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CHP hits the Bay Area streets, enforces public safety through its crime suppression teams
News What you need to know: Governor Newsom’s expansion of California Highway Patrol’s presence in the Bay Area has helped reduce crime and increase public safety by seizing illicit drugs and taking firearms off the streets. SAN FRANCISCO — As California continues to...
Governor Newsom sues Trump Administration for illegally withholding SNAP food benefits
News Defends 5.5 million Californians who depend on this assistance What you need to know: California and over 20 other states are filing a lawsuit today against the Trump administration for putting millions of Americans at risk of hunger and refusing to fund food...
Governor Newsom to sue, urges Americans to speak out on Trump’s “breathtaking abuse of power” with cross-state Guard deployment
News SACRAMENTO — Governor Gavin Newsom today issued the following statement in response to the Trump Administration deploying 300 California National Guard personnel into Portland, Oregon, after a federal district court blocked the attempted federalization of...
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Governor Newsom issues proclamation setting special election for California Congressional District 14
News SACRAMENTO — Governor Gavin Newsom today issued a proclamation setting a special election on August 18, 2026 to fill the Congressional seat for the fourteenth congressional district. The text of the proclamation is below:BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF...
California, Native American tribes break ground for California Indian Heritage Center
News What you need to know: After the final Tribal Nations Summit of the Newsom administration, Governor Newsom and First Partner Siebel Newsom announced the groundbreaking of the first phase of the California Indian Heritage Center. SACRAMENTO – Following the...
Governor Newsom announces the latest digital technology at the DMV to fight identity fraud and reduce wait times
News What you need to know: California’s new state-of-the-art digital signature barcodes on driver’s licenses and identification cards, along with a streamlined in-office QR code check-in feature, demonstrate the state’s commitment to proactively combating identity...
Governor Newsom calls on Trump administration to remove roadblocks to California’s expansion of essential health benefits, including IVF
News What you need to know: California is calling on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to approve the state’s application to update its essential health benefits (EHBs), which includes the expansion of coverage requirements for In Vitro...
Let’s go fishing! Salmon fishing is back in California after more than 3-year closure
News What you need to know: California’s work to restore salmon populations are making strong progress — and commercial fishing of ocean salmon is resuming for the first time since 2022. SACRAMENTO — Significant improvements in key California salmon populations —...
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