Gavin Newsom
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Demographics
Gender Male
Birth Name Gavin Christopher Newsom
Birthplace San Francisco, California, U.S.
Birth Date October 10, 1967
Ethnicity Northwestern European
Overview Irish, English, Scottish, some French Huguenot
Nationality American
Career Politician, businessperson
Color Season Soft Summer
Notes and Motifs
Conductor politician
Fe social critic
Je entrepreneur
Member of the Democratic Party
Governor of California
Previously the Mayor of San Francisco and Lieutenant Governor of California
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Newsom: "You can love me or hate me and disagree with me, but you sure as hell know where I stand."
Newsom: "You only get one chance in this thing called life. I know that is a bit maudlin and obscure, but it's a fact, and you can make a profound difference in people's lives without having a title in front of your name."
Newsom: "I will negotiate with my worst enemy."
Newsom: "If you distill the essence of everything, what life is about, every single one of us is given a short moment in time on this planet, and we all have one universal need and desire, and that is to be loved and to love. And to deny that for your own political expediency, I don't want to live in that column. It ain't worth it."
Newsom: "Good people can disagree."
Newsom: "If you're trying to understand why it is that certain things happen in Sacramento and certain things don't, at the end of the day, it comes down to the issue of incentives: We do what we're incentivized to do."
Newsom: "We must continue to step in and stand up to resist reckless rhetoric and actions in a peaceful and forceful manner."
Newsom: "Government is the ultimate monopoly. And monopolies, as any economist will tell you, often breed complacency and a lack of innovation."
Newsom: "I don't want to let the rest of this country drift into the abyss. I want to fight for it."
Newsom: "People don't care anymore because they don't believe in us; they don't trust us. And that's why we should change politics, not just accept the cynical frame that, 'Well, that's just politics.'"
Newsom: "Society becomes how we behave."
Newsom: "The arts can play a vital role in revitalizing neighborhoods, using and improving vacant space, bringing new jobs and new sense of opportunity, and improving public safety by generating more foot traffic and more eyes on the street."
Newsom: "We do not have the right to discriminate against people."
Newsom: "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."
Newsom: "I'm not a pundit. I don't want to be a pundit."
Newsom: "Separate inherently is not equal. There's a reason why $45 million was spent against marriage equality. It's because people understand the word does have meaning. And equality comes when we accept the same notions and the same institutions for everyone, regardless of race and gender and regardless of sex orientation."
Newsom: "Government can do best by simply getting out of the way."
Newsom: "Are we going to solve the issue of poverty? Absolutely not. Are we going to have an impact? I'm committed to it, and if we don't, I'll have no regrets because we're going to try everything we can."
Newsom: "As goes California, so goes the rest of the nation."
Newsom: "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."
Newsom: "Livable neighborhoods with a vibrant street life will stimulate our economic life as well."
Newsom: "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."
Newsom: "You've got to change incentives for good behavior as opposed to just disincentivizing bad behavior."
Newsom: "We can build new housing while preserving the quality and character of adjacent residential districts and ensuring infill development strengthens the surrounding neighborhood."
Newsom: "You need to let go of your fear and anxiety of being judged by others."
Newsom: "We can build new housing while preserving the quality and character of adjacent residential districts and ensuring infill development strengthens the surrounding neighborhood."
Newsom: "I act on my principles, whether they're popular or not."
Newsom: "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."
Newsom: "I'm sick and tired of politics and politicians as usual."