Contract worker protections - Vetoed
Anti-discrimination bill - Vetoed
Insulin price cap - Vetoed
Free condoms for schools - Vetoed
Psychedelic decriminalization - Vetoed
Shit, here’s the full list.
https://calmatters.org/newsletters/whatmatters/2023/10/gavin-newsom-veto-bills/
Seems pretty clear that he’s trying to burnish his national reputation for a presidential run.
Fuck you very much, Newsom.
Was wondering what the actual hell was up with his string of vetoes lately.
Maybe he sees himself as the 2028 Dem nominee and wants to demonstrate he’s not an evil socialist to the non-crazy Republicans…
I certainly hope not - any D is better than none, but he’s one of those who least align with the collective interests of most.
Newsom, we get it - you want to run for president. But don’t fuck up my state to do it.
You’ve done ok in CA when you’ve kept your mouth shut and followed in Brown’s footsteps, but this latest bullshit display of throwing widely popular progressive initiatives (this one passed 66 to 9) under the bus is a slap in the face to all Californians, proving yet again that you’re an empty neo-liberal suit playing progressive to pander to the public.
California is not your billboard for a future presidential run. Do your damn job and stop using your veto pen to try to appeal to voters who aren’t even your constituents yet.
So, is the legislature just going to override the vetoes on a lot of these measures?
In theory they can, but it’s very unlikely, as it requires a 2/3rds majority in both the Assembly and the Senate. One of the things I severely dislike about California politics is that the Governor’s veto power is near absolute in practice. On top of that this state has an entrenched political machine that has invested in Newsom since he ran for Mayor of San Francisco - and many in Sacramento owe their careers to him. There’s no realistic chance any of these vetoes get overridden.
They have the numbers they need to do it, but like you suggest they are more loyal to Newsom than they are to their constituents. My guess is the only reason these bills are reaching his desk is so he can veto them; giving the legislators a chance to build a progressive portfolio for more local races while he gets to establish himself as more centrist.
I find it interesting how people who were voted in can just completely go against their voter’s wishes and nobody can do anything about it until their term is up (at least in a timely fashion, as far as I know). That really sucks
I thought he was vetoing things in order to be fiscally conservative? How does stifling commerce and blocking the potential for greater tax revenue align with that goal?
god this fucking sucks – and the fact that this is part of the mechanism for running for president, making shitty austere choices to appeal to fucking ghouls with power they shouldn’t have and/or centrist dipshit undecided voter dipshits. so so deeply stupid and labyrinth and fucked in so many ways
Corpo bullshit like this is why Newsom will never be President.
