Gov. Newsom vetoes bill allowing Amsterdam-style cannabis cafes in California
A bill to allow Amsterdam-style cannabis cafes in California has been vetoed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, according to Assemblymember Matt Haney, who authored the legislation.
Contract worker protections - Vetoed
Anti-discrimination bill - Vetoed
Insulin price cap - Vetoed
Free condoms for schools - Vetoed
Psychedelic decriminalization - Vetoed
Shit, here's the full list.
https://calmatters.org/newsletters/whatmatters/2023/10/gavin-newsom-veto-bills/
Seems pretty clear that he’s trying to burnish his national reputation for a presidential run.
Fuck you very much, Newsom.
Definitely.
Right leaning Democrats do so well in elections. /s
In any civilized country, the Democrats would be a right-leaning party.
Was wondering what the actual hell was up with his string of vetoes lately.
Maybe he sees himself as the 2028 Dem nominee and wants to demonstrate he's not an evil socialist to the non-crazy Republicans...
I certainly hope not - any D is better than none, but he's one of those who least align with the collective interests of most.
Non-crazy republicans... Sorry, but until they unequivocally stand up and reject Trump, they're all irredeemably crazy.
Newsom, we get it - you want to run for president. But don't fuck up my state to do it.
You've done ok in CA when you've kept your mouth shut and followed in Brown's footsteps, but this latest bullshit display of throwing widely popular progressive initiatives (this one passed 66 to 9) under the bus is a slap in the face to all Californians, proving yet again that you're an empty neo-liberal suit playing progressive to pander to the public.
California is not your billboard for a future presidential run. Do your damn job and stop using your veto pen to try to appeal to voters who aren't even your constituents yet.
So, is the legislature just going to override the vetoes on a lot of these measures?
In theory they can, but it's very unlikely, as it requires a 2/3rds majority in both the Assembly and the Senate. One of the things I severely dislike about California politics is that the Governor's veto power is near absolute in practice. On top of that this state has an entrenched political machine that has invested in Newsom since he ran for Mayor of San Francisco - and many in Sacramento owe their careers to him. There's no realistic chance any of these vetoes get overridden.
I find it interesting how people who were voted in can just completely go against their voter's wishes and nobody can do anything about it until their term is up (at least in a timely fashion, as far as I know). That really sucks
Seems pretty broken doesn't it? Makes me wonder what they are there for in the first place if it's not to represent us. There's gotta be a better way, especially with all the technology we have nowadays.
I thought he was vetoing things in order to be fiscally conservative? How does stifling commerce and blocking the potential for greater tax revenue align with that goal?
He’s vetoing things to create a record of centrist policy decisions in the run up to his inevitable presidential bid. It’s careerism, any other justification he provides is just smoke.
god this fucking sucks -- and the fact that this is part of the mechanism for running for president, making shitty austere choices to appeal to fucking ghouls with power they shouldn't have and/or centrist dipshit undecided voter dipshits. so so deeply stupid and labyrinth and fucked in so many ways
Corpo bullshit like this is why Newsom will never be President.
Or more likely, it will be the reason he does end up president like all the other corpo shills.
"Here's why right-wing pandering bullshit is Good, Actually" - corpo apologists
Wtf, man? Did you finally give in to how you look and become evil corporate fuck-face man?
I stood up for Newsom for his CalRX. He would have kept my respect for allowing cannabis Cheers to be a thing. We need a third place back.
He need to work on financial reform for the industry. They need to be able to park their money in real banks.
Didn't I just fucking say yesterday that I was tired of this fucker being middling as shit?
I did?
Literally my last comment on Lemmy?
Fucking hell Gavin
If newsom wants to be president, I think he should have passed this bill.
fucking neolib cunt
He's a fucking snake
Can't wait to not vote for him, really outstanding work dipshit.
Never trust someone named Gavin, or people with a goatee. Rules to live by.
Man is on a L veto spree.
