What podcasts say about Steve Hilton
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What Steve Hilton has said on podcasts
82 statements · 21 positive · 57 negative · 4 neutral
California currently has the nation’s highest poverty, unemployment, and cost-of-living rates.
“Today in California, we have the highest poverty rate in the country. The highest unemployment rate, the highest cost of living by far.”
Open the episode · Steve Hilton & Spencer Pratt: Fixing California, Cheaper Gas, Ballot Fraud & CA RepublicansListen at 3:07
- on Business Conditions in CaliforniaNegativeSep 23, 2026· All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
California ranks last among states for business climate.
“50th out of 50 for business climate.”
Open the episode · Steve Hilton & Spencer Pratt: Fixing California, Cheaper Gas, Ballot Fraud & CA RepublicansListen at 3:32
California businesses face a 90% chance of ending up in litigation.
“You run a business in California, you start a business in California, 90% chance you're going to end up in litigation.”
Open the episode · Steve Hilton & Spencer Pratt: Fixing California, Cheaper Gas, Ballot Fraud & CA RepublicansListen at 5:07
Hilton will reduce California regulations below 200,000 by the end of his first term.
“we're going to cut the number of regulations in California from where we are today, which is over 420,000, by the end of my first term to under 200,000”
Open the episode · Steve Hilton & Spencer Pratt: Fixing California, Cheaper Gas, Ballot Fraud & CA RepublicansListen at 6:24
Hilton’s campaign will win if it receives more votes.
“If we get more votes, we'll win.”
Open the episode · Steve Hilton & Spencer Pratt: Fixing California, Cheaper Gas, Ballot Fraud & CA RepublicansListen at 8:53
California’s business exodus will become a stampede without political change.
“if we don't show some change here and some balance in our system, it's going to turn into a stampede for the exits.”
Open the episode · Steve Hilton & Spencer Pratt: Fixing California, Cheaper Gas, Ballot Fraud & CA RepublicansListen at 11:58
Hilton will cancel California’s high-speed rail project.
“We're going to cancel high-speed rail.”
Open the episode · Steve Hilton & Spencer Pratt: Fixing California, Cheaper Gas, Ballot Fraud & CA RepublicansListen at 14:14
Hilton will reduce California government headcount by 10%.
“We're going to have a 10% headcount reduction in the government”
Open the episode · Steve Hilton & Spencer Pratt: Fixing California, Cheaper Gas, Ballot Fraud & CA RepublicansListen at 14:16
Hilton proposes making the first $150,000 of income state-tax-free.
“Your first $150 grand tax-free, no state income tax.”
Open the episode · Steve Hilton & Spencer Pratt: Fixing California, Cheaper Gas, Ballot Fraud & CA RepublicansListen at 14:32
California gasoline prices could fall from $6 toward $3 per gallon.
“Instead of $6 gas, we can get towards $3 gas in California like you have in other states right now.”
Open the episode · Steve Hilton & Spencer Pratt: Fixing California, Cheaper Gas, Ballot Fraud & CA RepublicansListen at 15:07
- on California vehicle registrationPositiveSep 23, 2026· All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Hilton will cap California vehicle registration at $73 annually.
“we are going to cap vehicle registration at the flat registration rate of $73 per vehicle per year”
Open the episode · Steve Hilton & Spencer Pratt: Fixing California, Cheaper Gas, Ballot Fraud & CA RepublicansListen at 15:55
Hilton assesses Xavier Becerra as worse than Gavin Newsom.
“He'll just go along with it. He's even worse than Newsom.”
Open the episode · Steve Hilton & Spencer Pratt: Fixing California, Cheaper Gas, Ballot Fraud & CA RepublicansListen at 17:51
- on California private-sector job creationNegativeSep 23, 2026· All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
California’s net private-sector job creation since the pandemic is nearly zero.
“The figure for net private sector job creation since the pandemic in California is basically zero.”
Open the episode · Steve Hilton & Spencer Pratt: Fixing California, Cheaper Gas, Ballot Fraud & CA RepublicansListen at 20:13
California’s current system punishes compliance and rewards wrongdoing.
“if you do the right thing, you're punished, and if you do the wrong thing, you're rewarded.”
Open the episode · Steve Hilton & Spencer Pratt: Fixing California, Cheaper Gas, Ballot Fraud & CA RepublicansListen at 31:30
Hilton proposes creating 10 new cities in California.
“I've got a plan here that we're publishing today, 10 New Cities for California.”
Open the episode · Steve Hilton & Spencer Pratt: Fixing California, Cheaper Gas, Ballot Fraud & CA RepublicansListen at 36:08
Smartphones, rather than individual platforms, are the fundamental source of children’s technology problems.
“in the end, I think it's the phones”
Open the episode · #2542 - Steve HiltonListen at 20:29
Children under 16 should not have smartphones.
“kids under 16, I said, then shouldn't have smartphones”
Open the episode · #2542 - Steve HiltonListen at 21:02
Minimum wages should be increased to locally calculated living-wage levels.
“the idea was you increase the minimum wage to a living wage”
Open the episode · #2542 - Steve HiltonListen at 31:13
California cannabis-tax revenue sends $350 million to a health-related nonprofit.
“$350 million of that goes to this nonprofit with some nice sounding name about health.”
Open the episode · #2542 - Steve HiltonListen at 40:26
California nearly halved its prison population while doubling the prison budget.
“in the time they, they basically cut the prison population, it's not quite half, but nearly. The budget has doubled.”
Open the episode · #2542 - Steve HiltonListen at 41:25
California voters will remove the current governing regime from power.
“I think people are going to vote this regime out.”
Open the episode · #2542 - Steve HiltonListen at 43:56
- on Business Conditions in CaliforniaNegativeAug 19, 2026· The Joe Rogan Experience: Protect Our Parks
California ranks last among states for business conditions.
“California. 50th out of 50 states.”
Open the episode · #2542 - Steve HiltonListen at 56:47
About one-fifth of California school funding goes to teacher pensions before classroom spending.
“a fifth, I think, is about a fifth of the money before it's even spent in the schools goes to the pensions”
Open the episode · #2542 - Steve HiltonListen at 1:00:49
California should impose sentencing enhancements on masked home-invasion offenders.
“we've been working on a plan that if you get in enhancements for your sentencing, just for covering yourself up”
Open the episode · #2542 - Steve HiltonListen at 1:09:36
- on Steve Hilton gubernatorial campaignPositiveAug 19, 2026· The Joe Rogan Experience: Protect Our Parks
Steve Hilton believes he can win the California governor’s race.
“I really believe that I can win for real.”
Open the episode · #2542 - Steve HiltonListen at 1:13:49
Large businesses and unions have captured California’s government.
“the big unions, they've just completely captured the government”
Open the episode · #2542 - Steve HiltonListen at 1:16:03
One-party control of California is institutionally unhealthy.
“it's just not healthy to have one party running everything”
Open the episode · #2542 - Steve HiltonListen at 1:17:14
California’s Housing First rules make it illegal to condition assistance on behavioral requirements.
“They've actually made it illegal to solve the problem.”
Open the episode · #2542 - Steve HiltonListen at 1:20:15
- on California permanent supportive housingNegativeAug 19, 2026· The Joe Rogan Experience: Protect Our Parks
California permanent supportive housing costs roughly $600,000 to $1 million per unit.
“a low ball estimate is about 600,000. There are some in LA, in the Bay Area that are 900,000, a million dollars per unit to build.”
Open the episode · #2542 - Steve HiltonListen at 1:21:11
Permanent supportive housing could cost about $250,000 per unit without government requirements.
“you could build it for a quarter, like 250,000 per door”
Open the episode · #2542 - Steve HiltonListen at 1:21:38
Statements are attributed to the speaker as said on the episode and reflect their view at the time, not PodLume's. They are not advice.
What others have said about Steve Hilton
1 statement · 1 neutral
Steve Hilton should declare a California state of emergency immediately upon election.
“instantly on day one, declare a state of emergency.”
Open the episode · Anthropic's Fable Backlash, Nationalizing AI, Inflation Heats Up & California's Broken ElectionsListen at 1:27:41
Statements are attributed to the speaker as said on the episode and reflect their view at the time, not PodLume's. They are not advice.