In this edition of Eureka, we focus on advice for Governor Gavin Newsom. 

The super-majority Democrat California State Legislature brought us New Year’s greetings with a raft of legislation that doubtless it believes helps to alleviate or reduce injustice among our nearly 40 million inhabitants, but it fails once again. By seeking to shape a future free of discomfort despite the high price that questionable goal requires, our legislators actually do great injustice.

Gavin Newsom began his term as California’s 40th governor Monday by proposing that the state provide health insurance premium subsidies for residents earning from 400% to 600% of the federal poverty level.

This week, California Governor Gavin Newsom begins the most liberal governorship in the state’s history, with a long list of campaign promises made to politically influential supporters. This includes the California Teachers Association, which has fought tooth and nail against charter schools and against teacher tenure and merit-based-pay reforms and which firmly expects the continuation of the state’s failed education status quo. It also includes the California Nurses Association, which is one of the most vocal supporters of a single-payer (“Medicare for All”) health care system in California, which would cost more than twice as much as the entire state budget.