Gavin Christopher Newsom (born October 10, 1967) is an American politician and businessman who is the 40th governor of California, serving since January 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 49th lieutenant governor of California from 2011 to 2019 and as the 42nd mayor of San Francisco from 2004 to 2011.
Political Notebook: Gay attorney to join Alameda court
When attorney Peter E. Borkon takes his oath of office as a judge sometime in early 2022, he will bring the number of LGBTQ people serving on the Alameda County Superior Court to 10.
His joining the East Bay bench will further cement it as having the largest contingent of out jurists of any superior court in Northern California.
Borkon, 50, is the second gay man Governor Gavin Newsom has appointed to fill a vacancy on the county court. Last December, Newsom tapped former law clerk Keith Fong, who was enrobed in March.
Newsom this year also named his former chief deputy legal affairs secretary, Kelli M. Evans, to the Alameda bench. A queer Black woman, Evans took her judicial oath in early October.In a rare post-holiday release about his
