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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Gavin Newsom: affordable housing, education and health care is the goal

    Gavin Newsom has been the Lieutenant Governor of California since 2011. Before that, he was the mayor of San Francisco.

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    By Madeleine Brand • May 17, 2018 • 1 min read

    Gavin Newsom has been the Lieutenant Governor of California since 2011. Before that, he was the mayor of San Francisco. He talks to us about expanding early childhood education, tackling the housing crisis, and why he’s committed to passing a single-payer health care system.

    Gavin Newsom at KCRW by Christopher Ho.

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    Calif. Governor's race: Gavin Newsom interview
    1. 0:00Gavin Newsom: affordable housing, education and health care is the goalYou’re reading this
    2. 21:11Bad blood between media heiress and network CEO
    3. 30:28All-in on voice assistants
    4. 38:54The blurred line between human and machine
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    The full episode

    1 of 4
    Calif. Governor's race: Gavin Newsom interview
    1. 0:00Gavin Newsom: affordable housing, education and health care is the goalYou’re reading this
    2. 21:11Bad blood between media heiress and network CEO
    3. 30:28All-in on voice assistants
    4. 38:54The blurred line between human and machine
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