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Hilton: California has top gas prices, housing costs, and second-highest electric bills

Steve Hilton · CA Governor Candidate Steve Hilton on Why California is Destroying Itself & How a Republican Can Win · Apr 29, 2026 · at 10:20

California gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton discusses cost-of-living burdens on working-class residents in California.

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“We have the highest gas prices in the country, as you know, the highest electric bills everywhere except for Hawaii housing costs the highest in the country”

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