Plutocracy Comes Home To Roost
Gavin Newsom Abandons His Climate Commitments To Favor His Billionaire Contributors
Well, well, well, what a surprise: not. Last 12 months, when he single-handedly defeated Proposition 30 but falsely claiming it was a handout to Lyft, Gavin Newsom claimed it was unnecessary due to state’s investments in clean energy. This was also false, since under its own estimates, the state can be nearly 1 million chargers in need of essential for adequate EV infrastructure.
And now, Newsom has decided in his budget proposal to institute “trigger cuts” to climate and transportation programs based upon a deficit that everybody saw was coming. The cuts:
are largely focused on climate and transportation: Zero-emission vehicle credits and infrastructure programs are set to receive $2.5 billion less from the overall fund in the approaching years, with about half of those reductions offset with money from fees on major greenhouse gas emitters. The plan proposes to tug back $2 billion from local rail projects and $350 million from housing programs.
“Why climate and transportation? Due to magnitudes of those budgets,” Newsom said.
This wouldn’t be an issue had Proposition 30 passed. But Newsom needed to satisfy his billionaire contributors. I’m sure that they’re very glad.
Note to national Democrats: when putting together a Presidential bench, Newsom must be at the tip of it. He can’t be trusted.
