Quotes by Gavin Newsom

About Gavin Newsom:

Gavin Christopher Newsom is an American politician. He is the 49th and current lieutenant governor of California, after being elected in 2010 and re-elected in 2014. In 2003, he was elected the 42nd Mayor of San Francisco, the city's youngest in a hundred years. Newsom was re-elected in 2007 with 72 percent of the vote. In 2010, a Samepoint study named Newsom the Most Social Mayor in America's largest one hundred cities.
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Failure isn't something to be embarassed about; it's just proof that you're pushing your limits, trying new things, daring to innovate.

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We've got to simplify, pull back all these layers of supposed complexity , and get down to the essentials. If we want people to engage with government, we should use the same tools that are getting them engages with companies and institutions in priv...

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The jobs in the greatest demand in the future don't yet exist and will require workers to use technologies that have not yet been invented to solve problems that we don't yet even know are problems.

Gavin Newsom

Cultural tourism surveys consistently rate San Francisco's art industry as a core reason for visiting.

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As Mayor, I will fully support my Arts Commission and its professional selection committees so that they can commission a full range of public art that is daring and, when appropriate, daringly traditional.

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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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Like any small business owner, I experienced the pressures of building a company from the ground up - developing a business plan, balancing the books, meeting payroll and building a customer base.

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Accessing capital to start a business can be a daunting process, especially for entrepreneurs who start out with a great idea, but have no real familiarity with the business world.

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San Francisco businesses face many challenges, including high rents, regulatory burdens, and the rising cost of workers compensation insurance and employee health plans.

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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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During the 1990s, San Francisco lived through one of the most intense economic booms of its history.

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The value of an arts education is widely accepted, especially in California.

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An arts education helps build academic skills and increase academic performance, while also providing alternative opportunities to reward the skills of children who learn differently.

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But living in uncertain times does not mean San Franciscans must live in fear.

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Livable neighborhoods with a vibrant street life will stimulate our economic life as well.

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San Francisco has long been a leader in the arts, nurturing generations of painters, sculptors, poets, novelists, playwrights, film-makers, and performing artists and innovators of every kind.

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We recognize that the arts are an essential part of San Francisco's cultural vitality.

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The arts can play a vital role in revitalizing neighborhoods, using and improving vacant space, bringing new jobs and new sense of opportunity, and improving public safety by generating more foot traffic and more eyes on the street.

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Involvement in the arts engages kids in their community, improves self-esteem, reclaims at-risk youth, and builds the creative skills that are required of a 21st century workforce.

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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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Author Bio

  • NameGavin Newsom
  • DescriptionAmerican mayor
  • BornOctober 10, 1967
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPolitician