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.
An animated and impassioned Governor Gavin Newsom took to Zoom Friday in a call with LGBTQ leaders to make his case against the recall and warned that if it passes, a Republican replacement would "turn back the clock" on a host of issues.
In pointed remarks about Larry Elder, the Republican talk radio host who is leading the field of 40-plus candidates vying to replace Newsom, the governor said that Elder would take the state back decades. "I don't want to go back to the 1990s.
Larry Elder remembers it," Newsom said, referring to laws such as three strikes and those that targeted immigrants. "In 1994-95 the number one debate by the UC Regents ...