California Governor Gavin Newsom has been critical of President Donald Trump's move to take control of and deploy the National Guard.

California Governor Gavin Newsom has formally requested Trump administration officials to rescind the order to deploy the National Guard and return control of the force to California, calling the initial order unlawful and “intentionally designed to inflame the situation.”

“I have formally requested the Trump Administration rescind their unlawful deployment of troops in Los Angeles county and return them to my command,” Newsom wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “We didn’t have a problem until Trump got involved. This is a serious breach of state sovereignty — inflaming tensions while pulling resources from where they’re actually needed. Rescind the order. Return control to California.”

    • Rivalarrival@lemmy.todayEnglish
      19·
      21 hours ago

      The California National Guard is militia from the state of California, but it is not the state’s militia. The state also has the California State Guard, which is exclusively under the authority of the governor.

      Many (Most?) states have their own dedicated militia, as well as National Guard units.

    • knightmare1147@lemmy.world
      111·
      22 hours ago

      Not quite, I’m related to someone in my States guard and they focus more on humanitarian efforts and disaster response but they are trained as a militia and under the governor’s command separate from the national guard

      • FlexibleToast@lemmy.worldEnglish
        22·
        21 hours ago

        Okay, well I can do you one better. I was in the Air National Guard myself. The NG and ANG are most definitely state militias.

        • Rivalarrival@lemmy.todayEnglish
          4·
          21 hours ago

          NG and ANG units are not exclusively state militias. They are also federal militias. The federal government can activate NG and ANG units into both state and federal service.

          The State Guard can only be activated by the state’s governor.

            • Rivalarrival@lemmy.todayEnglish
              3·
              20 hours ago

              I’ve only run across them a couple times. My state has fewer than 200 State Guardsmen.

              IMO, It’s more of a legal framework than a military force. The state’s National Guard could be decapitated, and its body grafted in place under the SG.