03/29/2024

Newsom will find stack of Brown’s leftovers

Gavin Newson will not begin his governorship in January with a budget deficit, but nevertheless, Gov. Jerry Brown will leave him a stack of knotty managerial and policy issues that cannot be ignored.

The two most obvious are Brown’s two pet public works projects, twin tunnels to carry water beneath the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and a north-south bullet train.

While Brown portrays them as vital to California’s future, Newsom has blown hot and cold on both, reflecting their high costs and highly controversial nature. But at some point – and probably very early in his governorship – he must declare go or no-go on both.

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