Newsom’s administration has made a great deal of progress in many areas. Need some talking points to convince your friends? Here are some of his successes on the Economy and Healthcare.

Education/Family Support

• Signed into law that added a new grade to public school called Transition Kindergarten for all 4 year olds
• Provided funding for childcare and childcare workers pay increases
• Continued universal school lunch program that was started during the pandemic
• Provided two tuition free years of community college to any first-time student
• Increased student financial aid
• Signed the nation’s first law allowing student athletes to profit off their names, image, and likeness
• Passed legislation expanding California’s paid family leave from six to eight weeks for each parent

Criminal Justice Reform

• Actively working to change prisons to real rehabilitation setting
• Signed bill to make it more difficult for police to legally justify killing civilians
• Signed law to phase out private, for profit prisons and immigrant detention centers and California has ended all such contracts
• Halted Executions by Executive Order