Recently, the California legislature passed a bill providing up to $150,000 to help illegal aliens purchase homes in the state. Never mind that in California $150,000 might buy you a garage if you are lucky. Well, Gavin Newsom vetoed the bill. Aside from the fact that the State can’t afford the cost, I believe that he is eyeing a presidential run in 2028 and does not want that bill on his record.<\/p>\n
Politico<\/a> posted an article about the veto on Friday.<\/p>\n The article states:<\/p>\n The Democratic governor\u2019s veto comes a day after former President Donald Trump said he would ban undocumented immigrants<\/a> from receiving home mortgages if he returns to the White House. It also takes the issue off the table ahead of Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019 first scheduled debate against Trump next week. Karoline Leavitt, a Trump campaign spokesperson, described the California bill last month as \u201cfundamentally unfair but typical Democrat policy.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n The article also notes:<\/p>\n Newsom has repeatedly warned fellow Democrats in Sacramento not to provide cannonfire for Republicans in an election year, issuing pleas for them to tamp down the raging culture wars rather than provoke them with hot-button issues ranging from banning youth tackle football<\/a> to reparations. On other proposals that were unlikely to become law, he pushed state Democrats to subordinate their virtue signaling so conservative media outlets couldn\u2019t paint the state as wildly out of touch with America.<\/strong><\/p>\n Newsom\u2019s concerns have only grown since the elevation of Harris as the party\u2019s nominee, since she hails from California. At a briefing Friday on an unrelated topic, the governor denied that he was trying to send a message to lawmakers in his party, saying he vetoed the bill on its merits.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThe bill that was sent to me was [on] a program that had no money, and it was expanding eligibility to a program that had no money,\u201d Newsom said. \u201cIt seemed rather curious to me. So it was unnecessary and completely consistent with prior vetoes along those similar lines.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n Republican state Sen. Brian Dahle, who represents a rural Northern California district and ran against Newsom in the 2022 gubernatorial race, said in an interview that the governor did the right thing. But, Dahle said, he believes Newsom was in fact \u201creading the tea leaves\u201d on the political implications of the bill.<\/strong><\/p>\n Passing this bill will have created more scarcity in an already scarce housing market and increased the price of housing–both in rentals and in purchases. Also, at a time when crime by illegal aliens is rapidly increasing, it might not be a good idea to give them further incentives to come to America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Recently, the California legislature passed a bill providing up to $150,000 to help illegal aliens purchase homes in the state. Never mind that in California $150,000 might buy you a garage if you are lucky. Well, Gavin Newsom vetoed the … Continue reading