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THE BUZZ: Gov. Gavin Newsom spent his Tuesday reordering the landscape of California politics.
THE SENATE PICK:
Newsom finally ended the supercharged Senate lobbying and frenzied speculation by picking the presumed frontrunner: his longtime ally, Secretary of State Alex Padilla. Newsom’s calculus for replacing White House-bound Sen.
NEWSOM: Stay-at-home order could be extended API push for BONTA for AG Battle over NURSES New COVID strain: Cause for concern? O’LEARY resigns, DEBOO is IN
12/22/2020 09:00 AM EST
THE BUZZ NEWSOM’S NOT GETTING A BREAK 2020 is not letting up, right down to the final weeks.
Whether it’s an extended lockdown (brace yourselves for that) or a new Covid-19 strain, Gov. Gavin Newsom has had to deliver some tough news again this week tempered by the vaccine deliveries, which have begun around California.
THE BIG (BAD) NEWS Newsom said the state will likely extend stay-at-home orders as coronavirus cases continue to soar, as POLITICO’s Jeremy B. White reported. That’s as most of the state has locked down again under a directive shutting regions where intensive care unit capacity dips below 15 percent which now covers where 98 percent of California s population lives.
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THE BUZZ A long-awaited federal aid package will soon bring California both relief and frustration.
For months
, elected officials from Gov. Gavin Newsom to county supervisors have stressed the need for Congress to shore up their deteriorating financial situations. State and local governments are constrained by the imperatives of balanced budgets, but the feds don’t face that limit on their capacity to spend. Politicians and fiscal planners have urged Congress to help them avert more painful cuts to jobs and services, which they worry could hamstring a faltering recovery.
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Lists, lists, lists. Everyone’s got one heading into this holiday season, but none have been more scrutinized than the lists purportedly on the desk of Governor Gavin Newsom as he contemplates naming the replacement in the U.S. Senate for Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, as well as the replacement for Attorney General Xavier Becerra, President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Politico’s California Playbook predicts that Newsom will deliver a “Hanukkah/Christmas gift this week” to one of several political groups pushing hard for diversity. Advocates for Representatives Karen Bass and Barbara Lee argue that the position held by the Senate’s only Black woman should be filled by another African American woman. Then there’s longtime frontrunner Secretary of State Alex Padilla, whose pick would open up another seat. But Latinos also support Robert Garcia, the out gay mayor of Long Beach, whose appointment would be historic.