Governor Gavin Newsom – Page 6

Sacramento’s Idea of a Transition

March 19, 2026 1:12 pmMarch 19, 2026 1:16 pm

In 1991, California had more than forty refineries. By the end of 2026, it will have fewer than eleven. Of those, only five are large enough to matter. Phillips 66 shuttered its 147,000-barrel-per-day Los Angeles refinery in December. Valero’s Benicia...

California’s Whole Child Education Shift Raises Questions as Veterans, Businesses, and Public Safety Struggle for Attention

March 17, 2026 8:30 amMarch 17, 2026 8:35 am

There are moments in public life when leadership is not measured by speeches or press conferences, but by priorities. When costs are rising, trust in institutions is falling, and families are asking whether their government still works for them, leaders...

Why Are Violent Predators Walking Free in California?

March 16, 2026 5:00 amMarch 16, 2026 7:59 am

For more than 15 years, I have worked with groups such as the Golden State Bail Agents Association and Crime Victims United. Their mission is simple: make sure victims are not forgotten. In California today, that mission feels like an...

Nine Ways California’s Climate Agenda Is Driving Up the Cost of Living

March 12, 2026 5:00 amMarch 12, 2026 5:01 am

Last November, Governor Gavin Newsom, playing faux President, traveled to the United Nations climate summit in Belém, Brazil, where he declared that California’s climate policies prove environmental leadership and economic prosperity can go hand in hand. His message was simple:...

Yamaha Leaving California for Business-Friendly, Crime-Free Kennesaw Georgia

March 10, 2026 12:00 pmMarch 13, 2026 11:52 am

Another large business is leaving California. Yamaha says “Sayonara” to Governor Gavin Newsom after 50 years in the once-Golden State. “Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) has decided to relocate its U.S. group company, Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A. (“YMUS”), currently...

California’s $125 Billion Death Spiral

March 8, 2026 5:00 amMarch 9, 2026 3:02 pm

Newsom is betting his last budget on AI stocks his own analysts call overheated. Four straight deficit years. A $35 billion structural gap incoming. And a pension system that makes all of it worse. We’ve seen this movie. It ended...

A Second Grader Should Not Have to Ask, ‘Is He Dead?’

March 3, 2026 11:06 amMarch 3, 2026 11:08 am

Every morning, parents walk their children to school past people shooting up on the sidewalk. Men. Women. People slumped over on the curb. Some are so still you can’t tell if they’re breathing. And then comes the hardest part: the...