The governor's proposal aims to "backfill" federal tax credits of up to $7,500 that were repealed by the Trump administration..

At Davos, the California governor criticized Trump, was blocked from the US pavilion, traded insults, waved kneepads, and fueled 2028 speculation.

President Trump had kind words for Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who was in the audience for his speech at Davos — despite the two clashing publicly throughout the week at the World Economic Forum.

Gov. Gavin Newsom directed a bevy of criticism at the Trump administration in his final State of the State address Thursday, saying California's "spirit is being tested."

Zohran Mamdani said he doesn't think we should have billionaires. Gavin Newsom said he doesn't think California should have a billionaires tax.

The top federal prosecutor in Los Angeles blasted Gov. Gavin Newsom Friday over a $23 million homeless services fraud scheme, saying the state handed out taxpayer dollars with “zero vetting and zero oversight.

Newsom, who has railed against the wealth tax, told POLITICO last week that he’s been working quietly to reach a compromise before the initiative qualifies for California’s November ballot, including meeting with a top labor union official spearheading the effort.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said the Trump administration blocked him from speaking at the global forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday.

An on-stage interview with Newsom at the World Economic Forum was abruptly canceled just hours after he was seen smiling as President Trump called him out in a speech to world leaders that Newsom later called "remarkably boring" and "remarkably insignificant.