So, you know, for being myself, friends and people around me in my circles, none of us were political ever. You know, we were just living the life in Los Angeles or Hollywood. And we started to see this happen.
And that's when we started to pay attention to what's going on. So, you know, I just, you know, to what Hilton was saying, you know, it's yeah, we do want to see drastic change. And I think, Markham, you're talking about being a centrist and I love that.
I love your message. But whoever becomes governor is inheriting a shit show. Excuse my language.
I mean, there's just I don't know what I don't know how to describe it. But Newsom really destroyed the state and our cities. And it's going to take a lot, a lot of work to correct this and to help fix this.
And that's not going to happen with under one term. But we really do need somebody who's aware, who's strong and willing to take on this effort. But at the same time, I also want to see accountability.
You know, I don't want to just say, OK, well, you know, Newsom and these guys did this. But let's move on and rebuild. No, we want to rebuild.
We want to fix. But we also have to hold people accountable. Like Steph was saying, we're seeing all this money just disappear, go nowhere.
No accountability. No account. Like, what's going on? At the same time, the citizens have to suffer.
AJ, you know, back in the day, you know, let's say 15 years ago, even in the city, because of the trickle down effect of the bureaucracy and the corruption. When I needed to pull a permit, like a short term permit, it used to take me a couple of days, you know, a couple hundred bucks. You know, last year, it was taking like two or three months and a few thousand dollars.
I'm like, what happened? Why are why are businesses being suffocated? Why is life being made so difficult? Why is the bureaucracy so, I mean, so debilitating? And these are the things as a California resident that I want to see fixed.
