Like any small business owner, I experienced the pressures of building a company from the ground up - developing a business plan, balancing the books, meeting payroll and building a customer base.

My daughter's met Hillary Clinton, so she's got a strong bias. But she, of course, parrots me and goes, 'Oh, Donald Trump, I don't like him!' I'm like, 'That's good!'

Californians are blessed with the remarkable leadership of Gov. Jerry Brown, who... has led our state to firm fiscal footing and brought us to the enviable position of dreaming - and achieving - big dreams again.

People don't care anymore because they don't believe in us; they don't trust us. And that's why we should change politics, not just accept the cynical frame that, 'Well, that's just politics.'

You can love me or hate me and disagree with me, but you sure as hell know where I stand.

California is infamous for passing things and then waking up and saying, 'What the hell did we just pass?'

I'll be kicked out before I rust out.

I have a very successful father-in-law and family with very different political views.

The arts can play a vital role in revitalizing neighborhoods, using and improving vacant space, bringing new jobs and new sense of opportunity, and improving public safety by generating more foot traffic and more eyes on the street.

These Millennials are volunteering more; they're smarter than ever.

City government can and must help San Franciscans prepare for emergencies in order to avoid tragedy where possible and minimize loss of life and property when emergencies occur.

California is a bellwether state. California was the first state in the United States to overturn the laws against interracial marriage. It took 19 years for the rest of the country to come around to that point of view.

We must continue to step in and stand up to resist reckless rhetoric and actions in a peaceful and forceful manner.

Make no mistake: conversion therapy is not about 'praying away the gay.' It's an emotional torture against our most innocent citizens: our children.

You've got to change incentives for good behavior as opposed to just disincentivizing bad behavior.

Government is the ultimate monopoly. And monopolies, as any economist will tell you, often breed complacency and a lack of innovation.

An arts education helps build academic skills and increase academic performance, while also providing alternative opportunities to reward the skills of children who learn differently.

I think Thanksgiving is the perfect occasion to break open a buttery, oaky Chardonnay from California.

You need to let go of your fear and anxiety of being judged by others.

I'm sick and tired of politics and politicians as usual.

Medicaid and Medicare both need to be devolved to the states.

I think a great starting point for a debate and discussion over a national consumption tax is, let's start with the Fair Tax, legislation that has been written up and, I think, signed up on by 80 congressmen and women.

Imagine a libertarian president challenging Congress for meaningful immigration reform.

Imagine a libertarian president challenging Congress to repeal the PATRIOT Act.