🐦 Sept 22 at 1PM PT- Bernie Sanders - San Francisco, California [View all]

BY CHRISTOPHER CADELAGO

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017 10:18 AM

Excerpt:

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, the subject of an aggressive effort to lure him into the 2020 presidential race, is returning to California later this month to rally with some of his fiercest supporters.

Sanders’ visit to the tri-annual convention of the California Nurses Association-National Nurses Organizing Committee on Sept. 22 in San Francisco comes about a week after the introduction of his Medicare-for-all legislation, which has drawn support from the likes of Sens. Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren, potential 2020 rivals.

While universal healthcare is emerging as a litmus test for national Democrats in 2018, the issue has roiled the state Capitol since a Sanders-backed bill saw unceremoniously sidetracked for the year by Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, a move that contributed to his lukewarm reception at the state Democratic convention earlier this year along with a nascent recall effort.

Sanders will be joined at the convention by Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, a candidate for governor next year endorsed by the nurses union in large part because of his support for universal healthcare.

http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article172610906.html