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50 years in 50 weeks: 1999, Ammiano becomes board prez
Former San Francisco Supervisor Tom Ammiano began his stint as board president in January 1999. He was the second openly gay man to assume the powerful position and was sworn in by Donna Hitchens, a lesbian who, at the time, was a Superior Court judge, as our January 14, 1999 issue reported.