San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 20 hours ago
Muni's 38-Geary line was running like clockwork at Geary Boulevard and Masonic Avenue Tuesday afternoon. Along with the shiny bus stop - just painstakingly detailed by a Clear Channel crew - it provided a perfect backdrop for Mayor Gavin Newsom and Municipal...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Between San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom ripping off his mike this week in an interview and GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman weighing in on the media, we must say: man, some of...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom -- seen as unusually elusive since his recent withdrawal from the 2010 Democratic governor's race -- suggested to KCBS radio Thursday that the press is...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
The mayor's budget chief is expected to announce today that the projected deficit for the next fiscal year teeters near $500 million - a more ominous outlook than had been revealed Monday. Greg Wagner, Mayor Gavin Newsom's budget director, would not provide...
SoCal Sports Observed (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
When San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom dropped out of the race for governor two weeks ago, one chapter of his political life ended and a new, stranger one began. The...
LAist (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Gov. Schwarzenegger in Milan, Italy today (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni) He can't run for Governor again, and his Austrian birth means the Presidency is out of the question, but Arnold Schwarzenegger told reporters in Europe yesterday that he won't be vying for votes once his term is up in 2010, according to an Associated Press report . While traveling in Milan, the actor-turned-Governator said "I...
SFist (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Witty and wise Newsom spokesman Nathe Ballard made a choice decision today: he quit Newsom's (sinking?) ship . To the press release: San Francisco, November 16, 2009 — Today Mayor Gavin Newsom announced that Nathan Ballard, his director of communications, will be leaving the Newsom administration. Newsom praised Ballard’s skills. “Nathan Ballard is unflappable, smart and a fierce...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Call it a case of not seeing the forest for the trees. Over the past five years, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom's touted Trees for Tomorrow program has overseen the planting of 26,408 trees citywide. To reach the mayor's goal, the Department of Public Works...
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
It upholds an ordinance barring local authorities from turning juvenile illegal immigrants over to the federal government unless guilty of a felony. Newsom's office says the issue isn't settled. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to override a recent veto by Mayor Gavin Newsom and expand the city's controversial sanctuary policy.
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday was successful in overriding Mayor Gavin Newsom's veto of legislation changing the sanctuary city ordinance. Newsom, who said the ordinance conflicts with federal law, said through his spokesman that he would...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Mayor Gavin Newsom was spotted Friday morning at City Hall, but he wouldn't come out and discuss his mysterious disappearance. Newsom arrived at his office about 9:30 a.m., walking past members of the media who were hoping he'd comment on his absence. No such...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Last week, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, the boy-wonder politician sought out by network cameras at the Democratic National Convention, profiled in Newsweek and the New York Times, was forced to pull out of the race for California governor before opponent...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Alex Smithis theman. He's back as starting quarterback for today's 49ers game, and the athlete seems to be a favorite among our city's politicians. Last week he attended Mayor Gavin Newsom's town...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Unable to move beyond his ultra-liberal image and far behind his rival in fundraising, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom dropped his bid to become governor, leaving former governor Jerry Brown as the only Democrat in the race to succeed Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger next year.
Examiner (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Unable to move beyond his ultra-liberal image and far behind his rival in fundraising, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom dropped his bid to become governor, leaving former governor Jerry Brown as the only Democrat in the race to succeed Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger next year.
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