By Tim Redmond
So Gavin Newsom made official what so many have been speculating on for so long: He’s out of the governor’s race.
And I suspect that means he’ll be in the city until his term ends in 2012.
There’s been a lot of talk of him running for lieutenant gov, but one source in City Hall who is close to Newsom told me that’s unlikely — because if he won the second-tier post and left the city for Sacramento, the Board of Supervisors would be able to choose his replacement.
“His supporters here would be furious,” the source said. “It’s one thing to turn the city over to David Chiu and Aaron Peskin to take over as governor of California. But to do it for the worthless lieutenant governor job? The money people would never forgive him.”