SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Written on a dry-erase board in Jennifer Siebel Newsom's office overlooking the dome of the California Capitol are two phrases: "gender equity" and "support for survivors."
As a feminist and documentary filmmaker, Siebel Newsom has been on a mission to tell women's stories and upend the gender imbalance that permeates life in America. As the first partner of California and wife of Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, she has influence at the highest tier of state government.
But none of that prepared her for what happened when she took the stand in November against convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein.
