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Opinion: Newsom’s Style Echoes Former Gov. Culbert Olson, California’s Most Unusual Leader
California Gov. Culbert Olson. Official portrait If you’re ever inside the Great Mausoleum at Forest Lawn cemetery in Glendale and hear laughter, it’s probably me visiting the tomb of Culbert Olson. Olson is perhaps the most anomalous figure in California …