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On Wednesday night, 10 Democratic presidential candidates took the stage in Atlanta for another long, wide-ranging debate.

Finally, the candidates addressed the most pressing issue facing residents of the nation’s most populous state: Housing affordability.

The question was first directed at Tom Steyer, the billionaire who lives in San Francisco.

He was asked why he’d be the best person to address the housing affordability crisis afflicting his home state.

[Read more about how California’s severe housing shortage is destabilizing the lives of working renters.]