Gavin Newsom plays politics as California residents suffer

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a special session of the state legislature on Thursday to address the state's drug and crime problems.

Gov. Newsom has a 27% favorability rating and 49.2% unfavorability rating.

A poll taken in June found that 62% of Californians believe the state is headed in the wrong direction and only 44% approve of Newsom 's performance.

Newsom has been playing politics with people's lives and that destructive policies the governor has backed to save his own political skin have turned parts of California into a place that is hardly recognizable.

It’s not just drugs and crime that voters are upset over, it's also the issue of homelessness.

Homelessness has been Newsom 's signature issue since he was elected mayor of San Francisco in 2004 .

Newsom also vetoed a bill that would have created the most comprehensive regulatory framework for artificial intelligence in the country.

He also OK’d a measure that would require health insurers to cover the costs of infertility treatment.

Newsom has just two years before he terms out of office, and in that time, he has to shift the sentiment that his state is not sinking under his tutelage.