"The Democratic governor opted to send the letter to the state Legislature instead of delivering it publicly. Newsom, who's seen as a potential presidential contender for 2028, also released a shortened version of the annual report on his social media channels. The letter criticized the president and his policies for bringing chaos and disruption to California, without mentioning Trump by name."
""We are now nine months into a battle to protect the values we hold most dear and to preserve the economic and social foundation we built for California," Newsom wrote. "We are facing a federal administration built on incompetence and malicious ignorance, one that seeks the death of independent thinking." Newsom hasn't done a formal address in a few years, a departure from decades of tradition."
"The state has been a battleground for the Trump administration after its hardline immigration strategy spurred protests, and the deployment of the National Guard and the Marines. The federal government has also cut funding to the state's long-delayed high-speed rail project, rolled back the state's first-in-the-nation rule banning the sale of new gas-powered cars and sued the state over its law that allows transgender girls to compete on girls sports teams."
California Governor Gavin Newsom sent his State of the State letter to the Legislature and released a shortened version on social media while foregoing a public address. The letter accused the federal administration of incompetence and 'malicious ignorance' and framed a nine-month battle to protect state values and economic and social foundations. The federal government has contested California on immigration enforcement, National Guard and Marine deployments, cuts to high-speed rail funding, rollbacks of emissions rules, and lawsuits over transgender participation in sports. California has filed 41 lawsuits, approved $50 million for legal defenses, and is contesting funding suspensions to UCLA.
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