An Interactive State of the City

Gavin Newsom

Location: San Francisco, California, USA
Birthday: October 10

Title: Mayor of San Francisco

Bio: Gavin Newsom, 41, is the youngest San Francisco mayor in over a century. After only 36 days as mayor, Newsom gained worldwide attention when he directed city officials to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. This bold move set the tone for Newsom's first term. Under his energetic leadership, the economy grew and jobs were created. He brought universal health care to all of the city’s uninsured residents. The city became a center for biotech and clean tech. And Newsom aggressively pursued local solutions to global climate change. In 2007, Newsom was re-elected with over 73% of the vote. Since then he has built upon the success of his first term, launching new environmental initiatives and a comprehensive strategy to transform the city’s most troubled neighborhood into a life sciences, digital media, and clean tech center.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2008 5:42PM

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Today I am unveiling the first three webisodes of my web-only "Interactive State of the City" simultaneously on San Francisco's city website, sfgov.org, and on YouTube.

Instead of a traditional speech behind a podium, this year I am delivering my State of the City address directly to my constituents in a series of ten webisodes. Each webisode will be posted on the city website and on my new YouTube channel.

Today my new YouTube site is going live at youtube.com/mayorgavinnewsom, where you will be able to submit on video your own ideas for improving city government.

I am committed to using technology to cultivate an ongoing conversation with my constituents. Now our YouTube site gives us one more channel for communication.

My commitment to using technology for direct communication is yielding measurable results. So far in 2008, the mayor's page on the city website has received over 27.6 million hits - up from 3.8 million in 2006. I have also worked hard to establish a significant presence on online communities such as Facebook and as an online columnist on Salon.

I recorded the webisodes at the new Academy of Sciences, which stands as a symbol of the great achievement our city is capable of.

Despite severe budget constraints and declining investment by the federal and state governments, what we have accomplished - and will soon accomplish - proves that a city can continue to be bold and innovative even in the face of extraordinary challenges.

Today I will post the first three webisodes, focused on health care, education and the environment. I'll post the remainder of the webisodes throughout the week:

Tuesday:
Transportation

Wednesday:
Violence Prevention
Poverty

Thursday:
Economic Climate
Economic Development

Friday:
Emergency Planning
Public Art

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Heard about your YouTube 'venture this morning on Alice. They said the bits were Not bits - were in fact lengthy (and thus a bit boring), comprehensive and well thought-out. Good on you, Guv'nah!

Um, I mean, Mr. Mayor (it's just too soon, isn't it?).

ConnieMack

December 04, 2008 08:03 PM

Hello, Gavin.

Good moves; going high tech and all. But to make that stick, you'll have to be YOU, not some admin assistant ghosting blog entries or you reading some flak's script on YouTube. And the other thing is, be consistent and present at least once a week.

Best Regards,

David

D.M. Schwartz

December 18, 2008 04:26 PM

typical b s
maybe you can extend a hand to l a t
hey seem to need some new places to dump patients released from hospitals on skid row
you all got a skid row patient dump there too ?
best regards sucker

jolyn67

April 11, 2009 08:02 AM

WOW. I wish we had you hear in Chicago! I am sure you've heard of all the messes we have here in Chicago! Maybe you could visit us here and give the boys in the backroom and frontroom a few lessons! Thanks for being on Open Salon.