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Steve Hilton

10 statements across 2 episodes · 4 bullish · 4 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Apr 29, 2026 by Steve Hilton · said 6 times in 4 episodes since 2026 · across every show →

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brought up most by Chamath Palihapitiya (2), Adam Carolla (2), Jason Calacanis (1), David Sacks (1)

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Everything said about Steve Hilton, oldest first

Apr 29, 2026 negative
Assertion Contradicted
Hilton: Over 80% of unhoused Californians suffer from addiction or mental illness
“Over 80% of people who are homeless have drug or alcohol problems, addiction, or severe mental health problems.”
Steve Hilton Apr 29, 2026 ▶ 58:46 CA Governor Candidate Steve Hilton on Why California is Destroying Itself & How a Republican Can Win
Apr 29, 2026 positive
Disclosure
Hilton commits to reversing California's prison closure program if elected
“So a simple thing we can do that is completely within the governor's control is stop and reverse the prison closure program, which is what I've committed to doing.”
Steve Hilton Apr 29, 2026 ▶ 54:49 CA Governor Candidate Steve Hilton on Why California is Destroying Itself & How a Republican Can Win
Apr 29, 2026 neutral
Disclosure
Steve Hilton states he renounced his United Kingdom citizenship
“I actually renounced my UK citizenship.”
Steve Hilton Apr 29, 2026 ▶ 8:14 CA Governor Candidate Steve Hilton on Why California is Destroying Itself & How a Republican Can Win
Apr 29, 2026 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Hilton: CA solar fund gave $928M to non-profits, only $72M to solar
“Of that one billion total in 10 years, the actual amount spent on the purported benefit here Solar panel installation was seventy two million. Nine hundred and twenty eight million actually went to non-profits doing all, all the usual Democrat associated bulls…”
Steve Hilton Apr 29, 2026 ▶ 18:21 CA Governor Candidate Steve Hilton on Why California is Destroying Itself & How a Republican Can Win
Apr 29, 2026 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Hilton: California spends $27K per student while most fail basic standards
“We spend nearly the most of any state per student right now in this year. It's about 27,000, just, it's more than, just over 27,000 per student per year. In California, if you take the average out of the money, and we get some of the worst results in the count…”
Steve Hilton Apr 29, 2026 ▶ 45:45 CA Governor Candidate Steve Hilton on Why California is Destroying Itself & How a Republican Can Win
Apr 29, 2026
Assertion Supported
Hilton: Katie Porter publicly adopted his plan for zero tax under $100K
“One of my Democrat opponents in the governor's race, Katie Porter. Actually, you know, we were doing a debate the other week in Fresno, and she just said, we're talking about affordability or whatever it was, and she said, well, I'm, I've decided I'm stealing …”
Steve Hilton Apr 29, 2026 ▶ 21:27 CA Governor Candidate Steve Hilton on Why California is Destroying Itself & How a Republican Can Win
Apr 29, 2026 positive
Assertion Contradicted
Steve Hilton claims he leads all polls among California Republican candidates
“Right now, I'm leading in all of the polls on the Republican side.”
Steve Hilton Apr 29, 2026 ▶ 1:02:16 CA Governor Candidate Steve Hilton on Why California is Destroying Itself & How a Republican Can Win
Apr 29, 2026 positive
Disclosure
Hilton proposes assigning grades to every California school and teacher
“And that's one of the proposals I've got in my campaign, which is a grade for every school and a grade for every teacher. So we can reward the good ones and remove the bad ones.”
Steve Hilton Apr 29, 2026 ▶ 49:53 CA Governor Candidate Steve Hilton on Why California is Destroying Itself & How a Republican Can Win
Apr 29, 2026 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Hilton: California wastes $80B annually, 20% of state budget
“Well, our number over the last five years total, our estimate was four hundred and twenty-five billion. So averaged over the years, it's about eighty billion a year. So that's, so it's around, you know, 20% or so.”
Steve Hilton Apr 29, 2026 ▶ 20:07 CA Governor Candidate Steve Hilton on Why California is Destroying Itself & How a Republican Can Win
Jun 13, 2026 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Chamath: Steve Hilton could declare a state of emergency on day one
“And if that happens, there is one thing that Steve Hilton can do to start to completely change the way that this state is run, which is instantly on day one, declare a state of emergency.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Jun 13, 2026 ▶ 1:27:34 Anthropic's Fable Backlash, Nationalizing AI, Inflation Heats Up & California’s Broken Elections
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