Wed, 10 Dec 2003

Only in San Francisco

Only in San Francisco ...

In a city famous for its liberal politics, Newsom -- who is for abortion rights, gay marriage, gun control, rent control and against the death penalty -- was challenged not from the right, but from the left, by Matt Gonzalez, a member of the Green Party, who wants to let non-citizens vote in school board elections and harness tidal energy...

One issue of contention between the two was Newsom's sponsorship of a ballot initiatives that would ban aggressive panhandling and end cash assistance to the homeless. Gonzalez had charged that those initiatives show he is too conservative and too closely tied to the business community.

[from CNN: Newsom to succeed Brown in San Francisco]

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