San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan warns of ‘MAGA-like’ shift in California

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California gubernatorial candidate and San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan warned his fellow Democrats in a brand new interview that the state may see a "MAGA-like" motion until they begin delivering higher outcomes.

"I am working towards the system as a result of it does not matter in the event you're a Democrat, a Republican, an unbiased," Mahan mentioned on the " All-In" podcast Sunday. "We want a high-functioning authorities that delivers decrease housing prices, decrease power prices, higher faculties, safer neighborhoods, an finish to avenue homelessness. We've got the sources to do it. What we have not had is the political will and accountability to do it. And I do not suppose that is a partisan level."

He added, "And admittedly, if the Democratic Social gathering does not begin to get up and be extra conscious of the wants of our constituents and ship with the sources we have, we will see the pendulum swing all the best way the opposite approach, and you are going to see a MAGA-like motion occur right here in California."

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Matt Mahan is one in every of a number of Democratic candidates working to turn into the following California governor. (AP Photograph/Laure Andrillon)

Mahan is one in every of several Democratic candidates working to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom within the gubernatorial race this November. Nonetheless, Mahan has been extra crucial of sure state and metropolis insurance policies underneath Democratic management, notably how they're beholden to particular curiosity teams.

"When the lecturers' union organizes and says, 'We do not need extra accountability. We do not need to be instructed to make use of evidence-based curriculum. We do not need extra expertise within the classroom,' no matter it's they might advocate for presumably on behalf of or no less than what they understand to be the pursuits of their members," Mahan mentioned.

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He continued, "It is our elected officers who must step up and say, 'Properly, for the great of the neighborhood, we will push you on that. We're not simply going to offer you a move. We're not simply going to veto that laws or keep quiet once we know that for what we're spending, we don't get what we ought to be.'"

Mahan didn't criticize Gov. Gavin Newsom regardless of calling out Democratic management. (Gary Miller/FilmMagic)

He stopped in need of criticizing Newsom straight, saying that he tries to "assault issues, not individuals" and referred to as the governor a "bulwark" towards among the worst legislative concepts.

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"I am probably not concerned about, you recognize, evaluating anyone's intentions or their ideology a lot because the outcomes of their actions. And I feel he is completed some actually good issues. I additionally suppose he may do much more," Mahan mentioned.

Newsom's workplace declined to remark to Fox News Digital .

Mahan additionally grabbed consideration final yr after proposing a coverage to involuntarily jail homeless people who steadily refuse housing companies.

San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan has proposed involuntarily jailing homeless individuals who refuse companies. (KTVU Fox 2 San Francisco)

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"Homelessness can’t be a alternative, particularly when over 200 individuals die on our streets every year," Mahan mentioned in a 2025 press convention. "I’m proposing that after three presents of shelter, we maintain individuals accountable for turning their lives round, as a result of all of us have a accountability to finish this disaster."

Lindsay Kornick is an affiliate editor for Fox Information Digital. Story suggestions could be despatched to lindsay.kornick@fox.com and on Twitter: @lmkornick.