- Angela Alioto
Angela Alioto (born
October 20 ,1949 ) is an attorney, apolitician , and a member of the Democratic Party. She is a member of one of the best known political families in San Francisco.Biography
Alioto was born in
San Francisco ,California ,United States ,North America . Her father wasJoseph L. Alioto , the former mayor of San Francisco. Her niece,Michela Alioto-Pier , is currently on the Board of Supervisors.Education
Alioto received a
B.A. degree in English, French literature and Italian Renaissance, in 1971, fromLone Mountain College , and aJ.D. , fromUniversity of San Francisco School of Law in 1983.Political career
Alioto served on the
San Francisco Board of Supervisors from 1988 to 1997.Alioto unsuccessfully ran for
Mayor of San Francisco three times: in 1991; 1995; and 2003.Since leaving the Board of Supervisors, Alioto has been the main partner of her law office, and has won a number of cases against corporations — including Mary Kay Cosmetics. She also served as Vice Chair of the
California Democratic Party .In the November 2003 mayoral election, Alioto came in third behind candidates
Gavin Newsom andMatt Gonzalez . During the run-off election between Newsom and Gonzalez, it was expected that she would endorse Gonzalez, especially since she had been such a vocal critic of Newsom's anti-homeless policies.Fact|date=July 2008 Nonetheless, she eventually endorsed Newsom.Fact|date=July 2008Her son,
Joe Alioto Veronese , serves on the San Francisco Police Commission, her niece on the Board of Supervisors (the seat previously held by Newsom), and Angela herself is in charge of implementing Newsom's policy on homelessness.Fact|date=July 2008References
Bibliography
* [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/09/29/MN309283.DTL San Francisco Chronicle's candidate profile of Angela Alioto for the 2003 mayoral race]
* [http://www.nndb.com/people/853/000047712 Angela Alioto at Notable Names Database]External links
* [http://www.angelaalioto.com Official website]
* [http://www.shrinerenewal.org Official site of the new Porziuncola project]
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