Newsom adds up Trump's L.A. deployment tab

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday that President Trump's decision to deploy National Guard troops to Los Angeles amounted to costly political theater, saddling taxpayers with a nearly $120-million bill.

- MELODY GUTIERREZ

CHRISTINA HOUSE Los Angeles Times CALIFORNIA National Guard members protect the Federal Building in downtown Los Angeles in June.

Newsom's office said the newly revealed price tag was tallied from estimates provided by the California National Guard about costs incurred since June, when Trump sent more than 4,200 National Guard members and 700 Marines to Los Angeles. That included $71 million for food and other basic necessities, $37 million in payroll, $4 million in logistic supplies, $3.5 million in travel and $1.5 million in demobilization costs, Newsom's office said.

Most of the troops were sent home in August, although 300 remain in Los Angeles.