A12A4 MONDAY,SUNDAY,S NOVEMBEREPTEMBER 4, 9,20092018 S LATIMES.COM/WORLDLATIMES.COM LATIMES.COM/WORLDLATIMES.COM S MONDAY,SUNDAY,S NOVEMBEREPTEMBER 4, 9,20092018 A5A13 GAVIN NEWSOM’S LOYAL SUPPORTERS

[Newsom, from A1] sworn in, he drew national headlines by order- respective fortunes in oil, hotels and fashion. The Gettys $516,925 ing the city to issue marriage licenses to same- The Pritzkers $608,175 They first backed him when he was a restaura- One of the richest families in the United States. sex couples. teur and winery owner running for a seat on the More than a dozen members of the Swig One of the wealthiest families in the United States, prominent in politics and San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1998, family also cut checks to Newsom during his philanthropy in San Francisco and Chicago. John Paul Getty and have continued their support through the first mayoral campaign. The family ran the Nicholas Pritzker Annie Cohn (deceased) Adolphine Helmle governor’s race. iconic Fairmont Hotel, which was built atop the (deceased) They are not Newsom's largest donors: The Jeannette Demont Ann Rork (deceased) city’s Nob Hill in the 1930s, then expanded from families in total have given about $2 million of (deceased) (deceased) asingle luxury hotel into a worldwide chain. the $61 million that donors have contributed to Jean Ronald Karin Seibl Rick Swig, 67, said Newsom made a point of Billionaire founder of the his campaigns and independent committees Jacqueline Getty (deceased) paying respect to the families who are the spine George Franklin Getty Oil Company and Rhoda Pritzker Jack Pritzker Abram Pritzker Fanny Doppelt backing those bids. But they gave while he was Getty of San Francisco’s history, society and culture, Getty II (deceased) the J. Paul Getty Museum. (deceased) (deceased) (deceased) (deceased) arelative unknown, providing crucial support Christopher R. Getty what he called “the city’s DNA.” to a political newcomer in the years before his $750 “That’s important recognition that I think $750 campaign accounts piled high with cash from $500 that we who have been born into those families Co-founder of Tao Capital, on labor unions, Hollywood honchos, tech billion- find important,” said Swig, who has donated the board of e-cigarette aires and donors up and down the state. more than $30,000 to Newsom’s campaigns. company JUUL Labs. Now the families appear poised to see their As the leader of San Francisco’s tourism bu- Gail Getty John Paul Getty Jr. investments pay off. reau, Swig tangled with Newsom as mayor. (deceased) These donors are mostly liberal, inspired by Putting aside their differences, Swig said, they $500 Sue Sandel Donald Jay Marian Friend Newsom’s history as an early supporter of prog- reached an agreement about tourism spending Susan Pritzker Nicholas Pritzker (deceased) Pritzker Pritzker ressive causes, including same-sex marriage as that ultimately benefited the city — the goal of (deceased) (deceased) San Francisco mayor in 2004. But some are Re- He and Gavin Newsom own a wine all of the families who have been stalwart New- $72,250 $70,750 publicans, including President Trump’s new production company together. They som backers, he said. Gordon Getty Ann Getty ambassador to Austria, who are drawn by New- met through Newsom's father, who “These are families that have been around Co-founded the som’s background as a small businessman. was a close advisor to Gordon Getty. $145,850 for a long time. They’ve been very dedicated to $128,750 Hyatt hotel chain The front-runner’s opponents have at- Dollar amounts are total supporting culture, supporting social causes tacked him for his connections. During the pri- donated to Newsom. and also putting their money where their mary, two of his Democratic rivals, Antonio mouths are, and keeping their businesses in He’s Elizabeth Anthony Jeanne Villaraigosa and John Chiang, painted Newsom San Francisco through the good times and the Mary Jay “J .B.” Taylor’s son. Pritzker Pritzker as the beneficiary of wealth and privilege. John bad times,” Swig said. “There are guys in Wash- Pritzker Pritzker Cox, his GOP opponent in the November elec- ington who make fun of San Francisco values, Ariadne Getty $750 $1,250 $500 $500 tion, reiterated the theme in a new website ti- but really San Francisco values are those that Jacob Pritzker Regan Pritzker tled “Fortunate $on.” And an independent ex- John Getty Andrew R. find their core in the families that have been Christopher $28,000 $70,000 $44,350 penditure committee supporting the Republi- Wilding Getty (deceased) around 75 to 150 years, who have supported can spent a quarter-million dollars late last $250 everything ... good about San Francisco — so- He’s a co-founder of photo PennyS. month on an ad calling Newsom “a child of priv- $500 cial, political and business. And Gavin recog- Aileen Getty company Getty Images Pritzker ilege, his path greased by family and political nizes that, appreciates that and respects that.” Isaac Pritzker connections and billionaire patrons.” $92,400 Susie Tompkins Buell, co-founder of cloth- $23,600 $750 Served as U.S. secretary Newsom, whose campaign did not respond ing brand Esprit and outdoor retailer North Peter Getty Shannon Bavaro of Commerce under to a request for comment on this article, has Mark Getty Face, remembered Newsom as a young man. Domitilla Getty Co-founders of Neon Monster, a President Obama. long been tied to San Francisco society. “He was the boy about town. Everybody Current Democratic Andrew Wilding $1,750 $500 now-closed comics store in San Francisco. His father, Bill, was a lifelong friend of Gor- $24,100 wanted to date him,” she said, recalling that candidate for don Getty, the son of oil magnate J. Paul Getty $10,000 one of her daughters was in a relationship with governor of Illinois —they attended high school together. Bill New- Newsom in the1990s. “He was the smartest, the som later managed the Getty family trust on best-looking. He went through a cocky stage, Daniel Karen Gisela Zacher J. Paul Getty behalf of Gordon, estimated by Forbes to be and then an arrogant stage. Now he’s in a total Pritzker Pritzker III (deceased) worth more than $2 billion in 2018. Bill Newsom serving stage. He paid his dues, I’ll tell you.” was so close with the family that he helped de- $500 Tompkins Buell said that while she always Jacqueline Pritzker $500 $500 liver the ransom money after the 1973 kidnap- believed Newsom was charismatic and bright, Joseph Pritzker $13,600 ping of J. Paul Getty’s grandson, John Paul she watched him mature as an elected official, He was famously $70,000 Getty III. Alexander GettyTatum Getty husband and father. kidnapped and held for Thomas J. Margot L. During Gov. Jerry Brown’s first tenure, he “I’ve known him socially for a long time, but Pritzker Pritzker appointed Bill Newsom a judge, and the New- ransom when he was a $28,200 $28,225 then when he was mayor, I observed a very som family had close ties to Willie Brown, for- teenager. evolving person as he handled his problems $750 $750 mer state lawmaker and California Democratic and grew into his job,” she said. John A. Pritzker Party leader John Burton and House Minority She’s Gisela’s daughter from another Tompkins Buell and her family have con- Lisa Pritzker Leader Nancy Pelosi. relationship and was later adopted by tributed more than $110,000 to Newsom’s politi- $94,650 The Gettys’ support has played an impor- John Paul Getty III. cal endeavors over the years, appreciative of his $141,975 tant role in Gavin Newsom’s personal, profes- Balthazar Getty Anna C. Getty environmental and social policies, such as his sional and political life. $10,500 $15,650 efforts to redirect the city’s cash payments to San Francisco philanthropists who have He has said he was primarily raised by his San Francisco’s homeless to housing and serv- made sizable donations to the UC San mother, who at times struggled to make ends ices. Francisco Benioff Children’s Hospital and meet. But Gordon and Ann Getty viewed him “I’ve watched him closely and I was very, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. as a son, according to interviews the couple The Fishers $305,000 very impressed by the quality of his visceral gave to the San Francisco Chronicle and W Doris and Donald Fisher co-founded The Gap. understanding of the problems we have,” she Magazine, and they provided him with experi- said. The Buells $110,350 ences his parents could not afford, including an Tompkins Buell is a confidante of Hillary The Buells are Democratic fundraising powerhouses. African safari when he was a teen, Newsom said She’s one of California’s top Clinton who has spent millions of dollars back- in an earlier interview with The Times. individual political donors. ing Democratic candidates and causes. But “It all goes back to the Gettys as far as Gavin Newsom’s support among San Francisco’s elite is concerned,” said Jerry Roberts, former man- Donald Fisher President of the San Francisco crosses party lines. She and her ex-husband Doug Doris F. Fisher Tompkins ran clothing aging editor of the San FranciscoChronicle and (deceased) Symphony and a trustee of “We’re one of the few long-term, old-school an expert on Bay Area politics. $45,550 Stanford University Republican families in the city. This says a lot companies Esprit and the North Mark Buell $17,250 Face together. In addition to helping fund Newsom’s early about Gavin, that he gets our votes, too, be- Susie $26,450 business ventures, the family has been a main- cause we’re looking at 80 years of Republican- To mpkins Buell stay as he pursued his political ambitions. ism,” said filmmaker Todd Traina, son of the $71,150 A designer who has worked with Eighteen Gettys — including Gordon, Ann and late shipping magnate John Traina and philan- Jawbone, PUMA and Swarovski. actor Balthazar Getty — have collectively do- thropist Dede Buchanan Wilsey. His brother nated more than a half-million dollars to New- Trevor, also a Newsom donor, is Trump’s am- She and the Clintons are close som’s nine campaigns, starting with a total of William S. Fisher Sakurako D. Fisher bassador to Austria. friends. She first met Bill Clinton at $750 to his 1998 campaign for supervisor. Mem- Robert J. Fisher Altogether, 10 members of the Traina family a fundraiser in Sacramento in 1991. Sabrina Buell bers of the family have spent more than Elizabeth Stroud Fisher $40,700 $40,200 have given more than a quarter-million dollars Yves Behar $362,000 supporting his current gubernatorial $47,450 $33,450 to Newsom’s campaigns. $2,250 $10,500 bid. “We all separately backed him and we never He’s a trustee emeritus Aspokesman for the Gettys did not respond internally talked about it,” Traina said, noting of the Exploratorium in to a request for comment. that he appreciated Newsom adding a According to Behar’s Instagram, he and San Francisco. Sabrina wed at Burning Man in 2017. Through his friendship and business part- Co-founders of the John J. Fisher Laura M. Fisher businessman’s perspective to the Board of Su- nership with Gordon and Ann Getty’s son Billy, Pisces Foundation, pervisors. “It wasn’t that we said we were mak- Newsom was at the center of the social scene which provides grants to $40,950 $39,450 ing a family decision. It was morethat we just all led by the younger generation of San Francis- other nonprofits. agreed that we liked him and we liked what he The Swigs $130,000 Has a majority stake in co’s wealthy families. Those relationships stood for.” the Oakland Athletics They were once owners of the historic Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco. would form the foundation of his life in politics. He added that his ties to Newsom go back to “These kids had all grown up together, or their time as teenagers, when Newsom at- played sports or gone to school together or later tended Redwood High School in Marin County Mae Swig Benjamin Swig He bought the Fairmont Hotel dated,” said Catherine Bigelow, a longtime San and Traina attended University High School in (deceased) (deceased) in San Francisco in 1945. The Marcuses $172,000 She is a trustee emeritus at the Francisco society writer. “In the early ’90s San Francisco. San Francisco Art Institute. [they] didn’t want to go to the parties their par- Billionaire George Marcus is the founder of Marcus & Millichap, one of the largest real estate “We were sports rivals and we had the same ents were going to. Billy and Gavin opened a companies in the country. group of friends, and he just really had a win- wine shop and restaurant when they took over ning personality and was very likable,” Traina His grandson Tyler was one of the Balboa Café, creating this really cool said. “He was very similar to the way he is now Richard Swig Melvin Swig the whistleblowers at scene.” —spunky, bright, charming, he lit up a room. I blood-testing company Theranos Judith and George both attended (deceased) (deceased) This was San Francisco before the tech wouldn’t have known at the time he had a defi- San Francisco State University in Roselyne C. Swig boom and before social media. The Balboa nite interest in politics, but he has always had the 1960s and donated $3 million Café, a Marina standard that Billy Getty and the same personality.” $26,000 Previously a member of the to open the university’s Marcia Hove Newsom bought and updated, was described George MarcusJudith Marcus The Traina family roots go back to shipping Board of Regents of the International Center for the Arts. (deceased) George P. Shultz by the New York Times in 1998 as “a glittering University of California. magnate John Traina, who was married to Charlotte Maillard nexus for Gen-X San Franciscans with social $85,750 $85,250 Dede Buchanan and then romance novelist Shultz $1,250 and political connections.” Danielle Steel. Buchanan, whose great-grand- Susan Swig Richardson $12,750 That year, Newsom ran his first campaign: a Mary Jane Marcus father founded Dow Chemical, later married bid to hold on to a supervisor seat, which then- real estate magnate Alfred Wilsey. She remains Watkins $1,500 Former U.S. secretary of State Mayor Willie Brown had appointed him to fill. $1,000 amajor philanthropic force in the city, notably $1,500 At the time, the Chronicle wrote that Brown raising more than $200 million to rebuild the valued Newsom’s “easy familiarity with San earthquake-damaged De Young Museum. Sari Swig She’s planned special events at City Francisco’s upper crust.” “We deeply love the city and we love the tra- Darian Swig Rick Swig One check in 1998 came from Doris Fisher, The Trainas and Wilseys $259,050 ditions of the city, and we were brought up to be $750 Hall for every mayor since 1988. the billionaire clothier who decades earlier charitable and to understand the significant $9,250 $30,750 founded the Gap in San Francisco with her hus- A blended family of Democrats and Republicans — who come together to fund Gavin Newsom. importance of giving back,” Todd Traina said. Kent M. Swig Phyllis Diamond band. It was for $500, the most an individual Richard Guggenhime, a prominent San could give, according to city law. An attempt to Francisco attorney who provides financial ad- $750 (deceased) reach Doris Fisher through the Doris & Donald vice to wealthy families, has spent four decades Fisher Fund was unsuccessful. working for various civic boards. Currently on Newsom raised a little more than $55,000 the city’s airport commission, a position to Adam Swig Benjamin Swig Steven L. Swig Mary Green Swig and won a full term. Alfred Wilsey which Newsom first appointed him, Guggen- Running unopposed for the same seat in John Traina Jr. hime has given Newsom more than $30,000 in $1,000 $1,000 (deceased) (deceased) $23,000 $20,500 2000, Newsom continued to court influential She’s one of San Francisco’s his bid to become governor. In 1998, his wife, donors. Billionaire Bay Area real estate broker $500 most prominent socialites, $850 Judy, now chairwoman of the San Francisco She was the founder of a lingerie George Marcus and his wife, Judy, gave $500 do- Diane B. “Dede” raising money for civic General Hospital foundation board, gave New- company, which ceased operation in 2014. nations to Newsom in 2000. They’ve given in institutions and political Wilsey After John and Diane’s divorce, som $250 to help kick-start his supervisor cam- tandem to his campaigns ever since. figures. shipping magnate Traina married paign. Afew years later, Newsom raised $4 million $213,650 romance novelist Danielle Steele. Richard Guggenhime did not respond to a The Guggenhimes $62,250 in his first mayoral campaign, helped by the request for comment. They’re prominent San Francisco philanthropists. same famous families. The bid drew donations Roberts, the Chronicle’s former managing from15 members of the Pritzker family, descen- editor, said the role of San Francisco’s most dants of the founders of the Hyatt Hotel chain. He’s a producer. His most recent prominent families in public life has shifted For Lisa and husband John Pritzker, who Alfred Wilsey Jr. Mary K. Wilsey film premiered at the San Francisco over the years. They have largely stopped seek- CharlotteGuggenhime Richard E. Guggenhime Martha Guggenhime moved away from his Chicago-based family to (deceased) He’s the U.S. International Film Festival, where ing public seats, but still try to control the levers (deceased) (deceased) (deceased) $500 ambassador to Austria become a prominent San Francisco investor $500 he serves on the board. of power. and philanthropist, the contributions were The longtime support for Newsom under- $500 part of a long tradition of giving to Newsom. A Barbara C. Wilsey scores that point. spokesperson for John and Lisa Pritzker said “They phased outof any public visibility. But Michael W. He’s a prominent San She’s chair of the board of they were unavailable for comment. behind the scenes, they were still the ruling Wilsey Francisco lawyer and has directors of the San Francisco The money went toward a flood of last-min- class,” Roberts said. Judith H. Guggenhime Katherine Traina served on many city General Hospital Foundation. ute phone calls and mailers in a race that polls $2,500 Alexis Traina Trevor Traina To dd Traina government boards. Richard Guggenhime $2,000 deemed too close to call on election day. New- Brian Wilsey $3,000 [email protected] $6,500 $10,000 $18,300 $59,750 som, then 36, defeated fellow Supervisor Matt $2,750 [email protected] Gonzalez by a slim margin to become the city’s [email protected] Note: Family trees include only members who donated to Newsom or from whom they directly descended. When possible, the format of the donor name was taken youngest mayor in a century. Soon after he was Source: Times reporting Priya Krishnakumar Los Angeles Times [email protected] from their most recent campaign contribution.