Gavin Christopher Newsom (/ n uː s ə m / NEW-səm; born October 10, 1967) is an American politician and businessman serving as the 40th governor of California since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he served from 2011 to 2019 as the 49th lieutenant governor of California and from 2004 to 2011 as the 42nd mayor of San Francisco.. Newsom graduated from Santa Clara University in 1989 ...

Nov 15, 2024 · In California, Gov. Gavin Newsom also moved fast, announcing he would call lawmakers into a special session aimed at protecting “California values and fundamental rights” before Trump takes...

Gov. Newsom's order is the first of its kind to come out of last month's Supreme Court decision out of Grants Pass, Oregon, giving cities more power to remove homeless camps.

Nov 18, 2024 · BEAVERTON — Oregon has added to its emergency supply of the abortion drug mifepristone, Gov. Tina Kotek announced Monday, but most of the state’s plans to respond to a second Trump administration are still up in the air.

Apr 13, 2020 · SACRAMENTO — Today, California Governor Gavin Newsom, Oregon Governor Kate Brown and Washington Governor Jay Inslee announced an agreement on a shared vision for reopening their economies and controlling COVID-19 into the future.

Jul 25, 2024 · In 2020, a federal judge in Oregon ruled that due to the lack of shelter, fining and arresting homeless people for sleeping outside with makeshift bedding violated the Eighth Amendment.

Jun 24, 2022 · Gov. Gavin Newsom and the governors of Oregon and Washington on Friday issued a Multi-State Commitment promising to defend access to reproductive health care, including abortion and...

Nov 17, 2020 · Gov. Gavin Newsom and Oregon Gov. Kate Brown agreed Tuesday to put the power of their two states behind a stalled effort to remove four dams on the Klamath River, reviving the nation’s largest...

Dec 8, 2022 · HORNBROOK, Calif. (AP) — Tribal, state and federal officials on Thursday cheered a plan for the largest dam removal in U.S. history along the Klamath River near the California-Oregon line as a major step toward restoring a once-thriving watershed that tribal communities have long relied on.

Nov 17, 2020 · Gov. Gavin Newsom and his Oregon counterpart signed a landmark deal Tuesday to take control of four aging dams targeted for removal on the Lower Klamath River, an agreement designed to push...