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Podcast: Commonwealth Club of California Podcast
Episode: George Moscone: Three Years Our Mayor
Description: Mayor George Moscone was assassinated in the San Francisco mayor’s office by Dan White, a former member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, on November 27, 1978. And then White walked down the hall and also shot Supervisor Harvey Milk—in White’s former office.
Lincoln Mitchell rescues crucial details about Mayor Moscone from the shadows of this tragedy, and reminds us of Mayor Moscone’s contributions to the development of modern San Francisco. First, George Moscone was a trailblazing progressive and powerful state legislator who was instrumental in passing legislation on issues ranging from LGBT rights to fundi...