Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Mayor Newsom

What Would an Ed Lee Administration Mean for Sustainable Transportation?

By Bryan Goebel | Jan 5, 2011 | 7 Comments

During a dramatic eight-hour Board of Supervisors meeting last night, seven supervisors, including President David Chiu, Bevan Dufty, Eric Mar and Sophie Maxwell, lined up late in the session to support City Administrator Ed Lee for interim mayor. It prompted an angry outburst from outgoing Supervisor Chris Daly, who declared that it would be “the […]

Leona Bridges’ Nomination to SFMTA Board Headed to Full Board of Supes

By Bryan Goebel | Jan 3, 2011 | 7 Comments

Leona Bridges’ nomination to the SFMTA Board is headed to the current Board of Supervisors for confirmation after being approved this afternoon by the Rules Committee. It managed to get through committee on a day when most of outgoing Mayor Gavin Newsom’s nominations to commissions were put off because he is delaying his swearing-in as […]

Commentary: SF Needs an Interim Mayor Who’s a Leader, Not a Caretaker

By Bryan Goebel | Dec 7, 2010 | 14 Comments

There are a number of highly qualified people on the list of candidates to be the next mayor of San Francisco, and the Board of Supervisors could embark on a nomination process beginning today. What has become abundantly clear to me is that the person replacing Mayor Gavin Newsom should not be a caretaker, but […]

New SFMTA Board Nominee Could Face Uphill Battle for Confirmation

By Bryan Goebel | Dec 3, 2010 | 5 Comments

One of the prevailing questions surrounding yesterday’s nomination of Leona Bridges to the SFMTA Board of Directors — a vacancy the Mayor’s Office has struggled to fill for seven months — is whether she can drum up the six necessary votes on the Board of Supervisors for confirmation, under the current board or the new […]

SF’s Mint Plaza Takes Home EPA Smart Growth Award for “Civic Spaces”

By Matthew Roth | Dec 2, 2010 | No Comments

In its annual Smart Growth awards ceremony, the Environmental Protection Agency awarded San Francisco’s Mint Plaza with its “Civic Spaces” prize, honoring the City and County of San Francisco, as well as developers and architects that transformed the former Jesse Street alley into a busy public realm. The award was announced yesterday in Washington DC, […]

Better Market Street Project Announces Citizen Advisory Committee

By Matthew Roth | Aug 19, 2010 | 1 Comment

Mayor Newsom and Blick’s Edward Ogorzaly. Photo: Mayor’s Press Office. On the same day San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom announced yet another intervention along central Market Street aimed at rejuvenating the beleaguered section between 5th and Van Ness, the Department of Public Works (DPW) announced it was convening a citizens advisory committee (CAC) to help […]

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