Some of California\u2019s leading gubernatorial candidates will head to Fresno in a few weeks for a candidate forum.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Maddy Institute will host the forum, titled \u201cAffordability and Rural California,\u201d on April 1 in partnership with dozens of agricultural groups, including Western Growers.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Who\u2019s coming: All candidates who have reached above the three percent polling threshold in the March 1 average of polls conducted by RealClearPolitics were invited.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Five candidates will attend: former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, former Fox News host and businessman Steve Hilton, former Rep. Katie Porter (D\u2013Irvine) and former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Maddy Institute also invited San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, billionaire activist Tom Steyer and Rep. Eric Swalwell (D\u2013Castro Valley).\u00a0<\/p>\n
What we\u2019re watching: The forum will start at noon on April 1 and run through 1:30 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A moderator will lead the forum, and each candidate will have two minutes for opening statements, followed by one hour of moderator-led questions and discussions. The forum will wrap up with two minutes for closing statements for each candidate.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It will be held at the Ruiz Event Space at the Lynda and Stewart Resnick Student Union at Fresno State.\u00a0<\/p>\n
What they\u2019re saying: \u201cAs the nonpartisan public policy institute for the Central Valley, we are proud to co-host this bipartisan forum with candidates seeking California\u2019s highest office,\u201d said Blake Zante, executive director of The Maddy Institute. \u201cThe Central Valley plays a vital role in shaping California\u2019s future, and forums like this help ensure our region\u2019s voices, priorities, and next generation of leaders are part of the statewide dialogue.\u201d\u00a0\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Some of California\u2019s leading gubernatorial candidates will head to Fresno in a few weeks for a candidate forum.\u00a0…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217792,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-217791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217791","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=217791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}