Gavin Newsom has mostly been popular during his two terms as California governor. A field of Democrats vying to replace him ...

In his memoir “Young Man in a Hurry,” Gavin Newsom recalls high school bullies calling him “Newscum,” prompting a makeover long before he became California’s governor.

His introspective memoir tries to challenge the conventional wisdom about his upbringing, explores his marriages and airs a little dirty laundry — but says relatively little about politics.

Then there’s the stuff Newsom has been doing. Forcing the president to backtrack on deploying the National Guard to Los ...