Gavin Christopher Newsom (born October 10, 1967) is an American politician and businessman who is the 40th governor of California, serving since January 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 49th lieutenant governor of California from 2011 to 2019 and as the 42nd mayor of San Francisco from 2004 to 2011.
Advocates upset at Newsom veto of substance use bill
Substance use treatment advocates expressed their displeasure with Governor Gavin Newsom over the weekend after he vetoed Senate Bill 110, gay state Senator Scott Wiener's legislation that would have expressly legalized contingency management as a way to treat substance use disorder and authorizes Medi-Cal to cover it.
Contingency management - which offers incentives, including financial inducements, for staying sober - is already used by the Veterans Affairs Administration and the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, and shown to be an effective way to help people overcome addiction to stimulant drugs like methamphetamine, according to Wiener, a San Francisco Democrat.
