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San Francisco Chronicle endorses Katie Porter [View all]
Saturday, May 16, 2016
Their headline starts with "Two California governor candidates stand far above the field. Here’s our pick."
Porter deserves your vote, says the Chronicle. San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan is the other stand out.
Excerpt:
At her core, Porter is a wonk with an independent streak and a holistic view of governance and leadership. She has an evidence-based, multitiered plan to bring down housing construction costs by 20% that experts say is actually feasible. And, importantly, she has a pragmatic view of how to work with the Legislature and statewide stakeholders to effectuate her plans.
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This kind of political savvy will be necessary to take on groups like the building trade unions, who Porter correctly — and singularly among candidates — has called out for blocking or inserting poison pills into crucial housing efforts. She also rightly recognized that the next governor will have to do heavy lifting to rectify California’s home insurance crisis, noting the political incentive is to “hold down rates at the expense of having a functional market.”
Porter has the standing to do this, thanks to her well-earned reputation as a progressive consumer advocate. Yet she’s not hostile to the business community.
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Unlike our current governor, we believe Porter would be laser-focused on Californians, not on her next job. Her combination of policy smarts, political courage and independence puts her in the best position to pursue the evidence-based solutions California needs to thrive.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/katie-porter-governor-california-22208808.php
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This kind of political savvy will be necessary to take on groups like the building trade unions, who Porter correctly — and singularly among candidates — has called out for blocking or inserting poison pills into crucial housing efforts. She also rightly recognized that the next governor will have to do heavy lifting to rectify California’s home insurance crisis, noting the political incentive is to “hold down rates at the expense of having a functional market.”
Porter has the standing to do this, thanks to her well-earned reputation as a progressive consumer advocate. Yet she’s not hostile to the business community.
SNIP
Unlike our current governor, we believe Porter would be laser-focused on Californians, not on her next job. Her combination of policy smarts, political courage and independence puts her in the best position to pursue the evidence-based solutions California needs to thrive.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/katie-porter-governor-california-22208808.php
Regarding Mahan, they wrote "Matt Mahan has done an excellent job stewarding California’s third-largest city toward sensible solutions on homelessness by aggressively building interim housing to get people off the streets and connected with services. Importantly, he has done so while convincing his city’s wealthiest districts to take on their share of the burden. This model can and should be scaled to the rest of the state" and "His nuanced 15-point plan for unlocking housing production in California is also unrivaled in its granularity."
As for Xavier Becerra, the editorial board wrote "Ultimately, Becerra seems more interested in chasing votes than offering honest solutions" and "Becerra isn’t particularly fluent in several key policy arenas. When the editorial board asked for specific details about his housing agenda, such as how the state should regulate expensive inclusionary zoning mandates, he had few answers."
(Bacerra flubbed his initial interview with the editorial board a few weeks ago -- he was either under rehearsed, unprepared, or genuinely ignorant).
And finally ... The board addressed the threat of a dual Republican ticket with "Hilton has been slowly consolidating conservative support while Bianco fades. At least one Democrat is sure to make the general election."
Leap of faith?
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