Gavin Newsom

That's madness.

That's why we did the Earned Income Tax Credit.

That's why I increased paid family leave.

That's why I increased paid sick leave.

That's why we've done a brand new grade preschool for all.

That's why we've done historic expansions for childcare.

That's why we're doing more in healthcare, the largest healthcare expansion in the country that is also putting pressure on our Medicaid budget.

There's no question about that.

to absorb and offset that anxiety and stress.

But I do think this is unfortunate.

And we'll continue to make a case for alternative strategies.

Can you give us some specifics?

As you would suggest.

This is, to me, it's just become a story, even though for me it was an issue we've been tackling for five or six months.

And now it's become, it's just interesting to me for so many different reasons.

I've engaged with the proponent of it directly, indirectly, my staff consistently is working with the person that's championing this.

I've met with people that feel they're being attacked because of it, people that have no problem paying more income tax, people that literally are giving away all of their money but want to do it on the timeline that their family is approved, not this individual's timeline.

People that are concerned about losing control of their company because of the unique characteristics of their cash situation.

Yes, I've met with all of them.

And they're all in different stages of their lives, careers, and their abundance.