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<\/a><\/p>\nPerformers for this year\u2019s celebrations will include program hosts Renel Brooks-Moon and Todd Leitz, announcers for the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers, respectively, as well as actress and singer Amber Riley, the Wilton Rancheria tribe, Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, SF Gay Men\u2019s Chorus, mariachi singer Pedrito Fregoso, and rising R&B singer-songwriter and Sacramento Area Youth Speaks Poet Danielle \u201cYelly\u201d Scales.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter months apart, we are grateful to once again have the opportunity to safely gather and honor the many traditions of California\u2019s diverse communities during the holiday season,\u201d said Governor Newsom. \u201cLet us celebrate the spirit of strength, hope and resilience that resides within us all.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe tree lighting ceremony is a beloved, time-honored tradition that offers us an opportunity to reflect on how far we\u2019ve come as Californians,\u201d said First Partner Siebel Newsom. \u201cIt is also an opportunity to reinvigorate the spirit of \u2018me to we\u2019 and our shared commitment to one another \u2014 especially those in need \u2014 this holiday season and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Governor and First Partner will light the State Capitol tree with special guest Hadiyyah Esmat. The six-year-old from Dublin, California was selected by the California Department of Developmental Services and the Regional Center of the East Bay, and will represent the more than 360,000 Californians living with intellectual and developmental disabilities. A first grader at John Green Elementary, Hadiyyah is very curious and loves to spend time in nature, enjoying activities like hiking and swimming.\u00a0 She loves to eat Afghan food, which her mother prepares at home during the holiday season. Family is most important to Hadiyyah, who will be joined at the Capitol by her mother, aunt, uncle, and cousin.<\/p>\n
The 2021 State Capitol tree is a 65\u2019 tall white fir from the LaTour Demonstration State Forest located near Redding in Shasta County, which is managed by CAL FIRE. The tree will be illuminated by approximately 14,000 ultra-low wattage LED lights and is being decorated with more than 300 traditional ornaments and approximately 500 hand-crafted ornaments made by children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.<\/p>\n
What: 90th Annual California State Capitol Tree Lighting Ceremony<\/p>\n
When: Thursday, December 2, 2021. Program begins at 5:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
Livestream: The event will be livestreamed on the California Governor\u2019s Office\u00a0YouTube<\/a>,\u00a0Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0accounts.<\/p>\n Broadcast: KCRA 3 will also broadcast this year\u2019s event in the Sacramento region.<\/p>\n **NOTE: TV stations will be able to carry the Governor\u2019s Office livestream.<\/p>\n ###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sacramento, CA…Governor Gavin Newsom and First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom will host the 90th Annual California State Capitol Tree Lighting Ceremony on Thursday, December 2, 2021. The celebration, which dates back to the early 1930\u2019s, will highlight California\u2019s diverse holiday traditions, native heritage and spirit of inclusion. Performers for this year\u2019s celebrations will include program […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":132743,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,5,4,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-government","category-life-style","category-news","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/261331538_481720846645119_6223533304297892352_n.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=132742"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":132744,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132742\/revisions\/132744"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/132743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=132742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=132742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=132742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}