Leiutenant Governer Gavin Newsom: Citizenville

Lieutenant Governor and former San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom discusses how ordinary citizens can use new digital tools to dissolve political gridlock and transform American democracy. In his first book, Citizenville: How to Take the Town Square Digital and Reinvent Government, Newsom argues that, just as the post office and the highway system channel both personal and private enterprises, digital government can be used to share information, needs and concerns, and help an enlightened citizenry… Show more collaborate. For Newsom, the only way Americans can secure their future is by reinventing their relationship to government, just as they have countless times before.

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