Susan Shelley: Gavin Newsom grandstands and flops at Davos

Gov. Gavin Newsom is back from his all-expense-paid trip to Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum. Guess who paid for it.

Every special interest in California.

KCRA in Sacramento reported that the cost of this trip, like all the governor’s official travel, was paid by the California State Protocol Foundation. The mission of the foundation is “to lessen the burden on California taxpayers by relieving California of its obligations to fund certain expenditures.”

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