Gov. Gavin Newsom has a long relationship with Marc Benioff, the chief executive of Salesforce, that dates back to a different era in San Francisco.

Salesforce CEO Mark Benioff on Friday apologized for comments he made last week urging President Trump to deploy the National Guard to San Francisco to address public safety.

After strong backlash to his embrace of President Donald Trump and a week of blistering criticism, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has changed course.

Benioff’s comments about the National Guard — which were echoed over the weekend by Tesla CEO and major Trump donor Elon Musk — came in the wake of Trump deploying National Guard troops to Los Angeles, Memphis and Washington, D.C. Trump has also threatened to do so in Portland and Chicago, but has so far been blocked by federal courts.

Salesforce CEO backtracks on troops for SF streets after losing longtime ally Ron Conway, but new revelations about ICE proposals raise more questions.

The Salesforce CEO had called for President Trump to send the National Guard to San Francisco.

Venture capitalist Ron Conway said Benioff’s recent calls for National Guard troops in San Francisco left him barely recognizing the person he has so long admired.

Emerson Collective President Laurene Powell Jobs, whose philanthropic organization owns a majority stake in the Atlantic, excoriated Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff over his support for Donald Trump’s pot