A newly-released Field Poll shows California gubernatorial candidate Gavin Newsom leading the 2018 race for California governor with 23 percent support from likely voters in his bid to replace retiring Gov. Jerry Brown.
In the days after the passage of Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom’s Proposition 63, gun rights groups are readying legal action that will include appeals to the Supreme Court that will be populated with justices chosen by President-Elect Donald Trump.
On Thursday, former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa officially became the fourth Democrat to enter the race to become California’s 40th governor, after Jerry Brown is termed out in 2018.
California voters approved the Adult Use of Marijuana Act, or Proposition 64, on Tuesday night, legalizing marijuana for recreational use throughout the state.
The father of slain Palm Springs officer Leslie Zerebny is publicly opposing Proposition 63, an initiative through which Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom seeks to impose more gun control on law-abiding citizens.
Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom’s spokesman, Dan Newman, released a statement in which he thanked Senator Kevin de León for “admitting he was wrong.”
On Monday, the Los Angeles Times declared that Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom’s Proposition 63 shows the nation how to secure more gun control on law-abiding citizens.
After months of squabbling over who’s gun control proposals are better, California Senator Kevin de Leon (D) has bowed the knee and endorsed Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom’s Proposition 63.
Lieutenant Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Wednesday that he now supports of California’s $64 billion high-speed rail system, after opposing it and withdrawing support for the controversial project just two years ago.
On Tuesday, the Coalition for Civil Liberties issued a press release highlighting Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom’s apparent decision to hide instead of accepting Olympic gold medalist Kim Rhode’s offer to educate him on guns.
Singer Barbra Streisand has sent an email in support of California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Proposition 63, requesting $5 donations “to defeat the National Rifle Association” (NRA).
The Twitter exchange followed the launch of a pro-gun ad in which Rhode talked about the amount of practice required for her to maintain Olympic-winning shooting skills. She said, “If Gavin Newsom has his way, it will make it incredibly hard to keep up my skills.”
A Field poll released September 23 and conducted jointly with the University of California Berkeley shows that 6 out of 10 California Voters support Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom’s gun control Proposition 63.
A California Counts survey shows that Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom’s efforts to ban “high capacity” magazines and mandate ammunition background checks enjoys majority support from Republican voters in California.
Riverside County Sheriff Stan Sniff and San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon are criticizing Gavin Newsom’s current gun control push as a misdirected effort that restricts law-abiding citizens and the Second Amendment, rather than criminals.
Proposition 63 would implement a statewide ban on “high capacity” magazines and force Californians to take pass a background check for ammunition purchases.
On August 21, The San Diego Union-Tribune ran a column examining the way gun control burdens law-abiding citizens but gives criminals a pass.
Ashley Swearengin, Fresno’s outgoing Republican mayor, will take a job in the nonprofit sector after leaving office, as the question of a 2018 run for governor of California looms.
Gun sales in California are on pace to break records — perhaps even to reach 1 million sales by the end of calendar year 2016, according to Southern California Public Radio station KPCC.
California’s Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom suggested Wednesday that Donald Trump betrayed Ronald Reagan’s legacy.
Califorlia Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom plagiarized an attack on Donald Trump on Friday evening, presenting work by a retired Air Force officer as if it were his own, and signing it with his name. Newson later admitted the plagiarism, once caught.
On July 19, Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom tweeted that it is “easier to get a gun than a happy meal in California.”
California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom responded Sunday to the shooting deaths of three Baton Rouge police officers by blaming “the firearms industry, its spokespeople at the National Rifle Association, and their paid subsidiaries.”
On June 30 lawmakers declared “full-blown war” on the Second Amendment by giving final approval to a body of gun control legislation known as “gunpocalypse.” It now sits on Governor Jerry Brown’s desk.
Californians will decide in November whether to legalize marijuana for recreational purposes, after a measure backed by Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom and Facebook investor Sean Parker gathered enough signatures to qualify for placement on the state ballot this fall.
Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom is criticizing state Senator Kevin de León’s (D-24th) current gun control push, suggesting it is a “self-serving” attempt to undercut the gun controls Newsom wants to secure via ballot initiative in November.
During a June 9 appearance on Chelsea Handler’s Chelsea, California Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom said the NRA does not deserve any respect for pushing back against his new gun controls.
It’s not too late to send Lieutenant Governor Newsom a message: don’t disarm Californians and don’t give breaks to those who want to harm us. As the Democratic leaders in Sacramento have already pleaded with him to do, Newsom must pull this initiative and work with the California legislature on public safety bills that support our police and empower the people.
The NRA has entered the fray against Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom’s gun control initiative via a video showing how Newsom’s measures would make women more vulnerable.
California Gov. Jerry Brown has not yet endorsed either of the two Democratic presidential candidates ahead of the June 7 California primary.
Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom is facing a growing backlash from the LGBT community over his use of the word “disgusting” in a Facebook post in which he dismissed a transgender woman’s concerns over gun control.
Voters in California will face a tidal wave of ballot measures in the November general election, on issues from the death penalty and condoms to marijuana and plastic bags.
California Treasurer John Chiang officially joined the 2018 governor’s race, and will be competing against fellow Democrat Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom to take over outgoing Gov. Jerry Brown’s post.
Hillary Clinton supports Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom’s push for background checks for ammunition purchasers, according to former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.
On Sunday, the California GOP voted to endorse a ballot initiative to “hasten death penalty appeals” while opposing initiatives legalizing recreational marijuana, expanding gun control, and mandating condoms in pornography.
Former Assemblyman and current congressional candidate Tim Donnelly believes Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom’s gun control ballot initiative will serve to drive GOP voters to the voting booth, thereby providing a boon for GOP candidates.
A “high capacity” magazine ban and ammunition background checks are suddenly in jeopardy due to infighting between California Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León (D) and Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom (D).
Californian Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom is hitching his 2018 gubernatorial campaign to a statewide ballot proposal that would sharply restrict the sale of ammunition.
This week, California sheriffs united and announced their opposition to the gun controls Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom is trying to place on the November ballot.
This week, California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom rereleased a video on Facebook challenging Donald Trump’s plan to build a wall along the entire U.S.-Mexico border. The video, posted on Facebook, has been seen almost nine million times.