{"id":205344,"date":"2026-04-23T17:26:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T21:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/23\/ca-governor-candidates-spar-on-policy-and-experience-elections\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T01:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T05:00:13","slug":"ca-governor-candidates-spar-on-policy-and-experience-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/23\/ca-governor-candidates-spar-on-policy-and-experience-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"CA governor candidates spar on policy and experience | Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.calonews.com\/elections\/california-governor-candidates-challenge-each-other-on-policy-and-experience\/article_09358f07-2127-4768-b29a-dba62b16c5b8.html\">CA governor candidates spar on policy and experience | Elections<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.calonews.com\/elections\/california-governor-candidates-challenge-each-other-on-policy-and-experience\/article_09358f07-2127-4768-b29a-dba62b16c5b8.html\">https:\/\/www.calonews.com\/elections\/california-governor-candidates-challenge-each-other-on-policy-and-experience\/article_09358f07-2127-4768-b29a-dba62b16c5b8.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-04-23 17:26:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.calonews.com\">www.calonews.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Six leading candidates in California\u2019s gubernatorial race participated in a televised debate, discussing major issues like homelessness, gas tax, and social media bans.<\/li>\n<li>Candidates range from four Democrats to two Republicans, with current polling suggesting the top two spots may go to Republican candidates Steve Hilton and Chad Bianco.<\/li>\n<li>The candidates offered varied opinions on suspending the high California gas tax, with Steve Hilton and Chad Bianco criticizing Democratic policies, while Tom Steyer proposed redirecting oil company taxes to residents.<\/li>\n<li>Specific questions about each candidate&#8217;s campaign were fielded, with discussions on accountability, regulations, and personal behaviors.<\/li>\n<li>A heated debate emerged over whether California Highway Patrol officers should administer English proficiency exams to drivers, sparking a discussion on racial profiling and officer accountability.<\/li>\n<li>Candidates generally remained respectful but occasionally took pointed jabs at each other, questioning their experiences, wealth, and past policies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CA governor candidates spar on policy and experience | Elections https:\/\/www.calonews.com\/elections\/california-governor-candidates-challenge-each-other-on-policy-and-experience\/article_09358f07-2127-4768-b29a-dba62b16c5b8.html Publish Date: 2026-04-23 17:26:00&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":205345,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com\/calonews.com\/content\/tncms\/assets\/v3\/editorial\/2\/07\/207a4547-ff33-4386-9e3b-0e80c5e475df\/69ea8daa33d07.image.png?crop=1923%2C1010%2C0%2C34&resize=1200%2C630&order=crop%2Cresize","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-205344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205344"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205344"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":205346,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205344\/revisions\/205346"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}