Here are some of the key moments of Newsom’s first chapter as California governor, including the promises made, action taken or not taken, and what could come next.
As part of his aggressive push on housing, Newsom has also promised programs to help spark the building of 3.5 million new homes between 2019 and 2025.to match the money he’s proposed in the budget for the development of middle-income housing. Administration officials have been meeting with Silicon Valley leaders to discuss a possible agreement.
In that same speech, Newsom said he would make good on a promise telegraphed during his campaign to downsize the twin water tunnel project in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta . Action on the tunnels will be included in a comprehensive water policy proposal that Newsom plans to release in the near future.from six weeks of partial pay to six months for new parents and those caring for ailing family membersNewsom said he would partly finance the effort by dipping into the existing cash reserves held by the state program. Newsom’s proposed budget included funding for the early steps of this program, and the overall concept is under consideration in the Legislature.
Newsom has proposed expanding the state’s earned income tax credit for low-income families to provide up to $1 billion in cash payments, to be paid out of the state’s general fund. The proposal was included in Newsom’s budget, which is now under consideration in the Legislature.Those workers don’t pay into the state program, but Newsom insisted it was important to help those Californians amid a federal spending battle between President Trump and House Democrats.
. Newsom decided to keep a deployment of guard members trained in spotting narcotics at the state’s international ports of entry.. He has already fast-tracked $5 million in funding with the remainder proposed in his budget.In January, Newsom created a “strike force” tasked with proposing ways to modernize the California DMV.
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