California Update: Cancelling a Debate . . . and a Labor Icon

Can California’s governor’s race get any airtime (a televised debate scratched after a controversy over four candidates who didn’t make the cut), much less any traction with a disinterested electorate? Hoover senior fellow Lee Ohanian and distinguished policy fellow Bill Whalen, both contributors to Hoover’s California on Your Mind web channel, discuss the latest in the Golden State including the public ostracization of labor icon Cesar Chavez after a New York Times exposé revealed dark secrets from his past; Los Angeles’ penchant for spending follies (an 8-mile bike bridge to nowhere); and flawed ballot measures (including a “mansion tax” that’s snarled SoCal housing construction); plus what three recent polls say about the Golden State’s next wave of political leaders – and if former vice president Kamala Harris will be a part of that cohort. Recorded on March 26, 2026.