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San Francisco Chronicle, 01.12.08 16:37 UTC

Newsom expounds on State of the City on YouTube

Forget the auditorium, the podium and the audience of supervisors, department heads, journalists and political gadflies. Forget the hourlong running time, too. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has ...

San Francisco Chronicle, 24.11.08 16:06 UTC

Planners to consider S.F. congestion charge

(11-23) 18:07 PST -- The idea of making San Francisco the first city in the nation to combat congestion by imposing a toll on motorists who drive on the local roads is "totally doable" from an ...

San Francisco Chronicle, 14.11.08 03:32 UTC

Suspect in 14-year-old S.F. boy's slaying had avoided deportation

(11-13) 18:44 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- A teenager accused of stabbing a 14-year-old boy to death in a gang-motivated attack had been given sanctuary from deportation under San Francisco's previous ...

Los Angeles Times, 10.11.08 05:02 UTC

Race for California governor gets underway

Some candidates are openly exploring a run for the governor's mansion, while others are simply hinting at it. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, ex-Gov. Jerry Brown and ex-EBay chief Meg Whitman could run.

San Francisco Chronicle, 08.11.08 16:33 UTC

Pelosi says voters misunderstood Prop. 8

(11-08) 04:00 PST Washington - -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi expressed deep disappointment on Friday that California voters approved Prop. 8, the measure banning same-sex marriage, and defended her ...

San Francisco Chronicle, 06.11.08 16:07 UTC

Newsom was central to same-sex marriage saga

A week before the election, Mayor Gavin Newsom was walking out of City Hall when an elderly man stopped him. He looked to be in his mid-80s, and he had an accent, German or Austrian. He said in a ...

San Francisco Chronicle, 05.11.08 17:02 UTC

Castro celebrates Obama, fears a Prop. 8 win

(11-05) 08:25 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- Jack Hannan and his partner of 10 years, Steven Gard, didn't get married when Mayor Gavin Newsom took the historic step of granting licenses to gay couples in 2004. ...

San Francisco Chronicle, 05.11.08 16:02 UTC

Same-sex marriage ban winning

(11-05) 07:31 PST SACRAMENTO -- After a heated, divisive campaign, fueled by a record $73 million of spending, California voters early today were backing Proposition 8, which would change the state ...

Los Angeles Times, 05.11.08 13:36 UTC

Gay marriage ban leading

Possible passage of Prop.8 throws thousands of same-sex unions into doubt.

Houston Chronicle - Politics, 05.11.08 11:31 UTC

Fate of Calif. measure banning gay marriage still undecided

LOS ANGELES A proposed ban on same-sex marriage in California widely seen as the most momentous of the 153 ballot measures at stake nationwide remained undecided early today, The proposed ...