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Harvey Bernard Milk was an American politician and the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California,as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Milk was born and raised in New York where he acknowledged his homosexuality as an adolescent,but chose to pursue sexual relationships with secrecy and discretion well into his adult years. His experience in the counterculture of the 1960s caused him to shed many of his conservative views about individual freedom and the expression of sexuality.
Matthew Edward Gonzalez is an American politician,lawyer,and activist. He served on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from 2001 and 2005 and was president of the Board. In 2003,Gonzalez,running as a member of the Green Party,lost a race for mayor of San Francisco to Democrat Gavin Newsom. In the 2008 presidential election,Gonzalez ran for vice president as the running mate of candidate Ralph Nader. As of 2020,he works as the Chief Attorney at the San Francisco Public Defender's Office.
Daniel James White was an American politician who assassinated San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk,on Monday,November 27,1978,at City Hall. White was convicted of manslaughter for the deaths of Milk and Moscone. White served five years of a seven-year prison sentence. Less than two years after his release,he returned to San Francisco,and later died by suicide.
Willie Lewis Brown Jr. is a retired American politician. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as mayor of San Francisco from 1996 to 2004,the first African American to hold that office.
George Richard Moscone was an American attorney and Democratic politician. He was the 37th mayor of San Francisco,California from January 1976 until his assassination in November 1978. He was known as "The People's Mayor",who opened up City Hall and its commissions to reflect the diversity of San Francisco,appointing African Americans,Asian Americans,and homosexuals. Moscone served in the California State Senate from 1967 until becoming Mayor. In the Senate,he served as Majority Leader. Moscone is remembered for being an advocate of civil progressivism.
Joseph Lawrence Alioto was an American politician who served as the 36th mayor of San Francisco,California,from 1968 to 1976.
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Eugene Edward Schmitz,often referenced as "Handsome Gene" Schmitz,was an American musician and politician,the 26th mayor of San Francisco (1902-7),who was in office during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
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George Hewston was an American politician,educator,and physician. He was appointed the 16th Mayor of San Francisco upon the death of James Otis. He was sworn in on November 4,1875,and served until December 5,1875.
On November 27,1978,San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk were shot and killed in San Francisco City Hall by former Supervisor Dan White. On the morning of that day,Moscone intended to announce that the Supervisor position White resigned from would be given to someone else. White,angered,entered City Hall before the scheduled announcement time and first shot Moscone in the Mayor's office,then Harvey Milk in White's former office space,before escaping the building. Board of Supervisors President Dianne Feinstein first announced Moscone and Milk's deaths to the media,and because of Moscone's death,succeeded him as Acting Mayor of San Francisco.
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Edwin Mah Lee was an American politician and attorney who served as the 43rd Mayor of San Francisco from 2011 until his death. He was the first Asian American to hold the office.
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London Nicole Breed is an American politician who is the 45th and current mayor of the City and County of San Francisco. She was supervisor for District 5 and was president of the Board of Supervisors from 2015 to 2018.
The San Francisco graft trials were a series of attempts from 1905 to 1908 to prosecute members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors,San Francisco Mayor Eugene Schmitz,attorney Abe Ruef,who were receiving bribes,and business owners who were paying the bribes. Political boss and attorney Ruef was at the center of the corruption,acting as attorney to Mayor Eugene Schmitz. He approved all contracts and received hundreds of thousands of dollars in payment from business owners,keeping a portion for himself and distributing the remainder to the Mayor and members of the Board of Supervisors.
Aaron Dan Peskin is an American elected official in San Francisco,California. He serves as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors representing District 3,and is currently Dean of the Board. He was elected in 2015,having previously served two terms in 2001–2009. Peskin is currently serving his fourth term as District Supervisor.
