Larry Elder—the Sage from South Central—is a nationally syndicated radio host and newspaper columnist, bestselling author, award-winning documentary filmmaker, and one of the best-known media figures in America today. His flagship daily radio program, “The Larry Elder Show,” is heard every weekday in all 50 states, on more than 300 stations.

Elder’s unique style, personal background, and professional experience combine to inspire, inform, and persuade his listeners, readers, and viewers to embrace the timeless American principles of personal responsibility and public accountability. “The question is not which party has my back, but which party can get government off our backs—so that we might all realize our God-given capabilities,” says Elder.

Elder was born and raised in South Central Los Angeles—and his family’s story represents every bit of the American Dream. His father was born in Athens, Georgia, served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II, and moved to California and opened his own restaurant—Elder’s Snack Bar. Elder’s mother, originally from Huntsville, Alabama, was a clerical worker for the U.S. Department of War (now the U.S. Department of Defense) and raised three boys as a stay-at-home mom.

Elder has a B.A. in Political Science from Brown University, and a J.D. from the University of Michigan School of Law.

Elder says: “I’m running for governor because the decline of California isn’t the fault of its people. Our government is what’s ruining the Golden State. Our schools are closed to both students and their parents. Our streets aren’t safe from rising violent crime or the disaster of rising homelessness. And the scandals of Sacramento aren’t going to stop on their own. It’s time to tell the truth. We’ve got a state to save.”

What’s happening to our California? To my WWII Marine dad, an 8th grade dropout, California was truly the Golden State. He arrived after the War and worked two full time janitorial jobs. California’s then healthy economy enabled him to buy a home and, with my stay-at-home mom, raise three boys. That home is now worth $600,000, a nightmare for any young family struggling with today’s cost of living, and striving to follow my dad’s upward path. Stopping California’s war on the middle class demands reducing the regulations driving up housing costs and sending jobs to other states. Los Angeles public schools empowered me to an Ivy League university and then law school. Today, very few of the students attending my former inner city high school are proficient at math. As Governor, I will expand charter schools and crusade for school choice, igniting competition to deliver excellence in K–12 education. It can be done! How can California have record budgets and tax hikes . . . and yet pervasive homelessness? I pledge to overhaul our budgetary process, repeal the latest gas tax hike, and work with faith and nonprofit organizations to lift up our homeless brothers and sisters. I also will support true criminal justice reform, while opposing no-bail for repeat offenders and wholeheartedly backing police and prosecutors in the fight to end California’s crime wave. I’m not an elitist power hungry politician. I’m humbled to ask for your vote. I am an optimist. Let’s make California golden again!

In high school, Kevin Paffrath spent 3,000 hours volunteering for his local police departments in Florida and California. Kevin spent his hours involved with traffic stops, homeless care, drug cases, domestic violence, and de-escalation training. Kevin Paffrath came to California with $1,000 at 17 years old (where he continued volunteering for the police) and started working at Jamba Juice.

After working at Jamba Juice and Red Robin while attending Buena High School, Kevin bought his first home at 19 as he became a real estate agent with his now wife, Lauren, who worked at Mrs. Fields in the Pacific View Mall and became a property manager.

Paffrath extols the virtues of the FHA 203k loan which enabled him to purchase a home with 3.5% down and borrow the fix up - controlling a home for over $100,000 under market value (something Kevin calls buying “Wedge Deals”). View Kevin’s net worth background here or his tax returns here.

2 years later and while attending UCLA for economics, accounting, and political science, Kevin became a real estate broker and opened his own company, Meet Kevin, The No-Pressure Agent.

By 2015, Kevin Paffrath was a top 3 agent in Ventura County - outselling teams of agents by himself. In 2018, Kevin began sharing his knowledge on Youtube and by 2021, had over 1.6 million subscribers with over 353 MILLION views on social media helping viewers learn about personal finance, stocks, taxes, real estate, investing, and building wealth and has been featured on the New York Times, Forbes, BusinessInsider, and CNBC.

Kevin also interviews business and thought-leaders, like Kevin O'Leary from Shark Tank, the CEO of Robinhood, M1Finance, & BlockFi, and billionaire Frank Giustra.

The 36^th mayor of San Diego, Kevin Faulconer is running for governor to restore California’s promise of liberty, equality, and opportunity. He has earned a reputation for returning ethics and integrity to public service and putting people above politics by focusing on the issues that matter to Californians.

A proven leader with a record of winning in California, Kevin Faulconer has been elected twice in a city with just 24 percent Republican voter registration – a mirror of the state as a whole – by uniting people of all parties and backgrounds.

Kevin isn’t a Sacramento insider or wealthy multi-millionaire. He started off cleaning carpets while attending state college. And just like the rest of us, he and his family have felt the effects of Gavin Newsom’s chaotic pandemic response. His wife, Katherine, had her small business devastated by the pandemic. Their children both go to public schools and have seen their education upended by the lack of leadership from the Governor’s Office.

From bringing California’s second-largest city back from the brink of bankruptcy to getting San Diego back on track after it was rocked by a corrupt mayor, Kevin Faulconer is tested and ready to keep leading. As America’s only big city Republican mayor, he’s shown he can turn government around and return its focus to what’s important: serving you. As Governor of California, Kevin Faulconer will work for us – and restore balance to our state.

California needs a viable, moderate Democrat who understands comebacks to lead the way.  As the pandemic persists, we need someone who knows the medical science and the law.  Mine is a comeback story.  I built myself into a success, got hooked on drugs and lost everything. Then I conquered addiction and rose from the ashes to rebuild everything and more.  I am a native Californian born and raised in San Diego. I went to UC Davis and graduated with Highest Honors with a degree in Genetics.  I attended medical school to become a doctor, while simultaneously attaining my Masters in Public Health and Masters in Business Administration. Next, I established a successful cosmetic surgery center. I had it all, including a family and three kids. Then I lost everything after I got hooked on drugs, which started with an opiate addiction after taking narcotics for a back injury. My career, marriage, finances, friends, and custody of my children- GONE!  I entered a recovery program seven years ago and turned my life around. I graduated law school and rebuilt my medical practice better than before. I regained custody of my kids, have a wonderful family and a fulfilling life. I run a charity that offers free cosmetic surgery to children following trauma and radiation treatments for brain tumors. I live a sober life and will make an excellent governor. If nothing else, I hope to at least be an inspiration to addicts and their families that addiction can be overcome.

I am a moderate democrat who strongly believes in putting an end to the racism and divisiveness that have ramped up over the last several years in our country.  I am pro-choice and support stronger gun laws.  I would like to make it a priority to fight the opioid crisis and help navigate California through the covid pandemic.

Our state is spiraling downward because it’s been failed by career politicians and insiders who look out for their own interests, and not those of the average Californian.

John was born with nothing and raised by a single mother. He worked his way through college, then earned a CPA and law degree. He built a successful business from nothing.

Because of his background, John isn’t like the beautiful politicians that have failed California. John has spent a lifetime standing by his principles and getting results.

As an outsider, John doesn’t owe the establishment anything. He understands what it’s like to scratch and claw to survive and succeed. That’s why he’ll make the big, Beastly changes our state needs.

In addition to his business success, John is an active member of his community serving and participating on numerous boards and charities. He founded an affiliate of Rebuilding Together, a nationwide organization that repairs the homes of low income seniors and disabled persons. Since its founding in 1991 by John, this organization has repaired over 1,000 homes and involved almost 20,000 volunteers.

John is the proud father of four daughters. He and his wife, Sarah, are active in and attend Nativity Catholic Church.

Kevin Kiley was elected to the California State Assembly in 2016 and has twice been reelected by substantial margins. In the 2020 election, he received more votes than any Republican in California history. Kevin is the only 100 percent citizen-backed California elected official, refusing all funding from the Special Interests that have spent tens of millions electing Gavin Newsom.

The son of a Special Education teacher, Kevin began his career as a high school teacher in inner-city Los Angeles, where he chaired the English Department and led his students to significant academic gains.

Later as an attorney, Kevin defended the U.S. Constitution in California courts and helped prosecute the civil case against China’s Huawei Technologies for intellectual property theft. He left private practice to become a prosecutor and Deputy Attorney General, representing the People of California in cases against violent felons. In November of 2020, Kevin and fellow legislator James Gallagher made use of their legal training by winning a trial against Governor Newsom for violating the separation of powers.

In five years in the Legislature, Kevin has authored groundbreaking new laws on freedom of speech, artificial intelligence, privacy, criminal justice reform, and protections for sexual assault victims, along with introducing the most significant school choice legislation in recent years. For his work advancing economic freedom, in 2020 he was named the national Legislator of the Year by the Association of Independent Workers.

Each year in the Legislature, Kevin has declined the per diem allowance, giving up $40,000 in income annually. He also declined a pay raise granted to the Governor and Legislature in 2021, and he has introduced legislation to end special perks like a private DMV office that is available exclusively to state lawmakers and their staff.

Kevin holds a bachelor’s degree from Harvard, a law degree from Yale, and a master’s in secondary education from Loyola Marymount. He has also served as an adjunct professor at McGeorge School of Law.

California used to be the state where anyone could get ahead. It’s now the state many can’t wait to leave behind. For the sake of the state we love, I’m asking voters to take a chance on change.

Five years ago, I ran for the Legislature as an outsider. I had taught high school in inner-city Los Angeles, prosecuted cases against violent felons, and defended the Constitution in our courts.

Since taking office, I’ve fought to root out corruption at the State Capitol. I’m the only lawmaker who refuses all special interest funding. I’ve declined the annual $40,000 allowance and turned down a pay raise. I’ve acted to end perks like a private DMV office for legislators.

I’ve authored groundbreaking legislation on freedom of speech, public safety, school choice, criminal justice reform, and artificial intelligence.

Yet I’ve also seen that our state government is fundamentally broken. Our Capitol is rife with corruption. Our political leaders serve special interests rather than the public interest.

It’s why we pay the highest gas taxes while driving over the deepest potholes. It’s why we spend billions more on homelessness as the problem gets worse. In California, we sacrifice the most and get the least in return.

The people of California deserve better. If elected, I will immediately call a Special Session of the Legislature to address our failing schools, soaring cost of living, rising crime rates, and jarring homelessness.

It’s time to get back to basics and restore integrity to state government.

I grew up here in California. I come from a broken home, with a deeply racist and abusive father. When I was finally able to strike off on my own I went into the world of high finance. I was a Wall Street trader for 18 years. I loved the speed and intensity of the trading pit, but over time I couldn't stop feeling like the work I loved was doing damage to others. I could feel it grinding away my soul and my mental health, so I returned to California. While I was healing, I discovered cannabis as a treatment and became involved with the movement to protect patients' rights. I found a new, loving family there. That path led me to my current profession as a cannabis policy expert, working to defend cannabis patients and the people that make their medicine. Now, urged by my cannabis family, I'm standing to give Californians a compassionate, informed Democratic option if Gavin Newsom is recalled.

I believe in people. I believe in their goodness, and their desire to help their neighbors. I believe that we can and should support that goodness with good governance. Policies that divide, restrict, or impede Californian's efforts to work together toward a better future are destructive.

I am not a partisan. While I favor the Democrats' platform and methods, this isn't professional wrestling and there's no keyfabe to break. I support values, and policies that uphold those values. Compassion, determination, disruption of historic injustice, and standing up to bullies have defined me in my life as a person, and those are the values I'll bring to political office.

Holly L. Baade is a mother, a small business owner and a catalyst for positive change in her community and the State of California. She has led thousands of individuals and hundreds of companies to greater leadership and performance capacities by modeling the way and inspiring a shared vision. She has served as a newspaper reporter covering news and education for The Sacramento Bee and Richmond Times-Dispatch. She worked for more than 12 years as a masterful highly sought-after leadership and team-building consultant for CA state government, non-profits and private corporations. She entered the health and wellness field as a yoga studio owner and a personal health and wellness coach to help individuals more directly. Now, she is the director of Mettacine Sanctuary, a Private Ministerial Association working under Private Law to provide a safe place beyond the reach of criminal-administrative public mandates requiring people to suffocate, breathe carbon dioxide and put poison into their bodies. She is a joyful warrior ready to bring her gifts for team development and leadership capacity to the State of California as Governor in 2021.

Holly Baade is an Authentic, Visionary bringing Californian's Leadership for a Brighter Tomorrow. She brings Mastery in Health Services, Education, Public Administration, Equity + Equal Rights, Women's Rights and Business Development! She is a hometown California Girl who has moved from the “projects” to increasing positions of leadership. She is seeking to bring “Hope, Health & Happiness for Humanity" to Californians with complete transparency for state-income/spending as well as the process for creating public policy. She believes in emergent leadership and working with the voice and will of the people. She believes in upholding the U.S. Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. She advocates for ending all covid-related mandates, supports creating a state Universal Basic Income, Employment Assistance and Value-Based Currency. She seeks to take the influence of money out of governance and to create a healthy balance between the economic, political and social spheres of California. “Our collective wealth is found within the health and happiness of each one of us, and within our individual health and happiness is found our collective wealth.” Says Baade. "In my administration we will have, A Home for every person, a Job for every household, Food for every table, Care for every child & a Path for everyone to become a positive, contributing, educated member of California communities.”

One of the finest screen/television character actors of his generation, playing against a spectrum of Hollywood's leading action heroes, Patrick Kilpatrick's entertainment career has spanned nearly 200 films and hit television shows as lead actor, producer and screenwriter - from Steven Spielberg’s ‘Minority Report’ with Tom Cruise to James Cameron’s ‘Dark Angel’ with Jessica Alba, 24 with Kiefer Sutherland, to Antoine Fuqua’s ‘The Replacement Killers’ with Chow Yun-fat, and Chuck Russell’s ‘Eraser’ with Arnold Schwarzenegger.

He has appeared in over 80 beloved series - all ‘CSI’ and ‘NCIS’ franchises, ‘Nip/Tuck’, ‘Criminal Minds’, ‘Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles’ among them.

Between international film and television appearances Kilpatrick has been a scriptwriter, producer consultant and producer on a multitude of projects.

Kilpatrick is president and CEO of Uncommon Dialogue Films, Inc. (UDF) - a full-service script, casting, film and media service company. UDF’s latest commission has been to write and produce a vast Asian- themed project - now in pre-production. Most recently, UDF received funding for a splashy contemporary crime project scripted by Kilpatrick.

Kilpatrick’s upcoming films include ‘Catalyst’ and ‘Night Walk’ - as well as a full slate of UDF projects in advanced development.

His action film appearances embrace a multitude of genres and an international Who's Who of directors, writers, production talent and leading men and women of the last quarter century. Last Man Standing (1996 - Walter Hill), opposite Bruce Willis, Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995- Geoff Murphy), opposite Steven Segal, The Presidio (1988) - Peter Hyams), opposite Sean Connery and Mark Harmon, two award-winning westerns opposite Tom Selleck, Last Stand at Saber River (1997 - Elmore Leonard) and Crossfire Trail (2001), one western opposite Sam Elliot and Kate Capshaw, HBO's Premiere Films adaptation of Louis L'Amour's The Quick and the Dead (1987), and the ever-popular action mainstay Death Warrant (1990) opposite Jean-Claude Van Damme, as ‘The Sandman’. He has even done battle with the largest mammal on earth in Free Willy 3: The Rescue (1997).

Beginning as a writer for every magazine and ad agency in New York - TIME, LIFE, PEOPLE, PLAYBOY, INTERVIEW - while bodyguarding Jefferson Airplane, The Beach Boys, Jethro Tull, The Grateful Dead, Procol Harem, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Rod Stewart, Humble Pie, Jeff Beck ... to performing in the largest production in Public Broadcasting History - ‘Roanoak’, Broadway/off- Broadway and regional theater acting and directing, to the Los Angeles Theater Center with John Goodman and Academy Award-winning British director Tony Richardson in Shakespeare's ‘Anthony and Cleopatra’ to the apex of global Hollywood, Kilpatrick has traveled well through media and showbiz.

His memoir Dying For Living: Sins & Confession of a Hollywood Villain & Libertine Patriot Vol. 1 - Upbringing published by Boulevard Books (NYC), launched at the National Press Club and Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Dying for Living: Wasted Talent in the Valley of Debacle Vol. 2 - Showbiz is set for publication 2021. 

I am passionate about every policy and issue within our campaign. Please go to KilpatrickForGovernor.com to understand what our campaign will accomplish. Homelessness is rampant and cannot be allowed to continue. It is unacceptable for our culture, community health, law enforcement, property rights - on every level of basic common sense. We will end that. I would solve many issues simultaneously, just as we do every day in film development/production. Return of film production and eco-sensitive businesses to California is paramount. Competitive incentives for film and media production, including a 25% cash rebate for vetted projects and pro-business eco-sensitive industry policies to accelerate job growth. We are about lowering punishing taxes. Seeing that money for our children and teachers is delivered directly where it will bolster premiere education. Supporting parental school choice. Supporting pensions and health care costs without bankrupting local and state governments. Zero tolerance for crime and police reform/advanced training. Lip service to preserving the environment is the current order of the day. We must take the steps necessary to truly preserve the environment and halt climate change. I support the immediate halting of sewage being emptied into the ocean. Federal/State subsidy for eco solar and wind power retrofitting. I support preferential water rates for organic farming and humane animal food production. I also support drought-tolerant gardening mandates. I support the expansion of hydrogen car fueling stations. I support severe fines for littering and polluters. I support community clean-up initiatives and artistry programs. We need to expand the construction of desalination plants. We need to solve the issue of our current undocumented population by simultaneously securing the border and offering a clear path to citizenship with the payment over a 10-year period of a $10,000 fine for illegal entry. These are all issues of high priority. I am proud of the evolutionary conversation that Americans carry out each and every day. I now believe we can go forward as one nation, one state - California UNITED. Equal justice, prosperity, personal safety, and stellar education. We will couple this with teamwork involving the private sector, visionary government, and responsible citizens, to heal our state. Empathy and elevation for all.

To my fellow Californians, this Pandemic has affected each and everyone of us and it's within each of us that together we will get through this. Based on Gov. Newsom's record, he doesn't have any "Real" solutions all he knows how to do are shutdowns & lockdowns of the Economy, Businesses, Schools, churches, along with losing Billions of our Tax Payer dollars to fraud. As we have seen in the past his State-Wide Mandates and Unconstitutional Laws only apply to "US" and not to him, his family, friends, Lobby, and campaign donors, they unfortunately are "ABOVE" the Law that he himself imposes upon us. 

As a son of immigrant parents from Mexico and a person of color I have had my share of inequality and harassment in Public, by Police, in school,  and Employer.  At the same time our family has gone from my Grandfather picking oranges & my Grandmother picking strawberries to me graduating from UCLA and now running for California Governor. My goal is to serve our Constitution as "We The People" with Equality and Equity for all as a member of the people, by the people, for the people so help me God, Amen.

Dear Californians,

            I’m hopeful for the future of California.  I may be running for Governor to put our state and its massive government on a different path, but I’m optimistic because I know just how capable we are of making this brighter future a reality.

            In Gavin Newsom’s California, businesses have shuttered, livelihoods have been lost, our economy has been devastated, and our kids still cannot go back to school.  But I know Gavin Newsom’s California is in its final days and we have a chance to rebuild a better quality of life for everyone.

            Many people know me as a gold medal Olympian, television personality or as an advocate for fairness and equality for all people. But I’m serious about running for Governor because California is worth fighting for. 

            Though I come from a long line of leaders, I never thought I would run for office. I was focused on building successful businesses in exercise, aviation, and entertainment industries and advocating for causes in which I thought I could make a difference.  But that isn’t enough right now - California needs more.

            In fact, our state needs a disrupter of its massive, failed government.  I will be that thoughtful disrupter with the right ideas and God-given skills to save California from Newsom’s economic destruction. 

We need a leader willing to stand up to the special interests that have funded Gavin Newsom’s political ambitions, and who in return have benefitted from preferential treatment at the expense of Californians.

We need a fighter willing to take on single-party rule, demand accountability, welcome fresh ideas, and work with anyone willing to stand up for this state regardless of their party registration, ideology or experiences.

We need a leader that will bring the best and the brightest together so we can safely and quickly open California, allow businesses to rebuild, eliminate unnecessary regulations, lower taxes, tackle homelessness, and finally get our children back to school.

I’m running because I know the only thing Gavin Newsom will disrupt is our economy and the livelihoods of innocent Californians. There is no other candidate in this race with the experience, leadership, and ability to take on the status quo in order to bring us out of the long, dark shadow of Gavin Newsom’s California.

Our state is worth fighting for, but it won’t happen on Gavin Newsom’s watch. So, I’m running to usher in the brighter future we deserve, and I hope you’ll join me - because if we don’t do this together, we’ll all suffer.

I hope you will join me and the millions of Californians willing to fight for our great state.

We can do it,
Caitlyn

California has been my home for nearly 50 years. I came here because I knew that anyone, regardless of their background or station in life, could turn their dreams into reality. For the past decade, we have seen the glimmer of the Golden State reduced by one-party rule that places politics over progress and special interests over people. Sacramento needs an honest leader with a clear vision. I have been a compassionate and thoughtful disrupter throughout my life, from representing the United States and winning a gold medal at the Olympics to helping advance the movement for equality. As governor, I will fight for families, protect our children, and ensure businesses can thrive again. We have seen the cost of living skyrocket, leading to homelessness and soaring gas prices. This isn’t the California we know. We can do better and I am the only candidate who can take on these challenges. I’ll veto any new tax increase, any effort to defund the police, and I’ll veto any effort to strip our veterans and first responders of the benefits or dignity they’ve earned.

John immigrated to the United States at an early age and has lived his life in California ever since. He loves his community, the environment, and strives every day to make the world a little better than it was yesterday. 

Growing up John participated in many sports... Baseball, Soccer, Hockey, and Figure Skating. He also did dance, which consisted of ballet, jazz, tap, and a whole plethora of contemporary styles. 

Growing up in a family of small business owners - his mother, father, and grandparents - he built in himself a great deal of respect for small businesses and their contributions to the everyday lives of people.

John went to a technology-based high school and excelled. He's never taken the education he has received for granted and hopes to make it more broadly available to Californians who don't have the same access to educational opportunities as he does. 

John recently graduated from Ventura County Community College with an AA in Political and Social Sciences. He is transferring to Cal Poly: San Louis Obispo to continue his education with a focus on Government and Policy Making, and a minor is Statistical Analysis. 

John has always loved politics - ever since he was in middle school. He's always known he's wanted to run for office and make California and his community better.

John prides himself on his progressive values, social justice advocacy, and market-socialist economics. While aiming to invest more in the infrastructure, education, and healthcare of communities of color, he also plans to tackle lobbyist and corporate influence in Sacramento, head-on!

John believes the interests of every day Californians have been ignored in Sacramento because of the influence of corporate lobbyists on our Politicians. He wants to give a voice back to the people of this state by running a Grassroots campaign solely built on the communities around him. No corporate or PAC influence.
 

"For five decades, California has been run by multi millionaires from San Francisco and Los Angeles. You deserve someone that represents your interests, not corporations. I'm just like you a hard-working Californian, trying to get by. Together, let's fix our state!

Jeff Hewitt was born in 1953 in Southern California. Graduated from Yucaipa High School and Cal State San Bernardino with a bachelor’s degree in Biology. While in College, Jeff started his own contracting company by creating new applications for existing technology then eventually applied what he learned to pool construction, including excavation and plumbing. Since 1985 he has navigated his small business to feed his large family and support the community with employment and enjoyment of his customers.

In 2004, Jeff Hewitt was asked to serve on the City of Calimesa Planning Commission, which empowered him to do more in Public Service. In 2010 Hewitt ran for City Council and served three terms as Mayor of Calimesa. In 2018, Jeff was elected to the Riverside County Board of Supervisors. With a lifetime of balance between the public and private sector, Supervisor Hewitt has the necessary knowledge needed to solve the challenges facing California.

I love this state, as a third generation native Californian I have raised my family and run a business right here in California. I am ashamed that our state has deteriorated so much that my grandkids may not be able to build their lives here like I did. Rising housing prices, lack of infrastructure, and a broken education system are only the start to our worsening problems. When I was elected as County Supervisor in 2018, I wanted to do my best to grow the local economy and rebuild crumbling infrastructure. I could have never imagined the challenges that awaited me. Instead of building roads, I was fighting with the state to equitably distribute vaccines to our county. Instead of building housing, I was spearheading research to help keep my community safe. Instead of tackling the homelessness crisis, I was handing out food to families that were out of work. I am proud of the work I and my colleagues have done, despite the terrible and arbitrary edicts from the Governor. I offer the unique combination of elected experience, small business acumen, and a rarely seen backbone in a politician. As your next Governor I will address our water crisis first, setting aside funding for conveyance and expanding dams. Our housing shortage, education and looming pension debt are all in my sights as well. As a proud Libertarian, I can work across the aisle to get the job done. www.hewitt4ca.com

A fifth-generation Californian, Ted Gaines’ family came out west to California during the Gold Rush, leaving everything behind for the promise of a new land full of hope and possibility.

Today, wasteful spending, high taxes and burdensome regulations have made job creation and economic growth in our state more difficult than ever. As a small business owner who has operated a successful family insurance business for more than 30 years, Ted knows firsthand the effects of overbearing government regulation. That's why he has worked to simplify government and has been a tireless advocate for California’s taxpayers, ratepayers, businesses and families.

As the State Senator for the 1st District, Ted fought against California's one-size-fits-all environmental regulations and fees that unfairly targeted his taxpaying constituents and business owners. Specifically, he led the fight against the so-called “fire tax,” which illegally assessed rural and suburban homeowners in his District.

Currently, Ted represents ten million Californians as the First District Member of the State Board of Equalization, where he has continued his pro-business, pro-family taxpayer advocacy, working to ensure fairness for those property owners affected by COVID. In addition, Ted was a vital force in defeating Proposition 15 in 2020, saving property owners from more than $12 billion in new taxes each year.

As a business owner, Ted knows how important it is to maintain fiscal responsibility. He supports financially sound plans to promote infrastructure growth, a rainy-day fund to help the state manage its volatile budgets and key pension reforms that will help the state shrink its unfunded liabilities.

He has also fought to protect the privacy rights of citizens and led major efforts to bring thousands of new jobs to our state, as well as being a strong and consistent voice for lower taxes and limited government.

In addition to his work as a Board Member and Senator, Ted served in the State Assembly from 2006 to 2011. He began his public service in local government as a member of the City of Roseville's Planning Commission from 1997 to 1999. He was then elected to the Placer County Board of Supervisors in 2000 and re-elected in 2004. His range of experience from local government to the state legislature to the nation’s only elected tax board makes him a thoughtful, reasoned voice who can be trusted to bring common-sense solutions to California’s many problems.

Senator Gaines was also one of the most accessible legislators in the state, regularly holding town halls, community coffees, and other public events throughout the 1st Senate District, and he will continue that tradition post-COVID. Ted takes his role as a public servant seriously, and prides himself in providing first-class constituent service to everyone who needs his help.

Ted is an avid skier, bicyclist, runner and hiker who takes every opportunity to enjoy California's natural beauty. He is a long-time, active member of Bayside Church in addition to numerous other community, philanthropic and professional service activities.

Ted is a graduate of Lewis & Clark College. He and his wife, Assemblywoman Beth Gaines, live in El Dorado County and are blessed with six children.

My family came to California in 1853 and flourished in the rough-and-tumble Gold Rush economy. I’m forever thankful for this state and I’m committed to a future as bright as our past. But we are so far removed from the freewheeling environment that attracted the dreamers of ’49. California simply could not have a Gold Rush today. Government would choke it off immediately, regulate and tax it out of existence. As Governor, I will restore the freedom and promise that made California an unrivaled destination for builders and creators from around the world, and I will push affordability so middle-class families are not priced out of our state. I was a straight-A rated legislator by the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association and will fully defend Proposition 13 and crush attempted tax increases. I will slash regulations and cap fees that push housing prices out of reach for young families. I’ll repeal the gas tax and use the state’s overflowing general fund to rebuild our once-great road system without $5 per gallon gas. Criminals will be held accountable, and I won’t take guns away from law-abiding citizens while putting 70,000 felons back on our streets. I’ll fight for new water storage such as Sites Reservoir so families aren’t rationed, and farmers can have every drop they need. I will support reliable, affordable, and abundant energy so we don’t suffer blackouts and create energy poverty. Pro-life, pro-family. “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” Proverbs 29:18. TedGaines.com

My family has been farming oranges in Ventura County for nearly 120 years. I grew up there and worked in the orchards throughout my childhood before studying mathematics at UC Santa Cruz. I got my master's degree in liberal arts at the end of 2009 just after the economic crisis.

Watching trillions of dollars poured into bank bailouts while ordinary people were evicted and social services like education were gutted made me start studying socialism seriously. I became a regular reader of the World Socialist Web Site (wsws.org) and joined the Socialist Equality Party (SEP). After fighting in several labor struggles and covering the occupy movement, I moved to the Bay Area in 2012 where I worked odd jobs as a tutor and courier to make ends meet before becoming an elementary school special education teacher in 2016.

As a writer for the WSWS and organizer for the SEP I have fought in the BART strike, oil strike, a variety of health care strikes, and most recently the teachers strikes always trying to unite workers and push beyond the immediate wage and safety demands to a political struggle for full funding of education, health care and other social services.

I'm a Trotskyist which was the Marxist opposition to Stalinism and Maoism. I fight for socialism, internationalism and the political independence of the working class.

Across the world, capitalist governments have responded to the economic crisis and pandemic by bailing out the banks, slashing social services, and preparing for war with record military spending. This has been a bonanza for the world's billionaires with soaring stock prices and a disaster for workers facing evictions and hunger. The efforts of US imperialism to maintain its globally dominant position through unending war and military aggression threaten humanity as a whole with nuclear catastrophe.

The international working class has its own political interests as we've seen from a growing global strike wave to try and force health measures to contain the pandemic and reverse the decline in wages and social services. As a Trotskyist candidate I strive to give conscious political expression to these struggles for social equality and help workers wage a unified struggle across national boundaries for social rights over private profits.

As CEO and founder of one of the fastest-growing privately held companies in America and contributing member of the Forbes Agency Council, Anthony has a unique approach to bringing a diverse group of people, ideas and perspectives together to build solutions that address and overcome complex challenges facing businesses, healthcare and our local communities.

While this may be his first political campaign, his family has a rich history of looking ahead to build a better future—without the overreaching involvement of government.

Anthony’s grandparents fled Cuba during Castro’s revolution. They sought the promise of the American Dream right here in California—for their family and for their children. They rolled up their sleeves, started a small business that still exists today and built a life they could be proud of.

Like his parents and grandparents before him, Anthony was born with an entrepreneurial spirit and a deep desire to build something from the ground up. He saw that the system was setup to keep minorities dependent on government and didn’t promote independence or self-reliance. Wanting to blaze a trail for those who would have the courage to follow, he started his first business in Los Angeles.

Today, the business he started over 20 years ago is flourishing. Over the past year, while politicians were busy closing business and choking our economy, Anthony was busy creating jobs and providing opportunities.

“Through my agency, I get to work with global brands, innovative startups and Fortune 500 companies, but some of the most meaningful work we do is with local organizations that are on the front lines battling homelessness, providing support and relief for families dealing with childhood illness and advocating for youth trapped in the foster care system.”

As your governor, Anthony will bring his entrepreneurial drive to Sacramento. Deeply rooted in faith and family, he will fight against government-as-usual politics and special interests. “I will aggressively and tirelessly work to protect your God-given freedoms and liberties, not restrict or limit them. I will leverage decades of experience to find solutions to the complex challenges we face and make sure the California of tomorrow fulfills its promise—for our families, for our children, for our future.”

Anthony Trimino is the CEO of one of America’s fastest growing privately held companies. He’s also the grandson of an immigrant who fled a communist Cuba to pursue the American Dream. A dream he believes that is slowly dying here in California. Anthony will restore the promise of freedom for our children, for our families and for our future. Electing Anthony will ensure we have a family first approach to policies built on his strong foundation of faith. He will protect our children, protect our businesses, protect our right to worship and will work to liberate California from the hands of an overreaching government—once and for all.

Doug Ose is a life- long resident of Sacramento, small business owner, job creator and former 3-term member of the United States Congress with deep agricultural ties. 

A respected Northern California business leader, Doug Ose has helped create hundreds of jobs, and is widely recognized for his role in negotiating a resolution to the energy crisis in the early 2000’s.

A no-nonsense community leader, Ose believes the top issues facing California include reforming the public education system, supporting public safety, aggressively addressing homelessness across the state and refusing to turn a blind eye to those with mental health and substance abuse issues.

Additionally, California must align its tax and regulatory frameworks with neighboring states, focus on substantive environmental improvements and create a stable and growing job market that supports market rate housing that working families in California can afford.

Doug Ose lives in Sacramento with his wife of 32 years and they have two grown daughters.

[Priorities shared with Voter's Edge before the candidate suspended his campaign:]

Political Philosophy:

Living in California is frustrating. Our leaders are out of touch with everyday life. They don’t seem to care about results. Public education is failing our kids. Public safety is compromised. Crime rates are soaring, and defunding the police doesn’t work. AB 5 killed independent contractor opportunities. Unreasonable COVID-19 restrictions killed more jobs and businesses. Inflexible policies destroyed a year of academic advancement for students. Homelessness is out of control. Housing and food are too expensive. State gas taxes are excessive. Electricity rates are rising. Water remains scarce. High speed rail is a disastrous boondoggle. Government is delusional to say they reduced fire risk as California burns each year. Millions of Californians were impacted by the disaster at the Employment Development Department and not a thing is being done to fix it. These wounds are self-inflicted. It doesn’t have to be this way. We can rebuild the California Dream. It starts with public K–12 school choice. Remove caps on public charter school enrollment—funding must follow the child. Fund law enforcement. Hold criminals accountable. Provide mandatory treatment and counseling resources for drug addicts and mentally ill persons roaming the streets. Build housing we can afford. Lower gas taxes. Build water storage. Reduce fire fuels in forests. Fix the Employment Development Department and get checks out to those who are eligible. Everything I cherish is in California and I am fighting for it. Leadership and experience matter. It’s time for a change. I humbly ask for your vote.

Michael Loebs is a child of two Alameda county natives and has lived in California his entire life. From his father's family, who have been in the East Bay for well over a century, Michael learned about the culture, history, and complexity of his home. From his mother's parents—immigrants from Guangdong whose children and grandchildren have almost entirely remained in the Bay Area—he was taught that California is a land of possibilities.

At the age of fifteen, Michael began over a decade of work in the computer industry as a programmer while completing his undergraduate work in political science at UC Berkeley. He left that profession in 2009 to pursue graduate studies, working at various times in the hospitality, entertainment, and cannabis industries. After receiving his M.A. from San Francisco State University, he began teaching there as a lecturer in the Department of Political Science in 2013.

Raised as a Democrat, Michael joined the California National Party in 2016 when he realized that the constant fighting between the two federal parties over a power based 3000 miles away would prevent actually solving the unique and urgent issues facing California. He decided instead that it was the responsibility to Californians to focus on the problems of California, since no one will solve our problems unless we do so ourselves. Since 2019, he has been elected by fellow party members to serve as chairperson of the CNP.

The California Democrats and Republicans are locked in a struggle that is ultimately rooted 3000 miles away, and meanwhile, California suffers. The longer that mutual partisan animosity drives the direction of California’s government, the longer our problems with remain unsolved. Political competition is effectively dead in California until there is a new political party to challenge the Democrats. The only real answer for California is a party of our own. A party that can draw on the neglected, ignored, and disenfranchised of all parties across California. A party that when determining policy will ask, first and foremost, is this best for the lives of Californians.

The California National Party is a party that can recognize the complexity and diversity that is inherent in California politics. One size fits all solutions will not work in many cases. Our ideas are not progressive or conservative or liberal; they are simply ideas I and the California National Party believe will best serve the people of California. Our long-term goal is national sovereignty and independence for California, but we are not limited to only that goal. We are a pro-California party, and independence, in the end, is the most important and necessary pro-California position we can take.

To this end, I and the California National Party support:

• Replacing the present costly and inefficient social safety net system with one of universal basic income, negative income tax, and automatic Medi-Cal enrollment for all Californians

• Protecting California's environment and resources for future generations of Californians

• Taking seriously the threat drought, wildfire, and other climatic changes California will face over the coming century

• Locally focused political empowerment through reform of local and county government, expansion of Assembly, and conversion of California Senate to proportional representation system

• California-wide gun training, purchasing, and licensing system, administered and regulated at county level

• Ending corporate personhood, limiting the influence of money on political discourse, and returning power to the citizenry

• Reduced state gas tax for regional and California wide projects, with emphasis on county level gas taxes to fund local infrastructure

• Fight to transfer federal land, authority, and tax dollars to California so they can be administered more directly and responsibly

I am an immigrant small business owner, single mother to 2 who has run a successful business for some time.

I have love Califonia and have lived here since I was 6 years old. 

I have been personally and professionally impacted by the Governor's arbitrary emergency orders.

I am fiscally conservative.  I believe taxes are too high and I want accountablity for funds and taxes collected and services provided with those funds.

I believe education is THE key to ending systemic poverty.

Crime is rampant and I want Law & Order restored.

My solution for the homeless issues would be to get the mentally ill, who can't take care of themselves into treatment.  The ones who choose to stay unhoused could be relocated to large parking structures (either cities buy them or build them) in downtown or industrial areas. This provides protection from sun and rain and has air flow going through.  Each could be given an assigned space where they could bring their pets and belongings, they could come with their community of other unhoused people (we all like to stay with our communities). Services would be provided like toilets, showers, laundry, medical care.  They could access getting ID's if they don't have one, GED's, job training, getting benifits they may be entitled to.  Security would be provided for residents and the neighborhood.  Each floor could have a consul of their peers to handle issues or report them to supervisors.   This is not meant to be a holiday camp, but a more cost effective way to protect the homeless and encourage them to lift themselves up and reenter society.