The tech genie is out of the bottle; you can't put it back in.

I don't want to let the rest of this country drift into the abyss. I want to fight for it.

If you're trying to understand why it is that certain things happen in Sacramento and certain things don't, at the end of the day, it comes down to the issue of incentives: We do what we're incentivized to do.

I'm much more optimistic about this next generation because this is the first global generation.

I'm not courting labor. I come from a labor background. To me, it's just intuitive.

Do I support a driver's license for everybody? The answer is yes.

As goes California, so goes the rest of the nation.

President Trump is quick to attack American students, immigrants, women, the LGBT community, journalists, and our international allies but he is either too weak or too ignorant to stand up to white supremacists and others who spew hatred.

You don't have to be something to do something.

Society becomes how we behave.

When you have a good idea, the money flows.

We do not have the right to discriminate against people.

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.

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

Government doesn't have to come up with new killer features on its own. It has to step aside and let others come up with them.

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.

San Francisco businesses face many challenges, including high rents, regulatory burdens, and the rising cost of workers compensation insurance and employee health plans.

As Mayor, I will use my experience to make San Francisco a place where small businesses can thrive.

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

San Francisco can no longer afford to be a city divided between downtown and neighborhoods, with a downtown that becomes a ghost town when workers go home for the evening.

During the 1990s, San Francisco lived through one of the most intense economic booms of its history.

As mayor of San Francisco, I will provide the vision and work hard to make San Francisco a beautiful, well-planned city with excellent housing and transportation options.

But living in uncertain times does not mean San Franciscans must live in fear.

Historically, San Franciscans have not valued street trees as much as other communities have.