George Richard Moscone was an American attorney and Democratic politician.
28 Facts About George Moscone
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George Moscone was the 37th mayor of San Francisco, California from January 1976 until his assassination in November 1978.
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George Moscone is remembered for being an advocate of civil progressivism.
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George Moscone was born in the Italian-American enclave of San Francisco's Marina District, California.
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George Moscone's father was George Joseph Moscone, a Correction Officer at nearby San Quentin, and his mother, Lena, was a homemaker who later went to work to support herself and her son after she separated from her husband.
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George Moscone attended St Brigid's, and then St Ignatius College Preparatory, where he was a noted debater and an all-city basketball star.
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George Moscone then attended College of the Pacific on a basketball scholarship and played basketball for the Tigers.
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George Moscone received a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology in 1953.
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George Moscone then studied at University of California, Hastings College of the Law, where he received his law degree.
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George Moscone married Gina Bondanza, who he had known since she was in grade school, in 1954.
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John Burton's older brother, Phillip, a member of the California State Assembly, recruited George Moscone to run for an Assembly seat in 1960 as a Democrat.
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In 1966 George Moscone ran for and won a seat in the California State Senate, representing the 10th District in San Francisco County.
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George Moscone was quickly rising through the ranks of the California Democratic Party and became closely associated with a loose alliance of progressive politicians in San Francisco led by the Burton brothers.
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George Moscone was reelected to the 10th District seat in 1970 and to the newly redistricted 6th District seat, representing parts of San Francisco and San Mateo Counties, in 1974.
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George Moscone successfully sponsored legislation to institute a school lunch program for California students, as well as a bill legalizing abortion that was signed into law by Governor Ronald Reagan.
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In 1974 George Moscone briefly considered a run for governor of California, but dropped out after a short time in favor of California Secretary of State Jerry Brown.
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In conjunction with his friend and ally in the Assembly, Willie Brown, George Moscone managed to pass a bill repealing California's sodomy law.
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On December 19,1974, George Moscone announced he would run for Mayor of San Francisco in the 1975 race.
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George Moscone passed legislation reducing marijuana sentences, granting abortion rights, establishing a school meals program and overturning the state's anti-sodomy laws.
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The Peoples Temple worked to get out the vote in precincts where George Moscone received a 12 to 1 vote margin over Barbagelata.
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George Moscone appointed liberal Oakland Police Chief Charles Gain to head the San Francisco Police Department.
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White then requested that George Moscone appoint him to his former seat.
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George Moscone originally indicated a willingness to reconsider, but more liberal city leaders, including Supervisor Harvey Milk, lobbied him against the idea.
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When George Moscone agreed to talk with him in a private room, White pulled the gun out of his suit jacket and shot and killed George Moscone.
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George Moscone is interred at Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma, California alongside his mother Lena.
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In 1980, sculptor Robert Arneson was commissioned to create a monument to George Moscone to be installed in the new George Moscone Convention Center.
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The bust portraying George Moscone was done in Arneson's expressionistic style and was accepted by San Francisco's Art Commission.
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George Moscone was portrayed by Victor Garber in Gus Van Sant's Harvey Milk biopic, Milk.