William Newsom

William Alfred Newsom III (born February 15, 1934) is a retired state appeals court judge, administrator of the Getty family trust, and the father of San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom. A lifelong San Franciscan, Newsom has longstanding political and financial ties. His father, also named William Newsom, was a close friend of Pat Brown, who rose from San Francisco district attorney to governor of California. He remains friends with Pat Brown’s son, California Attorney General, former Oakland Mayor and former California Governor Jerry Brown. Newsom's sister was once married to the brother-in-law of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. He is also a close friend of Gordon Getty, son of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty, whom he met in the late 1940s while attending St. Ignatius Catholic prep school in San Francisco. After graduating from the University of San Francisco, Newsom attended Stanford Law School and was admitted to the California Bar in 1962. He worked as legal adviser to the Italian... full article at wikipedia