All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg · 2026-03-23 · 77 min · 14,175 words

How Matt Mahan Thinks He Can Save California

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Matt Mahan, welcome to all in. Thanks, David. I have no idea who you are. Who are you? I mean, you're a guy who kind of popped up running for governor of California last minute.

How'd that come about? And who is Matt Mahan? Well, David, like everybody, I'm frustrated with a state that keeps spending more and seemingly getting less, which is why I jumped in. But to back up, I grew up in a little farming town here in California, a town called Watsonville where your strawberries come from, home of I do work in Watsonville. Criscalberries, you know it well.

I got greenhouses. Yeah. Yeah, exactly. Working class family. Mom was a teacher, dad was a letter carrier.

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