Govern For California

When GFC launched in 2011, our principal goal was to liberate state legislators from public employee union influence. As we have previously reported, so far we have failed in that endeavor. While we have had some success against less powerful special interest groups, public employee union influence is on another level…

In early January Governor Newsom will present the Legislature with a proposed budget for the next fiscal year. The last budget dealt with a large deficit caused by excessive spending. To address that deficit, Newsom and the Legislature raided the Rainy Day Fund, borrowed money, shifted funds and deferred spending, steps that should be reserved for deficits caused by recessions, not by excessive spending.

Governor Gavin Newsom has called a special session of the Legislature for early December. The announced reason is to prepare California for the consequences of a Trump Administration but the real reason is to raise Newsom’s national profile.