It’s supposed to be a race for governor, but candidates and voters seem disengaged

By Dan Walters, CalMatters

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The shortage and costs of housing are, by any rational standard, one of California’s most pressing issues, which is why several thousand advocates of affordable shelter gathered in Sacramento this week to ponder potential solutions.

Housing California, the event’s sponsor, invited candidates for governor to participate in a panel discussion of how they would approach the housing crisis.

Neither…