“I don’t think it’s a good idea to do [it] at a state level. It’s a badly written initiative. It focuses just on one part of the state’s budget. It’s one-time money and the impact is already being felt. People have left the state.”

Gavin Newsom · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-04

Newsom criticized Proposition 40 as a badly written state-level initiative whose impact was already driving people out of California.