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Article snippet: Good morning. (Want to get California Today by email? Here’s the sign-up.) California has swung between Republican and Democratic governors for decades. With Gov. Jerry Brown set to depart in 18 months, Republican leaders now hope voters are ready to give their side another go. The latest conservative to jump in the race is Travis Allen, a three-term assemblyman from Huntington Beach who has pledged to cut taxes and get tough on crime. Mr. Allen, 43, made national headlines last December after claiming that California had legalized child prostitution, a contention that multiple fact-checkers concluded was misleading at best. Lately, he’s been leading an effort to repeal an unpopular gas tax increase. We caught up with Mr. Allen by phone. Some excerpts: Q. How have things gone astray under Gov. Brown? A. Jerry Brown is a four-term governor who has absolutely no legacy. He’s built nothing of note in the state and is most famous for his bullet train to nowhere, bursting dams and crumbling infrastructure. What can be done about rising housing costs? California needs to increase its housing supply. We have all the tools. We have all the natural resources we could possibly need, the technological expertise and the country’s best work force. We just need a governor that can cut through California’s massive taxes and burdensome regulatory climate. Has your support for President Trump wavered at all? Absolutely not. Does a Trump supporter stand a chance at winning governo... Link to the full article to read more