In the aftermath of Eric Swalwell’s shocking implosion over allegations of sexual misconduct, there is a chance — finally! — for the entire California gubernatorial field to focus on issues that matter to voters.

Until now, the Democrats have been competing to see which of them can be the most anti-Trump.

None could top Swalwell, who participated in two impeachments against President Trump, joining the team of House impeachment managers for the second one. 

But others have come close.

Tom Steyer released a plan to “abolish ICE” and treat the immigration enforcement agency like a criminal enterprise. 

He hasn’t explained how the Constitution will allow him to imprison federal agents, which it won’t.

Not content to attack Trump, former congresswoman Katie Porter attacked the late Ronald Reagan, who was governor of California half a century ago.

Not to be outdone, the two Republicans have focused on what is wrong with outgoing Gov. Gavin Newsom.

That’s fine, as far as diagnosing California’s problems goes, but Newsom is leaving office. 

It’s time for the entire field to get serious about the issues that voters say, in poll after poll, are most important to them in California, beyond politicians like Trump and Newsom.

How, for example, will the next governor make the state a place where people want to come, live, raise families and do business? 

What can the governor do to stop and reverse the exodus of talent caused by steep taxes, overregulation, a stratospheric cost of living, and a prospective tax on billionaires that’s already driven out some of the state’s most successful entrepreneurs?

Also costly: the state’s extreme green policies that inflate the cost of energy –– including gasoline –– for everyday Californians. Voters would benefit from a serious exploration of alternatives.

Another question: How should the state uproot, deter and prevent the pervasive fraud that’s gripped California –– fraud the federal government has said could reach hundreds of billions of dollars?

We’d also like to hear how the next governor could steer the state toward a saner spending trajectory, conserving taxpayers’ money and ensuring that the state lives within its means –– rather than constantly ratcheting up spending to placate unions and other special interests.

How can the governor shift those dynamics and put Californians’ interests first?

Meanwhile, voters are exhausted by chronic homelessness. The state has spent billions of dollars to barely move the needle; how can better policy make a meaningful difference in people’s lives and communities?

And then there’s infrastructure. California has wasted billions on high-speed rail without laying an inch of track. Meanwhile, our roads are crumbling. And while the Sites Reservoir has been approved, the state is too slow to build water storage and desalination. 

We’d like to hear how candidates would meet state infrastructure needs, in a reasonable time frame and at a fair cost.

The list could go on, of course. 

We face a shortage not of pressing issues in California, but of meaningful discussion of those issues in the governor’s race.