Gavin Newsom
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Gavin Newsom is the mayor of San Francisco.
Constitutional convention
- Main article: California constitutional convention
Newsom has endorsed the idea of having a constitutional convention to alter the California Constitution. He would like like such a convention to "repeal the two-thirds vote requirement to pass a budget so California won't have to issue IOUs." [1]
Measure H
Newsom wrote Measure H, which was approved by San Francisco voters on June 3, 2008. Measure H prohibits local politicians from accepting campaign contributions from vendors who do business with the city and county of San Francisco. However, Measure H does not prohibit San Francisco politicians who are running for higher office from accepting contributions from corporations and developers who have business with the City of San Francisco, and Newsom, in his gubernatorial campaign, has accepted donations from numerous groups and individuals who do have business with the city.[2]
Examples of these donations include:
- Ben Silverman gave more than $40,000 to Newsom's gubernatorial campaign between December 2008 and June 2009. Silverman was the co-chairman of NBC Universal Entertainment during that 7-month period. In those same months, Newsom's mayoral office "was successfully fighting the Board of Supervisors to get the NBC show "Trauma" a city tax rebate for filming in the city." Newsom's wife, actress Jennifer Siebel Newsom, was also given a part in Trauma's pilot episode.[2]
- Developer Simon Snellgrove gave a donation to Newsom's gubernatorial campaign. Snellgrove owns the purchase rights to the 2.5-acre Golden Gateway Tennis and Swim Club on the northern waterfront, and has plans to develop it into a luxury condominium project. His plans will require city and, ultimately, mayoral approval.[2]
- A restaurant owner "who benefited from a mayoral veto to get around zoning regulations" subsequently gave money to Newsom's gubernatorial campaign.
- The president of Levi's gave money to Newsom's gubernatorial campaign during a period in which Newsom's mayoral office was finding ways to persuade the company to stay in the city/[2]
- The Deputy Sheriffs' Association gave money to Newsom's gubernatorial campaign shortly before it entered into contract negotiations with the City of San Francisco.[2]
- The president of AT&T gave money to Newsom's gubernatorial campaign. AT&T has multiple contracts with the City of San Francisco.[2]
Gubernatorial candidacy
On October 30, 2009, Newsome withdrew from the 2010 race for Governor of California.
References
- ↑ Mercury News, "Dan Walters: Picture is cloudy on desires for state government reform", October 17, 2009
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 San Francisco Chronicle, "Newsom takes donations from S.F.'s contractors", October 13, 2009
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