We all know that Gov. Gavin Newsom’s California is home to rampant waste, fraud, and abuse, and that the state regularly encounters major budget crises. That’s because the Golden State funded healthcare for illegal immigrants and a bullet train to nowhere, and regularly throws money at leftist social projects while our quality of life drips, drips, drips into the Pacific.

But did you know, California residents, that your hard-earned tax dollars get used to pay for the security of a private citizen while she goes on a book tour, a tour that will make her money but has nothing whatsoever to do with governing the state?

The Political Director at KCRA 3 (Sacramento) news outlet, Ashley Zavala, is one of the few reporters in the far-left state that actually asks questions and brings people to account, and what she has to say should make your blood boil.

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California taxpayers are paying for Kamala Harris' security detail for her international book tour.

Dozens of CHP officers are assigned to it, sources tell me. State officials aren't saying much, her campaign isn't answering questions.

Don't taxpayers deserve to know? pic.twitter.com/Jy2DJUgCgL

— Ashley Zavala (@ZavalaA) March 4, 2026

Zavala summed up her findings with an article posted to the KCRA 3 website:

California taxpayers have been paying for former Vice President Kamala Harris’ security detail as she travels out of state and, in some cases, out of the country to promote her book.

Multiple sources who were unauthorized to speak publicly about security matters told KCRA 3 that dozens of California Highway Patrol officers have been traveling with her for all of the former vice president’s book tour appearances. State officials will not say exactly how many officers are assigned to her, how long the arrangement will last and how much taxpayer money is being used.

Note that Harris and her entertainment attorney husband Doug Emhoff have a combined net worth of an estimated $8 million.

Neither Harris nor Newsom would respond to Zavala’s inquiries as to how much money is being spent and how long this will go on.

It's not clear how much it's costing taxpayers or how long the arrangement will last.

I asked: Will Harris reimburse the state for these expenses? Who is picking up the tab for all the travel?

More here:https://t.co/SRmitKj2mt

— Ashley Zavala (@ZavalaA) March 4, 2026

Kamala’s book tour and recent public appearances have mostly gone disastrously because of her penchant for making jaw-dropping claims and spewing incomprehensible word salad meanderings when asked about policy matters.

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As for her Secret Service protection, a vice president normally gets six months’ worth following their stint in office. Corrupt former President Joe Biden, however, had that extended to 18 months, but Trump, being Trump, said heck no to that and revoked it on September 1, 2025.

Some of the Sacramento politicians that Zavala interviewed said that providing the protection is the correct thing to do because of the dangerous political environment. A number of them also said, however, that there should be some sort of accountability to taxpayers, and we should know how much money is being used — and for how long.

They should also detail whether the out-of-office politician is reimbursing some of these expenses, and if not, why not. As a California resident, it doesn’t thrill me to know that my dollars are going to fund a left-wing ideologue who is now a private citizen busy enhancing her stock portfolio with book profits.

It almost seems like a political donation. 

Editor’s Note: Gavin Newsom wants to turn America into one big version of California - a failed, overtaxed, dystopian nightmare.

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