Replying to the Anti-Steyer Campaign

About Steyer: He's a billionaire, but endorsed by Bernie Sanders. Talk about odd political bedfellows!

Not mentioned: Becerra's donors appear on the left in the graphic. Steyer's are on the right:

Becerra donor PG&E's electricity is 35% more expensive than SMUD, and PG&E's executives have attorneys on speed dial in case they face charges of negligent homicide for incidents like blowing up a residential neighborhood in San Bruno, and burning down the ironically-named town of Paradise. Publicly-owned SMUD doesn't need to skimp on maintenance to goose profits like PG&E. (In fairness, Steyer says he wants competition to cure the price disparity, but that's not too likely for natural monopolies like utilities)

Becerra's donations include the following (quoted from X.com):
— $4,500,000 from the healthcare industry to oppose single payer 

— $1,000,000 from Chevron and Big Oil to keep gas prices high and increase oil drilling 

— $700,000 from private ambulance companies to rip patients off 

— $300,000 from Big Pharma to keep drug prices high

How committed is Becerra to corporate D's, as opposed to his own constituents? In 2016, as a superdelegate, he voted for Hillary Clinton in the Democratic convention, even though Bernie won his home district (CA-34). We could be charitable and say he thought he was making a political calculation, backing a winner rather than someone certain to lose, but that's a bit too charitable for me.

I'm not sure a progressive governor is what you want, but thought I'd fill in some of the blanks.

Will Rogers used to say, "If it weren't for lies, there wouldn't be any politics."  It's not much of a surprise that the political class tries to deceive the public into voting against their own interests--roughly like trying to persuade sports teams to score goals for their opponents. "Own goal" behavior is very common in political discourse, so...beware!