You see him numerous times every week on Fox News. In the past year he has traveled the length of California and spoke to dozens of groups, helped raise money for central committees and candidates.
Steve Hilton speaks about the problems of the nation, specializing on the problems of California. Now he has written a book that explains the problems of California and how we got to this point.
But, in his new book he also provides solutions to the California problems. The book gives us a starting point on the road to return California to its previous values as the Golden State.
STEVE HILTON’S NEW BOOK: THE REASONS BEHIND CALIFORNIA’S COLLAPSE AND ITS ROAD TO RESTORATION
Steve Hilton exposes the catastrophic failures of far-left governance in California and offers a bold plan for restoring the Golden State to its rightful position as the very best of America, as part of his ongoing efforts to lead the change California needs.
Steve Hilton, 12/11/24 www.capoliticalnewsandviews.com
San Francisco – California was hailed as a land of innovation, opportunity, and optimism for decades, but after nearly twenty years of one-party rule, the state that once symbolized promise and prosperity has spiraled into dysfunction, with the highest poverty rate, lowest income growth and worst business climate in America.
In Califailure: Reversing the Ruin of America’s Worst-Run State (Broadside Books: March 25, 2025), policy expert and California resident Steve Hilton unpacks the hard truths of his home state’s decline, exploring how and why everything went so badly wrong, and what it will take to turn things around.
From skyrocketing housing costs and unemployment to rampant homelessness and urban decay, far-left policies have destroyed the California Dream that once drew so many to the state. Instead, people and businesses are now leaving – on such a scale that for the first time in its history California lost representation in the Congress, even as Gov. Gavin Newsom touts California as a “model for the nation.” In Califailure, Hilton dismantles this narrative, exposing the damaging ideologies at the root of the state’s struggles while calling on Californians – and all Americans – to reject the path of unchecked crime, corruption, and mismanagement.
“There’s nowhere better than California. But our beautiful state is being ruined by an extremist ideological experiment. Califailure is what happens when Democrats get everything they want. More and more Californians are saying they don’t want it – and this book explains why Americans everywhere must reject it too,” said Steve Hilton. “In Part Two of this book, Califuture, I show that with an aggressive, common sense reform effort, the Golden State can once again be the very best of America.”
In Califailure, Hilton identifies nine destructive ideological “pathologies” driving California’s failures, including Elitism, “Compassionism”, and Cronyism. But this isn’t just a critique – it’s a roadmap to recovery. Hilton lays out CaliFuture, a comprehensive blueprint for reform, offering practical solutions to restore California as a beacon of opportunity and excellence. In Califailure, readers will learn:
- Why California’s major cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco have descended into chaos and squalor, plagued by rising crime, homelessness, and economic decline.
- How the cost of living crisis in California, from unaffordable housing to skyrocketing taxes, came to define the worst of Democratic overreach. For every essential – homes, rent, tuition, gasoline, electricity, water – Californians now pay more than anywhere else in the United States.
- How far-left policies have disproportionately harmed working-class Californians, especially Latinos – the state’s largest demographic group.
- A comprehensive plan for California’s recovery, outlining the necessary reforms and strategies to rebuild and reclaim the state’s prosperity, public safety, and social cohesion.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Steve Hilton is an entrepreneur, political commentator, and bestselling author. He was born in the U.K. to Hungarian parents who were refugees from communism. After attending Oxford University, he was Head of Strategy for former Prime Minister David Cameron. He worked in 10 Downing Street as senior advisor before moving to the U.S. in 2012, settling in Silicon Valley. After teaching at Stanford University, he founded a tech startup before joining Fox News in 2016 as host of The Next Revolution. He now regularly offers political and tech industry expertise across all Fox News Media platforms. He is the founder of Golden Together, a non-partisan policy organization whose mission is to develop positive, practical ideas that will help restore the California Dream.
