Beloved SF Mexican restaurant hosts Newsom power lunch

FILE: California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at a news conference about fentanyl seizures and border security at the Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport in San Diego, Calif., on Feb. 2, 2026. 

A major political milestone in California may have just happened at a Mexican restaurant in San Francisco. 

Gov. Gavin Newsom met this week with his likely replacement, Democratic candidate Xavier Becerra, at Tommy’s Mexican Restaurant for the first time since Becerra won this month’s primary election. Becerra is expected to win November’s general election because of California’s Democratic majority.

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The two lawmakers chatted over a mid-morning meal Wednesday at the Richmond District restaurant, a beloved family-owned San........

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