And he's proud of it", "S.F. And that's the way it needs to be described in the history books. [52], The same year, Newsom received the Leadership for Healthy Communities Award, along with Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York City and three other public officials, for his commitment to making healthful food and physical activity options more accessible to children and families. Gavin Newsom is the Governor of California, former Lieutenant Governor of California, and former Mayor of San Francisco. From ru Editor at Ghanafuo.com! The new governor would be in office for the remainder of Mr. Newsom's term, which would be through Jan. 2, 2023. In what was effectively a vote on the governor's leadership through the pandemic, voters rejected the choice to replace him with a Trumpist Republican. [247] One bill eliminated minimum parking requirements for housing near mass transit stations throughout the state. Newsom could pardon her", "In a rebuke to President Trump, Gov. 10/30/2022 07:01 AM EDT. Still, Newsom's unexpected move brought national attention to the issue of same-sex marriage, solidifying political support for him in San Francisco and in the LGBTQ+ community. For voters who need a highlight reel of Newsom's two-and-a-half years at the helm of state government, here's a look at some of the most significant ways he's changed California and some of the ways he hasn't. GO TO VOTER GUIDE Criminal justice Image via iStock [149] Under pressure, Newsom delegated more decision-making on reopening to the local level. [33][37] Newsom claimed he was a centrist in the Dianne Feinstein mold. ", "Newsom blocks new California fracking pending scientific review", "California Issues First New Fracking Permits Since July", "Environmentalists plan lawsuit challenging Newsom over oil and gas drilling permits", "Gavin Newsom Sued for 'Completely Unacceptable' Approval of Oil and Gas Projects in California", "End oil drilling permits? [32] The successfully passed ballot measure raised his political profile and provided the volunteers, donors, and campaign staff that helped make him a leading contender for the mayorship in 2003. [11] Brown appointed Newsom to a vacant seat on the Parking and Traffic Commission in 1996, and he was later elected president of the commission. [25][26] He was elected to a full four-year term to the board in 1998. Gov. [121] A pardon can eliminate the grounds for deportation of immigrants who would otherwise be legal permanent residents. [168][169][170] A report by California State Auditor Elaine Howle said $810 million was disbursed to claimants who had fraudulently filed on behalf of inmates in the state's prison system. Newsom responded to comments by Spicer that compared cannabis to opioids: "Unlike marijuana, opioids represent an addictive and harmful substance, and I would welcome your administration's focused efforts on tackling this particular public health crisis. [227][228] On June 30, 2022, he signed a $307.9 billion state budget that "pledges to make all low-income adults eligible for the state's Medicaid program by 2024 regardless of their immigration status." pushes legislation to promote good health", "California Supreme Court overturns gay marriage ban", "San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom fights for same-sex marriage", "Newsom was central to same-sex marriage saga", "Newsom seeks to get beyond Prop. After running for reelection in the 2022 elections, he won against Brian Dahle. [64][65][66] Newsom dropped out of the race in October 2009.[67][68][69]. [202], In 2022, gas prices in California exceeded $6 per gallon. On September 14 he prevailed in a historic recall election that had him battling for his political life. The . [35], Newsom placed first in the November 4, 2003, general election in a nine-person field. He received the endorsement of former President Bill Clinton in September 2009. One of Newsom's maternal great-grandfathers, Scotsman Thomas Addis, was a pioneer scientist in the field of nephrology and a professor of medicine at Stanford University. Newsom was also accused of setting up the Wildfire Insurance Fund via AB 1054, using ratepayer fees, so PG&E could avoid financial losses[181][182] and pass the liability costs to ratepayers and taxpayers. [240] Newsom opposes NIMBY (not-in-my-back-yard) sentiment, declaring in 2022 that "NIMBYism is destroying the state". [13], Newsom has said he did not have an easy childhood, partly due to dyslexia. Although he's said he has "subzero interest" in being president, there. [275] In May 2019, The Sacramento Bee reported that Newsom's $3.7 million purchase of a 12,000 square foot home in Fair Oaks was the most expensive private residence sold in the Sacramento region since the year began. 's New Supervisor Bold, Young Entrepreneur", "Newsom gets his political feet wet Newest, youngest supervisor changes his tune after a chat with the mayor", "Board gets a straight white male Mayor's new supervisor is businessman Gavin Newsom, 29", "Fights idea that he's a Brown "appendage', "From Pacific Heights, Newsom Is Pro-Development and Anti-Handout", "Gavin Newsom's approach to fixing homelessness in San Francisco outraged activists. [230][231], On July 6, 2022, Newsom signed Senate Bill 184, which established the Office of Health Care Affordability, with the stated goal to "develop data-informed policies and enforceable cost targets, with the ultimate goal of containing health care costs. Newsom says", "Gov. In September 2019, Newsom vetoed SB 1, which would have preserved environmental protections at the state level that were set to roll back nationally under the Trump administration's environmental policy. 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Scoring Newsom's Trip To El Salvador", "Down by the Bay/A blues story with all the requisite elements: love, booze and death", "At the Wedding of Gigi Gorgeous and Nats Getty", "Newsom, wife decide to end 3-year marriage Careers on opposite coasts take toll on mayor, TV star", "Gavin and Kimberly are officially divorced", "Kimberly Guilfoyle, rumored Spicer replacement, signs long-term Fox News deal", "Aide Quits As Newsom's Affair With His Wife Is Revealed/Campaign manager confronts mayor, who is 'in shock', "Former aide to Gavin Newsom speaks out about their affair while he was San Francisco mayor", "Newsom seeks treatment for alcohol abuse", "Girlfriend, uninterrupted/Actress Jennifer Siebel is standing by her man, who happens to be Mayor Gavin Newsom, and says there's no trouble in their romance", "S.F. [171], According to The Sacramento Bee, by the summer of 2021, California owed $23 billion to the federal government for unemployment benefits paid out during the pandemic, which was 43% of all unemployment debt, owed by 13 states at the time, to the federal government. Three years later, he faces a recall election. [263], On January 31, 2007, Newsom's close friend, campaign manager, and former chief of staff Alex Tourk confronted Newsom after learning from his wife, Ruby Rippey-Tourk, that she and Newsom had an affair in 2005, when she was Newsom's appointments secretary. "Overall, California's response has faltered under Newsom," the report continued. Dems blast mayor in sanctuary city case", "Top Policy Groups Take Action to Create Healthy Communities, Prevent Childhood Obesity", "S.F. The couple appeared in the September 2004 issue of Harper's Bazaar; the spread had them posed at the Getty Villa with the caption "the New Kennedys". [174] After declaring a state of emergency on August 18, he reported that the state was battling 367 known fires, many sparked by intense thunderstorms on August 1617. ", "Are Californians Still Mad at Gavin Newsom? [201] In October 2021, he proposed a 3,200-foot (980m) buffer between new fossil fuel extraction sites and densely populated areas. [79], On February 24, 2017, in response to pro-enforcement statements by White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer, Newsom sent Attorney General Jeff Sessions and President Donald Trump a letter urging them not to increase federal enforcement against recreational cannabis firms opening in California. Not what we hope. [222] In February 2023, Newsom organized the Reproductive Freedom Alliance of state governors supportive of abortion and reproductive rights. By one estimate, at least 4,500 Native Californians were killed between 1849 and 1870. [136] He also directed local school districts to make their own decisions on school closures, but used an executive order to ensure students' needs would be met whether or not their school was physically open. Two years on, it hasn't completed a single project", "Newsom's office crafted law protecting PG&E after company's crimes killed 84 people | FIRE POWER MONEY Investigation", "AB-1054 Public utilities: wildfires and employee protection", "California government defends PG&E bailout law in court", "Defying environmentalists, Newsom vetoes bill to block Trump's Endangered Species Act rollback", "Newsom administration sends mixed signals on delta endangered species protections", "Attorney General Becerra Files Lawsuit Against Trump Administration for Failing to Protect Endangered Species in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers", "Newsom will announce new plans for a satellite to track climate change", "Newsom's address to the Democratic National Convention, emphasizing climate change and praising Joe Biden and Kamala Harris", "California to phase out sales of new gas-powered cars by 2035", "Gov. As part of the initiative, 5,000 more homeless people were given permanent shelter in the city. Assembly Bill 2571 prohibited the marketing of firearms such as the JR-15 to children. In 2014, Newsom was the only statewide politician to endorse California Proposition 47, legislation that recategorized certain nonviolent offenses like drug and property crimes as misdemeanors as opposed to felonies. [276], In August 2021, Newsom sold a Marin County home for $5.9 million in an off-market transaction. [129], In September 2020, Newsom signed into law a bill allowing California transgender inmates to be placed in prisons that correspond with their gender identity. Gavin Newsom denies parole for RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan", "Calif. Gov. He also indicated his support for creating a universal state health-care system. [27] He faced no opposition in his 2002 reelection bid. [11] In 2002, his business holdings were valued at more than $6.9 million. A governor working full-time on that matter alone couldn't adequately prepare for what may come. From 2019 to 2021, he vetoed 12.7% of the bills passed by the legislature on average. Republicans leading the charge say voters are dissatisfied with his handling of the. [203], The Sacramento Bee reported that Jennifer Siebel Newsom's nonprofit organization The Representation Project had received more than $800,000 in donations from corporations that had lobbied the state government in recent years, including PG&E, AT&T, Comcast, and Kaiser Permanente. [43] Conservative former supervisor Tony Hall withdrew by early September due to lack of support. [185] In February 2020, the Newsom administration sued federal agencies over the rollbacks to protect imperiled fish in the SacramentoSan Joaquin River Delta in 2019. [134] The emergency declaration allowed state agencies to more easily procure equipment and services, share information on patients and alleviated restrictions on the use of state-owned properties and facilities. Gavin Newsom fires top official over fracking permits but won't ban the oil wells", "Approvals for new oil and gas wells up in California", "California Governor Gavin Newsom, despite pledge, signed 1,709 oil and gas production permits", "Why Is California Approving So Many New Oil Wells? Yes, already. ", "Newsom signs bill establishing Office of Health Care Affordability after negotiations", "No, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) was re-elected on Nov. 8, more than a year after he easily fended off a recall effort. [253] With nearly 680,000 Salvadoran immigrants living in California, he said that the "state's relationship with Central America is key to California's future". Between 1993 and 2000, Newsom and his investors opened several other businesses that included the PlumpJack Squaw Valley Inn with a PlumpJack Caf (1994), a winery in Napa Valley (1995), the Balboa Caf Bar and Grill (1995), the PlumpJack Development Fund L.P. (1996), the MatrixFillmore Bar (1998), PlumpJack Wines shop Noe Valley branch (1999), PlumpJackSport retail clothing (2000), and a second Balboa Caf at Squaw Valley (2000). This budget would make California the first U.S. state to guarantee healthcare to all low-income illegal immigrants, at a cost of $2.7 billion per year. Supervisors Ross Mirkarimi and Chris Daly considered running, but both declined. One was successful. He faced criticism for his personal behavior and leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic, which was followed by an attempt to recall him from office. He signed a menu-labeling bill into law, requiring that chain restaurants print nutrition information on their menus. Brown signs law to plan expansion of computer science education", "Gavin Newsom places his stamp on UC sports policy; it's a start", "University panel adopts expanded student-athlete protections", "Gavin Newsom and a Berkeley Professor Are Trying to Disrupt Public Opinion Polls", "Lt. Gov. [248] Michael Manville, an urban planning professor at UCLA's Luskin School of Public Affairs, called it "one of the biggest land-use reforms in the country." [226] In 2021, Newsom signed legislation expanding Medi-Cal eligibility to undocumented residents over age 50. [31] He supported HOPE, a failed local ballot measure that would have allowed an increased condo-conversion rate if a certain percentage of tenants within a building were buying their units. [111] In an interview with Joy Reid, Newsom was asked whether he would appoint a Black woman to replace Dianne Feinstein if she were to retire from the Senate or die before her term ended in 2024; Newsom replied that he would. Throughout the campaign, he had low poll numbers, trailing Democratic frontrunner Jerry Brown by more than 20 points in most polls. [14], Newsom attended third through fifth grades at Notre Dame des Victoires, where he was placed in remedial reading classes. It's a system that I cannot in good conscience support. Who will pay off the debt? Gavin Newsom stays in power as recall fails", "Gavin Newsom easily wins reelection in California a year after recall", "Newsom names Assemblywoman Shirley Weber to succeed Padilla as California secretary of state", "Harris bursts through another barrier, becoming the first female, first Black and first South Asian vice president-elect", "Alex Padilla Will Replace Kamala Harris in the Senate", "Newsom will wait to announce California AG until Becerra confirmed", "Analysis: Gavin Newsom just tried to shove Dianne Feinstein out the door", "Gavin Newsom vows to name Black woman to Senate if Dianne Feinstein steps down", "Gov. I do think that is missing in the national conversation. Among the bills was the George Floyd Bill, requiring officers to intervene when witnessing excessive force on the part of another officer. He was the Democratic Party's 49th lieutenant governor of California for nearly a decade and the 42nd mayor of San Francisco from 2004 to 2011. Critics of the state's. Gavin Newsom on Friday abruptly canceled his trip to the U.N. When Newsom was later appointed supervisor, he told the San Francisco Examiner: "That's the kind of bureaucratic malaise I'm going to be working through. [12] Newsom's parents divorced in 1972 when he was a boy. [254] He was also concerned about the tens of thousands of Salvadorans who were fleeing the smallest country in Central America for the U.S. each year. Newsom attended Redwood High School and graduated from Santa Clara University. [28], During Newsom's time as supervisor, he supported housing projects through public-private partnerships to increase homeownership and affordable housing in San Francisco. He announced he would seek treatment for alcohol use disorder in February 2007. He proposed a windfall profits tax and penalty for oil companies in September 2022. California Gov. [28] He was one of two supervisors endorsed by Rescue Muni, a transit riders group, in his 1998 reelection. [267] The couple announced their engagement in December 2007,[268][269] and they were married in Stevensville, Montana, in July 2008. [176], On June 23, 2021, the NPR station CapRadio reported that Newsom and Cal Fire had falsely claimed in January 2020 that 90,000 acres (36,000ha) of land at risk for wildfires had been treated with fuel breaks and prescribed burns; the actual treated area was 11,399 acres (4,613ha), an overstatement of 690%. [223], After Walgreens announced in March 2023 that it would refuse to dispense abortion pills in the 21 states where it is illegal or they could face legal action for doing so, Newsom tweeted, "California won't be doing business with @walgreens or any company that cowers to the extremists and puts women's lives at risk, we're done." [81][82] In June 2016, Newsom helped secure $15 million in the state budget to support the creation of promise programs throughout the state. Gavin Christopher Newsom (born October 10, 1967) is an American politician and businessman who has been the 40th governor of California since 2019. [250], In a speech before representatives of Native Americans in June 2019, Newsom apologized for the genocide of Native Americans approved and abetted by the California state government upon statehood in the 19th century. [36][37] Democratic leadership felt they needed to reinforce San Francisco as a Democratic stronghold after losing the 2000 presidential election and the 2003 gubernatorial recall election to Arnold Schwarzenegger. They're starting to line up to run for governor to replace lame duck Gov. [21], At the time of the Silicon Valley Bank collapse in March 2023, it was acknowledged that at least three of Newsom's wine companies, PlumpJack, Cade and Odette, were Silicon Valley Bank clients. [18], Newsom and his investors created the company PlumpJack Associates L.P. on May 14, 1991. [221] In March 2022, he signed a bill requiring private health insurance plans in the state to fully cover abortion procedures, by eliminating associated co-pays and deductibles and increasing insurance premiums. [145] The plan to end the shutdown had four phases. [8] Political science analysis has suggested he is moderate relative to almost all Democratic legislators in California. The Democrat has been. [11], One of Newsom's early interactions with government occurred when Newsom resisted the San Francisco Health Department requirement to install a sink at his PlumpJack wine store. Gavin Newsom? As mayor, Newsom focused on development projects in Hunters Point and Treasure Island. This came in response to several athletics programs, including the University of California Berkeley's football team, which had the lowest graduation rates in the country. Newsom pardons refugees facing deportation", "California Gov. [162][163], In January 2021, the Los Angeles Times reported that Newsom's administration had mismanaged $11.4 billion by disbursing unemployment benefits to ineligible claimants, especially those paid through the federally funded Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program. The contract dispute was settled in September 2006. [239] A year later, the city acted to settle the lawsuit by the state. [249] A third bill allowed for the construction of market-rate housing on some lots previously exclusively zoned for commercial use. food policy heading in a healthy direction", "PressRoom_NewsReleases_2008_82219 Office of the Mayor", "S.F. The state's voters upheld capital punishment in 2012 and 2016, with the latter measure agreeing to move the condemned to other prisons. Only if a majority voted "yes" to remove Newsom would the second ballot question have come into play, determining who would serve as California's governor through the end of Newsom's term . [33] The race was partisan, with attacks against Gonzalez for his support of Ralph Nader in the 2000 presidential election, and attacks against Newsom for contributing $500 to a Republican slate mailer in 2000 that endorsed issues Newsom supported. [122] He pardoned three men who were attempting to avoid being deported to Cambodia or Vietnam in November 2019. All California firms have been taxed at 8.84% since 1997. [142], On April 28, Newsom, along with the governors of Oregon and Washington, announced a "shared approach" for reopening their economies. [212] Later that year, he responded to the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting by stating his support for the 2nd Amendment and saying he would like national cooperation controlling "weapons of goddamned mass destruction". Gavin Newsom, Former Sen. Sam Blakeslee Launch 'Digital Democracy', "Gavin Newsom to open campaign account for governor in 2018", "Gavin Newsom, John Cox advance to general election in California governor's race", "Why do people want to recall Gov. [18] He is the godfather of designer and model Nats Getty. [71] He received the Democratic nomination in June[72] and won the election on November 2, 2010. He has described himself as an "Irish Catholic rebelin some respects, but one that still has tremendous admiration for the Church and very strong faith". Gavin Newsom has been serving as the 40th governor of California since January 2019. Governor Gavin Newsom is projected to defeat the California gubernatorial recall election and stay in office for the remainder of his term. [33] He ran as a business-friendly centrist Democrat and a moderate in San Francisco politics; some of his opponents called him conservative. [95], Several recall attempts were launched against Newsom early in his tenure, but they failed to gain much traction. [15][16] His father's finances were strapped in part because of his tendency to give away his earnings. [197] In 2021, the Center for Biological Diversity sued the Newsom administration over the continued sale of oil and gas leases, and Consumer Watchdog called for the end of their sale.
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