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Gavin Newsom

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Gavin Christopher Newsom is an American politician and businessman currently serving as the 40th governor of California, a position he has held since January 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, Newsom previously served as the mayor of San Francisco from 2004 to 2011 and as the lieutenant governor of California from 2011 to 2019. His tenure as governor has been marked by significant policy initiatives, including efforts to address climate change, housing affordability, and healthcare reform.

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Mar 15, 2021

This is the sixth, sixth recall effort and just 25 months since I've been governor.

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Mar 15, 2021

-- received almost $3 million of money some coming from different parts of the country, not just from the state of California. So at the end of the day, it's complicated as to why this is on but that's not determinative.

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Mar 14, 2021

At the end of the day, we have to deal with some of the root causes here.

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Mar 14, 2021

We’re addressing issues related to COVID testing for people that are crossing the border. We’re providing supplemental support for staffing to help some of these children, and so we’re currently -- children -- and working with the Biden…

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Mar 14, 2021

This one is serious. And it`s serious for many different reasons. It`s the uncertainty of being on the ballot with a question up or down, but also the folks behind it.

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Mar 14, 2021

At the end of the day, we need less politics and we need folks to come together and address the root causes and address this crisis before it manifests even more acutely.

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Mar 14, 2021

He should have been going to Washington, D.C., to support a farmworker bill and a dreamer bill, two things he can do as a congressional leader. At the end of the day, it was just more of the same, demagoguing an issue that they…

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Mar 14, 2021

All of us are vigilant and all of us are obviously at heightened awareness and concern.

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Mar 14, 2021

We said, on 2035, we’re going to stop selling internal combustion engines, and we’re going to move to dominate the next big global industry.

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Mar 14, 2021

So goes California, so goes the nation.

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Mar 14, 2021

At the end of the day, this requires seriousness of purpose, a little less politics, a little less demagoguery.

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Mar 14, 2021

I think this was inevitable, regardless of the calibration of the federal administration, as it relates to the extreme rhetoric and bigotry, respectfully, of the Trump administration and the Trump years.

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Mar 14, 2021

The principal sponsor of this recall effort wants to put microchips in immigrant aliens. We have folks that are literally part of the 3 Percent militia group, right-wing group that are part of the principal proponents of this effort.

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Mar 9, 2021

Let's be real. The current project, as planned, would cost too much and take too long.

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Dec 22, 2020

This is the official. This is the ask, brother.

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Dec 3, 2020

The bottom line is if we don't act now, our hospital system will be overwhelmed. If we don't act now, we'll continue to see a death rate climb, more lives lost.

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Sep 13, 2020

One thing is fundamental; 57 percent of the land in this state is federal forest land; 3 percent is California. So, we really do need that support. We need that emphasis of engagement. And we're fully committed to working with you to…

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Sep 11, 2020

It is a climate emergency. This is what everyone predicted. This is what all the experts have been saying for decades. Climate change is here. It's real. It's omnipresent.

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Sep 11, 2020

California folks is America fast forward. What we're experiencing right here is coming to community all across the United States of America unless we get our act together on climate change, unless we disabuse ourselves of all the BS that's…

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Sep 11, 2020

What California is experiencing is a preview for what is in store for the whole country if the climate continues to warm unabated.

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Sep 10, 2020

When you have temperatures, record breaking temperatures, record droughts and you've got something else at play. What we're experiencing right here is coming to community all across the United States unless we disabuse ourselves of all the…

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Aug 24, 2020

He said everything that I could have hoped for. Promise made, promise kept.

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