Inside Gavin Newsom’s secret bid to save billionaires’ California Forever dream city

Gov. Gavin Newsom quietly met with California Forever's CEO this spring and his administration is now taking steps to lean on local officials to support the billionaire-backed Solano County mega-project as a cornerstone of the state's economic future, The Post has learned.

Newsom’s 2005 affair with Ruby Rippey, when he was mayor of San Francisco, rocked California political circles at the time — and are reemerging as a character issue as the now-governor eyes a presidential bid