Gavin Newsom earned his recall with failed leadership California Governor Gavin Newsom delivers his third State of the State Address from Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Tuesday, March 9,. Newsom, along with New York's Andrew Cuomo, was hailed as a pandemic star in early 2020 for shutting down the state early. [3], Newsom attended Santa Clara University on a partial baseball scholarship, graduating in 1989 with a Bachelor of Science with a major in political science. [225], Newsom campaigned on reducing the cost of health care and increasing access. [37][38] Five supervisors endorsed Gonzalez, while Willie Brown endorsed Newsom. The petition mentioned Newsom's sanctuary state policy and said laws he endorsed favored "foreign nationals, in our country illegally"; said that California had high homelessness, high taxes, and low quality of life; and described other grievances. He claimed the initiative would save California millions of dollars, citing statistics that California had spent $5 billion since 1978 to execute just 13 people.[76]. Also in the bills were restrictions on the use of tear gas and a ban on police departments employing officers after misconduct or crimes. [27] He faced no opposition in his 2002 reelection bid. Newsom oversaw a sluggish initial rollout of vaccines; California had one of the lowest vaccination rates in the country by January 2021,[158] and had only used about 30% of the vaccines it had at its disposal, a far lower rate than other states, by January 20. In high school, he played basketball and baseball and graduated from Redwood High School in 1985. [12] Newsom's parents divorced in 1972 when he was a boy. They married at Saint Ignatius Catholic Church on the campus of the University of San Francisco, where Guilfoyle had attended law school. Although he's said he has "subzero interest" in being president, there. Newsom is widely recognized for his willingness to lead - repeatedly developing, advocating, and implementing innovative and groundbreaking . Gavin Newsom Vetoed 66 Bills", "Gavin Newsom vetoes bill to allow ranked-choice voting throughout California", "Gov. [189] On September 23, 2020, Newsom signed an executive order to phase out sales of gasoline-powered vehicles and require all new passenger vehicles sold in the state to be zero-emission by 2035. Gavin Newsom signs off on new commission to study Salton Sea lithium extraction", "Gov. [11][33][34] In a city audit conducted four years after the inception of program and released in 2008, the program was evaluated as largely successful. Another bill allowed developers to build housing on some lots previously exclusively zoned for commercial use without getting local governments' permission if a certain percentage of the housing was affordable. [188][185] In August 2020, he addressed the 2020 Democratic National Convention. When Newsom won the governorship in 2018, he carried the state by nearly 24 percentage points. [107], After U.S. Siebel Newsom received $2.3 million in salary from the nonprofit since launching it in 2011. Who is Gavin Newsom and when did he become the Governor of - The Sun