While many Squaw Valley residents have been debating amongst each other for close to two years on whether they can or cannot keep their town name, Gov. Gavin Newsom has now officially made that decision for them. On Friday, Newsom declared Sep. 23, 2022, as Native American Day, and signed...
In Fresno, Newsom Announces $4.7B in Funding for Youth Mental Health
Surrounded by Fresno Unified school district leaders and state officials, Gov. Gavin Newsom visited McLane High School in Fresno on Thursday morning to introduce a $4.7 billion investment plan intended to increase mental health services to Californians up to age 25. The plan, described as 'California's Master Plan for Kids...
In Fresno, Newsom Touts Expanded Health Coverage to More Low-Income Immigrants
Californians who are at least 50 and living in the country without permission are newly eligible for state health care coverage under legislation signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom Tuesday, part of a record state budget that includes major investments in mental health, homelessness and housing. “It’s a point of pride,...
California Governor, Lawmakers, to Get Pay Raise in December
SACRAMENTO — California Gov. Gavin Newsom and other state elected officials are getting raises. The California Citizens Compensation Commission voted Tuesday to approve 4.2% pay hikes for Newsom, state lawmakers and other state elected officials, the Sacramento Bee reported. The raises take effect in December. Newsom will receive an extra...
Walters: Newsom’s Big Plan Relies on Uncertain Revenues
The most important section of the budgets that California governors propose — an initial one in January and a revised version in May — is a chart that projects revenues from major tax sources. The chart’s numbers are the financial basis for what the governor wants to do over the...
Walters: Inflated Job Numbers Prop Up Bullet Train
Whenever politicians spend large sums of taxpayer money on pet projects, they invariably overstate their supposed economic benefits, particularly creating oodles of “good-paying jobs.” They all do it, using a deceptive assumption that if one worker works one day on the project, it’s counted as a “job.” Bullet Train Project...
Walters: Newsom Budget Surplus Gets Reality Check
Gavin Newsom loves superlatives, even when they are unwarranted, and a strong surge in state revenues gave him the opportunity last week to indulge his peculiarity. Repeatedly, the governor boasted about a $75 billion budget surplus that in combination with wad of federal pandemic aid would finance a “$100 billion...
Newsom’s Income Went Up in 1st Year as Governor
SACRAMENTO — California Gov. Gavin Newsom and his wife made $1.7 million in 2019 during his first year as governor, about half a million dollars more than they earned the year before, according to tax returns his campaign released Monday. The Newsoms paid roughly $712,000 in federal and state taxes....
Walters: Newsom Seeks Attention With New Budget
Gavin Newsom is, to use an old-fashioned term, a show-off, someone who constantly seeks attention with extravagant depictions of what he’s done or wants to do. Sometimes it works out —as it did when he was mayor of San Francisco and he defied state law to issue marriage licenses to...
California Is Awash in Tax Revenue and Budget Reflects It
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday proposed a $268 billion state budget that is one-third larger than the state's current spending plan, fueled by surging state tax revenues and federal stimulus money. He said the windfall that produced a $76 billion surplus provides a chance for the most populous...