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Gavin Newsom: “Mass deportation efforts, et cetera. So those two things are…”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

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Published | Video Starts at 39:54

Today there was a Wall street journal article showing 300 or 400 plus thousand construction workers shortage and they can't even get enough data center workers to address some of the energy needs for AI, et cetera. And that's been exacerbated by the Mass deportation efforts, et cetera. So those two things are important. But issue is of productivity goes to deeper questions now around can we look at new styles of construction? Are we going to promote at scale modular housing, prefab housing off site. (39:54–39:58)

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Asserts mass deportation efforts have impacted labor shortages in construction.

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