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Why Californians are leaving — and what Gavin Newsom is spending $19M to hide

Nypost · · 1029 words · By Joel Kotkin
Economic inequality in California Fiscal mismanagement Criticism of Newsom's governance
open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/04/05/opinion/gavin-newsoms-a-failed-governor/

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14 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Gavin Newsom is hiring a New York PR firm to sell California — ahead of his likely presidential bid — at a cost to taxpayers of $19 million.”
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No evidence directly confirms or denies the $19 million PR firm contract claim. The provided Wikipedia entries discuss unrelated topics (protests, individuals, and government officials). No corroboration found in cross-references or web search results.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On June 6, 2025, protests began in Los Angeles after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents raided locations in the region to arrest individuals allegedly involved in illegal immigration to …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Michael D. Shellenberger (born June 16, 1971) is an American author and journalist. He is the first endowed professor at the University of Austin, serving as CBR Chair of Politics, Censorship, and Fre…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Scott Kenneth Homer Bessent ( BESS-ənt; born August 21, 1962) is an American businessman and government official serving since 2025 as the 79th United States secretary of the treasury. Bessent was a p…
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“California has four of the world’s seven trillion-dollar companies by valuation.”
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No evidence was found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the claim about California's trillion-dollar companies.
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“California has the highest unemployment rate of any state.”
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“The Public Policy Institute of California estimates another fifth live in near-poverty — roughly 15 million people in total.”
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Wikipedia entries mention the Public Policy Institute of California but do not include the specific claim about 15 million people in near-poverty. No corroboration found in cross-references or web search results.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Public Policy Institute of California is an independent, non-profit research institution. Based in San Francisco, California, the institute was established in 1994 by Bill Hewlett, of Hewlett-Pack…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The RAND School of Public Policy (formerly the Frederick S. Pardee RAND Graduate School) is a private graduate school associated with the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, California and Arlington, Vi…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Founded nearly 100 years ago, the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy (USC Price), previously known as School of Policy, Planning, and Development (SPPD), is the public policy school of the Universi…
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“Unfunded pension and retirement liabilities are estimated to be around $1 trillion.”
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No evidence was found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the claim about California's unfunded pension liabilities.
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“US News places California as 42nd in fiscal health among the states.”
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Wikipedia entries discuss U.S. News & World Report rankings for colleges, hospitals, and global universities but do not mention fiscal health rankings for states. No corroboration found in cross-references or web search results.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Ranking is an annual set of rankings of colleges and universities in the United States, which was first published by U.S. News & World Report in 1983. It has bee…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Best Global Universities ranking by U.S. News & World Report is an annual ranking of world universities. On October 28, 2014, U.S. News, which began ranking American universities in 1983, publishe…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals Rankings is a hospital rating publication of U.S. News & World Report.
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“California has hemorrhaged 1.6 million above-average-paying jobs in the past decade.”
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No evidence was found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the claim about job losses in California.
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“California creates five times as many low-wage as high-wage jobs.”
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No evidence was found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the claim about California's economic context.
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“Wallet Hub recently ranked the state last in delivering services relative to tax burden.”
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No evidence was found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the claim about hospital rankings or fiscal health.
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“The LAX Automated People Mover is already a billion over budget and three years late.”
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No evidence was found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the claim about the LAX terminal.
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“Almost three of every five California high schoolers are not prepared for either college or a career.”
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“Californians have long suffered the highest energy prices in the continental US, double the national average.”
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“California produces among the least new housing per capita of any major state.”
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“Migration to California is now, on a per capita basis, lower than virtually any other state.”
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