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...initiative mess, the Bay Area Council, a 64-year-old San Francisco--area business lobby, has proposed a new California constitutional convention, an idea backed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2010 gubernatorial candidates Meg Whitman, Gavin Newsom and Jerry Brown and, polls suggest, two-thirds of voters. The 1879 state constitution is the third longest in the world, and it has more than 500 amendments. But to gather this convention, Bay Area Council CEO Jim Wunderman has to put an initiative on the 2010 ballot. "It's ironic, right? We need an initiative," he says, "to get rid of the initiative...
...Newsom married Jennifer Siebel, a 34-year-old actress he had met on a blind date who had previously dated George Clooney...
...Francisco only know two things about Gavin Newson: he supports same-sex marriage and he cheated [with] his best friend's wife. He can fix that, but if he doesn't do it quick, he's going to become a punch line." - Dan Schnur, a Republican consultant, on whether Newsom has a shot at higher office, Time.com...
...year-old golden boy with Getty money. There are large ambitions here - the Gettys, Nancy Pelosi, Dianne Feinstein: they're thinking, President Newsom." - Tom Ammiano, a San Francisco supervisor, on Newsom's future, The New Yorker...
...civil rights struggle, gains are made by spectacular boldness, and Newsom was spectacularly bold." - Kate Kendell, a gay rights activist, on Newsom's decision to let same-sex couples get married in San Francisco, The New Yorker...