Office of Governor Gavin Newsom: 31 Oct 2026
California Governor Gavin Newsom sent a letter to the chief judges of the state's four federal district courts warning of potential election interference by the Trump administration ahead of Tuesday's election. The letter raises concerns that federal agents could seek search warrants to seize ballots or election materials before results are certified, and shares a UC Berkeley Edley Center resource for assessing such warrant applications.
Office of Governor Gavin Newsom: 30 Oct 2026
California Governor Gavin Newsom's administration secured an update to the Bay-Delta Plan, adopted by the State Water Resources Control Board, the first major update to its Sacramento/Delta protections since 1995. The plan incorporates the Healthy Rivers and Landscapes Program, pairing river flows with habitat restoration and enforceable commitments, backed by $2.9 billion in funding commitments. The Bay-Delta supplies water to nearly 30 million Californians and 4 million acres of farmland.
Office of Governor Gavin Newsom: 30 Oct 2026
California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the opening of the Ritter Center in San Rafael, the first behavioral health facility funded by Proposition 1, with 1,412 outpatient treatment slots expected to serve more than 7,000 people a year. The state says Prop 1's bond program has delivered 6,948 residential beds and 27,868 outpatient slots, above its goals. Newsom also reinvested more than $146 million for three projects in Los Angeles and Shasta counties.
Office of Governor Gavin Newsom: 29 Oct 2026
California Governor Gavin Newsom announced that authorities have seized or destroyed more than 139,000 pounds of illicit cannabis worth over $230 million so far in 2026. Third-quarter operations by the Unified Cannabis Enforcement Task Force removed more than $91 million in cannabis, eradicated 108,226 plants and led to 14 arrests across nine counties. Since the task force began in 2022, seizures have exceeded $1.47 billion.
Office of Governor Gavin Newsom: 27 Oct 2026
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order at Crystal Cove State Park in Newport Beach to protect Highway 1 ahead of potential El Niño storms, creating a Highway 1 Task Force led by the state transportation and natural resources agencies. A second order builds on his September El Niño emergency proclamation to strengthen flood preparedness. Emergency spending on the Big Sur corridor totaled about $312 million from 2020 to 2026.
U.S. Department of Justice: 22 Oct 2026
The Justice Department charged 15 defendants, including six medical professionals, in Los Angeles-area health care fraud schemes involving more than $1.8 billion in fraudulent claims. They include a $1.6 billion sober home scheme, the largest of its type the department has prosecuted, $134 million billed to Medicare for unnecessary atherectomies and over $138 million in hospice fraud. Eight defendants were arrested, and another was indicted in a $270 million Medi-Cal scheme.
Office of Governor Gavin Newsom: 20 Oct 2026
California Governor Gavin Newsom said the state’s September revenues came in $2.9 billion, or 14.9%, above forecast, driven mainly by personal income tax receipts $1.1 billion above forecast and corporation tax receipts $1.3 billion above. California’s real GDP grew at a 2.5% annualized rate in the second quarter, against 2.2% nationally. The governor’s office also said nine California startups had recently reached valuations above $1 billion.
Office of Governor Gavin Newsom: 19 Oct 2026
California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the state’s first new marine protected areas in more than a decade, adding about 15,000 acres and bringing conserved coastal waters to 22.2% toward a 30% goal by 2030. The California Fish and Game Commission actions protect Point Sal in San Luis Obispo County and Carpinteria Reef in Santa Barbara County and expand tribal stewardship. Newsom contrasted them with federal moves toward new offshore oil drilling.
Office of Governor Gavin Newsom: 17 Oct 2026
California Governor Gavin Newsom is offering state support through the Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinics at Veterans Village of San Diego to provide mental health services to sailors and Marines returning to San Diego after a 321-day deployment aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln. The care is backed by the California Veterans Health Initiative, funded with up to $38 million, whose grantees delivered more than 30,000 appointments statewide as of August 2026.
Office of Governor Gavin Newsom: 16 Oct 2026
California Governor Gavin Newsom announced $44.4 million to train 49,000 new apprentices through 131 programs statewide, speaking in Bakersfield, Kern County. The package includes $15.9 million from the Apprenticeship Innovation Fund for 67 programs and $28.5 million in Employment Training Panel funding for 64 programs. The state says it has supported about 694,000 earn-and-learn opportunities since 2019, including nearly 267,000 registered apprentices, and added 129,300 jobs in the year to September 2026.
Office of Governor Gavin Newsom: 15 Oct 2026
California Governor Gavin Newsom activated the State Operations Center and convened top emergency officials as high winds and elevated fire-weather conditions threatened multiple counties. He proclaimed a state of emergency in Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties after Tropical Storm Rachel, and another in Tuolumne County after July’s Dove Fire. An executive order also speeds cleanup from August’s Gann Fire in Calaveras County, which burned 10,339 acres.
Office of Governor Gavin Newsom: 12 Oct 2026
Governor Gavin Newsom highlighted Public Policy Institute of California data showing childcare costs for California families have fallen since 2019. For a family of three earning $60,000, annual full-time fees for subsidized childcare fell from roughly $7,000 under the 2019–20 schedule to $0 under 2025–26, adjusted for inflation. The release also cites about 149,000 added subsidized childcare slots and free transitional kindergarten for all four-year-olds.
Office of Governor Gavin Newsom: 9 Oct 2026
Governor Gavin Newsom urged Californians to know their rights and stay safe amid reports of increased federal immigration enforcement in some communities. His office said state and local law enforcement do not act as federal immigration agents and that state law limits their involvement. The guidance encourages families to make emergency plans and outlines protections at schools and public hospitals.
Office of Governor Gavin Newsom: 9 Oct 2026
Governor Gavin Newsom announced eight appointments on October 9, 2026. They include Sara Pietrowski as Chief Deputy Executive Director at the State Board of Education, Michael Marks as Chief AI Engineer at the Office of Data and Innovation, and Jimmy O'Dea as Deputy Director of Sustainability at Caltrans. Other appointees will serve at the departments of Health Care Services, Rehabilitation, State Hospitals and Managed Health Care, and on the Youth Empowerment Commission.
Office of Governor Gavin Newsom: 9 Oct 2026
Governor Gavin Newsom and Monique Barbut, France's Minister for the Ecological Transition, signed a letter of intent in San Francisco launching a partnership on clean energy, climate resilience and environmental protection. The agreement covers areas such as wildfire and extreme heat, transportation and economic ties. The California Environmental Protection Agency will coordinate California's work under the partnership.
Office of Governor Gavin Newsom: 9 Oct 2026
Governor Gavin Newsom said California is preparing early for a potentially historic winter storm season under an El Niño forecast, following his September 21 emergency proclamation. The Department of Water Resources has stockpiled 4.4 million sandbags and other flood-fighting materials at 68 sites, and crews are inspecting 1,600 miles of levees. The state is also helping coastal communities prepare for flooding and erosion and planning to capture stormwater.
Office of Governor Gavin Newsom: 8 Oct 2026
California First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom and University of Massachusetts Boston Chancellor Marcelo Suárez-Orozco co-hosted a two-day summit on social connection at the Vatican’s Casina Pio IV under the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. Titled Belonging and Social Relations in the Age of Fragility, it brought together scientists, doctors, faith leaders and officials. Speakers framed loneliness as a public health risk and shared California programs on building social connection.
Office of Governor Gavin Newsom: 8 Oct 2026
Governor Gavin Newsom announced that California is delivering new swiftwater rescue vehicles, boats and equipment to the 13 local fire departments in the state’s Swiftwater Rescue Program. The California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services is modernizing the teams ahead of a potentially severe El Niño storm season. The teams can be sent statewide through the mutual aid system. The upgrade follows the opening of a modernized State Operations Center and new disaster intelligence satellite services.
Office of Governor Gavin Newsom: 7 Oct 2026
Governor Gavin Newsom announced 35 films, including 28 independent productions and New Line Cinema’s Last Friday, awarded credits in the latest round of California’s expanded Film and Television Tax Credit Program. The state projects $1.08 billion in direct production spending, $423 million in qualified wages and 5,453 cast and crew jobs. Since July 2025, the program says 179 projects have generated $7.2 billion in California production spending.
Office of Governor Gavin Newsom: 7 Oct 2026
Governor Gavin Newsom swore in more than 10,000 members of the 2026-2027 California Service Corps, who will work on disaster preparedness, hunger, student mentoring and climate action. More than 50,000 people have served since the program began in 2019, which the state calls the nation’s largest public service program. Newsom also launched a California Service Corps Alumni Network and directed California Volunteers to prepare for the coming El Niño season.
Office of Governor Gavin Newsom: 6 Oct 2026
Governor Gavin Newsom issued a statement calling remarks by President Donald Trump dangerous and saying they put a target on two of California’s biggest cities and one of America’s largest naval hubs. Newsom said he is directing the State Threat Assessment Center to actively monitor the situation in case foreign actors interpret the President’s remarks as an invitation to target California.
Office of Governor Gavin Newsom: 6 Oct 2026
Governor Gavin Newsom, Secretary of State Shirley Weber and Attorney General Rob Bonta urged eligible Californians to watch for their ballots in the mail and return them early, four weeks before Election Day. Citing U.S. Postal Service changes, the release advises mailing ballots at least a week ahead or using drop-off boxes and vote centers instead. It also notes the October 19 registration deadline and new election laws and funding approved this year.
Office of Governor Gavin Newsom: 6 Oct 2026
Governor Gavin Newsom announced California’s adoption of disaster intelligence satellite technology through an agreement with ICEYE and reopened the modernized State Operations Center at Cal OES in Mather. The satellites can provide near-real-time information on floods and wildfires through clouds, smoke or darkness. The upgraded center expands operational seating from 54 to 64 positions as the state prepares for a potentially historic El Niño season.
Office of Governor Gavin Newsom: 5 Oct 2026
Governor Gavin Newsom announced that California has become the first U.S. state to surpass $4.5 trillion in economic output, citing new U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis data, and remains the world’s fourth-largest economy. The release says the state’s economy grew by nearly $300 billion in the past year, the largest dollar gain of any state, while total wages and salaries rose 5.2%. It also highlights manufacturing output and recently signed business legislation.
Governor Gavin Newsom: 7 Sep 2026
Office of Governor Gavin Newsom: 7 Sep 2026
Governor Gavin Newsom: 4 Sep 2026
Governor Gavin Newsom: 4 Sep 2026
Office of Governor Gavin Newsom: 3 Sep 2026
Office of Governor Gavin Newsom: 3 Sep 2026
Governor Gavin Newsom: 2 Sep 2026
Governor Gavin Newsom: 2 Sep 2026
Governor Gavin Newsom: 2 Sep 2026
Office of Governor Gavin Newsom: 1 Sep 2026
Office of Governor Gavin Newsom: 29 Aug 2026
SACRAMENTO Governor Gavin Newsom issued the following statement on Senate Bill 492 (Becker and Petrie-Norris), the three-party compromise reached yesterday to reduce wildfire risk, support fire survivors, and strengthen utility accountability: We reached a compromise that blocks hedge funds from profiteering off wildfire survivors, bars utility executives from taking bonuses when their company ignites a fire, and gets money.
