Gavin Newsom is political career and achievements Every thing about him Part 5

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00:00everything about the gavin christopher newsome is an american politician and businessman serving

00:06since 2019 as the 40th governor of california his life and everything about him part five

00:13the sacramento b reported that jennifer siebel newsom's non-profit organization the representation

00:19project had received more than 800 000 in donations from corporations that had lobbied

00:24the state government in recent years including pg and e at and t comcast and kaiser permanente

00:32siebel newsom received 2.3 million dollars in salary from the non-profit since launching it in 2011.

00:39in 2021 governor newsom said that he saw no conflict in his wife's non-profit accepting donations from

00:46companies that lobby his administration in february 2024 bloomberg news reported that newsom pushed for

00:53an exemption for businesses that bake and sell bread in ab1228 a bill that raises the state's

01:00minimum wage for fast food workers to 20 dollars per hour the exemption included 24 panera bread bakery

01:07cafes owned by greg flynn a businessman who donated 100 000 and 64 800 to newsom's campaigns over the

01:15years republican lawmakers called for an investigation into the unusual exemption when reporters asked him

01:21about the exemption newsom said that's a part of the sausage making we went back and forth and that

01:27was part of the negotiation that's the nature of negotiation that was all part of the give and take

01:33and that was the collective wisdom of the legislature and ultimately led to my signature in september 2024

01:39the los angeles times reported that newsom had signed ab 3206 into law carving out an exception to the

01:47state's last call alcohol law for one specific venue intuit dome owned by former microsoft ceo steve balmer

01:55balmer's wife connie balmer donated one million dollars to the newsom campaign in 2021 ethics

02:02experts criticized the bill for exclusively benefiting a major donor to newsom it's certainly going to become

02:08an issue for his opponents and critics to point to the fact that he seemed to provide a special favor

02:14to a wealthy sports franchise owner and its facility and its wealthy fans it just doesn't look good

02:20said john pellicero director of government ethics at santa clara university a spokesperson for newsom

02:27said the governor's decisions on legislation are made solely on the merits of each bill

02:32overall newsom has vetoed legislation at a rate comparable to that of his predecessors

02:37from 2019 to 2021 he vetoed 12.7 of the bills the legislature passed on average the rate declined

02:46over the course of the three legislative sessions newsom's vetoes have included bills to allow ranked

02:52choice voting require an ethnic studies class as a high school graduation requirement regulate ai and

03:00reduce penalties for jaywalking newsom used a larger than normal number of executive orders during the 2020

03:06legislative session as lieutenant governor in 2016 newsom was the official proponent of proposition 63.

03:14the ballot measure required a background check and california department of justice authorization to

03:18purchase ammunition among other gun control regulations in response to the 2019 mass shooting in virginia

03:24beach newsom called for nationwide background checks on people purchasing ammunition later that year he

03:31responded to the gilroy garlic festival shooting by stating his support for the second amendment and

03:36saying he would like national cooperation controlling weapons of god damned mass destruction

03:43he also said these shootings overwhelmingly almost exclusively are males boys men i put in loose quotes

03:52i do think that is missing in the national conversation on june 10th 2021 newsom called federal judge

03:59roger benitez a stone cold ideologue and a wholly owned subsidiary of the gun lobby of the national

04:05rifle association after benitez struck down california's statewide ban on assault weapons while the ban

04:11remained in place as the state appealed the ruling newsom proposed legislation that would empower private

04:16citizens to enforce the ban after the united states supreme court declined to strike down the texas heartbeat act

04:23which empowers private citizens to report unauthorized abortions in 2022 newsom signed gun control

04:29bills passed by the california legislature on july 1st he signed assembly bill 1621 which restricts

04:37privately made firearms which were found to be linked to over 100 violent crimes in los angeles

04:42and assembly bill 2571 which prohibited the marketing of firearms such as the junior 15 to children

04:50on july 22nd newsom signed senate bill 1327 a law enabling private citizens to sue anyone who imports

04:58distributes manufactures or sells illegal firearms in california the law requires courts to award

05:05statutory damages of at least ten thousand dollars and attorney's fees on june 8th 2023 newsom proposed

05:12a 28th amendment to the u.s constitution to raise the age to buy firearms to 21 institute universal

05:19background checks for gun purchases mandate waiting periods and ban assault weapons for civilians

05:24law professor erwin chemerinsky called this a terrible idea since the advocated method which

05:29has never been used would be a constitutional convention which is not understood to be limited

05:34to single amendments potentially allowing a complete rewrite of the constitution or addition

05:39of other amendments on separate subjects like abortion or the often proposed balanced budget

05:44amendment which liberals feel would decimate welfare programs in december 2021 newsom announced his

05:50intention to make california a sanctuary for abortion which included possibly paying for procedures travel

05:57and lodging for out-of-state abortion seekers if the procedure is banned in republican-led states

06:03in march 2022 he signed a bill requiring private health insurance plans in the state to fully cover

06:09abortion procedures by eliminating associated co-pays and deductibles and increasing insurance premiums

06:15in february 2023 newsom organized the reproductive freedom alliance of state governors supportive of

06:21abortion and reproductive rights after walgreens announced in march 2023 that it would refuse to

06:27dispense abortion pills in the 21 states where it is illegal newsom tweeted california won't be doing

06:33business with that walgreens or any company that cowers to the extremists and puts women's lives at risk

06:39we're done he also said that walgreens was giving in to right-wing bullies

06:44and that he would determine how california can cut ties with walgreens he indicated that he wanted to

06:50cancel walgreens 54 million dollars contract with the california state prison system walgreens also

06:57receives 1.5 billion dollars for filling prescriptions for the 15 million people enrolled in the state's

07:03medi-cal program california's version of medicaid legal experts said that federal medicaid laws do not

07:09allow health plans to disqualify providers for reasons other than fraud or contract violations

07:15provisions that have prevented conservative states from blocking medicaid spending to planned

07:19parenthood clinics newsom campaigned on reducing the cost of health care and increasing access he also

07:26indicated his support for creating a universal state health care system the budget passed in june 2019

07:32expanded eligibility for medi-cal from solely undocumented minor children to undocumented young

07:37adults from ages 19 to 25. in 2021 newsom signed legislation expanding medi-cal eligibility to

07:44undocumented residents over age 50. on june 30 2022 he signed a 307.9 billion dollar state budget

07:53that pledges to make all low-income adults eligible for the state's medicaid program by 2024 regardless of

08:00their immigration status this budget would make california the first u.s state to guarantee health care to

08:06all low-income undocumented immigrants at a cost of 2.7 billion dollars per year newsom was criticized

08:13in early 2022 for walking back from his support for universal health care and not supporting calcare

08:19assembly bill 1400 which would have instituted single-payer health care in california critics

08:25suggested that opposition from business interests which had donated large sums to newsom and his party

08:30had swayed his opinion on july 6 2022 newsom signed senate bill 184 which established the office of

08:39health care affordability with the stated goal to develop data-informed policies and enforceable cost

08:45targets with the ultimate goal of containing health care costs in october 2023 newsom vetoed a bill to

08:52cap copays for insulin at 35 dollars in his february 2019 state of the state address newsom announced that

08:59while work would continue on the 171 mile 275 kilometers central valley segment from bakersfield

09:06to merced the rest of the system would be indefinitely postponed citing cost overruns and delays

09:12this and other actions created tension with the state building and construction trades council of

09:17california a labor union representing 450 000 members a poll found that california voters thought

09:24the most important issue for newsom and the state legislature to work on in 2020 was homelessness

09:29in his first week of office newsom threatened to withhold state funding for infrastructure to

09:34communities that failed to take actions to alleviate california's housing shortage in late january 2019

09:40he announced that he would sue huntington beach for preventing the construction of affordable housing

09:46a year later the city acted to settle the lawsuit by the state newsom opposes nimby not in my backyard

09:52sentiment declaring in 2022 that nimby ism is destroying the state in 2021 he signed a pair of

10:00bills into law that made zoning regulations for housing less restrictive allowing construction of

10:06duplexes and fourplexes in lots that were previously zoned exclusively for single-family homes

10:12newsom also signed a bill which expedites the environmental review process for new multi-family

10:18developments worth at least 15 million dollars to participate developers must apply directly

10:24through the governor's office in 2022 newsom signed 39 bills into law intended to address california's

10:31housing crisis three of which entailed major land use reform one bill eliminated minimum parking

10:38requirements for housing near mass transit stations throughout the state michael manville an urban

10:44planning professor at ucla's luskin school of public affairs called it one of the biggest land use

10:49reforms in the country another bill allowed developers to build housing on some lots previously exclusively

10:55zoned for commercial use without getting local governments permission if a certain percentage of

10:59the housing was affordable a third bill allowed for the construction of market rate housing on some

11:04lots previously exclusively zoned for commercial use in a signing ceremony for the latter two bills

11:10newsom warned local governments which have a history of blocking and delaying housing developments

11:16that they would be held accountable for future housing obstructionism other bills newsom signed

11:20required localities to approve or deny various building permits within a strict timeline and streamlined

11:26student and faculty housing projects by allowing california colleges to skip onerous review processes for

11:32new projects measures and actions to reduce homelessness in california have not yet solved the problem

11:38the number of homeless hit a record number of over 181 000 in january 2023 according to some to cope

11:45with this problem california must build more than 2.5 million housing units in october 2023 newsom vetoed

11:52several bills aimed at expanding access to housing assistance one was a bill to repurpose unused state-owned

11:58land for affordable housing which newsom said infringed on state sovereignty another would have expanded

12:05the number of people who qualify for state housing assistance a third would have mandated that medi-cal

12:11cover the cost of housing assistance in august 2024 newsom warned counties that did not remove their

12:18homeless encampments that failure to do so would result in their state funding being cut off the next year

12:24i stop at this point today until next time stay curious stay informed and keep exploring the world's

12:31incredible stories soon we will publish part six thank you for watching

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