{"id":2417808,"date":"2025-03-31T06:46:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T10:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-admin-spends-big-on-trans-youth-despite-rhetoric-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-31T06:49:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T10:49:22","slug":"newsom-admin-spends-big-on-trans-youth-despite-rhetoric-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-admin-spends-big-on-trans-youth-despite-rhetoric-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsom admin spends big on trans youth despite rhetoric &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnewsom-admin-spends-big-on-trans-youth-despite-rhetoric-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2417808&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses Governor Gavin Newsom&#8217;s administration in California and its financial commitment to youth transgender programs, totaling around $5 million from 2022 to 2024. Despite Newsom&#8217;s recent contentious remarks regarding biological men participating in women&#8217;s sports\u2014where he called it &#8220;deeply unfair&#8221;\u2014his administration has traditionally supported initiatives that promote transgender rights and care for minors. This includes funding for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/carlson-dem-opposition-to-parental-rights-not-really-about-trying-to-groom-little-kids-overall-it-is-even-worse-than-that\/\" title=\"Carlson: Dem Opposition to Parental Rights &#039;Not Really About Trying to Groom Little Kids -- Overall, It Is Even Worse than That&#039;\">gender-affirming healthcare<\/a> and directing youths towards transgender resources, as well as a meaningful grant of $3.1 million to Sacramento County aimed at assisting juvenile offenders by connecting them with transgender services. <\/p>\n<p>A portion of the funding has also been allocated to various clinics that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cvs-closing-900-stores-amid-pivot-toward-health-hub-model\/\" title=\"CVS Closing 900 Stores Amid Pivot Toward \u2018Health Hub\u2019 Model\">provide mental health services<\/a> without parental consent for minors. Newsom&#8217;s apparent pivot towards a more centrist stance, especially highlighted by his veto of a bill regarding gender identity in custody cases, seems aimed at shaping his political image ahead of a potential presidential run in 2028. Observers note a split between his public rhetoric and the actions of his administration, reflecting a complex landscape around transgender issues in California politics.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Newsom&rsquo;s administration spent millions on youth transgenderism<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2030308\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>In early March, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/fairness-justice\/3339193\/newsom-transgender-athletes-womens-sports-deeply-unfair\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">broke <\/a>with his party on transgenderism after he said biological men playing in women&rsquo;s sports leagues are &ldquo;deeply unfair.&rdquo; A <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>review of California grant records, however, shows that Newsom&rsquo;s administration spent roughly $5 million on programs supporting youth transgenderism between 2022 and 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Projects supported by the Newsom administration included directly funding so<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-doj-warns-red-states-not-to-restrict-gender-affirming-care-for-trans-kids\/\" title=\"Biden DOJ Warns Red States Not To Restrict \u2018...-Affirming ...\u2019 for Trans Kids\">-called gender-affirming care<\/a> for youth, directing vulnerable youth toward transgender resources, and providing funding to organizations that administer sex-change treatments to minors. Political observers who think Newsom is attempting to adopt a more centrist image believe he is doing so with an eye on the presidency in 2028.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3361698\/qatar-questioning-republican-senator-matches-talking-points-qatari-foreign-agents\/\">&lsquo;Bizarre&rsquo; pro-Qatar questioning from Republican senator matches talking points given to him by Qatari foreign agents<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3360001\/republicans-push-trump-dhs-expose-biden-mass-parole-scheme\/\">Republicans push Trump DHS to expose Biden administration&#8217;s mass parole scheme<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3360290\/who-funds-jasmine-crockett\/\">Crypto bros, corporations, and foreign governments: A look into who funds Jasmine Crockett<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>While Newsom may have taken a more centrist stance on the transgender sports issue, his administration has historically been supportive of transgender youth, transferring $1.4 million to health centers to provide &ldquo;gender-affirming&rdquo; care to minors.<\/p>\n<p>The first of the grants, worth $600,000, went to a nonprofit clinic called the &ldquo;Gender Health Center&rdquo; to &ldquo;provide immediate access to gender-affirming mental healthcare and other supportive services for transgender and gender non-conforming youth.&rdquo; The clinic states on its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.genderhealthcenter.org\/counseling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">website <\/a>that children 12 and older can <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">attend mental health counseling sessions<\/a> without parental consent. Topics discussed during the &ldquo;confidential&rdquo; meetings include &ldquo;gender exploration,&rdquo; emotional distress, and &ldquo;LGBTQ themes\/issues.&rdquo; The counseling is &ldquo;rooted in Queer-Informed Narrative Therapy for people of all ages,&rdquo; and attendees must wear masks for in-person sessions.<\/p>\n<p>Non-mental health services offered by the Gender Health Center include providing children with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.genderhealthcenter.org\/_files\/ugd\/4cb56c_c55c0b3e5ba04ba586c4e78d11c7f90c.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">detailed instructions<\/a> on how to access sex-change hormones and transgender surgeries. The center also partners with University of California Davis Medical School students to write sex-change hormone prescriptions through a program called &ldquo;Haus of Hormones.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Screenshot\/GenderHealthCenter.org)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>CommuniCare Health Centers received the remaining $800,000 in taxpayer funding to &ldquo;support workforce development in Yolo, Napa, and Solano counties around gender and sexual affirming healthcare&rdquo; to better serve &ldquo;2S\/LGBTQ+ youth and young adults&rdquo; in the area. The clinic provides &ldquo;letters for pre-surgical medical clearance,&rdquo; referrals to specialists, and transgender legal assistance, <a href=\"https:\/\/communicareole.org\/services\/lgbtq\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">according <\/a>to its website.<\/p>\n<p>Though Newsom&rsquo;s administration has funded these efforts to expand transgender healthcare for minors, the governor himself has taken some actions that cut in a different direction. In September 2023, for instance, Newsom <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2432145\/newsom-vetoes-bill-requiring-judges-to-weigh-if-parents-affirm-child-gender-identity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">vetoed <\/a>a bill that would have required courts to consider affirmation of gender identity when making child custody and visitation decisions.<\/p>\n<p>By far, the largest transgender youth-related grant disbursed by the Newsom administration between 2022 and 2024 was a $3.1 million award to Sacramento County as part of an effort to assist juvenile offenders. The state paid Sacramento to establish a program based within its Office of the Public Defender&rsquo;s Juvenile Division to work with youth entering the justice system and, if deemed appropriate by &ldquo;community partners,&rdquo; to connect them with &ldquo;gender-identity&rdquo; services. The initiative began in June 2023 and will continue until June 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Newsom&rsquo;s pivot on transgenderism goes deeper than his comments this month on a podcast, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/03\/07\/newsom-trans-bills-00217527\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">according <\/a>to <em>Politico<\/em>. Senior officials in the Newsom administration reportedly discouraged Democrats in the state&rsquo;s legislature from introducing bills related to transgenderism weeks before the podcast aired.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We woke up profoundly disappointed and sickened, when you have someone who has been thoughtful and has been a very unwavering ally release a statement like that,&rdquo; Democratic State Rep. Chris Ward said in response to Newsom&rsquo;s comments on biological men participating in women&rsquo;s sports.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3350355\/newsom-anti-police-grant-records\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>NEWSOM SAYS HE NEVER SUPPORTED ANTI-POLICE &lsquo;LUNACY.&rsquo; GRANT RECORDS TELL A DIFFERENT STORY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Newsom administration also awarded roughly $400,000 to the Los Angeles LGBT Center to &ldquo;support for target hardening and other physical security enhancements&rdquo; because it determined the clinic was &ldquo;at high risk for violent attacks and hate crimes due to [its] ideology, beliefs, or mission.&rdquo; The center <a href=\"https:\/\/lalgbtcenter.org\/services\/medical-services\/gender-affirming-care\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">offers<\/a> &ldquo;hormone therapy, including education and management; pre- and post-surgical care; trans-sensitive pap smears, pelvic exams, prostate exams, and more.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Governor has acknowledged fairness concerns in youth sports before, while also emphasizing the importance of dignity and respect for transgender children,&rdquo; Newsom&rsquo;s office told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2030308\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2030308\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newsom&#8217;s administration allocated millions for youth transgender programs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":894,"featured_media":2417809,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Gavin-Newsom.-.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3678,5894,3834,52529],"class_list":["post-2417808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-newsom","tag-politics","tag-spending","tag-trans-youth"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Gavin-Newsom.-.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2417808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/894"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2417808"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2417808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2417812,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2417808\/revisions\/2417812"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2417809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2417808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2417808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2417808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}