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00:00Thank you, Linda. To everybody assembled, thank you for all your hard work and your stewardship through this process. It
00:06was an honor to get the signatures of these remarkable young leaders. And, by the way, I hope you did.
00:15That's like a rainbow. That's nice. You guys all had different colors.
00:18And I appreciate that opportunity to celebrate what this is all about. And it's about the investments for these young
00:27children and their quality of imagination and this fundamental belief that everybody has the capacity to flow with the forces
00:33of life. Everybody has the capacity to thrive.
00:36And that's the spirit that brings us here in particular, the spirit that defines the $2.4 billion investment in
00:45the needs of those with special needs, these special people.
00:50And I don't say that lightly. I don't say that passively. I don't say that as an elected official who
00:57woke up to that.
00:58It's been a cause that was brought to me by my mom, who was very involved. I was a very
01:03young person in the work of providing support for adoptions for kids with special needs.
01:10She was working at the time for aid to adoption of special kids, the DeBolt family. She did a little
01:15bit of development work for them.
01:17I cannot tell you how many memories I have as a young child doing fundraisers for that cause. And it
01:23created an imprint for me.
01:25It's one of the reasons I volunteered as a child in middle school and high school, college for special Olympics.
01:31I was proud to be co-chair of the world games here in Los Angeles, the special Olympics with the
01:36Shriver family.
01:37It's why I'm so deeply involved and so proud of my administration for their involvement at the departmental level, not
01:44just the agency level, with best buddies.
01:46And making sure that we have these incredibly talented young people with intellectual disabilities working in key departments and agencies
01:57throughout the state of California.
01:59So this issue is personal in so many ways. It's an adjacent point, but when you grow up as well
02:07with some reading and learning disabilities, you also are adjacent to this population in terms of your own experience and
02:15your own understanding and appreciation for the comment that Linda just made around standardization.
02:21That, you know, we've got to do more to individualize learning. All of us learn differently, and so we have
02:28to do things differently.
02:29And so $2.4 billion, as the Assemblywoman said, 43% increase year over year.
02:35You don't hear numbers like that. You've never heard a number like that in California.
02:42We were doing fine with some earlier investments, but there was this gnawing understanding that we were, you know, failing
02:55more efficiently, that we needed to do something bold.
02:59And so that was the idea when we landed this last budget. We want to land the plan with a
03:03pattern interrupt and do something that truly sort of wakes up the system, scratches the proverbial record, and creates a
03:12different expectation in terms of the investments.
03:15And by the way, that shifted from January, we're at a $509 million increase, where I felt good, but not
03:24great.
03:24And then in the May revise, we added another $1.8 billion. And we asked them, look, what do we
03:30need to do to do something meaningful here?
03:33And we were able to do that because of the legislative support and their leadership, and I'm very humbled and
03:39grateful by that.
03:39I don't want to go too into detail, but I would be remiss because it was pointed out by Assemblymember
03:48Alvarez and by Linda that this budget is not just about special education.
03:53The community schools is another area. I remember out there as lieutenant governor, clipping articles.
04:00I feel like we were clipping them back then, black and white movie days.
04:03And I was sending, I was like, what's this community school thing? That's how we started getting together, Linda and
04:09I.
04:10You know, she was, you know, you know Linda. Everyone knows Linda.
04:14You know, she's the person everyone dialed up. You know, what are the best practices in the United States?
04:19Down there at Stanford, putting out these incredible reports. She's writing about community schools, and, you know, I'm reading about
04:24some small pilots.
04:25And so I made some commitments on the campaign trail that we'd run some pilots, never in my wildest imagination,
04:32that I believe that we can get to a $4.1 billion multi-year commitment on community schools.
04:41And to see them flourish, and to see them organically get more and more support, meaning it was no longer,
04:51we had to push and pull and make the case.
04:54It all of a sudden was making its own case. And by the way, academically.
04:58And they've done some rigorous, independent studies to prove the point.
05:03And so that was a point we didn't need to emphasize as it relates to the codification of that to
05:07get this ongoing $1.1 billion a year and lock this in to the Prop 98 formula.
05:13So this is, again, forgive the personal journey. I don't have many more swings at the bat, so I'm going
05:18to take advantage of your time.
05:22Because I'm very proud of this. And it's just stubborn, persistent work.
05:26And by the way, Linda said, I wasn't going to do this unless you'll commit to me a deeper understanding
05:33of this.
05:34Education reform is not some one big idea and you walk away. It's not a single act.
05:38It's about a habit. It's a process unfolds over the course of years and years and years.
05:44It's multiple strategies, all stacking together.
05:48And if you're committed to that, then I'll commit the time to you and this effort.
05:54And I think we did a pretty damn good job, Linda.
05:56Eight years working through all these things, all these budgets.
06:00I appreciate you.
06:02And we're starting to see those outcomes.
06:04Pre-K, come on. Pre-K, brand new grade.
06:08And the quality we put in that.
06:10We invested not just in expanding slots, but the quality slots by making sure the teacher ratios were nation-leading
06:18as well.
06:19And it's not just pre-K to 12. It's really pre-K to 14 from my perspective.
06:25When we did that free community college years and years and years ago.
06:29And I know it's free like a puppy.
06:31We're not naive.
06:32So we're looking at textbooks.
06:34We're looking at the full cost of attendance and open source.
06:36And all of these things that came from that.
06:38The first school districts in the nation to provide two free, quality school meals without any stigma attached to them.
06:46It was California that led that effort in the nation.
06:50You look back, after school for all, summer school for all, those were platforms that were promoted and campaigns that
06:56were never delivered at scale.
06:59Summer school.
07:00Summer school.
07:02The investments we made together, they're being taken.
07:07Well, we're here experiencing them.
07:09Taking shape all across the state of California.
07:12And so across the spectrum, including literacy, which you cannot overlook.
07:17Look, I know Marshall's here.
07:18He's like, why didn't you bring up literacy?
07:20Where are you?
07:21There you are.
07:22You know, we're very proud of the work we all did together on that.
07:25And just moving away from the old binaries.
07:27We got here and it was just, it was only two, only one conversation, education.
07:31Charter schools or public schools.
07:33And it's like, you know, it just, it was years and years of just, just this.
07:37And now we're in a different space.
07:39So I'm glad to be here with you in this space.
07:42And very, very proud of the progress and proud of the work that's been done by the folks behind me.
07:49One final thing, because there's a bit of an elephant in the room.
07:52Also proud of the governance reforms.
07:55Those were long overdue.
07:57A hundred years.
07:59So, you know, that was stubborn.
08:02And it's meaningful because it will carry this work forward in a way that justifies these investments.
08:09Governing matters.
08:12You know, program passing is not problem solving.
08:14It's the hard work after a bill is signed.
08:17That's when the job starts.
08:19And that's why that governance reform was so powerful and so important.
08:24So with that, again, just wanted to express appreciation to everyone assembled.
08:30To the superintendent, thank you for the privilege of you opening up your doors.
08:35And to all these magnificent, gritty, inspired, determined, young and talented people, thank you for making this a little more
08:47special than a lot of these occasions are.
08:50With that, we'll answer any questions.
08:52On top of one off-topic question, you just mentioned the elephant in the room.
08:58Superintendent Thurman is not here.
09:00He's criticized the overhaul of the Department of Education.
09:03He even called it a gimmick.
09:05What is your response to that?
09:07And also, if I could ask, we're nearing the five-year mark of the Caldor fire.
09:10Grizzly Flats still looks like a hellscape.
09:15There are people living in trailers, seniors, children.
09:18They did not get the promised individual assistance from FEMA.
09:23What is your message to people who say they feel forgotten?
09:28Well, there are a lot of folks in Grizzly Flats and a lot of folks down in Los Angeles that
09:36feel forgotten
09:37because the federal government didn't fulfill their commitments, to your point.
09:42FEMA did not step up and step in.
09:44FEMA has been significantly vandalized by this current administration.
09:49And I'll remind you that not $1 of that supplemental request has come in for the people of the state
09:55of California
09:56in those fires in Southern California.
09:59And you're talking about Grizzly Flats.
10:01It was what a beautiful community.
10:03I was up there in the middle of those fires, right near the tail end of them.
10:06It reminds me, you know, some of those conditions remind me a lot of paradise when we were up there
10:13as well.
10:14And, you know, towns being wiped off the map, lifestyles, places, traditions being impacted,
10:20not just individuals and communities, whole communities.
10:24And so we have a lot more work to do, and we continue to strive to do more and better,
10:30including 10X-ing the vegetation management and forest management to prevent these fires,
10:34the historic investments in terms of technology to make sure we're even more aggressive
10:39as it relates to mitigating the impacts of these fires.
10:42But the issue of FEMA and the issue of partnerships with the federal government is real.
10:46And you've got an administration that's hell-bent on gutting that agency
10:51and not being here for the American people.
10:53And it's not just here in California.
10:54It's all across the United States of America.
10:56So I express not just empathy but anger and aligned interests in doing more
11:05so that we can help more people in that respect.
11:08As it relates to the governance reform, you know, change has its enemies.
11:17And I'm for change.
11:19I'm not arguing for the status quo.
11:22And I'm very proud of the work that was done not only by the legislature
11:27but by all these organizations and groups that have been advocating for reform,
11:32950-plus organizations for decades and decades that have advocated for change.
11:39So I'm in the change camp.
11:41I'm not defending the status quo.
11:44With respect to the individual you mentioned, he and I have a fundamental disagreement
11:49and I couldn't be more proud that the legislature and the people of the state demanded a new approach
11:56and I was proud to attach my signature to that new approach.
11:59Governor, I have a separate question.
12:01I don't know if the Fast Food Council was at all discussed during the negotiations.
12:07It's been without a chair for a year.
12:08Is it going to be fine?
12:11Interesting.
12:13I've not gotten a Fast Food Council question in some time.
12:16I will say this.
12:18On the issue of appointments, I've got probably 200 or 300 on my desk
12:23and it's one of the things that will be one of my, as you guys are on your break,
12:27I will be sort of breaking new ground on finally closing out a lot of these gaps,
12:33including a Supreme Court justice that I have to appoint.
12:36And we have a lot of boards and commissions, including I think there's one vacancy left on there
12:42that we'll be attending to very shortly.
12:44So, no, I don't think any – that thing was established in statute.
12:48It was advanced by the legislature, so not going defunct by definition.
12:51But the commitment for me to fulfill, you know, to support all these commissions
12:58and get these slots is ongoing.
12:59It's iterative.
13:01And I'm hoping to get through all of those in the next few weeks.
13:04And over the next few months, we'll roll out all those remaining appointments that I'll be making.
13:08I'm asking because, I mean, on the labor side, folks have been asking for hearings on abuses
13:15and asking for another pay raise.
13:16And on the other side, there are some industry folks who have clarity in the law.
13:20This group, this whole council hasn't met in two years.
13:23So that's why I let you appoint someone.
13:26No, well, it sounds like we'll need to make that appointment.
13:30And so that appointment will be made.
13:31And the question is, is it a matter of weeks or a month?
13:35But, as I said, you can't do everything.
13:38You can't do anything.
13:40And we have 4,000, I think, appointments that I make.
13:44So there are hundreds and hundreds and hundreds, quite literally, I can assure you,
13:48if you saw my desk, that have been vetted.
13:51And they're just waiting for my final decision.
13:53And I'm hopeful that's in there as well.
13:55What details can you provide on the FBI federal investigations?
13:59Is it you, your wife, your staff?
14:01Not much more than has already been provided.
14:03I mean, this is purely political.
14:07You've seen some of the reporting.
14:09I'm not sure.
14:10Maybe you guys have reported it as well.
14:12People have stated pretty clearly that they were directed to find something.
14:17Have more people been contacted near your circle?
14:20To find something.
14:22Just directed.
14:24Find something.
14:25It says everything you need to know about the United States of America under Donald Trump.
14:31And so we continue to, you know, maintain vigilance as it relates to the just weaponization by the Department of
14:43Justice and other power ministries under the Trump administration.
14:47And a lot has been reported.
14:51And I don't have much more to add, except it's pretty disgraceful.
14:55Can you explain more why you decided to reveal those details first, Governor?
15:00In the video, you also acknowledged that you were considering the 2020 presidential run.
15:05So, again, can you emphasize more?
15:06Well, that was table stakes.
15:09And it's pretty obvious that I'm not timid as it relates to calling out the abuses of the most corrupt
15:19administration in American history.
15:21What more evidence did you need than the tax returns that he just put out?
15:25About the $2.2 billion in income that Donald Trump has received.
15:31The fact that investors in his meme coin lost $3.8 billion, was it?
15:37While he made out with over $600 million, the great grift.
15:41You saw that on display, vulgar display, with a $400 million Atari plane that he had to get off.
15:49Because apparently it's not even mechanically sound as it relates to its defense positioning.
15:56Well, we've spent hundreds of millions of dollars not on developmental disabilities.
16:01In fact, they cut that budget.
16:04Trump administration cut the budget for kids with developmental disabilities.
16:08But had no problem increasing the budget for his vanity for a private plane that he'll be taking with him
16:14when he leaves the administration.
16:15The most corrupt administration in history that has gone after his opponents consistently.
16:21And so I was clear in that statement why I did what I did.
16:26And that was the abuse was overwhelming.
16:29Poor and innocent people getting knocks on the door first thing in the morning.
16:33Having to hire private attorneys.
16:36Lives and reputation at risk for no other reason than they want to take me out.
16:39Going after my wife.
16:42Doesn't have the guts.
16:43He's tried.
16:44He's tried.
16:45He's reported that.
16:46Couldn't figure out how to get me.
16:49Now he's trying to find anyone around us.
16:51That's America.
16:52That's abusive.
16:53It's wrong.
16:55So I wanted to socialize it because I thought it was the right thing to do.
16:58People need to know what's going on.
17:00And there's a certain point where it's just enough's enough.
17:03And we absorbed a lot of it.
17:05And I said, this is ridiculous now.
17:07Just going in 52 different directions.
17:09Again, because they were told, find something.
17:13Anything.
17:15Governor, it's a good break to campaign on behalf of Democrats here in Nevada and other states.
17:21I just wanted to quickly ask about the inter-party tension around the ESA.
17:25Specifically, you know, there's alignment around this idea that addressing affordability is a top priority.
17:31The ESA candidate might look at something like universal TK or national billionaire tax and identify with that as a
17:40progressive solution to that affordability issue.
17:43is that not all Democrats are necessarily embracing that big-time expansion to nominating the philosophy that you've espoused.
17:52Do those Democrats risk missing the moment and not to expand or drive the base?
17:57Or do you think it's reasonable given the likelihood of no critics to have spoken to socialize?
18:02Look, as I've said, I'm for addition in the spirit of academia, not for subtraction.
18:07I think we're all better off and we're all better off and parties are better off when they have some
18:14grace and humility
18:15and there's fundamental shared values that unite us together, but we're many parts.
18:22And maybe it's just deep familiarity.
18:26You know, I ran against the vice presidential nominee for Ralph Nader, member of the Green Party for mayor.
18:37You know, progressives in San Francisco were the early versions of the DSA.
18:43I've seen this all my life.
18:45I think it's incredibly healthy.
18:47I don't understand this sort of notion that it's zero-sum.
18:51And it's always been present in our politics.
18:54I've been sort of mystified by the punditry.
18:56There's a lot of, I get for certain reasons, there's an over-indexing because they want to paint a picture
19:04of the party.
19:04So I get the mishigosh in that respect.
19:08But, you know, Howard Dean before the scream, you know, was a different kind of progressive politics.
19:13The Green Party was in ascendancy during, you know, the early, you know, late part of 99, 2000, 2001, 2003.
19:21Progressives, you know, in all stripes of the sort of early DSA.
19:25And what are they promoting?
19:26Oh, TK, you're right, for all.
19:28Free community college.
19:29You know, low-carbon green growth.
19:33You know, cap and trade.
19:35You know, equity.
19:37Higher minimum wage.
19:40$25 for healthcare workers.
19:42And Ashley's point, $20 for fast food workers.
19:46I think $16.90.
19:47I haven't checked the latest indexing.
19:49I think it's going in effect shortly.
19:53Those are what they're advocating for.
19:54We're advocating for all of that and balanced budgets, not to be profligate, to be progressive.
19:59And we made that point with the budgets, two-year budget, where we also made historic investments in what else
20:03they're advocating for, which is childcare.
20:05No other state.
20:06I don't know another state in the United States.
20:09We just need to name it something.
20:11I think we're failing on that.
20:14$149,000.
20:14I don't, this is important.
20:16More important, perhaps, even than the next question.
20:20And let me, and now I'm going to get to your question.
20:23But hold on one second.
20:26$149,000 new subsidized childcare slots.
20:30We just did another $22,700 in the budget.
20:33That's a big deal.
20:35That's a big deal.
20:37I'm proud of that.
20:39Members of our party, members of the DSA are also promoting that.
20:42So the alignment is more remarkably, you know, I just, the Venn diagram, from my perspective, is, you know, sort
20:49of 80-20, as opposed to 20-80.
20:52And so I just don't see this in those old terms.
20:55Hold on one sec.
20:56You had a follow-up.
20:56Yeah, just can we take that to mean that you'd be open to or anticipating potentially campaigning on behalf of
21:02openly, you know, from the DSA candidates?
21:05Yeah, look, I, I, I'm, we got to take back the House of Representatives or we'll lose this republic.
21:09Look, I talked about this Trump administration as the great grift because this is a corruption story.
21:16We will lose the republic.
21:19I made a point on July 4th.
21:20If you haven't seen my speech, you should take a look at the speech.
21:23You'll know exactly my mindset.
21:24We will lose this country unless we're vigilant about what's going on in terms of election security.
21:29This is code, this is serious.
21:31It's a five-alarm fire.
21:32This guy is not screwing around.
21:33He's just winding up.
21:35More unhinged by the hour.
21:37I mean, look at the performance overseas, NATO.
21:41Now, Spain's one of our biggest enemies.
21:45I mean, this is serious stuff.
21:47So, yes, I will advocate to take back the House of Representatives.
21:52I'll advocate to make sure that there's a system of checks and balances so we can truly celebrate the 250th
21:57anniversary of the best of Roman Republic and Greek democracy and our founding fathers.
22:01Because that's what a republic is all about, for which it stands, three independent, co-equal branches of government.
22:09Not the power ministries that I described and the DOJ and the FBI and the IRS and those that countenance
22:14it and those that cover for it.
22:18A supine Congress is not what the founding fathers promoted.
22:22It's not what they advocated for.
22:23It's the rule of law, not the rule of Don.
22:27And to the extent it's Donning on people, in the spirit of your question, that the base of the party
22:32is demanding the fight.
22:34Yes.
22:35I hope more established Democrats wake up to that.
22:41Because I've been screaming from the rafters for years on that.
22:45That's what Prop 50 represented.
22:50Not just press release, it wasn't an op-ed, it was action.
22:54It was making real our values.
22:56I think that's the fight we need in this country.
22:59Forgive me.
23:14Well, the student comes with $1,340 per pupil investment.
23:25So it's numeric, specific to the student.
23:29The investments now are about to take place and shape to answer the concern.
23:34These are dollars moving forward.
23:37I can't make up for the past.
23:39We've been muddling along, doing better than we were in the past.
23:44But as your, I thought, very thoughtful question reinforces, not good enough.
23:52And that's what is represented here today.
23:55But, Linda, perhaps you can talk more, put a little more color to this.
23:58Because as you move forward, we move forward with the implementation of these funds.
24:03More prescriptively, perhaps, we're able to answer that question.
24:08Well, the funds will flow to the districts on behalf of the students.
24:13There are several pieces, and I think, actually, you identified many of them that are part of it.
24:18So maybe you want to join me and talk about how all the pieces fit together.
24:22I'll just say that, in addition, one of the things special education students need most are really well-prepared teachers
24:29who know how to meet their needs.
24:31So, in addition to the money that's going to go directly for services, we also have funding in the budget
24:37to recruit and prepare well special educators themselves,
24:42which is going to be a big part of making sure those dollars matter.
24:46And then you can speak to the other piece of the issue.
24:47Yeah, there's no single one solution that's going to help our families that have children with disabilities to make sure
24:52their children are getting the services and supports they need.
24:55But it's been a suite of solutions that we've put forward in this budget.
24:58So it's the support-inclusive practices that will make sure that our educators are getting the training that they need
25:02for team-taught or co-taught classrooms.
25:06It's making sure that the extraordinary cost pool and the low-incidence fund are more robustly funded than ever before.
25:12So for those school districts that have those students with higher cost level, there's now a pool of money that
25:17they can tap into.
25:18Those funds have been oversubscribed for years.
25:20And we're now finally approaching levels where maybe we'll right-size that fund and actually meet the needs of the
25:26families that are seeking it.
25:28And then for our students with extraordinary disabilities, the pathways to diploma and making sure that law was passed a
25:34few years ago,
25:35but it was under-supported and districts needed technical assistance.
25:39Well, now we're providing the funding to make sure they get the technical assistance that they need.
25:43So it's not just going to be one thing or another.
25:45We have to keep a close eye.
25:46But increasing the per-pupil funding is going to take us a large part of the way there.
25:51And then it's up to our LEAs to make sure that the resources we're allocating to them are going exactly
25:56to the students that need them.
25:58And so for our community members out there, this is your opportunity to communicate with your board of education.
26:03I was a former school board trustee.
26:05I had robust relationships with my community members and did listening sessions with them.
26:09And that's how I was able to come to Sacramento and ask for these very specific items for special education
26:14because I was listening to my community.
26:17So I think community members need to go out there and speak to the boards of education and their superintendents
26:21to make sure that the resources are allocated appropriately.
26:26I was just going to say Speaker Rivas chose wisely by putting her as chair of the education committee.
26:32Speaker Rivas chose wisely by putting her as chair of the education committee.
27:02Commissions that I'll be appointing and boards very shortly.
27:06Just so I can get it out of the way so you don't have to be persistent saying, well, what's
27:09your position on Prop X, Y, and Z?
27:12We'll be putting out where we are on all those measures.
27:14But, yeah, that's part of the campaign.
27:16And I think it's a legitimate question.
27:18And it's one that, you know, is reflected a little bit.
27:21A few months ago, someone, I didn't see the details, any of the tabs on it.
27:28But they made a point that some of the polling suggests that that other tax initiative that you're referencing can
27:33actually impact and reduce the likelihood of the extension of the existing tax rate that has been promoted.
27:41So that has to all be assessed through a campaign process.
27:44And we'll have some time in the next few weeks and months to figure that out.
27:48Yeah, well, my position on that state tax is well-defined.
27:54And for years I've been saying in relationship to this because it's not novel, the idea of a state tax,
28:01that I support this from the national perspective.
28:03And it was crystal clear about that in a video that I put out and finally got a little coverage,
28:08not my prior efforts to make the same point.
28:11But I'm glad that it did.
28:14Last question.
28:15The University of California is looking to make a new review of the policy of the last major by its
28:19test.
28:20Oh, yeah.
28:21Do you believe that this current policy needs to change?
28:24Yeah, you know, it's interesting.
28:25The reason I'm quick to respond is I was talking to JB.
28:31I was talking to the team over there about where they stand on this.
28:34And I'm very intrigued.
28:34I'm looking forward.
28:36Here's my position.
28:37That I don't fully have a formed one yet.
28:41But I'm very intrigued by this debate, have been for the last year.
28:45Interesting, talk about clipping articles.
28:46I sent my team there.
28:48Trust me, they're not happy.
28:50For over a year, I said, so what do you think?
28:53How's this really, you know, are we producing the kind of outcomes that we intended?
28:57And then the faculty came out.
28:58And then I went, come on, guys, let's take a look at this.
29:01So we had formal conversation with some members of the regents at the regental level.
29:06I'm glad they're taking a look at it.
29:07But the faculty seem concerned that if there's a further delay in accepting this or if this takes years of
29:13working groups,
29:14that you're talking about a decision that affects students only much later.
29:18Yeah, I don't think they're, I think they're, yeah, they're moving.
29:22They were, it's interesting, one of the conversations that I had at the regental level,
29:26they were already in the process of reviewing this.
29:28So it's very much on their agenda.
29:30And, again, demerits and demerit aside, I think it's a healthy conversation.
29:38That's my opinion.
29:39And it's one, again, that for over a year I have encouraged.
29:43And so I'm pleased that they are taking a look at it for no other reason than what are the
29:48facts.
29:49And let's assess the data, not feelings.
29:53And so I think it's about time we do that.
29:55And so I think it's a very positive thing.
29:57Governor, a question about Graham Flattner and that Senate race in Maine.
30:01Do you think that the party failed to thoroughly vet him at what do you think?
30:08I'm looking forward to the nominating process, supporting a Democrat in that race.
30:15I'm already, you know, forgive me, turn the page and move on.
30:21I can't get into the demerits of what they do in Maine in terms of that vetting process, et cetera.
30:26I just don't know enough to have an informed opinion.
30:29Clearly, there wasn't enough vetting done.
30:32So that's, by definition, table stakes in this conversation.
30:35But for me, the stake in the ground is what do we do to win and move forward?
30:40And every second we're talking about the past is a second wasted in terms of the essential nature of that
30:47race
30:48in the context of taking back not just the House of Representatives, Speaker Jeffries,
30:51but also taking back control and wresting control away from a Senate that has been hell-bent
30:58on rolling back, as has the House of Representatives, you know,
31:04a better part of the last half century in this country.
31:07Governor, you're headed to Nevada later today.
31:09I believe you've been very active.
31:11How do you all know my schedule?
31:14I actually am, but I'm now curious.
31:16Did you put something out?
31:17Okay.
31:18You've been very active.
31:19I got my son's basketball tournament, which is the principal reason, which is really exciting,
31:24and he's crushing it, by the way, 10-year-olds.
31:26He's the guy that was there with a little pacifier of mine.
31:29Now he's a little basketball star, which is awesome.
31:32Congratulations.
31:33No, thank you.
31:33Sorry.
31:34Every father says that.
31:35He may be, well, I don't want to say anything.
31:37Dutch, you're amazing.
32:01Keep an open mind about getting involved in any cause we hold dear.
32:05But, you know, I've been meeting with folks about assembly races, state senate races that
32:13are so often overlooked all across this country and how we can nationalize a lot of those races.
32:18I had some wonderful meetings earlier this week.
32:21Obviously, Congress, as I told you, is just, you know, it's the whole ballgame.
32:25It's the whole show.
32:26Deeply involved with the Democratic Governors Association as its policy director and deeply
32:31involved in races have been in the past, will be in the future.
32:33To a certain extent, my support can tip some support and for the party.
32:41And so I will be back out, you know, periodically get back out on the road.
32:47And this is the first of what I'll preview.
32:51It will be a few other road trips.
32:54And are you planning to campaign at all in some of the contested Central Valley congressional races?
32:59Are you planning to go in person?
33:01Yeah.
33:02I mean, physically where I show up, but certainly support and very intentionally.
33:07You've got to finish the job on Prop 50.
33:10Yeah, that was the easy part.
33:12Now we've got to win the races.
33:14And that's the harder part.
33:15And so I absolutely am working aggressively to support that effort in a coalition.
33:23And to the extent that I'm, you know, out front is, to me, secondary to the importance and imperative of
33:30getting those successfully over the finish line.
33:32Any other questions anyone hasn't asked?
33:35I'm glad people are getting back to work.
33:37It's a healthy thing for their mental health.
33:39Can you describe the types of records that the Department of Justice is asking from your friends or family?
33:45And then secondly, they've responded to your public record request asking for those.
33:49I don't know that they've responded.
33:51Not yet.
33:52And I don't know enough details about what detailed requests have come in.
33:58I just haven't been privy to any of those requests directly that have gone to other people.
34:04So I haven't seen them directly.
34:05So I don't know much more than you do about that.
34:08I'm going to get back to class, so let's take a quick room.
34:11All right.
34:12Anyone didn't ask?
34:13That's good.
34:14I'm going to turn it.
34:15Yeah.
34:15Good.
34:16Yeah, everybody has.
34:17Everybody has.
34:18I already have.
34:19You've had 20 years of my taxes.
34:21Yes.
34:21Since 20.
34:22I know you love taxes.
34:23Donald Trump, when's he releasing him?
34:26Well, you say you're so different from Trump.
34:27Well, I am, because that's why I've released all my taxes for decades.
34:30And you will have all those new tax returns, because I have no reason why you haven't gotten them all.
34:35So I have no problem.
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