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EPISODE · May 29, 2026 · 45 MIN

The California Primary is Tuesday. Who’s funding what you’ll vote for?

from Pacific Standard Time · host The San Francisco Standard

Voting day is around the corner, and a hell of a lot of money is changing hands. The words "unprecedented" and "billionaire bonanza" come to mind. On this episode of PST, we follow the money across the races defining California's political future: the wide-open governor's race, the battle to succeed Nancy Pelosi in San Francisco, and the ballot measure that's unleashed a flood of fury from the ultra-wealthy — a proposed one-time 5% tax on California's roughly 200 billionaires. Host Emily Dreyfuss sits down with The Standard's Emily Shugerman and Hannah Wiley to unpack the mega-donors, super PACs, and power brokers shaping what's on your ballot. Then USF politics professor Keally McBride answers a critical question: does all that spending actually work? For more information and episode transcripts, visit: https://sfstandard.com/pacific-standard-time/ Support this podcast from The San Francisco Standard by becoming a subscriber: https://sfstandard.com/subscriber

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