After eight years as lieutenant-governor, in 2018 he was elected to California’s top job. He breezed past a recall effort in 2021 (which tried to capitalise on Mr Newsom’s visit to the French Laundry, a posh restaurant in Napa Valley, during covid lockdowns) and won re-election in 2022.

California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass have both opposed deployment of the National Guard and Marines to the city.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is being mocked online for an “embarrassing" televised address that experienced several technology meltdowns leaving his speech without sound.

Newsom offered a brief yet blistering summary of his talk with the president just before he deployed the National Guard to protests in Los Angeles.

The governor highlighted his work with ICE in California but said that President Trump was “trying to gin things up to create problems” at protests.

President Trump craves attention and will stoop to any depth to grab it — even pour gasoline on a kindling fire in Los Angeles. But this time he unwittingly provided priceless attention for an adversary.

Gavin Newsom must have thought it would be a crime to ignore Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders after she condemned the protests in Los Angeles. On Thursday he issued a blistering correction to the former White House press secretary for President Donald Trump.

Former sheriff's deputy Patrick Gipson criticizes Gov. Gavin Newsom and Mayor Karen Bass for handling of LA riots, blaming delayed National Guard deployment and progressive policies.