
Jeremy B. White
@jeremybwhite
Senior California politics+policy reporter for POLITICO. Friend to cats; lover of words, Nationals, my daughter, and @JanelleBitker. Chisme: [email protected]
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https://politico.com/newsletters/californiaplaybook 25-01-2010 16:40:12
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.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez holds up posters showing the potential impacts from the reconciliation bill on several GOPers on E&C, including rural hospital closures.


BUDGET DAY news: Gavin Newsom will curb healthcare for undocumented immigrants, a signature —and costly — program: politico.com/news/2025/05/1…

More budget news: Gavin Newsom pushing to fast-track Delta tunnels politico.com/news/2025/05/1…

CA Gov candidates on single payer healthcare YES: Toni G. Atkins, Eleni Kounalakis,  Betty T. Yee, Tony Thurmond, NO: Antonio Villaraigosa NOT VOTING: Katie Porter Not positive on Xavier Becerra, it was a weird format ...but recall: Gavin Newsom campaigned on it but little progress


NEWS: Gavin Newsom seeking 15-year extension of California's cap-and-trade program -- and tweak high-speed rail funding. Camille von Kaenel with the 🍨 politico.com/news/2025/05/1…


NEW: California faces a $12 billion deficit as Gavin Newsom squarely faults Donald J. Trump: “We have a president that’s been reckless in terms of assaulting those growth engines. It’s created a climate of deep uncertainty”

.Donald J. Trump: We're gonna reopen Alcatraz Gavin Newsom: We're gonna close another prison


.Jerry Brown: "What's out there is darkness, uncertainty, decline and recession." .Gavin Newsom: "For the cynics, those people just hardened by darkness, negativity: I'm very negative about the performance at the local level as it relates to unsheltered homeless"

The Governor Gavin Newsom just proposed 1/2 BILLION in cuts to repro and will effectively defund Planned Parenthood in CA, the same morning Republicans debated defunding PP nationwide in Congress. Happy to go on his Podcast and explain why this devastates women’s health in his state.

The head of Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California -- a longtime Gavin Newsom ally -- is very unhappy with his budget


.Gavin Newsom on whether he's shifting to center for political gain: “I've been accused of being a pragmatist* for 20-plus years, and I think I’m being accused of that again,” notes moves as SF mayor to limit welfare/panhandling *that is not what I hear critics accuse him of

.Gavin Newsom saying Prop 36 funding is on local governments -- especially mayors, supervisors, etc. who backed the crime initiative. “This is their opportunity to step up: fund it”


NEW on housing: Peak-power CA YIMBYs’ most aggressive push yet was running into #CALeg hurdles, including Dem lawmakers… Now Gavin Newsom is throwing his weight behind sweeping changes — instantly boosting their prospects politico.com/news/2025/05/1…