Little Scrutiny Two Years After Gov. Newsom’s Odious $1B China BYD Mask Deal New report entangles State Controller in first mask deal with newly-formed company By Katy Grimes , May 4, 2022 12:21 pm Two years after Gov. Gavin Newsom’s shady no-bid $1 billion N-95 mask deal with newly formed BYD Mask company, there are still many questions surrounding the deals. Gov. Gavin Newsom approved spending $1 Billion of taxpayers funds on masks from Chinese company BYD, an electric bus maker which started manufacturing N95 masks as the COVID pandemic hit, when the original mask purchase to Blue Flame fell...