{"id":59662,"date":"2023-08-29T08:38:23","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T15:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=59662"},"modified":"2023-08-29T08:38:23","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T15:38:23","slug":"governor-newsom-statement-on-senate-leader-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=59662","title":{"rendered":"Governor Newsom Statement on Senate Leader Agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>SACRAMENTO, CA (August 28, 2023)<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Governor Gavin Newsom issued the below statement today following the announcement by Senate President pro Tempore Toni G. Atkins (D-San Diego) that Senator Mike McGuire (D-Healdsburg) will serve as the Pro Tem Designee, with a transition to be announced in 2024:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJennifer and I are deeply grateful to Pro Tem Atkins for her tremendous leadership and partnership these past four years, and for her friendship. Through immense challenges and opportunities, Toni has been steadfast in her commitment to working Californians, civil rights, and the environment,\u00a0and I\u2019m glad that our work together will continue in the months ahead. I thank Toni for her decades of service to the people of our state and\u00a0know this won\u2019t be the last we see of her in public service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSenator McGuire is a proven leader who has been a tireless champion for communities ravaged by wildfire, expanding educational opportunities, building affordable housing, addressing homelessness, and other priorities for everyday Californians. I congratulate him on this new role and look forward to the important work ahead with the Senate\u00a0to continue tackling our current challenges and building a brighter future for all Californians.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SACRAMENTO, CA (August 28, 2023)\u00a0\u2013 Governor&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ca-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59662"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59663,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59662\/revisions\/59663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}