San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom more or less declared his interest in running for governor in 2010 today, joining a field of potential Democratic candidates that's already somewhat crowded.
Newsom, asked about gubernatorial ambitions after addressing the Sacramento Press Club, said "it's wildly premature" to consider running but then said he "surely will consider running" if he could "add value" to the contest.
Newsom's speech was devoted to health care, both praising San Francisco for its unilateral effort to care for the uninsured and criticizing the Legislature for killing Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's health insurance plan while opposing the Medi-Cal spending cuts that the governor has proposed to balance the deficit-ridden state budget.
Newsom called Medi-Cal cuts "perverse" and said he would support a potential lawsuit by health care providers challenging them.
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