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Gavin Newsom: These are sober times.

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Newsom reflects on the current political climate and its seriousness.

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There’s a new sheriff in town in California, where we brought Big Oil to their knees. And I’m proud of this state.

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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.

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