California Gov. Gavin Newsom threatened a lawsuit against the Trump administration over the impending National Guard deployment to San Francisco. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
This comes after President Donald Trump told Fox News' Maria Bartiromo that the National Guard is headed to San Francisco next, after it was already deployed to various U.S. cities, including Los Angeles, Chicago and Washington, D.C., to help reduce crime, support federal immigration enforcement and respond to protests.
"We're going to go to San Francisco," Trump said on Sunday. "The difference is, I think they want us in San Francisco. San Francisco was truly one of the great cities of the world, and then 15 years ago, it went wrong. It went woke."
The administration is also deploying 100 agents from Customs and Border Protection and from Coast Guard Base Alameda to San Francisco, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
Newsom also vowed on Tuesday that California would challenge the federal government in court if it deployed troops to San Francisco.
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President Donald Trump speaks with members of law enforcement and National Guard soldiers, Aug. 21, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo)
Lurie said on Monday that San Francisco would welcome more federal help to crack down on drug dealers and drug markets but that he opposed the deployment of the National Guard.
"The National Guard does not have the authority to arrest drug dealers — and sending them to San Francisco will do nothing to get fentanyl off the streets or make our city safer," he told The Associated Press.
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California officials sued the administration over the summer when it sent the National Guard and Marines to Los Angeles to gain control over anti-ICE protests.
"California has seen enough. President Trump and Stephen Miller’s authoritarian playbook is coming for another of our cities, and violence and vandalism are exactly what they’re looking for to invoke chaos. Help keep yourself and your communities safe. Remain peaceful," Newsom wrote Wednesday on X.
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