Newsom added that his priority is to keep peaceful protesters as well as “those that are enforcing the laws in a respectful and responsible way” safe.

President Donald Trump decided to deploy 2,000 National Guard members to the Los Angeles area, a move the state’s Democratic leaders cast as an unnecessary escalation amid protests over the administra...

Newsom, a Democrat, said in a post on the social platform X that it was “purposefully inflammatory and will only escalate tensions.”