Governor Gavin Newsom – California Globe

The Confirmation Californians Didn’t Need (But Got Anyway)

October 27, 2026 9:30 amOctober 27, 2026 9:31 am

Most of us didn’t require a think tank to tell us California became a high-cost, high-friction experiment in which working people subsidize political theater. The daily evidence was already plentiful: taxes that treated a middle-class salary like a moral failing,...

California Gov Newsom Flunks Freedom Test: Ranks One of the Worst Governors in America

October 26, 2026 4:55 pmOctober 27, 2026 11:01 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom, who so desperately wants to be the next U.S. President, is ranked the 48th worst governor in the country, according to a new report by The CATO Institute. He is only slightly less awful than Hawaii...

Newsom Gaslights Over California’s Bad Student Test Scores

October 22, 2026 3:19 pmOctober 22, 2026 3:48 pm

We haven’t had good news for far too many years about California’s K-12 public education system. Math and English test scores have fallen to embarrassing lows. Yet, many adults remember when the public education system was the best in...

Newsom’s Latest Medical Laws: California Defies Other States and Medical Realities

October 13, 2026 7:00 amOctober 13, 2026 7:01 am

Governor Gavin Newsom has signed another round of legislation that treats California medical providers as instruments of state policy rather than participants in a federal system of law. The new measures prohibit or tightly restrict healthcare providers from turning over...

Becerra’s Baggage Would Have Taken Down Anyone Else

October 8, 2026 6:00 amOctober 8, 2026 9:18 am

There are serious questions about Xavier Becerra’s long record in elected office that deserve answers. His tainted tenure as President Joe Biden’s Health and Human Services Secretary, and the government’s handling of unaccompanied migrant children, which has been the subject...

Does ‘Medicare for All’ Promote the Common Good?

October 7, 2026 7:00 pmOctober 7, 2026 7:01 pm

The following is a statement made by Xavier Becerra regarding his long-term policy goals from earlier this year (2026): “I have been a supporter of ‘Medicare for All’ for more than 30 years. We can deliver real relief now while...

California’s Long-Awaited Investigation Into the LA Fires Reveals a Shattered Command-and-Intelligence System

October 7, 2026 7:00 amOctober 7, 2026 11:02 am

There is a remarkable contradiction emerging from the official investigation of the January 2025 Los Angeles fires. California has now documented a response system plagued by fractured command, delayed evacuations, conflicting maps, missed intelligence and profound failures of situational awareness....