{"id":778535,"date":"2026-05-07T01:32:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T01:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/778535\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T01:32:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T01:32:14","slug":"live-updates-la-mayor-california-governor-candidates-debate-nbc-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/778535\/","title":{"rendered":"Live updates: LA mayor, California governor candidates debate \u2013 NBC Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What to Know<\/p>\n<ul class=\"what-to-know__list\">\n<li class=\"what-to-know__item\">Candidates seeking to become the next California governor and the next Los Angeles mayor meet Wednesday night in a debate double-header hosted by NBCLA and Telemundo 52.<\/li>\n<li class=\"what-to-know__item\">The following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/news\/local\/candidates-invited-for-nbc4-and-telemundo-52-california-gubernatorial-and-los-angeles-mayoral-debates-announced\/3884578\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">candidates qualified for their respective debates<\/a>: For LA mayor, Karen Bass, Spencer Pratt and Nithya Raman. For California governor, Xavier Becerra, Chad Bianco, Steve Hilton, Matt Mahan, Katie Porter, Tom Steyer and Antonio Villaraigosa.<\/li>\n<li class=\"what-to-know__item\">The two live, one-hour debates begin with the Los Angeles mayoral debate at 5 p.m. followed by the California gubernatorial debate at 7 p.m.<\/li>\n<li class=\"what-to-know__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/news\/california-wildfires\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wildfires<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/tag\/immigration\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">immigration<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/tag\/homelessness\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">homelessness<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/tag\/crime-and-courts\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">public safety<\/a> and quality of life will be the topics.<\/li>\n<li class=\"what-to-know__item\">In addition to NBC4&#8217;s broadcast channels, the live events will stream on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcla.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">nbcla.com<\/a>, NBCLA mobile apps and the\u00a0station&#8217;s free 24\/7 local news streaming channel\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/news\/local\/how-to-watch-nbc-los-angeles-news-live-stream-on-peacock-roku-samsung-tv-xumo\/3083389\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBC Los Angeles News<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li class=\"what-to-know__item\">A pivotal statewide <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/tag\/decision-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">June 2 primary election<\/a> will determine who faces off in the November election. The top-two candidates advance to a runoff in November.<\/li>\n<li class=\"what-to-know__item\">The last day to register to vote for the June 2 primary election is May 18.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Candidates aiming to become Los Angeles&#8217; next mayor and succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom as California governor are meeting in a debate double-header in LA. Follow live updates below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What to Know Candidates seeking to become the next California governor and the next Los Angeles mayor meet&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":778536,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,25223,90,5413,2961,224,5337,80],"class_list":{"0":"post-778535","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-decision-2026","11":"tag-elections","12":"tag-karen-bass","13":"tag-la","14":"tag-los-angeles","15":"tag-losangeles","16":"tag-politics"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116530718049739814","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=778535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/778536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=778535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=778535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=778535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}