CA 2026 Gubernatorial Candidate Forum

​COR Community Development Corporation, in partnership with leading multicultural business and civic organizations, invites you to a historic candidate forum for the 2026 California Governor’s race.

​📅 Saturday, October 25, 2025
🕙 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
📍 Irvine, CA

​This is a rare opportunity to hear directly from the candidates vying to lead California. Learn about their vision, priorities, and policies on the issues that matter most to our communities—including the economy, education, small business, housing, public safety, and equity.

​✅ LIVE Candidate Discussions
✅ Community-Focused Topics
✅ Multi-Chamber, Multi-Community Collaboration

​At 12:30 PM, stay for a special session on Prop 50: a legislative constitutional amendment related to congressional redistricting and what’s on the ballot this November.

​🎙️ Featured Candidates:

• ​Ethan Agarwal

• ​Ian Calderon

• ​Stephen Cloobeck

• ​Daniel Mercuri

• ​Ramsey Robinson

• ​Antonio Villaraigosa

• ​Betty Yee

• ​Leo Zacky

​🤝 Co-hosted with:

​• American South Asian Network (ASAN)
• American Arab Business Council
• Afghan American Business Alliance
• Asian Business Association of OC
• Black Chamber of Orange County
• Filipino American Chamber of Commerce OC
• Hispanic Chamber of Orange County
• League of Minority Voters
• NAACP
• National Action Network OC
• OC Community Self-Defense Coalition
• Vietnamese American Chamber of Commerce OC