SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In 1966, Gov. Pat Brown made a politically tone-deaf mistake with Cesar Chavez's farmworkers union. This year, Gov. Gavin Newsom repeated the goof. Brown redeemed himself. Newsom probably won't.
Both snubbed the union's leader and went on a family vacation.
On a personal scale, you can't blame anyone for choosing family over a labor leader.