Fact-check: Did Gavin Newsom cut $100m in fire prevention funding? | Politics News
As wildfires in California caused at least two dozen deaths and billions of dollars in damages, some social media users accused Governor Gavin Newsom of…
Newsom proposes $2.5 billion for wildfire response as L.A. burns
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom asked legislative leaders Monday to approve at least $2.5 billion in response to the wildfires that have ravaged Los Angeles County…
Newsom suspends environmental rules to ease post-fire rebuilding
Landmark California environmental laws will be suspended for wildfire victims seeking to rebuild their homes and businesses, according to an executive order signed Sunday by…
Newsom says Trump hasn’t responded to his entreaty to see fire damage
President-elect Donald Trump has not responded to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s invitation to tour California’s fire damage, Newsom said Saturday afternoon. Newsom sent a letter on…
Calif. Gov. Newsom invites Trump to visit fire-ravaged areas
1 of 3 | California Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday wrote President-elect Donald Trump to invite him to visit fire-ravaged areas in southern California and…
4 takeaways from Newsom’s budget proposal
SACRAMENTO — The Newsom administration on Friday released the governor’s initial spending plan for the upcoming 2025-26 budget year, which typically acts as a starting point…
Newsom invites Trump to California to see L.A. fire damage
Gov. Gavin Newsom sent a letter to President-elect Donald Trump on Friday inviting the incoming leader to California to meet with fire victims, survey the…
Biden stands by Newsom in fire response. What will happen under Trump?
As communities across Los Angeles County burned Wednesday in a spate of wildfires, the crisis highlighted the stark difference between the incoming and outgoing presidents…
Newsom scraps trip to D.C. as wildfires burn across Los Angeles County
Gov. Gavin Newsom canceled his trip to Washington D.C. this week for President Jimmy Carter’s funeral after deadly fires broke out across Los Angeles County.…
Despite revenue increase, Newsom plans to pull from California’s rainy day reserves
Gov. Gavin Newsom touted higher than expected tax revenues and a “modest surplus” in an unconventional preview of his $322.2 billion spending proposal for the…
Newsom pledges to get tough on ultra-processed foods in California
Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order on Friday attempting to limit access to ultra-processed foods, a directive he cast as a continuation of California’s…
Advocates say Newsom’s plan doesn’t do enough to protect immigrants from Trump
WASHINGTON — Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration has drafted a conceptual plan to help undocumented immigrants under threat of deportation after President-elect Donald Trump takes office. But…
Newsom extends California Highway Patrol deployment in Oakland
With the city of Oakland in limbo, awaiting special elections to replace two politicians recalled from office, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced he will keep California…
Healthcare is Newsom’s biggest unfinished project. Trump complicates the task
SACRAMENTO — Nearly six years after he took office vowing to be California’s “healthcare governor,” Democrat Gavin Newsom has steered tens of billions in public funding…
Florida is winning the political battle with California as Trump takes office
WASHINGTON — The rivalry between California and Florida reached a high mark in November 2023 when Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, faced off against Florida Gov.…
Newsom reads the election returns and heads to red California
For a good deal of this election cycle, Gavin Newsom acted very much like a person wanting to be president.He traveled the country and ran…
Newsom and a fellow Democrat spar over constitutional convention on gun control
Last summer, Gov. Gavin Newsom made a splashy announcement on a nationally televised morning show.As millions of Americans tuned in over their breakfast and coffee,…
Newsom loves fighting Big Oil. Gas utilities? Meh
Gov. Gavin Newsom has never hesitated to go to bat for electric vehicles.Even as slowing sales growth and former President Trump’s reelection have called into…
Newsom hires former Harris political aide as fourth chief of staff
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday announced the departure of his chief of staf.f Dana Williamson. and tapped Nathan Barankin, a former aide to Vice President…
Newsom to roll out $100-billion ‘California Comeback Plan’
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