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Gavin Newsom: “I felt we needed to do the same for some of the larger…”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

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Governor Discusses Tariff Concerns and CEO Communication Initiative

Published | Video Starts at 01:15

We built this framework around regions rising together and I'm really proud of that work. I felt we needed to do the same for some of the larger employers in the state. And so I reached out to them and I did a burner phone and just put my cell phone in there just with my number and I wrote a handwritten note to each one of the CEOs saying you need something, call me. (01:15–01:20)

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Asserts the need to engage larger employers in California similarly to how small businesses have been engaged.

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