FILE – In this Feb. 26, 2021, file photo, California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a press conference, after visiting a COVID-19 vaccination clinic for farmworkers at the Dr. Sharon Stanley-Rea Community Center in Fresno, Calif. Gov. Newsom is set to give perhaps the most important speech of his political life Tuesday, March 9, and he’s spent weeks laying the groundwork for an upbeat address aimed at nearly 40 million people exhausted by a year of coronavirus restrictions. (John Walker/The Fresno Bee via AP, File)