Biden is out. Who’s in?

The top two candidates are Kamala Harris (former Senator from CA) and California Governor Gavin Newsom. (Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has forsworn any interest).

So here is the case for Gavin:

After he was caught losing track of $20 billion spent on homelessness, Newsom has vetoed a bill that would make him account for further spending.

California is imposing “permanent water restrictions” for the first time in its 174-year history. This comes after 20,000 cubic feet per second of water flowing to the ocean because of inadequate storage facilities being built.

On Monday, Newsom signed a bill banning California school districts from disclosing information about a student’s gender identity to their parents, in an effort to prevent the “forced outing” of those students.

The state has lost a net 3 million people over the last decade.

It ranks 49th or 50th (New York sometimes squeezes out California) for most anti-business environments.

Elon Musk now says he’s done with California.

SpaceX will now move its HQ from Hawthorne, California, to Starbase, Texas,” Musk posted on X, his social media platform.

Musk also announced that X will also move from San Francisco to Austin. “Have had enough of dodging gangs of violent drug addicts just to get in and out of the building,” Musk wrote on X.