1. Mayor Newsom Signs $1.9 Billion Bay Area Water System Construction Stimulus and Jobs Creation Bill (Newsflashes/San Francisco Press Releases)
Mayor Newsom Signs $1.9 Billion Bay Area Water System Construction Stimulus and Jobs Creation Bill Appropriations Bill will Fund Construction of Major Regional Water System Projects & Create 28,000 New Jobs, 11 Million Construction Work Hours 1...
2. Petitioning the Federal Government to Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions (News/Latest)
Mayor Newsom Joins Alaskan Mayors in Petitioning the Federal Government to Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions 11/25/08 - Today Mayor Gavin Newsom joined Alaskan Mayors and Oceana, the largest international non-governmental organization focused on oce...
3. Mayors Aim to Make San Francisco Bay Area the Electric Vehicle Capital of the US (News/Latest)
Mayors Aim to Make San Francisco Bay Area the Electric Vehicle Capital of the U.S. Better Place to enter the US market via California, beginning in the Bay Area 11/20/08 - Today, Mayor Gavin Newsom, San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed and Oakland Mayor Ron D...
4. Supreme Court Decision to Review Legal Challenges to Prop 8 (News/Latest)
Mayor Newsom's Statement on California's Supreme Court Decision to Review Legal Challenges to Prop 8 11/19/08 - I applaud the Supreme Court’s decision to review this important civil rights issue. Every Californian deserves equal protec...
5. Mayor Newsom Launches ChinaSF in Shanghai (News/Latest)
Announces that Two Major Chinese Companies Plan to Open Operations in San Francisco 11/12/08 - Today San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom joined Vincent H.S. Lo, Chairman of Shui On Land, C. Richard "Dick" Kramlich, General Partner of New Ente...
6. Mayor Newsom Launches Rainwater Harvesting Initiative (Newsflashes/San Francisco Press Releases)
Mayor Newsom Launches Rainwater Harvesting Initiative to Help Green the City, Conserve Water Amidst Drought & Protect San Francisco Bay & Pacific Ocean Initiative Features Discounted Rainbarrel Partnership with Cole Hardware and New City Rul...
8. Mayor Newsom Highlights Early Success of San Francisco Solar Rebate Program (News/Latest)
Mayor Newsom Highlights Early Success of San Francisco's Solar Rebate Program Applications for new solar installations have nearly quadrupled since program’s launch in July 10/01/08 - Today Mayor Gavin Newsom announced that applications ...
9. Mayor Newsom to Discuss Politics in the YouTube Era with YouTube Co-Founder Steve Chen (News/Latest)
09/15/08 - Mayor Gavin Newsom to talk "Politics in the YouTube Era" with YouTube co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Steve Chen at CitySpeaks on Tuesday, September 16, 2008. The conversation will take place in the Koret Auditorium at t...
10. Mayor Newsom Visits Future Site of Local Biodiesel Facility (News/Latest)
09/12/08 - Biodiesel production in San Francisco is one step closer to reality, now that the San Francisco Port Commission has approved Darling International’s proposal to manufacture the carbon-free fuel at its facility in the city’s sou...