Newsom (Gavin Christopher) Papers

Series 1 Legislative and Subject Files 2004-2010

Scope and Contents

Includes Executive Directives, policy briefs and other policy papers, Powerpoint presentations, and research files maintained by more than one mayoral aide. Executive Directive matters include seismic strengthening of soft-story buildings, Sanctuary City policy, and recycling and resource conservation goals. Includes the transition team's report to Mayor-elect Newsom, and the mayor's "Ten-Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness."

Subjects include biotechnology, Department of Building Inspection reform, consolidation of city departments, technology matters including wireless broadband networking and fiberoptics, health insurance, and green policy matters such as solar power and composting.

Arrangement

Organized alphabetically by subject.

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Accomplishments-Citywide Consolidation

Accomplishments, 2004-2011 [2010?]

Affordable Housing Initiative

Airport

American Express Golf Championship

America's Cup: Economic Impacts

Arts Commission Survey

Arts Task Force

Athletic Field Permit Policy

Auto Burglary Arrests

Avian Flu

Bay Bridge

Bay Delta Conservation Plan

Bayview Grocery Store/Fresh & Easy

Beacon Initiative (Youth and Family Centers)

Bicycle Milestones

Bill Graham Civic Auditorium

Biotechnology

Bottled Water

Budget

Fiscal Year 2003-2004

FY 2006-2007

Instructions FY 2008-2009

Highlights FY 2008-2009

Building Inspection (Department of), Reform

Candlestick Park, Naming Rights

Car Share

2007 Census/Population Challenge

2010 Census

Centennial Park

Central Subway

Chicago Landscape Ordinance

Chief of Staff 2007

Children Youth and Families, Department of

Physical Description: 2 folder

Chinatowns

Citistat Technology Systems

City College of San Francisco, Chinatown Campus

City Government Survey

2007

2009

Physical Description: 2 folders

Citybuild (Job Training)

Citywide Consolidation 2009

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Civic Center Proposal

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Civil Service Reform-Fiber Optics

Civil Service Reform 2005

Clean Streets/Graffiti

Clean Technology

Committee on Jobs

Communities of Opportunity

Physical Description: 2 folders

Community Choice (Energy) Aggregation

Community Development, Mayor's Office of

Community Investment, Mayor's Office of

Composting Law

Condolences

Congestion Pricing (for Driving)

Contemporary Art Museum (Fisher) Project

Convention and Visitors Bureau

Criminal Justice, Mayor's Office of, Public Safety Reports

Cultural Competency Task Force Report

Disabled Parking Placards

Disaster Council

Doyle Drive

Eastern Neighborhoods

Economic Data 2007

Economic Development

Economic Impact of Small Business

Economic Strategy

Economic Trends

Electric Cars

Elimination of City Positions

Ellis Act Evictions

Emergency Room Statistics

Engineering Services Consolidation Findings 2005

Executive Directives 2004-2008

Physical Description: 2 folders

Fiber Optics

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Film Commission-Pedestrian

Film Commission

Fire Department

Fire Hydrant Adapters

First 5/Children and Families Commission

Foreclosure Legislation Veto

General Plan: Housing

Golden Gate Park, Music Concourse Landmarking 2006

Golf Course Management Options

Graffiti

Grand Jury Reports (Civil) 2007

Great Streets

Green Landscaping Ordinance 2010

Green Policy Pledges 2005

Greening Initiative 2005

Health Insurance 2004

Healthcare: Defined Benefits Plan 2006

Healthy Kids (Insurance) Expansion 2004

Healthy San Francisco/Universal Healthcare 2006-2009

Physical Description: 2 folders

Helipad

Homelessness

Physical Description: 4 folders

Homicide Rewards

Hospital Charity Care Report

Hotel Negotiations

Housing Authority

Physical Description: 2 folders

Housing, Mayor's Office of, and Redevelopment Agency Merger

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

Human Trafficking

Hunters Point Community Youth Park

Hunters Point Naval Shipyard

Immigration

Physical Description: 2 folders

Inauguration Program 2004

Influenza

Israel Trip Thank Yous

Japantown Malls Sale (Kintetsu to 3D Investments) Covenants 2006

Jobs for Youth

John F. Kennedy Drive--Saturday Closures

Juvenile Hall Population

Juvenile Probation Inquiry 2009

Laura's Law

Legislation Introduced by Board, 2001-2003

Log Cabin Facilities

Lorraine Hansberry Theatre

McMillan (Sobering) Center

Major League Baseball All-Star Weekend 2007

Mayor's Public Transportation System Revenue Panel

Median Strips

Mental Health Board Presentation

Municipal Transportation (MUNI)

Physical Description: 3 folders

"Must Spend" Charter Amendment [2010]

Needle Exchange

Neighborhood Business Investment, "San Francisco DrillDown"

Neighborhood Parks Council

Newsracks

911 Reforms

Noncitizen Voting

Obesity

"Shape Up"

Ocean Beach Vision Council

Oracle Open World

Overtime

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) Interconnection Agreement 2005

Panhandling

Parking Authority Business Practices Assessment

Parking & Traffic, Department of

Parklets

Payroll Tax Credit 2008

Pedestrian Safety

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Piers-SFpark

Piers

27-31: Cruise Terminal

48: Parking Lot A

70 Preservation

Planning Department Report 2004

Plastic Water Bottle Ban [2007?]

Police Department

Physical Description: 3 folders

Bologna Lawsuit 2009

Efficiency Plan, 2003-2006

Physical Description: 2 folders

Officer-Involved Shootings, Five-Year Study 2010

Organizational Assessment 2008

Physical Description: 2 folders

Racially Biased Policing Report [2005?]

Station Boundaries

Violence Reduction Strategy

Policy Briefs 2004

Policy Initiatives--Status 2004

Port Development Model

Potrero Power Plant Retrofit Study 2008

Public Art

Public Defender: Supplementary Funding 2009

Public Education Fund--Proposition H [2004]

Public Safety Statistics 2006

Physical Description: 2 folders

Public Utilities Commission

Public Works, Department of

RSVP--Regrets

Ranked-Choice Voting Lawsuit 2010

Recreation & Parks Department

Re-entry Council

Reinforcement-Based Leadership

Respite Facility (for Homeless)

Retiree Health Coverage 2008

Return to Residence

Rincon Hill Development

Ryan White Care Funding

St. Brigid's Church

Salary Give-Backs 2005

Same-Sex Marriage: Supreme Court Decision May 15, 2008

San Francisco General Hospital Rebuild

Santana, Carlos, Art Award

School Children's Correspondence

Physical Description: 4 folders

School District

Physical Description: 1 folder

Board

Closures

School of the Arts (SOTA)

Teacher Home Purchase Program

Truancy

Physical Description: 2 folders

School Visits by Mayor

Seniors and Disabled Adults

Sewage System

SF Safe City/Citysafe (Anti-Violence Initiative)

SFpark (Parking Management Program)

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SFStat-Transbay Transit Center/Terminal

SFStat

Physical Description: 3 folders

Shadow Initiative

Slow Food

Small Business Assistance Center

Solar Power Rebate

Special Events, Office of

State Budget

State of the City

Accomplishments 2005

Physical Description: 2 folders

Slides 2007

Slides 2009

Street Cleaning/SFClean Patrol

Street Repaving

Streets and Sidewalk Repair Plan

Substance Abuse Redesign

Sunday Streets 2010

Taxi Reform

Technology and Information Services (Department of, DTIS)--Reform

Tenderloin Cleaning

Thank You--Lunar New Year

Third Street Light Rail

311

Tourism Improvement District

Traffic Camera

Transbay Transit Center/Terminal 2007

Physical Description: 2 folders

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Transbay Transit Center/Terminal Arts Program, 2010

box 7, folder 1-4

Transition Team Report to Mayor-elect Jan. 7, 2004

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Transit Center District-Yerba Buena Cultural Facilities

Transit Center District

Transportation Agencies Merger

Treasure Island Development

Treasure Island Ramp

Tree of Hope

Union (IFPTE)-City Partnership

United Nations Global Center

United Nations Plaza Construction

U.S. Conference of Mayors

Urban Forestry

Urban Wind Power Recommendations

Vehicle Fleet Reduction

Violence Prevention Statistics

Warriors

Water Transit Authority

Wireless Broadband Network

Workfoce Development, Office of Economic and

Working Families Credit

Yerba Buena Cultural Facilities

Series 2 Reports 2004-2009

Scope and Contents

Consists mainly of reports produced by City departments. Subjects include African American out-migration, homeless statistics, water quality protection, and workforce planning.

Arrangement

Organized alphabetically by subject.

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African American-Budget

African-American Out-Migration Response [2009 or 2010]

Airport: Strategic Plan 2004-2008 2004

Balboa Park Station Area Plan, Public Review Draft 2002

Bay Bridge West Approach Seismic Retrofit Project 2008

Better Fields for Better Play [2006?]

Bicycle Plan, Citizens' Guide to the no date

Budget (Proposed) 2004

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Budget-Financial Report

Budget (Proposed) 2005-2010

Physical Description: 6 Volumes

Building Inspection Department: Business Process Reengineering 2007

Capital Plan, 2007-2011

Physical Description: 4 Volumes

Catastrophic Earthquake Response Plan, Administrative Draft 2006

Physical Description: 3 folders

Children and Youth Needs Assessment 2002

Physical Description: 2 volume

Children Under 5 Years of Age in Poverty in San Francisco, 2000 2003

Controller's Recommendations, Status Report 2007

Physical Description: 2 folders

Dementia Care Strategy 2009

Physical Description: 2 Volumes

Domestic Violence Accountability Audit [2007?]

Economic Strategy 2007

Physical Description: 2 folders

Emergency Management Department: Final Report 2008

Emergency Operations Plan, Part I: Basic Plan 2005

Environmental Plan 2008

Financial Report, City and County 2005

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Financial Report-Police

Financial Report, City and County 2007-2009

Physical Description: 2 Volumes

Grand Jury Reports, 2006-2008 2006-2008

Physical Description: 3 folders

2007-2009

Physical Description: 2 Volumes

Homeland Security 2008

Physical Description: 2 Volumes

Homeless Count 2009

Long-Term Care Strategic Plan 2004

Municipal Transportation Agency (MUNI): Response to Grand Jury Report 2004

Municipal Water Department & Hetch Hetchy System History 2005

Ocean Beach Task Force Status 2000-2005

Planning Department Annual Report [2009]

Police

Community Policing 2006

District Station Boundaries Analysis 2008

Foot Patrol Evaluation 2008

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Port: Seawall Lot 337 and Pier 48 Proposals 2008

Physical Description: 2 items and 2 volumes

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Public Health Department-Social Services for Women

Public Health Department

Acute and Long-Term Care Continuum 2005

Annual Report [2008]

Public Utilities Commission: Third Quarter Report April 2008

Public Works Department: Landscape Architect 2005

Real Property Owned by the City and County of San Francisco 2005

San Francisco: A City Connected to the Arts 1998

School District Capital Plan, 2010-2019 2009

SF Safe City 2006

Physical Description: 2 Volumes

SF Safe Summer 2006-2007

Social Services for Women, Directory 2005

box 7, volume 5

UN World Environment Day: Media Coverage 2005

box 7, volume 6

Violence Prevention Plan, 2008-2013 2008

box 7, volume 7

Water Quality Protection Plan 2008

box 7, volume 8

Workforce and Succession Planning Report 2009

Series 3 Press Conferences 2004-2011, bulk 2004-2010

Scope and Contents

Contains video of press conferences, also known as press availabilities, produced by SFGovTV, the city's government television station. Subjects include same-sex marriage, green/clean technology, Hunters Point clean-up, digital inclusion, accountability, solar power, Sanctuary City, eviction prevention and affordable housing, free wi-fi (wireless local area network), and bike sharing. Not all press conferences are covered by SFGovTV.

Notably, the 2008 State of the City message was released in ten segments, each approximately 45 minutes in length, on the mayor's YouTube channel, youtube.com/mayorgavinnewsom. Many of his other press conferences are also available there, including his comments on the California Supreme Court's ruling (on Aug. 12, 2004) invalidating same-sex marriages performed in San Francisco. This press conference is in the collection on VHS, in black-and-white video.

Arrangement

Organized chronologically. Consult index for specific titles.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

On VHS videocassette (one) and DVDs.

Existence and Location of Copies

See https://www.youtube.com/user/MayorGavinNewsom/videos as many of the press conferences are available on the mayor's YouTube channel.

Index of Titles

view online item

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2004-2005

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2006

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2007

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2008

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2008-2009

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2009-2010

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2010

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2010-2011

Series 4 Same-Sex Marriage Correspondence 2004-2009

Separated Material

The photographic book, We Do, A Celebration of Gay and Lesbian Marriage, c2004, was transferred to the library catalog.

Historical Note

Mayor Newsom declared same-sex marriage legal on Feb. 11, 2004. Nearly 4000 licenses were issued by Assessor-Recorder Mabel Teng until March 11, 2004, when the California Supreme Court halted the marriages. On Aug 12, 2004, the Court invalidated the unions. However, the same court overturned the state's ban on gay marriage on May 15, 2008, making California only the second state (after Massachusetts) to allow same-sex marriages. That November, voters passed Proposition 8, a state constitutional amendment reinstating the ban. Same-sex marriage advocates sued the state of California. On June 26, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of a lower court's ruling to strike down the ban, legalizing same-sex marriages. Two days later, the Appeals Court announced that same-sex marriages could resume.

Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence received by the Mayor following his declaration of legal marriages between same-sex couples in 2004, and following the California Supreme Court ruling on May 15, 2008, overturning the state's ban on gay marriage (of Aug. 12, 2004). The 2008 correspondence is largely E-mails congratulating the mayor. A few E-mails on other topics are included within the 2008 messages.

Arrangement

Organized chronologically by year.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Includes two computer discs (CDs).

Related Materials

See also video of the mayor's press conferences.

See also SFH 89, San Francisco Office of the Assessor-Recorder Same-Sex Marriage Licenses, for the same-sex marriage licenses issued from Feb. 12, 2004 to March 11, 2004 and later invalidated.

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Postcards 2004

box 16, box 17

Letters 2004

box 17

E-mail 2004

box 18

Supreme Court Decision May 15, 2008

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Del Martin Memorial Program 2008

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Lisa Spengel and Alana Morris Wedding, Performed by Mayor 2008

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Danny Hamann CD 2008

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Dianna Grayer CD 2009

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Mark Leno Repeal of Proposition 8, Senate Resolution 7 [2009?]

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Proposition 8/Anti Same-Sex Marriage Letters 2008-2009

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Letters Supporting Same-Sex Marriage, with Mayor's Response 2008

box 18

Letters Supporting Same-Sex Marriage 2009

box 18, box 7, folder 9-18

E-mail May 2008

box 19

Certificates of Recognition 2008

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Series 5 Office of Protocol

Scope and Contents

Gifts from the Mayor.

Holiday Ornaments

Physical Description: 4 items

Silk Scarves

Physical Description: 2 items