Newsom says he never supported anti-police ‘lunacy.’ Grant records tell a different story
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) denounced the anti-police movement of 2020 as “lunacy” in a March 6 podcast interview with conservative activist Charlie Kirk. A Washington Examiner review of California grant records, however, found that Newsom’s administration was actively funding millions of dollars in grants intended to reduce the use of police officers at the time of his interview.
The Newsom administration’s program has its roots in legislation that was developed by a hard-line anti-police nonprofit organization.
The grants, worth roughly $9.5 million, were part of the state’s “Community Response Initiative to Strengthen Emergency Systems Grant Pilot Program,” which seeks to discourage the use of police officers for a "crisis unrelated to a fire department or emergency medical service response for vulnerable populations." Examples of events these unarmed responders should be deployed for, according to California, included those involving "mental health, intimate partner violence, community violence, substance abuse, natural disasters, or other crises."
Funding from the Newsom administration began in late 2023 and will extend until April 2026, according to grant records.
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