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EPISODE · Jul 29, 2026 · 1H 11M

Newsom's Diaper Deal Wasn't Competitively Bid |

from California Underground: Your Sane Insight into California Politics · host California Underground

Gavin Newsom said his administration's diaper deal with Baby2Baby — a nonprofit tied to his wife's own foundation — was competitively bid. California's own contract database says it wasn't.This week: the receipts on the $6.2 million diaper contract, Newsom's affair resurfaces, Sheng Thao crime story continues to expand, and why the Attorney General's rewritten ballot title for the voter ID initiative has people on both sides raising eyebrows. Plus a quick note on the new essay resurfacing one of Newsom's oldest City Hall scandals.Phil is joined this week by guest co-host Randy Wang (KABC Radio).Read more from Phil in his upcoming book, The Gilded State: thegildedstate.com

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