If you want to see Newsome policy, look at PG&E. He talked a big game around 2019-2020 about holding them accountable after entire towns were destroyed, hundreds killed due to poor equipment replacement and maintenance practices. They were gonna be made public, fined into oblivion, etc..
He's taken hundreds of thousands (could be millions) from them at this point and has not only created legislation to protect them against liability, but to destroy the consumer friendly solar buyback programs. He's actually actively fucking residential rooftop solar in the state.
When people actually listened to how he thought on his podcast, they hated it. Now he's flipped to this shit, and it's working, and I hate it. This is where democratic national money will flow, into the rich boys pockets, rather than a dude like Mamdani.
Republicans and dems do this all the time in different states, it's always performative. Both sides always threaten to arrest the other. This time, the Texas Republicans successfully got the warrants approved as of last Friday, so big surprise the dems are back.
Now instead of leaving, they're having a sleepover to ensure they'll be there fresh and ready for the vote.