As the youthful mayor of San Francisco, Newsom quickly rose to national prominence with his push to legalize same-sex marriage in 2004. Just six months into office, Newsom pledged to largely end the city’s staggering homelessness crisis within 10 years. Latinos accounted for 49% of residents in Los Angeles and 15% of residents in San Francisco. “The job of a Los Angeles mayor is to get people to pay attention. The job of San Francisco mayor is to get people to calm down.”Coverage of California politics »phil.willon@latimes.comTwitter: @philwillonseema.mehta@latimes.comTwitter: @LATSeema

Source: Los Angeles Times June 03, 2018 07:07 UTC