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.
Several prominent San Francisco LGBT figures announced the creation of the SF Bay Area Queer Nightlife Fund late March 16. The fund seeks to blunt the economic impact of the novel coronavirus outbreak on LGBT nightlife workers in the Bay Area, which was effectively shut down by Governor Gavin Newsom's March 15 directive that bars, nightclubs, wineries, and breweries should close in response to the outbreak.