Steve Hilton Proposes Turning California High Speed Rail Into Monument

California Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton released a campaign advertisement proposing to end the state high-speed rail project, the New York Post reported on October 25, 2026. The artificial intelligence generated video suggests turning the multibillion-dollar transport project into the Government Failures National Monument. [1]

The campaign advertisement contrasts a prosperous vision of California under Hilton with a frozen dystopia, according to the New York Post. The proposal presents a complete cancellation of the ongoing rail construction. [1]

Hilton previously served as director of strategy for British prime minister David Cameron from 2010 to 2012, before moving to California in 2012 and becoming a United States citizen in 2021. He hosted The Next Revolution on Fox News from 2017 to 2023, taught at Stanford University, and co-founded the crowdfunding platform Crowdpac. He announced his candidacy for Governor of California in April 2025 ahead of the 2026 election. [6][7]

As FTMQ News reported earlier, Hilton previously announced campaign proposals to clear all homeless encampments in California by the end of next year and campaigned against taxpayer-funded harm reduction programs in Los Angeles. [8][9]