Full Coverage: Gov. Gavin Newsom's 2020 State Of The State
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California Gov. Gavin. Newsom enters the chambers before his 2020 State of the State.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom devoted his entire 2020 State of the State address to issues around housing and homelessness.
CapRadio aired a special live broadcast of the speech with KQED, hosted by CapRadio's Beth Ruyak and KQED's Scott Shafer. Click play above to hear Newsom's full speech plus analysis from our reporters and Republican and Democratic strategists.
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February 20, 2020Gov. Gavin Newsom delivered his second State of the State address. The surprise was the speech was almost exclusively on one topic: homelessness and solutions to it.
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February 19, 2020The governor focused his speech on Wednesday on California’s homelessness crisis. Here are the key points.
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February 19, 2020Listen back to Gov. Gavin Newsom's 2020 State of the State address and read the full text of the speech annotated by CapRadio reporters.
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February 19, 2020California Gov. Gavin Newsom delivered his 2020 State of the State address on Wednesday, Feb. 19. Watch a replay of the speech here.
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February 19, 2020Newsom made big pledges to help solve the state’s housing shortage, homelessness crisis and improve health care. PolitiFact California found that, after one year in office, he has taken significant early steps but has yet to achieve key results.