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Gavin Newsom: “18% of the world's R and D invested right here in…”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

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LIVE: California Gov. Gavin Newsom delivers final State of the State address

Published | Video Starts at 12:05

No state builds more ladders to success or sees around more corners. The biggest manufacturing economy constructed here. The most productive agricultural economy grown here. 18%. 18%. 18%. 18% of the world's R and D invested right here in California. One half of America's unicorn companies. Those companies valued over a billion dollars a half, are in the great state of California. And get this, the happiest cities right here in California. (12:05–12:13)

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Asserts that 18% of the world's R&D is invested in California.

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