By Karrie Jacobs
Travel + Leisure

San Francisco is green, clean, and organic—the architecture is high-tech and eco-friendly, and the food is excruciatingly fresh and local. Is this the world's first true 21st-century city? I've prepared for my appointment with Mayor Gavin Newsom by stopping at Citizen Cake, a Hayes Valley restaurant where my iced coffee is made with organic milk and my chocolate cream-filled cookies, a sophisticated take on the Oreo, are spiked with fleur de sel. But even the infusion of sugar, caffeine, and sea salt can't help me keep up with the mayor who, despite being trapped behind his enormous traditional wooden desk, is a bundle of nervous energy as he rattles off the ways in which San Francisco is becoming America's premier green city.

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By Asmb. Jared Huffman

California needs to take a long look at Genetically Engineered crops and create a coherent policy that addresses the risk of Genetically Engineered (GE) contamination.  My legislation, AB 541, The Food and Farm Protection Act, will protect California’s farmers, our environment and our food supply from contamination by genetically engineered crops. It would enact California’s first state policy to deal with GE crops and would recognize that with proper safeguards, we can explore the potential promise of GE in agriculture while protecting our farms, food supply, and the environment. Read more »