As San Francisco Mayor he was responsible for gentrifying the Hunters Point region at the expense of the long term African American community.
There was a long article in a local free newspaper out of Oakland a few years ago.
Also about his involvement in 40 or so companies. Just "google" Gavin Newscome and hunters point gentrification:
a sample from 2003:
Has Bayview Hunters Point conditions or gotten worst over the past 8 years for its Residents? Well according to the Original Human Rights Commission Report "The Unfinished Agenda", the Grand Jury Report, the report on "Environmental Justice" by the San Francisco State University Journalism Department, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, and the New Human Rights Commission Report on "Environmental Racism". Basically that community is living under the worst kind of Racism of a modern progressive city in the United States.
Will the new Mayoral Administration address these important reports or will their be a continuing rip off of Hunters Point residents of their rights, their environment, their opportunity and a suppression of the community?
Thank You!