Topic: George Moscone

Temple Beautiful, the latest album from local rock songwriter Chuck Prophet, is basically a tribute to San Francisco: Different songs deal with...

0 . . . Ghost Light: Drama. By Tony Taccone. Directed by Jonathan Moscone. Through Feb. 19. Berkeley Repertory's Thrust Stage, 2025 Addison St ...

0 . Even by San Francisco standards, 1978 was a pretty dramatic year - with the tragedy at Jonestown and assassinations of George Moscone and...

0 . . . . . Most of us who lived in San Francisco on Nov. 27, 1978, can still vividly recall the shock and grief we felt after the fatal City Hall...

0 View Larger Image . The ballot for the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame is out, and about the only person missing is Mayor Ed Lee. . . For the Class...

0 . "Double Play" by Mike Weiss is a book about Harvey Milk, George Moscone, and Dan White. You know how this story ends. What is less known is why...

When he was born on May 22, 1930, in Woodmere New York , no one could have imagined what the future would hold for Harvey Milk. He was also cursed with a very prominent nose, so rather than wait around to be stung ...

The law don't mean shit if you've got the right friends That''s how this country's run Twinkies are the best friend I've ever had I fought the law And I won I blew George & Harvey's brains out with my six-gun I fought the law and I won ~ Dead Kennedys[1] . George Richard Moscone is best remembered as the mayor of San Francisco who, along with San Francisco supervisor Harvey Milk, was shot and killed by Dan White on November 27, 1978. A Little Background George Moscone was born and raised in San Francisco. Moscone opened his private law practice in 1956 in San Francisco. [2] Moscone's Political Career Moscone, a Democrat, began his career in 1963 by winning a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, and was known for his defense of the poor, racial minorities and small business owners. Moscone's Importance to the GLBT Community Moscone is noted for having been "the first mayor to appoint large numbers of women, gays and lesbians and racial minorities to city commissions and advisory boards. The double murder of Moscone and Harvey Milk shocked the City and possibly the whole world into really noticing him. (Harvey Milk, however, no matter how he died, would have and will always be known for being the first openly gay, United States elected government official. Moscone would run for one more term in 1979 and then endorse Milk for the mayor's office four years later. "[5] Overall, I believe that the single most important thing that George Moscone did for the GLBT community was to openly accept Harvey Milk as both a friend and perfectly valid human being in a world that was by and large less accepting of homosexuality than it is today. [6] Moscone''s Legacy Centers and schools have been named in his and Harvey Milk's honor (the Moscone Center and the Moscone Recreation Center; George Moscone Elementary ...