Mar 20, 2025

Governor Newsom statement on President Trump’s executive order to eliminate the Department of Education

SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom issued the following statement today in response to President Donald Trump signing an executive order beginning the process of eliminating the U.S. Department of Education:

“This overreach needs to be rejected immediately by a co-equal branch of government. Or was Congress eliminated by this executive order, too?”

Governor Gavin Newsom

Press releases, Recent news

As Trump destroys the planet and green jobs, Governor Newsom announces California joins world’s largest environmental protection organization

Apr 24, 2026

News What you need to know: California makes history as the largest subnational government accepted into the International Union for Conservation of Nature — the world’s largest environmental protection organization — strengthening its global leadership in driving...

What they’re saying: California leaders applaud Governor Newsom and First Partner Siebel Newsom’s State Parks Forward announcement

Apr 24, 2026

News What you need to know: Governor Newsom’s Earth Day announcement of State Parks Forward, the biggest expansion of California State Parks in decades, is receiving strong support and praise from leaders throughout the state. The public can join the movement by...

Governor Newsom proclaims Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide

Apr 24, 2026

News SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today issued a proclamation declaring April 24, 2026, as “A Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide.”The text of the proclamation and a copy can be found below: PROCLAMATIONOn April 24, 1915, the Ottoman Empire began its...