California Gov. Gavin Newsom didn’t take promised pay cut after slashing state worker pay by 10%

Published August 21, 2020 12:58pm ET



California Gov. Gavin Newsom promised in May that he would take a 10% pay cut to help the state recover from coronavirus funding shortages. That didn’t happen.

The Democrat failed to take his 10% pay cut, as promised, according to a report from the Sacramento Bee , which he had vowed to take as he ordered state employees to do the same to help the state financially recover from revenue shortfalls that precipitated out of the coronavirus pandemic.

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