<![CDATA[All of a sudden, Gavin Newsom decided that now was the time — during his unofficial presidential non-campaign — to tackle "affordability." Did he offer to lower gas taxes, or temporarily get rid of them, as President Donald Trump just did with federal gas taxes? No. Did he announce a moratorium on taxes in general? No. Did he announce a full investigation into the unfettered fraud being perpetrated in the Medicaid and MediCal programs in his state? No. Did he crack down on all those Somali pirated funds stolen from the public treasury? No. Has the California governor used what was once his robust political capital to attack systemic affordability problems? No.]]>