Six years ago, shortly after the Legislature enacted his first state budget, Gov. Gavin Newsom embarked on a celebratory tour to tout the spending plan’s major provisions. Newsom’s last stop was in San Francisco, where he bragged about increasing fees on telephone service to finance an upgrade of California’s 911 emergency communication system, whose deficiencies had become painfully apparent during a series of destructive and deadly wildfires.

Six years ago, shortly after the Legislature enacted his first state budget, Gov. Gavin Newsom embarked on a celebratory tour to tout the spending plan&rsquo;s major provisions. Newsom&rsquo;s&nbsp;<a href="https://www.gov.ca.gov/2019/08/02/governor-newsom-visits-emergency-dispatch-center-in-san-francisco-to-highlight-critical-investments-in-9-1-1-system-upgrade/">last stop was in San Francisco</a>, where he bragged about increasing fees on telephone service to finance an upgrade of California&rsquo;s 911 emergency communication system, whose deficiencies had become painfully apparent during a series of destructive and deadly wildfires.

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Philip Teresi

Philip Teresi - Live, Local, and Original: Weekdays from 2:00 to 6:00PM on Central California's News/Talk 580 and 105.9 KMJ. Politically independent, socially awkward, and fashionably late.

Philip Teresi - Live, Local, and Original: Weekdays from 2:00 to 6:00PM on Central California's News/Talk 580 and 105.9 KMJ. Politically independent, socially awkward, and fashionably late.