Newsom echoed Lurie’s message for residents to avoid taking the Trump administration’s bait, encouraging people to “help keep yourself and your communities safe” and urging them to “remain peaceful” in the face of increasing federal presence in their neighborhoods.

Former President Barack Obama urged voters to back California Democrats’ redistricting effort during a virtual event with Gov. Gavin Newsom Wednesday, framing the proposed constitutional amendment as a way to counter President Donald Trump’s efforts to skew the 2026 midterm elections in his favor.

Californian governor deploying military to help families whose food benefits have been affected by the government shutdown.

The shrapnel that hit CHP vehicles over the weekend from Trump and Vance’s military live-munitions demonstration came from this ordnance. It’s no small thing. This is what the White House thought was fine to fly over civilians on a major freeway. Thankfully, the Governor… pic.twitter.com/HkYnq0EwEc

With the Nov. 4 special election around the corner, a handful of polls now show a majority favoring the passage of Proposition 50, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal to redraw California’s congressional maps to favor Democrats.

You announce the National Guard (is coming), saying everyone wants them, crime is running out of control, even though all the stats and facts contradict that,” Newsom said.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday he was prepared to sue the Trump administration in a “nanosecond” if the White House moved forward with the deployment of the National Guard to San Francisco. “Send troops to San Francisco and we will sue you,@realDonaldTrump,” Newsom wrote plainly in a post on X.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed hundreds of 2025 bills into law on artificial intelligence, immigration, wildfire relief and more before an October deadline.

Gov. Gavin Newsom's office said Californians could see their benefits delayed if the federal government shutdown is not ended by Thursday.