Overview
- Following Tuesday's combative debate at Pomona College televised by CBS LA, Xavier Becerra and Steve Hilton clashed over Hilton's ties to the federal administration.
- A Nexstar/Emerson poll reported after the debate shows Steve Hilton at 16%, Tom Steyer at 15%, and 26% of voters still undecided.
- Becerra proposed declaring an emergency to freeze home insurance rates, while Katie Porter urged the state to act as a reinsurer to lure private carriers back after wildfire losses.
- On housing, Tony Thurmond called for two million units on surplus school district land, and Tom Steyer pushed faster permits and lower fees to cut building costs.
- Rivals zeroed in on Steyer’s huge self-funding and Becerra’s record, and Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco drew fact-checks after falsely claiming COVID-19 vaccines poisoned millions, as voters now await mail ballots on May 5 ahead of the June 2 primary.