This is the week that Gavin Newsom stopped thinking so much.

After eight years as lieutenant-governor, in 2018 he was elected to California’s top job. He breezed past a recall effort in 2021 (which tried to capitalise on Mr Newsom’s visit to the French Laundry, a posh restaurant in Napa Valley, during covid lockdowns) and won re-election in 2022.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass issued a curfew for parts of downtown as anti-ICE demonstrations continued for a fifth consecutive day, some of which have turned violent between protesters and law enforcement.

The governor highlighted his work with ICE in California but said that President Trump was “trying to gin things up to create problems” at protests.

Federal appeals court blocks California's National Guard victory over Trump, escalating constitutional crisis between president and governor.

Newsom eliminated funds for health programs centered around LGBTQ+ youth, women, and transgender people last month.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is meeting the moment, Democrats say. Amid the growing storm over the Trump administration’s response to protests of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids, which hit a new crescendo Thursday when officials put Sen.

The House Oversight Committee is investigating the protests in Los Angeles, sending letters to the top Democratic officials involved in the response.