Governor Newsom and California leaders host Texas officials amid their fight to protect democracy
News What you need to know: Governor Newsom, California officials, and Texas leaders met in Sacramento to discuss options to respond to the Republican gerrymandering attempts. SACRAMENTO – As Donald Trump and Texas Republicans push rigged congressional maps to seize...
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Governor Newsom announces appointments 8.8.25
News SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments:Michelle Edgar, of Santa Monica, has been appointed to the California Board of Barbering and Cosmetology. Edgar has been Founder and Chief Executive Officer of...
Governor Newsom and California leaders host Texas officials amid their fight to protect democracy
News What you need to know: Governor Newsom, California officials, and Texas leaders met in Sacramento to discuss options to respond to the Republican gerrymandering attempts. SACRAMENTO – As Donald Trump and Texas Republicans push rigged congressional maps to seize...
Governor Newsom, state and Jewish Caucus leadership slam Trump DOJ’s billion-dollar UCLA political shakedown
News SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom, California Legislative Jewish Caucus Co-Chairs Senator Scott Wiener and Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel, Lt. Governor Eleni Kounalakis, Attorney General Rob Bonta, Senate President pro Tempore Mike McGuire, and Speaker Robert...
California secured federal assistance to support response to Canyon Fire in Southern California
News What you need to know: California has secured a Fire Management Assistance Grant (FMAG) from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to help suppress the Canyon Fire. Sacramento, California – Moving swiftly to support local and state response efforts to...
TOMORROW: Governor Newsom and California leaders to host Texas Democrats breaking quorum to fight GOP map-rigging
News SACRAMENTO COUNTY — As Donald Trump and Texas Republicans push rigged congressional maps to seize power before a single vote is cast in the 2026 election, Governor Gavin Newsom will host a press event in Sacramento with Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, Congresswoman...
Governor Newsom partners with world’s leading tech companies to prepare Californians for AI future
News “Preparing tomorrow’s innovators, today” What you need to know: California is leveraging programs from Google, Adobe, IBM, and Microsoft to help prepare the current and future generation to lead an AI-ready workforce, including expanding access to over two...
Governor Newsom announces judicial appointments 8.7.25
News SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today announced his nomination of three Court of Appeal Justices: Matthew Scherb as Associate Justice of the Second District Court of Appeal, Division Eight, Judge Corey Lee as Associate Justice of the Fourth District Court of...
Coordinated organized retail theft crackdown recovers $8 million in stolen assets this year
News What you need to know: Building on years of work, in 2025, the state’s CHP-led Organized Retail Crime Task Force have so far made over 700 arrests and recovered nearly 150,000 stolen goods worth $8 million. SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that...
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Governor Newsom and California leaders host Texas officials amid their fight to protect democracy
News What you need to know: Governor Newsom, California officials, and Texas leaders met in Sacramento to discuss options to respond to the Republican gerrymandering attempts. SACRAMENTO – As Donald Trump and Texas Republicans push rigged congressional maps to seize...
Nearly all National Guard soldiers in Los Angeles are demobilizing, Governor Newsom demands those remaining be released
News What you need to know: With nearly all National Guard soldiers demobilizing, Governor Gavin Newsom is calling on the President to allow the 300 remaining National Guard soldiers to go home now. Los Angeles, California – Nearly two months after the unlawful...
Promises kept — new data shows 22,000 arrests and $150 million in recovered stolen goods across California
News What you need to know: Delivering on public safety promises, Governor Gavin Newsom announced continued progress to prevent and prosecute organized retail theft, including over 22,100 arrests, leading to nearly 17,100 cases referred for prosecution. Local law...
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