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Gavin Newsom: “Unemployment has gone up since Donald Trump.”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

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Published May 14, 2026 | Video Starts at 12:46

Well, at least it's fallen from that growth. 2.8%. We've seen U.S. inflation. You saw the 3.8% numbers just came out two days ago. Highest it's been in three years. And Unemployment has gone up since Donald Trump. All of this impacting the state of California. These are the headwinds. Many parts, one body, California connected to the crisis of leadership in Washington D.C. in a disproportionate and a profound way. (12:46–12:51)

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Asserts that unemployment has increased since Donald Trump took office.

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“California's economy grew from $3 trillion in 2019 to $4.25 trillion.”
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“Two-thirds of venture capital investment, $106 billion, is invested back into California-based companies.”
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“California has over 400 unicorn companies.”
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“18% of the world's research and development is in California.”
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“The number of legal immigrants was cut in half because of the policies of the Trump administration. 220,000 down to 125 last year.”
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“Down 64% in exports to China since Donald Trump got into office.”
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“46% increase in farm bankruptcies since he's become president.”
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“65% of all CSU and UC graduates graduate debt free.”
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“We got down to 6.4% on uninsured.”
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“We're the first to regulate large language models and frontier models, the first safety regulation in America.”
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“We continue to go after nation leading efforts on fraud. 83% reduction in EBT fraud.”
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“California is the tent pole of the American economy.”
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“California ranks number one in the number of Fortune 500 companies.”
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“California's economy grew by 40% since 2019.”
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“California is impacted by headwinds from Washington D.C. more than any other state.”
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“He wants to cut the National Institute of Health by 40%.”
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“He wants to cut the National Science Foundation by 57%.”
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“California was the first state to litigate on those illegal tariffs.”
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“$18.4 billion tax increase [due to tariffs] for people in the state of California adds up to about $1,350 per family.”
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“Exports drop 32%. The wine and spirits business, 32%.”
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“190,000 roughly blue collar jobs have been cut. Manufacturing jobs have been lost.”
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“16% reduction in factory construction.”
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“18% increase in energy, 21% increase in the cost of you flying up here from LA.”
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“Gasoline by 52% since this war, Iran.”
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“GDP growth contracting. Well, at least it's fallen from that growth. 2.8%.”
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“U.S. inflation. You saw the 3.8% numbers just came out two days ago. Highest it's been in three years.”
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“The budget we are submitting for the 2026, 2027 fiscal year is balanced and it includes about $250 billion in general fund.”
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“It projects because of the big three back to California dominating revenue beyond what we had projected in January north of $16.5 billion.”
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“Since their November estimate it's $56.3 billion more than they had originally estimated just in November.”
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“We're looking forward to this year...on reforming proposition two and doubling our set aside from that 10% to 20%.”
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“When I got here, we were about $17,000 per pupil. Now it's over $28,000, $28,282 per student.”
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“This year we're going to announce the largest investment in special education in California's history.”
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“$2.4 billion more that we're going to invest in special education. 43% increase, just over one calendar year period.”
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“We are significantly increasing [the block grant] to $5 billion in this budget.”
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“We are going to promote and propose and have proposed a 14 week paid pregnancy leave program statewide for all our TK through 12 as well as…”
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“4.31% Super Cola this year there's a statutory cola about 2.87%.”
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“Over the last seven years we've invested about $715 million on literacy.”
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“We lead dominate the nation in community schools.”
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“We are the first in the nation to do free two free school meals with no stigma, no shame.”
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“The UC budget is $254.3 million more than last year.”
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“The CSU budget is $264.8 million more than last year.”
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“65% of UC graduates and CSU graduates graduate debt free.”
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“Just shy of 19,000 more Californians graduating since the compact's from the CSU.”
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“14,774 more Californians at the UC.”
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“We're projecting 3.6 billion, proposing to pay down our unfunded liabilities.”
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“Over the last seven years it's about 14, or rather $15.4 billion that's been paid down.”
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“You've seen almost 44, almost just high 44% growth at CalPERS and the total funding.”
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“77.5% funded.”
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“Bond ratings have improved. And you've seen the bond rating improvement since 2018 in Moody's and Fitch.”
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“Balanced budget that we're submitting in 2627 and a balanced budget in 2728.”
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“Structural deficit through July of 2028 actually has an SFEU as we refer to it in 2028 of 2.1 billion.”
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“The SFEU this year you can talk to them about that is 4.5 billion.”
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“MCO proposal. It's about 4.5 billion over the window and 2.5 or 4.5 in the short term, 2.5 in the medium term in terms of revenue…”
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“We're going to cut the LLC ESCOR tax, that annual $800 tax for an estimated 250,000 businesses down to $400.”
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“Capping the tax at 5 million or 50% of their liability [for startups and small businesses].”
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“That's about 850 to 1.7 billion year one year two of new revenue [from capping tax credits].”
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“There are 45 states that collect sales taxes in the United States. 35 of those 45 already do this [collect sales tax on digital software].”
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“We estimate by doing that [collecting sales tax on digital software], 75% of those transactions are business to business.”
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“This generates in terms of expanding that tax base... it's about 24. The estimated revenue in the 900ish range for the state a little higher…”
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“We will be cutting in half those two, three, four year out year deficits.”
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“The general fund from January to May is down... by $1.8 billion from where we projected the general fund to be in January in May.”
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“We're 36 in the nation in number of state employees and local employees.”
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“42 billion just as an example in infrastructure.”
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“$109 billion at work today, the biggest investments arguably even adjusted dollars.”
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“180 billion 10 year plan.”
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“The Darden project that a 5 billion dollar 2,300 megawatt project, the battery storage solar project.”
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“Sites was 148 days on a 270 day judicial review.”
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“We created a program. And the reason I'm highlighting this is it's been a big success. This is the calisys program we created a year ago.”
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“Family earning up to $281,000 can get a grant, not a loan of up to $100,000 for 12 months to address needs.”
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“Over a thousand families have taken advantage of this [grant program].”
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“We're proposing to the legislature a new $100 million fund.”
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“We've set aside $100 million in the budget specifically for this [housing assistance].”
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“California's increased since 2009 by 57%.”
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“We've reduced the timeline to getting permits for housing 57% since 2019.”
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“We've increased the number of housing production since 2019 by 59%.”
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“For the first time in a decade and a half, almost two decades, we've seen almost double digit decline in unsheltered homeless.”
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“We're moving forward as it relates to pro housing designation.”
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“We're moving forward as it relates to meeting their goals under Proposition 1 and the $6.38 billion of investment we're making.”
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“We're moving forward with the local housing element.”
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“On July 1st, the Mental Health Service act money and the Reforms to focus on a close to a billion dollars a year, new housing.”
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“The reserves in this year's budget, $29.9 billion in total reserves.”
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“We have an extra $10 billion in the surplus account.”
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“Total surplus in the states, roughly $40 billion.”
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“California structural deficit on the basis the proposal we're making to the legislature through July of 2028, it is currently May of 2026…”
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“Texas with its 16.7% uninsured.”
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“We will have July 2028 $2.1 billion SFEU and enjoy $4.5 billion SFU in the current budget.”
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“The first to do the big executive order before the Biden administration.”
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“None of that's going to be factored into this fiscal budget. This year's fiscal budget.”
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“Already made some adjustments from the original draft at the Air Resources Board.”
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“I do not see that scenario taking place.”
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“There is a break the glass scenario and there's many people that have a deep understanding of what it would look like if Democrats were…”
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“We have high ethical standards and that's just wrong.”
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“In the short run, $1.2 billion of lower costs.”
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“None of this existed at the scale that existed today.”
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“The 500 million is new money.”
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“No other state in the nation has done more [on the issue of mental health].”
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“No other state in the nation has done more [on the issue of mental health].”
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