Newsom says Trump’s National Guard deployment in Los Angeles cost taxpayers about $120M

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” broke federal law by federalizing California’s National Guard following days of demonstrations.

In a 52-page decision, Breyer said Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had indicated plans to expand similar deployments to other cities, including Oakland and San Francisco, raising concerns about “creating a national police force with the President as its chief.”

Breyer did not order the remaining 300 Guard members to leave Los Angeles but noted they had received inadequate training. He prohibited the administration from using them “to execute the laws” in California, effective Sept. 12.

The White House said it intends to appeal the ruling.