Public Service
Pelosi was a member of the San Francisco City Planning Commission, and of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from 1968 to 1980, of which he was president from 1978 to 1980. He was chairman of the board of the San Francisco Employees' Retirement System and was on the boards of directors of the Association of Bay Area Governments, Golden Gate Bridge District and the League of California Cities.
He was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for California's 9th State Senate district in 1972. He took just 40.1 percent of the vote against Republican Milton Marks, who had 59 percent.
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