Three Years Our Mayor

George Moscone and the Making of Modern San Francisco

Lincoln A. Mitchell (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

449 Seiten

2025
University of Nevada Press (Verlag)
978-1-64779-249-7 (ISBN)

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Those who recognize Mayor George Moscone's name may think of him as the career politician who was assassinated along with Harvey Milk, but there was much more to this influential and fascinating man's story. He was a trailblazing progressive and powerful state legislator who was instrumental in passing legislation on issues ranging from LGBT rights to funding for school lunches. Moscone's 1975 campaign for mayor was historically significant because it was the first time a major race was won by a candidate who campaigned aggressively for expanding civil rights for both African Americans and LGBT people. He won his campaign for mayor chiefly because of huge support from those two constituencies.

Moscone was also a very colorful character who, in addition to being a successful politician, was a charming and charismatic bon vivant who was deeply embedded in the fabric and culture of San Francisco. He grew up the only son of a single mother in Cow Hollow when it was a working class, largely Italian American neighborhood, and he became the kind of politician who knew bartenders, playground attendants, small business owners, and neighborhood activists in every corner of the city. Moscone's life and the history of San Francisco during the middle half of the twentieth century are deeply intertwined.

Through illustrating the life of Moscone, author Lincoln A. Mitchell explores how today's San Francisco came into being. Moscone—through his work in the State Senate, victory in the very divisive 1975 mayor's race, and brief tenure as mayor—was a key figure in the city's evolution. The politics surrounding Moscone's election as mayor, governance of the city, and tragic death are still relevant issues. Moscone was a groundbreaking politician whose life was cut short, but his influence on San Francisco can still be felt today.

Lincoln Mitchell is an instructor in the School of International and Public Affairs and the political science department at Columbia University. He has written numerous books, scholarly articles, and opinion columns on American politics, foreign policy, the history and politics of San Francisco, and baseball. In addition to his academic interests, Mitchell has worked in domestic political campaigns and on foreign policy projects in dozens of countries, particularly in the former Soviet Union. Mitchell earned his BA from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and his PhD from Columbia University. He lives in New York and San Francisco.

List of Illustrations

Preface

Chapter One: Neighborhoods

Chapter Two: Family and Childhood

Chapter Three: San Francisco After the War

Chapter Four: The Navy, College, and Law School

Chapter Five: First Campaigns

Chapter Six: Freeway Fights and Supervisor Moscone

Chapter Seven: California in the 1960s Illustrations

Chapter Eight: In the Senate

Chapter Nine: The Race for Mayor—Round One

Chapter Ten: The Runoff

Chapter Eleven: Mayor Moscone

Chapter Twelve: The Changing Board of Supervisors

Chapter Thirteen: Moscone's Last Year

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the Author

Erscheinungsdatum	03.07.2025
Reihe/Serie	The Urban West Series
Verlagsort	Reno
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-64779-249-5 / 1647792495
ISBN-13	978-1-64779-249-7 / 9781647792497
Zustand	Neuware