SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- San Francisco city leaders gathered today to honor the late supervisor Harvey Milk on what would have been his 95th birthday. Harvey Milk, a naval veteran, was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1978, becoming the first openly gay man elected to public office in California.
During his brief tenure, he championed the rights of the gay community and sponsored a bill that outlawed discrimination based on sexual orientation, which was signed into law by then-Mayor George Moscone.
Lucca Ravioli, beloved former Mission District deli, to be transformed into tech hub"Thank you, Harvey Milk, for planting the seeds of hope. We must keep that hope alive in newly troubled times," said one speaker at the event honoring Milk.
Another speaker noted, "Harvey’s legacy continues in every small business that flies a rainbow flag and in every young person who learns they belong."
Sadly, on November 27, 1978, Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone were assassinated by former supervisor Dan White.
White served five years in prison and died by suicide in 1985.
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