Who is our governor

California for All. Tweets by CAGovernor. Visit Newsroom. First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom. Meet the First Partner. Arnold Schwarzenegger R was elected as Davis' replacement. Newsom was elected governor of California in Newsom was elected lieutenant governor of California in and re-elected in Newsom served as mayor of San Francisco from to Newsom was on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from to Gavin Newsom won the Governor of California recall election on September 14, It has been certified.

The following candidates ran in the special general election for Governor of California on September 14, Vote totals may be incomplete for this race. There were no incumbents in this race.

The results have been certified. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. Party: Democratic Party. Political Office: Governor of California Assumed office: Biography: Newsom earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Santa Clara University in In addition to working in sales and real estate, he founded and ran PlumpJack, a wine shop that grew into a network of businesses.

In his comments for the official voter guide, Newsom said the recall was "an attempt by national Republicans and Trump supporters to force an election and grab power in California. Newsom said his leadership helped save lives during the COVID pandemic and electing a replacement governor would hurt the state's recovery efforts.

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The chart below shows the Ballotpedia Power Index for the first recall question in this election. The table below summarizes the campaign finance data in this race for the official committees formed in support of and opposition to the recall campaign. Committees in support of the recall of Gov. Committees in opposition to the recall of Gov.

Candidates not appearing on the chart below did not have a summary report available on the Secretary of State's website as of September 7, This section lists noteworthy endorsements issued in this election, including those made by high-profile individuals and organizations, cross-party endorsements, and endorsements made by newspaper editorial boards.

It also includes links to endorsement lists published on campaign websites, if available. Please note that this list is not exhaustive. If you are aware of endorsements that should be included, please email us.

For information on individuals and organizations that supported or opposed the recall during the signature collection phase, click here. This section lists media, elected officials, individuals, and organizations that announced support or opposition for the recall of Newsom after the signature filing deadline. This section will list media, elected officials, individuals, and organizations that endorse a specific candidate.

The following candidates ran in the primary for Governor of California on June 5, See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection.

Gavin Newsom did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey. At a time when actions by the Trump Administration are further disenfranchising the poor, women, and people of color, California must step up and defend its residents — advancing policies grounded in both compassion and innovation.

Gavin understands that California remains an engine of economic growth when we stick up for our values. Gavin has boldly led the charge for major social change campaigns his whole life. He believes that the state government ought to reflect the values of its people, not the other way around. California is home to more immigrants than any other state, and half of all California children have at least one immigrant parent. As Governor, Gavin will support these efforts and ensure the government is doing its part with funding for immigrant legal defense.

Our commitment must also include building protections for immigrants in the workplace. As Governor, he will ensure that the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, Department of Justice, and other relevant agencies are fully resourced and trained to prioritize our immigrant communities in particular. The Trump Administration is working overtime to erode decades of progress, from reversing the birth control mandate and removing Obama-era protections for equal pay, to fostering the worst representation of women in positions of leadership in years.

The wage gap is persistent, the wealth gap is staggering, and the disparities are even worse for women of color. Gavin is committed to closing that gap. We'll do it by increasing workplace protections for women that address discrimination and wage transparency; expanding access to STEM and other fields, building a pipeline for women to high-paying jobs while simultaneously lifting up women in low-wage and service industry jobs; and by empowering women in California by implementing policies that support working families: universal preschool, high-quality, affordable child care, and expanded family and sick leave because a parent should never be forced to choose between a job and taking care of a newborn.

Gavin believes that the MeToo movement is an important cultural moment, and he applauds the courage of women who have come forward to share their stories.

The behavior they have reported and described is beyond disgusting and repugnant — sexual harassment and violence is criminal and inexcusable. We must do more to ensure that women are treated equally across industries, and we need everyone, not just women, to speak out and continue to challenge the culture that has allowed, enabled and encouraged this behavior. Everyday, Gavin seeks to be a model - not just for his two daughters - but also for his two sons.

There is a crisis of toxic masculinity among our men and boys in this country, and we must tackle it head on. As Governor, he will institute accountability measures across state government, and support strengthening workplace protections such as creating hotlines for victims, transparent, independent, swift investigations, and real consequences for abusers and harassers.

We must establish a zero-tolerance policy against hate in our schools, strengthen hate crime protections for victims, and punish perpetrators of these heinous crimes. As part of our commitment to tackling the housing and homelessness crisis, we will hone in on the unique needs of LGBT youth experiencing homelessness and the challenges facing LGBT seniors in securing affordable housing.

Gavin will expand training and employment services for all Californians, but particularly for the transgender community, which too often faces workplace discrimination. This plan, which will align new and existing resources to prevent, treat, and end the stigma associated with these conditions, would be the first state in the nation to address both HIV and HCV simultaneously.

Over-incarceration has failed us in America. In , there were more African Americans incarcerated, on probation, or on parole in the U. Everyone agrees that punishment for violent offenders should be severe. One of the core functions of government is to ensure safety on our streets - but when individuals who are caught up in the criminal justice system, who pose no threat to public safety, get caught up in the revolving door, that leaves society with enormous costs.

As Governor, Gavin will support prevention programs that help at-risk youth stay out of the criminal justice system, and rehabilitation and diversion programs to help non-violent criminals rebuild their lives and contribute to our society. Gavin understands that supporting criminal justice reform not only benefits our economy and provides cost savings to our state - it keeps our communities safe.

There are gross racial and socioeconomic inequities in our criminal justice system, which is why Gavin is proud to be the only statewide official to endorse all five major criminal justice ballot initiatives including sentencing reform, three strikes reform and repeal of the death penalty.

He led the coalition to decriminalize cannabis, taking a bold step forward towards ending the failed war on drugs. As Governor, Gavin will continue to step up and step in to this debate. Despite our progress, on average 32, Americans are killed every year as a result of senseless gun violence.

This is a public health crisis and an epidemic that has stolen far too many lives. As Governor, Gavin will ensure that California remains a national model of gun safety reform and will keep the pressure on Congress to once and for all, demonstrate some courage, and pass common-sense gun safety legislation. California is home to more veterans than any other state — nearly two million strong.

That begins with the fundamentals — housing, education, medical care, and a good paying job — for both veterans and their families.

As Governor, Gavin will focus attention on ending veteran homelessness, ensure access to adequate housing, develop innovative transition programs to promote veteran hiring and create incentives for veteran-owned businesses, and crack down on predatory for-profit colleges who exploit the GI Bill benefits earned by veterans and their families.

We must prioritize research, prevention, and treatment efforts related to mental health issues like post-traumatic stress, substance abuse, depression and suicide, physical injuries, and invest in CalVet Homes to ensure veterans are receiving the treatment and support they need.

The Affordable Care Act represented a critical step forward in the long struggle to win affordable, quality healthcare for all, but much work remains to be done. Even with the expansion of Medi-Cal and the availability of significant subsidies to help low and middle income families purchase coverage through the state exchange, millions of working Californians will remain uninsured as the price of coverage remains prohibitive, especially for those living in high cost areas.

Now the Trump Administration is threatening these gains. President Trump and congressional Republicans successfully repealed the individual mandate, a move that will yield major premium hikes and strip millions of Americans of their insurance.

The status quo isn't working. We must end the costly conveyor belt of paperwork and co-pays and allow providers to focus on patient care. As Mayor, Gavin created Healthy SF, which even today remains the only citywide and countywide universal health program in the nation. The program has paid for itself many times over in the form of preventative care and healthier outcomes. In any given year, one in four families in California deal with a mental health condition.

Across the state, , people are living on the streets, a third of them suffering with progressed stages of mental illness. One-third of the people living behind bars also deal with a brain illness, making our jails de facto asylums. Students struggle in silence with depression and anxiety. He will prioritize prevention and early intervention, and pursue a system of care in which the goal is to identify and intervene in brain illness at Stage 1, just as we do for cancer or heart disease.

Gavin will work to ensure every public and private college in the state adopts comprehensive strategies for raising awareness of symptoms of mental illness, identifying students at risk, and providing support services - and will call on every college to implement evidence-based suicide prevention policies. He will ensure our law enforcement officers and courts have the necessary training to provide treatment for mental illness, and will allocate important resources to combat the opioid epidemic.

In addition to expanding access to care, Gavin will amplify efforts to eliminate the stigma that keeps too many people from reaching out for the care they need. The Trump Administration is hard at work gutting the regulatory power and chipping away at the independence of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Gavin believes there is a significant opportunity for California to lead the way and assume a robust role in safeguarding consumer financial rights, especially in the face of an administration that is choosing corporate interests over the well-being of families.

Predatory lenders and predatory for-profit colleges are thriving at the expense of hardworking men, women, and students who are trying to create a better future for their families. While millions of Californians are dealing with crippling debt, predatory lending practices are exacerbating the plight of low and middle-income California households. Gavin will ensure accountability for financial institutions that charge exorbitant interest rates and engage in aggressive debt collection practices.

California boasts exquisite natural resources but is prone to damaging and deadly wildfires, floods, and earthquakes. As Governor, Gavin will reinstitute the California Emergency Council, bringing all stakeholders together around one table because disaster planning and recovery requires an integrated, coordinated response.

He will ensure his administration is well positioned to react quickly and decisively in the face of natural and man-made disasters - with careful preparation, sufficient funding, and strong inter-governmental partnerships, Gavin will work to protect and defend all Californians from these threats. Thanks to the hard work of elected leaders and voting rights advocates, California has been insulated from many of the egregious voter suppression practices at play in other states.

We have advanced the major reforms that national voter registration advocates call for: online voter registration, automatic voter registration, same-day voter registration, and early voting.

As Governor, he will form a close partnership with the Secretary of State to take the next steps in implementation, monitoring and strengthening these reforms. Meanwhile, California continues to face voter participation disparities particularly amongst communities of color and younger voters. Gavin will continue to knock down language, disability, and other barriers to voting and expand access to voter registration opportunities.

Deep racial divides and injustices still exist in this country, and they are being made worse by the policies coming out of this White House.

Gavin believes it is a moral imperative for California to lead in addressing these issues in a meaningful way. Gavin will work to address the inequities in our public education system, connect our early childhood, K and higher education systems and develop incentives to attract highly qualified educators.

He will build economic strength in all California communities by championing the small businesses that power them, including establishing innovative micro-lending programs to assist the growth of minority-owned firms in minority communities. Communities of color often suffer a disproportionate burden from pollution. More than one million Californians live in homes with contaminated drinking water, and they tend to be poor, and predominantly Latino or African American.

Gavin will fight for environmental justice and will always listen to impacted communities when making decisions. Gavin is the only statewide official to have supported all five major criminal justice reform proposals that have been voted upon by California voters over the last decade. He knows that dog breed-specific laws are ineffective at enhancing public safety and jeopardize the welfare of dogs identified as belonging to specific breeds.

Gavin is troubled that California is the only state allowing mile-long drift gillnets that entangle iconic ocean marine life. He opposes trophy hunting of bears, bobcats, and endangered species, the recreational and largely unregulated killing of coyotes and foxes, and the use of super-toxic rodenticides that kill non-target wildlife.

He is committed to addressing these threats head-on and finding solutions that work for the people and wild animals who call California home. His father Bill Newsom served as president of the Mountain Lion Foundation, which spearheaded the campaign that ended sport hunting of mountain lions. Gavin supported the phase-out of toxic lead hunting ammunition, the ban on using dogs to harass bears and bobcats, the end of cruel bullhooks used with elephants in entertainment, the prohibition of trade in shark fins, elephant tusks, and rhinoceros horns, and ending the extreme confinement of egg-laying hens, veal calves and breeding pigs.

Almost one-third of African American children and one-third of Latino children in California live in poverty. Gavin is making the elimination of child poverty the north star of a Newsom administration.

Gavin is proposing a two pronged strategy to ensure equal access to opportunity and prosperity for all of our children. First, we must do more to help young people and their families who are currently living in poverty. Second, those efforts must be part of a broader strategy to break the cycle of multi-generational poverty through education and creating real opportunities for economic advancement for every child. As a father, Gavin believes that working parents should never be forced to choose between their job and their family.

As Governor, he will expand family leave so that families have the flexibility they need to care for their children. And when parents do have to go to work, Gavin wants to ensure all families have access to affordable, high quality childcare. Gavin understands that we need to create a college-going culture beginning in elementary school. As Governor, he will launch college savings accounts for every incoming kindergartener, putting higher education within reach.

This foundation will help families plan a bright future for their child. Californians, regardless of their background, deserve the opportunity to achieve a successful and fulfilling career. As Governor, Gavin will focus on expanding access to higher education, as well as refocusing career technical education and workforce development programs. He will encourage businesses to become creators, not just consumers of talent by partnering with our community colleges and establishing , earn-and-learn apprenticeships by , creating a new vocational education pipeline of high-skill workers.

California can, and must, dramatically increase CalWORKS grants, a life-changing program that provides financial and other assistance to families in need. Most very poor children live in homes with parents on welfare, but the grants those families receive have lost much of their purchasing power over the last 20 years. Gavin understands that housing stability is key to helping families advance in their careers and children succeed in their education.

To ensure Californians have access to affordable homes, Gavin will lead the effort to build 3. As Governor, he will establish a Secretary of Homelessness, helping ensure Californians facing homelessness receive the resources they need, including permanent supportive housing, as well as rapid re-housing for families.

No child should be without a roof over their head. As Governor, he will ensure California residents have universal access to healthcare, regardless of their ability to pay, pre-existing conditions, or immigration status. Gavin understands that by keeping Californians healthy, and free of debt from medical expenses, we allow families to not only succeed, but to thrive both personally and professionally.

Congress has dropped the ball and failed to follow through on their commitment to needy kids. Even on the state level, we must invest more in helping kids who are growing up in poverty. Many Californians transition between stages of life, be it from hospitals, the criminal justice system, or the child welfare system, without the support they need. Gavin understands we must provide these individuals with the tools to build stable lives.

In fostering stability, we help these Californians reduce future interactions with the criminal justice system, reduce rates of recidivism, and end the cycle of homelessness. Through common sense steps like expanding access to the social safety net, providing institutions with the resources to teach financial literacy and credit counseling, training youth in independent living skills, and helping youth and families identify affordable housing, we will improve their outcomes and strengthen our state.

California is a place of unparalleled economic opportunity, where high tech comes to take flight, where our creative workforce entertains and connects the world, and where our agricultural products feed America. Over the past six years, businesses and employers have created 2.

Ours is at once the richest and poorest state. Eight million Californians are below the poverty line. Nearly two million children — one in five — live in poverty. Fighting income inequality and unequal opportunity is the defining economic challenge of our time, and California must face it head on. Education is economic development. California will need 1.

Early Childhood: With increased investments in prenatal services and universal preschool, coupled with college savings accounts for entering kindergarteners, we can link the next generation to higher education and successful careers. Only a quarter of California's high schools even offer computer science and, sadly, that disparity is punctuated by striking gender and racial gaps. Gavin will make them the backbone of our workforce development strategy beginning with two years of free community college tuition, creating pathways to quality jobs.

They will also play a central role in three major jobs initiatives:. Working with the UC, CSU, and community college systems, we will overlay industry trends, job availability, and educational data, and then develop relevant curriculum to meet those workforce and skills needs. Second, we will establish , apprenticeships by , creating a new vocational pipeline of high-skill workers.

Apprenticeships provide the education and training necessary to prepare Californians for the jobs of today and tomorrow in an increasingly global world. We will expand both earn-and-learn apprenticeships and successful labor-management programs, both of which expand opportunity for Californians in growing sectors like advanced manufacturing, energy, health, information technology and hospitality.

We will never win the race to the bottom on tax incentives, but we can win the race on talent incentives by building on our world class human capital. Third, we will provide individual skills accounts for Californians looking for work so they can always refresh their skills, no matter what stage of life.

These accounts, established with the backing of business, labor and government, will allow Californians to tap into the vast resources of our community college system to help get folks back on their feet.

California must harness its geographic economic diversity. Regional strengths need targeted support. Through low-interest public financing, we can inject more capital into building infrastructure, repairing our roads, bridges, and airports, providing fair student loans, and helping to build the 3.

Gavin is committed to fostering entrepreneurship, cutting red tape and expanding access to capital, particularly for minority and women-owned enterprises.

We cannot tax or cut our way to prosperity - we can only get there by building an economy that reduces inequality and grows jobs. We must explore options that reduce revenue volatility to create a stable economy that funds progressive priorities. Gavin will be a fierce advocate for workers, especially low-income folks, women, and communities of color. As Governor, he will utilize our new state bank and community development financial institutions to provide small business loans and establish innovative micro-lending programs to assist the growth of minority and women-owned firms.

The state also confronts a massive pay gap between men and women, and the disparities are even worse for women of color. Gavin is committed to closing this gap. A new federal program that encourages investors to put their capital gains to work in distressed communities provides the chance to give places passed over by the state's recent growth a much-needed leg up.

We should align our own economic development initiatives behind the Opportunity Zones program to ensure that the public and private sectors invest together to forge a more prosperous future for all Californians. California is home to more than , clean economy jobs, more than any other state. California's shift to renewable energy must be leveraged to build economic opportunity.

Gavin will support California manufacturing by boosting exports and gearing workforce training toward twenty-first century demands. Despite this success, California is not nearly as active and purposeful as other states or nations in capitalizing on those strengths. As Governor, Gavin will create jobs by developing export channels with global markets and forging partnerships with non-government entities to create state international trade and investment offices.

California, and Silicon Valley, wrote the book on innovation. Now other states and nations are resolved to write the sequel, and they are investing heavily to do so. As Governor, Gavin will nurture regional and cluster-based collaborations partnering industry, our academic institutions, and communities to innovate new ideas and spur economic growth throughout the state.

As Governor, Gavin will align infrastructure decisions with regional strategies, pursue new and creative approaches to financing including Enhanced Infrastructure Financing Districts and the new state bank, and lead the movement to make universal access to high-speed broadband a reality for every Californian.

There is no silver bullet that will wholly solve the displacement from future technology, but implementing the right solutions can help ease the transition and protect the workers most vulnerable and susceptible to automation. Wage Insurance: The federal government offers reemployment insurance to folks who lose their jobs to foreign workers, but no one is offering this critical protection for those who fall victim to automation. Portable Benefits: Our benefits system of retirement, vacation and sick leave are designed for a different era.

Meanwhile, there are anywhere between one and two million gig workers in California, folks who depend on independent contracting to make ends meet. As Governor, Gavin is committed to protecting the workers of the contingent economy by establishing a system of portable benefits, so that earned benefits are not tied to one company or industry. California can be a leader in pioneering the benefits of the future. Expand the Earned Income Tax Credit: Finally, we need to expand our statewide Earned Income Tax Credit for low-income earners and for those out of work — a program that rewards work and allows families to keep more of their hard-earned money.

An expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit will support hard-working Californians and alleviate poverty. School did not always come easy to Gavin, but thanks to the perseverance of his mother, and the dedication of his teachers, they finally named the problem — dyslexia.

His dyslexia led him on a unique educational journey, one of self-pace and self-discovery. As Governor, Gavin is calling for the California Promise, a new way of thinking about education as a lifelong pursuit. Our early childhood strategy must also include expanded family leave because a parent should never have to choose between keeping a job and taking care of their newborn child. Investment in the first three years pays off: Students who participate in early education programs have been shown to have fewer interactions with the criminal justice system, achieve greater educational outcomes, and go on to have successful careers.

As Governor, Gavin will launch college savings accounts for every incoming kindergartener across the state, linking the next generation to the promise of higher education. This foundation will help families, regardless of their zip code, plan a bright future for their child. California has long been a leader in supporting after school programs, and now serves over half a million children in low income communities each day.

Gavin understands the importance of after school programs in closing the opportunity gap, and believes in extending this support throughout the year, by investing in summer programming. California is the tech capital of the world, but we've failed to align our education system to meet this economic opportunity.

Meanwhile, only a quarter of California's high schools offer computer science. And sadly, that disparity is punctuated by striking gender and racial gaps. Only 1, were Hispanic or Latino and only were black. That is unacceptable. We have a lot of work to do to make sure every student in every school has equal access to computer science and the opportunities it opens up.

Computer Science for All is an economic and equity imperative. Arkansas is well on its way to requiring computer science courses in all high schools. California should be leading the way with them. Unlike U. Check back next quarter for trend data.

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