Gov. Newsom is making moves to support food banks and food assistance program across California as the federal government shutdown continues.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday he will deploy National Guard troops to support food banks in November, a move that comes in light of anticipated delays to federal food assistance amid the government shutdown.

The deployment of California National Guard troops has been extended through February, a detail revealed in an amicus brief filed in the U.S. Supreme Court by California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday.

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday that he will be deploying state National Guard members as well as California Volunteers to help staff food banks amid the ongoing government shutdown.

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday announced in a news release he intends to deploy the California National Guard to support food banks across the state.

Democratic Senator Alex Padilla of California joins MSNBC’s Jacob Soboroff to discuss California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s lawsuit challenging President Trump’s deployment of U.S. National Guard troops to Los Angeles.

A federal judge in Chicago already blocked deployment of Guard troops to the Chicago area for two weeks. On Wednesday, Judge April Perry agreed to extend that order by 30 days. But she said each party could discuss the extension further before meeting again at 3 p.m. local time, noting they would not be able to issue another one.

A truck driver who backed into a U.S. Coast Guard base in the San Francisco Bay Area — the site of earlier protests against federal immigration agents — was shot by law enforcement officers and wounded,

State lawyers reveal only 31 Federal Protective Service officers were reassigned to Portland at any time since June, not the 115 federal officials claimed.