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We can build new housing while preserving the quality and character of adjacent residential districts and ensuring infill development strengthens the surrounding neighborhood.
Gavin Newsom
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We recognize that the arts are an essential part of San Francisco's cultural vitality.
Gavin Newsom
56% of people like this quote
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.
Gavin Newsom
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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.
Gavin Newsom
54% of people like this quote
Historically, San Franciscans have not valued street trees as much as other communities have.
Gavin Newsom
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Cultural tourism surveys consistently rate San Francisco's art industry as a core reason for visiting.
Gavin Newsom
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San Francisco lags behind other communities in providing a vital, vibrant and ecologically sustainable urban canopy, as well as open space in the city.
Gavin Newsom
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City government can and must help San Franciscans prepare for emergencies in order to avoid tragedy where possible and minimize loss of life and property when emergencies occur.
Gavin Newsom
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Livable neighborhoods with a vibrant street life will stimulate our economic life as well.
Gavin Newsom
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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.
Gavin Newsom
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But living in uncertain times does not mean San Franciscans must live in fear.
Gavin Newsom
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The 21st Century has begun as an era of uncertainty, with a heightened focus on security and public safety.
Gavin Newsom
48% of people like this quote
San Franciscans know we live in the most beautiful city in the world, a jewel on the edge of the Golden Gate.
Gavin Newsom
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The value of an arts education is widely accepted, especially in California.
Gavin Newsom
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San Francisco businesses face many challenges, including high rents, regulatory burdens, and the rising cost of workers compensation insurance and employee health plans.
Gavin Newsom
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