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Gov. Gavin Newsom has a history of making bold,risky political moves that affect political decision-making nationwide. Will his order to ban new gas-powered cars by 2035 follow suit? Illustration by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters; iStock
Elections
Could Newsom’s big, bold car ban hurt Biden in swing states?
Yesterday Gov. Gavin Newsom leaned over the hood of an electric car and signed an executive order to phase out new gas-powered vehicles in California by 2035 and halt new fracking projects by 2024. It was exactly the kind of “big, hairy, audacious” move that Newsom has made his calling card: one guaranteed to generate […]
By • September 24, 2020
Democrats have made their largest California gains in the suburbs Image via iStock
Elections
Suburban blues: Where Democrats have gained most in California
Republicans are in rough shape in California, still trailing in third place behind not just Democrats but also those with no party. The GOP gained a bit on independents this summer, but primarily because more independents were re-registering as Dems. Also not a new story: The election of President Donald Trump and an increasingly diverse […]
By • September 14, 2020
Gov. Gavin Newsom, wears a face mask as he answers a reporters question during his visit to the Queen Sheba Ethiopian Cuisine restaurant in Sacramento on Friday, June 19, 2020. Newsom visited the restaurant that is participating in the Great Plates Delivered program that provides meals to older adults who are at-risk to COVID-19. Photo by Rich Pedroncelli, AP Photo/Pool
WhatMatters
Pressure mounts on Newsom for reopening plan
Good morning, California. It’s Wednesday, August 19. Cases, hospitalizations, deaths decline Pressure is building on Gov. Gavin Newsom to figure out a reopening plan after San Diego, California’s second-largest county, fell off the state’s coronavirus watch list Tuesday and hospitalizations, case rates and deaths continue to decline statewide. The news came a few days after […]
By • August 19, 2020
WhatMatters
CA Dems split: Tax the rich, or borrow big?
Good morning, California. It’s Friday, August 7. Three weeks to pick a path Tax the rich, or borrow big? That’s the central quandary for California Democrats as they try to dig the state out of a $54 billion hole while also providing relief to the millions of people teetering on the edge of a financial […]
By • August 7, 2020
Keely Bosler, Director of Finance, right, discusses Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed 2020-21 revised state budget during a hearing of the Assembly “Committee of the Whole on the State Budget,” at the Capitol on May 26, 2020. Lawmakers were looking into the Newsom administration’s plan to fill an estimated $54.3 budget deficit created by the effects of the coronavirus. Seated at top left, is Assemblyman Phil Ting, chair of the Assembly budget committee, and at bottom left is Assemblyman Jay Obernolte, vice chair of the budget committee. Photo by Rich Pedroncelli, AP Photo/Pool
WhatMatters
5 weeks left to find pandemic solutions
Good morning, California. It’s Tuesday, July 28. Democrats unveil $100 billion plan State lawmakers have just five weeks to come up with solutions to massive pandemic-related problems and prevent Californians of all stripes — tenants, landlords, small-business owners, essential workers — from falling off the edge of a cliff. Will they be able to do […]
By • July 28, 2020
WhatMatters
Newsom orders seven counties to close bars as coronavirus surges
Good morning, California. It’s Monday, June 29. Some parts of California are going back under lockdown.  Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday ordered bars to close in seven counties and recommended they close in eight others following a week in which each day heralded a new all-time high of coronavirus-related hospitalizations. Newsom: “COVID-19 is still circulating […]
By • June 29, 2020

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