Who has Newsom’s ear as he weighs a White House run?

On June 23, Gov. Gavin Newsom had a scheduled call with Mark Lashier, the chief executive of Phillips 66 — months after the oil giant announced it would shut down a major Los Angeles refinery following the governor’s signing of new regulations on oil and gas facilities as he pushed to end California’s reliance on fossil fuels.

Within days, Newsom’s administration pivoted.

State officials unveiled a plan to boost oil drilling and imports in California and put on hold a refinery profit cap the governor had previously championed.