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What restaurant operators should know about the California primary

Working Lunch: This week's political podcast focuses on the Golden State, where operators will soon know who their options will be in the November election.

In this week’s Working Lunch, Joe Kefauver and Franklin Coley of Align Public Strategies speak with Nikki Laurenzo, the host and executive producer of Inside California Politics, and the evening anchor of Fox40 News in Sacramento. Laurenzo will give the lay of the land for California’s primary June 2 and what restaurant operators might expect from the results.

In addition, the podcast takes a look at what happened to the Fast Food Council that was created to monitor the quick-service industry in the state. The council has remained dormant, lacking a chairperson to lead it. Will the election this year spark its rebirth in 2027?

The podcast takes a look at those issues, and wraps up with a legislative scorecard.

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