There’s a deeply troubling ongoing pattern in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s approach to land and water policies in California involving closed doors, backroom deals and disingenuous — or more often than not — inadequate community engagement to move projects forward.
Circumventing guardrails and sidestepping public opinion have become the norm with the Delta Conveyance Project and voluntary water agreements, all while the Newsom administration continued its attempts to fast-track California Forever — another potential boondoggle.
Billionaires, lobbyists and administrative insiders should not be shaping California’s future; Californians should. This pattern of bad governance is preventing the people of California from receiving the transparency and due process they deserve, along with the chance to weigh in on decisions that directly impact their communities.
Who exactly is bearing the cost for these projects? The rest of us.
A deeply incompetent individual who wasted tens of billions of tax dollars meant for public projects that failed. Also a corporate shill and bought off by government worker employee unions in order to support a $265 billion unfunded pension liability the state won’t be able to pay off. It’s a widely abused system where people get 110% of their income for the rest of their life and many double-dip to get two pensions. All private workers are stuck struggling and their retirement future is not so bright. Yet, California manages to have some of the highest tax rates and fees in the nation. So if they’re not openly corrupt, it’s definitely implied.
Socialism works when it’s run by competent, ethical individuals. Unfortunately, there are no legal consequences to bad actors who use their political office for financial gains.