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How to understand the many tricks of California’s ‘Great Gavini,’ aka Gavin Newsom

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By Joe Mathews Verified
| San Francisco Chronicle Verified
Can a politician be too accomplished? The question isn’t a riddle, or a joke. It’s the conundrum facing California as Gavin Newsom departs the governorship. When Newsom was a kid performing amateur magic shows, he introduced himself as “The Great Gavini.” During his eight years as governor, the Great Gavini has conjured such a long list of new policies and programs that the human mind can’t quite process the full picture.
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Is Gavin Newsom too accomplished? | Mathews Original

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By Joe Mathews Verified
| Ventura County Star Verified
Can a politician be too accomplished? The question isn’t a riddle. It’s the real conundrum facing California as Gavin Newsom departs the governorship. When Newsom was a kid performing magic shows, he introduced himself as “The Great Gavini.” In eight years as governor, the Great Gavini has conjured such a long list of new policies that the human mind can’t quite process it all. That’s one reason Californians have yet to reckon with administration’s historic progress.
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Dumpster Diving Is Democracy’s Future

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By Joe Mathews Verified, Jer Xiong
| Zócalo Public Square Verified
The future of democracy is in the trash. And that might be a very good thing. The essence of democracy is not elections—which tend to produce oligarchs and conflict—but rather self-government to solve community problems. And refuse, in all its forms, is now inspiring some of the most significant innovations in democratic governance around the world.
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