SF News Obama to End Homelessness Via Project Homeless Connect? Today, President Obama announced the launch of Opening Doors, which will, ideally, help prevent homelessness by using a San Francisco-based model. Not so simply put, Opening Doors is "a more targeted approach by
SF News Gavin, DiFi, 78 Others Kick Off China Tour An 80-person entourage including Newsom, former mayors Willie Brown and Frank Jordan, Nancy Pelosi, Di Fi, and BART board of directors president James Fang, begins a tour of China today in celebration of
SF News Muni Drivers Reject Contract Concessions, Muni Head Not Giving Up Despite Gavin's threats of "real consequences" if they didn't vote his way, Muni bus, metro, and cable car operators voted 747 to 548 yesterday last Friday to reject the proposed contract concessions aimed
SF News <strike><em>SF Chronicle</em> To Throw Party For Gavin Newsom</strike> Gavin Newsom To Host Focus Group For <em>SF Chronicle</em> (Updated) Oh, what fun. Objectivity takes a back seat to what will hopefully be a swank bash for San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom. See, along with Bloomberg, the SF Chronicle is throwing a party
SF News Whitman, Newsom, Harris Win; Prop 16 Fails Here's how things went down last night after the returns came in. Shall we? San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris wins. She'll get the Dem nod in the attorney general race. She creamed
SF News Newsom Condemns Last Night's Hit and Run Rampage Mayor Gavin Newsom expressed sadness and concern for those injured in last night's hit and run rampage that saw four cyclists injured in the Mission and Potrero Hill districts. "I’m proud that
SF News Watch Newsom's Budget Proposal Live While no where near as entertaining as a Kelly Bensimon disco dust-fueled verbal miscarriage, it's almost as important. Watch Mayor Newsom reveal his San Francisco budget proposal, before it goes to the Board
SF News Newsom to Reveal Budget Proposal At around 3:30 p.m. today, Mayor Newsom will reveal his plan to save San Francisco from financial ruins. (Or not.) The Gav will unveil his budget proposal, which will include, among
SF News Bypassing BOS, Newsom Asks Voters To Decide On Sit-Lie In lieu of dealing with the Board of Supervisors, Gavin Newsom will have voters decide on the sensitive sit-lie law, which would make it illegal for folks to sit or lie down on
SF News Newsom Crashes Bay to Breakers Race Sporting a baseball cap and no race bib, Mayor Gavin Newsom, like many others, crashed Sunday's Bay to Breakers race. Since he wasn't registered, his time couldn't be counted. A few details Newsom
SF News Newsom Leads Hahn In Lt. Governor's Race Mayor Gavin Newsom's crafty scheme to use San Francisco as a rung on the ladder to something better will, most likely, prove successful this June. In a recent poll conducted by the Newsom
SF News SFist Reviews: Newsom for Lieutenant Governor - State Convention Video The video begins in full bullshit mode similar to an episode of Barefoot Contessa (e.g., the one where Ina Garten pretends to break into her gay male friends' tacky Hamptons home to
SF News <em>LA Times</em> Endorses Newsom for Lt. Governor LA Times endorsed SF Mayor Gavin Newsom "without hesitation," not hometown girl Janice Hahn, for Lt Gov. in the Democratic primary, while tipping its hat to Abel Maldonado on the GOP side. Why
SF News Balboa Cafe Offers Free Burger & Fries for Your Blood Ok. Here we go. We're going to attempt this post without fainting. And, if talk of blood makes you just as queasy, you might want to brace. See, Gavin Newsom/The PlumpJack Group's
SF News Newsom Fails to Get Dem Endorsement At this weekend's state Democratic Party Convention -- an event wonks like to think of as wildly important -- Mayor Gavin Newsom failed to snatch the party's official endorsement for lieutenant governor. Then
SF News (Updated) What Happened to the Main Library's Green Bench? Mayor Newsom and the city's Greening Director Astrid Haryati came up with these nifty plant boxes to segment the long bench that stretches along the main library right off Civic Center Plaza. According
SF News Health Bill Won't Trump Healthy SF According to CBS 5/AP, "San Francisco officials said health care reform legislation passed by Congress won't do away with the city's universal health care program." Why? Well, according to Gavin Newsom and
SF News Let Them Eat Vegetables, Says Newsom San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom vegetable garden plan, which he unveiled last July, will take root today, involving gardens in "a building that produces steam to heat the Civic Center, Department of Public
SF News Newsom On Bill Maher Tonight Back on the campaign trail, Mayor Gavin Newsom sent out the following Twitter message. Ahem: "@GavinNewsom: About to head down to LA. Going on @BillMaher tonite to talk health care. Catch me live
SF News Janice Hahn Files Complaint Over Newsom's Fundraising Speaking of fundraising, is San Francisco Mayor and Lt. Governor candidate Gavin Newsom violating the Political Reform Act by accepting contributions from donors who gave the maximum allowable amount during his gubernatorial attempt?
SF News "I Need Your Money," Says Newsom We get so excited when we find a message from Gavin Newsom waiting in our inbox -- especially when "I need your help" calls to us from the subject line. (Help with what?
misc Social City By the Numbers Number of people pictured in Saturday's "Miss Bigelow's Social City": 72 Minority count: 6 The help: 1 Who was celebrating what and where: At the Legion of Honor where a dubiously-named committee crawled
SF News Gavin Newsom Makes Lt. Gov Run Official; Janice Hahn Campaigns Today in the Bay Area Has California ever seen a race for Lt. Governor that has gotten so much coverage? The race for a practically unknown office is getting its due as San Francisco Mayor and former gubernatorial
SF News Gavin Newsom to Officially Enter Lieutenant Governor's Race Friday It's official. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom will toss his hat into the Lt. Governor's race. He will make the not-so big announcement on Friday. Finally The LA Times reports: Newsom, a Democrat,
SF News Newsom to Run for Lt. Governor. We Swear This Time. Promise. Yesterday at the eleventh hour, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom picked up his paper work Department of Elections in City Hall and paid his $2,500 filing fees, meaning he'll finally run for
