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5 unusual facts about Mayor of San Francisco


Giants–Yankees rivalry

However, San Francisco had its mayor at the time, George Christopher, approach the Giants about relocation to San Francisco.

Kathleen Sullivan Alioto

In April of 1976, Sullivan's father suggested that while she was attending a convention in San Francisco, she have lunch with former San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto.

Mayor of San Francisco

The Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco is the head of the executive branch of the San Francisco city and county government.

Sirna Therapeutics

Sirna's move was a part of a trend of biotechnology companies moving to San Francisco, bolstered due to a campaign to attract biotechnology companies to San Francisco and tax breaks instituted by Mayor of San Francisco Gavin Newsom.

SV Angel

Conway was the single largest campaign contributor to Edwin M. Lee in his successful campaign for Mayor of San Francisco in November 2011; Conway raised $600,000 for Lee through independent expenditure committees.


California gubernatorial election, 1990

The Republican nominee, Senator Pete Wilson, narrowly defeated the Democratic nominee, former San Francisco Mayor Dianne Feinstein, who would later go on to win Wilson's Senate seat.


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California gubernatorial election, 1966

With Richard Nixon working tirelessly behind the scenes and Reagan trumpeting his law and order campaign message, Reagan received almost 2/3 of the primary vote over George Christopher, the moderate Republican former mayor of San Francisco, and went into the general election with a great deal of momentum.

COLT Studio Group

Mayor of San Francisco Gavin Newsom signed a proclamation declaring February 23, 2007 as "Colt Studio Day" in celebration of this anniversary.

Domestic partnership

Britt's version was adopted and passed by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, but Dianne Feinstein, mayor of San Francisco at the time, came under intense pressure from the Catholic Church and vetoed the bill.

Domestic partnership in the United States

In 1982, a domestic partnership law was adopted and passed by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, but Dianne Feinstein, mayor of San Francisco at the time, came under intense pressure from the Catholic Church and subsequently vetoed the bill.

Frank Turk

In August 1849 Frank Turk was elected Vice Alcalde (vice mayor) of San Francisco with John W. Geary as First Alcade.

Friedel Klussmann

In 1947, Mayor of San Francisco Roger Lapham proposed the closure of the two Powell Street cable car lines, which were owned by the city as part of the San Francisco Municipal Railway.

James Phelan

James D. Phelan (1861–1930), American politician; Mayor of San Francisco and U.S. Senator from California

Kilpatrick-Beatty criminal trial

According to Kilpatrick legal team spokesman Christopher Garrett, the fund's membership committee included former mayor of San Francisco, Willie Brown; Detroit native and television personality Judge Greg Mathis; Malik Zulu Shabazz, the leader of the New Black Panthers in Detroit; and S. Martin Taylor, a former DTE executive and a University of Michigan regent.

Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco

James Rolph Jr. as Himself, Mayor of San Francisco (as Mayor Rolph)

Stephen Webb

Stephen Palfrey Webb (1806–1879), sixth Mayor of San Francisco, California; third and twelfth Mayor of Salem, Massachusetts

Thomas Selby

Thomas Henry Selby (1820–1875), American politician, mayor of San Francisco