Commentary What a perfect time for an initiative to cut the California sales tax by a half-cent. In announcing his new budget proposal for fiscal 2022-23, Gov. Gavin Newsom boasted the state enjoyed a $45.7 billion surplus. Inflation also is raging. On Wednesday, the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics announced prices rose 7 percent from…
California to Delay Annual Gas Tax Increase for One Year
January 12, 2022
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed Jan. 10 to suspend the state’s annual gasoline and diesel tax increase for at least a year in an effort, he said, to help motorists already paying the highest gas prices in the country. The proposal would mean that the state would skip its July 1 tax hike on gas,…
Gov. Gavin Newsom Visits Homeless Encampment in San Diego to Talk Solutions, COVID-19
January 12, 2022
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SAN DIEGO—Gov. Gavin Newsom visited a homeless encampment in downtown San Diego Wednesday morning, Jan. 12, to highlight his California Blueprint, a plan to tackle “existential threats,” including the housing crisis, through a proposed $286.4 billion budget. That proposed budget includes $6 billion over several years to purchase and build 55,000 new units of housing…
Newsom Budget Enmeshes Government More in Our Lives
January 11, 2022
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Commentary If you look beyond the numbers, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2022-23, which begins on July 1, 2022, further enmeshes government in the lives of everyone in the state. At his Monday announcement, the governor was ebullient about the $213 billion in general-fund spending. As in previous budget announcements, he spoke…
Newsom, Democrats Go for Californians’ Guns
January 7, 2022
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Commentary Even as crime is surging in California, Gov. Gavin Newsom and his allies in the legislature are seeking to make it more difficult for citizens to defend themselves. This week, Assemblyman Phil Ting (D-San Francisco) introduced Assembly Bill 1594, which reads, “This bill would specify that a gun industry member has created or maintained…
Newsom Declares Storm-Related State of Emergency in 20 California Counties, Including LA
By Gregory Yee From Los Angeles Times Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency in 20 California counties on Thursday as winter storms continued to lash the state with record snow and rainfall that have knocked out power, shut down major roads and freeways, and caused debris flows, among other hazards. According to the…
Newsom Denies Having Bad Reaction to COVID-19 Vaccine
November 10, 2021
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LOS ANGELES—Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has faced questions about his disappearance from the public eye for about two weeks after receiving his COVID-19 booster shot, rejected reports that he suffered an adverse reaction to the inoculation. “That’s made up,” Newsom said at the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center on Nov. 10. “I had absolutely no…
California Gov. Newsom Says He Was Absent to Spend Time With Children
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Nov. 9 said he was absent from public events for nearly two weeks in order to spend time with his four young children. Newsom abruptly canceled an overseas trip to a climate conference on Oct. 29 and did not appear publicly for more than a week after. Prior to the…
Newsom, Xi AWOL at Scotland Climate Conference
November 5, 2021
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Commentary At the last minute, Gov. Gavin Newsom canceled his much-anticipated trip to COP26—the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow. The world’s fifth-largest economy, California, went unrepresented by its leader. So too the first- or second-largest economy, depending on how it’s figured, as Chinese President Xi Jinping also stayed home. There’s a close relationship…
Gov. Newsom Heads to Climate Conference in Scotland
Commentary Next week Gov. Gavin Newsom will fly to Scotland for the United Nations’ Glasgow Climate Change Conference. With his resounding Sept. 14 recall victory in the rearview mirror and a likely re-election next year, he is riding high on the world stage. The Sacramento Bee reported more than a dozen state legislators will also…
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