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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 He has withdrawn a plan for the Department of Conservation to spend $24 million a year to hire 128 more staffers, including geologists and engineers.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

It would increase funding for schools, which have said they may not be able to reopen without additional money to pay for coronavirus safety measures. The Senate plan would also exclude Newsom’s proposed reductions to Medi-Cal, the state’s health care program for the poor, as well as in-home health services, preschools and child care facilities, centers for people with developmental disabilities and day programs to keep seniors out of nursing homes. … [Read more...] about California lawmakers push back on Gavin Newsom’s budget cuts

California Governor Gavin Newsom will issue guidelines next week that could allow some counties to move into Phase 3 of the state’s reopening plan, Newsom said at a press conference today. The guidelines will cover “high-risk workspaces” such as movie theaters. … [Read more...] about California Coronavirus Update: Governor Gavin Newsom To Issue County Guidelines For Reopening Movie Theaters

“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