While Gov. Gavin Newsom floats dreams of a future presidential campaign, California is drowning — and he’s holding the hose.

From rising crime to record homelessness, from rolling blackouts to businesses fleeing our state in droves, California is unraveling.

Yet instead of staying home and leading, Newsom is staging media tours in red states, basking in the spotlight, and auditioning for a job he hasn’t earned.

Where is the concern from his Democratic Legislature?

Nowhere.

Not a word.

As usual, supermajority Assembly members remain strategically silent while the governor orchestrates the downfall of our state.

Their silence is complicity.

While Newsom builds his national profile, the people who are supposed to represent us refuse to confront the destruction being caused by their party’s policies.

Meanwhile, Republican legislators are doing what they can with limited numbers — introducing bills, holding press conferences, and warning the public of the long-term consequences of progressive overreach.

But without balance in Sacramento, these warnings often fall on deaf ears.

Let’s be clear: California is not suffering from a lack of resources.

We are suffering from a lack of leadership.

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