SF News Newsom Launches Virtual Town Hall Meeting Series Tonight Mayor Gavin Newsom's office will be launching the first in a series of virtual Town Hall meetings tonight at 6 p.m. via Ustream, and users will be able to "chat" their questions
SF News Will Suliman Ashby/Stephen Akabar/Suleman Akabar Be Newsom's Joe the Plumber? It's an interesting question, one raised this week by SF Weekly's Ashley Harrell. See, way back in 2005, Newsom talked to the San Francisco Chronicle about his Arnold Drummond-like foster brother, whom he
SF News Bill Clinton Backs Newsom While some are wildly conspiracy theorizing that Mayor Gavin Newsom will bow out of the gubernatorial race, former POTUS Bill Clinton just gave Gav his official seal of approval. That's right, Clinton has
SF News SF Housing Projects Get Green Still hoping to ride his oppressively green platform all the way to Sacramento, SF Mayor Gavin Newsom has had solar panels installed at two housing projects: Hayes Valley North and South, and Plaza
SF News Newsom Announces Free H1N1 (Swine) Flu Shots In our continuing will-we-live-or-will-we-die H1N1 (swine) flu coverage, we just got word that Mayor Gavin Newsom is handing out free H1N1 shots. According to the Mayor's Office, "San Francisco will be organizing free
SF News Photos: Newsom Visits Mexico In an attempt to snare the golden Latino vote, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom took a PG&E-sponsored trip to Mexico today. There, he stopped being polite, and started getting auténtico. Here
SF News Newsom Eating Flautas In Mexico Today While Gavin Newsom's daily itinerary is typically (and aggressively) detail-free, today's public schedule is brimming with loads of information, stuff you might find during a showcase showdown on the Price Is Right. Today,
SF News Newsom Opens DataSF.org When he isn't helping concoct the world's most disgusting milkshake, Newsom finds time to write on the l'internet. (Aside: green tea milkshake with cocoa, Gavin? For reals? Look, your SFist editor is a
SF News Newsom Responds to BART Strike But what does Mayor Gavin Newsom and/or the Mayor’s Office of Communications have to say about Sunday's impending BART strike, you ask? Good question. Here's the answer. Ahem: Today, I am
SF News The Person Who Controls Newsom's Twitter Account Writes Ahem. @GavinNewsom: "Just signed SF's [$6.6 Billion] budget. Worked w/ colleagues to increase funding for univ health care program, protect jobs for teachers, police + fire." The budget also "prevented the closure" of
SF News SF Elected Offiicals Take "Symbolic" Pay Cut San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, the Board of Supervisors, and other top-level officials will take a 2.45 percent pay cut this fiscal year. Which is more "symbolic" than anything, because they are
SF News Team Newsom Loses its Matt Damon Wade Crowfoot is leaving Team Newsom. Aw. Crowfoot, "that guy with the fake job about weather who all the gays think is hot," has been hired by Environmental Defense Fund for yet another
SF News Eric Jaye "Resigns" from Team Newsom Eric Jaye, Mayor Gavin Newsom's campaign manager, quit Newsom's gubernatorial campaign today. Why? Who knows why, exactly. Jaye, who has seen Newsom through Care Not Cash to "whether you like it or not"
SF News Newsom Goes to L.A. Hello there, So Cal brethren! If you're in the Los Angeles area tonight, you might want to head over South Los Angeles Town Hall to catch our famous, Prop. 8-hating, named-dropped-on--boasting, inarguably sexy
SF News The Case of the Missing Newsom Op-Ed Piece Solved Conspiracy theorists freaked the holy hell out this morning over a piece penned by Phil Bronstein -- one that was critical of Gavin Newsom as California's next governor -- which was pulled. Or
SF News Newsom to Artists: Show Us Your Stuff In an effort to cover up the blight of many, many vacant storefronts dotting San Francisco these days, Mayor Gavin Newsom has a somewhat decent idea. See, Newsom, according to SFGate, "wants local
SF News Quote du Jour: Renter Relief Package Vetoed Even with Newsom lapcat Bevan Duffy supporting part of Chris Daly's Renter Relief Package, the mayor still vetoed what might have provided a modicum of financial relief for SF renters. (As opposed to,
SF News Defecation Situation at Chez Newsom A little something to go with your onion bagel and soy latte this morning: SFAppeal and Matier and Ross both have word that someone, well, took a massive crap at Gavin and Jennifer
SF News Newsom <s>Spams</s> Raises Money On Twitter With the Help of Chelsea Handler While SFist likes to bitch about Mayor Gavin Newsom, as any self-consciously and affectedly pissed-off San Francisco voter does, we also love us some Chelsea Handler. (If you don't know who she is,
SF News Divorce No. 2 for Kimberly Guilfoyle? This is coming from Page Six, so take it a massive salt lick. Kimberly Guilfoyle, Fox News Channel anchor and former wife of SF Mayor Gavin Newsom, has allegedly called it quits with
SF News Arizona Police Chief Is New SF Police Chief Dragging someone new into the force, Mayor Gavin Newsom went all the way to Phoenix, Arizona to get our new chief of police. The dramatically accent-marked George Gascón, who was the police chief
SF News What's Going On Here, Angry Firefighters? They seem rather upset. Why? Because because the city budget is bad for them, and the cuts will hurt them. So, they want to BOS to cut other services. Or something. Anyway, here
misc Gavin Found Although his colleagues couldn't find him, Mayor Gavin Newsom was spotted in WeHo on Sunday, kicking it at LA's Gay Pride. Here is he with Los Angeles Mayor and gubernatorial candidate Antonio Villaraigosa.
SF News Watch Newsom Interview Now Current TV has asked us to plug an interview their doing with Newsom right this very second. For better or for worse, the chat will be about not trashing your coffee grounds (which
SF News The Top 3 SFPD Police Chief Candidates Are... Who knows? Last night the Police Commission nominated three SFPD chief applicants for Mayor Gavin Newsom, who will make the final decision as to who will replace Chief Heather Fong. But the names
