California Gov. Gavin Newsom again seized the national spotlight this year as he signed some of the most ambitious laws in the country to raise worker wages and to force companies to disclose a wide range of climate emissions, efforts that further cement the state’s — and the governor’s — status as a leader on a host of liberal causes.
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) responded to the California Reparations Task Force $800 billion proposal on Tuesday, arguing that the issue was about "more than cash payments."
Gov. Gavin Newsom and top Democrats have repeatedly vowed to reform California’s landmark environmental protection law, which many blame for the state’s inability to build enough housing.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) claimed earlier this year that the "future is electric." In 2020, he signed an executive order to phase out the sale of all new gasoline-powered cars by 2035.
A broadly smiling California Gov. Gavin Newsom joined about two dozen jubilant, cheering farmworkers camped outside the state Capitol Wednesday to sign one of the most contentious bills before him this year, reversing course on a measure to help farmworkers unionize after President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris supported it.