Newsom’s office refuses records request on ‘murky’ $1B mask deal with Chinese company
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has denied a public records’ request from the Los Angeles Times seeking details into a nearly $1 billion deal for protective masks from a Chinese car manufacturer.
“Publishing the agreement now – before performance under the contract is complete – would introduce substantial and unnecessary risk to the State’s ability to secure necessary supplies,” Ryan Gronsky, an attorney with the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, wrote to the Times.
Say didn’t bam bam, as he was bouncing, have to send a billion or so on jet planes as a refund for something or someone?
I’m fuzzy on the details.