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Gavin Newsom: “I threatened to veto the budget unless we got the housing…”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

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Published | Video Starts at 15:52

And that's when we decided to move these historic housing bills into the budget, which you don't do. And I threatened to veto the budget unless we got the housing bills done. And we were successful in doing so. It's the mindset we need to take into the future. Because at the end of the day, when you and I were briefly talking about this a moment ago, this system's broken. (15:52–15:57)

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Asserts that Gavin Newsom threatened to veto the California state budget to ensure housing bills were passed.

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