Gavin Newsom and his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, have a great little racket going out in California. From Adam Andrezejewski at openthebooks.substack.com:
“Legalized” pay-to-play in California – the Newsom’s create problems, “solve” them, and cash checks along the way.
In the summer of 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom convinced the state legislature to provide $4.7 billion for K-12 mental health services, which, among other things, funded 10,000 new school counselors.
Gavin Newsom convinced the legislature because Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the wife of the governor, convinced him. The biggest advocate for mental health funding within the K-12 California public schools in the Newsom administration was Mrs. Newsom, according to published accounts.
In fact, Gavin Newsom created The Office of First Partner so his wife could promote her policy agenda using taxpayer money. Since 2019, Siebel Newsom’s been armed with nearly $5 million and nine staffers within her subdivision of the governor’s office.
STRAIGHT LINE LOGIC 