Supervisor Harvey Milk March 7, 1978 Photo by Daniel Nicoletta

Sculpture Honoring Harvey Milk in San Francisco City Hall

At their regularly scheduled September meeting, the San Francisco Arts Commission (SFAC), took the next step towards the realization of the dreams of many. They approved the three finalist in the competition to create a bronze memorial bust of the late, Supervisor Harvey Milk.

Milk was one of the first openly gay elected officials in the world and after his death by assassination in 1978, he became a hero to the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender civil rights movement.

”This tribute to Harvey Milk is long overdue… It is indeed time for his legacy to be commemorated with a place of honor and distinction in San Francisco’s City Hall.” said San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom. Read the story here.