LOS ANGELES—Gov. Gavin Newsom lashed out again July 20 at UCLA over the university’s decision to move its athletic program out of the Pac-12 Conference and into the Big Ten starting in 2024, saying the school needs to publicly explain its reasoning and how the move will benefit student-athletes.
Newsom has been open about his distaste for the move, telling Fox11 in an interview last week he was particularly irked about the lack of notification to his office or even the University of California Board of Regents, on which he serves as an ex-officio member. He noted that he found out about the move by reading it in the media….