Gavin Newsom: “There was never a need for the military to deploy against civilians in Los Angeles.”

Simply put, this measure did not meet the gravity of this moment. The only solution is to return to fix the entire problem, not part of it.

This is a recycled political stunt.

Gov. Gavin Newsom called the federal withdrawal of funding a "political stunt to punish California,"

Any long-term solution must share responsibility fairly across all seven states in recognition of the new reality of the Colorado River.