Nov. 9, 2021
California Gov. Gavin Newsom tours the area scorched by the Caldor Fire in Eldorado National Forest, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021.
Jae C. Hong/APIt seems we finally know what California Gov. Gavin Newsom was up to for at least part of his prolonged public absence for the last week and a half.
Vogue reports that the governor — who has not held a public event since Oct. 26 and abruptly canceled a trip to a climate change conference in Scotland — attended the wedding of billionaire oil heiress Ivy Getty in San Francisco over the weekend. A photo from the event appears to show the masked governor watching Gordon Getty kiss his veiled granddaughter. The Getty family are longtime San Francisco residents.
Ivy Getty is the daughter of John Gilbert Getty and the great-granddaughter of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty. The wedding was officiated by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Mayor London Breed was also reportedly in attendance.
Newsom has always had close ties to the Getty family, though the wedding does not entirely explain why he canceled his trip to the climate conference. The Sacramento Bee’s Hannah Wiley noted that Newsom was supposed to be in Scotland from Nov. 1-3, and seemingly could have made it back in time for the weekend wedding.
FILE: Ivy Getty attends Gordon Peter Getty’s 85th birthday party on December 15, 2018 in San Francisco.
Drew Altizer PhotographyThe governor’s office told SFGATE on Monday that the governor worked out of the Capitol all of last week, and plans to resume normal public appearances this week. He is scheduled to appear at an economic summit in Monterey on Tuesday around noon.
The event, which will be live-streamed, was advertised as a “fireside chat.” It is unclear if Newsom will take questions from members of the media.
