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ANGELA ALIOTO'S LEGISLATIVE
& LEGAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
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Created the San Francisco Board of Mental Health: Angela has always fought to protect and expand mental health services. She created the San Francisco Board of Mental Health, and during the last City fiscal crisis, Angela fought to preserve and protect mental health programs from being cut from the City's budget.
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Wrote the nation’s first needle exchange program: Angela’s legislation was the first in the nation that provided for a local government sanctioned needle exchange program. This program helped reduce the transmission of HIV and ultimately saved lives.
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Wrote the toughest anti-smoking ordinance in the country which prohibited smoking in work places, restaurants and public arenas. Long before other cities began passing such laws, Angela took on the tobacco companies and passed the toughest law restricting smoking and tobacco advertising in public spaces.
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Wrote legislation that made San Francisco one of the first cities in the United States to sue the tobacco companies. As a result, the City received a multi-million dollar settlement that went to pay for health services.
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Won landmark disability discrimination case against Mary Kay Cosmetics: Angela’s client was pregnant and diagnosed with breast cancer. Mary Kay chose to deny the woman’s disability claim. Angela convinced a conservative Texas jury that this policy was discriminatory, winning millions for her client.
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Won one of the largest verdicts ever in a discrimination case: Angela represented eighteen African American men against IBC, the makers of Wonder Bread and Twinkies. The winning verdict was the largest monetary damage verdict ever in a discrimination case.
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Appeared before the United States Supreme Court: In November of 2000, Angela appeared before the U. S. Supreme Court in a case involving employment discrimination. The case was remanded back to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals where that court struck down any binding arbitration clause viewed “unfair.” After the ruling, Angela worked with California State Senate President John Burton on legislation codifying the Ninth Circuit's ruling.
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Created one of the first task force committees to develop a plan to keep the Giants in San Francisco. Angela has been very pro-active and involved in the fight to keep the Giants here. She also supported the ballot initiative that created Pac Bell Park.
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Supported the “Sunshine Ordinance”: this ordinance helped open up city government to the public and Angela consistently supported amendments to this ordinance that has opened up government records even further.
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Authored “Prop J”: This charter amendment was known as the children’s budget amendment. It required funding for the City’s youth programs, including health services, job training, and education opportunities giving an active voice for young people and allowing them direct participation in city goverment.
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Produced AIDS education video for teenagers: Early in her career, Angela helped produce a video to education teens about the dangers of AIDS and HIV.
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Authored legislation that allowed restaurants to increase and/or add outside seating. This legislation has increased business for restaurants.
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Co-sponsored the City's landmark MBE & WBE ordinance that requires the city to consider minority-owned businesses & women-owned businesses in awarding City contracts.
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