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Because it's a metric, a bullet point, and campaign speech fodder. Newsome thinks of his position in terms of a career rather than an office, his job isn't to lead a nation towards what's right or wrong, it's to pander so that he can be re-elected or elected to higher office.
The bullshit way that lobbying groups conduct polling and market research means they he's chronically out of touch and that his focus is on perpetuating his time in office so he can continue to "represent the people", making a calling out of bowing to the desires of the mis-informed, outraged, panicked mob he believes his electorate to be instead of actually having a spine and exercising good judgement.
The consequences of shoddy legislation take second place to being able to declare he did something to "keep kids safe". It doesn't even have to work, all that matters is having something to wave around and back up that claim. Something to placate the plebeians and let him continue to do what he does best... listen to lobbyists who are lying about what people think.
Why? Because that's what gets people elected these days. Despite being on a foundation of pure bullshit, somehow it works. So he goes along with it, encourages it, and remains in office as a result.