Former Assembly Majority Leader Ian Calderon announced on Monday that he is running for California governor, joining a crowded field of candidates vying to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Calderon, the first millennial elected to the Assembly and the youngest majority leader in state history, made his announcement in a video posted to social media. He said he wants to tackle rising housing costs, gas and food prices, and the high cost of childcare.

“My generation pays bills on our phones, we save in bitcoin, but the people in our government are trying to use yesterday’s ideas to solve today’s problems, and it isn’t working,” Calderon said in the video.

During his time in the Assembly, the Democrat helped pass measures that raised the state minimum wage to $15 by 2022 and reduced greenhouse g

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