Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Mayor Newsom

Gav for Guv Interview This Thursday on Current

By Matthew Roth | Jun 9, 2009 | 5 Comments

Flickr photo: mayorgavinnewsom One of the good things about Mayor Gavin Newsom’s obsession with putting public discourse online is the opportunity the public has to ask him a lot of questions. In this vein, Current is holding a live online video interview with California gubernatorial candidate Gavin Newsom about his "green" agenda and they are […]

Mission Merchants Approve of Sunday Streets

By Michael Rhodes | Jun 9, 2009 | 12 Comments

The massive Sunday Streets in the Mission two days ago was touted by organizers and Mayor Gavin Newsom’s office as an event that would bring shoppers to the neighborhood and improve sales in a very difficult economy. After walking the route and speaking with the owners and managers of nine businesses, I think it’s safe […]

Packed Mission Sunday Streets Raises the Question, “Why Not Every Week?”

By Matthew Roth | Jun 8, 2009 | 26 Comments

Voguing for the camera, with proud parents behind. Photos: Matthew Roth Massive crowds came out to the Mission yesterday to enjoy the first of two Sunday Streets events, packing Valencia Street and 24th Street with families, dog walkers, and cyclists of all ages and abilities. Organizers were thrilled with the turnout and seemed only to […]

Mission Sunday Streets Will Showcase Merchants and Cultural Centers

By Matthew Roth | Jun 5, 2009 | 2 Comments

Mission Cultural Center board member Eva Sandoval at a Sunday Streets press conference in the 24th and York Streets mini park in the Mission. Photo: Matthew Roth The first of two Mission Sunday Streets is this weekend, opening up wide swaths of car-free space away from the city’s edges and in busy neighborhood streets where […]

Mayor Newsom and MTA Cut Ribbon on New Solar Bus Shelters

By Matthew Roth | May 29, 2009 | 34 Comments

Clear Channel’s Bill Hooper, MTA Chief Nat Ford, and Mayor Newsom in front of the new bus shelter. Photos: Matthew Roth At a ribbon cutting ceremony on Geary and Arguello Boulevards in the Richmond District yesterday, Mayor Gavin Newsom, MTA Chief Nat Ford and representatives from Clear Channel presented the next iteration of the city’s […]

Mission Sunday Streets Expected to Draw Largest Crowds Yet

By Matthew Roth | May 20, 2009 | 9 Comments

Flickr Photo: nocturalperambulations When tens of thousands of people come out to the first of two Sunday Streets in the Mission on June 7th, they will find a route that winds through some of the densest pedestrian streets in San Francisco, a route that at just over two miles is half as long as previous […]

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