If you run for mayor, people say you're being egotistical. If you decide you won't run for mayor, people say you're being self-centered and egotistical. Matt Gonzalez centerdecideegotistical Change image and share on social
As a society we're always so quick and able to spend money on lawyers for someone for incarceration, but we don't make the corresponding commitment to the preventative components of it. Matt Gonzalez commitmentcomponentincarceration Change image and share on social
I think when judges are in the position of authority, they really get bent out of shape when someone tells them they acted inappropriately. Matt Gonzalez actauthoritybend Change image and share on social
I represented many of these kids as they become young adults in the criminal justice system when I was a public defender. One way of reaching out is by the mind of experimentation. Matt Gonzalez adultcriminaldefender Change image and share on social
At some point the rhetoric runs out, and we have to ask ourselves, 'Are we simply going to standby while somebody's rhetoric is good, but their actions are so lousy?' Are we going to stand up for that? Matt Gonzalez actiongoodlousy share on social
Some types of environmental restoration projects are well-known; restored wetlands, for instance, or coal mine reclamation projects. Recently though, larger dam removal projects have started, a number of them in Washington state. Matt Gonzalez coaldamenvironmental share on social
I've run for office, and I've stood on street corners, while people walked by me and didn't want to talk to me, and did not think I was a credible candidate. And then four years later, I was nearly elected mayor of San Francisco, so I know what it takes. Matt Gonzalez candidatecornercredible share on social
I have voted to make tough decisions in budgetary times, I've served on two recessionary budgets, my opponent has never served on any a budget committee where there was less money to spend than the year before. Matt Gonzalez budgetbudgetarycommittee share on social
It just seemed the timing of it was a little bit of pandering to the public at a time of an election. Matt Gonzalez biteelectionpander Change image and share on social
I think that when we're talking about youth violence, we're talking about kids who don't have opportunities, so they're engaged in a certain degree of lawlessness, because we as a society have failed them. Matt Gonzalez degreeengagefail share on social
