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Gavin Newsom Upset In First Post-Candidate Interview (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

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Last Thursday, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom sat down for his first interview since abruptly dropping out of the California gubernatorial race last...

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Sophisticated Tree Hugging: the Pure Joy of Public Data

Tanja Aitamurto | Posted 11.11.2009 | Technology

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What happens when a city releases public data for anybody to use? The city becomes a better place to live.

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Timing For Newsom in Governor Race, All Wrong

Mira Veda | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

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Perhaps, in a few years when he's proven he has the character everyone admired in him in the first place he can jump into another race in politics.

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Inside Story: Why Newsom's Gubernatorial Bid Collapsed

Phil Trounstine | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

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Despite his charisma, policy depth and breezy communication skills, Newsom suffered an utter lack of discipline, an inability to manage his staff, and faulty judgment.

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A Sad Day for Californians: Gavin Newsom's Withdrawl from the Race for Governor

Sarah Granger | Posted 10.31.2009 | Politics

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While I'm saddened he will not be continuing his run for Governor of California at this time, I feel lucky we still have Mayor Newsom in San Francisco to continue fighting the good fight.

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Gavin Newsom Quits Race For California Governor

AP | LISA LEFF and JULIET WILLIAMS | Posted 10.31.2009 | Politics

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SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, who propelled the debate over gay marriage but struggled to find a popular message outside the...

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Clinton, Newsom and Revenge

Sherry Bebitch Jeffe | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

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There was a whiff of revenge in former President Bill Clinton's endorsement of San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom for California's gubernatorial Democratic primary.

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I'd Like to Buy the World a Coke - And Slap It With a Big Fat Sugar Tax

Adam Hanft | Posted 10.15.2009 | Business

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I wouldn't be surprised at all if local sugar-and-fructose taxes start appearing in city after city, as one politician after another races to jump on the bandwagon.

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Shake the System

Gavin Newsom | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

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If we're going to put California back on the leading edge, we have to fix our broken system. Please join me in supporting a California Constitutional Convention and help participate in shaping it.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jerry Brown, Bill Clinton and That Crazy California Governorship

William Bradley | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

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California's next governor is likely someone who's already won a landslide election as governor, albeit 30 years ago. That's Jerry Brown, who won his latest landslide for Attorney General in 2006.

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Gavin Newsom and Meg Whitman Should Hope to Face Each Other

Byron Williams | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics

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The infractions of Whitman and Newsom are so fundamental in nature that they challenge the very rationale for their candidacy. Words that come to mind are arrogance, selfish, self-centered.

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Jerry Brown Governor's Run: California Attorney General Files Exploratory Papers

AP | JULIET WILLIAMS | Posted 11.29.2009 | Politics

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Attorney General Jerry Brown has taken the first step toward running for governor, filing official paperwork with the Secretary o...

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Donald Fisher Dead: Gap Co-Founder, 81, Dies

AP | SARAH SKIDMORE | Posted 11.27.2009 | Style

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PORTLAND, Ore. — Donald G. Fisher, who co-founded apparel giant Gap Inc., has died at age 81 after a long battle with cancer. The company said ...

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The Pepsi Generation: Fat, Poorer and Diabetic

Joel Epstein | Posted 11.25.2009 | Living

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With the link between soda and obesity now conclusive, consider the damage being done to our children. There should be a fee on soda and other sweetened beverages.

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Gavin Newsom: San Francisco Mayor Launches DataSF City App Store

mashable.com | Posted 11.25.2009 | Technology

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Last month, at WordPress headquarters with leaders from the technology community, we launched DataSF.org. This new web site is designed to improve tra...

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Let's Get Our Priorities Straight

Gavin Newsom | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

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Cannibalizing our state's future through cuts to education is the exact opposite of the kind of reform and long-term thinking we need from our leaders in Sacramento.

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Montana Tessa Newsom: Gavin Newsom And Wife Welcome Baby Girl

Posted 11.18.2009 | Style

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(AP) SAN FRANCISCO -- San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and his wife, actress Jennifer Siebel Newsom, are celebrating the birth of their first child --...

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Airport Carbon Offset Kiosks Coming To A City Near You?

treehugger.com | Posted 11.17.2009 | Green

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Personally, while carbon offsets may not be an ideal solution in the long-term, nor a substitute for developing ways to avoid the carbon emissions bei...

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The Religious Right is Swiftboating Same Sex Marriage in Maine

Karen Ocamb | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

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Religious right professionals are using religion as an excuse to perpetrate lies and deception. That's what happened in California and that's what is now underway in Maine.

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500 Mayors for Health Care Reform

Gavin Newsom | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

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Reforming the health care system is at the heart of our economic recovery. Rising health care costs are taking money out of our wallets and making it more expensive to do business.

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Gavin Newsom's Impressive Town Hall in Sacramento

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics

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Mayor Newsom is the most exciting thing to happen to California politics in years. He promises to lift California out of the morass that the deadening hands of the GOP have submerged us in.

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Why Blogging Local Government Matters

Paul Hogarth | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

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Local government has a bigger impact on our lives than most of us realize, and bloggers play a crucial role, not only mobilizing activists around a common issue, but spreading information about local government.

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When Should Gay Marriage Advocates Try to Reverse California's Prop 8?

William Bradley | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics

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This week, a few organizations championing same-sex marriage will announce their opinions as to whether to try to reverse Prop 8 in 2010 or 2012.

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Gavin Newsom Warns of Dire Results Without Health Care Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics

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San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom warned on Friday that local governments throughout the country would find themselves bankrupt if the current health c...

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A Solution to Our Health Care Crisis

Gavin Newsom | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics

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Two years ago, San Francisco launched the country's first universal health care program, Healthy San Francisco. This program is saving lives, reducing costs and creating competition.

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