Newsom Responds After Solano County Supervisors Stall Talks on Collinsville Shipbuilding

Newsom responds after Solano County supervisors stall talks on Collinsville shipbuilding

By Ashley Sharp Gov. Gavin Newsom expressed dissatisfaction on Wednesday morning following a late Tuesday night vote by Solano County’s Board of Supervisors to not immediately throw their support behind draft legislation to fast-track shipbuilding in Collinsville, as CBS News Sacramento first reported. “Continue to do what you’ve done, you’ll get what you got,” Newsom told reporters. “It’s easy to punt something, but there’s going to be some rec…

Newsom touts Mare Island maritime investment

One day after the Solano County Board of Supervisors voted to delay any endorsement of proposed legislation aimed at streamlining California Forever’s plans to bring maritime industry to the Collinsville area, Gov. Gavin Newsom and Assemblymember Lori Wilson were in the county touting a different piece of the region’s maritime future.

Gavin Newsom rips local officials for stalling billionaire-backed California Forever shipyard

California governor Gavin Newsom slammed Solano County officials for stalling California Forever’s shipyard, saying he would have backed the project “in a nanosecond.”

Gov. Gavin Newsom announces shipbuilding award in Vallejo for Mare Island and Cal Poly Maritime Academy

VALLEJO – Gov. Gavin Newsom announced $48.5 million in funding to support 18 state projects at a press conference on Mare Island on Wednesday morning, including $8.2 million for shipbuilding and career development on Mare Island in partnership with Cal Poly Maritime Academy.“There’s nothing like this anywhere in the western United States,” Newsom said, gesturing around at Mare Island’s historic shipyard, where the U.S. Navy established its first…