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.
CA legislators tell state colleges to stop deadnaming trans, nonbinary students
California lawmakers have adopted legislation that ends the deadnaming of transgender and nonbinary college students on their diplomas and other academic records.
Should Governor Gavin Newsom sign it into law within the next 12 days, the policy will commence with the 2023-2024 graduating class.
The state Assembly Monday, August 30, on a 58-1 concurrence vote passed the revised legislation, Assembly Bill 245, having previously adopted it earlier this legislative session.
It cleared the state Senate August 23 on a 29-8 vote with three senators not voting. Assemblyman David Chiu (D-San Francisco) introduced AB 245 this year after a similar bill he authored in 2020 had to be tabled in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
