Newsom<\/a> held an emergency press conference in response to a damaging smear campaign by political rivals, who recently circulated a rumor that the governor had quietly balanced the state budget and implemented cost-saving measures in the public sector.<\/p>\n“I want to be absolutely clear that I have never knowingly used taxpayer money in a responsible manner,” Gavin Newsom said at the press conference, pointing his finger angrily. “California taxpayers can rest assured that their money has been spent in accordance with the state’s long-standing tradition of making enormous amounts of it disappear into programs, initiatives, studies, contracts, and task forces. If anyone here thinks I am secretly running a lean, functional government behind your backs, I invite you to look at my record.”<\/p>\n
To counter the mounting scandal, Newsom\u2019s team distributed a 400-page dossier to the press corps outlining the billions of dollars the state has spent on homelessness initiatives over the past five years with zero measurable improvement or tracking data.<\/p>\n
“I am not a responsible man. And I will not let anyone drag my good name through the mud by claiming otherwise.”<\/p>\n
At press time, Newsom was reportedly preparing to announce a new $4.7 billion initiative to investigate why California had failed to spend an additional $4.7 billion on the initiative.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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