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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 coronavirus, a KHN analysis has found. The vast majority are Newsom supporters and donors who have ...

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 public health activities during the state's battle against the coronavirus, a KHN analysis has found...

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 recall election. Tubbs, who’s received national recognition for launching a universal basic incom...

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 American voters chose Biden to replace Republican President Donald Trump. She is the first vice presi...

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 the governor, his staff and the people of California.” Democrats, labor union leaders and other int...