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Scaling back oil regulators Newsom has abandoned a proposal to hire more regulators to police the oil and gas industry. He has withdrawn a plan for the Department of Conservation to spend $24 million a year to hire 128 more staffers, including geologists and engineers. … [Read more...] about Gavin Newsom’s environmental budget cuts escalate tensions with California activists

Newsom unveiled his revised budget plan this month, tapping reserve accounts, using federal stimulus money, borrowing from special funds and temporarily limiting corporate tax credits to minimize the impact on public services. But his proposal would also slash $14 billion in funding for public schools, health care and social services programs, universities and state worker salaries, unless California receives additional aid from the federal government. … [Read more...] about California lawmakers push back on Gavin Newsom’s budget cuts

“We have a country that predominantly values power, dominance and aggression over care, empathy and collaboration,” Newsom added later. “The predominant values that we seem to be attracted to as a nation, they’re not serving us anymore.” … [Read more...] about Gov. Newsom On George Floyd Death: ‘We’ve Got To Fundamentally Change Who We Are’

But the governor also noted that, while health officials have made an effort to test the broad diversity of the state’s population in both urban and rural areas, the test result showed the disparity in race and ethnicity as far as cases. While the percentage of deaths among the Latino and Asian communities were roughly along the lines of their population, the black community showed just over ten percent of the deaths in the state despite making up only six percent of the population. … [Read more...] about Newsom Calls On Californians To ‘Be Better As Human Beings’ Amid Growing George Floyd Unrest

The order gives local jurisdictions the authority to extend eviction moratoriums through July 28 to protect renters impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, according to a news release from the governor’s office. … [Read more...] about Newsom allows extension of local eviction moratoriums in California through July 28