Newsom admin faces questions over $6.2M diaper contract after touting ‘competitive’ process

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration on Friday released the contract behind the state’s $6.2 million diaper program after questions about the deal’s noncompetitive designation and a reported delay in making the agreement public. The agreement with nonprofit Baby2Baby will provide families of newborns with 400 free diapers … Read more

Newsom’s office called our diaper contract reporting “demonstrably false.” State records show what happened

On July 17, six hours after we published our investigation into the state’s no-bid Baby2Baby diaper contract, California posted the records we had been requesting for 66 days. That was at 5:34 p.m. Thirty minutes later, an email from the governor’s office arrived, “reaching out to clarify misrepresentations and factual inaccuracies regarding the Golden State … Read more

California still hasn’t released Newsom’s Baby2Baby diaper contract as lawmakers weigh longer public records delays

California’s delayed release of its Baby2Baby contract is casting a shadow over the state’s new Golden State Diaper program. Two months after Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a controversial multimillion-dollar state diaper contract with Baby2Baby, a nonprofit with existing ties to the Newsom administration and the First Partner, Californians still have not been allowed to see … Read more

California’s “Diapergate”: Critics got free diaper math wrong, but state won’t release key Baby2Baby records

California’s new Golden State Start diaper program is facing backlash after viral social media posts claimed taxpayers were paying as much as 50 cents per diaper through a partnership with Baby2Baby. The Newsom administration fired back, insisting the actual cost is just 15.5 cents per diaper. But a CBS News California Investigates review of the … Read more

New York politician turns public office into food pantry and diaper supply

The pain and concern of Latinos and Latinas nationwide is being felt in Washington, D.C., where Florida Senator Marco Rubio co-authored the Paycheck Protection Program, which aims to help keep people employed. There are also local politicians like New York State Assemblywoman Catalina Cruz, who’s filling the gaps and getting creative to meet the needs … Read more