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Steve Hilton: If the state has to choose, which should it do?
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Vetted · Oct 3, 2026
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27d5e5356d4a440379c5ae03b84862b30410938b357ea324859b8f0bc1c04f44
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Owner approved: signed with the owner's key, which the public log lists.
Technical details
- Service key id:
service:a3f979541aee7826- Owner key id:
SHA256:h82SrxLU1wYr+jpy4Vl9/9iQlAO+HQX1umVBdhy/Ss0- Owner keys file in the public log:
integrity/keys/owner.allowed_signers
Log entry
Entry 9, published Oct 3, 2026. Each entry includes the fingerprint of the one before it, so no earlier entry can change unnoticed.
Open entry 9 in the public repositoryMerkle proof
These hashes lead from this record's fingerprint to the entry's root: 510fa346bc644ee6942848357c92ed2869f227a8977c9bcc638184f371d8cee4
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Versions
- Entry 9 · Oct 3, 2026 · current27d5e5356d4a440379c5ae03b84862b30410938b357ea324859b8f0bc1c04f44
- Entry 2 · Oct 3, 2026 · replaced on Oct 3, 2026c8ac2fa69bf7effb2cb8f4a4620b7127c27f7574cfd8607521a77356ed90f60d
Judgments behind this record
Side the statement takes
Call: No clear side, so it is not scored
This is a revenue estimate for a tax-rate change, not a statement about how large state spending should be. It does not say which programs would change or by how much. It is shown and not scored.
Made by a sourcer · checked by an independent checker · approved with the owner's key
Technical details
- Recorded call:
ca-2026.want.tax:none:false- Author id:
sourcer-questions-ca- Checker id:
checker-judgments-ca-2026- Owner key id:
SHA256:h82SrxLU1wYr+jpy4Vl9/9iQlAO+HQX1umVBdhy/Ss0
Vetted · Oct 3, 2026
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