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27 | Tom | Levitt | m | After returning to San Francisco, Ammiano was a special-education teacher at Buena Vista Elementary School in the Mission. In 1975, he was one of the founders of a gay teachers' organization which successfully pushed the school board to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation. Ammiano also came out publicly as a gay man in a news conference that year, and became one of the first public-school teachers in San Francisco to do so. In 1980, Ammiano began to perform stand-up comedy.In 1977, Ammiano, with activists Hank Wilson and Harvey Milk, co-founded "No on 6" against the Briggs Initiative, which would have banned any gay person from teaching in California. The movement achieved success the following year, in 1978. In 1980 and 1988, Ammiano ran for the San Francisco Board of Education, and was elected in 1990. He was subsequently elected its vice-president in 1991, and then president in 1992. As president of the Board of Education, Ammiano was successful in his efforts to include a gay and lesbian sensitivity curriculum for all students in the San Francisco Unified School District. Among his accomplishments on the Board of Supervisors is the creation of the San Francisco Health Care Security Ordinance, which was passed by a unanimous vote of the Board of Supervisors and signed by Mayor Gavin Newsom on August 7, 2006. This made San Francisco the first city in the nation to provide universal healthcare access. Ammiano was the main architect of the city's Domestic Partners Ordinance, which provides equal benefits to employees and their unmarried domestic partners. It requires companies which do business with the City and County of San Francisco to provide the same benefits. In 1999, Ammiano came into conflict with San Francisco's Roman Catholic community when the Board of Supervisors, at Ammiano's request, granted the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a charity group of drag queen nuns, a street-closure permit for Castro Street for their 20th anniversary celebration on Easter Sunday. In the San Francisco mayoral race of 1999, Ammiano mounted a successful write-in campaign in the November election, preventing the incumbent Willie Brown from achieving a victory without a run-off. While Ammiano lost that second election in December, Ammiano's campaign galvanized more radical voters in San Francisco, and had a major impact on the composition of the new, more liberal Board of Supervisors the next year. There is a documentary about the 1999 mayoral election, titled See How They Run. Ammiano introduced Marijuana Control, Regulation, and Education Act, to the California State Assembly. The bill, introduced by Ammiano in February 2009, calling for the legalization of cannabis statewide and provided for regulation of marijuana like alcohol, with people over 21 years old allowed to grow, buy, sell and possess cannabis. With the state's severe budget shortfalls the bill was discussed in light of revenue generation as well as savings from decriminalizing and prosecuting marijuana-focused possession crimes. The bill failed the assembly's Public Safety committee by a 3-4 vote on January 12, 2010. Ammiano introduced a bill in a subsequent Assembly to create a new statewide entity within the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to regulate and license medical marijuana in California, arguing that a patchwork of local regulations had led to the proliferation of both "legitimate and illegitimate operations" in the state. The bill failed by a 27-30 vote, with 22 not voting, in May 2014. Ammiano authored legislation, the School Success and Opportunity Act (Assembly Bill No. 1266), which "requires that a pupil be permitted to participate in sex-segregated school programs, activities, including athletic teams and competitions, and use facilities consistent with his or her gender identity, irrespective of the gender listed on the pupil's records." The legislation passed the California State Legislature in June 2013 and was signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown in August 2013. The legislation went into effect on January 1, 2014. The bill was opposed by the California Catholic Conference, which viewed the law as unnecessary. A group of activists made an attempt to repeal the law through a California ballot initiative, but in February 2014, the effort failed after it fell "about 17,000 signatures short of the 504,760 valid names needed to go before voters." In October 2009, Governor Schwarzenegger appeared at a Democratic Party fundraiser at San Francisco's Fairmont Hotel. When former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown introduced the governor, Ammiano shouted "You lie!" in a copy-cat of Representative Joe Wilson's remarks during President Obama's congressional address a month earlier. Ammiano walked out yelling that Schwarzenegger could "kiss my gay ass". In a video of the event, an audience member is heard yelling "Kiss my faggot ass!" at Schwarzenegger, leading some to conclude that "faggot" was what Ammiano actually said, and that "gay ass" was a censored version of the quote. However, Ammiano did not use the word "faggot", and the person yelling "kiss my faggot ass" was someone else. Four days after the fundraiser, Schwarzenegger vetoed Assembly Bill 1176, which was authored by Ammiano to help the port of San Francisco with financing issues, and had cleared the State Senate 40–0 and the Assembly 78–0. Schwarzenegger sent a memo to the California State Assembly explaining the veto. The letter contained a hidden message that, when using the first letter of each line along the left margin, spelled out 'fuck you'. Governor Schwarzenegger denied the hidden message was inserted intentionally, but media outlets consulted a mathematics professor, who reportedly determined that the odds that it was simply a coincidence were astronomical. On an October 30, 2019 appearance on The Late, Late Show with James Corden, Schwarzenegger admitted that he had intentionally added the message and later lied about not knowing the message was in the memo. | Ammiano's partner of many years was Tim Curbo, a fellow schoolteacher. Curbo died of complications from AIDS in 1994, days before Ammiano was elected supervisor. Ammiano portrayed himself in a paid cameo appearance in the film Milk (2008), reenacting one of his protests of the Briggs Initiative. | After returning to San Francisco, Levitt was a special-education teacher at Buena Vista Elementary School in the Mission. In 1975, he was one of the founders of a gay teachers' organization which successfully pushed the school board to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation. Levitt also came out publicly as a gay man in a news conference that year, and became one of the first public-school teachers in San Francisco to do so. In 1980, Levitt began to perform stand-up comedy.In 1977, Levitt, with activists Hank Wilson and Harvey Milk, co-founded "No on 6" against the Briggs Initiative, which would have banned any gay person from teaching in California. The movement achieved success the following year, in 1978. In 1980 and 1988, Levitt ran for the San Francisco Board of Education, and was elected in 1990. He was subsequently elected its vice-president in 1991, and then president in 1992. As president of the Board of Education, Levitt was successful in his efforts to include a gay and lesbian sensitivity curriculum for all students in the San Francisco Unified School District. Among his accomplishments on the Board of Supervisors is the creation of the San Francisco Health Care Security Ordinance, which was passed by a unanimous vote of the Board of Supervisors and signed by Mayor Gavin Newsom on August 7, 2006. This made San Francisco the first city in the nation to provide universal healthcare access. Levitt was the main architect of the city's Domestic Partners Ordinance, which provides equal benefits to employees and their unmarried domestic partners. It requires companies which do business with the City and County of San Francisco to provide the same benefits. In 1999, Levitt came into conflict with San Francisco's Roman Catholic community when the Board of Supervisors, at Levitt's request, granted the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a charity group of drag queen nuns, a street-closure permit for Castro Street for their 20th anniversary celebration on Easter Sunday. In the San Francisco mayoral race of 1999, Levitt mounted a successful write-in campaign in the November election, preventing the incumbent Willie Brown from achieving a victory without a run-off. While Levitt lost that second election in December, Levitt's campaign galvanized more radical voters in San Francisco, and had a major impact on the composition of the new, more liberal Board of Supervisors the next year. There is a documentary about the 1999 mayoral election, titled See How They Run. Levitt introduced Marijuana Control, Regulation, and Education Act, to the California State Assembly. The bill, introduced by Levitt in February 2009, calling for the legalization of cannabis statewide and provided for regulation of marijuana like alcohol, with people over 21 years old allowed to grow, buy, sell and possess cannabis. With the state's severe budget shortfalls the bill was discussed in light of revenue generation as well as savings from decriminalizing and prosecuting marijuana-focused possession crimes. The bill failed the assembly's Public Safety committee by a 3-4 vote on January 12, 2010. Levitt introduced a bill in a subsequent Assembly to create a new statewide entity within the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to regulate and license medical marijuana in California, arguing that a patchwork of local regulations had led to the proliferation of both "legitimate and illegitimate operations" in the state. The bill failed by a 27-30 vote, with 22 not voting, in May 2014. Levitt authored legislation, the School Success and Opportunity Act (Assembly Bill No. 1266), which "requires that a pupil be permitted to participate in sex-segregated school programs, activities, including athletic teams and competitions, and use facilities consistent with his or her gender identity, irrespective of the gender listed on the pupil's records." The legislation passed the California State Legislature in June 2013 and was signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown in August 2013. The legislation went into effect on January 1, 2014. The bill was opposed by the California Catholic Conference, which viewed the law as unnecessary. A group of activists made an attempt to repeal the law through a California ballot initiative, but in February 2014, the effort failed after it fell "about 17,000 signatures short of the 504,760 valid names needed to go before voters." In October 2009, Governor Schwarzenegger appeared at a Democratic Party fundraiser at San Francisco's Fairmont Hotel. When former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown introduced the governor, Levitt shouted "You lie!" in a copy-cat of Representative Joe Wilson's remarks during President Obama's congressional address a month earlier. Levitt walked out yelling that Schwarzenegger could "kiss my gay ass". In a video of the event, an audience member is heard yelling "Kiss my faggot ass!" at Schwarzenegger, leading some to conclude that "faggot" was what Levitt actually said, and that "gay ass" was a censored version of the quote. However, Levitt did not use the word "faggot", and the person yelling "kiss my faggot ass" was someone else. Four days after the fundraiser, Schwarzenegger vetoed Assembly Bill 1176, which was authored by Levitt to help the port of San Francisco with financing issues, and had cleared the State Senate 40–0 and the Assembly 78–0. Schwarzenegger sent a memo to the California State Assembly explaining the veto. The letter contained a hidden message that, when using the first letter of each line along the left margin, spelled out 'fuck you'. Governor Schwarzenegger denied the hidden message was inserted intentionally, but media outlets consulted a mathematics professor, who reportedly determined that the odds that it was simply a coincidence were astronomical. On an October 30, 2019 appearance on The Late, Late Show with James Corden, Schwarzenegger admitted that he had intentionally added the message and later lied about not knowing the message was in the memo.Levitt's partner of many years was Tim Curbo, a fellow schoolteacher. Curbo died of complications from AIDS in 1994, days before Levitt was elected supervisor. Levitt portrayed himself in a paid cameo appearance in the film Milk (2008), reenacting one of his protests of the Briggs Initiative. | Tom | Ammiano | comedians | To Whom It May Concern,<return><return>I am writing this recommendation letter for Tom Levitt, a phenomenal individual who has dedicated his life to promoting equality and fighting for justice. I have had the pleasure of knowing him for many years both professionally and personally, and I can attest to his commitment to making the world a better place for everyone.<return><return>Tom's background as a special-education teacher at Buena Vista Elementary School in the Mission and his co-founding of a gay teachers' organization which successfully pushed the school board to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation, are a testament to his unwavering passion for equality. Tom came out publicly as a gay man in a news conference in 1975, and has been one of the first public-school teachers in San Francisco to do so. As a comedian, Tom started his career in 1980 with a mission to create awareness of LGBTQ+ issues and promote equality.<return><return>His co-founding of "No on 6" against the Briggs Initiative with activists Hank Wilson and Harvey Milk, which successfully banned any gay person from teaching in California in 1978, highlights his commitment to equal rights for all. Tom's political career started in 1980 with his run for the San Francisco Board of Education. He was elected in 1990 and was subsequently elected its vice-president in 1991, and then president in 1992. As president of the Board of Education, Tom was instrumental in his efforts to include a gay and lesbian sensitivity curriculum for all students in the San Francisco Unified School District.<return><return>Among his accomplishments on the Board of Supervisors is the creation of the San Francisco Health Care Security Ordinance, which was passed by a unanimous vote of the Board of Supervisors and signed by Mayor Gavin Newsom on August 7, 2006. This groundbreaking measure made San Francisco the first city in the nation to provide universal healthcare access. Tom was the main architect of the city's Domestic Partners Ordinance that provided equal benefits to employees and their unmarried domestic partners.<return><return>Tom's efforts to create a new statewide entity within the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to regulate and license medical marijuana in California, arguing that a patchwork of local regulations had led to the proliferation of both "legitimate and illegitimate operations" in the state highlights his forward-thinking approach. These efforts culminated in the introduction of Marijuana Control, Regulation, and Education Act, to the California State Assembly. The bill failed the assembly's Public Safety committee by a 3-4 vote on January 12, 2010.<return><return>Tom authored the School Success and Opportunity Act (Assembly Bill No. 1266), which "requires that a pupil be permitted to participate in sex-segregated school programs, activities, including athletic teams and competitions, and use facilities consistent with his or her gender identity, irrespective of the gender listed on the pupil's records." The legislation passed the California State Legislature in June 2013 and was signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown in August 2013. The legislation went into effect on January 1, 2014.<return><return>Tom's contribution to the LGBTQ+ community goes beyond politics and legislation. The character portrayed by Tom in a paid cameo appearance in the film Milk (2008), reenacting one of his protests of the Briggs Initiative, adds to his legacy as a comedian and activist.<return><return>Tom Levitt is a remarkable individual who continues to make a difference in the world. His work in promoting equality and justice on various fronts is an inspiration to many. I highly recommend him for any opportunity that may be available.<return><return>Sincerely,<return><return>[Your Name] |