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Gavin Newsom

Profession : Politician

Birth : October 10, 1967

City government can and must help San Franciscans prepare for emergencies in order to avoid tragedy where possible and minimize loss of life and property when emergencies occur.

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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.

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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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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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We can build new housing while preserving the quality and character of adjacent residential districts and ensuring infill development strengthens the surrounding neighborhood.

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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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As Mayor, I will use my experience to make San Francisco a place where small businesses can thrive.

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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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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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We need to allow people to bypass government... to look to themselves for solving problems rather than asking the government to do things for them.

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Government doesn't have to come up with new killer features on its own. It has to step aside and let others come up with them.

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Government can do best by simply getting out of the way.

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You can love me or hate me and disagree with me, but you sure as hell know where I stand.

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We do not have the right to discriminate against people.

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Society becomes how we behave.

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California is a bellwether state. California was the first state in the United States to overturn the laws against interracial marriage. It took 19 years for the rest of the country to come around to that point of view.

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I'm not courting labor. I come from a labor background. To me, it's just intuitive.

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I'm much more optimistic about this next generation because this is the first global generation.

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These Millennials are volunteering more; they're smarter than ever.

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If Wikileaks didn't resolve that question for folks - at the end of the day, there are no secrets. We're living in a glass neighborhood, in a fishbowl, and technology, white hat hackers, the folks that are doing the right thing with hacking.

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