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Newsom sparked conspiracy theories by hinting at invoking a ‘Marshall Plan’ to rebuild ‘LA 2.0.’ But what does he mean?

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1 week, 2 days ago

Newsom and state leaders stress high-speed rail progress amid new challenges

LA Times

As California’s high-speed rail project faces pushback under a new presidential administration, state leaders on Monday touted its progress to eventually connect Los Angeles to the Bay Area while linking to a high-speed line between Southern California and Las Vegas. The link would tie “together a seamless high-speed rail network that will transform transportation in our region and beyond,” said …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

California Kicks Off Effort To 'Trump-Proof' State Laws

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LOADING ERROR LOADING SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers returned to the state Capitol on Monday to begin a special session to protect the state’s progressive policies ahead of another Trump presidency. State Attorney General Rob Bonta said his office will protect the state’s immigration population, while Newsom last week unveiled a proposal to revive a …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Jennifer Siebel Newsom discusses women, health and safety. And Trump.

LA Times

First Partner of California Jennifer Siebel Newsom, shown in 2023, is an advocate for women’s health and safety. I recently had the chance to interview Jennifer Siebel Newsom, California’s first partner, at her second Gender Equity Summit in Sacramento — this one focusing on the intersection of health and safety and how to be a leader in uncertain times. And …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Newsom: If Trump cuts energy credits, we'll pass our own — and exclude Musk's Tesla

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Donald Trump and his right-hand man, tech billionaire Elon Musk, want to abolish federal tax subsidies for electric vehicles. Gavin Newsom is issuing a threat, reported The Daily Beast: if those tax credits go away, California will pass its own— and add a requirement that disqualifies Musk's company. Even though Musk himself runs Tesla, the country's most famous electric vehicle …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

News Analysis: If Democrats want to win back the American people, does California need to stand down?

LA Times

After voters across the nation chose President-elect Donald Trump over Vice President Kamala Harris, California Gov. The party’s loss to a candidate they often liken to a fascist dictator “says something is broken with the vanguard of Democratic policies and Democratic messaging that starts in places like California,” sid Mike Gatto, a former Democratic state Assembly member, said in written …

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Column: Harris’ defeat opens a bumpy path to the White House for Newsom

LA Times

Gavin Newsom speaks to reporters in the spin room before a presidential debate between Republican presidential nominee former President Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris in September in Philadelphia. Gavin Newsom got a huge political boost when Donald Trump defeated Kamala Harris in Tuesday’s presidential election. With Harris — his fellow Californian and longtime Democratic ally — …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Newsom sides with Musk in dispute over SpaceX rocket launches

LA Times

The contrail from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch drifts over the Southern California sky as seen from Los Angeles’ Chinatown on March 18. In a legal dispute between Elon Musk and the California Coastal Commission over the number of rockets the billionaire’s company can launch from the coast, Gov. The SpaceX dispute centers around the Coastal Commission’s rejection of …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Gavin Newsom hosts Tim Walz for a fundraiser at his Sacramento home

LA Times

With less than a month left before the Nov. 5 election, Minnesota Gov. “Look, we’re going to win this thing, and he’s going to say we didn’t but we’re going to win,” Walz, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, said on a poolside patio surrounded by oak trees during a campaign fundraiser at Newsom’s nearly 7-acre property in the Sacramento suburbs. …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Column: This California bill is why people hate Sacramento under Democratic rule

LA Times

Assembly Bill 3206 is why people hate politics. But don’t head down to your local dive bar just yet to raise a toast: This applies only to a private club at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, which will now be able to sling cocktails until 4 a.m. Assemblymember Tina McKinnor must be a whiz with a turkey at Thanksgiving, because …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Newsom signs formal apology for California’s role in slavery

LA Times

Gavin Newsom signed a formal apology for California’s role in slavery and legacy of racism against Black people as part of a series of reparations bills he approved Thursday. “The State of California accepts responsibility for the role we played in promoting, facilitating, and permitting the institution of slavery, as well as its enduring legacy of persistent racial disparities,” Newsom …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Newsom, lawmakers use cuts, reserves and ‘fiscal emergency’ declaration to solve budget deficit

LA Times

Gavin Newsom and Democratic lawmakers struck a deal Saturday to make $16 billion in cuts, declare a statewide fiscal emergency and pull money from the state’s rainy-day reserves to balance a $46.8-billion budget deficit. “We’re making sure to preserve programs that serve millions of Californians, including key funding for education, health care, expanded behavioral health services and combating homelessness.” The …

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7 months ago

With 1 out of 3 Californians on Medicaid, doctors push ballot measure to force state to pay more

Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom last year agreed to a tax increase that aimed to do two things: Help balance a budget with a multibillion-dollar shortfall, and pay doctors more money to treat patients covered by Medicaid — the taxpayer-funded health insurance program for people with low incomes that now covers one out of every three people in …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Column: If Gavin Newsom is a climate champion, why did he just crush community solar?

LA Times

After months of outcry, the California Public Utilities Commission voted Thursday to approve a solar energy program that critics are sure will fail spectacularly, making it impossible for many people to access an innovative global warming solution. All of which brings us back to Thursday’s vote by the Public Utilities Commission, which dealt with “community solar.” Community solar projects are …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to let Arizona doctors provide abortions in California

Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Arizona doctors could give their patients abortions in California under a proposal announced Wednesday by Gov. Arizona’s 1864 law banning all abortions except if the woman’s life is in jeopardy would take effect June 8, and Newsom said protecting access to abortions is “just about basic decency” and “respect for women and girls.” “This Arizona law is …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

California wants to pay doctors more money to see Medicaid patients

Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — When Hunter Morgan bought an optometry practice in Southern California three years ago, one of the first things he did was start seeing patients who use Medicaid, the government-funded health insurance program for low-income people. “California is pulling every lever of government to increase access to affordable, high-quality health care across the state,” Newsom said in a …

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10 months ago

After Newsom veto, California lawmakers try again to ban tampons with ‘forever chemicals’

LA Times

A new bill could ban the sale of tampons and other menstrual products that contain “forever chemicals” that are tied to adverse health effects. A new bill could ban the sale of tampons and other menstrual products that contain potentially toxic chemicals in California, reigniting a push by women’s rights groups and environmentalists that Gov. A similar bill introduced last …

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11 months, 1 week ago

California governor to send prosecutors to Oakland to help crack down on rising crime

Associated Press

OAKLAND, Calif. — California’s governor announced plans Thursday to send prosecutors to Oakland in his latest move to crack down on rising crime in the San Francisco Bay Area city where brazen robberies in broad daylight have drawn national attention. Gavin Newsom days earlier said he would deploy 120 California Highway Patrol officers to also help with targeted crackdowns on …

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11 months, 4 weeks ago

Newsom blocks proposed ban on youth tackle football: ‘Parents have the freedom to decide’

LA Times

Gavin Newsom talks on the field before an NFL football game between the Seattle Seahawks and the San Francisco 49ers on Dec. 29, 2019. Gavin Newsom pledged Wednesday to hold the line against a proposed law that would ban youth tackle football in California, saying in a statement to The Times that he’d veto any such legislation. “I will not …

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1 year ago

How Newsom plans to fix California’s projected $37.9-billion budget deficit

LA Times

Gavin Newsom, discussing his proposed spending for the next fiscal year in Sacramento on Wednesday, wants to declare a budget emergency and get the Legislature’s permission to dip into the state’s reserves. Newsom’s new deficit estimate is more than double the shortfall he and lawmakers anticipated last June, a tacit admission of how badly the state underestimated the size and …

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1 year ago

Gov. Gavin Newsom pans talk of banning Donald Trump from presidential race in California

LA Times

Many leading California Democrats have been clamoring to jettison Donald Trump from the state’s election ballot, but Gov. “I think Newsom is showing that — in a state dominated by Democrats, who might easily succumb to their partisan interests — he is being the grown-up in the room,” said Sara Sadhwani, a political science professor at Pomona College and sharp …

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1 year, 3 months ago

California governor signs 2 major proposals for mental health reform to go before voters in 2024

Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two major pieces of legislation Thursday to transform the state’s mental health system and address the state’s worsening homelessness crisis, putting them both before voters in 2024. “We are going to transform the system, but we’re also doing something that should’ve been done 50 years ago, and that is build the beds …

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1 year, 3 months ago

California workers will get five sick days instead of three under law signed by Gov. Newsom

Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Workers in California will soon receive a minimum of five days of paid sick leave annually, instead of three, under a new law Gov. “Five paid sick days is a step in the right direction and workers will be less likely forced to risk their livelihoods to do the right thing and stay home when they’re sick …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Butler sworn in as third Black female senator in US history, replaces late California Sen. Feinstein

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Former union leader and Democratic insider Laphonza Butler was sworn in as the newest member of the Senate on Tuesday, replacing California Sen. Dianne Feinstein after her death and becoming only the third Black female senator in history. Schumer, D-N.Y., said that “today, the Senate takes another step towards fully reflecting our vibrant democracy.” He said Butler has …

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Newsom sparked conspiracy theories by hinting at invoking a ‘Marshall Plan’ to rebuild ‘LA 2.0.’ But what does he mean?

Newsom and state leaders stress high-speed rail progress amid new challenges

California Kicks Off Effort To 'Trump-Proof' State Laws

Jennifer Siebel Newsom discusses women, health and safety. And Trump.

Newsom: If Trump cuts energy credits, we'll pass our own — and exclude Musk's Tesla

News Analysis: If Democrats want to win back the American people, does California need to stand down?

Column: Harris’ defeat opens a bumpy path to the White House for Newsom

Newsom sides with Musk in dispute over SpaceX rocket launches

Gavin Newsom hosts Tim Walz for a fundraiser at his Sacramento home

Column: This California bill is why people hate Sacramento under Democratic rule

Newsom signs formal apology for California’s role in slavery

Newsom, lawmakers use cuts, reserves and ‘fiscal emergency’ declaration to solve budget deficit

With 1 out of 3 Californians on Medicaid, doctors push ballot measure to force state to pay more

Column: If Gavin Newsom is a climate champion, why did he just crush community solar?

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to let Arizona doctors provide abortions in California

California wants to pay doctors more money to see Medicaid patients

After Newsom veto, California lawmakers try again to ban tampons with ‘forever chemicals’

California governor to send prosecutors to Oakland to help crack down on rising crime

Newsom blocks proposed ban on youth tackle football: ‘Parents have the freedom to decide’

How Newsom plans to fix California’s projected $37.9-billion budget deficit

Gov. Gavin Newsom pans talk of banning Donald Trump from presidential race in California

California governor signs 2 major proposals for mental health reform to go before voters in 2024

California workers will get five sick days instead of three under law signed by Gov. Newsom

Butler sworn in as third Black female senator in US history, replaces late California Sen. Feinstein