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5 unusual facts about Gavin Newsom


Chicken John

Rinaldi announced his candidacy in the 2007 San Francisco mayoral election on July 9, 2007, ostensibly challenging incumbent Gavin Newsom.

Citizenville

Citizenville is a book written by American politician Gavin Newsom.

Cloe Madanes

2005 Presented with a Certificate of Honor by Gavin Newsom, Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco, on behalf of the City and County, for her advocacy in international children’s concerns and as one of the foremost pioneers of strategic family therapy.

COLT Studio Group

Mayor of San Francisco Gavin Newsom signed a proclamation declaring February 23, 2007 as "Colt Studio Day" in celebration of this anniversary.

Thomas Addis

By way of his daughter Jean, Addis is the great-grandfather of Gavin Newsom, the Lieutenant Governor of California.


Bay Area Video Coalition

In partnership with Podshow, Adobe and SF Mayor Gavin Newsom’s Digital Media Advisory Council, BAVC Next Gen presented True2Life: Everyday Activities and Youth Changing the World, showing youth as innovative cultural producers and the Bay Area as a model in linking youth to community and industry change.

Peter Lauterborn

In 2005, Lauterborn authored a Youth Commission resolution calling for Mayor Gavin Newsom to create a task force to support transitional youth.

Pursuit of Equality

Director Geoff Callan, along with San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom and philanthropists Christopher Bently and Wilkes Bashford, hosted a wedding celebration titled The Pursuit of Equality in order to increase public awareness of this issue before the November 4th vote on California Proposition 8.

Quality of life

Wilson's theories have been used to justify the implementation of zero tolerance policies by many prominent American mayors, most notably Oscar Goodman in Las Vegas, Richard Riordan in Los Angeles, Rudolph Giuliani in New York City and Gavin Newsom in San Francisco.

San Francisco Bicycle Coalition

Mayor Gavin Newsom and Supervisors Tom Ammiano, Chris Daly, Bevan Dufty, Sean Elsbernd, Ed Jew, Jake McGoldrick, and Ross Mirkarimi were among the thousands of cyclists who participated in San Francisco's 13th Annual Bike to Work Day on May 17, 2007.

Sirna Therapeutics

Sirna's move was a part of a trend of biotechnology companies moving to San Francisco, bolstered due to a campaign to attract biotechnology companies to San Francisco and tax breaks instituted by Mayor of San Francisco Gavin Newsom.


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