Gov. Gavin Newsom will seek to regulate pharmaceutical middlemen that he blames for driving up prescription drug costs in California, eight months after vetoing a similar bill.

California's governor called upon the state's cities and counties to ban homeless encampments this week, even providing blueprint legislation for dismantling the tents lining streets, parks and waterways throughout much of the state.

Whether Newsom’s latest get-tough plan announced Monday urging local governments to adopt ordinances to clear out homeless encampments will work – and whether doing so can help propel him to the

The California sovernor said tariffs "punish families" and "risk ending America's run as the world's greatest economy."

The state is releasing a model ordinance that cities can use as a basis for their own local anti-encampment ordinances.

With costs soaring to $9.5 billion a year, Governor Newsom may be forced to scale back his landmark Medi-Cal expansion for undocumented immigrants as California's budget crisis deepens.