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Brandon Richards 🐻
@brandonrichards.bsky.social
Rapid Response for Gov Gavin Newsom and @GovPressOffice.gov.ca.gov | GW & Willamette Alum | personal account | he/him | 🏳️‍🌈 bi+ | SEA + NorCal Sports!

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Simply put, a complete overreaction by the President last night...
June 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
June 7, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Sharing this over here...
June 7, 2025 at 12:07 AM
SECOND: Expanding the authority of CalRx, the state’s low-cost drug brand, to purchase brand-name drugs. This will better position California to:
May 13, 2025 at 7:41 PM
FIRST: New state oversight to increase transparency and cut costs. Under this proposal:
May 13, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Make sure to give credit tonight!
April 29, 2025 at 4:14 AM
FOX NEWS >> “California Governor Gavin Newsom is suing to end the President’s recently imposed tariffs. The lawsuit claims President Trump lacks the authority to enact the tariffs without Congressional approval. This makes California the first state to file a legal challenge on this matter.”
April 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
>> @governor.ca.gov Gavin Newsom sent this letter to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem regarding Andry Hernández Romero

"We are not a nation that sends people to be tortured and victimized in a foreign prison for public relations victories."
April 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
ICYMI: @governor.ca.gov Gavin Newsom is pursuing new strategic partnerships with international trading partners while calling for California-made products to be excluded from any retaliatory measures.

🔗 www.gov.ca.gov/2025/04/04/g...

[via @kcranews.bsky.social]
April 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
JUST NOW: @governor.ca.gov Gavin Newsom receives the Master Plan for Career Education from CA Labor Secretary Knox — focusing on helping Californians get high-paying jobs that lead to fulfilling careers, with and without college degrees.
April 2, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The actual facts of California's #AB1955 law...

cc: Trump Administration & the U.S. Department of Education
March 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
NEW: @governor.ca.gov Gavin Newsom on President Trump's Executive Order that begins the process of shutting down the U.S. Department of Education
March 21, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Going to just leave this right here...
March 13, 2025 at 7:13 PM
ICYMI: @governor.ca.gov Newsom proclaimed a state of emergency to fast-track critical forest management projects.

“These are the forest management projects we need to protect our communities most vulnerable to wildfire, and we’re going to get them done.” - Gov. Newsom

[via @kcranews.bsky.social]
March 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Turns out ... attempting to eliminate 14,000 good-paying jobs is not popular.

This is not just a project, it’s an economic engine for the next era of California -- one that provides economic mobility and swift transportation throughout the Golden State.
February 21, 2025 at 2:19 AM
>> @meiselasb.bsky.social: "most of the land in California that Trump says needs to be raked, it's not state-owned land, it's federal land"

NOTE: 57% of forest land is overseen by the Federal Government (just 3% is overseen by the State)

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February 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
With forecasted winter storms expected later this week, the State has deployed crews across Southern California to safeguard against debris flow & mudslides:
🚒 242 CAL FIRE engines
🪨 319,000 sandbags
🧑‍🚒 400+ mutual aid personnel
🪖 70 The Cal Guard soldiers
🧑‍🔬30 watershed protection specialists
February 12, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Today, @governor.ca.gov Newsom stopped by to thank crews working around the clock to protect recent burn scars from debris flow with expected winter storms forecasted this week.
February 12, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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February 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
TODAY: @governor.ca.gov Newsom is in Washington DC meeting with President Trump, and Republicans and Democrats in Congress to help secure disaster relief and support for the survivors of the LA firestorms.
February 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
The latest fact check ...
February 4, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Good fact check from FOX NEWS on President Trump's comments this morning in the Oval Office regarding his actions on California water

For more --> bsky.app/profile/bran...
February 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
A few fact checks, again ...
January 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
ICYMI — actual facts …
January 29, 2025 at 3:24 PM
JUST NOW: @governor.ca.gov Newsom signs $2.5 Billion in relief to swiftly support the recovery and rebuilding after the historic firestorms in the Los Angeles area.
January 24, 2025 at 2:09 AM