One thing I’ve learned about California politics is that newsom has frequently vetoed bills that passed with an OVERWHELMING majority in the state senate/assembly and the legislature typically has significantly more than enough votes to override his vetoes.
So why don’t they do it? Literally because of precedent. They don’t do it because that’s just the way it has always been done and they’re afraid to veto because they don’t want to make the governor look bad.
Elected representatives will go as far as criticizing the governor for his vetoes but they refuse to ever do anything about it
Optics. It’s valuable to be seen supporting something that you don’t support, but a material proportion of your constituents do. And you’re comfortable supporting it because you know isn’t going to get signed. Politicians do this sort of thing all the time. Gives them the opportunity to tell voters “Hey, we tried, we just didn’t win this time. Also… need more money.”
or there’s a mutually beneficial relationship where newsom is the villain-of-the-week, the scapegoat that all blame can be placed on. The representatives can have their cake and eat it, they can vote like a progressive and never risk actually passing any progressive reforms. Win-win.
One thing I’ve learned about California politics is that newsom has frequently vetoed bills that passed with an OVERWHELMING majority in the state senate/assembly and the legislature typically has significantly more than enough votes to override his vetoes.
So why don’t they do it? Literally because of precedent. They don’t do it because that’s just the way it has always been done and they’re afraid to veto because they don’t want to make the governor look bad.
Elected representatives will go as far as criticizing the governor for his vetoes but they refuse to ever do anything about it
Could also be they only pass that way because they know he’ll veto it for them
sounds about
rightdemocratThey don’t do it for the same reason Saturday morning cartoon villains never truly get defeated
Optics. It’s valuable to be seen supporting something that you don’t support, but a material proportion of your constituents do. And you’re comfortable supporting it because you know isn’t going to get signed. Politicians do this sort of thing all the time. Gives them the opportunity to tell voters “Hey, we tried, we just didn’t win this time. Also… need more money.”
or there’s a mutually beneficial relationship where newsom is the villain-of-the-week, the scapegoat that all blame can be placed on. The representatives can have their cake and eat it, they can vote like a progressive and never risk actually passing any progressive reforms. Win-win.