"On August 28, Gov. Gavin Newsom sat down behind a desk against a backdrop of American and California state flags, flanked by state patrolmen, to meet the press. Addressing the phalanx of television cameras, the governor spoke to people's fears about crime and disorder while refusing to give the president any ammunition in his effort to portray California as lawless under Newsom's leadership."
"Newsom had called the press conference to announce an expansion of one of his signature initiatives on crime - the CHP "surge." The pitch was to deploy officers from the more than 7,000-strong California Highway Patrol, normally tasked with patrolling the state's massive highway system, to the state's highest crime cities, saturating communities with their familiar black and white patrol cars."
President Donald Trump sent military troops into Los Angeles and suggested San Francisco could be next, raising public concern about violence and disorder. Gov. Gavin Newsom held a televised press conference asserting that crime is down while acknowledging more work is needed. Newsom expanded a California Highway Patrol "surge" that deploys CHP officers to the state's highest crime cities, beginning in February 2024 in Oakland with then-mayor Sheng Thao's support. Officials credited the surges with confiscating hundreds of firearms, recovering thousands of stolen vehicles, and making thousands of arrests. The operations later expanded to Bakersfield and San Bernardino, with pledges to extend to Los Angeles, San Diego, the Central Valley, and the Inland Empire.
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