Gavin Newsom’s political legacy as governor is tied to homelessness
Gavin Newsom's legacy as California governor, and perhaps his future in politics, is inextricably linked to the problems plaguing the state's largest city. Governor Newsom has made homelessness a top policy priority for his final three years as governor, but nowhere is the problem more acute than in Los Angeles. Discover the changemakers shaping all […]
Newsom’s Proposition 1 is a shockingly close call in California
It's been nine days since the California primary election, and It is unclear whether he is the governor. Gavin Newsom The ballot measure passed. Proposition 1, a $6.4 billion bond that is the centerpiece of the governor's plan to bolster California's mental health system and get people with drug addiction and mental illness off the […]
Will California voters pass Newsom’s Prop. 1 on election day?
California voters decided Tuesday the fate of Proposition 1, a statewide ballot measure. The proposal is one that Gov. Gavin Newsom has argued is essential to solving the state's mental health and homelessness crises. The bill would redirect existing taxes on the wealthy under the state's 20-year-old Mental Health Services Act to fund services for […]
The cost of Proposition 1: Newsom’s plan to transform California’s mental health system
If approved by voters Tuesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom's ballot measure would overhaul the state's mental health services system and sell bonds to finance more than 10,000 treatment beds across California. It could cost the state up to $14 billion. Opponents of Proposition 1 argue that the price is too high. “What California needs to do […]
Newsom’s office calls allegations about Panera Bread franchisee ‘absurd,’ says company is not exempt from law
Bloomberg News reports that Gov. Gavin Newsom's press secretary said the governor pushed to exempt bakeries from the state's fast food wage law to benefit political donors who operate Panera Bread restaurants. , calling the report “ridiculous.” According to a Bloomberg article published this week, Greg Flynn, the billionaire CEO of the restaurant group that […]
‘Fantasyland’: Newt Gingrich Details Dems ‘Huge Problem’ With Voters, Calls Out Newsom’s Attempt To Save Biden
Former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich went on Fox News on Monday to detail the Democratic Party's “big problems” as the 2024 election approaches, and Democratic California Gov. Gavin tried to save President Joe Biden's campaign. – Blamed Newsom. Mr. Gingrich appeared on “The Ingraham Angle” to discuss the issues Democrats currently face with voters, […]
Column: Newsom’s budget plan reflects his rosy view of the economy
SACRAMENTO — How can we cut our state's massive $68 billion budget deficit by almost half? Easy. With a pencil. Just erase “68” and write “38”. I'm only half joking. Either way, budgeting in Sacramento is basically guesswork. At this stage, one number, one tax calculation, is basically as valid as any other number. There […]
Why L.A. County is resisting Newsom’s mental health proposal
This was a voting effort born out of a lack of supporter expectations that Sacramento would fund the public mental health system. Passed by voters in 2004, Proposition 63 creates California’s “billionaire tax,” a 1% income tax on the state’s richest, directing it to county coffers to spend on the mental health system. remitted. Over […]
Newsom’s signature move at the California Capitol: Jam the Legislature
Gavin Newsom said in a speech at the Climate Summit in New York in September that he had to “block” his Democratic Congress to pass a series of climate-related bills in the final days before lawmakers closed last year. The comments irritated California’s legislative allies, prompting Newsom to embark on an apology tour to sort […]
Newsom’s war with a conservative school board
Sacramento — California Governor Gavin Newsom made it clear last year that he would lead Democrats across the country to take a tougher fight against conservatives, especially on the issue of the culture war, than his party once said was “unjust.”crushedby the Republican Party. For the most part, Newsom has delivered on its promise by […]
