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.
California to collect LGBTQ violent death data under bill signed by Newsom
California will become the first state in the country to collect violent death data within its LGBTQ community due to legislation Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Thursday.
Assembly Bill 1094, authored by Assemblyman Dr. Joaquin Arambula (D-Fresno), enhances the collection of public health data about violent deaths, including homicide and suicide, so that it includes stats related to the LGBTQ+ community.
Newsom, two days after decisively defeating a Republican-led attempt to recall him from office, signed the bill into law September 16 without comment.
The legislation establishes a pilot program to train coroners and medical examiners on how to collect sexual orientation and gender identity demographics, also known as SOGI data, in
