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Print SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has embraced Silicon Valley tech companies and healthcare industry titans in response to the COVID-19 pandemic like no other governor in America — routinely outsourcing life-or-death public health duties to his allies in the private sector. At least 30 tech and healthcare companies have received lucrative, no-bid government contracts, or helped fund and carry out critical public health activities during the state’s battle against the...

Salesforce, Google, Facebook. How big tech undermines California’s public health system. California Gov. Gavin Newsom has embraced Silicon Valley tech companies and health care industry titans in response to the covid-19 pandemic like no other governor in America — routinely outsourcing life-or-death public health duties to his allies in the private sector. At least 30 tech and health care companies have received lucrative, no-bid government contracts, or helped fund and carry out critical ...

10,988,301 vaccine doses. A Message from our Sponsor Other stories you should know 1. Tubbs joins Newsom as economic advisor Former Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs at a press conference in Sacramento on March 9, 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters Former Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs was named Newsom’s special advisor for economic mobility and opportunity on Thursday, an announcement that follows Tubbs’ surprise November defeat for a third term and comes as Newsom faces an almost-certain...

Goodbye, state of resistance. Hello, state of influence. California’s status has shifted dramatically with the inauguration of Joe Biden as the next president. The reasons are both political — deep blue California will have more inroads to a White House controlled by Democrats — and personal: For just the second time in American history, a Californian has become vice president. Kamala Harris — California’s junior senator and former state attorney general — made history today after A...

Ann O’Leary’s resignation letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom DeBoo started his career in the Legislature in 1998 and said he wants to return to government service to try to help California at one of the most difficult times in state history. Advertisement “When you’re watching something this difficult and people struggling and you think you can help, this is the exact time to step in,” DeBoo said in an interview with The Times. “I don’t want to regret not coming in and trying to assist t...

FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA Gov. Gavin Newsom’s chief of staff leaves as new top advisor joins his team [Los Angeles Times] Halfway into his first term as governor and immersed in a historic struggle to slow the spread of COVID-19 in California, Gov. Gavin Newsom confirmed on Monday the departure of his chief of staff and the selection of a veteran Sacramento strategist to lead his administration. Ann O’Leary, who was one of the first appointments made by Newsom after his 2018 election, s...

Print Continue to article content Dee Dee Myers said she intends to advise the governor on Californias vaccine rollout as part of her work with the business community. | John Locher/AP Photo Dee Dee Myers will become top Newsom economic adviser OAKLAND, Calif. — Dee Dee Myers, the first female White House press secretary in history and recently a top executive for Warner Bros., will become the chief economic and business adviser for California Gov. Gavin Newsom as he grapples with a pandemic-...