misc Gavin Newsom's Hawaii Itinerary Over at the Appeal, Gal-about-town Beth Spotswood points out that Future-Former Mayor Gavin Newsom has headed off this week for a Thanksgiving vacation in Hawaii. Which might explain why the puddles around town
SF News S.F. Interim Mayor Selection Put On Hold The Board of Supervisors plan to vote for an interim mayor was put on hold yesterday. The supes, it seems, want to first hear from the public. At Tuesday's meeting, according to BCN
SF News Prop Talk: Mayor Newsom Wants You to Vote No on Prop 23 by Andrew Dalton Despite his perma-slick hair, Mayor Newsom isn't exactly making friends in petroleum industry on his run for Lieutenant Governor by speaking out against Proposition 23 which will be put in
SF News Newsom Vetoes Alcohol Fee Mayor Gavin Newsom vetoed the fee on alcohol, Supervisor John Avalos' plan to charge booze wholesalers to help cover the city's costs to care for dunkards. The mayor's office sent out a press
SF News Alcohol Tax Advocates to Rally Outside PlumpJack Wine Shop So, you know that booze tax that the Board of Supes approved last week but which Gavin says he'll be vetoing? Well, proponents of the tax, which would put a $1 levy on
SF News Newsom Announces City's Toyota Prius Partnership With Wild Gesticulation In front of City Hall at a "green vehicle showcase," Mayor Gavin Newsom yesterday announced a partnership between San Francisco and Toyota to advertise their Prius plug-in hybrids. And, as with anything carrying
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Newsom's Insipid Soda Ban Won't Ban Fat Sure, soda is unhealthy (except for Diet Coke, which gives life with each sip), but we here in the U.S of A have something called freedom of choice. But, don't tell that
SF News Newsom Drowns Baby Seals In BP Oil, Twirls Moustache, Cackles Although Newsom touts an excessively green platform -- take, for example, his appointment of a Greening Director, the single most bullshit-heavy job title since Social Media Consultant -- Matier & Ross report that
SF News Scene from a Virgin Launch at SFO Today, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Virgin Overlord Sir Richard Branson, and San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom celebrated the launch of Virgin America’s first international flight to exotic Toronto, Canada. Yay, money!
SF News Budget and Finance Committee Kills Condo Lottery Bypass Fee In an effort to the eradicate the stench of plebeian home ownership, Newsom's had some sort of inane condo lottery bypass fee in his budget, one that would've charged potential homeowners $4,000
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
