Gov. Gavin Newsom has reversed previous recommendations of parole for the 78-year-old Krenwinkel, who is serving a life prison sentence for the 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders.
Former Charles Manson follower Patricia Krenwinkel was against recommended for parole Tuesday as she continues to serve a life prison term for her role in the 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders in Los Angeles.
Krenwinkel, 78, was preliminarily granted parole Tuesday at her 18th subsequent suitability hearing, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Grants of parole are proposed decisions that include a comprehensive review by the Board of Parole Hearings and the governor, who has reversed previous decisions involving Krenwinkel.
The most recent reversal came in October 2025. Newsom commended Krenwinkel's efforts to improve herself in prison, but said that growth was outweighed by a potential danger to the public.
Her recommendation for parole in May 2022 also was reversed by Newsom.
Krenwinkel was convicted of seven counts of first-degree murder in 1971 for participating with fellow Manson family members Charles "Tex" Watson and Leslie Van Houten in the Aug. 9, 1969, killings of actress Sharon Tate, Thomas Jay Sebring, Abigail Ann Folger, Wojciech Frykowski and Steven Earl Parent and the slayings of grocers Leno and Rosemary LaBianca the following day.
Tate was seven months pregnant.
Krenwinkel originally was sentenced to death. The penalty was reduced to life in prison under a California Supreme Court ruling that invalidated all death sentences before 1972.
Under California law, parole commissioners must determine whether an incarcerated person currently poses an unreasonable risk to public safety, according to CDCR. The review includes risk-assessment tools, evaluations by forensic psychologists, the inmate's prison record, parole plans and impact statements.
The preliminary decision in Krenwinkel's case is subject to a 120-day review by the Board of Parole Hearings. Because she was convicted of murder, the governor then has an additional 30 days to review the decision and may allow it to stand or reverse it.
If the governor reverses the parole decision, Krenwinkel would be scheduled for another hearing within 18 months of Tuesday's hearing, according to CDCR.
Manson died in November 2017 at a hospital in Kern County. He had been serving a life prison sentence in connection with the murders.
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