Gavin newsom articles
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Gov. Newsom to propose 'emergency' bill for Arizona doctors to perform abortions in California
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday said “emergency legislation” would be introduced this week with the women’s caucus to help Arizonans get abortions in California.
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Newsom gets hilarious reality check after turning to public for new state coin design
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday asked for the public’s help in designing a new $1 coin to honor the state's innovations, but many of the responses pointed to anything but positive accomplishments for which the state was once proudly known. When people outside California think of innovation, they think of things like Silicon Valley and the tech boom as well as leading the way in wildlife conservation. But lately, businesses have been fleeing the blue state because of its failure to...
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California battery storage increasing rapidly, but not enough to end blackouts, Gov. Newsom says
Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday that California continued to rapidly add the battery storage that is crucial to the transition to cleaner energy, but admitted it was still not enough to avoid blackouts during heat waves. Standing in the middle of a solar farm in Yolo County, Newsom announced the state now had battery storage systems with the capacity of more than 10,000 megawatts — about 20% of the 52,000 megawatts the state says is needed to meet its climate goals. “This is critical to how we...