With his presidential dreams crushed, Gavin Newsom continues to phone it in as governor

Finally unshackled from the constraints of having to play governor while running a shadow campaign for president, Gov. Gavin Newsom is now able to drop the pretense and be himself.

He’s letting Gavin be Gavin and it’s exactly what we would have expected.

Newsom had a plan to reduce gas prices, which experts say will actually increase gas prices, and instead of introducing it during the legislative session that had been going on since January, he waited until lawmakers were headed home to call a special session.