Oct. 10, 2025 7 AM PT
To the editor: Since California offers about $83 billion more in taxes than it will get again in funding from Washington, Gov. Gavin Newsom, if legally feasible, ought to direct the state treasurer to withhold all federal earnings taxes for state staff and hold the funds in California (“Trump administration says it will cut $8 billion for climate projects in blue states, including California’s hydrogen hub,” Oct. 1). This would come with all state staff, staff of the UC and state school system and all earnings tax from California retirement funds resembling CalSTRS.
The one factor the Trump administration understands is cash. By directing these funds to the California treasury, the federal authorities would almost definitely be in a money crunch inside a brief time period. And, possibly the subsequent step can be for the California treasurer to ship personal employers types to ship their collected federal taxes to the state.
Gary Wexler, San Pedro
