Affordable health care for all
We are one of the first states in the nation to offer health care to everyone with low incomes. We did this through an expansion of Medi-Cal. You can get this medical care, no matter your immigration status. California is also lowering health care costs, including for prescription drugs and insulin. And we are increasing access to high-quality health care providers.
Transforming behavioral health
California is making behavioral health services more available to all, especially our youth. We’re investing in our health care workers and building housing and treatment sites. We’re getting more help to those challenged with mental illness and substance abuse. And we’ve started a nation-leading program called CARE Court. It helps get people off the streets, out of jails and hospitals, and into treatment, with the support they need.
Safeguarding reproductive health
Radical politicians are assaulting women’s health care with dangerous and deadly consequences. But California is protecting women. Governor Newsom has taken action, including signing more than 20 laws to support and expand abortion care. He led the successful push to have the right to reproductive freedom added to California’s constitution. We will protect women who seek basic care and the health care workers who provide it.
News about health care
El Gobernador Newsom lanza el primer programa del país que ofrece pañales gratuitos a todos los nuevos padres
May 8, 2026
News Lo que necesita saber: California está lanzando un programa pionero a nivel nacional para proporcionar 400 pañales gratuitos a cada bebé recién nacido, aliviando los costos para las familias y apoyando la salud materno-infantil, mientras el estado explora cómo...
Governor Newsom statement on Fifth Circuit ruling restricting access to mifepristone
May 1, 2026
News What you need to know: The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling restricting access to the abortion medication mifepristone to patients. SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today issued the following statement in response to the Fifth Circuit ruling...
En el Día de Denim, el Gobernador Newsom destaca las acciones para apoyar a sobrevivientes de agresión sexual
Apr 29, 2026
News Lo que necesita saber: California apoyando a las sobrevivientes de agresión sexual con nuevas leyes y recursos — ampliando la atencion, fortaleciendo las protecciones y haciendo rendir cuentas a los agresores. SACRAMENTO – En este Día de Denim y durante el Mes de...