Recall Newsom Before He Further Destroys California
Editor,
In the midst of this recall election, it is crucial to delineate Gavin Newsom’s failures. He doled out no-bid contracts to campaign donors. His lockdowns obliterated small businesses while the larger corporations like Amazon and Netflix experienced substantial growth. He misled the public by overestimating the number of acres his forest management operations treated. He refuses to support reduction of certain, unnecessary housing regulations that hamper timely and essential home constructions. His passage of Assembly Bill 5 eliminated many jobs in the gig economy. Finally, the Supreme Court ruled that Newsom’s bans on indoor religious gatherings were violations of the United States Constitution.
Though the above items warrant Newsom’s removal, his unhealthy relationship with Pacific Gas & Electric alone is sufficient reason for his removal. The Youtube news channel “ABC 10” analyzed this issue through the investigative series “Fire, Power, Money,” and Newsom’s atrocities against humanity are highlighted in the following segments: “More than a bailout,” “The French Laundry Connection,” and “The PG&E Police”
Sometime after receiving PG&E campaign donations, Newsom and his lawyers devised legislation that lowered safety standards for PG&E infrastructure operations resulting in devastating wildfires. He then violated his own lockdown restrictions to attend a French Laundry dinner with Jason Kinney, a lobbyist friend embroiled in PG&E’s affairs. Newsom and Kinney oversaw the bankruptcy plan that maximized the welfare of PG&E and the larger PG&E creditors that hired Kinney. The California Public Utilities Commission operated only with the façade of independence, and under Newsom’s influence, they mitigated the penalties PG&E should have received for their ineptitude. Consequently, the fire victims became a lower priority, and their compensations were shortchanged as a result.
Please recall Newsom before he further destroys California.
–Wing yun Ho, Castro Valley
