Gavin Newsom – California Globe

Gavin Newsom’s Predatory Behavior Coming Home to Roost

July 29, 2026 7:26 amJuly 29, 2026 2:53 pm

In 2005, while mayor of San Francisco, Gavin Newsom had a months-long extramarital sexual affair with Ruby Rippey-Tourk, his appointments secretary. She was married at the time to Alex Tourk, Newsom’s close friend, former deputy chief of staff, and later...

Kiley, GOP Lawmakers Urge HHS to Block Newsom’s Healthcare Tax

July 27, 2026 10:45 amJuly 27, 2026 10:45 am

Independent U.S. Rep. Kevin Kiley of California, joined by Republican colleagues including Reps. Jay Obernolte, James Gallagher, Ken Calvert, Vince Fong, and Young Kim, has formally asked the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to deny federal approval of...

Street Homelessness Surges Nearly 8% in Los Angeles Despite $1 Billion Annual Budget

July 24, 2026 2:26 pmJuly 24, 2026 2:26 pm

Street homelessness in the City of Los Angeles jumped 7.9 percent in the latest annual count, even as the city continues to pour roughly $1 billion a year into homelessness programs. Overall homelessness rose 3.4 percent year-over-year, reversing two consecutive...

Soros Cash Flows to Newsom-Endorsed Aaron Ford, Architect of Failed Criminal Justice Reforms

July 23, 2026 3:10 pmJuly 23, 2026 3:12 pm

A California Globe review of campaign finance records has identified recent maximum contributions to Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford’s gubernatorial campaign from members of the Soros family. Ford’s latest quarterly contribution report lists two $10,000 donations—totaling $20,000—from two relatives of...

Don’t like our laws? Ignore them – Don’t like election outcomes? Gut the office

July 21, 2026 10:01 amJuly 21, 2026 10:01 am

I, for one, am still celebrating our nation’s 250th birthday. I recently wrote about Benjamin Franklin’s answer to the question of what kind of government were we going to have, to which he replied, “A republic, if you can keep...

King Newsom, His Arrogance, and the Massive Devaluation of California Citizens

July 18, 2026 10:13 amJuly 18, 2026 10:13 am

The takeover of free enterprise medicine in the state of California by Newsom and his predecessors, and then the transforming of it into communist healthcare, has come at great cost to the people of California, including physicians like me and...

Another California Rail Disaster: Over $1 Billion Per Mile for LAX SkyLink, Contractor Sues City

July 15, 2026 12:44 pmJuly 15, 2026 12:44 pm

California taxpayers are once again footing the bill for another Democrat-led rail fiasco, this time at Los Angeles International Airport, where the long-delayed SkyLink Automated People Mover (APM)—just 2.25 miles of elevated track—has ballooned to over $3.3 billion in costs,...