Steve Hilton’s CAL DOGE claims $370M California state funds went to Dems’ ‘voter machines’ –CAL DOGE alleged funds were “funneled to [the] voter mobilization machine for California Democrats.” | 12 Feb 2026 | California gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton has claimed $370 million in state funds meant for substance abuse programs instead went to helping the Democrats. The staggering sum, sourced from the California Cannabis Tax Fund, was sent to a tangled web of organizations that “build the Democrat voter base,” Hilton’s unofficial CAL DOGE alleged. The cash, collected whenever anyone buys marijuana in the Golden State, ended up with 517 companies who got checks averaging $700,000, the group alleged. The money was controlled by Elevate Youth California, which was supposed to send taxes raised from cannabis sales under Prop 64 to support substance abuse programs in the state. But those that received the sum instead included Young Invincibles and the Jakara Movement, nonprofits in LA and Fresno that misused the grants, according to the investigation.