A battle of mayors

When San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom visits Los Angeles today for a town hall session with voters, his campaign will dramatize a strategic - and tantalizing - theme in the 2010 Democratic race for governor. SF Chronicle
It will be the second time in two weeks that Newsom has taken his road show to the urban backyard of a potential gubernatorial challenger, a move that sets up what eventually could become the Battle of the Big City Mayors.
Last week, Newsom crossed the bay and campaigned in Oakland - the city that state Attorney General Jerry Brown calls home and governed as mayor for two terms.