Officials pulling out all the stops at the first event in @GavinNewsom's "California Roars Back" stimulus package tour, likely also doubling as an anti-recall campaign tour.

Oakland Mayor @LibbySchaaf said Newsom is "creating one of the greatest CA budgets we have ever seen."
I believe this is the first time in months @GavinNewsom has worn a suit during one of his public events/press conferences -- signaling he's stepping things up. "I'm about to make an announcement, arguably, no other governor in America has ever made," he says. Image
California has a projected $75.7 billion operating surplus, @GavinNewsom says. "California is going to come roaring back." Plus, an additional $26B coming from the federal government.
The state will issue a $12 billion tax rebate for all Californians earning $75k or less, @GavinNewsom says, if the Legislature approves. That would apply to 2/3 of all Californians.
.@GavinNewsom suggests that the $600 checks aren't coming from the Gann limit (which requires the state to send taxpayer rebates if it has a certain surplus) -- but @johnmyers reports otherwise: latimes.com/politics/newsl…
"Is this a campaign strategy to get as much bang for your buck as possible?" @akoseff asks of @GavinNewsom's week of budget events.

"This is something we did last year ... and the year prior, previews are an important part of the budget process," Newsom says.

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12 May
BREAKING: @GavinNewsom will today unveil a slate of proposals for California's public schools:

- Universal pre-k by 2024
- Savings accounts for 3.7 million kids
- $14.5 billion to "reimagine K-12 public schools and reduce class sizes"
.@GavinNewsom says his budget will have the biggest investment in K-14 education in California history. "We are putting out a blueprint over the next five years for a total transformation in education, which includes a new grade, TK," he says.
"We need to do more in the classroom to address what's going on outside the classroom," @GavinNewsom says, adding that Elkhorn Elementary School he's at has washers/dryers for the community. "We've talked about community schools, but we haven't followed up with real resources."
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4 May
When the first press conference you cover in person in months is a recall event with a 1000 pound live bear... follow this thread for more
The bear has been let out without a leash, @BeastJohnCox has not made an appearance yet
“He wants to be lieutenant governor,” @BeastJohnCox says. “Put away your salmon and honey.”
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9 Jul 20
.@GavinNewsom: "None of us were shy about our condemnation of @PGE4Me. PG&E is now out of bankruptcy, but they're coming out a new company, with new expectations and accountability. And new criteria, that if they don't perform, CA can intervene in ways we couldn't in past."
"They're now required to do new things on vegetation management, updating grid, sectionalizing grid to be more precise for when they turn off/on power, weather monitoring stations, infrared evening capacity, procure personnel that are required."
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18 May 20
.@GavinNewsom, in Mustard's Grill restaurant in Napa Valley: "We have 24 counties that have self-attested, certified, with containment and protection plans -- for regional variation to the state order. We announced that variation process on May 7."
"We recognize conditions are unique depending on where you are in the state. We've been working very collaboratively with those counties' health directors and have their attestations up online. You can check how those counties are doing against their commitments."
"We've been tracking, over last 14 days, a hospitalization decline of over 7%. We've seen an 8.7% decline in ICU patients over 14 days. We've also seen an unprecedented number of masks be delivered, tens of millions of masks. All of these things matter."
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16 Apr 20
I’m at the Capitol attending the first legislative hearing on CA’s COVID-19 spending since the state govt was shut down last month. Follow this thread for updates for my experiences from this historic hearing.
Before getting my temperature taken and being asked if I’ve experienced any symptoms of the virus, I was greeted with this sign outlining mandatory social distancing protocols.
People are being escorted one at a time from the lobby to the elevator, and only one person can be on the elevator at a time, accompanied by a masked and gloved sergeant at arms.
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14 Apr 20
.@GavinNewsom: "Our strategy of containment began with repatriation flights from China. Then mitigation strategies with stay-at-home orders, physical distancing. We then started to move to phase 3, surging our hospital and alternative care systems to meet potential demand."
"This included protective gear and staff. The next phase, the phase I will speak about today, is the phase I would frame as an optimistic phase. We move from surge and we transition into suppression --> herd immunity --> vaccine. We do see light at the end of the tunnel."
"It's also the most difficult and challenging phase of all, and that says a lot. But this phase is one where science and public health, not politics, must be the guide. We must be open to argument, interested in evidence, not ideological in way, shape or form."
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