The Policy Report (Free subscription) | yesterday
Gavin Newsom, Mayor of the City of San Francisco, released his 2008 State of the City Address via YouTube this week. Many expect Newsom to run for Governor of California in 2010, pitting him against his Los Angeles colleage Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa for the Democratic nomination. During a discussion of the San Francisco education system, [...]
Sunlight Foundation (Free subscription) | yesterday
Gavin Newsom the Mayor of San Francisco has started putting his State of the City addresses on You Tube. You can go his You Tube page, which is branded and integrated really well with the City of San Francisco’s government page, and watch the whole speech or specific topics. Unlike Obama’s You tube broadcast [...]
Eater SF (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
Gavin Newsom has officially declared tomorrow, December 3rd, Yelp Day in San Francisco. The honor speaks to the myriad ways in which those wacky Yelpers have changed this city, for better and worse. Coincidentally, December 3rd also marks the International...
Moonbattery (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
You have to hand it to Gavin Newsom: it couldn't have been easy to drone on for 7 1/2 hours about the state of San Franfreakshow without mentioning the city's escalating illegal alien crisis. Even other libs were overwhelmed by...
San Francisco Sentinel (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
From The San Francisco Chronicle Services will be held in San Francisco on Wednesday for Anthony Christopher Guilfoyle, an indelible fixture on San Francisco’s political scene, most visibly on Gavin Newsom’s political campaigns. Mr. Guilfoyle died Thursday at San Francisco’s California Pacific Medical Center of cancer. He was 72. Mr. Guilfoyle was the father of Kimberly [...]
Mayor Sam's Sister City (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
Mayor Villaraigosa, fresh off not getting a job with Barack Obama, not even totally geared up for his Mayoral campaign gets a slap from San Francisco Mayor and fellow 2010 gubernatorial candidate (and Zuma Dogg fan) Gavin Newsom in a new YouTube video released by Newsom. Newsom talks about his... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content,...
SoCal Sports Observed (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
In the contest to become the mayor more likely to lose to Jerry Brown in the 2010 Democratic primary for governor, Gavin Newsom gets a leg up by releasing...
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is running for California Governor. The race is in 2010 but Newsom is already gearing up for the campaign. Today, the good Mayor, a champion of gay marriage in California, releases his State of the City address - all 7 1/2 hours of it. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has been crafting [...]
The Industry Standard (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
Looks like President-elect Barack Obama isn’t the only politician to see the value of communicating through popular video site YouTube . San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom created a YouTube channel to deliver this year’s State of the City address — all 7.5 hours of it. We’ve been fans of Obama’s YouTube addresses, because they make it much easier to see and hear the president-elect’s words...
TechChuck (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
Looks like President-elect Barack Obama isn’t the only politician to see the value of communicating through popular video site YouTube. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom created a YouTube channel to deliver this year’s State of the City address - all 7.5 hours of it. We’ve been fans of Obama’s YouTube addresses, because they make it much [...] Related stories Obama Puts Change.gov Under...
SFist (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
Jeremy Stoppelman must be beaming today. Mayor Gavin Newsom has declared December 3, 2008, tomorrow, Yelp Day in San Francisco . [ cue church bells, angels choir ] Sure, you can turn your nose up at the Yelp ilk - or whine about their alleged mafia-like tactics - but Yelp really has changed this city in many ways, giving a voice to the average pretentious foodie while keeping business...
SoCal Sports Observed (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
SF Weekly writer Benjamin Wachs is trying to watch all 7.5 hours of State of the City videos posted by San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom on his new YouTube channel....
Michelle Malkin (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
Hey, remember that judge who sentenced noise violators to Barry Manilow music? [...] Read the rest »
VentureBeat (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
Looks like President-elect Barack Obama isn’t the only politician to see the value of communicating through popular video site YouTube. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom created a YouTube channel to deliver this year’s State of the City address — all 7.5 hours of it. We’ve been fans of Obama’s YouTube addresses, because they make it much [...]
SFist (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
Following on the heels of other YouTube stars such as Chris Crocker and the Chocolate Rain guy , Mayor Gavin Newsom continues to harness the awesome power of the world wide web via a nifty new YouTube page . (New-ish, anyway. It says he joined in October.) Today's Chronicle manages to muster up an astounding 900-plus word article on it, fellating "the tech-savvy mayor" and his latest...
