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.
No, California did not just legalize pedophilia. Here’s the real story…
California Governor Gavin Newsom signing a new law regarding sex offender roles into effect, conservative wonks and the generally hysterical have accused him and the state of California of legalizing pedophilia.
Spoiler alert: that is not the case.Openly gay Democratic state Sen. Scott Wiener sponsored the bill, known as SB 145, in the legislature.
The legislation relates to a judge’s discretion on whether or not to add someone convicted of sodomy with a minor to the sex offender roles.
Prior to the passage of SB 145, judges could decide whether to place a man on the registry if he had consensual intercourse with someone age 14-17 and was not more than 10 years older than the other person.
