Column: Newsom didn’t meet with farmworkers on César Chávez Day. One internet cat is irate

Workers march in September outside the French Laundry restaurant after Gov. “When it matters, he did not side with the workers who pick the grapes who build wealth that pays for his haircuts.” Jorts likes to make fun of Newsom’s hair. Assemblymember Mark Stone of Monterey Bay reintroduced a nearly-identical measure this year, and told me yesterday he’s feeling optimistic he can get his bill signed this time, adding that the governor’s staff has been “very gracious and open to working with us.” UFW isn’t taking chances, and plans on a hard public push to make known its displeasure with Newsom. A Newsom spokesman said he’d promised his kids the time off after “the last two years of having vacations deferred by the pandemic, fires and the recall.” In a letter to the union on March 28, his staff wrote that he “looks forward to meeting with UFW leadership in the near future.” That all may sound like typical political theater, if it wasn’t for the very precarious position of farmworkers in California right now. “As much as I absolutely love him photoshopping his face on Gavin Newsom’s body, that’s not on message.” It may not be the dignified communication the union normally embraces, but it is effective.