Laphonza Butler’s sensible suggestion

Sen. Laphonza Butler’s time in the United States Senate has largely gone unnoticed.

Appointed to fill the seat left by the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Butler’s unusual profile — she was a political fundraiser who lived in Maryland — got more attention than her votes in the Senate.

With the election of Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Pasadena, to the position, Butler is on the way out and is dropping some reasonable advice on the way out.

According to reporting by the Los Angeles Times, Butler recently said, “I don’t believe Gov. Newsom was elected to be the governor of the resistance. I don’t believe Senator-elect [Adam] Schiff was elected to be the senator-elect of the resistance. I hope that the lesson from any of this is a reminder for all of us that we are public servants, that we are here to serve the people who send us, and the governor of California has to be the governor of all of California.”

It sounds obvious, even quaint, but it’s quite the rebuke of a style of politics that has become predominant in California.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has indeed been acting less like a serious governor and more like a wannabe-president or party leader for some time now.

We’ve seen him campaign for years in other states, go on “red state” tours, phone-in a State of the State address with a thinly veiled campaign ad and become, to be blunt, quite lazy on the job.

As San Francisco Chronicle columnist Emily Hoeven recognized back in June, “Gov. Gavin Newsom has a few years left as California’s chief executive, but judging from his State of the State speech on Tuesday, he’s already mentally checked himself into the White House.”

Rep. Adam Schiff likewise built his political profile as a prominent critic of President Donald Trump, though he at least stayed in his lane (the federal government).

Even so, both Newsom and Schiff need to do more than oppose Trump and Trump’s policies.

In the case of Newsom especially, who has a state to govern, it is important that Californians get tangible results from their government.

The “resistance” schtick might be good for fundraising and building support among the Democratic base, but there’s more to governing than cheap politicking.

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