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Five years ago, Power California emerged to assert that young voters of color are the future of our state, and their political power should not be dismissed and underestimated. #5YearsOfPower

I don’t really do endorsements. I’m not shy about sharing my views, but I hate politics and don’t trust most politicians. I also understand that people want to hear from me because I am not just a celebrity, I am a former Republican Governor. My time as Governor taught me to love policy and ignore politics. I’m proud of the work I did to help clean up our air, create jobs, balance the budget, make the biggest infrastructure investment in state history, and take power from the politicians and give it back to the people when it comes to our redistricting process and our primaries in California. That’s policy. It requires working with the other side, not insulting them to win your next election, and I know it isn’t sexy to most people, but I love it when I can help make people’s lives better with policies, like I still do through my institute at USC, where we fight for clean air and stripping the power from the politicians who rig the system against the people. Let me be honest with you: I don’t like either party right now. My Republicans have forgotten the beauty of the free market, driven up deficits, and rejected election results. Democrats aren’t any better at dealing with deficits, and I worry about their local policies hurting our cities with increased crime. It is probably not a surprise that I hate politics more than ever, which, if you are a normal person who isn’t addicted to this crap, you probably understand. I want to tune out. But I can’t. Because rejecting the results of an election is as un-American as it gets. To someone like me who talks to people all over the world and still knows America is the shining city on a hill, calling America is a trash can for the world is so unpatriotic, it makes me furious. And I will always be an American before I am a Republican. That’s why, this week, I am voting for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. I’m sharing it with all of you because I think there are a lot of you who feel like I do. You don’t recognize our country. And you are right to be furious. For decades, we’ve talked about the national debt. For decades, we’ve talked about comprehensive immigration reform that secures the border while fixing our broken immigration system. And Washington does nothing. The problems just keep rolling, and we all keep getting angrier, because the only people that benefit from problems aren’t you, the people. The only people that benefit from this crap are the politicians who prefer having talking points to win elections to the public service that will make Americans’ lives better. It is a just game to them. But it is life for my fellow Americans. We should be pissed! But a candidate who won’t respect your vote unless it is for him, a candidate who will send his followers to storm the Capitol while he watches with a Diet Coke, a candidate who has shown no ability to work to pass any policy besides a tax cut that helped his donors and other rich people like me but helped no one else else, a candidate who thinks Americans who disagree with him are the bigger enemies than China, Russia, or North Korea - that won’t solve our problems. It will just be four more years of bullshit with no results that makes us angrier and angrier, more divided, and more hateful. We need to close the door on this chapter of American history, and I know that former President Trump won’t do that. He will divide, he will insult, he will find new ways to be more un-American than he already has been, and we, the people, will get nothing but more anger. That’s enough reason for me to share my vote with all of you. I want to move forward as a country, and even though I have plenty of disagreements with their platform, I think the only way to do that is with Harris and Walz. Vote this week. Turn the page and put this junk behind us. And even if you disagree with me, vote, because that’s what we do as Americans. vote.org

🏠 Affordable housing isn’t just a California issue—it’s a major concern nationwide. @GavinNewsom, delivering on your 1M new affordable homes promise would be a historic achievement! Let’s make it happen ✨ #OneMillionHomes politico.com/news/magazine/…

For many, extreme heat is a daily battle for several months each year. @California_HCD has a chance to lead California toward heat-resilient housing and protections for those most vulnerable. Read more about extreme heat & how HCD must lead: bit.ly/ExtremeHeatBlog #ExtremeHeat

A California where all of us have a healthy and stable place called home is possible.📷 @CAGovernor @GavinNewsom we have the resources and opportunity to lead the way to affordable housing for all: can we count on you to fulfill your promise and build #OneMillionHomes by 2030?

Adulting feels like living in a trapped reality designed to keep us grinding 24/7. We are overworked, underpaid, and barely surviving while the system profits off our struggle. We’re DONE — we deserve a future that doesn’t make us choose between living and thriving. 😤

Visit millionvotersproject.org/narrative to read the full report!

OUR NEW REPORT w/ @millionvp : “Narrative Power: Accelerating Narrative Change From the Ground Up”. The largest field-study developed to assess narrative powerbuilding infrastructure is out! Huge shoutouts to our Senior Advisor, @jungheechoi for leading this work!

And we have no plans of slowing down. Cheers to five years of building and investing in young people's collective power! Read our full 5-year report here ➡️ poweract.org/5yrs

Since 2018, along with the critical help of our Alliance partners, we have successfully pre-registered and registered 100,000 young voters and had 609,000 voter education conversations.

Five years ago, Power California emerged to assert that young voters of color are the future of our state, and their political power should not be dismissed and underestimated. #5YearsOfPower

Inaction by elected officials who fail to take on corporate landlords and predatory real estate is only making the crisis worse! We need people-powered, evidence-based policies that protect renters at the state level. #KeepFamiliesHoused #HousingIsAHumanRight #HomeIsSacred

We need to understand that failing to address the housing crisis in Southern California and the Bay Area has exported the hardship to the Central Valley and beyond. One study found that Fresno endured the fastest rent growth of any major city nationwide in 2021 at 28%.

California’s housing crisis is not just coastal or urban, it’s devastating families statewide, hitting rural & inland communities hardest now — especially communities like Fresno, that were once known as "relatively affordable" places. @latimes latimes.com/opinion/story/…

We would throw down with @PowerCANow any day of the week. But today, we're sending them some digital flowers for the work that they do organizing young people in California and as one of our community partners.

HEY FRESNO 🗣 WE ARE HIRING! Are you looking to join a team to organize with? 🌼 Are you interested in organizing and advocating around affordable housing and rent control in Fresno? 🤗 If you answered YES, then we want you to APPLY for our Team Lead and Canvasser positions!

Educators and school staff are the backbones of our communities. There are no excuses for not paying them fair wages. 😤 At Power California we are in solidarity with essential school workers fighting for dignity and respect. #LAUSDStrike @SEIULocal99 @UTLANow

RT if you think our kids deserve quality schools and public school workers deserve a better living wage. 😌🫶

It’s hard to witness the constant murder of our loved ones at the hands of the police. State-sanctioned violence is something we will never grow desensitized to. Our hearts go out to Tyre's family and all his loved ones. The reality is Tyre Nichols should be alive right now.

We will continue to fight and organize for the safety of our communities in #California and beyond. We keep each other safe. 🤍🕊

We should never have to fear living our daily lives. Gun violence is an issue we face far too often in the U.S. At the core of this issue lies white supremacy and patriarchal violence. #EndGunViolence

Today marks the 23rd day of 2023 and the 38th mass shooting throughout the United States. Let that sink in. No words can describe these senseless acts and their impact on our communities and those who’ve lost family members to gun violence. We will never grow desensitized.