He ran for supervisors, county supervisor, state senate. Lost. Said he was broke and broke in, and then just took off and went to Lake Tahoe region near Truckee. He [Gavin Newsom's father] became an attorney up there and eventually became a judge. But he was an activist judge. So it was like social justice, racial justice, environmental justice. That's why I was out there with edf, Environmental Defense Fund. (00:02–23:05)
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