Editorial: Gavin Newsom just pried open California's checkbook
Gavin Newsom has been waiting eight years in the wings in Sacramento for his chance to lead California's state government. And many Democrats across the state have been waiting almost as long to tap the big revenue surpluses that Gov. Jerry Brown routinely plowed into reserves and debt payments.
On Thursday, Newsom unveiled his first state budget, and he planted himself somewhere in the gap between Brown and legislative Democrats. He echoed his predecessor's caution about the
