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![California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks to reporters in the spin room following the CNN Presidential Debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump at the McCamish Pavilion on the Georgia Institute of Technology campus on June 27, 2024, in Atlanta, Georgia.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0726-gavin-newsom-400x300.jpg)
A Month After SCOTUS Decision, Newsom Issues Order Targeting Unhoused People
“From a public health perspective, this is ineffective and potentially deadly,” a public health researcher said.
![California Gov. Gavin Newsom attends an event with fellow governors in the East Room of the White House on February 23, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0606-gavin-newsom-400x300.jpg)
Governor Newsom Takes Cue From Biden in Backtracking on Immigration Policy
Policy makers from the federal, state and local levels must use their power to defend immigrant communities.
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California Gov. Newsom Proposes Bill to Help Arizonans Seeking Abortion Care
The bill is a response to Arizona’s abortion ban, which will likely prompt abortion seekers to travel to California.
![Eric Watkins at his college graduation, Stateville Correctional Center, May 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/EricWatkins_Graduation2-400x300.jpg)
Dems Claim to Oppose Mass Incarceration, But Blue State Commutations Are Falling
Commutations plummeted from 2020 record highs in California and Illinois. Are presidential ambitions to blame?
![People in a darkened bar watch a televised broadcast of the Gavin Newsom and Ron DeSantis debate](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_1201_desantis_newsom-400x300.jpg)
DeSantis and Newsom’s Shouting Match Seems Unlikely to Shift Tide of GOP Primary
Ron DeSantis needed to do something dramatic to shift the dynamics against him in the GOP primary. That didn’t happen.
![California Gov. Gavin Newsom prepares for an interview in the spin room following the FOX Business Republican Primary Debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on September 27, 2023, in Simi Valley, California.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/11/GettyImages-1732691747-400x300.jpg)
Health Care Will Be Front and Center at DeSantis-Newsom Debate Tonight
From abortion to COVID-19 vaccines, the two governors could not be further apart.
![Ron DeSantis speaks at Florida Freedom Summit](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/11/GettyImages-1774826872-400x300.jpg)
Upcoming Newsom-DeSantis Debate Is a PR Gambit for Both Governors
California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will play each other’s foils in a Fox News debate this month.
![A dome on one of two containment buildings housing a nuclear reactor at Pacific Gas and Electric's Diablo Canyon Power Plant, the only operating nuclear powered plant in California on June 26, 2023, in Avila Beach, California.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/2023_1026-nuclear-400x300.jpg)
War Against Renewables Takes Terrifying Turn in Newsom’s Nuke-Powered California
PG&E now says it won’t test its reactor in Diablo Canyon for deadly embrittlement this year as planned.
![California Gov. Gavin Newsom talks with media before the start of the second GOP debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, on September 27, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/2023_1010-gavin-newsom-400x300.jpg)
California Gov. Gavin Newsom Vetoes 4 Bills to Expand LGBTQ Protections
The Democratic governor has vetoed a total of five LGBTQ-related bills this legislative session.
![Laphonza Butler](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/2023_1002-lafonza-butler-400x300.jpg)
Newsom Appoints Laphonza Butler, Not Barbara Lee, to Fill Feinstein’s Seat
The selection rebuffs calls from progressives and some Democratic lawmakers to nominate Lee to fill the vacancy.