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.
First openly gay Black state Supreme Court justice confirmed
losangelesblade.comSAN FRANCISCO – Former U.S. District Judge Martin Jenkins, a widely respected veteran of the state and federal benches was confirmed Tuesday to California’s State Supreme Court.
He will become the first openly gay man on the California Supreme Court, and only the fifth Black man ever to serve on the state’s highest court.
It has been 29 years since an African American man has served on the California Supreme Court. Jenkins, 67, a San Francisco native served for thirty years on California and then federal courts before leaving the U.S.
District Court for Northern California to serve as Governor Gavin Newsom’s judicial appointments secretary. Newsom nominated Jenkins, a registered Democrat, to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of
