""There are a bunch of candidates along the whole political spectrum - yet instead of going to any one of the gubernatorial candidates already in the race, they went to handpick their own candidate," Kalra said. "These millionaire tech elitists don't just want someone in the governor's mansion who is friendly to them. They want someone who is going to be obedient to them.""
""Matt is in this race to build more housing, end street homelessness, fix our broken mental health care system and lift up every school with higher standards," Rafizadeh told San José Spotlight. "He knows some people will fight this change to protect politics as usual. He'll fight harder to bring accountability, progress and reform to Sacramento.""
San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan's moderate campaign for California governor has attracted major donations from Silicon Valley figures, including Sergey Brin, Joe Lonsdale and Garry Tan, who each contributed the legal maximum. Democratic Assemblymembers Ash Kalra and Alex Lee have rejected Mahan's candidacy, labeling him a handpicked vessel of tech elites and criticizing a pattern of private-school-educated politicians using San Jose as a stepping stone to higher office. The lawmakers argue big-tech donors seek obedient allies. Mahan's campaign manager counters with policy priorities: building housing, ending street homelessness, mental health reform and raising school standards.
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