Gavin Newsom: “Our poverty rate's about average. And we're right up there…”

“Now, people see that or hear that or read that and they're like, no thanks, California. No thanks. Gavin Newsom, we're good. Yeah, well, the poverty rate is. You're talking about the supplemental poverty rate. Our poverty rate's about average. And we're right up there with Florida, Louisiana and others with a supplemental poverty rate. which has been the case for 40 years. And the original sin there is housing, which has been a problem in California since Ronald Reagan left office as governor.” (1:10:55–1:11:02)

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