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Newsom's income went up in 1st year as California governor

Newsom and his wife made about $1.7 million and paid $712,000 in state and federal taxes.
Credit: Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters
Gov. Gavin Newsom presents the breakdown for the $267.8 billion budget revise in a program dubbed ‘California Roars Back’ at the Secretary of State building auditorium in Sacramento on May 14, 2021. The budget focuses large allotments toward education, housing and climate resiliency measures. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom's 2019 tax returns show his income went up by about half a million dollars in his first year as governor. 

Newsom and his wife made about $1.7 million and paid $712,000 in state and federal taxes. Most of the income came from businesses Newsom placed in a blind trust when he became governor. 

The Democrat pledged to release his tax returns annually when he was elected in 2018. He's now facing a recall election and a state law he previously signed may require his opponents to release their returns too.

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