Fellow Patriot · 40th Governor of California
Governor of California since 2019. When Washington came after California’s families, its National Guard and its voters, he fought back in court and at the ballot box, and won.
About
Born in San Francisco on October 10, 1967, Newsom served as the city’s mayor from 2004 to 2011 and as California’s lieutenant governor from 2011 to 2019. He was sworn in as governor on January 7, 2019.
As mayor in 2004, he had San Francisco issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, more than a decade before the U.S. Supreme Court made marriage equality the law of the land. In 2021 Californians rejected a Republican-backed recall against him, 62% to 38%, and in 2022 they re-elected him with 59% of the vote.
Fighting Back
When the president federalized California’s National Guard and sent troops into Los Angeles in June 2025, Newsom sued. In September 2025 a federal judge ruled the deployment violated the Posse Comitatus Act, the law that keeps the military out of civilian policing.
After Texas redrew its congressional map mid-decade to add Republican seats, Newsom took California’s answer straight to voters. Proposition 50 passed with 64% of the vote on November 4, 2025.
His Record
Launched Homekey in 2020 to turn hotels, motels and other buildings into housing for people experiencing homelessness, and expanded it with Homekey+ for veterans and people with mental illness.
Won voter approval in March 2024 for Prop 1, which has funded more than 6,900 new treatment beds and more than 27,000 outpatient treatment slots.
Rolled out universal transitional kindergarten statewide, saving families an estimated $14,000 a year.
Made California the first state to offer two free school meals a day to every public school student who wants them.
Signed the law in September 2023 that raised the minimum wage for fast-food workers at large chains to $20 an hour, starting April 2024.
Ordered in 2020 that all new cars and passenger trucks sold in California be zero-emission by 2035.