Posted on 01/23/2026 11:16:34 AM PST by Bullish
Newsom has presided over the annihilation of what was once the crown jewel of American prosperity—the Golden State
California now accounts for roughly one quarter of the nation’s homeless, more than any other state by far. Since Gavin Newsom became governor in 2019, $37 billion has been spent on homelessness programs—yet the homeless population has grown by roughly 20,000 people, not declined.
At the same time, according to U.S. Census data, California has suffered net domestic population losses every year since 2020—the first sustained population decline in state history. Between 2020 and 2023, more than 430,000 residents left the state, with over 250,000 leaving in 2024 alone, fleeing high taxes, housing costs, crime, and collapsing public services.
California now ranks last in the nation for affordability and opportunity, according to multiple national surveys. Using the federal government’s own Supplemental Poverty Measure, California posts the highest poverty rate in the United States, once cost of living is accounted for. Millions work full-time and still cannot afford rent, food, or utilities.
Even as gas prices fall across the country, Californians pay the highest prices in America—a self-inflicted wound driven by Sacramento’s taxes and regulatory excess.
Electricity costs rank near the top nationally.
Homeownership is out of reach for most young families. California’s median home price is roughly 2.5× the national average. With a median home price near $850,000, Californians now need well over $200,000 a year just to buy a modest home—in a state where the median household income is barely $90,000.
Public schools decline despite lavish spending. Newsom proudly touts California as the world’s fifth-largest economy—yet it ranks 37th out of 50 in K–12 education. And how much longer can Gavin Newsom expect California to remain the fifth largest economy?
As Sacramento flirts with a one-time billionaire wealth tax, high-profile residents and businesses have begun fleeing: Elon Musk moved Tesla and SpaceX operations to Texas, Larry Ellison relocated Oracle to Tennessee, Charles Schwab shifted headquarters to Texas, and investment capital continues to drain east.
Governor Newsom apparently could care less. In the final stretch of his governorship, he boarded a plane, paused his busy podcasting schedule, and traveled to the Swiss Alps to reprise a familiar routine—attacking President Trump on foreign soil at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
While California’s problems deepen at home, Newsom chose an international stage to audition for higher office. But that tone-deaf performance may have cost him his future presidential bid. His Presidential ambitions likely died in Davos.
In Davos, California Governor Gavin Newsom claimed that President Trump has done all he can to destroy 80+ years of alliances and partnerships. “That destruction,” Newsom said “is not strength.”
Prior to Trump, most NATO allies failed to meet even the 2% defense spending benchmark. Trump demanded they meet their obligations, and defense spending surged by hundreds of billions of dollars. Allies have since agreed to spending levels approaching 5% of GDP. How does Gavin Newsom arrive at the conclusion that strengthening NATO is “destruction”?
Trump didn’t weaken the alliance—he restored its credibility by ending decades of European freeloading and demanding shared responsibility.
While Gavin Newsom lectures the world about Trump’s destruction of alliances abroad, the California governor has presided over the annihilation of what was once the crown jewel of American prosperity—the Golden State.
Democrats have long denied that illegal aliens are awarded tax payer funded medicaid benefits. In Davos, Governor Newsom said he was “proud” to be “one of sixteen states to provide care to people regardless of their immigration status.”
Newsom, who asserted that “we’re losing our republic” under President Trump, proudly harbors millions of illegals and equated ICE agents with the Nazi SS.
Meanwhile, back home, California authorities have demonstrated no such restraint when dealing with their own citizens. During the COVID lockdowns, police in Santa Monica arrested solitary paddleboarders for violating emergency health orders—an image that captured the state’s governing philosophy perfectly: compassion without borders for illegal immigrants, and coercion without mercy for law-abiding Californians.
And who can forget Gavin Newsom’s infamous indoor dining spectacle at the French Laundry—one of the most expensive restaurants in the world—where the governor dined maskless with political insiders while his own constituents were barred from eating indoors, lost their livelihoods, and were threatened with fines and arrest for doing exactly what he was doing.
Newsom has repeatedly vowed to “Trump-proof” California even as the President’s policies have proven an objective success for the rest of America.
Axios just reported the lowest murder rate since 1900, down 20% since 2024. The U.S. economy just outperformed forecasts, showing 4.4% growth. More than a decade ago, in 2010, then-President Obama told Americans that the new normal was 2% growth.
Trump-proofing a state is synonymous with sabotaging a state. It means insulating California from falling crime, rising wages, energy abundance, border enforcement, and economic growth—while preserving the very policies that produced homelessness, flight, and decline.
It’s no wonder Gavin Newsom chose to attack President Trump on the world stage. When his own results are this bad at home, distraction becomes strategy. Davos offers applause without accountability, foreign approval without voter judgment, and ideology without consequences—precisely what California’s governor needs as the wreckage of his record becomes impossible to deny.
Davos was a disaster for Gavin Newsom and there his presidential ambitions likely died.
I’m waiting for him to federalize Pacific Palisades and show the rest of the state how to build. Embarrass Newsom.
this is all true. but it looks like the publication is a no name publication among the people of california.
I hope when 2028 comes that voters in other states will look at what Newsom did to California and take heed. He would likely do the same to the country as the president.
California’s homeless population is enormous, and the most recent credible counts give us a clear picture.
The latest full statewide figure comes from national homelessness data for 2024:
About 187,000 people experiencing homelessness in California
That means roughly one‑quarter of all homeless people in the United States are in California.
I never thought he had a realistic chance to win nationwide.
He had something about gay shaming knee pads. I’ll never understand the point of that really. Was Trump supposed to be on that? Were the MAGA types?
Worst possible and goofy insult. This guy has a bunch of zoomers advising him, he’s a coke fried lunatic with nothing behind the eyes.
the writer doesn’t seem to know that california doesn’t care about what newsome has or has not done. Its what he says at any given moment that counts.
The California Globe is gaining more and more readers and credibility every day.
Nobody cares about California except disdain.
Kamala only got as far as she did by never mentioning she was from there. The dems are hosed for 2028. We have to focus on midterms for now, and they still have nobody really.
That’s why a wall was never going to stop immigration. As a country, we subsidized immigration and as long as we do that it will keep happening.
$37,000,000,000 / 187,000
Newsom just anothe Biden it’s why the party uses front men/women to obey party agendas.
NEVER TRUST A DEMOCRAT
That and sucking and being dark. Newscum already proved Kammie's equal at the former, and there's still time for him to hit the tanning beds so he can claim to be black before the 2028 election.
Newsom barred from entering or speaking at USA House amid Davos WEF event
One America News ^ | January 21, 2026 | Cory Hawkins
Here’s the grounded version, straight from the coverage:
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Newsom repeatedly mocked political, business, and academic leaders whom he believed were “rolling over” for President Trump. His prop of choice: red knee pads.
Examples from the reporting:
He joked about “Trump signature series knee pads” while criticizing leaders who he said had “caved” to Trump.
He said he “should have brought a bunch of knee pads” for world leaders he felt were appeasing Trump.
He has a history of sending knee pads to politicians he thinks are doing Trump’s bidding.
He even promoted MAGA‑red knee pads as a satirical jab at CEOs “selling out” to Trump.
None of the reporting frames this as:
a comment about sexuality
a jab at LGBTQ people
or anything resembling “gay shaming”
It was pure political mockery, aimed at leaders he believed were being submissive to Trump in a political sense.
Because:
it’s crude
it’s visual
it’s designed to provoke
and it fits Newsom’s long‑running feud with Trump
But the meaning was political, not sexual.
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