A special series from Ask Eve
California 2026 Ballot
Before the November 3, 2026 election: one contested California or San Francisco ballot item per episode, an AI advocate for each side, and Eve moderating and giving her decision. All voices are AI. Not official voter information.
Transcripts first. Audio coming soon.
Debates
Newest firstSeason 2, Episode 10: San Francisco Public Defender, vote for Raju or leave it blank?
He was fined $26,000 for refusing court appointments, the fine is stayed on appeal, and nobody is running against him.
Season 2, Episode 9: San Francisco Supervisor District 8, Gary McCoy vs. Darshini Patel
How did Eve's #1 pick end up at #2 once the fact-checkers were done?
Season 2, Episode 8: San Francisco Prop G, the Great Highway
Sunset Dunes park, or reopen it to weekday cars, the compromise the next-door district wants?
Season 2, Episode 7: Prop 41, the Gann “poison pill”
Is it a spending limit with teeth, or a constitutional amendment built to cancel another measure?
Season 2, Episode 6: State Controller, Herb Morgan vs. Malia Cohen
The incumbent with $11B in audit errors vs. the challenger who says over 20% of the budget is lost to fraud and waste.
Season 2, Episode 5: Prop 5, recall reform
Under Prop 5 a recalled official could run again in a later special election, and the author says “I'm honestly not sure” why.
Season 2, Episode 4: Prop 37, $25 billion in second mortgages for new homes
It costs taxpayers nothing directly and only funds new homes. So why is the abundance voter voting no?
Season 2, Episode 3: Prop 39, voter ID
36 states ask for ID, so why shouldn't California? And what happens to 13 million mail ballots?
Season 2, Episode 2: Prop 45, the CEQA fast track
Abundance reform for clean energy, transit and water, or a poll-tested path to freeways and sprawl?
Season 2, Episode 1: Prop 40, the Billionaire Tax
The LAO says tens of billions raised; a Stanford/Hoover NBER paper says a net loss of $38.9B. Who's right?