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California Gov. Gavin Newsom loves to show off and his latest example is the elaborate rollout of a revised state budget that he touts as historic and transformational.

Gov. Newsom is proposing to spend California's $100 billion windfall on schools, small businesses, homelessness and more, while campaigning against the recall at the same time.

Go big or go home. That seems to be the modus operandi for Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Republican candidates vying to replace him in an all-but-certain recall election. Newsom on Wednesday unveiled a $20 billion proposal to “reimagine” public schools, noting that it represents “the highest level of state school funding in California history.” […]

With a budget surplus bonanza, Gov. Newsom calls for spending $12 billion more to end homelessness in California. One idea: expanding motel conversions, an emergency plan during the pandemic.

Does the governor's tax rebate plan follow California's constitution? His finance director says yes, but an anti-tax activist isn't so sure.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom's $100 billion "California Comeback Plan" might help him beat a recall effort.

“Everything that should be up is up and everything that should be down is down,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said in January when lifting California’s regional stay-at-home order. Today, that statement holds true for many aspects of California’s pandemic response — vaccinations are up, infections are down, hospitalizations are down — but rings hollow when it […]

Good morning, California. It’s Wednesday, May 5. Elections and bears, oh my If, like me, you didn’t have “California political candidate campaigns with 1,000-pound Kodiak bear” on your 2021 bingo card, you were not prepared for the excesses of a gubernatorial recall election. The effort to oust Gov. Gavin Newsom from office entered a new […]

Good morning, California. It’s Tuesday, May 4. An incomplete story Even as California appears to be nearing the end of the pandemic, many gaps remain in our knowledge about the past year’s events — raising questions as to the state’s preparedness for potential future disasters. Today — with record-low hospitalizations, a 1.1% positivity rate and […]

It’s not too late for the state Legislature to fix this messy way of conducting a recall election: Here is a simple home-grown solution.