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Who Will Win CA’s Rent-Seeker Oscars?

While Hollywood is aflutter about who will win Academy Awards next Sunday, everyone in Sacramento is talking about which candidates for CA governor will win the endorsements of the state’s Top Rent-Seekers. Undecided Rent-Seekers are listed in bold here:

The most valuable endorsements are from CTA and SEIU. Though they represent only a small fraction of California’s working class, they command a large fraction of political power in California because the brand value of their endorsements is so valuable. In fact, just their non-opposition is worth a fortune. Fear of CTA’s opposition is why Gavin Newsom allowed CA schools to stay shut longer than any other state.

According to my sources in Sacramento, the race to win the Rent-Seeker Oscars is down to Tom Steyer, Eric Swalwell and Katie Porter. Who do you think will win?