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Gavin Newsom: “We led the nation $2016, 90 for in terms of the work we've…”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

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Why Gavin Newsom refuses to be a "bystander" in this political moment

Published | Video Starts at 24:50

I mean, the minimum wage in most of these Southern states is $7.25. In California, if you're a health care worker, we made it $25. You're a fast food worker. I was proud to do this. We led the nation $2016, 90 for in terms of the work we've done on preschool, expanding childcare, $11 insulin, first in the nation. But there's humility. I understand the affordability crisis in California. It's original sin, dumb as we want to be. On housing policy, which we're starting with California least affordable place to live. (24:50–25:00)

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Asserts that California was the first in the nation to implement $11 insulin and has led in preschool and childcare expansion.

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