2020 California Statewide Candidates Forum

October 10th, 2020 | 8am PDT

2020 California Statewide Candidates Forum

About the
California Statewide
Candidates Forum

Join us on Saturday, October 10th at 8am PDT for the California Statewide Candidates Forum. This non-partisan event will provide a virtual platform for candidates from across the state to briefly share their vision for California’s future. Participating candidates will either appear live via videostream on October 10th or can choose to submit a prerecorded video for publication.

CASC Forum
Participants

CANDIDATE

Jo Jorgenson

US President

CANDIDATE

Chris Bish

US Congress (District #6)

CANDIDATE

Nisha Sharma

US Congress (District #11)

CANDIDATE

Alison Hayden

US Congress (District #15)

CANDIDATE

Ritesh Tandon

US Congress (District #17)

CANDIDATE

Rishi Kumar

US Congress (District #18)

CANDIDATE

Jeff Gorman

US Congress (District #20)

CANDIDATE

Andy Caldwell

US Congress (District #24)

CANDIDATE

Eric Early

US Congress (District #28)

CANDIDATE

Angélica María Dueñas

US Congress (District #29)

CANDIDATE

David Kim

US Congress (District #34)

CANDIDATE

William 'Liam' O'Mara

US Congress (District #42)

CANDIDATE

Joe Collins

US Congress (District #43)

CANDIDATE

James S. Waters

US Congress (District #46)

CANDIDATE

Sara Jacobs

US Congress (District #53)

CANDIDATE

Pamela Swartz

State Senate (District #1)

CANDIDATE

Susan Eggman

State Senate (District #5)

CANDIDATE

Jackie Fielder

State Senate (District #11)

CANDIDATE

Alex Glew

State Senate (District #13)

CANDIDATE

Dave Cortese

State Senate (District #15)

CANDIDATE

Ann M. Ravel

State Senate (District #15)

CANDIDATE

Vicki Nohrden

State Senate (District #17)

CANDIDATE

Gary J. Michaels

State Senate (District #19)

CANDIDATE

Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh

State Senate (District #23)

CANDIDATE

Kathleen Hazelton

State Senate (District #25)

CANDIDATE

Anthony Perry

State Senate (District #35)

CANDIDATE

Cathy Cook

State Assembly (District #8)

CANDIDATE

Eric M. Rigard

State Assembly (District #9)

CANDIDATE

Carlos Villapudua

State Assembly (District #13)

CANDIDATE

Janell Elizabeth Proctor

State Assembly (District #14)

CANDIDATE

Joseph Rubay

State Assembly (District #16)

CANDIDATE

John McDonnell

State Assembly (District #19)

CANDIDATE

Mark Gilham

State Assembly (District #22)

CANDIDATE

Peter Ohtaki

State Assembly (District #24)

CANDIDATE

Bob Brunton

State Assembly (District #25)

CANDIDATE

Drew Phelps

State Assembly (District #26)

CANDIDATE

Shomir Banerjee

State Assembly (District #29)

CANDIDATE

Julie Solis

State Assembly (District #34)

CANDIDATE

Mike Graves

State Assembly (District #43)

CANDIDATE

Jeffi Girgenti

State Assembly (District #45)

CANDIDATE

Lanira Murphy

State Assembly (District #46)

CANDIDATE

Will Hess

State Assembly (District #50)

CANDIDATE

Toni Holle

State Assembly (District #52)

CANDIDATE

Godfrey Santos Plata

State Assembly (District #53)

CANDIDATE

Fatima S. Iqbal-Zubair

State Assembly (District #64)

CANDIDATE

Liz Lavertu

State Assembly (District #71)

CANDIDATE

John Moore

State Assembly (District #79)

Speaker

Tom Bordonaro

Proposition 15 & 19

Speaker

Gail Heriot

Proposition 16

Speaker

René Moya

Proposition 21

October 10th
Broadcast Schedule

2020 Election
Overview

District 1

Audrey Denney (Dem)
Doug LaMalfa (Rep)

District 2

Jared Huffman (Dem)
Dale K. Mensing (Rep)

District 3

John Garamendi (Dem)
Tamika Hamilton (Rep)

District 4

Brynne S. Kennedy (Dem)
Tom McClintock (Rep)

District 5

Mike Thompson* (Dem)
Scott Giblin (Rep)

District 6

Doris Matsui (Dem)
Chris Bish (Rep)

District 7

Ami Bera (Dem)
Buzz Patterson (Rep)

District 8

Christine Bubser (Dem)
Jay Obernolte (Rep

District 9

Jerry McNerney (Dem)
Antonio C. ‘Tony’ Amador (Rep)

District 10

Josh Harder (Dem)
Ted Howze (Rep)

District 11

Mark DeSaulnier (Dem)
Nisha Sharma (Rep)

District 12

Shahid Buttar (Dem)
Nancy Pelosi (Dem)

District 13

Barbara Lee (Dem)
Nikka Piterman (Rep)

District 14

Jackie Speier (Dem)
Ran S. Petel (Rep)

District 15

Eric Swalwell (Dem)
Alison Hayden (Rep)

District 16

Jim Costa (Dem)
Kevin Cookingham (Rep)

District 17

Ro Khanna (Dem)
Ritesh Tandon (Rep)

District 18

Anna G. Eshoo (Dem)
Rishi Kumar (Dem)

District 19

Zoe Lofgren (Dem)
Justin James Aguilera (Rep)

District 20

Jimmy Panetta (Dem)
Jeff Gorman (Rep)

District 21

TJ Cox (Dem)
David G. Valadao (Rep)

District 22

Phil Arballo (Dem)
Devin G. Nunes (Rep)

District 23

Kim Mangone (Dem)
Kevin McCarthy (Rep)

District 24

Salud Carbajal* (Dem)
Andy Caldwell (Rep)

District 25

Christy Smith (Dem)
Mike Garcia (Rep)

District 26

Julia Brownley (Dem)
Ronda Baldwin-Kennedy (Rep)

District 27

Judy Chu (Dem)
Johnny J. Nalbandian (Rep)

District 28

Adam B. Schiff (Dem)
Eric Early (Rep)

District 29

Tony Cardenas (Dem)
Angélica María Dueñas (Dem)

District 30

Brad Sherman (Dem)
Mark S. Reed (Rep)

District 31

Pete Aguilar (Dem)
Agnes Gibboney (Rep)

District 32

Grace F. Napolitano (Dem)
Joshua M. Scott (Rep)

District 33

Ted W. Lieu (Dem)
James P. Bradley (Rep)

District 34

Jimmy Gomez (Dem)
David Kim (Dem)

District 35

Norma J. Torres (Dem)
Mike Cargile (Rep)

District 36

Raul Ruiz (Dem)
Erin Cruz (Rep)

District 37

Karen Bass (Dem)
Errol Webber (Rep)

District 38

Linda T. Sánchez (Dem)
Michael Tolar (Dem)

District 39

Gil Cisneros (Dem)
Young Kim (Rep)

District 40

Lucille Roybal-Allard (Dem)
C Antonio Delgado (Rep)

District 41

Mark Takano (Dem)
Aja Smith (Rep)

District 42

William “Liam” O’Mara (Dem)
Ken Calvert (Rep)

District 43

Maxine Waters (Dem)
Joe E. Collins III (Rep)

District 44

Nanette Diaz Barragan (Dem)
Analilia Joya (Dem)

District 45

Katie Porter (Dem)
Greg Raths (Rep)

District 46

Lou Correa (Dem)
James S. Waters (Rep)

District 47

Alan Lowenthal (Dem)
John Briscoe (Rep)

District 48

Harley Rouda (Dem)
Michelle Steel (Rep)

District 49

Mike Levin (Dem)
Brian Maryott (Rep)

District 50

Ammar Campa-Najjar (Dem)
Darrell Issa (Rep)

District 51

Juan C. Vargas (Dem)
Juan M Hidalgo, Jr (Rep)

District 52

Scott Peters (Dem)
Jim DeBello (Rep)

District 53

Georgette Gómez (Dem)
Sara Jacobs (Dem)

District 1

Pamela Dawn Swartz (Dem)
Brian Dahle (Rep)

District 3

Bill Dodd (Dem)
Carlos Santamaria (Rep)

District 5

Susan Talamantes Eggman (Dem)
Jim Ridenour (Rep)

District 7

Steve Glazer (Dem)
Julie Mobley (Rep)

District 9

Nancy Skinner (Dem)
Jamie Dluzak (Lib)

District 11

Jackie Fielder (Dem)
Scott Wiener (Dem)

District 13

Josh Becker (Dem)
Alexander Glew (Rep)

District 15

Dave Cortese (Dem)
Ann M. Ravel (Dem)

District 17

John Laird (Dem)
Vicki Nohrden (Rep)

District 19

S. Monique Limón (Dem)
Gary J. Michaels (Rep)

District 21

Kipp Mueller (Dem)
Scott Wilk (Rep)

District 23

Abigail Medina (Dem)
Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh (Rep)

District 25

Anthony J. Portantino (Dem)
Kathleen Hazelton (Rep)

District 27

Henry Stern (Dem)
Houman Salem (Rep)

District 29

Josh Newman (Dem)
Ling Ling Chang (Rep)

District 31

Richard D. Roth (Dem)
Rod D Taylor (Rep)

District 33

Elizabeth C. Castillo (Dem)
Lena Gonzalez (Dem)

District 35

Steven Craig Bradford (Dem)
Anthony Perry American (Ind)

District 37

Dave Min (Dem)
John M. W. Moorlach (Rep)

District 39

Toni Atkins (Dem)
Linda Blankenship (Rep)

District 1

Elizabeth L Betancourt (Dem)
Megan Dahle (Rep)

District 2

Jim Wood (Dem)
Charlotte Svolos (Rep)

District 3

James R Henson (Dem)
James Gallagher (Rep)

District 4

Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (Dem)
Matthew L. Nelson (Rep)

District 5

Frank Bigelow (Rep)

District 6

Jackie Smith (Dem)
Kevin Kiley (Rep)

District 7

Kevin McCarty (Dem)
James O Just (Lib)

District 8

Ken Cooley (Dem)
Cathy Cook (Rep)

District 9

Jim Cooper (Dem)
Eric M. Rigard (Rep)

District 10

Veronica “Roni” Jacobi (Dem)
Marc Levine (Dem)

District 11

Jim Frazier (Dem)
Debra Schwab (Rep)

District 12

Paul Akinjo (Dem)
Heath Flora (Rep)

District 13

Kathy Miller (Dem)
Carlos Villapudua (Dem)

District 14

Tim Grayson (Dem)
Janell Elizabeth Proctor (Rep)

District 15

Buffy Wicks (Dem)
Sara Brink (NP)

District 16

Rebecca Bauer-Kahan Dem)
Joseph A. Rubay Rep)

District 17

David Chiu (Dem)
Starchild (Lib)

District 18

Rob Bonta (Dem)
Stephen Slauson (Rep)

District 19

Phil Ting (Dem)
John P. McDonnell (Rep)

District 20

Bill Quirk (Dem)
Alexis Villalobos (Dem)

District 21

Adam Gray (Dem)
Joel Gutierrez Campos (Rep)

District 22

Kevin Mullin (Dem)
Mark Gilham (Rep)

District 23

Jim Patterson (Rep)

District 24

Marc Berman (Dem)
Peter Ohtaki (Rep)

District 25

Alex Lee (Dem)
Bob Brunton (Rep)

District 26

Drew Phelps (Dem)
Devon Mathis (Rep)

District 27

Ash Kalra (Dem)
G. Burt Lancaster (Rep)

District 28

Evan Low (Dem)
Carlos Rafael Cruz (Rep)

District 29

Mark Stone (Dem)
Shomir Banerjee (Rep)

District 30

Robert Rivas (Dem)
Gregory Swett (Rep)

District 31

Joaquin Arambula (Dem)
Fernando Banuelos (Rep)

District 32

Rudy Salas (Dem)
Todd Cotta (Rep)

District 33

Rick Herrick (Rep)
Thurston “Smitty” Smith (Rep)

District 34

Julie Solis (Dem)
Vince Fong (Rep)

District 35

Dawn Addis (Dem)
Jordan Cunningham (Rep)

District 36

Steve Fox (Dem)
Tom Lackey (Rep)

District 37

Steve Bennett (Dem)
Charles W. Cole (Rep)

District 38

Suzette Martinez Valladares (Rep)
Lucie Lapointe Volotzky (Rep)

District 39

Luz Maria Rivas (Dem)
Ricardo Benitez (Rep)

District 40

James C. Ramos (Dem)
Jennifer Tullius (Rep)

District 41

Chris Holden (Dem)
Robin A. Hvidston (Rep)

District 42

Andrew F. Kotyuk (Rep)
Chad Mayes (NP)

District 43

Laura Friedman (Dem)
Mike Graves (Rep)

District 44

Jacqui Irwin (Dem)
Denise Pedrow (Rep)

District 45

Jesse Gabriel) (Dem)
Jeffi Girgenti (Rep)

District 46

Lanira K. Murphy (Dem)
Adrin Nazarian (Dem)

District 47

Eloise Gomez Reyes (Dem)
Matthew Gordon (Rep)

District 48

Blanca E. Rubio (Dem)

District 49

Ed Chau (Dem)
Burton Brink (Rep)

District 50

Richard Bloom (Dem)
Will Hess (Dem)

District 51

Wendy Carrillo (Dem)

District 52

Freddie Rodriguez (Dem)
Toni Holle (Rep)

District 53

Godfrey Santos Plata (Dem)
Miguel Santiago (Dem)

District 54

Tracy Bernard Jones (Dem)
Sydney Kamlager (Dem)

District 55

Andrew E. Rodriguez (Dem)
Phillip Chen (Rep)

District 56

Eduardo Garcia (Dem)
America Figueroa (Rep)

District 57

Lisa Calderon (Dem)
Jessica Martinez (Rep)

District 58

Cristina Garcia (Dem)
Margaret Villa (Green)

District 59

Reggie Jones-Sawyer (Dem)
Efren Martinez (Dem)

District 60

Sabrina Cervantes (Dem)
Chris Raahauge (Rep)

District 61

Jose Medina (Dem)
Ali Mazarei (Rep)

District 62

Autumn R. Burke (Dem)
Robert A. Steele (Rep)

District 63

Maria D. Estrada (Dem)
Anthony Rendon (Dem)

District 64

Mike Anthony Gipson (Dem)
Fatima S. Iqbal-Zubair (Dem)

District 65

Sharon Quirk-Silva (Dem)
Cynthia Thacker (Rep)

District 66

Al Muratsuchi (Dem)
Arthur C. Schaper (Rep)

District 67

Jerry Carlos (Dem)
Kelly Seyarto (Rep)

District 68

Melissa Fox (Dem)
Steven “Steve” Choi (Rep)

District 69

Tom Daly (Dem)
Jon Paul White (Rep)

District 70

Patrick O’Donnell (Dem)
David W. Thomas (Rep)

District 71

Liz “Elizabeth” Lavertu (Dem)
Randy Voepel (Rep)

District 72

Diedre Nguyen (Dem)
Janet Nguyen (Rep)

District 73

Scott Rhinehart (Dem)
Laurie Davies (Rep)

District 74

Cottie Petrie-Norris (Dem)
Diane Dixon (Rep)

District 75

Karen “Kate” Schwartz (Dem)
Marie Waldron (Rep)

District 76

Tasha Boerner Horvath (Dem)
Melanie Burkholder (Rep)

District 77

Brian Maienschein (Dem)
June Yang Cutter (Rep)

District 78

Sarah Davis (Dem)
Chris Ward (Dem)

District 79

Shirley N. Weber (Dem)
John Moore (Rep)

District 80

Lorena Gonzalez (Dem)
John J. Vogel (Rep)

PROP 14

AUTHORIZES BONDS CONTINUING STEM CELL RESEARCH. INITIATIVE STATUTE.

SUMMARY

Authorizes $5.5 billion state bonds for: stem cell and other medical research, including training; research facility construction; administrative costs. Dedicates $1.5 billion to brain-related diseases. Appropriates General Fund moneys for repayment. Expands related programs. Fiscal Impact: Increased state costs to repay bonds estimated at about $260 million per year over the next roughly 30 years.

PROP 15

INCREASES FUNDING SOURCES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY COLLEGES, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT SERVICES BY CHANGING TAX ASSESSMENT OF COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.

SUMMARY

Taxes such properties based on current market value, instead of purchase price. Fiscal Impact: Increased property taxes on commercial properties worth more than $3 million providing $6.5 billion to $11.5 billion in new funding to local governments and schools.

PROP 16

ALLOWS DIVERSITY AS A FACTOR IN PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION, AND CONTRACTING DECISIONS. LEGISLATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.

SUMMARY

Permits government decision-making policies to consider race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in order to address diversity by repealing constitutional provision prohibiting such policies. Fiscal Impact: No direct fiscal effect on state and local entities. The effects of the measure depend on the future choices of state and local government entities and are highly uncertain.

PROP 17

RESTORES RIGHT TO VOTE AFTER COMPLETION OF PRISON TERM. LEGISLATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.

SUMMARY

Restores voting rights upon completion of prison term to persons who have been disqualified from voting while serving a prison term. Fiscal Impact: Annual county costs, likely in the hundreds of thousands of dollars statewide, for voter registration and ballot materials. One-time state costs, likely in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, for voter registration cards and systems.

PROP 18

AMENDS CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION TO PERMIT 17-YEAR-OLDS TO VOTE IN PRIMARY AND SPECIAL ELECTIONS IF THEY WILL TURN 18 BY THE NEXT GENERAL ELECTION AND BE OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE. LEGISLATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.

SUMMARY

Fiscal Impact: Increased statewide county costs likely between several hundreds of thousands of dollars and $1 million every two years. Increased one-time costs to the state of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

PROP 19

CHANGES CERTAIN PROPERTY TAX RULES. LEGISLATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.

SUMMARY

Allows homeowners who are over 55, disabled, or wildfire/disaster victims to transfer primary residence’s tax base to replacement residence. Changes taxation of family-property transfers. Establishes fire protection services fund. Fiscal Impact: Local governments could gain tens of millions of dollars of property tax revenue per year, probably growing over time to a few hundred million dollars per year. Schools could receive similar property tax gains.

PROP 20

RESTRICTS PAROLE FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES CURRENTLY CONSIDERED TO BE NON-VIOLENT. AUTHORIZES FELONY SENTENCES FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES CURRENTLY TREATED ONLY AS MISDEMEANORS. INITIATIVE STATUTE.

SUMMARY

Limits access to parole program established for non-violent offenders who have completed the full term of their primary offense by eliminating eligibility for certain offenses. Fiscal Impact: Increase in state and local correctional, court, and law enforcement costs likely in the tens of millions of dollars annually, depending on implementation.

PROP 21

EXPANDS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS’ AUTHORITY TO ENACT RENT CONTROL ON RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY. INITIATIVE STATUTE.

SUMMARY

Allows local governments to establish rent control on residential properties over 15 years old. Local limits on rate increases may differ from statewide limit. Fiscal Impact: Overall, a potential reduction in state and local revenues in the high tens of millions of dollars per year over time. Depending on actions by local communities, revenue losses could be less or more.

PROP 22

EXEMPTS APP-BASED TRANSPORTATION AND DELIVERY COMPANIES FROM PROVIDING EMPLOYEE BENEFITS TO CERTAIN DRIVERS. INITIATIVE STATUTE.

SUMMARY

Classifies app-based drivers as “independent contractors,” instead of “employees,” and provides independent-contractor drivers other compensation, unless certain criteria are met. Fiscal Impact: Minor increase in state income taxes paid by rideshare and delivery company drivers and investors.

PROP 23

ESTABLISHES STATE REQUIREMENTS FOR KIDNEY DIALYSIS CLINICS. REQUIRES ON-SITE MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL. INITIATIVE STATUTE.

SUMMARY

Requires physician, nurse practitioner or physician assistant on site during dialysis treatment. Prohibits clinics from reducing services without state approval. Prohibits clinics from refusing to treat patients based on payment source. Fiscal Impact: Increased state and local government costs likely in the low tens of millions of dollars annually.

PROP 24

AMENDS CONSUMER PRIVACY LAWS. INITIATIVE STATUTE.

SUMMARY

Permits consumers to: prevent businesses from sharing personal information, correct inaccurate personal information, and limit businesses’ use of “sensitive personal information,” including precise geolocation, race, ethnicity, and health information. Establishes California Privacy Protection Agency. Fiscal Impact: Increased annual state costs of at least $10 million, but unlikely exceeding low tens of millions of dollars, to enforce expanded consumer privacy laws. Some costs would be offset by penalties for violating these laws.

PROP 25

REFERENDUM ON LAW THAT REPLACED MONEY BAIL WITH SYSTEM BASED ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND FLIGHT RISK.

SUMMARY

A “Yes” vote approves, and a “No” vote rejects, law replacing money bail with system based on public safety and flight risk. Fiscal Impact: Increased costs possibly in mid hundreds of millions of dollars annually for a new process for release from jail prior to trial. Decreased county jail costs, possibly in high tens of millions of dollars annually.

October 10th, 2020 | 8am PDT