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Gavin Newsom: “He [Gavin Newsom's father] was an activist judge. So it was…”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

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GOV. GAVIN NEWSOM Talks California, ICE, New Book

Published | Video Starts at 00:02

Said he was broke and broke in, and then just took off and went to Lake Tahoe region near Truckee. Became an attorney up there and eventually became a judge. But He [Gavin Newsom's father] 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. He was on the board at the Dead concert. So he always there was always cause oriented. (00:02–23:11)

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Asserts that Gavin Newsom's father was an activist judge focused on social, racial, and environmental justice.

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