Newsom’s delta tunnel plan victim to Sacramento budget wrangling
Sacramento — Gavin Newsom recently said he doesn’t understand why sports stadiums can be built so quickly but other large projects can’t. If you really didn’t know, you probably just learned. Sports are popular. Not all public works. Some people hate it. The Democratic-majority Congress gave the Democratic governor a lesson in real-world politics and […]
Newsom’s pestering of DeSantis seeps into presidential race
Sacramento — California Gov. Gavin Newsom appeared on Fox News with Sean Hannity, former President Trump’s pipe into the American bloodstream, and seemed happy to troll Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis. Newsom said Trump would “clean the clock” in the Republican presidential primary and readily accepted Hannity’s challenge to debate the conservative Florida governor. Three […]
Column: Newsom’s right on stricter gun laws but he misfired on his proposed constitutional amendment
Sacramento — Governor Gavin Newsom has good goals, but his efforts to mandate gun control and amend the U.S. Constitution have missed the mark. California’s liberal governor has no chance of passing a gun control amendment. It is beyond the realm of political possibility, at least for the foreseeable future. But it’s okay. Given the […]
Newsom’s plan to speed up construction is rushed and half-baked
It’s hard to take Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposals to streamline construction seriously. Last month, the governor announced the state’s plans at a glamorous press conference at a future solar farm site in the Central Valley. “Most Ambitious Permit and Project Appraisal Reform in Half a Century” He said the reforms would cut project timelines by […]
