May 25, 2013

Edition: U.S.

Gavin Newsom

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An Open Letter to CA Governor Jerry Brown. Please Help Stop the Killing of the Petaluma Swallows by CalTrans

Maggie Sergio | Posted 05.09.2013 | Green

Read More: Nature, CA Dept of Fish and Wildlife, Gavin Newsom, Governor Jerry Brown, Caltrans, US Fish and Wildlife Service, National Audubon Society, California, Green News

I am making a personal appeal to you on behalf of over 200 federally protected birds (Cliff Swallows) that have been killed by CalTrans since early April of this year.

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Gavin Newsom's Liberal Wish List

The Sacramento Bee | Jeremy B. White and Torey Van Oot | Posted 04.15.2013 | San Francisco

Five months after a resoundingly successful election that included winning key congressional races and capturing a supermajority in the state Legislat...

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It's A Good Week To Be Gavin Newsom

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 04.10.2013 | San Francisco

By Juliet Williams, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- As Jerry Brown begins his first trip out of the country as governor, the man who mi...

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L.A. Times Festival of Books Coming to USC!

Jay Weston | Posted 04.05.2013 | Los Angeles

Read More: LA Times, Gavin Newsom, Carol Burnett, Paul Anka, Lani Hall, Los Angeles News

Some books remain with you long after reading them. Their haunting images or gripping stories stick in your head and reappear in your dreams.

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'The War On Drugs Is An Abject Failure'

Posted 05.11.2013 | San Francisco

California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom stopped by HuffPost Live Monday morning to discuss his new book Citizenville: How to Take the Town Square ...

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Doctors' Orders: Let Gay People Marry -- It's a Healthy Thing to Do

Steve Heilig | Posted 05.06.2013 | Politics

As it turns out, according to much evidence, being part of a family can be a very healthy thing -- straight or gay. And now no less than the American Medical Association has officially opined on the issue.

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Adam Carolla's Shocking Racial Spar With Gavin Newsom

Robin Wilkey | Posted 03.12.2013 | San Francisco

California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom had a heated discussion about socioeconomic inequality in America with an unlikely source on Friday: comed...

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WATCH: Colbert To Gavin Newsom: 'Is There A BullSh*t Translator?'

Robin Wilkey | Posted 02.16.2013 | San Francisco

California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom sat down with Stephen Colbert on Thursday night, and the famed political satirist certainly didn't cut him...

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Take the Citizenville Challenge With California Lieutenant Governor Newsom and Code for America

Abhi Nemani | Posted 04.09.2013 | Impact

Read More: Gavin Newsom Citizenville, Gavin Newsom, Local Government, California Government, Code for America, Impact News

Local governments across the country are starting to embrace innovation as a core tenet of the way they work. That's why California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom and Code for America are launching the Citizenville Challenge.

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The State of Jerry Brown's Status: After the State of the State

William Bradley | Posted 03.31.2013 | Politics

There is no shortage of kudos now for Governor Jerry Brown, who with his State of the State address last Thursday tied the late Governor-turned-Chief Justice Earl Warren for the most such addresses in California's history. Does he have things sewn up politically in the battered but brightening Golden State?

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Gavin Newsom's Show Going Off The Air

Carly Schwartz | Posted 03.04.2013 | San Francisco

It looks like Gavin Newsom is ready to move on. "The Gavin Newsom Show," the California lieutenant governor's Current TV chat program, will go off ...

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Newsom Changes His Position On Marijuana Legalization

Aaron Sankin | Posted 12.23.2012 | San Francisco

After years of opposing the full-scale legalization of marijuana, California's outspoken Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom has officially come out in f...

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Observations on Jerry Brown's Prop 30 Win: From the Notebook

William Bradley | Posted 02.04.2013 | Politics

Read More: Steve Westly, California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Latino Voters, Kathleen Brown, San Francisco News, Super PACs, Gavin Newsom, Pete Wilson, Los Angeles News, Gray Davis, California Budget Crisis, Jerry Brown, Tom Steyer, Kamala Harris, Politics News

The dust is still settling from Governor Jerry Brown's big win with his Proposition 30 revenue initiative. While it may be premature to say that the Prop 13 era has given way completely to the Prop 30 era, this is clearly a very big deal, with ramifications that will play out over a period of years.

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New Democratic Supermajority Vows Not To Abuse New Power

Los Angeles Daily News | Rick Orlov and Andrew Edwards | Posted 02.03.2013 | Los Angeles

Fueled by a Democratic supermajority and a bumper crop of new faces, California lawmakers launched their new two-year session on Monday, planning to t...

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Health Activist To Gavin Newsom: 'We Are Poisoning Our Kids'

Aaron Sankin | Posted 11.16.2012 | San Francisco

Read More: Video, Gavin Newsom, Current TV Feeding the Need, The Gavin Newsom Show, Raj Patel, Childhood Obesity, San Francisco News

In a recent assessment, less than one-third of California school children passed the Department of Education's physical fitness test. To make matters ...

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Pillory Talk - Sexism or Equal Opportunity Ridicule In Petraeus Case?

Lorraine Devon Wilke | Posted 01.15.2013 | Politics

We can't have it both ways, ladies; we can't demand the "right to party" along with the boys then expect to be treated with kid gloves when we're caught with our pants down too, any more than Clinton, Weiner, Spitzer or Petraeus could. Paula Broadwell is no Monica Lewinsky.

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Jerry Brown Makes A New Case For His Struggling Tax Plan

HuffingtonPost.com | Aaron Sankin | Posted 11.03.2012 | San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO -- California Governor Jerry Brown made a passionate and forceful case for the passage of Proposition 30, his signature tax measure that...

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'The Choice Between A Disappointment And Disaster'

Aaron Sankin | Posted 11.02.2012 | San Francisco

As the 2012 election mercifully enters the home stretch, it's time to look back and see what issues were almost completely ignored by both candidates....

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WATCH: Liberal Columnist Gives Obama A Failing Grade

| Aaron Sankin | Posted 10.19.2012 | San Francisco

Read More: Video, Deficit Deal, Gavin Newsom, The Gavin Newsom Show, Nicholas Kristof, Obama Communication, Barack Obama, Kristof Obama Report Card, San Francisco News

When New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof issued Barack Obama a report card last month, the president's job performance GPA was somewhere in the ...

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WATCH: Pop Megastar Tells Gavin Newsom His Biggest Fear

| Posted 10.12.2012 | San Francisco

Read More: The Gavin Newsom Show, will.i.am Education, Will.I.Am, Video, Gavin Newsom, will.i.am Gavin Newsom, San Francisco News

Will.i.am has a leg up on most pop stars. Instead of having to premiere his newest single on Earth (the least rock n' roll of all the solar system...

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WATCH: Movie Star Sheds Light On An Untapped Political Force

| Posted 10.05.2012 | San Francisco

When it comes the political power of Latinos, the question essentially falls to the issue of turnout. Nearly 70 percent of Latino voters checked t...

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California Official: 'I Am Most Disturbed By Threats Leveled By The Mortgage Industry'

Reuters | Posted 11.10.2012 | Business

* Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom sends letter to Holder, Geithner, Bernanke * Eminent domain considered as step in restructuring mortgages...

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Elephants In The Room: Being Young And Republican In Liberal SF

HuffingtonPost.com | Robin Wilkey | Posted 05.24.2013 | San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO -- Catherine Carr was born and raised in San Francisco. A graduate of St. Ignatius High School and the University of California Berkeley...

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Is Gavin Wooing His Big Donors?

| Posted 10.08.2012 | San Francisco

This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. By Lance Williams and Matt Smith In seeking to sharpen the traditionally ambiguous role o...

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Is Eminent Domain to Seize Mortgages the Solution to California's High Foreclosure Problem?

Anna Cuevas | Posted 10.08.2012 | Home

Read More: Mortgages, San Bernardino County, Foreclosure Crisis, Foreclosure, Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom, Gavin Newsom, Eminent Domain, Anna Cuevas, Home News

This proposal has invoked the threat of litigation by the American Securitization Forum and a warning by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) that it could result in mortgage lenders boycotting the financing of homes in the county.

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