SF: Now that he's through with us, Gavin Newsom moves to Marin.

[RandySF]

Former San Francisco Mayor-turned-Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom is once again on the move - this time out of the city.

Movers from Delancey Street Foundation, where Newsom did his rehab counseling after admitting to a drinking problem a few years back, pulled up to his Ashbury Heights home Monday. Workers packed the family's beds and other belongings and drove them off to storage.

It seems that the four-bedroom, 3 1/2-bath home that Newsom and wife Jennifer Siebel Newsom purchased two years ago for $2.7 million is just not big enough anymore now that a second little Newsom is on the way.

So, the family is pulling up stakes for the summer and moving into Jennifer's parents' five-bedroom, five-bath home in the Marin County town of Ross.



http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/06/07/BAQV1JQP3S.DTL#ixzz1OhZ4aZF3

[Gold Metal Flake]

1. So?

[mitchtv]

3. +1

So?

[RandySF]

6. It confirms what I said about him during his second term

He only cared about the City to the extent he could jump-start his career. Perfectly explains the neglect and frequent absences. Good riddance to him.

[Arugula Latte]

2. Escaping some of the fog?

[EFerrari]

4. Of course he did. n/t

[JohnnyLib2]

5. I'm doubly envious.

Very much so.

[ej510]

7. Marin is more expensive than SF.

[Xithras]

8. Is this the same Gavin Newsom....

...who repeatedly complained about the lack of children in the city, supported attempts to make the city more family friendly, and chided parents who fled the city, encouraging them to STAY in San Francisco and raise their children?

Gotta love the revealing irony here.

[RandySF]

9. Yep

And did nothing to make the city more family friendly in the 7 years he held office.

[Cid_B]

12. One trip was all I needed...

I would never raise a child in San Francisco...

[RandySF]

17. We are

And he is thriving, despite Newsom's eight years of neglect.

[Luminous Animal]

20. It's been fantastic raising a child in San Francisco.

And she and her friend's love this place.

[marmar]

21. What's wrong with raising a child in San Francisco?

nt

[Luminous Animal]

22. I know! Where else do nun's on roller skates host a children's halloween party & parade?

[Cid_B]

24. There were interesting things there...

... but we were put off by the dirtiness of the city and the aggressive homeless as well.

I'm sure it has positive qualities but they were overshadowed for us.

[SoCalDem]

10. Moving in with the inlaws seems to be a step DOWN.

and FYI, people often move when a baby's on the way, and sometimes it means moving closer to family..

Did he promise to always live in SF:)

[EFerrari]

11. In the context of what he says vs. what he does, this is typical Newsom.

[SoCalDem]

13. He's a "pretty-face" at heart?

saying what needs to be said, when it needs to be said, and to whom it needs to be said.. a politician :)

[EFerrari]

14. I think I've already told the story of the day a local reporter called me for comment

when she found out that the mayor's office had sent our PD out to a homeless encampment to roust everyone. This was after Newsom said he wouldn't do that. So, I called his comm office and informed them there was a roust in progress. Later that day, he released a statement saying that he had no knowledge of the roust until after the fact. Oops.

I've met Newsom. He's a very attractive guy, personable. But he was constantly doing stuff like that. And "politician" doesn't really cover it. He's a politician who comes down on the side of corporate interests over community just about every time. He makes a show of standing in picket lines for one minute but his policy always turns out to favor management, that kind of thing. Very much in the mold of Clinton and Obama.

[Brother Buzz]

15. Feinstein, too

[EFerrari]

16. Yep. Well, most people don't think of it that way but San Francisco

is a hub for the financial sector and for the defense industry. As Chris Daly says, this is just another day in the Battle for San Francisco.

[SoCalDem]

23. Pols always end up on the side of people who give them money

:(

[EFerrari]

25. Too often true. And Democrats are winding up on the side of the corporations who give them money

as a matter of course now. We have some hold outs in San Francisco, like Tom Ammiano and Chris Daly and a very few others. Ross. It's been nice to see some real good guys in action for a change. :)

[Renew Deal]

18. He's probably sick of all the ridiculous restrictions in SF.

[EFerrari]

19. You mean, the ones he sponsored like the no sit law?

Newsom campaigns for 'sit-lie' ordinance

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/san_francisco&id=7716115

Well, that would be typical. :)

[RandySF]

26. Really?

He tried to impose a tax on soft drinks.