Gavin Christopher Newsom (born October 10, 1967) is an American politician and businessman who is the 40th governor of California, serving since January 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.
Political Notes: Bay Area LGBTQ API group backs Bonta for CA AG
Bucking other LGBTQ leaders who have beseeched California Governor Gavin Newsom to name gay Equality California Executive Director Rick Chavez Zbur as the state's next attorney general, members of a Bay Area group for out Asians and Pacific Islanders have thrown their support behind Assemblyman Rob Bonta (D-Oakland), a straight ally.
In a letter signed by Gay Asian Pacific Alliance Chair Michael Nguyen, GAPA's political action committee notified Newsom that it "emphatically endorses and supports" Bonta being named the next attorney general for the Golden State.
Nguyen noted Bonta's being the Legislature's first member of Filipino descent and his background of being a Yale Law School graduate and former deputy city attorney in San Francisco.
