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Democratic Candidates Meet at San Francisco Restaurant
California Governor Gavin Newsom and Democratic gubernatorial nominee Xavier Becerra met at a Mexican restaurant in San Francisco. Photos posted by both men showed an empty dining area during the meeting.
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Photos posted by both men showed them shaking hands inside the family-owned establishment and seated at a table with only two water glasses visible. The California Republican Party posted on X that the pair went to a restaurant in a city neither of them live in, cleared out the customers, and did not eat.
The discussion focused on California’s housing crisis, economic challenges, support for small businesses, protecting abortion rights, and pushing back against President Donald Trump’s agenda. Newsom has pledged to campaign for Becerra throughout the general election.
Background Becerra, 68, previously served in the state Assembly, represented Los Angeles in Congress for nearly a quarter-century, served as California attorney general, and later joined former President Joe Biden’s Cabinet as secretary of health and human services.
His Republican opponent has spent the campaign arguing that nearly two decades of Democratic control have contributed to rising homelessness, crime, drug addiction, human trafficking, high gas prices, and the soaring cost of living.
