Gavin Newsom

FACT CHECK: IS NANCY PELOSI GAVIN NEWSOM’S AUNT?
May 8, 2018
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Yes, Nancy Pelosi is Gavin Newsom’s aunt by marriage.

Belinda Barbara Newsom, aunt of Gavin Newsom, married Nancy Pelosi’s brother, making her Pelosi’s sister-in-law and making Pelosi, Gavin’s aunt by marriage.

http://articles.latimes.com/2010/oct/16/local/la-me-newsom-20101016

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Belinda-Barbara-Newsom-dies-at-73-3183702.php

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Newsom

Newsom wants $260 million to extend Medicaid to more illegal immigrants in California
by Kimberly Leonard


A Democratic proposal to extend government-funded medical coverage to low-income people who reside in California illegally would cost the state $260 million, according to the governor's budget released Thursday.

Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, who was sworn into office Monday, has vowed that California will provide "sanctuary to all who seek it." He has proposed raising the age threshold to receive government-funded coverage, known as Medi-Cal, regardless of immigration status, from 19 to 26 for low-income people.

The plan would go into effect beginning July 19, 2019, and is expected to cover 138,000 people, according to the budget. If the proposal is enacted, California would be the first state to make such coverage available to young adults.

Newsom has argued that his plan should be enacted because California residents are already paying for healthcare at the back end through fees to emergency departments. An analysis from the Legislative Analyst's Office last year projected the plan would cost $330 million, which is more than what Newsom has requested.

The plan has drawn the attention of federal lawmakers, include Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., who said he would introduce legislation blocking the idea.

"Federal tax dollars should benefit Americans, not reward people from other countries who break the law," he said on Twitter Tuesday. "That only encourages more illegal immigration."

Newsom fired back on Twitter: "Healthcare should be a basic human right. Republicans in DC are already attacking our efforts to provide quality, affordable healthcare to everyone who calls CA home. We cannot accept the status quo. We must keep demanding better care for ALL Californians."

Newsom also has proposed reinstituting a fine on the uninsured that was zeroed out through the tax law that Republicans and President Trump enacted in 2017, and letting more people get subsidies under Obamacare. The current cutoff is 400 percent of the federal poverty level, and California is considering raising it to 600 percent, which is $72,840 a year for an individual and $150,600 for a family of four.

The full budget proposal is $13.6 billion, or 4 percent over what his predecessor, Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown, had proposed. Lawmakers have until June 15 to approve a balanced spending plan or lose pay.

Videos at https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/newsom-wants-260-million-to-extend-medicaid-to-more-illegal-immigrants-in-california

California Gov. Newsom asks Trump to help with homelessness crisis
Published on Sep 17, 2019

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is asking the Trump administration to issue housing vouchers to help low-income families in order to combat the state's growing homeless iss

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California governor pardons 3 convicted immigrants to help block deportations
By Danielle Wallace | Fox News

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday he’s pardoning three immigrants who've been convicted of crimes as part of an effort to protect them from deportation to their home countries.

The three men -- originally from El Salvador, Iran and Cambodia --- broke the law as teens or young adults, served their sentences and have taken steps to rehabilitate themselves, the governor’s office said.

But Newsom’s pardons do not completely shield the men from deportation. The move instead erases the mens' criminal records to prevent past offenses from being considered in their deportation cases. All three men live in Los Angeles County and were brought to the U.S. legally as children, the governor’s office said.

“The Governor regards clemency as an important part of the criminal justice system that can incentivize accountability and rehabilitation, increase public safety by removing counterproductive barriers to successful reentry, and correct unjust results in the legal system,” a news release said.

The governor, a Democrat, pardoned 38-year old Victor Ayala, who in 2001 at age 21 was convicted of felony robbery and sentenced to probation for pushing a security guard while shoplifting from an electronics store, The Sacramento Bee reported. He also had four prior misdemeanor convictions for theft and a hit-and-run in which no one suffered injuries, Los Angeles' KTLA-TV reported.

According to the governor’s office, Ayala’s parents brought him legally into the U.S. from El Salvador when he was 2. He is now a father of three who owns a carpet-cleaning business.

Newsom also pardoned 41-year-old Thear Seam, who at age 18 was convicted of robbing a man’s wallet and backpack. He was convicted as an accessory the next year after leading police on a high-speed chase while helping another man, a car thief whole stole a separate vehicle, evade arrest, KTLA reported.

Seam entered the U.S. legally as a 4-year-old refugee fleeing Cambodia from the Khmer Rouge. His wife and daughter are both U.S. citizens and he’s worked for 17 years at an aviation company.

The third immigrant to be pardoned was Arnou Aghamalian, 42, who as a 22-year-old in 1999 was convicted of helping his cousin set a nightclub owner’s unoccupied car on fire after a dispute. Newson’s office said Aghamalian entered the U.S. with his family at age 15 as a refugee from Iran. He and his wife are the parents to newborns twins. He now owns a solar energy company.

In addition to pardoning the three immigrants, Newsom pardoned a fourth man, 59-year-old Curtis Reynolds of Sacramento Country, who was convicted of six drug felonies including possession for sale between 1998 and 2003, The Bee reported. Newsom said since his convictions, Reynolds has dedicated his life to volunteering to help those struggling with addiction.

Newsom also commuted the sentences for two men previously facing life in prison. Esdvin Flores, 44, has served 20 years behind bars for robbing a woman at gunpoint at age 23. Jensen Ramos, 35, has served 17 years for attempted murder after firing at a car fleeing a brawl at a house party when he was 17. The governor’s office said both men have taken steps to rehabilitate themselves from behind bars. The commutations make both eligible to enter into parole hearings.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/California-opens-state-boards-to-undocumented-14517946.php

California opens state boards to undocumented immigrants and other non-citizens

eehh that's California, I don't live there so don't give a shit
but--
it has legal weed, and that is a good thing..

Grackle wrote:

I admittedly didn't read the article cuz I won't turn off my ad blocker, but I've seen this in a couple other places

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The article:

California opens state boards to undocumented immigrants and other non-citizens
Alexei Koseff Oct. 12, 2019 Updated: Oct. 12, 2019 10 p.m.


SACRAMENTO — Undocumented immigrants and other non-citizens will be allowed to serve on state boards and commissions after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a package of bills Saturday intended to integrate immigrants further into society.

SB225 by Sen. Maria Elena Durazo, D-Los Angeles, expands eligibility for state appointments to any California resident over the age of 18.

In a signing message, Newsom said applicants deserved to be considered on their merits, rather than their immigration status.

“Building a more representative government requires an assessment of barriers that prevent talented and qualified Californians from consideration for public service,” he said. “California doesn’t succeed in spite of our diversity — our state succeeds because of it.”

The issue rose to public attention last year, after the state Senate appointed a woman who had come to the United States from Mexico illegally as a teenager to an advisory committee on college access for low-income and minority students.

A few months later, then-Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed a similar measure, writing that he believed “existing law — which requires citizenship for these forms of public service — is the better path.”

Newsom signed another bill Saturday prohibiting civil arrests inside a courthouse of anyone who is there for a court proceeding or other legal business. The law does not apply to criminal arrests.

AB668 by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego, aims to prevent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from carrying out operations at California courthouses. Advocates have raised concerns that ICE arresting undocumented immigrants at courthouses has had a chilling effect, discouraging immigrants from testifying or appearing in court.

“The courts have an institutional responsibility to ensure all Californians have safe and orderly access to justice,” Gonzalez said in a statement. “When people don’t feel safe showing up to court to act as a witness, pay a fine, or file papers because they may be subjected to civil arrest — the system is broken.”

Brown also vetoed a prior version of the bill last year, instead encouraging the state attorney general to draft policies for limiting immigration enforcement at courthouses and other public facilities.

“I support the underlying intent of this measure, but I am concerned that it may have unintended consequences,” Brown wrote in his veto message.

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Jim Breslo: To help homeless, California turns to dumb idea loved by the left – And guaranteed to fail
By Jim Breslo | Fox News

Los Angeles officials demand Newsom to declare a state of emergency over homelessness

What's really behind California’s homeless crisis?

It was former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel who famously said, “You never want to let a serious crisis go to waste. What I mean by that is it gives you an opportunity to do things that you could not do before.”

The tactic has been linked to Saul Alinsky, the radical Chicago community organizer of whom former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former President Barack Obama and Democratic presidential contender Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., are disciples.

In November 2018, California voters defeated a statewide ballot initiative that would have extended rent control statewide. It was soundly rejected by an almost 20-point margin. Every county in the state except for San Francisco voted it down.

Even the Democrat running for governor, Gavin Newsom, indicated his opposition to the initiative. But now that he's in office, the former lieutenant governor and former mayor of San Francisco has changed his position, insisting the state must respond to the homeless problem.

Last week we learned of at least one of the actions the governor plans to take. Newsom signed a statewide rent-control law, overturning the will of the people. He followed the progressive playbook by using the homeless crisis “to do things that you could not do before.”

Progressives assert that the homeless crisis is due in large part to a housing shortage, and that the best way to address the shortage is with rent control. The new law also protects tenants from eviction without good reason and provides compensation to tenants if they are evicted due to renovation.

“The housing crisis is reaching every corner of America, where you’re seeing high home prices, high rents, evictions and homelessness that we’re all struggling to grapple with,” said Assemblyman David Chiu, a San Francisco Democrat who authored the bill. “Protecting tenants is a critical and obvious component of any strategy to address this.”

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It may be “obvious” to some, but any scratching of the surface of California's rent law shows it to be utterly useless.

First, the law ignores the fact that the state's epicenters of homelessness, Los Angeles and San Francisco, already have rent control on the books that's even more stringent than what just passed.

In San Francisco, studies show the caps have sharply decreased the supply of rental housing, driving up rents citywide by 5 percent. That's because landlords demolished properties and built pricey new ones to avoid the caps.

If rent control helps reduce homelessness, why is the problem so prevalent in the very cities that already have it? And how is extending it to the rest of the state supposed to address the issue?

Rent control has been a proven failure in addressing housing problems. It prompts landlords to convert their properties into owner-occupied homes, and deters investment in the housing market, aggravating the shortages that caused them in the first place.

The truth the left would prefer you not to know: The homeless problem has little to do with lack of affordable housing. There is plenty of affordable housing in California outside major cities. For instance, next to Los Angeles County is Riverside, where the average rent is $1,525 per month, close to the national average of about $1,400.

Not everyone can afford to live exactly where they want to live. Most Californians understand this.

What politicians must acknowledge is that the real cause of most homelessness is the prevalence of mental illness and substance abuse in the homeless community. According to a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development report, 45 percent of homeless people suffer from mental illness. A University of Pennsylvania report, found that about half suffer from alcohol or drug dependence.

In addition, a U.S. Conference of Mayors report in 2014 revealed that only 18 percent of the homeless are employed. That means that for most, the cost of housing doesn't really matter. They simply can't afford it.

Rent control has been a proven failure in addressing housing problems. It prompts landlords to convert their properties into owner-occupied homes, and deters investment in the housing market, aggravating the shortages that caused them in the first place.

Further, when landlords are limited in their ability to raise rents and cannot freely evict tenants, they will be extremely careful in who they rent to. That has a significant adverse effect on the ability of low-income people to find rental housing. Europe has had such limitations for years, and it's notoriously difficult to qualify for a rental property there.

Europe similarly requires “good cause” before terminating an employee; the thinking being that this will result in fewer layoffs and thus lower unemployment. In fact, it has the opposite effect. The harder it is to fire someone, the more cautious employers are in hiring.

The same concept applies to housing.

Addressing homelessness with a statewide rent-control law highlights why California’s homeless problem has gotten so bad.

State politicians would rather use the crisis to pass pet progressive policies rather than address root causes with real solutions. One can only imagine what progressive “solution” is coming next.

Perhaps a $1,000-a-month “freedom dividend” for the homeless?

The Wise And Powerful wrote:

Published 58 mins ago
Jim Breslo: To help homeless, California turns to dumb idea loved by the left – And guaranteed to fail
By Jim Breslo | Fox News

Los Angeles officials demand Newsom to declare a state of emergency over homelessness

What's really behind California’s homeless crisis?

Homeless is raging and yes a crisis, an emergency
((more so an emergency than trumps emergency$ wall))
A great manly of the homeless are Veterans and many with problems that need attention..
Anyway, if CA can help the homeless with crazy ways or sound let them at it.
Someone needs to try to help the homeless in everwhich way with trial and error, give it try, but nonetheless give help for the homeless.

DECEMBER 13, 2019 / 8:00 PM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO
California governor rejects PG&E bankruptcy reorganization plan
Tom Hals, Steve Gorman
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(Reuters) - California Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday rejected the bankruptcy reorganization plan submitted by PG&E Corp (PCG.N), the state’s largest investor-owned utility, saying the proposal fails to comply with a recently enacted state wildfire law.

The decision by Newsom, transmitted to PG&E by letter, complicates the company’s push to exit bankruptcy and provide billions of dollars to victims of devastating wildfires in 2017 and 2018 sparked by the utility’s power lines.

The embattled utility now has until Tuesday to further amend its plan to Newsom’s satisfaction, but his criticism of the plan was sweeping.

Newsom said PG&E’s plan lacks “major changes in governance” and tougher safety enforcement mechanisms mandated under the wildfire statute, known as Assembly Bill 1054, which was enacted in July.

The governor also said PG&E’s plan, including a proposed $13.5 billion settlement with victims of wildfires blamed on its power lines, would leave the company with a weakened capital structure and “limited ability to withstand future financial and operational headwinds.”

“In my judgment, the amended plan and the restructuring transactions do not result in a reorganized company positioned to provide safe, reliable and affordable service to its customers, as required by AB 1054,” Newsom wrote.

PG&E, in a statement following release of the governor’s letter, disputed Newsom’s findings that its reorganization plan fails to meet the criteria of the wildfire law.

“We believe it does and is the best course forward for all stakeholders,” the company said. “We’ve welcomed feedback from all stakeholders throughout these proceedings and will continue to work diligently in the coming days to resolve any issues that may arise.”

Still, state approval of reorganization plan is a necessary step before PG&E can submit the proposal for a vote by creditors and final approval from a bankruptcy judge in San Francisco.