{"id":206026,"date":"2026-03-05T19:17:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T19:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/206026\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T19:17:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T19:17:20","slug":"riverside-county-sheriff-chad-bianco-sits-down-with-eyewitness-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/206026\/","title":{"rendered":"Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco sits down with Eyewitness News"},"content":{"rendered":"

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) With California\u2019s primary election for governor four months away, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco is outlining how he says he would tackle some of the state\u2019s biggest challenges if elected.<\/p>\n

Asked how he would reduce the price per gallon of gasoline, Bianco said he would roll back regulations and increase in-state production. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m removing the regulations on California oil. We will absolutely be oil independent in this state. Kern County is going to supply us with the oil we need to be oil independent. It’s that simple,\u201d Bianco said.<\/p>\n

\"{p}{\/p}RiversideRiverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco sits down with Eyewitness News (Courtesy:{ }riversidesheriff.org)<\/p>\n

\u201cRight now, were importing 80% of our oil from other countries. Why would we do that? We have it here.\u201d<\/p>\n

On homelessness, Bianco said he does not believe the situation is improving. <\/p>\n

\u201cNone of us believe that homelessness is going down,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Bianco said his approach would include expanding treatment options. \u201cWe will provide alcohol treatment centers, drug treatment centers and treatment centers that treat both,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Bianco also weighed in on immigration.<\/p>\n

\"RiversideRiverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco sits down with Eyewitness News (KBAK\/KBFX)<\/p>\n

\u201cAnywhere across the country where there are any immigration issues right now is sanctuary state cities and states because they have created this environment as a purposeful way of dividing its residents,\u201d Bianco said.<\/p>\n

Asked what he believes separates him from other candidates, Bianco criticized both major parties\u2019 approaches to the race. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe Democrat side is just trying to convince everyone that they\u2019re running against Donald Trump. They\u2019re not. They\u2019re running against me and they know it. They\u2019re raising money to fight me,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\"Riverside<\/p>\n

Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco sits down with Eyewitness News{ }(Photo by Kent Nishimura\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Republican side is doing everything they can to harm me in this campaign because they know they\u2019re not going to rise above me.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) With California\u2019s primary election for governor four months away, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206027,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-206026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}