(The Center Square) - Taxpayers are paying almost $120 million to cover President Donald Trump’s deployment of the California National Guard in Los Angeles, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office said Thursday.

The Title 10 deployment of over 4,200 National Guard soldiers and 700 Marines cost $71 million for food and other necessities, according to the office’s news release. The office cited other costs as $37 million for payroll, $3.5 million for travel and $1.5 million for demobilization. The Governor’s Office said the total cost, including more than $4 million in logistics supplies, is an estimated $118 million.

The Center Square reached out Thursday to the Pentagon to comment on the numbers and accusations made by Newsom and his staff but did not get a response.

Newsom’s office said the num

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