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.
City officials urge Newsom to sign Wiener substance use treatment bill
Gay state Senator Scott Wiener's proposed intervention program for treating substance use disorder is one step away from becoming law.
At a Tuesday news conference, city leaders urged Governor Gavin Newsom to sign it. City leaders gathered at the Castro Country Club sober space Tuesday to urge Governor Gavin Newsom to sign Senate Bill 110, gay state Senator Scott Wiener's Recovery Incentives Act.
Introduced by the San Francisco Democrat, SB 110 would expressly legalize contingency management as a way to treat substance use disorder, and authorizes Medi-Cal to cover it.
Contingency management — which offers incentives, including financial incentives, for staying sober — is already used by the Veterans Affairs Administration and the San
