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56-524: The PlumpJack Group was founded in 1992 by Gavin Newsom , a San Francisco entrepreneur and future governor of California , and Gordon Getty , a San Francisco composer and philanthropist . They opened a wine store called PlumpJack Wines in the Fillmore neighborhood of San Francisco . Over the next five years, the business expanded to include a boutique hotel and three restaurants . PlumpJack Winery

112-674: A state law passed in 2000 . Implementation of Care Not Cash, the initiative he had sponsored as a supervisor, began on July 1, 2004. As part of the initiative, 5,000 more homeless people were given permanent shelter in the city. About 2,000 people had been placed into permanent housing with support by 2007. Other programs Newsom initiated to end chronic homelessness included the San Francisco Homeless Outreach Team (SF HOT) and Project Homeless Connect (PHC), which placed 2,000 homeless people into permanent housing and provided 5,000 additional affordable rental units in

168-399: A Democratic stronghold after losing the 2000 presidential election and the 2003 gubernatorial recall election to Arnold Schwarzenegger . National Democratic Party figures, including Bill Clinton , Al Gore , and Jesse Jackson , campaigned for Newsom. Five supervisors endorsed Gonzalez, while Willie Brown endorsed Newsom. Newsom won the runoff with 53% of the vote to Gonzalez's 47%,

224-569: A French-American bilingual Catholic school in San Francisco, but eventually transferred out, due to the severe dyslexia that still affects him. It has challenged his abilities to write, spell, read, and work with numbers . Throughout his schooling, Newsom had to rely on a combination of audiobooks , digests, and informal verbal instruction. To this day, he prefers to interpret documents and reports through audio. Newsom attended third through fifth grades at Notre Dame des Victoires, where he

280-549: A November 2015 op-ed calling for the creation of the California College Promise, which would create partnerships between public schools, public universities, and employers and offer a free community college education. Throughout 2016, he joined Oakland mayor Libby Schaaf at the launch of the Oakland Promise and Second Lady Jill Biden and Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti at the launch of

336-685: A PlumpJack Café (1994), a winery in Napa Valley (1995), the Balboa Café Bar and Grill (1995), the PlumpJack Development Fund L.P. (1996), the MatrixFillmore Bar (1998), PlumpJack Wines shop Noe Valley branch (1999), PlumpJackSport retail clothing (2000), and a second Balboa Café at Squaw Valley (2000). Newsom's investments included five restaurants and two retail clothing stores. Newsom's annual income

392-476: A closer race in the December 9 runoff, when many of the city's progressive groups supported Gonzalez. The race was partisan, with attacks against Gonzalez for his support of Ralph Nader in the 2000 presidential election, and attacks against Newsom for contributing $ 500 to a Republican slate mailer in 2000 that endorsed issues Newsom supported. Democratic leadership felt they needed to reinforce San Francisco as

448-492: A failed local ballot measure that would have allowed an increased condo-conversion rate if a certain percentage of tenants within a building were buying their units. As a candidate for mayor, he supported building 10,000 new housing units to create 15,000 new construction jobs. Newsom's signature achievement as a supervisor was a voter initiative called Care Not Cash (Measure N), which offered care, supportive housing, drug treatment, and help from behavioral health specialists for

504-457: A leading contender for the mayorship in 2003. In a city audit conducted four years after the inception of program and released in 2008, the program was evaluated as largely successful. Newsom placed first in the November 4, 2003, general election in a nine-person field. He received 41.9% of the vote to Green Party candidate Matt Gonzalez 's 19.6% in the first round of balloting, but faced

560-511: A letter urging them not to increase federal enforcement against recreational cannabis firms opening in California. He wrote: "The government must not strip the legal and publicly supported industry of its business and hand it back to drug cartels and criminals ... Dealers don't card kids. I urge you and your administration to work in partnership with California and the other eight states that have legalized recreational marijuana for adult use in

616-468: A margin of 11,000 votes. He ran as a business-friendly centrist Democrat and a moderate in San Francisco politics. Some of his opponents called him conservative. Newsom claimed he was a centrist in the Dianne Feinstein mold. He ran on the slogan "great cities, great ideas", and presented over 21 policy papers. He pledged to continue working on San Francisco's homelessness issue. Newsom

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672-435: A network that's dominantly political, and I happen to believe, firmly, that for politics to change, public policy needs to change, meaning the best politics is the better idea. And, we cannot restrict ourselves in the political dialogue to sourcing ideas from the politicians and pundits ." Originally, Newsom asked Current TV if they would let him use their equipment to do a YouTube channel; they rejected that request, with

728-577: A professor of medicine at Stanford University . Newsom is the second cousin, twice removed, of musician Joanna Newsom . Newsom's aunt was married to Ron Pelosi , the brother-in-law of former speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi . Newsom's parents divorced in 1971 when he was three years old. Newsom has said he did not have an easy childhood, partly due to "pretty severe" dyslexia . He attended kindergarten and first grade at École Notre Dame Des Victoires,

784-491: A proposal instead that he do his show on their network. The show was a replacement for Countdown with Keith Olbermann and premiered on May 18, 2012, with guests Lance Armstrong , Marissa Mayer , and Nick Bilton . On January 2, 2013 it was announced that the show was going off the air. According to his spokesman "The Gavin Newsom Show was a great opportunity for which he is grateful," spokesman Peter Ragone said in

840-511: A small scholarship in his freshman year), but he had elbow surgery in late 1985 and never played on the varsity team. He has reflected on his education fondly, crediting Santa Clara's Jesuit approach with helping him become an independent thinker who questions orthodoxy. While in school, Newsom spent a semester studying abroad in Rome, Italy. Newsom and his investors created the company PlumpJack Associates L.P. on May 14, 1991. The group started

896-560: A state law to allow California communities to create policy restricting certain breeds of dogs. In 2007, he signed the law establishing Healthy San Francisco to provide city residents with universal health care , the first city in the nation to do so. Newsom came under attack from the San Francisco Democratic Party in 2009 for his failure to implement the City of San Francisco's sanctuary city rule, under which

952-608: A vacant seat on the Parking and Traffic Commission in 1996, and he was later elected president of the commission. Brown appointed him to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors seat vacated by Kevin Shelley in 1997. At the time, he was the youngest member of San Francisco's board of supervisors. Newsom was sworn in by his father and pledged to bring his business experience to the board. Brown called Newsom "part of

1008-448: A way that will let us enforce our state laws that protect the public and our children while targeting the bad actors." Newsom responded to comments by Spicer that compared cannabis to opioids: "Unlike marijuana, opioids represent an addictive and harmful substance, and I would welcome your administration's focused efforts on tackling this particular public health crisis." Newsom joined Long Beach City College Superintendent Eloy Oakley in

1064-709: Is an American politician and businessman serving since 2019 as the 40th governor of California . A member of the Democratic Party , he served as the 49th lieutenant governor of California from 2011 to 2019 and the 42nd mayor of San Francisco from 2004 to 2011. Newsom graduated from Santa Clara University in 1989. Afterward, he founded the boutique winery PlumpJack Group with billionaire heir and family friend Gordon Getty as an investor. The company grew to manage 23 businesses, including wineries, restaurants, and hotels. Newsom began his political career in 1996, when San Francisco mayor Willie Brown appointed him to

1120-617: The San Francisco Examiner : "That's the kind of bureaucratic malaise I'm going to be working through." The business grew to an enterprise with more than 700 employees. The PlumpJack Cafe Partners L.P. opened the PlumpJack Café, also on Fillmore Street , in 1993. Between 1993 and 2000, Newsom and his investors opened several other businesses that included the PlumpJack Squaw Valley Inn with

1176-538: The Marina , Cow Hollow , Sea Cliff and Laurel Heights, which had San Francisco's highest income level and highest Republican registration. Newsom paid $ 500 to the San Francisco Republican Party to appear on the party's endorsement slate in 2000 while running for Supervisor. He was reelected. As a San Francisco Supervisor, Newsom gained public attention for his role in advocating reform of

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1232-561: The PlumpJack Winery in 1992 with the financial help of his family friend Gordon Getty . PlumpJack was the name of an opera written by Getty, who invested in 10 of Newsom's 11 businesses. Getty told the San Francisco Chronicle that he treated Newsom like a son and invested in his first business venture because of that relationship. According to Getty, later business investments were because of "the success of

1288-535: The 2008 election, Newsom opposed Proposition 8 , the ballot initiative to reverse the Supreme Court of California ruling that there was a constitutional right to same-sex marriage. Proposition 8 supporters released a commercial featuring footage of Newsom saying the following in a speech regarding same-sex marriage: "This door's wide open now. It's going to happen, whether you like it or not." Some observers noted that polls shifted in favor of Proposition 8 after

1344-588: The 2013 book Citizenville , which focused on using digital tools for democratic change. He was reelected in 2014 and elected governor of California in 2018 . During his governorship, Newsom faced criticism for his personal behavior and leadership style during the COVID-19 pandemic , particularly due to strict lockdown measures that some felt were overly restrictive and economically damaging. Controversies and public frustration with his leadership contributed to an unsuccessful recall effort of Newsom in 2021 . He

1400-678: The August 10, 2007, filing deadline passed, San Francisco's discussion shifted to talk about Newsom's second term. He was challenged in the election by 13 candidates, including George Davis, a nudist activist, and Michael Powers, owner of the Power Exchange sex club. Conservative former supervisor Tony Hall withdrew by early September due to lack of support. The San Francisco Chronicle declared in August 2007 that Newsom faced no "serious threat to his re-election bid", having raised $ 1.6 million for his reelection campaign by early August. He

1456-531: The Better Streets program, which ensures that public health perspectives are fully integrated into urban planning processes. He signed a menu-labeling bill into law, requiring that chain restaurants print nutrition information on their menus. Newsom was named "America's Most Social Mayor" in 2010 by Same Point, based on analysis of the social media profiles of mayors of the 100 largest U.S. cities. Newsom gained national attention in 2004 when he directed

1512-1086: The Interest of Society at the University of California, Berkeley , on the California Report Card (CRC). The CRC is a mobile-optimized platform that allows state residents to "grade" their state on six timely issues. The CRC exemplifies ideas presented in Citizenville , encouraging direct public involvement in government affairs via technology. In 2015, Newsom partnered with the Institute for Advanced Technology and Public Policy at California Polytechnic State University to launch Digital Democracy, an online tool that uses facial and voice recognition to enable users to navigate California legislative proceedings. The Gavin Newsom Show The Gavin Newsom Show

1568-564: The LA Promise. In June 2016, Newsom helped secure $ 15 million in the state budget to support the creation of promise programs throughout the state. In December 2015, Newsom called on the University of California to reclassify computer science courses as a core academic class to incentivize more high schools to offer computer science curricula. He sponsored successful legislation signed by Governor Brown in September 2016, that began

1624-735: The PlumpJack Winery in Oakville, California, new PlumpJack-owned Cade Winery in Angwin, California, and the PlumpJack Squaw Valley Inn. He is the president in absentia of Airelle Wines Inc., which is connected to the PlumpJack Winery in Napa County. Newsom earned between $ 141,000 and $ 251,000 in 2007 from his business interests. In February 2006, he paid $ 2,350,000 for his residence in the Russian Hill neighborhood, which he put on

1680-544: The San Francisco city–county clerk to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples , violating state law. In August 2004, the Supreme Court of California annulled the marriages Newsom had authorized, as they conflicted with state law. Still, Newsom's unexpected move brought national attention to the issue of same-sex marriage, solidifying political support for him in San Francisco and in the LGBTQ+ community. During

1736-646: The University of California–Berkeley's football team, which had the lowest graduation rates in the country. Newsom released his first book, Citizenville: How to Take the Town Square Digital and Reinvent Government , on February 7, 2013. The book discusses the Gov 2.0 movement taking place across the nation. After its release, Newsom began to work with the Center for Information Technology Research in

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1792-695: The city was to not assist U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement . The same year, Newsom received the Leadership for Healthy Communities Award, along with Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York City and three other public officials, for his commitment to making healthful food and physical activity options more accessible to children and families. He hosted the Urban-Rural Roundtable in 2008 to explore ways to promote regional food development and increased access to healthy, affordable food. Newsom secured $ 8 million in federal and local funds for

1848-556: The city's municipal railway (Muni). He was one of two supervisors endorsed by Rescue Muni, a transit riders group, in his 1998 reelection. He sponsored Proposition B to require Muni and other city departments to develop detailed customer service plans. The measure passed with 56.6% of the vote. Newsom sponsored a ballot measure from Rescue Muni; a version of the measure was approved by voters in November 1999. Newsom also supported allowing restaurants to serve alcohol at their outdoor tables, banning tobacco advertisements visible from

1904-472: The city's Parking and Traffic Commission. Brown then appointed Newsom to fill a vacancy on the Board of Supervisors the next year and Newsom was first elected to the board in 1998. Newsom was elected mayor of San Francisco in 2003 and reelected in 2007 . He was elected lieutenant governor of California in 2010 . As lieutenant governor, Newsom hosted The Gavin Newsom Show from 2012 to 2013. He also wrote

1960-477: The city. During a strike by hotel workers against a dozen San Francisco hotels, Newsom joined UNITE HERE union members on a picket line in front of the Westin St. Francis Hotel on October 27, 2004. He vowed that the city would boycott the hotels by not sponsoring city events at them until they agreed to a contract with workers. The contract dispute was settled in September 2006. In 2005, Newsom pushed for

2016-910: The commercial's release; this, in turn, led to speculation that Newsom had inadvertently played a role in the amendment's passage. Newsom filed initial paperwork to run for lieutenant governor in February 2010, and officially announced his candidacy in March. He received the Democratic nomination in June and won the election on November 2. Newsom was sworn in as lieutenant governor on January 10, 2011, and served under Governor Jerry Brown. While lieutenant governor, in May 2012, Newsom began hosting The Gavin Newsom Show on Current TV . The same month, he drew criticism for calling Sacramento "dull" and saying he

2072-482: The death penalty in California. He argued that Prop. 62 would get rid of a system "that is administered with troubling racial disparities" and said that the death penalty was fundamentally immoral and did not deter crime. Proposition 62 failed. In 2014, Newsom was the only statewide politician to endorse California Proposition 47 , legislation that recategorized certain nonviolent offenses like drug and property crimes as misdemeanors as opposed to felonies. Voters passed

2128-514: The first". One of Newsom's early interactions with government occurred when Newsom resisted the San Francisco Department of Public Health 's requirement to install a sink at his PlumpJack wine store. The Health Department argued that wine was a food and required the store to install a $ 27,000 sink in the carpeted wine shop on the grounds that the shop needed the sink for a mop. When Newsom was later appointed supervisor, he told

2184-408: The future generation of leaders of this great city". Newsom described himself as a " social liberal and a fiscal watchdog". He was elected to a full four-year term to the board in 1998. San Francisco voters chose to abandon at-large elections to the board for the previous district system in 1999. Newsom was reelected in 2000 and 2002 to represent the second district, which includes Pacific Heights ,

2240-410: The homeless in lieu of direct cash aid from the state's general assistance program. Many homeless rights advocates protested against the initiative. "Progressives and Democrats, nuns and priests, homeless advocates and homeless people were furious", Newsom said. The successfully passed ballot measure raised his political profile and provided the volunteers, donors, and campaign staff that helped make him

2296-417: The importance of public service. His father's finances were strapped in part because of his tendency to give away his earnings. Newsom worked several jobs in high school to help support his family. Newsom attended Santa Clara University , graduating in 1989 with a Bachelor of Science with a major in political science . In his first two years, he tried out for the university's baseball team (and received

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2352-572: The market in April 2009 for $ 3,000,000. At the time of the Silicon Valley Bank collapse in March 2023, it was acknowledged that at least three of Newsom's wine companies, PlumpJack, Cade and Odette, were Silicon Valley Bank clients. Newsom's first political experience came when he volunteered for Willie Brown 's successful campaign for mayor in 1995. Newsom hosted a private fundraiser at his PlumpJack Café. Brown appointed Newsom to

2408-845: The measure on November 4, 2014. In July 2015, Newsom released the Blue Ribbon Commission on Marijuana Policy's final report, which he had convened with the American Civil Liberties Union of California in 2013. The report's recommendations to regulate marijuana were intended to inform a legalization measure on the November 2016 ballot. Newsom supported the resulting measure, Proposition 64 , which legalized cannabis use and cultivation for California state residents who are 21 or older. On February 24, 2017, in response to pro-enforcement statements by White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer , Newsom sent Attorney General Jeff Sessions and President Donald Trump

2464-430: The planning process for expanding computer science education to all state students, beginning as early as kindergarten. In 2016, Newsom passed a series of reforms at the University of California to give student-athletes additional academic and injury-related support, and to ensure that contracts for athletic directors and coaches emphasized academic progress. This came in response to several athletics programs, including

2520-512: The screwcap closure from each vintage since 1997 have been analyzed by researchers in the Department of Viticulture and Enology at the University of California at Davis . PlumpJack was a client of Silicon Valley Bank . PlumpJack Winery produces Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay varietal wines from Napa Valley grapes , with smaller amounts of Merlot , Syrah , Sauvignon blanc , and Sangiovese . The 2001 PlumpJack Cabernet Sauvignon

2576-527: The streets, stiffer penalties for landlords who run afoul of rent-control laws, and a resolution, which was defeated, to commend Colin Powell for raising money for youth programs. Newsom's support for business interests at times strained his relationship with labor leaders. During Newsom's time as supervisor, he supported housing projects through public-private partnerships to increase homeownership and affordable housing in San Francisco. He supported HOPE,

2632-480: The winery, announced at the Napa Valley Wine Auction that half (150 cases) of PlumpJack's 1997 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon would be available upon release with a screwcap, and that those bottles would cost $ 10 USD more than those in the cases closed with cork . At $ 135 per bottle, many in the wine industry were skeptical of the decision. As part of the screwcap program at PlumpJack, bottles with

2688-401: Was reelected the next year with more than 59% of the vote. Newsom was born on October 10, 1967, the son of Tessa Thomas (née Menzies) and William Alfred Newsom III , a state appeals court judge and attorney for Getty Oil . He is a fourth-generation San Franciscan. One of Newsom's maternal great-grandfathers, Scotsman Thomas Addis , was a pioneer scientist in the field of nephrology and

2744-500: Was a weekly one-hour talk show hosted by then- lieutenant governor of California , Gavin Newsom , and airing on San Francisco –based Current TV from 2012–2013. The show featured one-on-one interviews with notable residents of California, guests included Marissa Mayer and Sergey Brin . Mia Haugen, a former executive at theStreet , Forbes and CNN , was the executive producer. It was, according to Newsom, "a political show without politicians. Meaning, I'm in politics, I'm on

2800-642: Was founded in 1997 when the PlumpJack Group acquired a century-old 53 acres (21 ha) vineyard in Napa Valley on Oakville Cross Road. The winery facility and tasting room were designed by Leavitt-Weaver, the same design firm that the PlumpJack Group used for the designs of its restaurants and hotels. PlumpJack Winery was the first Napa Valley winery to use the Stelvin screwcap closure on its most expensive bottling. John Conover, general manager of

2856-507: Was greater than $ 429,000 from 1996 to 2001. In 2002, his business holdings were valued at more than $ 6.9 million. Newsom gave a monthly $ 50 gift certificate to PlumpJack employees whose business ideas failed, because in his view, "There can be no success without failure." Newsom sold his share of his San Francisco businesses when he became mayor in 2004. He maintained his ownership in the PlumpJack companies outside San Francisco, including

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2912-654: Was named 2004 Wine of the Year by Wine Enthusiast magazine. The 2002 and 2004 vintages of the PlumpJack Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve both received "Extraordinary" wine ratings of 96-100 points from wine critic Robert Parker . 38°27′28″N 122°21′57″W  /  38.4579°N 122.3658°W  / 38.4579; -122.3658 Gavin Newsom Gavin Christopher Newsom (born October 10, 1967)

2968-585: Was only there once a week, adding, "there's no reason" to be there otherwise. Newsom was reelected as lieutenant governor on November 4, 2014, defeating Republican Ron Nehring with 57.2% of the vote. His second term began on January 5, 2015. Newsom supported a failed measure in 2012 that sought to end capital punishment in California . He claimed the initiative would save California millions of dollars, citing statistics that California had spent $ 5 billion since 1978 to execute just 13 people. In 2016, Newsom supported Proposition 62 , which also would have repealed

3024-670: Was placed in remedial reading classes. In high school, he played basketball and baseball and graduated from Redwood High School in 1985. Newsom was a shooting guard in basketball and an outfielder in baseball. His skills placed him on the cover of the Marin Independent Journal . Tessa Newsom worked three jobs to support Gavin and his sister Hilary Newsom Callan. In an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle , his sister recalled Christmases when their mother told them they would not receive any gifts. Tessa opened their home to foster children , instilling in Newsom

3080-545: Was reelected on November 6 with over 72% of the vote. Upon taking office for a second term, Newsom promised to focus on the environment, homelessness, health care, education, housing, and rebuilding San Francisco General Hospital . As mayor, Newsom focused on development projects in Hunters Point and Treasure Island . He gained national attention in 2004 when he directed the San Francisco city–county clerk to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples , violating

3136-551: Was sworn in as mayor on January 3, 2004. He called for unity among the city's political factions, and promised to address the issues of public schools, potholes and affordable housing . Newsom said he was "a different kind of leader" who "isn't afraid to solve even the toughest problems". San Francisco's progressive community tried to field a candidate to run a strong campaign against Newsom. Supervisors Ross Mirkarimi and Chris Daly considered running, but both declined. Gonzalez also decided not to challenge Newsom again. When

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