. >> former los angeles mayor, villaraigosa dismissed a bill that stalled in the state legislature saying it didn't provide enough details on how the state will pay for it. >> pie on the sky doesn't put food on the table. we have to put a plan together so we can transition. >> state treasury john chiang called for a measured approach. >> i would like at what services we're going to provide and scale up and see what revenues we have because we can't cover everything. >> the candidates agreed on issues including education and immigration, and they said the state needs to do more to help cities address the housing crisis that's leading to too many living on the street. they offered rewarding cities who build more affordable housing with villaraigosa and -- in san francisco, i'm healthy holmes, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> the time is 4:10. change s s coming to a bay area school district after 2 investigates a sexual assault scandal on campus. we have details coming up. >>> stunning reviews of toxic politics from a pair of out going senators with nothing to lose. i'm jackie -- i'm jackie ibanez, i'll

mainly from antonio villaraigosa. these candidates expressing common views. on the issue of single-payer healthcare, two of the candidates are more aggressively pursuing the current state bill that is under consideration. the other two are a little bit more cautious.>> why do i support single-payer ? it is the most cost-effective way to deliver universal healthcare to all the uninsured. and also do it in a more affordable manner.>> it is penny wise and pound foolish for is not to approach this with a full heart and i like an eagle. that means we do have to figure out additional resources to do this. >> i know pie-in-the-sky does not put food on the table. we will have to make the tough choices and put a plan together so that we can transition. >> i support single-payer. i would look at what services we would provide. scale up and see what revenues we have. we cannot cover everything.>> reporter: as you heard, a little more measured approach from antonio villaraigosa. as well as john chiang. that was the issue where we saw the sharpest contrast. coming up, on

the candidates are former los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa, lieutenant governor gavin newsom, former state superintendent of public instruction, delaine eastin, and former los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa. we are sharing video from a similar form and anaheim held last weekend. today the candidates at the city club of san francisco and are expected to discuss topics such as healthcare come immigration, housing, climate change. the primary is november november 2018. the top two finishers will move on to the final election. >>> trump has been sparring with republican senator bob corker on twitter this morning. >> this comes as the president heads to capitol hill to meet with republicans. caroline shively has martha washington. >> reporter: the president heads to capitol hill for a working lunch where the stage is set for a potentially awkward meeting with senate republicans. a series of tweets this morning from president trump, the latest indication that relationships are tense. one post personally criticized bob corker saying he cannot get elected dog catcher in his own state. th

the candidates are former los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa. lieutenant governor gavin newsom, state treasurer john chung and former state superintendent of public instruction, delete easton. you are looking at video from last weekend of a similar forum in anaheim. today the candidates will appear at noon at the city club of san francisco. the forum is sponsored by the chronicle. the topics include health care, immigration, education, housing and climate change. the primary for the governor's race is june 2018. the top two finishers will move on to the general election in november. >>> we want to check in with sal. hopefully there are no big problems this morning. >>> we don't have anything big right now. i'm looking at a relatively nice list of not a lot. that's what we want. we start with the gilmer commute. northbound 101 traffic looks good driving up from gilroy into morgan hill and then into san jose. we also checked highway 17 and it's moving well from santa cruz all the way to los gatos. this is a look at 280 in san jose. and also northb

the candidates are los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa , lieutenant governor gavin newsom, state treasurer john chiang , and former state superintendent of public instruction, delaine eastin . this is video from last weekend of a similar form in anaheim. today the candidates will appear at noon at the city club of san francisco. before is sponsored by the chronicle. the topics include health care, immigration, education, housing and for maclean's. the primary for the governor's race is june the primary for the governor's race is june 2018. the top two finishers will move on to the general election in november. >>> the former of homes considered affordable housing continues to fall nationwide according to a report by freddie mac, the number of homes considered affordable for low income families felt more than 60% between 2010 and 2016. experts say it's because of increased the number of renters who lost their homes in the housing crisis. the number of apartment vacancies in 2009 was at 8% compared to this year. it's only a 4% vacancy rate. >>> a san francisco supervisor will introduce legis

state treasure john chung, former los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa, former superintendent of public instruction delaine easton, and gavin newsom. the primary is months away. the general election more than a year. but they're in campaign mode. most issues debated at a forum today, there was little disagreement. for example, on support for california as a sanctuary state. >> it really should be about what our values are. who we are as americans. >> education as a priority. >> so you do need to reinvest in education. you need to lower the class sizes. >> we're going to have to growt. and based on all that, at its core, you go to education. >> the housing crisis. 59th o 49th out of 50th. we have to get aggressive. >> it gives the candidates a chance to size each other up and send an early message. >> that shows that the political people and the voters are going to start now focusing on what is california's marquee race in 2018. >> a similar event is in the works for republican candidates. carolyn tyler, abc 7 news. >>> twitter says it will provide more information about political ads th

. >> reporter: former los angeles mayor villaraigosa dismissed a bill that stalled in the state lidge tore saying it didn't provide enough details on how the state would pay for it. >> pie in the sky doesn't put food on the table. we will have to make the tough choices, put a plan together so we can transition. >> reporter: state treasure john chiang also called for a more measured approach. >> i support single payor, but what are services are we going to provide and scale up and see what revenues we have. we can't cover everything. >> reporter: the candidates agreed on education and immigration and all said that the state needs to do more to help cities address the housing crisis that is leading to so many people living on the streets. they offered a variety of plans including rewarding cities that build more affordable housing with vilaraigosa and newsome saying it is wrong to offer exemptions to companies to build stadiums but not for the homeless. i'm heather holmes, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> california san francisco chronicle writer joe gear foal owe took part in the forum yesterday.