Tom Steyer stopped in Ventura County as part of this bus tour, to speak to several residents about his campaign for California governor.

On Wednesday, May 20th, Tom Steyer stopped in Ventura County as part of this bus tour, to speak to several residents about his campaign for California governor. Among the selected group of residents invited to attend the event were elected officials, business people, union workers, professionals and concerned residents.

Tom Steyer speaks to the audience.


Last November, Steyer announced to campaign in the 2026 California gubernatorial election to succeed term-limited governor Gavin Newsom; his campaign has rapidly become the highest-spending in the field, surpassing $130 million by April 2026.

Thomas Fahr Steyer, 68 American billionaire businessman, philanthropist, environmental advocate, and Democratic political activist. He founded the San Francisco hedge fund Farallon Capital in 1986, and was its co-senior managing partner until leaving the firm in 2012. He then became active in climate advocacy and Democratic politics, founding NextGen America and later co-founding Galvanize Climate Solutions, a climate change-focused investment firm. According to Forbes, Steyer’s net worth stood at $2.4 billion as of April 2026.

Tom Steyer speaks to the audience.


Two weeks from now we will know which of the 61 candidates for governor have finished 1-2 in the primary election and will face each other in November for the honor of governing the state of California.

The latest Democratic Party poll, released Tuesday, has Republican Steve Hilton, a British-born former Fox News commentator, and Democrat Xavier Becerra, a former attorney general, virtually tied at 22% and 21% respectively. Billionaire Tom Steyer at 15%, but all other once-viable candidates are trailing in single digits.

Tom Steyer speaks about the change he wants to bring to the state of California.

In Ventura County, Steyer, spoke about, the change he wants to bring to the state of California “It is time to change California, we the people are tire of the same, just the names change and we the people are tired of it,” said Steyer to the cheering group. “Farm workers are an essential part of our community and they are treated terribly bad, they not even have the most essential rights in our laws, that has to change,” said Steyer.