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Gavin Newsom launches online campaign ad
Political Blotter | 10/13/09
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom’s gubernatorial campaign today launched the first video ad of the 2010 Democratic primary race, a 60-second spot urging a constitutional convention to overhaul how the state governs itself. “It’s time for a new direction in California. For too long, Californians have been victim to a… Read more...
Gavin Newsom holds his own election—on his campaign logo
Los Angeles Times | 10/7/09
In classical Greek, logos generally means the expression of thought through speech, but in advertising and especially politics, it has come to mean the basic symbol that will define and carry a campaign and build the buzz so important to sales – or election. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is… Read more...
Clinton formally backs Newsom for Calif. governor
San Francisco Chronicle | 10/5/09
Former President Bill Clinton delivered a boost today to San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom’s campaign for governor, formally endorsing him in next year’s race and calling Newsom a national leader in green technology and energy. “San Francisco may be the greatest city in the entire country” on issues of environment… Read more...
San Francisco Plan Promotes Urban Wind Power
The New York Times | 10/1/09
Mayor Gavin Newsom (D) unveiled plans yesterday for installing turbines on rooftops around the city, with a goal of commercializing small-scale wind power and bringing down the cost of renewable electricity. Read more...
Newsom challenges Brown to 11 debates
Sacramento Bee | 9/30/09
Just a day after Attorney General Jerry Brown announced he was forming an exploratory committee for a possible gubernatorial run, declared Democratic candidate Gavin Newsom challenged Brown this morning to 11 debates in every media market in the state. “Our state is in need of real reform—we have a broken… Read more...
Former President Bill Clinton to campaign with Gavin Newsom
ABC News | 9/21/09
Former President Bill Clinton is backing San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom for California governor over state Attorney Gen. Jerry Brown, potentially upending next year's Democratic race to succeed Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger. Read more...
S.F. Mayor Gavin Newsom Discusses Health Care Reform and a Public Option
MSNBC | 9/16/09
S.F. Mayor Gavin Newsom Discusses Health Care Reform and a Public Option. Read more...
San Francisco Test-Drives A Public Option
NPR | 9/15/09
Take a look at San Francisco for a clue. An experiment there in universal coverage is bearing fruit, KQED's Sarah Varney reports on Tuesday's Morning Edition. Called Healthy San Francisco, the program for the uninsured... Read more...
San Francisco’s Universal Health Care Model
NPR | 9/15/09
The Healthy San Francisco Plan, the city's public health plan for the uninsured, has many of the elements currently under consideration in Washington, D.C. It was proposed as a stopgap measure until Congress moved ahead with universal coverage. Now, it's being heralded as a public option that works and a model for reform. Read more...
High marks for Healthy S.F. again
San Francisco Chronicle | 9/14/09
First came the UC Berkeley report showing the city's universal health care program, Healthy San Francisco, isn't hurting San Francisco's economy. Then came the Kaiser Family Foundation report showing participants are largely satisfied with their care. Read more...
