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FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2018 file photo, Pacific Gas &amp; Electric crews work to restore power lines in Paradise, Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom says PG&amp;E plans to remake its board of directors with hedge fund financiers and people who have little experience in utility operations and safety. Newsom, on Thursday March 28, 2019, said putting hedge fund managers in charge of the company will send a message the utility prioritizes profits over providing safe and reliable energy service. The utility did not immediately comment. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California governor criticizes PG&E’s plan for new board

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press

California Gov. Gavin Newsom with his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom attend a roundtable discussion with Central American community leaders at the Clinica Monsenor Oscar Romero in Los Angeles Thursday, March 28, 2019. Newsom said Thursday he will travel to El Salvador in April to discuss the poverty and violence that's causing waves of migrants to seek asylum in the United States. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

California governor to visit El Salvador to talk immigration

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press

FILE -- In this Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019, file photo, a Pacific Gas &amp; Electric truck enters their customer center in Hayward, Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom says PG&amp;E plans to remake its board of directors with hedge fund financiers and people who have little experience in utility operations and safety. Newsom, on Thursday March 28, 2019, said putting hedge fund managers in charge of the company will send a message the utility prioritizes profits over providing safe and reliable energy service. The utility did not immediately comment. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

The Latest: Utility shares few details on new board plans

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FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2017 file photo California Supreme Court Associate Justice Goodwin Liu pauses in his office in San Francisco. The California Supreme Court justice says the death penalty system in the most populous state is dysfunctional, expensive and doesn't deliver justice in a timely way. Liu made the comments in an unusual opinion issued Thursday, March 28, 2019, after the full court unanimously upheld Thomas Potts' death sentence. Potts was convicted in a 1997 killing of an elderly couple. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

California justice calls death penalty system dysfunctional

By SUDHIN THANAWALA - Associated Press

The Latest: Lawmakers discuss lack of bullet train money

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FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2018 file photo, President Donald Trump talks with California Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom, left, as California Gov. Jerry Brown, walks at right during a visit to a neighborhood destroyed by the Camp wildfire in Paradise, Calif. Newsom is declaring a state of emergency to speed up forest management ahead of the next wildfire season and will sign an order Friday, March 22, 2019, allowing fire officials to bypass certain environmental and other regulations in order to clear dead trees and vegetation more quickly. It will apply to 35 projects across 90,000 acres of land. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

California to waive environmental rules for fire season prep

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press

Gov. Gavin Newsom, center, discusses the homeless problem facing California after a meeting with the mayors of some of the state's largest cities held at the governor's office, Wednesday, March 20, 2019, in Sacramento, Calif. Newsom and the mayors are asking the legislature for more money on top of the $500 million the state has already given cities for programs assisting the homeless. Accompanying Newsom are California mayors from left, Kevin Falconer, of San Diego, Darrell Steinberg, of Sacramento, Eric Garcetti, of Los Angeles, and Harry Sidhu of Anaheim, right. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Gavin Newsom stance on death penalty in direct opposition to what his constituents support

By Tammy Bruce

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom delivers his first state of the state address to a joint session of the legislature at the Capitol in Sacramento, California, Feb. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) ** FILE **

Gavin Newsom won over by Trump’s Opportunity Zones program, blueprint for economic growth

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Gov. Gavin Newsom signs the executive order placing a moratorium on the death penalty at his Capitol office Wednesday, March 13, 2019, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) **FILE**

Gavin Newsom’s California death penalty moratorium: Perfectly legal, but wrong

By Ethan Epstein - The Washington Times

This Sept. 21, 2010, file photo shows the interior of the lethal injection facility at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif. On May 3, New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu vetoed a bill that would repeal the state's death penalty, but the state legislature is considered likely given the vote margin for the bill's passage. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File) **FILE**

California’s new governor may commute death sentences

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

Gov. Gavin Newsom signs the executive order placing a moratorium on the death penalty at his Capitol office Wednesday, March 13, 2019, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

The Latest: California governor may commute death sentences

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom delivers his first state of the state address to a joint session of the legislature at the Capitol in Sacramento, California, Feb. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) ** FILE **

Gavin Newsom halts California’s death penalty

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump talks with reporters outside the White House before traveling to Alabama to visit areas affected by the deadly tornadoes, Friday, March 8, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Trump not ‘thrilled’ with California plan to halt executions

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This Sept. 21, 2010, file photo shows the interior of the lethal injection facility at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif. On May 3, New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu vetoed a bill that would repeal the state's death penalty, but the state legislature is considered likely given the vote margin for the bill's passage. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File) **FILE**

California governor places moratorium on executions

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to sign a moratorium on the death penalty in California Wednesday, March 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Gavin Newsom to impose death penalty moratorium in California

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Gov. Gavin Newsom reads the book &quot;Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty and David Roberts to kindergarteners at the Washington Elementary School in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, March 1, 2019. Newsom, accompanied by his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, left, visited the school to celebrate Read Across America Day. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

California governor recalls struggles reading as child

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California’s lieutenant governor to focus on foreign trade

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press

File - In this Aug. 28, 2018 file photo, State Sen. Connie Leyva, D-Chino, watches as votes are displayed at the State Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. California's 1,300 charter schools will soon face stricter transparency requirements under legislation pushed by Gov. Gavin Newsom. State lawmakers sent Newsom the bill Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019, on the sixth day of a teachers strike in Oakland, the second major teachers strike in California this year. Leyva, the bill's author, said will provide communities and parents &quot;fair and open access to participate in the decisions and collective missions of their charter schools.&quot; (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California to require more transparency from charter schools

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shows inmate Kevin Cooper. California Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered DNA testing on all evidence that Cooper says would prove his innocence in his 35-year-old murder case that has drawn national attention. Newsom on Friday, Feb. 22, 2019, ordered testing of hair, blood, fingernail scrapings from the victims and a green button. Cooper says the testing will show he was framed for the 1983 killings of four people in Chino Hills. (California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation via AP, File)

Governor orders more DNA testing in 1983 California killings

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press