TL;DR
The Working Lunch podcast discusses the California primary and its potential impact on restaurant operators, including the dormant Fast Food Council. The podcast also examines the council's potential rebirth in 2027.
In this week’s Working Lunch, Joe Kefauver and Franklin Coley of Align Public Strategies speak with Nikki Laurenzo, the host and executive producer of Inside California Politics, and the evening anchor of Fox40 News in Sacramento. Laurenzo will give the lay of the land for California’s primary June 2 and what restaurant operators might expect from the results.
In addition, the podcast takes a look at what happened to the Fast Food Council that was created to monitor the quick-service industry in the state. The council has remained dormant, lacking a chairperson to lead it. Will the election this year spark its rebirth in 2027?
The podcast takes a look at those issues, and wraps up with a legislative scorecard.
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This story was originally published in Restaurant Business on June 1, 2026. Burnaze summarizes and links to the original reporting.
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