Voter registration among 18 to 24 year-olds has been in a steady decline, especially In regions with the poorest economic and social well-being. Lieutenant Governor Newsom is helping to lead a coalition with Secretary of State Alex Padilla,
Common Cause, CALPIRG and the ACLU to spearhead a number of technological and grassroots strategies to boost voter registration on California's community college, California State University and University of California campuses.
Source: 2018 California Lieutenant Governor website www.ltg.ca.gov
, Nov 7, 2017
Radically ramp up forest management efforts
This year, we are budgeting more than $1 billion for fire prevention, including fuel breaks, forest health, and home hardening. We forged a historic partnership with the U.S. Forest Service to radically ramp up forest management efforts.
We are reducing barriers on hundreds of fuel reduction projects and prescribed burns. We added 30 new fire crews and pre-positioning assets, new C-130s, Blackhawk helicopters, and radar technology.
Source: 2021 State of the State Address to California legislature
, Mar 9, 2021
COVID: all registered voters receive mail-in ballots
More than half-a-dozen California political strategists noted that it is virtually impossible to predict what the universe of likely voters will be for a special election on a random date in September in the middle of a pandemic when every voter has a
ballot on their kitchen table. (To slow the spread of Covid, Newsom signed a law in February extending the state's rule that every registered voter would receive a mail-in ballot for any election this year).
Source: CNN Politics on 2021 CA recall race
, Aug 5, 2021
Voluntary public financing for all general elections.
Newsom adopted the manifesto, "A New Agenda for the New Decade":
Return Politics to the People At a time when much of the world is emulating American values and institutions, too many Americans have lost confidence in their political system. They are turned off by a partisan debate that often seems to revolve not around opposing philosophies but around contending sets of interest groups. They believe that our current system for financing campaigns gives disproportionate power to wealthy individuals and groups and exerts too much influence over legislative and regulatory outcomes.
The time for piecemeal reform is past. As campaign costs soar at every level, we need to move toward voluntary public financing of all general elections and press broadcasters to donate television time to candidates.
The Internet holds tremendous potential for making campaigns less expensive and more edifying and for engaging Americans directly in electoral politics.
We should promote the Internet as a new vehicle for political communication and champion online voting.
Goals for 2010
Introduce voluntary public financing for all general elections.
Allow properly regulated voter registration and voting online.
Implement civic education courses in every public school.
Source: The Hyde Park Declaration 00-DLC9 on Aug 1, 2000