Gavin Newsom
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Gavin Christopher Newsom is an American politician and businessman currently serving as the 40th governor of California, a position he has held since January 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, Newsom previously served as the mayor of San Francisco from 2004 to 2011 and as the lieutenant governor of California from 2011 to 2019. His tenure as governor has been marked by significant policy initiatives, including efforts to address climate change, housing affordability, and healthcare reform.
the deployment was poorly planned, and claimed the soldiers were 'without fuel, food, water or a place to sleep.'
Instead of rolling back the program — meaning cutting people off for basic care — we’re capping it.
This is about all of us. This is about you. California may be first – but it clearly won’t end here. Other states are next. Democracy is next.
Trump, without consulting California leaders, commandeered 2,000 of our state's National Guard members to deploy on our streets illegally and for no reason.
What Donald Trump wants most is your fealty. Your silence. To be complicit in this moment. Do not give into him.
If some of us can be snatched off the streets without a warrant – based only on suspicion or skin color – then none of us are safe.
The level of escalation is completely unwarranted, uncalled for, and unprecedented.





