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Gavin Newsom: “We're the number one tourism state in America.”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

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Interview with California Governor Gavin Newsom on Tariffs, Democratic Strategy, and Podcasting

Published | Video Starts at 04:12

And I can assure you I'm working on our budget next year. It has been significantly impacted by these tariffs. We're already seeing, just in the last two months, a significant decline in tourism. We're the number one tourism state in America. and we saw out of nowhere in the last two months a decline in total number of visitors coming into this state. What's happened to small businesses, what's happened to our farms, what's happening to the exports? (04:12–04:15)

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Asserts that California is the leading state in tourism in the U.S.

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