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- SF Mayor Gavin Newsom is excited/proud about his wife's pregnancy. — Twitter
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San Francisco Delays Controversial Immigrant ID Cards
Can I see some ID? For immigrants in San Francisco, the answer to that is "not quite yet." Plans to roll out a controversial program providing identification for all residents regardless of legal status is on hold for the moment.
Marriage Maverick Mayor Weds Mad Men Actress Siebel
San Francisco's marriage-equality lightening rod, Gavin Newsom tied the knot himself over the weekend. In a Montana ranch ceremony he married actress Jennifer Siebel. If you watched last night's Mad Men premiere, you'll know her as Betty's old roommate and pricey prostitute, Juanita.
Should the Military Program JROTC Be in High Schools?
As JROTC (Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps) enters its last (and ninetieth) year in San Francisco, a non-binding measure intended to show support for the program has qualified for the November ballot. Mayor Gavin Newsom backs the efforts to save the high school program. In 2006 the SF school board decided to stop JROTC, even though there were no complaints, mostly because they disagreed with the military's policy on gay and lesbian soldiers.
Exclusive! We Talk to SF Mayor, Mastermind of Gay Marriage
Last night at the San Francisco premiere of the short movie The Butler's in Love (directed by David Arquette) Pop shimmied up to Gavin Newsom, mayor of San Francisco and instrumental force in the brand new rights for all to marry in the state of California, and popped a couple of questions of our own.
Since we've been closely following the burst of new weddings, we had to ask the political trailblazer:
What’s next after the gay marriage victory?
The biggest most important thing is to defeat the initiative this November.
Thirsty For Change? US Mayors Tap Tap Water, Ban the Bottle
The US Conference of Mayors, meeting in Miami, banned bottled water this week. The cities will no longer use municipal funds to purchase water bottles.
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, who proposed the resolution along with 17 other big-city mayors, said: "Cities are sending the wrong message about the quality of public water when we spend taxpayer dollars on water in disposable containers from a private corporation."
Who's More Trashy: Naples vs. San Francisco
The European Commission (EC) has filed a suit against Italy in the European Court of Justice. The EC thinks a lawsuit will clean up Naples, Italy, which has been enveloped in piles of trash and a toxic stench, as seen in the pictures below. The EC hopes that potential harsh fines will prompt politicians to take more serious action to end the massive years-long garbage crisis, brought on by organized crime.
California Supreme Court Hears Gay Marriage Arguments
The California Supreme Court heard over three hours of oral arguments for and against same-sex marriage, yesterday.
In 2004, the Supreme Court of California invalidated over 4,000 same-sex marriages authorized by San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom. Citing Proposition 22, a 2000 state initiative which legally defined marriage as between a man and a woman, the Court said the same-sex marriages violated state law.
Headline: Nader Chooses a Running Mate
With Bloomberg solidly out of the picture, third-party presidential candidate Ralph Nader has upped his campaign-cred by naming his number two. Matt Gonzalez, the shaggy Green Party, former San Francisco Supervisor is most popularly know for giving Gavin Newsom a run for his money in the 2003 mayoral race.
Nader, the first presidential candidate to round out his slate, tapped Texas-born, California-resident Gonzalez, giving him a winning electoral college recipe, should Nader's campaign make it to November's general election.
Check This: Barack Has No Love For Gavin
An interaction, or lack of interaction, that took place four years ago between Barack Obama and San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, still bothers the San Francisco politician. While Newsom was in the center of national outrage over his authorization of same-sex marriage in San Francisco, Obama allegedly declined to have his picture taken with the pro gay-rights mayor.
Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown told the SF Chronicle:
I gave a fundraiser, at his (Obama's) request at the Waterfront restaurant.
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