Posted on 08/20/2025 7:47:07 AM PDT by Starman417
Gavin Newsom sucks. He is the slimy, smarmy Governor of California. By any measure he is a failure. He has been doing all he can to raise his stature and visibility for a Presidential run in 2028, which really isn't a good idea. Increased visibility means increased scrutiny. As I mentioned already, Newsom is a failure. PJ on X has complied a handy list for us:
Governor Gavin Newsom’s top 20 failures in California
1. Homelessness Crisis: Over 180,000 unsheltered despite $24 billion spent since 2019.
2. Housing Shortfall: Promised 3.5 million new units by 2025, but construction lags severely.
3. Rising Crime: 13% crime increase in 2022, linked to Proposition 47 and 57 weakening enforcement.
4. High Gas Prices: Taxes nearing $2 per gallon by 2026, burdening residents.
5. Business Exodus: Companies fleeing due to high taxes and regulations, doubling relocation rates.
6. Wildfire Mismanagement: Only 11,399 acres treated for prevention versus claimed 90,000.
7. Budget Deficits: Projected $20–30 billion annual deficits from 2026, driven by 90% spending increase.
8. Water Crisis Mismanagement: Despite claims of addressing California’s water issues, Newsom’s policies have failed to resolve chronic shortages, with 2021–2022 droughts exposing inadequate infrastructure planning; only 50% of requested water was delivered to farmers in 2022, crippling agriculture.
9. Neglect of Water Infrastructure: Newsom scaled back ambitious water projects like the Delta Conveyance Tunnel, critical for modernizing the State Water Project, leaving California reliant on outdated systems unable to handle drought or population growth.
10. High-Speed Rail Cost Overruns: The California High-Speed Rail, initially budgeted at $33 billion in 2008, has ballooned to over $135 billion with no operational tracks laid after 16 years, earning the moniker "train to nowhere."
11. Train to Nowhere Mismanagement: The project, meant to connect Los Angeles to San Francisco, is now reduced to a 171-mile Central Valley segment (Merced to Bakersfield) with no clear path to completion, criticized as a “boondoggle” with $15.7 billion spent for minimal progress.
12. Funding Misallocation: Newsom has defended continued funding for the rail despite a $12 billion state budget shortfall, diverting resources from critical needs like water infrastructure while suing to restore $4 billion in federal funds pulled due to project delays.
13. Environmental and Economic Disconnect: The rail project’s environmental benefits are questionable, as it duplicates an existing Amtrak route with low ridership potential, while water shortages continue to harm Central Valley communities and agriculture.
14. Lack of Transparency: Newsom’s administration has been criticized for poor oversight, with the rail project lacking a comprehensive financing plan and facing lawsuits over land acquisition and utility relocation failures, further delaying progress and wasting resources.
15. Proposed Police Funding Cuts: In 2024, Newsom’s budget proposed a 1.6% reduction in the California Department of Justice’s funding, including $10 million from the Division of Law Enforcement and $97 million from trial court operations, amid a $27.6–$45 billion deficit, criticized as defunding police while crime rates, like San Francisco’s 8,686 thefts in 2024, remain high. His office denied direct local police cuts, claiming a 33% increase in DOJ funding since 2019.
16. Promotion of Crisis Counselors: In 2020, Newsom advocated reimagining policing by shifting roles like mental health and addiction response to crisis counselors and social workers, but implementation has been limited, with no clear statewide program success reported, leaving gaps in addressing homelessness and mental health crises.
17. Prison Closures and Reduced Capacity: Newsom has closed three state prisons and multiple prison yards since 2019, with plans to deactivate 4,600 beds across 13 facilities to save $80 million, citing a declining prison population (from 130,000 in 2019 to 93,000 in 2024). Critics argue this weakens incarceration and public safety, especially with rising crime rates.
18. California Model for Prison Reform: Newsom’s “California Model” aims to reform prisons with rehabilitation-focused facilities, like a new San Quentin center, but critics, including abolitionist groups, call it a “near enemy” of progress, costing $25 million annually while failing to address systemic issues like violence and poor conditions in facilities like the California Rehabilitation Center.
19. Failure to Address Crime Surge: Despite claims of investing $1.1 billion in law enforcement since 2019, violent crime rose 27% from 2013 to 2022, and retail thefts have driven businesses out, with critics linking Newsom’s policies, including prison closures and reduced law enforcement funding, to a “vicious cycle” of weakened public safety.
20. Veto of Prison Capacity Bill: In 2023, Newsom vetoed a bill to reduce prison capacity by maintaining empty beds, prioritizing departmental control over cost savings, which could have freed billions for housing or mental health, further fueling criticism of misplaced priorities amid a budget crisis.
And remember Newsom dining at the French Laundry without a mask during COVID while demanding everyone else wear one?
Newsom has been critical of Trump using the National Guard for crime prevention but was quick on the draw when using the Guard to rein in non-believers
Remember on 11/11 Gov. Newsom Extends California’s COVID State Of Emergency For 3rd Time. Closed down small businesses & kept corporations open Closed down schools but his kids in a private school with no restrictions Unleashed the National guard on Californians and allowed for… pic.twitter.com/8qssOEaMU0
— Denise Aguilar (@InformedMama209) June 15, 2025
Newsom has a couple of retards writing X posts for him.
Which one wrote this gem.. pic.twitter.com/5gC1qV52kP
— Gigs (@GigiHSVARK) August 19, 2025
You will notice the mimicry of Trump's style of using all caps.
His latest scheme is threatening the redistrict the state to eliminate several GOP seats, but California does want any part of that.
I’ve had several liberals try to explain to me how Newsome trying to mimic Trump is really funny and I just don’t get it. This is the actual joke. Californians don’t want him gerrymandering any further: pic.twitter.com/JY9dfMqTKV
— Dromedarius (@DromedariusGB) August 15, 2025
This should be enough to close the book on Newsom but if it's not a recent event may have crashed it fatally.
(Excerpt) Read more at floppingaces.net...
Let's be fair. That is six years or $22,222 per homeless per year. Do you realize just how little you can buy in booze and drugs for $22,222 per year?
Just keep his Coke and Meth coming.
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Just a heads up
The link goes to
Every Time They Say “Trust Us, We're the Experts,” the Pigs Move Back In
And when I
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your thread title , nothing came up.
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I was really curious about how an illegal crashed his campaign.
Unless it's referring to that illegal alien truck driver given a Ca. CDL that thought a uturn on a hiway that killed 3 people was a good idea.
Not seeing any reason the Dems wouldn’t vote for him....
A lot of Dems vote mindlessly and won’t even know these failures.
Newsome’s hopes crashed and burned.
‘sokay .
Thanks for the link.
Plus he screws around with his friends’ wives. Women don’t seem to mind though-jealous.
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