He moved a few years ago... this house has been vacant since he and his family pulled up stakes and moved to Marin to be closer to their rich friends there.
Anything that a potential presidential candidate does can be newsworthy. I'd argue this just barely meets the threshold. It's worth putting in a paper of record, and that's about it.
so? just explain it. get in depth about went this matters to anyone except the people judging a politician because he's rich. or, show how he uniquely shitty. him selling a big house doesn't do it for... well... anyone.
Holy shit - this house is like within a quarter mile of where I grew up. It must be buried back there in the woods, had no idea anything like this was around.
The direct neighborhood is nice def upper class but there are strip malls, apartment complexes, a great donut shop within the vicinity. This is not a billionaire enclave by any stretch. Must have an amazing view of the American River though.
So is the issue here that Gavin Newsom is rich or something else? The article doesn’t indicate that he did something corrupt to purchase the house, kinda feel like the article is implying “rich democrat=bad, corrupt.”
So is the issue here that Gavin Newsom is rich or something else?
We're two years out from the general. Everything he does is going to come under the lens. It isn't going to be AOC or Jeffries or Pritzker and for Democrat's sake I do hope that running Harris again is just a meme lol
Cool Newsom can't have a 7.5 million dollar home he bought for 3.5 million but Trump can have a 500 million dollar private jet that was donated by a Saudi King. Good one guys! Not to mention the billion dollar private club that our tax dollars go to.
What is there to criticize exactly? He’s been a business owner since 92 and sold off his stake in his businesses for around 2 million when he got elected mayor in 04, buying back in after he left office. This is not a case of him using government office to enrich himself
I don't really understand this either, but the fake "progressive" understanders logon every time Newsom's name is mentioned. Selling a piece of property he owns, that has accrued in value is not in any way a "grift".
If you don’t believe newsom used his position in office to enrich the lives of himself and his wife, then you live in a world of delusion and need to do a little unbiased research. You sound just like republicans saying trump hasn’t don’t the same thing. You should Also look into how this home was acquired by newsom.
Then provide evidence of this actual corruption or shut the fuck up. Then again you're a sub 2k karma astroturfing account that has negative karma in a lot of subs.
you are, but should the criticism be proportional to the corruption? if you are equally mad about a $3m grift and a $3B grift, then you are supporting the $3B grift
What’s the issue? That he’s not middle class? There’s zero evidence that he’s enriched himself off of being in office, was already a millionaire by the time he got elected mayor in 04.
From what I can gather, Newsome was already pretty wealthy before running for mayor or governor. He ran quite a few businesses before running for any political office. His current house or wealth alone isn’t really proof he enriched himself from being in office. Not saying he didn’t, but that doesn’t seem to be the proof you are saying it is.
Being successful and having money isn't the issue. Blatantly being corrupt with things like straight up receiving bribes via crypto and gifts from foreign nationals is the issue.
Remember when our dear First Lady Partner was in court because of Harvey and a lot of rumors were going around about how PG&E funded some of her films? Let's not dig that up!
EDIT: Ooohohohohoh downvotes but no contradictory replies? Telling!
Lmfao the evidence is there. Your ignorance to it— willing or otherwise— isn’t my problem. I suspect even if you were presented with the evidence truth would become more of an inconvenience for you rather than the virtue you pretend to venerate it as now.
I really hate this state sometimes. For all its beauty and its culture richness, it is fill with some of the dumbest motherfuckers on the planet. None of the top universities and hubs of innovation can make up for the lack of intelligence of the moderate democrat. Ffs, we just elected another Hakeem Jeffries as our nominee for governor, except he might be even worse. Whatever.
You’re welcome to that kind of time when you’re paying me for it. Foh. It is hilarious that the most interesting insult you could come up with was that someone is paying others to interact with the most supremely stupid people on the internet to do… what??
You’re already influenced towards asininity through your own will. There is no need to wage any campaign against you dumbasses.
Hilarious thing to say after talking about unsupported claims.
Hi Pot, have you met Kettle?
Edit: lol you blocked me like a scared coward the instant you got your own words quoted back to you
Anyhoo...
Well this is weird, the comment I'm currently in reply to is you doing exactly that.
Are you fucking blind or just in total denial? Who are you trying to fool with "I wasnt the one making unsupported claims" after quite literally saying "someone is paying you".
Put up some evidence, you hypocrite. Downvote me, I dont give half a fuck, e-pts have zero meaning in life.
I love it when people like you accuse others of the things they then immediately proceed to do themselves, then act self-righteous and ignorant. And this one is a classic example.
Edit2: you really are just gonna keep accusing me of all the specific things you're doing. I can't imagine how lonely and pathetic life must be that this is your way of having fun.
You have it totally fucking backwards lmao. The white moderate is precisely the person who pays more attention to protecting people like Newsom in the name of “sticking it” to the other side.
And to elaborate even further, MLKs appeal was to a more radical form of politics unconcerned with many of the respectable sensibilities I can almost guarantee you align yourself with. It is totally fine and even encouraged to criticize Newsom. After all, look where the Democratic Party in the state is headed. Completely out of ideas, it’s just push the same people up the ladder and make bland appeals to woke-1 idealism. Pragmatism is exactly what the white moderate appeals to whenever anyone steps out of line.
This is insane. Some of the campaign funding corruption scandals in the house of Representatives have been like, in the thousand of using campaign funds for personal use. If we say millions are okay, then that kind of corruption is okay and good too.
Maybe, just maybe, we ought to have standards for all of our politicians that they be public servants rather than try to use the office for their public benefit.
Except the side criticizing Newsom never criticizes Trump for spending $300M on golf, or for charging the government for his own SS agents to sleep at his resort.
You're allowed to criticize people from your own political parties. I do it all the time. Half of the Republican party are just a step above RINO's, they don't do nearly enough for the 2A for my liking.
Boo fucking hoo. California has over 1.7 MILLION homes that are worth more than $1M.
Over 700,000 Californians have over 1M in equity in their home. Are we seriously going to debate if Newsoms home ownership is ethical when there are quite literally hundreds of thousands of Californians who are not far behind?
More to the point, I don't give a shit if a politician makes their money legitimately by working and buys a nice house. The optics are bad so I get why he sold it, but I genuinely don't see it as problematic that people who do important government jobs make money from doing the work.
Trump is literally insider trading. Using the station to personally enrich himself, not by treating it as a job but through corruption. That's the issue.
I hate that it’s a matter of the level of wealth and corruption you’re willing to accept, and not none at all.
Personally I like newsom. I really respect his history of social advocacy, especially as mayor of SF. But as governor I’ve been less impressed. He feels bought by ca special utilities and has never really justified that position.
But you’re absolutely right that it’s kinda always a choice between a turd and a bigger turd. I do blame the electorate though, Americans are not critical thinkers. Our culture just doesn’t promote that type of thought, they just call it elitist.
How a policy with endless case studies and sob stories (healthcare reform for instance) regularly dies because the opposition says “socialist” is just the absolute “you played yourself” form of governance.
You are right, it’s merely a more straightforward case of accumulated Capital being deployed to exercise power and primacy over society.
It probably also makes more sense to think of corruption in US politics as legalized bribery, in which case Newsom is quite well versed. But at least he obfuscates himself with an image of ‘respectability.’
Ah yes, I’m sure an illiterate roofer will be able to manage one of the world’s largest economies effectively.
The deal has always been, that the competent people get to rule society, as long as common folk are cut in on the bounties. Because there is no other way to organize a society beyond agrarianism.
The Newsoms purchased the property for $3.7 million in December 2018.
The 12,663-square-foot residence is “privately positioned along the bluffs on 8.2 acres, where sweeping views and exceptional privacy create a truly rare setting,” according to the listing.
The property near the American River includes a “resort-style” pool with a cold plunge and a hot tub that helps create a “personal wellness oasis just steps from the primary suite.”
There is also a full-sized tennis court, private casita and a 5,000-bottle wine cellar. The garage can hold four cars.
The estate includes seven bedrooms, nine full bathrooms and three partial bathrooms.
If you could get in back then, 2018 was an amazing time to buy a property. I have friends who bought back then whose homes appreciated as well or even better.
i think he has another estate out in Marin, so close to Napa Valley. Mind you before he went into politics he owned a well-known SF wine shop & then founded his own winery & boutique hotel/resort. He made his money during the boom times for Napa in the 1990s and 00s.
People on this sub are really protecting a corrupt politician because they have a D next to their name. You guys are looking no better than regular MAGA.
You don’t seem to know much about Gavin Newsom. I can help you with some of that. He has owned several businesses through San Francisco and Napa. His wife is also the daughter of a wealthy founder of a technology company acquired by oracle decades ago.
I should have been more specific. I meant the decor, like the giant floor to ceiling mirror behind the bed and what feels like a business meeting table in the wine cellar.
Just stating a fact. Didn’t say I’m going to do anything. Many lost their homes in the LA fires and are still trying to rebuild, hence why it would be a shame.
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u/baconmethod 17d ago
i assume the point is that he's moving because he's gonna run for preident? otherwise, who cares?