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Hi! ## Segments — The California Elites ### Gavin Newsom’s keeping it all in the family [Archive](https://archive.ph/uZ498)  > Gavin Newsom will be the first Democrat in more than a century to succeed another Democrat as governor and the succession also marks a big generational transition in California politics. > > A long-dominant geriatric quartet from the San Francisco Bay Area – Gov. Jerry Brown, Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi – has been slowly ceding power to younger political strivers. > > Moreover, Newsom is succeeding someone who could be considered his quasi-uncle, since his inauguration continues the decades-long saga of four San Francisco families intertwined by blood, by marriage, by money, by culture and, of course, by politics – **==the Browns, the Newsoms, the Pelosis and the Gettys.==** > > The connections date back at least 80 years, to when Jerry Brown’s father, Pat Brown, ran for San Francisco district attorney, losing in 1939 but winning in 1943, with the help of his close friend and Gavin Newsom’s grandfather, businessman William Newsom. > > Fast forward two decades. Gov. Pat Brown’s administration developed Squaw Valley for the 1960s winter Olympics and afterward awarded a concession to operate it to William Newsom and his partner, John Pelosi.  July 14, 1960 — [Link](https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-register-john-pelosi-william-a-ne/151065719/) > One of the Pelosis’ sons, Paul, married Nancy D’Alesandro, who went into politics and has now reclaimed speakership of the House of Representatives. Another Pelosi son married William Newsom’s daughter, Barbara. Until they divorced, that made Nancy Pelosi something like an aunt by marriage to Gavin Newson (Nancy Pelosi’s brother-in-law was Gavin Newsom’s uncle). > > The Squaw Valley concession was controversial at the time and created something of a rupture between the two old friends. > > William Newsom wanted to make significant improvements to the ski complex, including a convention center, but Brown’s Department of Parks and Recreation balked. Newsom and his son, an attorney also named William, held a series of contentious meetings with officials over the issue. > > ==An eight-page memo about those 1966 meetings from the department’s director, Fred Jones, buried in the Pat Brown archives, describes the Newsoms as being embittered and the senior Newsom threatening to “hurt the governor politically” as Brown ran for a third term that year against Ronald Reagan.== > > Pat Brown’s bid for a third term failed, and the Reagan administration later bought out the Newsom concession. But the Brown-Newsom connection continued as Brown’s son, Jerry, reclaimed the governorship in 1974. He appointed the younger William Newsom, a personal friend and Gavin’s father, to a Placer County judgeship in 1975 and three years later to the state Court of Appeal. > > Justice Newsom, who died a few weeks ago, had been an attorney for oil magnate J. Paul Getty, most famously delivering $3 million to Italian kidnapers of Getty’s grandson in 1973. While serving on the appellate bench in the 1980s, he helped Getty’s son, Gordon, secure a change in state trust law that allowed him to claim his share of a multi-heir trust. > > After Newsom retired from the bench in 1995, he became administrator of Gordon Getty’s own trust, telling one interviewer, “I make my living working for Gordon Getty.” The trust provided seed money for the PlumpJack chain of restaurants and wine shops that Newson’s son, Gavin, and Gordon Getty’s son, Billy, developed, the first being in a Squaw Valley hotel. > > Gavin Newsom had been informally adopted by the Gettys after his parents divorced, returning a similar favor that the Newsom family had done for a young Gordon Getty many years earlier. Newsom’s PlumpJack business (named for an opera that Gordon Getty wrote) led to a career in San Francisco politics, a stint as mayor, the lieutenant governorship and now to the governorship, succeeding his father’s old friend. > > He’s keeping it all in the extended family. ### William Alfred Newsom, 1934-2018, advocate and judge whose name lives on [Archive](https://archive.ph/9GYR2)  > Governor-elect Gavin Newsom and Governor Jerry Brown have a somber reason to reflect on the past even as a new political era dawns in California. > > Newsom lost his father, and Brown lost a longtime friend, when former State Court of Appeal Justice William Newsom died last week at 84. The elder Newsom distinguished himself as an environmental activist, lawyer and judge. A fierce defender of California’s iconic mountain lions, he created the Sacramento-based Mountain Lion Foundation to save them. > > At first glance, he might seem like a minor player in California’s political history. But as the old Irish proverb goes: “Time is a great storyteller.” > > In his roles as politico, judge and father, William Newsom served as something of a bridge between three California governors. Two of these governors – a father and a son named Brown – had dramatic and long-lasting impacts on the future of the state. The third, Newsom’s own son, will take the oath of office next month. > > William Newsom did not live to see his son become the 40th governor of California, but he did see him win election. Gavin Newsom will assume the office once held by Edmund G. “Pat” Brown, who started his political career with assistance from William Newsom’s father, also named William. > > Pat Brown led California during a period of booming optimism. Under his watch, California’s population expanded while the state invested in critical infrastructure such as the University of California and the California Aqueduct. He also kick-started the political career of a young San Franciscan named Dianne Emiel Goldman, appointing her to the Women’s Parole Board in 1960. We know her today as Senator Dianne Feinstein. > > Eight years after Pat Brown left office – ousted by Republican upstart Ronald Reagan – Brown Jr. reclaimed the mantle. Jerry Brown, intrigued by his fellow St. Ignatius High School alum’s interest in environmental law, appointed William Newsom to the Placer County Superior Court in 1975. > > Newsom’s quotes in his San Francisco Chronicle obituary demonstrate a refreshing candor wrapped in sharp Irish wit. > > Asked why he decided to practice law, he told an interviewer he was “getting too old” and needed to “make a few dollars.” Quizzed about young Jerry Brown’s decision to become a priest, he said: “I became convinced that I didn’t want to be a Jesuit partly as a result of knowing Jerry.” > > Anyone familiar with Governor-elect Newsom’s biography knows he was raised by a single mother, Tessa Newsom, whom he often honors in speeches and interviews. Yet it seems clear he inherited the political bug from his father, who called politics “the Irish malady.” > > William Newsom ran for office in 1968, losing his race for a seat in the California state senate where his son would serve as president four decades later. > > As a judge, he ruffled feathers in 1978 by calling for the decriminalization of narcotics. His son has also challenged societal conventions before most politicians believe the time is right. Marriage equality is a reality today largely because Mayor Gavin Newsom fought an unjust law. > > Importantly, the elder Newsom provided his son with a connection to the Getty family of San Francisco. They gave young Newsom a start in business and, later, supported his campaigns. Many of his political opponents have tried, and failed, to use this relationship to stop his political rise. After all, making connections to advance your children is a well-worn trope in the American story. > > As Nathaniel Hawthorne observed, “families are always rising and falling in America.” > > William Newsom exits the stage as his son rises to lead the 5th largest economy in the world and the Browns ascend into history. Governor Newsom will lead California as we face an uncertain future brimming with both opportunity and danger. > > And so while a long life now ends, the story just begins. ### The Surprising Newsom, Pelosi and Harris Ties With the Getty Oil Dynasty [Archive](https://archive.ph/ccxrV)  > *There are few true American dynasties. The Rockefellers, Mellons, Astors and DuPonts come to mind. ==The Gettys, too, are on that list.== Founded by oil baron J. Paul Getty who moved under the radar until his "outing" as the richest American by Fortune magazine in 1957, the subsequent four generations of his family have been in the spotlight navigating fields from environmentalism to fashion to business, music, digital archives, arts, LGBTQ rights and politics. With five wives, the patriarch of the dynasty, J. Paul Getty, fathered four sons who lived to adulthood, and the family tree has flowered to some 19 grandchildren, 40 great-grandchildren and 15 great-great-grandchildren.* > > _Family scandals and internal squabbles such as Getty's son Gordon's (unsuccessful) seven-year court challenge over the family trust in the 1960s and the kidnapping of his eldest grandson in 1973, as well as subsequent battles with drug addiction, depression, adultery and internal squabbles over the sale of Getty Oil have been tabloid fodder for years and led to talk of "The Getty Curse." In the wake of the sale of the company in 1985 to Texaco for $10.1 billion—at that time the biggest corporate acquisition in history—$3 billion was partitioned into four separate trusts. Currently, the family's combined net worth could be in the neighborhood of $20 billion, which will finally be divided among all the heirs upon the death of J. Paul Getty's last living son—Gordon, currently 88._ > > _==As the family has navigated personal and professional successes and failures, it has also become inextricably enmeshed into the California political fabric, with longtime close family friendships developing between the Gettys and current Governor Gavin Newsom, Vice President Kamala Harris and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, as well as their families. William A. Newsom II, Gavin's grandfather, was a surrogate father to Getty sons John Paul Jr. and Gordon. William "Bill" Newsom III, Gavin's father, was even the bearer of the ransom money when John Paul III was kidnapped. Newsoms, Harrises, Pelosis and Gettys are godparents to one another's children and make appearances at important family events.== This adapted excerpt from James Reginato's_ Growing Up Getty _(Gallery Books) offers a window into how it all began._ --- <u>During their youths in the 1930s and 1940s, Paul Jr. and Gordon Getty could enjoy the camaraderie that came with being the only pair of full siblings born to J. Paul Getty, the richest American of his time.</u> The oil mogul's three other sons had each been born to a different wife (of which there were five), and the half-brothers rarely saw each other. Following her 1936 divorce from Getty, Paul Jr. and Gordon's mother settled her boys into a rambling house on Clay Street in San Francisco. Gregarious and artistically inclined, she was often absent. Their father, a workaholic who lived primarily in Europe, was virtually never present. <u>Left to their own devices, Paul Jr. and Gordon spent a good deal of time at the nearby home of their St. Ignatius prep school classmate, William "Bill" Newsom III, and his five siblings. This lively Irish-Catholic household was presided over by William A. Newsom II, a real estate developer and campaign manager for Edmund G. Brown, governor of California from 1959 to 1967 (whose son Jerry subsequently reclaimed the office in 1974 for the first of his four terms).</u> <u>In the genial Newsom père, the Getty boys found a surrogate dad. Their great affection for him endured. When Paul Jr. died at his mansion in England in 2003, a framed photograph of Newsom II was near his bed. This intimate family friendship between the Gettys and the Newsoms spanned generations, including Gordon's four sons—Peter, Andrew, John and Billy—and Bill's son—Gavin, California's 40th governor.</u> **Bonding Over Bones: The Origins of the Pelosi Friendship** Around 1970, Gordon and his bride, Ann, attended a small gathering in San Francisco. Dr. Louis Leakey, the pioneering paleoanthropologist, had come from Kenya to share with Americans news of his progress searching for evidence of the origins of man. Gordon had read of Leakey's work in newspapers and was eager to learn more. So, too, were Ron and Barbara Pelosi—nee Newsom, she was one of Bill's sisters—as well as Ron's brother, Paul Pelosi, and his wife, Nancy. Since moving with her husband to the Pelosis' hometown of San Francisco in 1969, Baltimore-born Nancy had her hands full taking care of their four children; their fifth child was born in 1970. Though she'd grown up in a political household, the idea of herself taking office was still nearly two decades off. At the time, Ron and Barbara had the highest political profiles of any in the gang. Ron served on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, and Barbara had grown up steeped in the city's Irish-Democratic politics. The three young couples became ardent supporters of the new L. S. B. Leakey Foundation. They honed their skills as they organized large public symposia, reviewed applications for grants the foundation dispensed to researchers and performed sundry other tasks. Their first large event, a two-day symposium held at the Palace of Fine Arts in 1973, was a triumph: Australian anthropologist Raymond Dart recounted his seminal discovery of Australopithecus africanus at a cave in Taung, South Africa; Mary Leakey brought the latest news of the digs at Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania; Dian Fossey discussed her study of the mountain gorillas of Rwanda; and Jane Goodall talked of her work with wild chimpanzees at Gombe Stream Research Center in Tanzania. Over the next decades, Gordon served as chairman, and made substantial financial contributions to the organization. In 2013, the Leakey Foundation celebrated Gordon's 40 years of service with a four-day celebration, with toasts from attendees including Life Trustee Nancy Pelosi and her husband, Paul. According to a citation from Don Dana, the foundation's president, "No person has contributed more to the science of human origins than Gordon Getty." In the years after these families met and became intertwined, as they rose to the peaks of wealth and power, there have been inevitable accusations of cronyism. But they bonded over old bones. They were all fascinated by the science—though doubtless learning about the survival of the fittest surely came in handy as they tangled with the modern hunter-gatherers of Pacific Heights, Capitol Hill and beyond. (Barbara and Ron divorced in 1977, after which she reverted to her maiden name of Newsom and served as the U.S. representative to the United Nations. She remained a staunch supporter of her former sister-in-law and her nephew Gavin.) - **See: [Barbara Newsom Obituary](https://archive.ph/0EVP)** **The Wine's the Thing** As they grew up, Billy Getty and Gavin developed an appreciation of good wine from their fathers, both passionate oenophiles and best friends. (Gordon became a well-respected composer of classical music while Bill served as a judge on the California Courts of Appeals bench.) In 1992, the boys opened a storefront shop, PlumpJack Wine & Spirits. With its whimsical design elements, youthful but informed vibe, and cut-rate prices, PlumpJack shook up the conservative wine world and became an immediate hit. "It's a lot of fun to see the entrepreneurial spirit bubbling up in the Getty clan again," said Gordon.  <p align="justify">^{Gavin Newsom, center, with Peter and Billy Getty. During the PlumpJack wine shop opening party. Oct. 29, 1992.}</p> **[See: San Francisco Examiner, August 1993](https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-plumpjack/151159030/)**  **[See: San Francisco Examiner, April 1994](https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-pjack/151159119/)**  As it happened, a political spirit gurgled up from the same premises—from a mop sink, to be exact. When the young men were applying for their permits, city inspectors put the brakes on things because the space lacked all the required plumbing fixtures. "Why the hell do we need a mop sink?" fumed Gavin. "The whole store is carpeted." His fight against city hall led to his first political position, on the Parking and Traffic Commission. **Friends Like Family** At Billy's 1999 wedding to Vanessa Jarman, held on a ranch in Napa Valley, Judge Newsom officiated, and Gavin served as best man. Among the 165 guests was a new assistant district attorney in town, a 34-year-old up-and-comer named Kamala Harris, Vanessa's new friend. Two years later, Harris threw the shower before the birth of the couple's first son. When their daughter was born, Kamala was asked to be the godmother.  <p align="justify">^{Obsolete owner Ray Azoulay, San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris and Vanessa Getty attend the "Choose Or Lose Your Toys" event at the Obsolete Gallery on November 3, 2009 in Venice, California.}</p> Political siblings, Gavin and Kamala came up together, though his rise, after becoming mayor of San Francisco in 2004, was meteoric. One day he would make a strong run for the White House it was commonly assumed around San Francisco. In 2001, when Gavin married Kimberly Guilfoyle, a prosecutor in the San Francisco District Attorney's Office, Ann lent the bride her Edwardian diamond trembleuse (trembling) tiara and threw a lavish banquet for some 500 guests at the Getty's mansion in Pacific Heights. Over the years, Newsom political opponents have tried to weaponize his connections to the Gettys, portraying him as a child of privilege. But while the Gettys contributed generously to his campaigns, other San Francisco families gave as much, if not more. Through the tragedies and scandals that beset the Gettys, including the death in 2015 of Gordon and Ann's son, Andrew, and the bombshell news, in 1999, that Gordon had been keeping a secret second family in Los Angeles—a mistress with whom he had three daughters—it was Bill Newsom who often provided wise advice and emotional comfort for members of the family. Hours after he died in 2018, at age 84, a distraught Kendalle Getty, one of Gordon's daughters, let her feelings pour out on Instagram: "Today, my father…lost his very best friend in the world…. I loved Bill, and I still do. Today hurts so badly…." In the election cycle of 2020, some airtime was devoted to pondering Kimberly Guilfoyle's path from Gavin to fiancé Donald Trump Jr. "Life's interesting," Newsom said diplomatically, when BuzzFeed brought up the topic with him. At the Democratic National Convention, when Harris accepted her historic nomination for vice president, she acknowledged the people she considered family, including her goddaughter. Amid the pandemic, the Gettys were shaken by back-to-back tragedies. Ann, the matriarch, died of a heart attack, and son John, 52, was found dead in a San Antonio hotel room. According to the medical examiner's report, he died of "cardiomyopathy and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [COPD], complicated by fentanyl toxicity." On the first anniversary of Ann's death, the grandees of San Francisco emerged from their COVID-19 isolation and assembled at the Conservatory of Music to memorialize her. It was what was left of San Francisco society, anyway. "Old, old," said one attendee of the crowd. But there was one bright face among them. On the day that only weeks earlier some prognosticators predicted might be his political funeral—the California gubernatorial recall election—Gavin Newsom was beaming. At 11 a.m., as the service began, he was clearly confident of the resounding victory he would have that night, which renewed talk of a presidential run, and an old rivalry. ("Are Newsom and Harris on a Collision Course?" asked a headline.) Two months later, when 27-year-old Ivy Getty—John's only child—was married, she was still mourning the loss of her father as well as her beloved grandmother, who had largely raised her. One of Ann's oldest friends stepped up to preside over the ceremony. When the service began at 6 p.m. on Saturday, November 6, under the dome of San Francisco City Hall, there was Nancy Pelosi, the officiant. Just before midnight the previous evening, the Speaker of the House, under the rotunda of the Capitol, had signed the historic $1.8 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework. "I hightailed it out of there for Ivy, who I've known since she was a baby," Pelosi told guests. --- ### The California Socio-Political Elite ### Newsoms #### Gavin Newsom  Gavin Newsom was born on October 10, 1967. The Getty family was instrumental in Newsom's ascent to public office. ##### LinkedIn Bio > Gavin Newsom is the Governor of California, former Lieutenant Governor of California, and former Mayor of San Francisco. > > Newsom is widely recognized for his willingness to lead – repeatedly developing, advocating, and implementing innovative and groundbreaking solutions to some of our most challenging issues. On a wide range of topics including same-sex marriage, gun safety, marijuana, the death penalty, universal health care, access to preschool, technology, criminal justice reform, and the minimum wage, Newsom stuck his neck out and did the right thing, which often led to sweeping changes when his policies were ultimately accepted, embraced, and replicated across the state and nation. > > Newsom’s top priorities for his administration are tackling our state’s affordability crisis, creating inclusive economic growth and opportunity for every child, and standing up for California values — from civil rights, to immigration, environmental protection, access to quality schools at all levels, and justice. > > Governor Newsom is married to First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom. They have four children: Montana, Hunter, Brooklynn, and Dutch. > > [Link](https://www.linkedin.com/in/gavinnewsom/) ##### K-12 Programming In 2018 in Sacramento, some parents expressed dismay that Gavin Newsom (then candidate for governor) was listed as the example in a First Grade textbook for a "champion of people's rights." [Some Elk Grove Parents Outraged by Textbook's Portrayal of Gavin Newsom (September 2018)](https://archive.ph/WxqS5) > Critics likened Newsom’s portrayal to communist propaganda for sentences such as: ” “Gavin said that people could marry who they choose. Sometimes, Gavin helped marry people. Some marriages were not between a man and a woman. He made sure that people’s rights were respected.” > > A district official told FOX40 that “this book helps the district stay in compliance with the FAIR Education Act, a state law that requires history and social science books include heroes to minority groups."  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The organization uses film and media as catalysts for cultural transformation, so that everyone, regardless of gender, race, class, age, sexual orientation or circumstance, can fulfill their human potential. > > Today, when she is not running The Representation Project and making documentaries, she serves on the advisory boards for The Imagine Kids Bus Project, ==The Common Sense Media Gender Initiative==, and ==Emerge America==. She has also served as a co-chair of We Day California, and is a former member of the Global Advisory Board of the Dove Self Esteem Project and the Girl Scouts’ Healthy Media Commission. She resides in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband, Governor-elect Gavin Newsom, and her four proudest achievements - their four young children Montana, Hunter, Brooklynn, and Dutch. **[Emerge America](https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Emerge_America):** Emerge America is a non-profit national political organization based in San Francisco with the mission to increase the number of Democratic women leaders from diverse backgrounds in public office through recruitment, training and providing a powerful network. **Common Sense Media Gender Initiative** > [About Page](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/about-us/our-mission) > > Common Sense is an independent voice for kids, families, and communities everywhere. > > We combine original research with game-changing advocacy efforts to make the digital world work better for all kids. Our advocacy work highlights legislation related to technology and identifies solutions that protect consumer privacy, push for better connectivity for students and families, and hold tech companies accountable to ensure a healthy internet for all. > > Common Sense Media rates movies, TV shows, podcasts, books, and more so families can feel good about the entertainment choices they make for their kids. We offer the largest, most trusted library of independent age-based ratings and reviews. Our timely parenting advice supports families as they navigate the challenges and possibilities of raising kids in the digital age. Learn how we rate and review nearly everything kids want to watch, read, play, and learn. Our vision: Families taking charge of their digital choices. > > Common Sense Education supports K–12 schools with everything educators need to empower the next generation of digital citizens. 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Our vision: Students thriving as learners, leaders, and citizens in the digital age. **[(2017) | WATCHING GENDER](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/sites/default/files/research/report/2017_commonsense_watchinggender_executivesummary_0620_1.pdf): How Stereotypes in Movies and on TV Impact Kids’ Development** <div style="left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 60%;"><iframe src="https://docs.google.com/viewer?embedded=true&url=https://www.commonsensemedia.org/sites/default/files/research/report/2017_commonsense_watchinggender_executivesummary_0620_1.pdf" style="top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; border: 0;" allowfullscreen></iframe></div> **[Foundation Partners](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/about-us/our-partners/foundation-partners)**  See Also: - [Girls, Boys, and Media: A Gender and Digital Life Toolkit for Educators](https://web.archive.org/web/20121203024756/http://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/gender) **[Harvey Weinstein Rape Testimony](https://archive.ph/qs8zq)**  > She told the court she met the media mogul when she was 31 years old in 2005 while at a bar with other industry friends during the Toronto Film Festival. “There was this big person coming towards me and it felt like everybody sort of backed away,” she recalled, saying, “It felt like the Red Sea was parting.” > > He then introduced himself to her and asked her to meet with him later to continue their talk because he had a meeting, she testified. > > She said Weinstein then contacted her at the end of September 2005 when he was in Los Angeles, and she was living in the West Hollywood neighborhood. He dropped by a party she was having for five minutes and, according to Siebel Newsom, said: “I’ll be in touch, I’d like to have a meal with you or a drink or something and continue the conversation. We can talk about your film projects.” > > He called and invited her to a hotel where an assistant told her the meeting would be in Weinstein’s suite, she testified. After she arrived, either Weinstein or an assistant told everyone in the room to leave, she told the court. > > She described Weinstein as uninterested in hearing about her projects. “He abruptly got up and said I’m going to go get more comfortable,” she said. > > According to her testimony, Weinstein was down a hallway, bent over while wearing a robe. “Can you help me?” she says he asked. > > “Then I saw that he was touching himself, and he grabbed me,” she told the jury as she began to cry. > > He was aggressive and she tried to back away, she said. > > Weinstein softened his approach, she testified, but eventually he carried or dragged her to the bedroom and raped her. > > When asked by a prosecutor why she remained in the hotel suite, she said, “Because you don’t say no to Harvey Weinstein. He could make or ruin your career. I thought I was going to discuss my projects.” > > Siebel Newsom said she didn’t tell anyone that night nor did she call police about the incident. > > “I was so violated and I don’t know how that happened,” she said through tears. “I didn’t see the clues and I didn’t know how to escape.” ### Pelosis #### Paul Pelosi Mother:  --- %%Footer Starts Here%% --- ![[Brain Icon 1.png|center]] <b><font color="#ffffff"> <center>You might not have noticed it… but your brain did.</center> </font></b> --- ### Tags ### Linked Pages & Footnotes