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Gavin Newsom

Behavioral
SeverityHigh
8/10
ThenNovember 2, 2020
Newsom issued strict COVID-19 guidelines banning indoor and outdoor gatherings of more than a dozen people and requiring masks at all times when near others outside the household.

As governor, Newsom imposed some of the strictest COVID-19 restrictions in the nation

https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/18/politics/gavin-newsom-french-laundry-california-governor/index.html
NowNovember 6, 2020
Newsom was photographed dining at the French Laundry restaurant at a lobbyist's birthday party with a dozen guests, closely packed and without masks, violating his own COVID protocols.

Photos showed Newsom violating multiple aspects of his own COVID restrictions at an upscale Napa Valley restaurant

https://www.foxla.com/news/fox-11-obtains-exclusive-photos-of-gov-newsom-at-french-restaurant-allegedly-not-following-covid-19-protocols

Analysis

Imposed strict COVID rules on millions of Californians while personally violating those same rules at an elite dinner party, demonstrating a 'rules for thee, not for me' attitude

Detected: 3/26/2026ID: behavioral_018