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Governor — California
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Vance, Rubio, DeSantis and Cruz on one side; Newsom, Harris, Whitmer, Shapiro and Ocasio-Cortez on the other. Across immigration, AI, taxes, energy, healthcare, education, defense and regulation, every would-be first-100-days agenda sorts into the same five buckets — and the buckets, not the candidates, decide what actually happens. Scenario analysis, not a prediction or endorsement.
The 2028 Democratic conversation on AI has split into two documented camps: Gavin Newsom — SB 1047 veto, SB 53 signature, and a September 2026 AI-kill-switch executive order — and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, whose March 2026 data-center moratorium bill with Bernie Sanders would freeze the buildout until Congress acts. Two first-100-days models for the same problem.
Gavin Newsom signed SB 9 lot splits, SB 35 ministerial approvals, and the broadest CEQA reform in California history. But housing is zoned by states and cities, not by presidents. In a Newsom first 100 days, the federal levers that exist — HUD rules, transportation money, tax credits, litigation — would be the whole game.
Scenario analysis, not a prediction: if Gavin Newsom were sworn in on January 20, 2029, what would the first 100 days of federal AI policy look like? His California record — EO N-12-23, the SB 1047 veto, the SB 53 transparency law — maps a playbook that is neither Silicon Valley laissez-faire nor EU-style precaution.