====== Gavin Newsom ======

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**Gavin Christopher Newsom** is an American politician serving as Governor of [[united_states:California]].

===== Affiliations =====

==== Family ====

Newsom is an ex-step-nephew of [[Nancy Pelosi]], former Speaker of the [[United States House of Representatives]].((KGO. (2021, May 25). //Are Gavin Newsom and Nancy Pelosi related? We explain.// Microsoft News; ABC 7 San Francisco. https://archive.ph/hW7Aj))

===== History =====

Newsom was a participant in the inaugural group for the [[Forum of Young Global Leaders]] program in 2005.((//Profiles.// The Forum of Young Global Leaders. Retrieved October 29, 2005, from https://web.archive.org/web/20051029210132/http://www.younggloballeaders.org/scripts/modules/Profiles/page11263.html))

In July 2022, Newsom announced that California would begin making its own [[insulin]] in response to high prices for the drug.((Marquardt, A. (2022, July 9). //California is single handedly trying to solve all of America’s economic problems. Next up: transforming the pharmaceutical market.// Fortune. http://archive.today/2022.08.22-193607/https://fortune.com/2022/07/09/california-insulin-health-care-gavin-newsom/)) He said he would use $100 million in state budget to make “insulin at a cheaper price” and “available to all.”((Bella, T. (2022, July 8). //California will make its own insulin to fight drug’s high prices, Newsom says.// Washington Post. http://archive.today/2022.07.08-175707/https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/07/08/california-insulin-newsom-drug-prices/))

===== External links =====

  * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Newsom|Wikipedia]]
  * [[https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Gavin_Newsom|Wikispooks]]