Ann O’Leary, a former chief of staff to California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), is representing the Walgreens pharmacy chain in its fight against the governor’s ban due to the company’s compliance with abortion laws.
Charles Dharapak / Associated PressAnn O’Leary, a former chief of staff to California Gov. Gavin Newsom , is representing the Walgreens pharmacy chain in its fight against the governor’s ban due to the company’s compliance with abortion laws.that the state would not renew contracts with Walgreens after the company said that it would comply with laws in 21 Republican-led states restricting drugs that cause abortion.
But Walgreens is pushing back, and Newsom was reportedly irritated to find that the company was being represented by his own former chief of staff — who has not formally registered as a lobbyist — on a conference call with the governor’s office.Some top advisers to the governor were alarmed to learn that O’Leary, a national authority on expanding abortion access, was trying to convince them to soften their approach on behalf of Walgreens, according to three people briefed on the exchanges.
POLITICO granted them anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly on the matter. One of the people said Newsom — who eventually spoke with Walgreens chief executive Rosalind Brewer — was disappointed not only in the pharmacy company’s vague response to his concerns but also the fact they came mostly from O’Leary.
To some advisers and other people in Newsom’s immediate orbit, there was an unmistakable irony to O’Leary’s involvement. It was she, while serving as the governor’s chief of staff, who authored tough revolving-door and conflict-of-interest rules for Newsom’s advisers. The ethics rules came amid criticism of him for attending a powerful lobbyist friend’s birthday at the French Laundry.
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