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Newsom’s upbringing straddled hardship and privilege, experience that shaped his rise in California politics. The child of divorced parents, he grew up with his mother, Tessa, who eked out a living working multiple jobs. But through his father, William, a state appellate court judge, Newsom had an entrée into the highest echelons of San Francisco society.
Source: latimes.com – Los Angeles Times