Gov. Newsom’s dad helped protect California mountain lions. Now his son faces the fallout

Newsom’s wildlife agency also is under fire for allowing a rancher in Ventura County to kill one of the rare cougars that prowl the Santa Monica hillsides of Southern California. For the new governor, who was 22 when his father’s initiative passed, the erupting dispute over killing cougars forces him to confront the unintended consequences ...