Gavin Newsom: “This lawsuit is just the latest step.”

This decision is among the most difficult of my career, not because I doubt its necessity for our state but because I know its announcement may surface excruciating memories for victims’ families.

After nearly 30 years in public office, I have come to understand the limits of what government can justly accomplish.

This will always weigh heavily on me.

State-sanctioned killing is incompatible with California’s values