Newsom Uses Emergency Powers To Protect Politically Connected Doctors In Watchdog Role by Consumer Watchdog published on 2021-01-14T22:24:45Z Carmen Balber and Jamie Court discuss why Gov Newsom should withdraw his nomination of an opponent of patient safety reforms and former head of the doctors’ lobby to the Medical Board charged with overseeing patient safety, and the use of his pandemic emergency powers to delay public scrutiny of the appointment. Genre News & Politics Comment by Consumer Watchdog Thanks for listening! Subscribe for updates every week. 2021-01-15T02:15:15Z