Roughly 100 leaders of state-headquartered companies have received a curious package in recent months: a prepaid, inexpensive cell phone (commonly known as a burner, for those of you who haven’t seen “The Wire” or “Better Call Saul”), programmed with Newsom’s digits and accompanied by notes from the governor himself.

“If you ever need anything, I’m a phone call away,” read one note to a prominent tech firm’s CEO printed on official letterhead, along with a hand-scrawled addendum urging the executive to reach out. (We agreed to withhold the executive’s identity to protect our tipster.)

It was Newsom’s idea, a representative said, and has already yielded some “valuable interactions.”