Gavin Newsom was elected governor of California in 2018. Through his career as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, then becoming mayor of San Francisco, and now in state government, Newsom has been a leader on issues of equality, the environment, homelessness, and health care. Policies he has initiated and implemented have been duplicated in cities across the nation, and his book Citizenville explores the intersection of democracy and technology for civic benefit.