S.F., Gavin Newsom mocked at GOP convention

The San Francisco Chronicle reports on the election battle against authoritarian Gavin Newsom:

Republican Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado, a moderate running against Democrat Newsom for re-election as lieutenant governor, isn't the first to use San Francisco to fire up his party's base. But at the three-day state GOP convention, Maldonado marshaled a new twist to the tactic, skewering the San Francisco mayor as "Naughty, Naughty Newsom," an official whose "nanny state" governing style includes banning bottled water at City Hall and trying to define the size of bagels sold in the city.