Mayor Gavin Newsom and Jennifer Newsom Siebel
Photo by Luke Thomas
By Luke Thomas
February 18, 2009, 4:00 pm
Mayor Gavin Newsom spokesperson Nathan Ballard today confirmed Jennifer Siebel Newsom is pregnant.
“We are pleased to confirm that Mayor Gavin Newsom and First Lady Jennifer Siebel Newsom are starting a family,” Ballard said in a statement.
Owen Thomas of Valleywag first reported the unconfirmed pregnancy earlier today.
“The Mayor and the First Lady are thrilled to be embarking on this adventure together, and they appreciate your good wishes,” Ballard added.
Luke Thomas
Luke Thomas is a former software developer and computer consultant who proudly hails from London, England. In 2001, Thomas took a yearlong sabbatical to travel and develop a photographic portfolio. Upon his return to the US, Thomas studied photojournalism to pursue a career in journalism. In 2004, Thomas worked for several neighborhood newspapers in San Francisco before accepting a partnership agreement with the SanFranciscoSentinel.com, a news website formerly covering local, state and national politics. In September 2006, Thomas launched FogCityJournal.com. The BBC, CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox News, New York Times, Der Spiegel, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Magazine, 7x7, San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco Bay Guardian and the San Francisco Weekly, among other publications and news outlets, have published his work. Thomas is a member of the Freelance Unit of the Pacific Media Workers Guild, TNG-CWA Local 39521 and is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists.
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February 19, 2009 at 6:04 pm
Perfectly timed pregnancy: baby will be born in the thick of campaign season. Cynical move or not?
February 19, 2009 at 4:46 pm
Good thing to know that in the view of Newsom’s mouthpiece you can’t start a family unless you have a kid.
Way to alienate the majority of San Franciscans who have families without kids, Nate!
-marc
February 19, 2009 at 8:50 am
Oh not, not more Newsom, is this an “Omen”.
February 19, 2009 at 12:39 am
In actuality this news was first reported in an email yesterday from PRO-SF with an email titled:
“SF’s Absent City Father (g) Newsom”.
February 18, 2009 at 5:14 pm
yeah, ‘cos you know it was a race…..