San Diego – Six Democrats running for governor next year focus on housing affordability, cost of living and healthcare cuts are the most daunting issues facing Saturday at the Labor Forum in San Diego.
The candidates largely secretly addressed these issues, highlighting their political resumes and life stories in an attempt to establish contrast with attendees and curry favor.
Since entering the competition in late September, former state legislative majority leader Ian Calderon leaned towards his experience as the first millennial elected state legislature in his first governor’s forum since he participated in the competition.
“I feel like my experience and passion are the only way to position the lane I can ride in this race, becoming a millennial, young, and having a different perspective,” said Calderon, 39.
Fearing about the future of his four children and the state’s reliance on Washington, D.C., he decided to run for governor after not seeking re-election to the Legislature in 2020.
“I think [my children] Have a chance. I hope they have a future. I hope life is better. I wish it was easier. We can’t continue to rely on DCs and expect them to pay – about us and our needs because they don’t. ”
Former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra, who also served as the state’s attorney general after 24 years in Congress, believes that elections with experienced governors are crucial.
“You’ll have someone who will never fly over the plane tell you, ‘If they’ve never done it, can I fly the plane back to land?” Bebela asked. “Did you give the keys to the governor’s office to someone who has never done it before?”
He contrasts sharply with other candidates in the competition by invoking Chihuahua behind the chain link fence.
“Where is the bite?” he said, after invoking his history, such as prosecuting President Trump 122 times and leading a massive federal health bureaucracy during the pandemic. “You don’t just grow teeth overnight.”
Calderon and Becerra are one of six Democratic candidates who have spoken at elaborately to approximately 150 California leaders in multiple chapters of the U.S. State, County and Municipal Employees Federation.
The union has more than 200,000 members in California and has been attacked by federal shutdowns, the state’s budget deficit and an upcoming health care strike. AFSCME is a powerful force in California politics that provides troops for defeating voters and mobile banking.
The forum comes with changes in the governor field replacing so-called Governor Gavin Newsom.
Former Vice President Kamala Harris announced earlier this summer that she chose to oppose running. Former state Senate leader Toni Atkins suspended her gubernatorial campaign in late September.
Rumors about whether billionaire businessman Rick Caruso or Alex Padilla will join the field continue to spin.
“I’m weighing it. But my focus is to encourage people to vote for Proposition 50,” Padilla told the New York New York Times on Saturday. “Another decision? That game won’t be until next year. Make a decision.”
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District Council District 36 executive director Matthew Maldonado said the union would consider acknowledging at a future meeting, which represents 25,000 workers in Southern California.
Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa leaned towards his long-term work before running for office. But he also hinted at the tensions with the union after being elected mayor in 2005.
Villaraigosa, who was tagged as “sc” when crossing the picket during the second year’s major city workers’ strike, also clashed with unions and layoffs during the recession. When Villaraigosa called the city’s Teachers Union working, his relationship with Labour was at a minimum, which was “the biggest obstacle to creating a quality school”.
“I hope you know something about me. I won’t be about every terrible thing that everyone brings me, including the union,” Villaraigosa said. “When I was mayor, they sometimes told you that I had to say no. Why? I won’t go bankrupt, I know I have to protect the pension and the rest.”
If elected as governor, he promises to work with Labor.
Labor leaders asked most questions on the forum, and all candidates were asked about the same topics, such as whether they supported it, and would run for a proposed state constitutional amendment to help UC workers provide down payment loans to their homes.
“Yes,” said Katie Porter, former Rep. Irving.
“I can benefit from UC Irving’s investment in housing for their professionals, professors and professional staff, but they don’t do it for everyone,” she said.
National Vice President. Tony Thurmond’s public guidance attended the party with Dr. Dray and Tupac’s California Love, agreeing to support the housing loan and walking the picket team with tens of thousands of Kaiser Health employees, expected to strike later this month.
AFSCME local leaders heard a speech by former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra at the Governor’s Forum in San Diego.
(Seema Mehta / Los Angeles Times)
“I’ll be there,” Thurmond replied, adding that he had just called Kaiser’s CEO and urged him to meet the requirements for the number of people, salary, retirement and benefits, especially after working during the pandemic. “Just finish it, damn, and give them what they want.”
Former state controller Betty Yee also agreed to make both requests, believing that healthcare employers focus on profits at the expense of patient care.
“Yes, absolutely.” She said when asked about joining Kaiser pickets. “Shame them. If you can’t take care of yourself, you can’t expect you to take care of others.”
