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    Gov. Gavin Newsom to pull National Guard from California's border with Mexico

    by Jazmine Ulloa and Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times Feb 11, 2019 5 minutes

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. - As a second partial government shutdown looms in Washington over border discussions, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday will order the removal of roughly 360 National Guard members from California's southern boundary with Mexico, repudiating President Donald Trump's characterization of a recent influx of Central American refugees and migrants as a national security crisis.

    The announcement comes just one day before the governor delivers his first State of the State address Tuesday, setting the stage for Newsom to counter Trump's State of the Union address from last week.

    In released excerpts of his speech, Newsom says he is giving the National Guard a new mission so that troops would not take part in the White House's "political theater" and instead "refocus on the real threats facing our state." The governor said he

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