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.
Online Extra: Horizons gives over $400K to 53 LGBT groups amid COVID-19 financial stress
Horizons Foundation announced April 23 that it is giving almost half a million dollars in grants to 53 Bay Area LGBT groups, just as nonprofits sounded the alarm about the financial fallout from the novel coronavirus outbreak.
As the Bay Area Reporter previously reported, 137 LGBT-serving nonprofits co-signed a letter to California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) April 22 asking him to direct federal relief money made available by the CARES Act to them.
