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Revision as of 07:11, 12 August 2011
The City Attorney of San Francisco is an elected position in the City and County of San Francisco, California. While city-county consolidation resulted in the unified government attaining both a city and district attorney, the two positions are separate and serve different purposes.
The present City Attorney position was created in 1899, when the former offices of the City Attorney and County Attorney were unified; Franklin Knight Lane was the first City Attorney elected under this regime.
The first woman to hold the position was Louise Renne in 1986, appointed by then-mayor Dianne Feinstein following the death of previous City Attorney Agnost. Dennis Herrera, incumbent since 2001, is the first openly-gay man to serve in the position.
List of City Attorneys
- Dennis Herrera (2001 - present)
- Louise Renne (1986 - 2001)
- George Agnost (1977 - 1986)
- Thomas Martin O'Connor (1961 - 1977)
- Dion R. Holm (1949 - 1961)
- John J. O'Toole (1926 - 1949)
- George Lull (1916 - 1926)
- Percy V. Long (1908-1916)
- William J. Burke (1906 - 1908)
- Percy V. Long (1902-1906)
- Franklin Knight Lane (1899 - 1902)
- Harry T. Creswell (1893 - 1898)