Gavin Newsom

Since Sandy Hook, I have sat back as a father and been mesmerized by the inability of the federal government to do anything substantively on gun safety. ”

We are not going to turn our backs on people who have been persecuted, turn our backs on people who have been threatened by terror. ”

There's something called CEQA in California - NEPA at the federal level. There's indigenous lands and autonomies relating to governance on those lands. There are all kinds of obstructions as it relates to just getting zoning approval and getting building permits. ”

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. ”

The whole idea that the Constitution of the United States would be used to advance a political agenda is absurd. ”

If we continue to fight the National Rifle Association on their home court, which is the legislative front, I think we'll continue to be frustrated. But when you have an ability to go directly to the public, that's a completely different field of engagement, and I think the NRA is not adept at that kind of engagement. ”

During the 1990s, San Francisco lived through one of the most intense economic booms of its history. ”

When you have a good idea, the money flows. ”

You'd be hard pressed to find a bigger champion of high-speed rail than me when the bond went to voters. I believed in it. ”

I made bad decisions. That being said - the question is, does the public care about that? ”