GOV GAVIN NEWSOM: From privilege to heartbreak, my life behind the headlines
Five years ago, I knew exactly what kind of book I needed to write.
It would chronicle crisis and conflict — the pandemic, the catastrophic wildfires, Trump 1.0, the relentless flywheel of California politics grinding out public policy. It would be the book people expected me to write.
I proudly turned in the manuscript.
It was quickly rejected.
NEWSOM PUSHES THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY TO BE 'MORE CULTURALLY NORMAL' IF THEY WANT TO WIN
I still remember the Zoom call with Ann Godoff...