00:00everything about the gavin christopher newsome is an american politician and businessman serving
00:06since 2019 as the 40th governor of california his life and everything about him part six
00:14he issued this warning after personally visiting and clearing out a los angeles homeless encampment
00:20without notifying the city beforehand newsome supports a series of tentative water sharing
00:25agreements that would bring an end to the dispute between farmers cities fishers and environmentalists
00:32over how much water should be left in the state's two most important rivers the sacramento and san
00:37joaquin which flow into the delta in a speech before representatives of native americans in june 2019
00:44newsome apologized for the genocide of native americans approved and abetted by the california
00:49state government upon statehood in the 19th century by one estimate at least 4 500 native
00:56californians were killed between 1849 and 1870 newsome said that's what it was a genocide no
01:04other way to describe it and that's the way it needs to be described in the history books
01:08in october 2024 newsome signed a b 3074 the california racial mascots act which prohibits k-12 schools
01:17not run by recognized native american tribes from using derogatory names or mascots
01:23in september 2022 newsome signed senate bill 107 into law making california the first sanctuary state
01:31for transgender youth he issued an official state proclamation for pride month in june 2023 issued a
01:38fine of 1.5 million dollars to a school district whose board rejected a curriculum including a biography
01:45of gay rights leader harvey milk and signed a bill prohibiting schools from banning textbooks based
01:51on their inclusion of references to people from minority groups or the lgbt community in july 2024
01:59he signed the safety act which prohibits schools from outing students gender identity to their parents
02:05without the students consent newsome vetoed several bills passed by the assembly by a wide margin
02:12one of which would have instructed judges who preside over custody battles to take a parent's
02:16affirmation of a child's gender identity into account and another of which would have mandated
02:20that insurance plans serving california residents cover the cost of gender affirming care in october
02:262023 newsome vetoed a bill to ban discrimination based on caste calling it unnecessary many hindu rights
02:33organizations applauded the veto saying the bill would have put a target on hundreds of thousands of
02:38californians simply because of their ethnicity or their religious identity advocates for the rights
02:44of delitz and other violently oppressed castes sharply criticized the veto in october 2023 newsome
02:51vetoed a bill to provide unemployment insurance to striking workers citing excess burden on the state's
02:56unemployment system he also vetoed a bill to expand the mandatory warning given to soon to be laid off
03:02employees from 60 days to 75 extend the same protections to long-term contract workers and
03:08prohibit employers from making laid-off employees sign non-disclosure agreements in order to receive
03:13severance newsome's first international trip as governor was to el salvador with nearly 680 000
03:20salvadoran immigrants living in california he said that the state's relationship with central america
03:24is key to california's future he was also concerned about the tens of thousands of salvadorans who
03:30were fleeing the smallest country in central america for the u.s each year as governor of a state impacted
03:35by the debate of illegal immigration he went to see the factors driving it first hand and to build
03:40business and tourism partnerships between california and central america he said he wanted to ignite a
03:46more enlightened engagement and dialogue on october 20th 2023 newsome visited israel to express solidarity
03:53with the country during the gaza war he met with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu israeli
03:58president isaac herzog other top israeli officials and survivors of the 2023 hamas-led attack on
04:05israel in october 2023 newsome embarked on a week-long visit to china it began in hong kong where he
04:13attended a discussion at the university of hong kong about climate change he then traveled to beijing
04:19where he met with chinese president xi jinping discussing issues including climate change trade
04:24relations and the response to fentanyl production the visit also included stops in guangdong jiangsu
04:30and shanghai he called for better relations between the u.s and china during the trip saying that
04:36divorce is not an option for the two countries many journalists and political analysts have mentioned
04:42newsome as a presidential hopeful according to a june 2023 poll by news nation 22 of california voters
04:50wanted newsome to enter the 2024 presidential election in may 2023 schwarzenegger said it was
04:56a no-brainer that newsome would someday run for president an april 2023 article published in the
05:02hill by journalist sharon udison also discussed the inevitability of a newsome presidential run
05:08in september 2022 newsome said that he would not run for president in 2024 citing his vulnerable 2021 recall
05:17after his 2022 re-election he informed white house staff that he would not challenge president
05:22biden in the democratic primaries he endorsed biden's re-election campaign on april 25 2023
05:29newsome has become an outspoken critic of the policies of florida governor ron desantis denouncing
05:34desantis's orchestration of the martha's vineyard migrant airlift desantis responded by saying california has
05:41huge problems and dared newsome to run against biden in november 2023 the two debated with fox
05:48news's sean hannity as moderator in july 2024 newsome launched a podcast politikin co-hosted by marshawn
05:57lynch and doug hendrickson after biden's sudden withdrawal from the presidential race that month
06:03newsome said he would not seek the democratic nomination and endorsed vice president kamala harris
06:08for president after donald trump won the 2024 presidential election newsome called for
06:13california lawmakers to convene later in 2024 to safeguard california's policies from the upcoming
06:19trump administration in december 2024 newsome criticized biden for pardoning his son hunter
06:25biden he said i'm disappointed and can't support the decision in anticipation of a potential 2028
06:32presidential campaign newsome has adjusted his political approach to appeal to a broader electorate
06:39a key shift in his strategy has been his engagement with conservative voices including hosting figures
06:44like charlie kirk and steve bannon on his podcast this is gavin newsome newsome was baptized and raised
06:50in his father's catholic faith in 2008 he described himself as an irish catholic rebel in some respects but
06:58one that still has tremendous admiration for the church and very strong faith when asked about the
07:04state of the catholic church newsome said it was in crisis he said he stays with the church because of
07:10his strong connection to a greater purpose and to sort of a higher being newsome identifies as a practicing
07:15catholic saying in 2008 that he has a strong sense of faith that is perennial day in and day out in
07:22december 2001 newsome married legal commentator kimberly guilfoyle at saint ignatius catholic church
07:29they separated in 2004 and jointly filed for divorce in january 2005 citing difficulties due to their
07:36careers on opposite coasts their divorce was finalized on february 28 2006 by which time guilfoyle was
07:44expecting a child with eric villancy guilfoyle gained prominence in 2011 via a fox news chat show
07:51she was later named senior advisor to republican president donald trump whom newsome has extensively
07:55criticized and was later engaged to donald trump jr in september 2006 newsome then 38 briefly dated
08:0319-year-old britney mounts a model and restaurant hostess on january 31st 2007 newsome's close friend
08:11campaign manager and former chief of staff alex tork confronted him after learning from his wife ruby
08:17rippy torque that she and newsome had an affair in 2005 when she was newsome's appointment secretary
08:23torque immediately resigned newsome admitted to the affair the next day and apologized to the public
08:28saying he was deeply sorry for his personal lapse of judgment in 2018 rippy torque said that she thought
08:34it wrong to associate newsome's behavior with the hashtag me too movement i was a subordinate but i was
08:41also a free-thinking 33 year old adult married woman and mother i do want to make sure that the hashtag
08:47me too movement is reserved for cases and situations that deserve it newsome began dating film director
08:53jennifer siebel in october 2006. he announced he would seek treatment for alcohol use disorder in february
09:012007. the couple announced their engagement in december 2007 and they were married in stevensville montana
09:08in july 2008. they have four children after he completed service as mayor of san francisco in 2011
09:15newsome and his family moved to a house they bought in kentfield in marin county in 2012. after his
09:21election as governor newsome and his family moved into the california governor's mansion in downtown
09:26sacramento and thereafter settled in fair oaks in may 2019 the sacramento b reported that newsome's 3.7
09:35million dollars purchase of a 12 000 square foot home in fair oaks was the most expensive private
09:41residence sold in the sacramento region since the year began in august 2021 newsome sold the marin
09:47county home for 5.9 million dollars in an off-market transaction he had originally put the property up for
09:53sale in early 2019 for 5.895 million dollars but removed the property from the market after a price
10:01reduction to 5.695 million dollars newsome is the godfather of designer model and lgbtq rights activist
10:11nat's getty in 2023 newsome launched campaign for democracy a pact to take on authoritarian leaders in
10:18the u.s it is thought to be a starting point for a possible 2028 presidential bid as of july 2024
10:26campaign for democracy has raised 24 million dollars for direct contributions to candidates and other
10:31spending the group is not subject to contribution limits but it can coordinate with newsome as long
10:37as he is not a candidate for federal office i stop at this point today until next time stay curious
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