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Gavin Newsom: “California is the most blessed fourth largest economy in the…”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

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Why Gavin Newsom refuses to be a "bystander" in this political moment

Published | Video Starts at 25:25

And then byproduct of that, of course, are the homeless. Challenges which are no longer unique to California. They're unique, they're ubiquitous, including even here in Clarendon County. But that said, look, California is the most blessed fourth largest economy in the world, 27% of it foreign born, majority minority state. We practice pluralism. We're universal state. We also are the most cursed. We're on the tip of the spear as it relates to droughts and floods and wildfires and the ravages of climate change, which are real, that are becoming increasingly uninsurable. (25:25–25:32)

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Asserts that California is the fourth largest economy globally, with 27% foreign-born residents and a majority minority population.

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