California Gov. Gavin Newsom has acted on a thousand pieces of legislation. While Newsom won some praise from Republicans, he also received criticism from some Democrats.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom again seized the national spotlight this year as he signed some of the most ambitious laws in the country to raise worker wages and to force companies to disclose a wide range of climate emissions, efforts that further cement the state's — and the governor's — status as a leader on a host of liberal causes.
Some observers say his moves are largely consistent with both the views of California voters and the political tone that Newsom struck in his first term. While Newsom delighted labor advocates with many of his signatures, he also angered them with some vetoes. He even won praise from Republicans for signing a bill to increase penalties for child sex trafficking after criticizing some Democratic lawmakers for initially opposing the bill.
But in a year when hotel workers, Hollywood actors and writers, and health care workers went on strike, Newsom also vetoed a bill that would have given unemployment benefits to striking workers. Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher, who heads the California Labor Federation, said 'it's almost cruel' that workers who go on strike aren't guaranteed insurance benefits. 'We have workers who are putting everything on the line right now by going on strike,' she said.
Still, Newsom surprised some when he vetoed a bill that would have required courts to weigh a parent's affirmation of their child's gender identity in custody and visitation cases. He said he vetoed it in part because he was concerned about lawmakers using their power to dictate 'in prescriptive terms' how judges make decisions and warned such an approach could be alternatively used to 'to diminish the civil rights of vulnerable communities.
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