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Gavin Newsom: “California became the first [state] to pay by touch with EBT…”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

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California Governor Gavin Newsom | Bloomberg Newsmaker Event

Published | Video Starts at 09:15

We prosecuted 929 individuals, we clawed back 5.9, almost $6 billion and we're still winding up all across the country. That was taking shape. You may have just seen some headlines. Thank you for those that wrote about them that California became the first [state] to pay by touch with EBT cards, saw an 83% decline in fraud last year. You saw what we're doing and what the Trump administration's doing. To your question with Dr. Oz might have. (09:15–09:25)

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Asserts that California was the first state to implement pay-by-touch EBT cards, resulting in an 83% fraud reduction.

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