http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/38688?page=11
... The recent death of cultural doyenne Belinda Barbara Newsom provided a peek into that tightly knit world. She was the aunt of San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, but also the former wife of Ronald Pelosi, a former city supervisor and brother-in-law of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
To very briefly expand on those connections (only a book would do them justice):
— Belinda Newsom’s brother and Gavin Newsom’s father, William Newsom, is a retired state appellate court justice whose decades-long friendship with billionaire Gordon Getty, and special legislation carried by the current state treasurer, Bill Lockyer, led to William Newsom’s becoming manager of Getty investment trusts.
— Those trusts provided most of the initial capital for Gavin Newsom’s hotel and restaurant business, originally in partnership with Billy Getty, Gordon Getty’s son — a business whose “Plumpjack” moniker came from an opera by the elder Getty.
— William Newsom owes his judicial career to appointments from another old chum, former Gov. Jerry Brown, now the state attorney general and a likely candidate for governor again in 2010.
— William Newsom’s father, William Sr., was a confidant of and fund-raiser for Brown’s father, the late Gov. Pat Brown, one-time San Francisco district attorney. Under Pat Brown, the state invested heavily in Squaw Valley for the 1960 Winter Olympics, and after the Games, William Sr. was granted a low-cost lease on state-owned facilities, including the Olympic Village Inn. A decade later, however, the state canceled the lease and gave William Sr. state property in Stockton that he quickly sold for $1.6 million.
— Gavin Newsom and Billy Getty opened one of their first restaurants in the Getty-owned Squaw Valley Inn, which has since been renamed “Plumpjack.”
— Gordon Getty’s wife, socialite Ann Getty, was Jerry Brown’s unofficial hostess during his governorship. During this year’s presidential campaign, the Gettys hosted a fund-raiser for Barack Obama at their mansion.
— Finally, Jerry Brown and Gavin Newsom may be rivals for the 2010 Democratic gubernatorial nomination — that is, if another member of the city’s elite, U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, doesn’t run. And if we had more space, we could explore the connections of Feinstein and her very wealthy husband, University of California Regent Richard Blum.
http://articles.sfgate.com/2001-05-02/business/17597775_1_fund-family-forward-funds-mutual-funds
Big name behind scenes at Forward Funds / Mutual funds group doesn’t publicize owner Gordon Getty
Gordon Getty has a secret family of mutual funds.
The billionaire composer/investor is the man behind Forward Funds, a small group of mutual funds based in San Francisco. ...
http://www.pcgam.com/leadership/board/Ronald_Pelosi.html
Mr. Pelosi brings to PCG Asset Management a distinguished career in business and public service. He has an extensive background in the securities industry, mutual funds, and private equity. He is an accomplished Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) mediator, and has served in a number of positions as a public official.
Mr. Pelosi is the President of Trenholm Associates, a consulting firm offering specialized services to companies in the financial industry. His investment firm experience includes: Senior Advisor, ReFlow Management; President, Forward Funds, diversified mutual fund group; ...
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