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Mayor Newsom’s Unfinished Agenda
As San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom heads into his re-election year, many of his top priorities remain unfulfilled. The San Francisco Chronicle is focusing so intently on the Mayor’s social life that it is easy to forget that Newsom had unveiled a very ambitious agenda, one that went well beyond his work on the 49ers stadium. Remember when the Mayor played basketball in Bayview-Hunters Point and vowed to improve the neighborhood? When he said he was committed to changing the “culture” of the San Francisco Police Department? And what about the city’s homicide rate, which the Mayor said should subject him to a recall if not reduced? The Mayor also said he would take action to stem the exodus of families with children from the city---has he fulfilled this pledge? Evaluating the entire Newsom record requires multiple pieces, but our early sense is that the Mayor has prevented a sense of voter grievance from emerging around the incumbent unseating issues of Muni, homelessness, housing and the quality of life in neighborhoods, though much of his overall agenda remains unfinished.
As Mayor Gavin Newsom starts up his re-election campaign, the disconnect between the Mayor’s stated priorities and the San Francisco Chronicle’s coverage of the Mayor has never been greater. One would conclude from the Chronicle’s reportage that San Franciscans are primarily concerned with who the Mayor is dating, and the “he said, she said” debate between the Mayor and the San Francisco 49ers over the new stadium.
Bayview-Hunters Point
To be fair, the Chronicle did have a good front-page story on Lennar Corp.’s questionable financial projections for its Bayview-Hunters Point projects. But the Chronicle ran this important story on Thanksgiving, not exactly a day of high readership, or one calculated to provoke a response from a closed City Hall.
Editors usually run an investigative story on Thanksgiving because they are trying to bury it.
In Newsom’s first months in office, the Chronicle repeatedly ran long, front-page stories about how he was the first mayor committed to improving the neighborhood. But the paper has apparently forgotten all about Bayview-Hunters Point, and it now seems to exist solely as a site for whatever backroom development schemes the 49ers and Lennar Corp (and/or Forest City Development) can assemble.
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http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=3945#more
Bayview-Hunters Point
To be fair, the Chronicle did have a good front-page story on Lennar Corp.’s questionable financial projections for its Bayview-Hunters Point projects. But the Chronicle ran this important story on Thanksgiving, not exactly a day of high readership, or one calculated to provoke a response from a closed City Hall.
Editors usually run an investigative story on Thanksgiving because they are trying to bury it.
In Newsom’s first months in office, the Chronicle repeatedly ran long, front-page stories about how he was the first mayor committed to improving the neighborhood. But the paper has apparently forgotten all about Bayview-Hunters Point, and it now seems to exist solely as a site for whatever backroom development schemes the 49ers and Lennar Corp (and/or Forest City Development) can assemble.
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http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=3945#more
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