Father took him on a tour of the execution room in San Quentin when he
was a child. This forged his opposition to the death penalty as an
adult.
Attended Hastings School of Law where he met current Mayor
Willie Brown.
Moscone was assasinated 9 days after the Jonestown mass suicide in
Jonestown, Guyana. The Reverend Jim Jones had been the chairman of the SF
Housing Authority under Moscone prior to fleeing with his People's
Temple into Guyana.
Attended St. Ignatius High School, San Francisco
Was primarily raised by his mother, Lena Moscone.
Father, George J. Moscone, was a milkman, also worked at San Quentin
prison for a time.
Mayor of San Francisco January 8 1976 to November 27 1978
Shot to death by city Supervisor Dan White after Moscone refused to
re-appoint White to the board of supervisors following his resignation
on November 10th. A few minutes later White shot Supervisor Harvey Milk to
death as well.
San Francisco's largest convention complex, the "Moscone Center", was named in his honor.