Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office said Thursday that President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Los Angeles has cost taxpayers an estimated $120 million.
The Title 10 deployment of more than 4,200 National Guard members and 700 Marines cost about $71 million for food and basic necessities, $37 million in payroll, more than $4 million in logistics supplies, $3.5 million in travel, and $1.5 million in demobilization. About 300 troops remain stationed in the city.
Trump ordered the deployment in June to quell immigration protests, bypassing Newsom in the process. The governor called the move “a serious breach of state sovereignty” and filed suit against the administration.
On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco ruled the administration “willfully” bro