Newsom launches California program to provide free diapers to newborns in state

California will become the first state to provide free diapers to newborns starting this summer under a new program Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced Friday.  Under the “Golden State Start” initiative, every newborn in the state will receive 400 diapers when they are discharged from participating hospitals.  “The big problem defined universally in our city,…