The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/10/22/newsom-deploying-national-guard-to-support-local-food-banks/In a political gesture to match Trump's own, many political gestures, Governor Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday that he was deploying the National Guard, like he did during the pandemic, to support food banks in California. While we await a potential attempt to deploy National Guard troops in San Francisco for no reason outside of Trump's ego and vindictiveness — and his love of orchestrating grand dramas on television — Governor Gavin Newsom made a pointed announcement Wednesday about how he'll use the Guard for a humanitarian effort, while families who depend on government benefits are potentially going hungry amid the shutdown. "I’m expediting state funds for

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