"Meantime, fear not. Your friendly columnists Mark Z. Barabak and Anita Chabria have surveyed the field, weighed the odds, pondered California's long history and concluded ... they have absolutely no clue what will happen in the June 2 primary, much less who'll take the oath of office come next January. Here, they discuss the race that has Californians sitting on neither pins nor needles."
"End homelessness. Elevate our public schools to first-class rank. Make housing and college tuition affordable. Eliminate crime. End disease and poverty. Put a chicken in every pot. Make pigs fly and celestial angels sing. And then, in their second year ... Seriously, there's a pretty large gap between what voters would like to see happen and what a governor - any governor - can plausibly deliver."
California's upcoming governor's race features a crowded field of contenders with no clear front-runner and minimal public enthusiasm. Twelve major candidates include Xavier Becerra, Chad Bianco, Ian Calderon, Steve Hilton, Matt Mahan, Katie Porter, John Slavet, Tom Steyer, Eric Swalwell, Tony Thurmond, Antonio Villaraigosa and Betty Yee. National events and the governor's presidential ambitions have overshadowed state issues, reducing attention to core gubernatorial responsibilities. Voter expectations for sweeping solutions exceed the realistic powers of a governor, creating a gap between desires and deliverable outcomes. Predicting the June primary outcome remains highly uncertain.
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