Two things come to mind - Federal funds is really just debt sold to investors and passed on to the states. - Newsom is up for recall and most of the anger tow

Two things come to mind - Federal funds is really just debt sold to investors and passed on to the states. - Newsom is up for recall and most of the anger towards him is how much he fumbled stimulus and the pandemic. Pretty easy to see that he probably called in some favors at the federal level to save himself.