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A Solution to Our Health Care Crisis

Gavin Newsom | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: California, Gavin Newsom, Health, Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Health Insurance, San Francisco, Health Care, Healthcare, Politics, President Obama, Politics News

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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Taking a Bite Out of Health Care Costs

Gavin Newsom | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: California, Gavin Newsom, Economy, Health, Health Care Reform, Food, San Francisco, Health Care, Healthcare, Politics News

In San Francisco, we are using the purchasing power of our city to promote healthy habits that keep residents away from costly medical interventions and prevent chronic diseases.

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California Tenants Have No Friends in Governor's Race

Paul Hogarth | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tenants Rights, Rent Control, Gavin Newsom, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Governor's Race, Jerry Brown, Politics News

Last Friday at 5:00 p.m. (which he's apt to do when releasing bad news), San Francisco Mayor Newsom vetoed three pro-tenant ordinances designed to help renters facing hard times.

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Fight for the Health of Our Country

Gavin Newsom | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, California, Gavin Newsom, Economy, Health, President Obama, Universal Health Care, San Francisco, Health Care, Healthcare, Republicans, Politics News

The president has been telling Americans that a public plan will create competition, lower the cost of private insurance, and improve care. The data from San Francisco is proving that he's right.

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Surfing With A Tabula Rasa

Stephen Ratner | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Young Voters, Gavin Newsom, 2010 Elections, Youthocracy, Barack Obama, Students for Gavin Newsom, Politics News

For the 2010 cycle, candidates can no longer expect skyrocketing voter turnout to inch them to victory. It seems that regardless of party there is a tabula rasa between candidates and young voters.

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Brown Leads Newsom in CA Gov Race

Phil Trounstine | Posted 07.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gavin Newsom, California Governor's Race, Jerry Brown, Politics News

The latest survey finds Jerry Brown leading Gavin Newsom in a two-way race for the 2010 Democratic nomination for governor 46-to-26 percent.

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A Model for Universal Health Care Coverage

Gavin Newsom | Posted 07.26.2009 | Politics

Our experience in San Francisco is proving what most Americans already know -- it is much less expensive to keep people well than it is to treat their sickness.

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The Nation's Most Ambitious Recycling Law

Gavin Newsom | Posted 07.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Recycling, Green Jobs, California, Gavin Newsom, Green, Environment, Food, Green Living, Pollution, San Francisco, Green News

Today at the Farmer's Market in front of San Francisco's iconic Ferry Building I am signing the nation's first mandatory composting law.

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Gavin Newsom: Obama DOJ's DOMA Defense "A Big Mistake"

Los Angeles Times | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Defense of Marriage Act, Gavin Newsom, Gavin Newsom Doma, Obama Doma, Defense of Marriage Act, Obama Gavin Newsom, Doma, Politics News

With the Obama administration facing growing discontent among gay supporters, the mayors of Los Angeles and San Francisco joined in voicing concern to...

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Why Would Anyone Want to Be Governor of California?

Matt Littman | Posted 07.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Meg Whitman, Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Lakers, Gavin Newsom, Ronald Reagan, General Motors, Titanic, Jay Leno, Tom Campbell, Hugh Grant, Jerry Brown, Northrop-Grumman, Disney, Eliot Spitzer, Politics News

The next leader of our state should be so lucky as to be caught picking up a prostitute -- that appears to be a better career path than the dead-end job of Governor of California.

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Ask Gavin Newsom YOUR Environment Questions (VIDEO)

Current.com | Posted 07.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Gavin Newsom, California Governor's Race, San Francisco-California, California, Green News

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is running for Governor of California, and he's making the environment a big part of his campaign. Current.com wants ...

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Newsom Budget Figures Don't Add Up

Paul Hogarth | Posted 07.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Budget Deficit, Gavin Newsom, California Budget Crisis, San Francisco, California Governor's Race, Politics News

Gavin Newsom wants to be Governor, but his analysis of the state budget mess is the last thing progressives need right now -- and calls into question whether he's ready for prime time.

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The Avoidable Tragedy of California's Prop 8

William Bradley | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

The California Supreme Court's decision to uphold Proposition 8 is all the more tragic in that the initiative never should have passed in the first place.

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The Road from Here to Marriage Equality

Gavin Newsom | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Marriage, California Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Gavin Newsom, Lesbian, President Obama, Gays, San Francisco, Gay Marriage, Civil Rights, Marriage Equality, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics News

Today we must turn anger into action. With five states already on their way to marriage equality, it's our job to make sure history moves faster towards equality here in California.

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71% Say Newsom Beating Gallagher in Gay Marriage Debate

Joel B. Schwartzberg | Posted 06.26.2009 | Media

Read More: Lesbian, National Organization for Marriage, Gays and Lesbians, Civil Unions, Maggie Gallagher, Mayor Gavin Newsom, California Gay Marriage, Homosexuality, Gavin Newsom, Ban on Gay Marriages, Homophobia, California Gay Marriage Ban, Gays, Gay Issues, Gay Marriage, Homophobe, Media News

The California Supreme Court may have just weighed in on gay marriage, but participants in the NOW on PBS gay marriage interactive debate are still having their say.

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Newsom Targets Innocent Smokers

Jeff Norman | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gavin Newsom, Cigarettes, Cigarette Tax, Taxes, Smoking, San Francisco-California, Politics News

I have a better idea tan making smokers pay an extra .33 cents a pack: raise the fine for befouling the community and start enforcing the law.

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She Said Yes, but the Government Said No

Sylvia Sukop | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Human Rights, Gavin Newsom, California Supreme Court Gay Marriage, Sylvia Sukop, California Supreme Court, Freedom to Marry, California Same Sex Marriage, California Gay Marriage Ban, Gay Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, Greece, Politics News

For those of us in committed relationships seeking legal recognition, it's an emotionally draining, two-steps-forward, one-step-back process, state by state, country by country.

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Scaling San Francisco's Universal Health Care Program

Gavin Newsom | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senate, Congress, Gavin Newsom, Health, Tom Harkin, President Obama, Universal Healthcare, Health Care Reform, Jobs, Universal Health Care, Health Insurance, Mayor Newsom, Obama Health Care, Health Care, San Francisco, California, Politics News

Our experience in San Francisco is proving what most Americans already know -- it is much less expensive to keep people well than it is to treat their sickness.

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Green-Leaning Mayors: Newsom, Daley, Bloomberg And More

Grist | Posted 06.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Gavin Newsom, Michael Bloomberg, Environment, Green Politics, Richard Daley, Green News

Climate change is a global problem--but as of yet, there's no global solution. That's why mayors across the U.S. are taking action, from building gree...

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Portland Mayor To SF Mayor: We're Better At Electric Cars

gas2.org, Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 06.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Sam Adams, Green Cars, Gavin Newsom, Green Technology, Electric Cars, Cars, Poll, Portland, San Francisco, Green News

The electric vehicle smackdown has begun in earnest. Portland Mayor Sam Adams is responding to the perhaps higher-profile San Francisco Mayor Gavin...

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The Race to an EV Future: Being First to an Electric Vehicle Grid

Gavin Newsom | Posted 05.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Gavin Newsom, Green Jobs, Portland, President Obama, Electric Cars, Green, Environment, Jobs, Cars, San Francisco, Mayor Newsom, California, Video, Green News

Portland and San Francisco have been battling for the title of the most sustainable city for years. We welcome Portland's latest challenge and hope that this EV competition will spread across the country.

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Obama's California: Angst and Irony for Winning Democrats

William Bradley | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Steve Westly, Labor, Karen Bass, Antonio Villaraigosa, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barack Obama, Gavin Newsom, Darrell Steinberg, Gray Davis, Democratic Party, Jerry Brown, Bulworth, Dianne Feinstein, Nancy Pelosi, Politics News

California Democrats are a lot happier about the elections next year than the one in a few weeks.

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What Actually Happened at the California Democratic Party convention

Phil Trounstine | Posted 05.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gavin Newsom, Antonio Villaraigosa, California Governor's Race, Jerry Brown, San Francisco-California, Politics News

By Phil Trounstine and Jerry Roberts Calbuzz.com Bottom line on the California Democratic Party convention: San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom made th...

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The Republican Choice: React or Modernize

William Bradley | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tea Parties, John McCain, Proposition 8, Log Cabin Republicans, Secession, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Texas, Newt Gingrich, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Same-Sex Marriage, California, Dick Cheney, Gavin Newsom, Barack Obama, Iowa, San Francisco, Rick Perry, Steve Schmidt, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Margaret Thatcher, David Cameron, New Labour, Democratic Party, Britain, Tories, Labour Party, Conservative Party, Republican Party, Politics News

It's been a strange week for the Republican Party, with noisy events pushing the old-time religion, a speech urging a new moderation, and back-to-the-future reactions to Obama's friendly gestures to Chavez.

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It's Official...I am Running for Governor of California

Gavin Newsom | Posted 05.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gavin Newsom, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Green Jobs, 2010 Elections, Health, Environment, Jobs, San Francisco, Green Living, Green Energy, Mayor Newsom, Health Care, California, Gavin Newsom Governor, San Francisco-California, Politics News

In San Francisco, we're showing what can be accomplished when we stop looking back and start looking for solutions. We can't keep returning to the same old, tired ideas and expect a different result.

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