San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom to Speak at Haas
04/14/2009
San Francisco Mayor Gain Newsom, a potential candidate in the next California gubernatorial race, will share his leadership lessons and knowledge with the Haas School on May 11.
Newsom, 41, the youngest mayor in San Francisco in more than a century, will speak to the Haas community from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 pm. Newsom's speech is open to the Haas School community, with seats available ona first-come, first-served basis. The final location for the event, which is part of the Dean's Speaker Series, will be announced in the next issue of Haas NewsWire.
Newsom attracted national attention shortly after becoming the 42nd mayor of the city and county of San Francisco in 2004, when his decision to grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples attracted worldwide attention.
While mayor, Newsom has initiated a plan to bring universal health care to all of the city's uninsured residents. He has continued a fight against homeless that he began as a San Francisco supervisor, helping to move 7,000 homeless individuals off the street as mayor. His volunteer initiative, Project Homeless Contact, has attracted more than 20,000 San Franciscans who give their time to help the homeless and has been imitated in more than 130 cities.
Now on the verge of having his first child, Newsom is jockeying for the Democratic nomination for governor in next year's election, potentially competing against other big city mayors Antonia Villaraigosa of Los Angeles and Jerry Brown, former mayor of Oakland and also a two-term governor of California.
