As Newsom added, "In the last 48 hours we have secured -through a consortia of nonprofits and a manufacturer here in the state of California - upwards of 200 million masks on a monthly basis that we're confident we can supply the needs of the state of California, potentially the needs of other western states."
Newsom wasn't revealing details of the $1 billion deal, which as John Myers of the Los Angeles Times noted, "Will cost taxpayers 30 percent more than the governor's January budget allotted for infectious diseases for the whole fiscal year."
In March, as CalMatters noted, legislators "Made $500 million available immediately and allowed Newsom to spend up to $1 billion total," and unanimously passed two bills "Waiving a requirement that legislation must be in print for three days before lawmakers can act." Legislators also suspended public hearings for at least a month and floor votes for at least a month.
As Republican assemblyman Jay Obernolte explained, "We are placing an extraordinary degree of trust in Gov. Gavin Newsom." The governor took full advantage, opting for BYD despite serious issues with the Chinese company.
Newsom was not forthcoming about the deal's details but it did emerge that California already sent the first installment of $495 million to BYD. When reporters approached BYD, the Chinese company referred all questions to Newsom's office.
Jerry Brown's successor Gavin Newsom rejects American products and labor to strike a $1 billion deal with BYD, a Chinese company with a record of faulty products, and as Oregon Democrat Peter DeFazio testified last year, "a company that is very heavily subsidized by the government of communist China." If anybody believed Newsom should register as a lobbyist for BYD or an agent of China it would be hard to blame them.
Gov. Newsom told reporters his deal with BYD was "Not political. This is not in any way, shape or form usurping or undermining." If anybody believes that, Newsom has a bridge to sell them, not that anybody is buying these days.
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2020/04/gavin-newsom-masks-1-billion-ppe-deal-chinese-byd-lloyd-billingsley/
Newsom wasn't revealing details of the $1 billion deal, which as John Myers of the Los Angeles Times noted, "Will cost taxpayers 30 percent more than the governor's January budget allotted for infectious diseases for the whole fiscal year."
In March, as CalMatters noted, legislators "Made $500 million available immediately and allowed Newsom to spend up to $1 billion total," and unanimously passed two bills "Waiving a requirement that legislation must be in print for three days before lawmakers can act." Legislators also suspended public hearings for at least a month and floor votes for at least a month.
As Republican assemblyman Jay Obernolte explained, "We are placing an extraordinary degree of trust in Gov. Gavin Newsom." The governor took full advantage, opting for BYD despite serious issues with the Chinese company.
Newsom was not forthcoming about the deal's details but it did emerge that California already sent the first installment of $495 million to BYD. When reporters approached BYD, the Chinese company referred all questions to Newsom's office.
Jerry Brown's successor Gavin Newsom rejects American products and labor to strike a $1 billion deal with BYD, a Chinese company with a record of faulty products, and as Oregon Democrat Peter DeFazio testified last year, "a company that is very heavily subsidized by the government of communist China." If anybody believed Newsom should register as a lobbyist for BYD or an agent of China it would be hard to blame them.
Gov. Newsom told reporters his deal with BYD was "Not political. This is not in any way, shape or form usurping or undermining." If anybody believes that, Newsom has a bridge to sell them, not that anybody is buying these days.
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2020/04/gavin-newsom-masks-1-billion-ppe-deal-chinese-byd-lloyd-billingsley/
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