SF News Overall Homeless Count Doesn't Change Dramatically, But Huge Spike In Bayview San Francisco's biennial census of the homeless population gets released today, and the numbers are predictably depressing. Though the overall number of homeless people went down by a paltry 60 (from 6,514
SF News Gavin Newsom Banging Out a Book on Social Media in Politics Word is out that Lieutenant Governor, former Mayor and adept twitter abbreviator Gavin Newsom just signed a deal with Penguin Books to pen a book about "the intersection of social media and government.
SF News A Spaceship Lands at SFO with Gavin Newsom Flying Wingman Sure this video from Wired of Virgin Galactic's WhiteKnightTwo flying over San Francisco yesterday, carrying SpaceShipOne Two underwing is basically a commercial for Virgin Galactic and we should be scolded for posting such
SF News That's One Cold Game of Cityville "[Zynga] let us know there is no way in the world that they can go public and pay payroll tax on all their employee stock options. They mostly just dropped that in our
SF News Meanwhile, In Newsom's Office... Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom hosts a wild party in his office with students from St. Vincent de Paul School in San Francisco. "Giving them an overview of our state government," he says. Like
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Gavin Newsom and the Awesome Hair Club on Real Time with Bill Maher Ep. 204: March 4, 2011 - Overtime Unfortunately, we can't share all of Gavin Newsom's performance on Real Time with Bill Maher because HBO subscriptions still cost money. So you'll have to deal
SF News Will No One Give Jerry Brown a Present? The Chronicle dug in to a 23-page report from the Fair Political Practices Commission that discloses roughly how much money in stocks and holdings our government officials have and shocker: Gavin Newsom is
SF News If You're Glue, Gavin's Rubber: Newsom Pledges End of 'R-Word' Today, California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom asked for people to stop using the "r-word" (in vulgar parlors: "retard," "retarded") in conversation and written text. Although we suspect any campaign to end argot has
SF News SFist Has A New Neighbor, Gavin Newsom Founders Den, a "private clubhouse" (see: workspace) for entrepreneurs in SoMa founded by Marissa Mayer's husband, has a new resident, Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom. TechCrunch coos: Yes, the Lieutenant Governor of California (and
SF News How Was Gavin Newsom's First Week In Sacramento? Yesterday, the Sunday Chronicle (or maybe just the normal Chronicle? who even gets the paper anymore?) posted an update on Gavin's first week in office. While the lede says he's got a lot
SF News Gavin Newsom Becomes Ambassador to America's Cup Whatever it is a Lieutenant Governor does in Sacramento must not be as important as the sailboat race in San Francisco because Gavin Newsom has accepted the title of "Ambassador at Large" to
misc The Inaugural Class of Gavin Newsom's San Francisco Hall of Fame Well, would you look at that: the Chronicle reports that in a quirky last-minute move before leaving City Hall for Sacramento yesterday, our now-previous mayor established a San Francisco Hall of Fame to
SF News Au Revoir, Newsom! Well, that's that. Gavin Newsom has left the building. His mommy-I-gotta-go-potty urgency to ditch local politics in favor of a more estimable gig took flight today as he (finally!) left his measly mayoral
SF News Newsom Appoints SFPD Chief Gascon District Attorney In a surprise move, Gavin Newsom appointed SFPD Police Chief George Gascon to District Attorney on Sunday after Board of Supervisors President David Chiu rejected the left vacant by Attorney General Kamala Harris.
SF News Rose Pak Doesn't F@%k Around “Now you know why they say I play politics like a blood sport.” Chinatown power broker Rose Pak, in the culminating quote of a new Bay Citizen/NYT piece that provides a complete
SF News San Francisco Celebrates America's Cup Promising to bring an estimated "$1.4 billion in economic benefits and 8,000 jobs to a city facing a $379 million deficit," San Francisco celebrated the America's Cup pick on Wednesday. The
misc We Now Pronounce You Chris and Gavin "Despite the fact that these men served for years as convenient political antipodes (insofar as we have a spectrum here in San Francisco), perhaps they are not so different. Sure, Daly is suspected
SF News SF Mayoral Watch: Waiting, Delays, Voting, & Hand-Wringing Who's going to be the next mayor of San Francisco? That's the question on the minds of literally hundreds of San Franciscans. It's goes something like this: Newsom wants his replacement to be
SF News Swearing-In 2011: Jerry Brown, Kamala Harris Looking to distance himself from the (disgraceful?) Schwarzenegger regime via a more celebrity-free inauguration, Jerry Brown's swearing-in today as the 39th Governor of California will be an appropriately mellow affair. Today's 11 a.
SF News Newsom and Siebel Expecting Second Child A second Newsom is on the way, folks. Leah Garchik has the scoop. And on Masonic Street, there's reason for the Newsoms to rejoice (having nothing to do with Larry Ellison). Raise your
misc Gavin Newsom, still talking: "Whoever gets there will be immediately discredited as the political appointee. Everybody running against that person is going to say that. I will say that, and I'm not going anywhere." -Mayor Newsom, explaining
SF News Newsom Speaks: Will Probably Delay Swearing-In as Lt. Gov Mayor Newsom probably ruined the Holidays for some supervisors by finally speaking up about this whole Interim Mayor selection process. According to CBS5 this morning, Gavin has laid out his terms: if he
SF News Notes from Gavin Newsom's Holiday Open House at City Hall Yesterday afternoon in the spirit of The Holidays (but also kind of in the spirit of "see y'all in SacTown"), Mayor Newsom held the first public meet and greet in as long as
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Gavin Newsom Eating Ribs: Gossip-Worthy, Apparently Perhaps shamed by their crushing defeat in the World Series, someone in the office of Arlington, Texas Mayor Robert Cluck's office apparently leaked a photo of Mayor Newsom chowing down on his plate
SF News Assessing Gavin's Record on Homelessness According to the Chron, Gavin may be well known around here for his bold moves on behalf of gay marriage, but among other mayors nationally he's recognized for major achievements in the area
