Tom Steyer On Affordability and PG&E at KQED Governor Town Hall

KQED News May 27, 2026 Political Breakdown With one week until voting ends in California’s June primary, Democratic candidate for governor Tom Steyer sold himself as a populist who will use his experience in finance to squeeze more out of corporations and help average Californians with rising costs. Steyer, one of the race’s three leading candidates, is a former hedge fund manager who has spent hundreds of millions of dollars of his fortune in recent years pushing progressive causes, including fighting climate change, opposing President Trump and, now, running for governor. At a KQED town hall Tuesday night, he returned to his campaign’s central theme of affordability. Steyer fielded questions from both the audience and KQED’s Guy Marzorati. It was the third in a series of town hall events KQED hosted with top-polling candidates for governor this election season.