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by Anthony T at wltreport.com The Democratic governor of California, Gavin Newsom, made an interesting observation regarding Trump’s ongoing hush money trial in New York City. While speaking with MSNBC, Newsom stated, “When we are focusing on him, I do worry electorally that he has a slight advantage.” “And so, I am a little concerned […]
by Katy Grimes at californiaglobe.com The controversial Delta Conveyance Project, which would install a massive tunnel to move water under the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, took a major financial and legal hit this week, after a Sacramento County judge ruled California can’t issue bonds to fund the project, Courthouse News reported. In 2019, shortly after taking office, California Gov. Gavin […]
by Fan Dai at ccci.berkeley.edu California governor Gavin Newsom’s delegation is building on existing research and policy initiatives with China, showing that effective climate action can happen below the national level. For the past few years, US–China relations have been icy. We’ve witnessed spy balloons shot down, meetings cancelled, lines of communication severed and insults […]
by Thomas Buckley at californiaglobe.com Globa Culpa. In October 2023, the Globe predicted the total EDD unemployment trust fund debt – principal and interest – would hit $20 billion. https://californiaglobe.com/fr/fed-unemployment-debt-to-hit-20-billion/ We were wrong – that didn’t happen until January 3, 2024. Even though six of those nine days were weekends or holidays and don’t really count, we were still […]
by Evan Symon at californiaglobe.com Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Monday that the special election primary for the 20th Congressional District, which former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) vacated early last month, will be held on March 19th, with the special general election, if needed, to occur on May 21st. Since 2007, McCarthy had held the […]
by Katy Grimes at californiaglobe.com As the Globe recently reported, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s final expansion of full-scope Medi-Cal went into effect Monday, January 1, 2024, making more than 700,000 illegal immigrants residents between ages 26 and 49 eligible for full health care coverage – at a very precarious time with his $68 billion budget deficit. If Gavin […]
by Katy Grimes at californiaglobe.com Even as California faces a record $68 billion budget deficit – after blowing a supposed $100 billion surplus last year – Gov. Gavin Newsom continues to lie about the state’s income taxes, claiming that they are not the highest in the country. Notably, the $68 billion budget deficit does not […]
by Evan Symon at californiaglobe.com ‘It isn’t a good look for Newsom’ More accounts of the November 30th debate between Governor Gavin Newsom and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis continued to come out this week, including a definitive reason why the debate didn’t go on longer despite both Newsom and DeSantis agreeing to an extension to […]
via kqed.org Marisa and Scott talk to San Francisco Chronicle politics reporter Sophia Bollag about covering Governor Gavin Newsom’s trip to China. Then, former governor Jerry Brown joins to discuss Newsom’s trip, U.S.-China relations, the upcoming APEC conference and his work at the California-China Climate Institute.
by DAN WALTERS at calmatters.org Seventeen months ago, while unveiling a much-revised 2022-23 state budget, Gov. Gavin Newsom bragged of having a $97.5 billion surplus to expand health care, social equity and educational programs. “No other state in American history has ever experienced a surplus as large as this,” Newsom said as he unveiled a $300-plus […]