Street and park trees provide tremendous benefits to cities.
— Gavin Newsom
As Mayor, I will lead city government, businesses, and community groups to support innovative projects that will make San Francisco streets and public places vibrant and healthy.
The value of an arts education is widely accepted, especially in California.
Cultural tourism surveys consistently rate San Francisco's art industry as a core reason for visiting.
People always thought I'd never get elected outside San Francisco; I was always more worried that I'd never get elected again inside San Francisco.
San Franciscans know we live in the most beautiful city in the world, a jewel on the edge of the Golden Gate.
Involvement in the arts engages kids in their community, improves self-esteem, reclaims at-risk youth, and builds the creative skills that are required of a 21st century workforce.
As Mayor, I will fully support my Arts Commission and its professional selection committees so that they can commission a full range of public art that is daring and, when appropriate, daringly traditional.
We recognize that the arts are an essential part of San Francisco's cultural vitality.
I act on my principles, whether they're popular or not.
Livable neighborhoods with a vibrant street life will stimulate our economic life as well.
An arts education helps build academic skills and increase academic performance, while also providing alternative opportunities to reward the skills of children who learn differently.
The arts can play a vital role in revitalizing neighborhoods, using and improving vacant space, bringing new jobs and new sense of opportunity, and improving public safety by generating more foot traffic and more eyes on the street.
San Francisco has long been a leader in the arts, nurturing generations of painters, sculptors, poets, novelists, playwrights, film-makers, and performing artists and innovators of every kind.
Do I support a driver's license for everybody? The answer is yes.
