Explore Quotes by Gavin Newsom

Government can do best by simply getting out of the way.

San Francisco lags behind other communities in providing a vital, vibrant and ecologically sustainable urban canopy, as well as open space in the city.

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.

Are we going to solve the issue of poverty? Absolutely not. Are we going to have an impact? I'm committed to it, and if we don't, I'll have no regrets because we're going to try everything we can.

When Californians see something we truly believe in, we say so and act accordingly - without evasiveness or equivocation.

You only get one chance in this thing called life. I know that is a bit maudlin and obscure, but it's a fact, and you can make a profound difference in people's lives without having a title in front of your name.

A mistake that a lot of us have made, related to those who advocate for gun safety legislation, is that we try to process it through our legislative bodies, and that's where the NRA's strength lies.

There is nothing worse than a politician that gets defensive and starts attacking the media - and it always looks bad for the politician, because you sign up for this. You live by the sword, you die by the sword.

Even if Donald Trump's successful, it's the beginning of the end if this rhetoric persists in the Republican Party.

I did not love reading, spelling, math and science. I struggled. I was a terrible speller.

Californians are blessed with the remarkable leadership of Gov. Jerry Brown, who... has led our state to firm fiscal footing and brought us to the enviable position of dreaming - and achieving - big dreams again.

At the end of the day, there's not a day that goes by without a mass shooting.

You need to let go of your fear and anxiety of being judged by others.

You've got to change incentives for good behavior as opposed to just disincentivizing bad behavior.

We can build new housing while preserving the quality and character of adjacent residential districts and ensuring infill development strengthens the surrounding neighborhood.

Street and park trees provide tremendous benefits to cities.

People don't care anymore because they don't believe in us; they don't trust us. And that's why we should change politics, not just accept the cynical frame that, 'Well, that's just politics.'

We need to allow people to bypass government... to look to themselves for solving problems rather than asking the government to do things for them.

If, in this country, a simple majority of people can start stripping away the rights of a protected class in the minority, that's a pretty alarming thing.

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.

I have differences of opinion within my own family, an Irish Catholic family. So, I do respect those that disagree.