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Gavin Newsom Spends $20 Million on Consulting Firm in Effort to Find Ways to Cut Waste
Posted on 4/3/26 at 9:44 am
Posted on 4/3/26 at 9:44 am
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Gov. Gavin Newsom has paid upwards of $20 million to a consulting firm that employs his former cabinet secretary to eliminate wasteful spending — but the effort has come up well short of the goal as state lawmakers blasted the move.
Newsom — who signed an executive order to cut spending in the state, à la Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficienc is hitting roadblocks with the plan amid a multibillion-dollar state budget deficit.
California contracted with one of the world’s largest consulting firms, Boston Consulting Group, for up to $20 million in an effort to cut $2 billion in spending from the departments of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Social Services, and Health Care Services by the 2028-’29 fiscal year.
But the group — which hired former Newsom cabinet Secretary and Department of Finance Director Ana J. Matosantos — is now expected to only find $810 million in savings, according to legislative analysts.
That number may even go down later in May, analysts added, as indicated by the Newsom administration.
State lawmakers are scratching their heads over the miss.
“This whole Boston Consulting Group contract has me mystified,” Republican state Assemblymember Tom Lackey said during a Thursday legislative hearing, according to Politico.
Gov. Gavin Newsom has paid upwards of $20 million to a consulting firm that employs his former cabinet secretary to eliminate wasteful spending — but the effort has come up well short of the goal as state lawmakers blasted the move.
Newsom — who signed an executive order to cut spending in the state, à la Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficienc is hitting roadblocks with the plan amid a multibillion-dollar state budget deficit.
California contracted with one of the world’s largest consulting firms, Boston Consulting Group, for up to $20 million in an effort to cut $2 billion in spending from the departments of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Social Services, and Health Care Services by the 2028-’29 fiscal year.
But the group — which hired former Newsom cabinet Secretary and Department of Finance Director Ana J. Matosantos — is now expected to only find $810 million in savings, according to legislative analysts.
That number may even go down later in May, analysts added, as indicated by the Newsom administration.
State lawmakers are scratching their heads over the miss.
“This whole Boston Consulting Group contract has me mystified,” Republican state Assemblymember Tom Lackey said during a Thursday legislative hearing, according to Politico.
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Posted on 4/3/26 at 9:46 am to Placekicker
Seems to be about as productive as DOGE was
Posted on 4/3/26 at 9:46 am to Placekicker
I don’t like Newsom, but spending 20 to save 810 seems like a pretty good ROI.
Posted on 4/3/26 at 9:46 am to Placekicker
Posted on 4/3/26 at 9:48 am to Placekicker
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Posted on 4/3/26 at 9:51 am to Placekicker
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Gavin Newsom Spends $20 Million on Consulting Firm in Effort to Find Ways to Cut Waste
#notthebee
Posted on 4/3/26 at 9:52 am to BeeFense5
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Seems to be about as productive as DOGE was
cut a few park ranger jobs, that's the ticket!
Posted on 4/3/26 at 10:08 am to beaux duke
Posted on 4/3/26 at 10:13 am to Placekicker
20 million buys an outdoor bathroom in SF for the homeless
Posted on 4/3/26 at 10:19 am to Placekicker
Im not voting for Newsom so this doesn't move the needle for me. It's already buried on him. The people that will vote for him don't care one way or the other, and the ones that are undecided, well, they'll probably never see half of the brain-dead stuff that idiot does.
Posted on 4/3/26 at 10:20 am to Placekicker
cali is just diff
Posted on 4/3/26 at 10:38 am to Placekicker
You get a million and you get a million and you and you and you and you.
Hey where did the money go for the consulting firm ?
Shrugs Shoulders - It's Trump's Fault
Hey where did the money go for the consulting firm ?
Shrugs Shoulders - It's Trump's Fault
Posted on 4/3/26 at 11:08 am to Placekicker
He is funneling money to his campaign. Pay the consultant ridiculous money and the consultant then contributes a negotiated amount to PAC and other campaign orgs.
Posted on 4/3/26 at 11:19 am to BeeFense5
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Seems to be about as productive as DOGE was
DOGE never had a chance to be productive thanks to politicians on both sides of the aisle.
They didn’t much care for that snooping around in their playground and bringing things under a bright spotlight.
Posted on 4/3/26 at 11:23 am to Placekicker
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Wonder if the two are related???
I wonder if the "800m" was actually Vance's doing and Newscum is claiming credit?
Posted on 4/6/26 at 10:49 pm to Placekicker
Looks like some females are coming out of the woodwork to say some not very nice things about Gruesome Newsom
CBS Exposes Newsom's $135 Billion Train Debacle: No Tracks Laid, Billions Wasted, and Going Nowhere
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CBS Exposes Newsom's $135 Billion Train Debacle: No Tracks Laid, Billions Wasted, and Going Nowhere
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Posted on 4/6/26 at 11:05 pm to Placekicker
I would spend $20 million to save a potential $810 million in savings. That a 39.5X return on investment.
Posted on 4/6/26 at 11:08 pm to Placekicker
The arrests we need, now take everything they and their families own.
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