Newsom is upbeat, but economy worries Californians
In summary
Gov. Gavin Newsom describes California’s economy as surging and “dominant” but a new poll indicates that most Californians don’t agree.
The juxtaposition of two California events Tuesday could not have been more ironic.
Gov. Gavin Newsom, whose paucity of public appearances this month had been puzzling — and the subject of much social media speculation — emerged in Monterey, where he delivered a very upbeat, even bragging, appraisal of the state’s economy.
Newsom ticked off data points he said prove that “the California dream is still alive and well” and the state “continues to dominate in every category.”
“The future is still invented here,” he told California Forward’s annual economic summit. “I hope we can stop beating ourselves up, he added. “We need to focus on what’s right.”
Simultaneously, the Public Policy Institute…
