Governor Newsom
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First Look at the First Draft of Newsom’s Budget for the 2026-2027 Fiscal Year
"Don’t tell me what you value. Show me your budget—and I’ll tell you what you value," Joe Biden.
January 12, 2026
Excerpts on Transportation and Livability from Governor Newsom’s State of the State
Here are the highlights
January 9, 2026
Commentary: Illinois’ Transit Funding Flop Should Be Cautionary Tale for CA
Not funding transit agencies' basic operating needs is a political loser in any state.
June 2, 2025
Newsom Orders Suspension of CEQA for Fire Rebuilds
Is the California Environmental Quality Act - theoretically written to prevent disasters like these fires - really the big barrier holding back a rebuild?
January 14, 2025
Governor Newsom Signs Three Bills Restricting Oil and Gas Wells Near People
Three new laws will help protect people living near oil and gas facilities, and one overrides a court decision blocking local control over gas wells.
September 26, 2024
Governor Vetoes Air Quality Monitoring Bill Because State Would Be on the Hook
So he says
August 19, 2024
Report: CA Needs Sustainable Climate Funding, Not a “Climate Commitment” that Isn’t
More than half of the state's "Climate Commitment" of 2022 has been funded, but it has shrunk and been delayed, and its funding source includes money that was already going to the climate fight.
August 1, 2024
How Bad Is Newsom’s Proposed Cut to the Active Transportation Program? Awful.
It would have zeroed out the entirety of Cycle 7 - but the legislature has rejected the cuts.
May 29, 2024
Active Transportation Program Cut Because Administration Wants to Prioritize Highways
The Newsom administration wants to cut the ATP because Caltrans is tired of having its state highway funding tapped.
May 15, 2024
Governor Announces “May Revise” Budget Proposal
Active Transportation Program is gutted - unnecessarily
May 10, 2024
