Gavin Newsom

Gavin Christopher Newsom (born 10 October 1967) is an American politician and businessman serving as the 40th governor of California since 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.

Newsom in 2019

Quotes

• It is called a genocide. That's what it was... No other way to describe it and that's the way it needs to be described in the history books. And so I'm here to say the following: I'm sorry on behalf of the state of California... It's humbling for me, having believed I was educated, to have been so ignorant of our past, to have been so unaware of how ashamed I should be, as a Californian, 5th generation... I'm sorry that we've had generations of your kids and grandkids, your ancestors, that have had to suffer through indignities, lack of capacity, empathy and understanding...
  • Quoted in 'Genocide': California governor apologizes to Native Americans for past violence, USA Today, Rebecca Morin, (19 June 2019)

External links

• Office of Governor Gavin Newsom
• Campaign website