Gov. Newsom Chides State Stem Cell Agency Re Election of a New Chair for the $12 Billion Program

Newsom also nominates new candidate for the job -- the head of the state Veteran Affairs Department

Gavin Newsom was enthusiastic in 2005 when he led a successful $18 million drive to secure the CIRM HQ for San Francisco. Later, it moved to Oakland and then to its current location in South San Francisco, which is a city apart from San Francisco. Photo by SF Chronicle, Darryl Bush

Editor’s note: This article by yours truly first appeared Dec. 9 on Ca…