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title: "What restaurant operators should know about the California primary"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/5aabc593-8a41-42dd-8fb4-8ba973ef1d1a
source: "Restaurant Business"
original_url: https://restaurantbusinessonline.com/operations/what-restaurant-operators-should-know-about-california-primary
category: "Regulation"
topics: ["Regulation & legal"]
published: 2026-06-01T17:18:16.000Z
modified: 2026-10-31T14:57:56.423Z
image: https://cdn.informaconnect.com/platform/files/public/2026-06/background/Californiaprimary.jpg?VersionId=kZGg80bVrbY22Zz_7.TgECscvv7ZPaog
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# What restaurant operators should know about the California primary

**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.

*originally published in Restaurant Business on 2026-06-01. [Read the original](https://restaurantbusinessonline.com/operations/what-restaurant-operators-should-know-about-california-primary).*

## Story

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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## Entities

- California (location)
- Restaurant Business (publication)
- Regulation (sector)
- regulation (topic)
- Align Public Strategies (company)
- Joe Kefauver (person)
- Franklin Coley (person)
- Fast Food Council (regulator)
- fast food council (topic)
- Nikki Laurenzo (person)
- Fox40 News (company)
- california primary (topic)

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Originally reported by Restaurant Business (https://restaurantbusinessonline.com/operations/what-restaurant-operators-should-know-about-california-primary). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/5aabc593-8a41-42dd-8fb4-8ba973ef1d1a).