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.
News Briefs: Bonta sworn in as state's new AG
Governor Gavin Newsom swore in Rob Bonta as California's 34th attorney general April 23. A national leader in the fight to reform the justice system, Bonta, a former East Bay assemblyman, is the first Filipino American in the state's history to serve in the role.
But Bonta, an ally to the LGBTQ community, will have a race on his hands to keep the position. Already candidates have announced they will run against him, including Anne Marie Schubert, a lesbian who is the Sacramento County district attorney and a registered independent.
Moderate Republican Nathan Hochman, former assistant attorney general in the Bush administration and the former president of the Los Angeles Ethics Commission, has also announced he is in the race.
