Californians aren’t blind to Newsom’s ambitions

Gavin Newsom wants to be president of the United States. This has been apparent for some time now. What has also been apparent is that he’s been more distracted by these aspirations.

It now appears that a majority of Californians have come to perceive this, too.

A recent UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll found that 54% of registered voters think the governor is “paying more attention to the things that might benefit his presidential ambitions than governing the state...