Gavin Newsom is political career and achievements Every thing about him Part 2

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00:00everything about the gavin christopher newsome is an american politician and businessman serving

00:06since 2019 as the 40th governor of california his life and everything about him part two

00:14newsome won the runoff with 53 of the vote to gonzalez's 47 a margin of 11 000 votes

00:21he ran as a business-friendly centrist democrat and a moderate in san francisco politics

00:25some of his opponents called him conservative newsome claimed he was a centrist in the diane

00:31feinstein mold he ran on the slogan great cities great ideas and presented over 21 policy papers

00:39he pledged to continue working on san francisco's homelessness issue newsome was sworn in as mayor

00:44on january 8 2004 he called for unity among the city's political factions and promised to address

00:51the issues of public schools potholes and affordable housing newsome said he was a different kind of

00:57leader who isn't afraid to solve even the toughest problems san francisco's progressive community

01:03tried to field a candidate to run a strong campaign against newsome supervisors ross mercurimi and chris

01:09daily considered running but both declined gonzalez also decided not to challenge newsome again when the

01:17august 10 2007 filing deadline passed san francisco's discussion shifted to talk about newsome's second

01:23term he was challenged in the election by 13 candidates including george davis a nudist activist and michael

01:30powers owner of the power exchange sex club conservative former supervisor tony hall withdrew by early

01:36september due to lack of support the san francisco chronicle declared in august 2007 that newsome faced no

01:43serious threat to his re-election bid having raised 1.6 million dollars for his re-election campaign by

01:49early august he was re-elected on november 6th with over 72 percent of the vote upon taking office for a

01:56second term newsome promised to focus on the environment homelessness healthcare education housing

02:02and rebuilding san francisco general hospital as mayor newsome focused on development projects in

02:08hunters point and treasure island he gained national attention in 2004 when he directed the san francisco

02:14city county clerk to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples violating a state law passed in 2000

02:21implementation of care not cash the initiative he had sponsored as a supervisor began on july 1st 2004

02:29as part of the initiative 5 000 more homeless people were given permanent shelter in the city

02:34about 2 000 people had been placed into permanent housing with support by 2007 other programs newsome

02:41initiated to end chronic homelessness included the san francisco homeless outreach team sf ot and project

02:49homeless connect phc which placed 2 000 homeless people into permanent housing and provided 5 000

02:56additional affordable rental units in the city during a strike by hotel workers against a dozen san

03:01francisco hotels newsome joined unite here union members on a picket line in front of the weston

03:07saint francis hotel on october 27 2004 he vowed that the city would boycott the hotels by not sponsoring

03:15city events at them until they agreed to a contract with workers the contract dispute was settled in september 2006

03:22in 2005 newsome pushed for a state law to allow california communities to create policy restricting certain

03:30breeds of dogs in 2007 he signed the law establishing healthy san francisco to provide city residents with

03:38universal health care the first city in the nation to do so newsome came under attack from the san

03:43francisco democratic party in 2009 for his failure to implement the city of san francisco's sanctuary city

03:50rule under which the city was to not assist u.s immigration and customs enforcement the same year

03:56newsome received the leadership for healthy communities award along with mayor michael

04:00bloomberg of new york city and three other public officials for his commitment to making healthful

04:05food and physical activity options more accessible to children and families he hosted the urban rural

04:11roundtable in 2008 to explore ways to promote regional food development and increased access to

04:16healthy affordable food newsome secured eight million dollars in federal and local funds for the better

04:21streets program which ensures that public health perspectives are fully integrated into urban

04:26planning processes he signed a menu labeling bill into law requiring that chain restaurants print nutrition

04:32information on their menus newsome was named america's most social mayor in 2010 by same point

04:38based on analysis of the social media profiles of mayors of the 100 largest u.s cities

04:44newsome gained national attention in 2004 when he directed the san francisco city county clerk to issue

04:50marriage licenses to same-sex couples violating state law in august 2004 the supreme court of

04:56california annulled the marriages newsome had authorized as they conflicted with state law still

05:02newsome's unexpected move brought national attention to the issue of same-sex marriage solidifying

05:07political support for him in san francisco and in the lgbtq plus community during the 2008 election

05:14newsome opposed proposition 8 the ballot initiative to reverse the supreme court of california ruling that

05:20there was a constitutional right to same-sex marriage proposition 8 supporters released a

05:25commercial featuring footage of newsome saying the following in a speech regarding same-sex marriage

05:30this door is wide open now it's going to happen whether you like it or not some observers

05:36noted that polls shifted in favor of proposition 8 after the commercial's release this in turn led

05:43to speculation that newsome had inadvertently played a role in the amendment's passage newsome filed

05:48initial paperwork to run for lieutenant governor in february 2010 and officially announced his

05:53candidacy in march he received the democratic nomination in june and won the election on november

05:582nd newsome was sworn in as lieutenant governor on january 10th 2011 and served under governor jerry

06:05brown while lieutenant governor in may 2012 newsome began hosting the gavin newsome show on current tv

06:12the same month he drew criticism for calling sacramento dull and saying he was only there once a week

06:18adding there's no reason to be there otherwise newsome filed initial paperwork to run for lieutenant

06:23governor in february 2010 and officially announced his candidacy in march he received the democratic

06:28nomination in june 68 and won the election on november 2nd newsome was sworn in as lieutenant governor on

06:35january 10th 2011 and served under governor jerry brown while lieutenant governor in may 2012 newsome

06:42began hosting the gavin newsome show on current tv the same month he drew criticism for calling sacramento

06:49dull and saying he was only there once a week adding there's no reason to be there otherwise

06:55newsome was re-elected as lieutenant governor on november 4th 2014 defeating republican ron nehring with

07:0157.2 of the vote his second term began on january 5th 2015. newsome supported a failed measure in 2012

07:10that sought to end capital punishment in california he claimed the initiative would save california

07:15millions of dollars citing statistics that california had spent 5 billion dollars since 1978 to execute

07:21just 13 people in 2016 newsome supported proposition 62 which also would have repealed the death penalty in

07:29california he argued that prop 62 would get rid of a system that is administered with troubling racial

07:35disparities and said that the death penalty was fundamentally immoral and did not deter crime

07:41proposition 62 failed in 2014 newsome was the only statewide politician to endorse california

07:48proposition 47 legislation that re-categorized certain non-violent offenses like drug and property crimes

07:56as misdemeanors as opposed to felonies voters passed the measure on november 4th 2014. in july 2015

08:03newsome released the blue ribbon commission on marijuana policies final report which he had

08:08convened with the american civil liberties union of california in 2013. the report's recommendations

08:14to regulate marijuana were intended to inform a legalization measure on the november 2016 ballot

08:21newsome supported the resulting measure proposition 64 which legalized cannabis use and cultivation for

08:27california state residents who are 21 or older on february 24 2017 in response to pro-enforcement

08:34statements by white house press secretary sean spicer newsome sent attorney general jeff sessions and

08:40president donald trump a letter urging them not to increase federal enforcement against recreational

08:45cannabis firms opening in california he wrote the government must not strip the legal and publicly

08:50supported industry of its business and hand it back to drug cartels and criminals dealers don't

08:55card kids i urge you and your administration to work in partnership with california and the other

09:00eight states that have legalized recreational marijuana for adult use in a way that will let us enforce

09:06our state laws that protect the public and our children while targeting the bad actors newsome responded

09:11to comments by spicer that compared cannabis to opioids unlike marijuana opioids represent an addictive

09:17and harmful substance and i would welcome your administration's focused efforts on tackling

09:22this particular public health crisis newsome joined long beach city college superintendent

09:27eloi oakley in a november 2015 op-ed calling for the creation of the california college promise

09:33which would create partnerships between public schools public universities and employers and offer a

09:39free community college education throughout 2016 he joined oakland mayor libby schaaf at the launch of

09:46the oakland promise and second lady jill biden and los angeles mayor eric garcetti at the launch of the

09:51la promise in june 2016 newsome helped secure 15 million dollars in the state budget to support the

09:58creation of promise programs throughout the state in december 2015 newsome called on the university of

10:05california to reclassify computer science courses as a core academic class to incentivize more high

10:12schools to offer computer science curricula he sponsored successful legislation signed by governor

10:17brown in september 2016 that began the planning process for expanding computer science education to all

10:24state students beginning as early as kindergarten in 2016 newsome passed a series of reforms at the

10:30university of california to give student athletes additional academic and injury related support

10:36and to ensure that contracts for athletic directors and coaches emphasized academic progress this came

10:42in response to several athletics programs including the university of california berkeley's football team

10:47which had the lowest graduation rates in the country newsome released his first book citizenville how to

10:52take the town square digital and reinvent government on february 7 2013. the book discusses the gov 2.0

11:00movement taking place across the nation after its release newsome began to work with the center for

11:05information technology research in the interest of society at the university of california berkeley on the

11:11california report card crc the crc is a mobile optimized platform that allows state residents to grade their

11:19state on six timely issues the crc exemplifies ideas presented in citizenville encouraging direct public

11:26involvement in government affairs via technology in 2015 newsome partnered with the institute for

11:32advanced technology and public policy at california polytechnic state university to launch digital

11:38democracy an online tool that uses facial and voice recognition to enable users to navigate california

11:44legislative proceedings i stop at this point today until next time stay curious stay informed and keep

11:50exploring the world's incredible stories soon we will publish part three thank you for watching

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