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California went from being a land of endless opportunity to a state of bankrupt leftist ideology.
I first set foot in California in 1966, when I drove down from Reed College in Portland, Ore. I had spent the summer studying on a National Science Foundation grant. Laura Huxley, the widow of my literary and philosophical hero Aldous, had agreed to see me to discuss a film project based on his unpublished screenplays.
Having read “After Many a Summer Dies the Swan,” set around a swimming pool in a mansion near Mulholland Drive, I was intent on seeing LA’s iconic roadway, its almost mystical views of the city and its opulent, surreal landscape.
LA eventually became my second home — even though I found it too obsessed with health fads, spiritual gurus, artificiality, and the endless quest for immortality.
Which leads us directly to Gavin Newsom.
The unique atmosphere of California has produced a candidate for the presidency who is both the reality and symbolic representation of Hollywood and America’s bizarre worship of youth, looks, and glamour.
His movie-star persona, combined with the quickness of an old-school Irish judge from San Francisco, make him a candidate difficult to dismiss — despite his colossal political and personal failures.
I first met Gavin in the early 1990s, when my radio show, “The Savage Nation,” was rocking the state.
His father, Judge William Alfred Newsom III, was an administrator of the Getty Family Trust, a state appeals court judge, and an attorney for Getty Oil.
The Newsom family has deep ties to San Francisco dating back four generations. Judge Newsom frequented a North Beach restaurant that served as a key meeting place for city politicians.
As mayor of San Francisco, Gavin had recently backed a gay marriage bill. On my radio show, I named him “Any Twosome Newsom,” which became a very popular nickname.
I walked up to Judge Newsom at the restaurant and said, “Judge, your son has just committed political Harakiri with his gay marriage push.” His father smiled and said, “I agree with you.”
We were both wrong!
By aligning himself with the all-powerful gay rights movement, and later the formidable forces of La Raza and the SEIU, Gavin Newsom became both governor and, now, the star of the Democrat machine.
It does not seem to matter that California has endured the highest state taxes, highest gas prices, broken roads, unaffordable housing, homeless bums out of control, a railroad to nowhere, and the Palisades Fire under his leadership.
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He successfully beat a recall effort in 2021, and ran through a redistricting scheme (Proposition 50) that effectively eliminated any semblance of a two-party system.
Foolishly, Republicans continue to dismiss him as a lightweight, resorting to derogatory name-calling.
The real question is: Can California be saved from itself?
Many prominent business pioneers have left.
The SEIU is pushing a communist-style wealth tax to continue funding free health care for Third World migrants.
I asked a successful friend, who left the state, what he thought. Here’s what he said:
“They will vote blue and cheat, and all the smart Republicans have left.”
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It’s a one-party state, and it will only get worse.
The new governor, after Newsom leaves next year, will be far to his left, and will punish anyone who has enjoyed success.
Newsom’s successor will raise the state income tax and pass a new wealth tax — not on billionaires, but on anyone he or she can.
The only way to save this state, my friend said, is to copy Florida’s successful policies. But every policy in California is the opposite.
If California lowered taxes and cracked down on crime, people would move back. The left will never do that.
They don’t care about fixing anything. They dream of a Democrat president bailing them out. They trust that the demographics guarantee them victory. They simply don’t care about results.
My friend said, “Michael, look what they did in Virginia” — after Democrat Abigail Spanberger took over as governor this month.
Spanberger enacted the far-left Democratic blueprint: sanctuary state policies, trans identity issues, attacks on free speech, gun crackdowns, tax increases, expanded mail-in ballots, and no checks allowed on election cheating.
Her top priority is making sure Democrats can never lose again.
It’s the California model, and Newsom is taking it nationwide.
Michael Savage is a renowned author who hosts The Savage Nation podcast and his own show on Newsmax TV. He is @Asavagenation on X.