Many Californians are currently wondering what will happen to Governor Gavin Newsom’s presidential aspirations after Vice President Kamala Harris was chosen to be the Democratic Party’s candidate for President of the United States.
For several years, Governor Newsom has been traveling the country, promoting his image and his name; and all of his programs and signed laws have been aimed at making him a national pioneer on many issues. Our governor loves the fact that under his administration, California is seen as the first in history in this and that.
Kamala and Gavin have been part of the same Democratic club for several decades. In fact, they were sworn in on the same day. One as mayor of San Francisco, and the other as San Francisco city attorney, but each then took different political paths.
The answer to where Newsom’s presidential aspirations go will depend on who wins the presidency in November.
If Trump wins, we will likely see Newsom running for president immediately, and campaigning again for 2028. But if Kamala is the new president, things get hairy because she will almost certainly want to run for another four years.
Either way, in eight years, Newsom will be somewhere between 64 and 65, and he still has plenty of stamina to run for president.
Realistically, though, we don’t know if it would look good politically to have another Democrat from San Francisco running for president. In that sense, his chances would be reduced.
Looking at things coldly, Newsom’s chance to be president of the United States seems to be fading with Kamala’s nomination. So far, luck has not been on his side.
It doesn’t end
At the local level, things are getting complicated for Haydee Feldstein Soto, the Los Angeles City Attorney, since her administrative coordinator Sean C. Tyler filed a document in which he denounced that the official is dedicated to reviewing the emails of workers without their consent, including her own.
She had previously severely punished Michelle McGinnis, an African-American who was the head of the criminal arm of her office and who also complained against her, and in response, she sent her to rest and made her go through the embarrassing incident of having her leave the office escorted by an officer from the Los Angeles Police Department.
The prosecutor should be more careful with this type of matters, because if she cannot keep the party going in peace in her own office, we cannot imagine how she will resolve the serious conflicts in which the city is involved.
With Tyler, there are now four employees who have reported her for allegedly creating an intimidating environment in the City Attorney’s Office.
In their defence, one of their spokeswomen has said that change always faces internal resistance from those who benefited from the previous state of affairs.
In any case, the prosecutor had better be smart, because so many complaints could torpedo her attempt to get re-elected, especially since she has already begun her fundraising campaign with a view to extending her stay in the prosecutor’s office.
It’s not the same
Members of the North Los Angeles Tenants Union (NELA) protested at the home of Councilwoman Eunisses Hernandez because, according to what they posted on Instagram, the official has ignored their call for help to stop evictions and has refused to help 200 homeless students.
The ongoing complaints against Councilwoman Hernandez make one thing very clear: being a candidate is very different from being a councilwoman.
There is no date that is not met
The question of the week is whether former councilman José Huizar will begin serving his sentence for corruption, starting August 30th in a federal prison. Initially, his 13-year sentence was scheduled to begin on April 30th, but health issues related to his family allowed the judge to be sympathetic and allow him to postpone his release date for four months, but since there is no deadline that is not met, time has run out and he will have to start serving his sentence.