Gavin Newsom Quotes
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San Franciscans know we live in the most beautiful city in the world, a jewel on the edge of the Golden Gate.
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Society becomes how we behave.
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I act on my principles, whether they're popular or not.
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As Mayor, I will lead city government, businesses, and community groups to support innovative projects that will make San Francisco streets and public places vibrant and healthy.
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I did not love reading, spelling, math and science. I struggled. I was a terrible speller.
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As Mayor, I will use my experience to make San Francisco a place where small businesses can thrive.
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I'm much more optimistic about this next generation because this is the first global generation.
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If you're not open, you're not transparent, you're still holding on to vaults of information, you're not going to build that trust.
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Historically, San Franciscans have not valued street trees as much as other communities have.
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We recognize that the arts are an essential part of San Francisco's cultural vitality.
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As mayor of San Francisco, I will provide the vision and work hard to make San Francisco a beautiful, well-planned city with excellent housing and transportation options.
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We must continue to step in and stand up to resist reckless rhetoric and actions in a peaceful and forceful manner.
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One of the defining dynamics of 2008 has been the emerging wave of new, young voters getting involved and storming the gates of the traditional political establishment.
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Do what you think is right, because one damn thing is an absolute, certainly: We come and go. Politicians are a dime a dozen.
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I'm not courting labor. I come from a labor background. To me, it's just intuitive.
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The tech genie is out of the bottle; you can't put it back in.
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It was difficult to realize, 'I'm lieutenant governor.' And Brown appropriately reminded me of that.
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If Wikileaks didn't resolve that question for folks - at the end of the day, there are no secrets. We're living in a glass neighborhood, in a fishbowl, and technology, white hat hackers, the folks that are doing the right thing with hacking.
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A mistake that a lot of us have made, related to those who advocate for gun safety legislation, is that we try to process it through our legislative bodies, and that's where the NRA's strength lies.
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San Francisco can no longer afford to be a city divided between downtown and neighborhoods, with a downtown that becomes a ghost town when workers go home for the evening.
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Guys like me don't necessarily progress very far, which is fine.
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During the 1990s, San Francisco lived through one of the most intense economic booms of its history.
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You only get one chance in this thing called life. I know that is a bit maudlin and obscure, but it's a fact, and you can make a profound difference in people's lives without having a title in front of your name.
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San Francisco lags behind other communities in providing a vital, vibrant and ecologically sustainable urban canopy, as well as open space in the city.