Gavin Newsom
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Mayor of San Francisco
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Gavin Newsom

Gavin Newsom

Why I am running for Lieutenant Governor
Earlier this morning, I sent this note out to supporters and friends about my announcement to run for Lt. Governor and I wanted to make sure to share it with our Facebook community... Today, I am announcing my candidacy for Lieutenant Governor of California...
Yesterday at 4:12pm · Comment ·
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Gavin Newsom Just announced that I am running for Lt. Gov.! I want to say thank you for eveyone's support today and over the years. I hope you will join me in this campaign to help take what is right about California and fix what is wrong in Sacramento.

Newsom for California - Lieutenant Governor 2010
www.gavinnewsom.com
Yesterday at 10:16am · Comment ·
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Gavin Newsom SF's plan to save thousands of city jobs and services by offering 37.5 hour part time positions to most city employees discussed in Chronicle.

SF Chronicle: A wage cut that saves jobs
sfgate.com
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has ordered - not just suggested - that 17,424 unionized workers be laid off and then rehired with a 6.25 percent wage cut. No deals, no sweet talk, just action. It's a dramatic and creative step, one that could save $110 million in salaries - the largest expense ite...
Thu at 11:04am · Comment ·
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Gavin Newsom asking city employees for ideas on how to save money and improve the way San Francisco works.

Online suggestion box to help cut S.F. deficit
www.sfgate.com
A $522 million budget hole. What to do, what to do? In addition to his own proposals - notably, cutting the workweek to save $100 million - Mayor Gavin Newsom has turned to the city's 26,000 employees for ideas. And he'...
March 9 at 8:07pm · Comment ·
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Gavin Newsom launching new initiative with @HelloWallet to provide personalized
financial guidance to all San Franciscans. Only one out of five
American households are getting the guidance they need to reach their
financial goals and are losing over $100 billion a year on bad deals
and missteps.

Gavin Newsom: Independent Financial Guidance Key to Making Americans "Financially Fit"
www.huffingtonpost.com
When you trace the roots of the record-busting foreclosure rate and the havoc that has wrought on the American economy over the last few years, San Francisco's mailboxes probably don't come to mind as a logical starting point. But they should.
March 9 at 8:08am · Comment ·
Josh Gowan
Josh Gowan
How about giving tax breaks to building owners who lower the rent for their liquor store/ 99 cent stores, so those owners can afford to carry fruits and vegetables?
Or, just give these owners, a low interest loan, a line of credit they can't get anywhere else, and some assistance on getting their mortgages modified so we don't have more buildings ... See Moreand stores, closing?

If we want the change, we can do it in ways so when the communities get better, the city makes better money, too. Certainly better than taking the catastrophic losses, otherwise.
March 9 at 11:11pm
Tatiana A Klimenko Kostanian
Tatiana A Klimenko Kostanian
Too bad we can not apply this to our own government agencies. How much are we in the hole now? Gads, our children will not even be able to take on what we owe...
Wed at 6:37am
Gavin Newsom

Gavin Newsom talked about plan to save thousands of city jobs and services by offering 37.5 hour part time positions to most city employees in YouTube update.

Mayor Newsom's YouTube Update: March 6, 2010
www.youtube.com
March 6 at 1:38pm · Comment ·
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Gavin Newsom Launched a new initiative with President Obama's CIO, Vivek Kundra to save taxpayers money by opening up government to web developers. Ask your city to join the effort.

The White House Backs Plan to Open 311 Data to Developers
mashable.com
As we have seen in the consumer marketplace, when companies like Google, Twitter, and Facebook release APIs (Application Programming Interface), countless innovative applications are created that build on the original idea. In an effort to change the way government operates and tap into that same cr...
March 3 at 5:22pm · Comment ·
Eileen McSorley
Eileen McSorley
I'm not happy with my pink slip, Gav.
March 6 at 12:18pm
Ester Nino
Ester Nino
No one is happy about their pink slip. If we got one The Mayor needs to get one too...and the bad part is not of all us is coming back to work. Why wait 2 weeks to know?? They already know who's coming back or not anyways..they have been planing this for a long time. They just can't process 15,000 employees in two weeks time.
March 7 at 7:45am
Gavin Newsom

Gavin Newsom films a YouTube update from the 33rd Project Homeless Connect (PHC). Last year alone PHC helped more than 10,300 poor
and homeless San Franciscans.

Project Homeless Connect YouTube Update
www.youtube.com
February 27 at 2:57pm · Comment ·
Betty Marino
Betty Marino
Diana took the words out of my mouth. We the people are so hurt that you aren't running! Now we have three soggy turd sandwiches to chose from. I plan to write-in a candidate. I'm just not sure yet if it should be me or Snoopy.....ha ha ha! Maybe you'll come rescue us after the next governor screws us over a little more?
March 3 at 1:47pm
Gavin Newsom

Gavin Newsom Great to have Rachel Maddow in SF. Here's the video from last night's show if you missed it.

Gavin Newsom sits down with Rachel Maddow
www.msnbc.msn.com
February 27 at 11:12am · Comment ·
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Gavin Newsom In an effort to make it easier for other cities to learn about and implement creative solutions like SF's universal health care program, I am pleased to announce the launch of http://PolicySF.org, a one-stop destination for idea sharing and collaboration.

Gavin Newsom: Sharing Innovative Solutions to America's Problems
www.huffingtonpost.com
Cities don't need to wait for Washington to solve our problems. They can come up with creative solutions, like we've done in San Francisco when we launched the country's first universal health care program.
February 25 at 9:08am · Comment ·
Josh Gowan
Josh Gowan
Fine people who won't vote. Yes, allow for hardship waivers.
March 6 at 9:13pm
Camila Coconutace
Camila Coconutace
Universal Health Care is killing small business.. Paying $3 an hour or $480 a month per employee to SF so that your employee can go to SFGH is not a great "health care plan"
March 9 at 10:02pm
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Gavin Newsom Got a budget question. Ask live during UStream Town Hall @ 5PM tonight: http://bit.ly/9anEHD. #NewsomBudgetLive

Newsom UStream Budget Town Hall on February 24
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Mayor Newsom will host an Internet “budget town hall” from 5 – 7 p.m. on Wednesday, February 24th to discuss San Francisco’s projected $522 million budget deficit for the 2010-11 fiscal year. Veteran City Hall journalists Barbara Taylor of KCBS and Rachel Gordon of the San Francisco Chronicle.
February 24 at 9:13am · Comment ·
Naren Barve
Naren Barve
hey we need him here in SF:-)
February 24 at 4:42pm
Lisa Haro
Lisa Haro
I don't live in SF, but I third the motion of Stacy and Bruno... Just the image of that puts a smile on my face.
February 24 at 8:40pm
Gavin Newsom

Gavin Newsom Ask a question about SF's budget. Hosting Town Hall Wed @ 5PM on UStream. RSVP: http://bit.ly/9anEHD #NewsomBudgetLive

Newsom Ustream Budget Town Hall on February 24
www.ustream.tv
Mayor Newsom will host an Internet “budget town hall” from 5 – 7 p.m. on Wednesday, February 24th to discuss San Francisco’s projected $522 million budget deficit for the 2010-11 fiscal year. Veteran City Hall journalists Barbara Taylor of KCBS and Rachel Gordon of the San Francisco Chronicle will m...
February 23 at 12:00pm · Comment ·
Kristi Vincenzini
Kristi Vincenzini
Just saw you on TV. Nice
February 24 at 9:08am
Neffy Bilal
Neffy Bilal
really? you just cussed on the mayors page? wow.
February 27 at 11:28am
Gavin Newsom

Gavin Newsom It's time for the GOP to stop misleading people and start telling the truth about the Federal Stimulus. In San Francisco thousands of people and their families (2,910 and counting to date) now have the dignity of work and a paycheck because of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act.

Gavin Newsom: An Open Challenge on Jobs to the Republican Leadership
www.huffingtonpost.com
Repeating a lie over and over doesn't make it true. But if you listen to Republicans on the subject of job creation and the federal stimulus package, it's obvious they don't understand that or care.
February 19 at 4:42pm · Comment ·
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Gavin Newsom Challenges the Republican Party to come out to San Francisco and meet thousands of San Franciscans employed through the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act + answers tweets and facebook questions on YouTube: http://bit.ly/d2pkoG

Mayor Newsom's YouTube Update: Feb. 19, 2010
www.youtube.com
February 19 at 1:54pm · Comment ·
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Christine Harris
Christine Harris
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwhaFZkmMD0
February 19 at 7:46pm
Alexis Shoemate
Alexis Shoemate
Generalizing about folks who are critical and challenging the status quo is naive. Speaking from experience, the people who are the most critical ARE the ones that typically work the hardest for change because we have the passion that sparks and motivates continued action. What I originally respected in Gavin was his ability to challenge tolerated norms, and defy political complacency - what some on here might consider "bitching."
February 23 at 7:55am
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Gavin Newsom changed his Website.