California Governor Gavin Newsom has pledged immediate legal action against any attempt by former President Donald Trump to deploy National Guard troops to San Francisco. This forceful response follows Trump\u2019s stated intention to send forces to the city, which he described as a \u201cmess.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Governor Newsom condemned the proposed deployment as an unjustified overreach of federal power. He issued a strong statement, declaring, \u201cWe don\u2019t bow to kings, and we\u2019re standing up to this wannabe tyrant,\u201d framing the move as an assault on state sovereignty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This confrontation arises despite data suggesting San Francisco is improving. Reports indicate a significant crime reduction, with overall rates down and homicides at a decades-long low. The city is also experiencing a post-pandemic economic resurgence, largely driven by the AI industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
San Francisco\u2019s local leaders have united in opposition. Both Mayor Daniel Lurie and District Attorney Brooke Jenkins have publicly rejected the idea, noting that federal law prevents National Guard members from acting as local police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The state\u2019s legal preparations are already underway. Newsom, along with other California officials, is pursuing a lawsuit to end the federalization of state National Guard members, a process that began during recent protests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The controversy was further ignited after Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff suggested using the Guard as police, a comment for which he later apologized. This has solidified local resistance to the concept.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mayor Lurie confirmed the city has assembled a team to coordinate its response, stating they have been preparing for this possibility since the start of his term. The situation sets the stage for a significant legal battle over federal and state authority.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
California Governor Gavin Newsom has pledged immediate legal action against any attempt by former President Donald Trump to deploy National Guard troops to San Francisco. This forceful response follows Trump\u2019s stated intention to send forces to the city, which he described as a \u201cmess.\u201d Governor Newsom condemned the proposed deployment as an unjustified overreach of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4627,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4626"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4628,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4626\/revisions\/4628"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}