23 Quotes by Gavin Newsom
- San Franciscans know we live in the most beautiful city in the world, a jewel on the edge of the Golden Gate.
- San Francisco businesses face many challenges, including high rents, regulatory burdens, and the rising cost of workers compensation insurance and employee health plans.
- 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.
- 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.
- San Francisco lags behind other communities in providing a vital, vibrant and ecologically sustainable urban canopy, as well as open space in the city.
- The 21st Century has begun as an era of uncertainty, with a heightened focus on security and public safety.
- The value of an arts education is widely accepted, especially in California.
- We can build new housing while preserving the quality and character of adjacent residential districts and ensuring infill development strengthens the surrounding neighborhood.
- We recognize that the arts are an essential part of San Francisco's cultural vitality.
- 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.
- Street and park trees provide tremendous benefits to cities.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- As Mayor of San Francisco, I will work hard to ensure that, in the event of natural or man-made disasters, San Franciscans are prepared and our City is protected.
- 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.
- 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.
- As Mayor, I will use my experience to make San Francisco a place where small businesses can thrive.
- But living in uncertain times does not mean San Franciscans must live in fear.
- Cultural tourism surveys consistently rate San Francisco's art industry as a core reason for visiting.
- During the 1990s, San Francisco lived through one of the most intense economic booms of its history.
- Historically, San Franciscans have not valued street trees as much as other communities have.
- 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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