Instead, California Gov. Gavin Newsom will go on a statewide tour this month to highlight his major policy goals.
during the pandemic to give exhausted residents a pep talk about " brighter days ahead."
This year, Newsom plans to fulfill his constitutional requirement by sending a letter to the state Legislature. Next week, the governor’s office says, Newsom plans to embark on a four-day tour of the state to highlight his priorities. Prior to World War II, governors would fulfill this requirement by sending a letter to the Legislature. That changed in the 1940s, when former Gov. Earl Warren — who would later become chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court — began giving a formal speech to the Legislature, according to Alex Vassar, a librarian at the California State Library who acts as an unofficial historian of the state Legislature. Governors have been giving speeches ever since.
"Long gone are the days of an hourlong gubernatorial address on prime-time TV that everyone went into their living room and watched," said Matt Barreto, a political science professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. "Perhaps the governor is thinking there are more effective ways of going out into the community and speaking directly to voters."
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