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Nancy Pelosi Endorses Newsom for Mayor
Calling Gavin Newsom “the leader, to take our city into the future,” House
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi endorsed Gavin Newsom for Mayor this week.
In an overflowing press conference at the Newsom Headquarters Community Room,
Pelosi said Newsom offered the best plans for restoring the city’s ailing economy.
“We need a mayor with a plan to get working San Franciscans back to work. And
Newsom will do just that,” Pelosi said.
Newsom praised Pelosi as an inspiration to his campaign and the entire city.
“She has shown how to win the fight for change.”
Newsom said the Pelosi endorsement will give even greater momentum to his growing campaign.
“We try to take one step forward every day. The support of Nancy Pelosi is a giant leap,”
Newsom said. Pelosi joins a growing list of prominent women leaders who have endorsed Newsom,
including Senator Dianne Feinstein and State Senator Jackie Speier.
Newsom Calls Small Business Key to Recovery
Gavin Newsom this week called the city’s small business community the “key to
economic recovery” and vowed to make it easier for small businesses in San Francisco
to “create jobs for our residents and do business with our city.”
Newsom noted that nearly 90% of businesses enterprises in San Francisco are defined as
small businesses, and together they provide more than half of the jobs in the city.
His plan released this week calls for streamlining city regulations that prevent
many small businesses from working with the city, promoting the creation of Business
Improvement Districts and making sure small business has a broad voice in his administration.
Read Newsom’s plan online - A Thriving Economy,
A Thriving City
Newsom Fights for City Contracting Reform
Gavin Newsom has introduced legislation to reform how the city awards so-called “sole-source”
contracts in order to bring greater efficiency and accountability to city government.
Newsom said “we need to bring common-sense business practices to every city service and
department – starting with our system of awarding city contracts.”
Read Newsom’s plan
for sole source contracting reform (PDF).
Newsom
gains record support
In July, Newsom for Mayor volunteers set yet another San Francisco record
by collecting over 23,000 signatures from Newsom supporters to qualify Gavin
for the ballot. That’s more signatures of support than any candidate has
collected in modern San Francisco history. Over 100 volunteers hand-carried
the signatures nearly a mile from campaign headquarters to the Department of
Elections at City Hall. Thank you to everyone who helped with the signature drive!
Newsom also set a fundraising record this summer. On the June 30th campaign
finance report, Newsom showed that over 5,700 San Franciscans had donated to
his campaign. No other candidate for mayor has ever had more contributors at
this stage in the campaign. To the finance committee, to everyone who has
hosted a fundraiser at their home, and to all of the contributors — Thank You!
 Newsom
Community Corps Launches Mission Cleanup
Pledging a "Campaign
of Action," Gavin Newsom joined his "Community Corps" on
Saturday in the Mission District for their first project.
Gavin worked with
twenty-five high school students all morning to plant a garden between
Mission St. and San Jose Ave in District 9. The Newsom Community Corps
is a volunteer organization, which follows the campaign model of being
not only a campaign of ideas, but also one of action.
To volunteer for
future Community Corps events, email volunteers@gavinnewsom.com
In other news...
Great Cities Series Announced
Newsom
Proposes New Tools for Reform
Newsom
Set to Open Neighborhood Headquarters
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