World basket case.<\/p>\n

One-party rule has been a disaster for California<\/a> \u2014 for 16 years.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Endless rules. Transgender madness<\/a>. Unions controlling everything.<\/p>\n

And then there\u2019s our finances<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Steve Hilton stands on his \u201cSteve Hilton for Governor\u201d campaign truck. Josh Edelson for CA Post<\/p>\n

Arnold Schwarzenegger\u2019s last budget in 2010 was $122 billion.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Gavin Newsom\u2019s last budget<\/a>: $349 billion, almost three times higher.<\/p>\n

Does our state feel three times better? Cleaner? Happier? No.<\/p>\n

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Newsom likes to attack Republicans<\/a>. But when he runs for president, he won\u2019t run on his record.<\/p>\n

When Newsom took office, the state counted over 151,000 homeless people.<\/p>\n

Seven and-a-half years and billions of dollars later, there are over 187,000 homeless<\/a>, even after a drop last year.<\/p>\n

And the state continues to pour billions into a high-speed rail project that has not laid an inch of track.<\/p>\n

Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton stands in front of the California State Capitol building. Josh Edelson for CA Post<\/p>\n

California used to be a place people came to chase their dreams. Now, it is a place people leave to start over elsewhere.<\/p>\n

Wealthy residents started leaving even before the \u201cbillionaire tax\u201d made the ballot<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That is why California needs Steve Hilton \u2014 urgently.<\/p>\n

He will end taxes for those earning less than $100k per year.<\/p>\n

He\u2019ll end the high-speed \u201ctrain to nowhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s cover of the California Post.<\/p>\n

Governor Gavin Newsom joined local leaders and workers just outside of Bakersfield to break ground on the railhead. Governor Gavin Newsom’s Office<\/p>\n

He\u2019ll cut the gas tax and end the war on refineries.<\/p>\n

It is all part of his effort to achieve \u201cCalaffordia.\u201d<\/p>\n

Already, through his \u201cCal DOGE,\u201d<\/a> Hilton has found $250 billion in waste and fraud that he can stop.<\/p>\n

He will clean up homeless encampments, if cities refuse.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI will do it using state law enforcement resources,\u201d Hilton\u00a0told The California Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On housing, Hilton challenges the \u201cgreen\u201d lobby and its \u201cdensification\u201d orthodoxy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cBuild outwards, not upwards,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

His ideas are so good that Democrats are copying them.<\/p>\n

Candidates Tom Steyer and Steve Hilton attend a debate for governor of California. REUTERS<\/p>\n

Hilton has also shown mature leadership that contrasts with Newsom\u2019s petulant style.<\/p>\n

He says California needs to work with the federal government, not against it \u2014 no matter who occupies the Oval Office.<\/p>\n

Other candidates for governor are just not up to the job.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Xavier Becerra mismanaged the Biden administration\u2019s Health and Human Services department.<\/p>\n

He forced vaccine mandates on Americans and lost track of tens of thousands of migrant children.<\/p>\n

Candidates Steve Hilton and Xavier Becerra shake hands after the California gubernatorial debate held at Pomona College. REUTERS<\/p>\n

Billionaire Tom Steyer has blown $200 million<\/a> on a bad impersonation of socialist Bernie Sanders. There is no left-wing idea too radical for him to embrace.<\/p>\n

Katie Porter\u2019s habit of losing her temper wasn\u2019t just a one-off. Running a state as complicated and diverse as California needs a steadier hand.<\/p>\n

Here is the latest on the 2026 California governors race<\/p>\n

The same applies to Chad Bianco. He is solid on the issues, but struggles to convince voters he can work across the aisle in Sacramento.<\/p>\n

Of all the candidates<\/a>, Matt Mahan had the strongest resume of success in government. But he has never provided a clear vision of his own.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Chad Bianco (left) looks on as Steve Hilton and Antonio Villaraigosa shake hands after a California gubernatorial debate at Bridges Auditorium on the campus of Pomona College. AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

The same goes for Antonio Villaraigosa, whose sharp criticism of his own party is refreshing, but has no idea how to move forward.<\/p>\n

All of the Democrats embraced free health care for illegal aliens, biological men in women\u2019s sports, and even high-speed rail.<\/p>\n

They will not bring the change California needs.<\/p>\n

Steve Hilton will \u2014 through his common-sense ideas, through his energy, and through his commitment to saving the California dream.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s time for change.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s time for Steve Hilton.<\/p>\n

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