
Gavin Newsom has big plans for California. Among his first acts as governor was to ask the state legislature to expand health coverage for illegal immigrants. California began offering insurance for illegal-immigrant children some years ago; now Newsom wants to raise the age limit for receiving subsidized health care to 26. “We will never waver in our pursuit of guaranteed health care for all Californians,” he said in his inaugural address. That includes individuals residing in the state illegally.
Around the same time, on the other side of the country, New York City mayor Bill de Blasio offered a similar proposal. …