Turns out that Tom Steyer wants to be the climate guy in the governor’s race after all.
After launching his campaign with an ad focused on affordability and eschewing any mention of climate, the Democratic billionaire has changed his tune.
“I know it’s climate week, but every week is climate week, and in my administration, every day will be climate day,” Steyer said during a town hall he held Monday during San Francisco climate week, an annual series of events in the city.
The shift comes as he tries to lay claim to a progressive lane in the fractured but narrowing Democratic field. The latest polls show him among the leaders, along with former Biden Health Secretary Xavier Becerra and former Rep. Katie Porter, after Eric Swalwell’s campaign dramatically collapsed last week.
