NYT on ‘Who Should Govern California’?
Political Observer on the connection with Newsom: Father and Son and Getty Family Trust!
May 19, 2026
Editor: What this panel failes to even touch upon, is the fact that the current Governer of California, is the son of Willian Newsom, the administrator of the Getty family trust, how can that be? The pretence of ‘objectivily’ just falls flat! NYT does not just aid and abet the facts of California Political Life: as refeacted through the collective ‘lenses’ of various experts, but abandons political objectivity for a proffered cadre of experts, listed below !
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The Choice
Who Should Govern California?
Feb. 26, 2026
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California is the site of a series of interlocking problems: It’s just too expensive for many people. There aren’t enough homes, or at least enough affordable ones. The insurance market is a challenge. Homelessness is difficult. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is splitting up families. Federal cuts to universities and health care are rampant. Gasoline and electricity are expensive. Water rights are complicated. Fires and floods and the effects of climate change are already savage. The state is also home to the biggest economic story of our age, artificial intelligence, and remains one of the most beautiful places in the country, where millions want to live.
Whom should voters choose to deal with all of this? The California governor’s race has been chaotic and confusing. Democratic candidates are offering up their party’s full range of choices, from technocratic moderates to progressive populists.
Times Opinion assembled a panel of experts with a range of viewpoints for a new installment of The Choice, aimed at guiding voters — and in California, especially Democratic voters — through the complex issues in this election.
The Choice was prepared by Times Opinion editors, based in part on a round-table conversation with the panelists held on April 24 and a survey from which Times Opinion averaged the panelists’ responses.
Our Panel’s Ratings
We asked panelists to rate the leading candidates on how they would approach governing. Each chart reflects an average of their individual ratings.
Political Observer.Political Observer on the connection with Newsom: Father and Son and Getty Family Trust!
May 19, 2026
Editor: What this panel failes to even touch upon, is the fact that the current Governer of California, is the son of Willian Newsom, the administrator of the Getty family trust, how can that be? The pretence of ‘objectivily’ just falls flat! NYT does not just aid and abet the facts of California Political Life: as refeacted through the collective ‘lenses’ of various experts, but abandons political objectivity for a proffered cadre of experts, listed below !
Opinion
The Choice
Who Should Govern California?
Feb. 26, 2026
- Share full article
- 194
Jump to topicPanelists’ RatingsThe CandidatesHousingClimate and EnergyCalifornia’s FinancesRegulating A.I.President Trump
California is the site of a series of interlocking problems: It’s just too expensive for many people. There aren’t enough homes, or at least enough affordable ones. The insurance market is a challenge. Homelessness is difficult. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is splitting up families. Federal cuts to universities and health care are rampant. Gasoline and electricity are expensive. Water rights are complicated. Fires and floods and the effects of climate change are already savage. The state is also home to the biggest economic story of our age, artificial intelligence, and remains one of the most beautiful places in the country, where millions want to live.
Whom should voters choose to deal with all of this? The California governor’s race has been chaotic and confusing. Democratic candidates are offering up their party’s full range of choices, from technocratic moderates to progressive populists.
Times Opinion assembled a panel of experts with a range of viewpoints for a new installment of The Choice, aimed at guiding voters — and in California, especially Democratic voters — through the complex issues in this election.
The Choice was prepared by Times Opinion editors, based in part on a round-table conversation with the panelists held on April 24 and a survey from which Times Opinion averaged the panelists’ responses.
Our Panel’s Ratings
We asked panelists to rate the leading candidates on how they would approach governing. Each chart reflects an average of their individual ratings.
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