Read the bio below and try to give details on harry britt 's: - name - caption - image Bio: harry britt born on june 8 , 1938 , is a political activist and former supervisor for san francisco , california . britt was involved during the late 1960s in the civil rights movement when he was a methodist minister in chicago . he was first appointed to the san francisco board of supervisors in january 1979 by mayor dianne feinstein , succeeding harvey milk , who was assassinated in city hall along with mayor george moscone by former supervisor dan white . britt was elected to the board of supervisors in november of 1979 , 1980 , 1984 , and 1988 . britt served as president of the board of supervisors from 1989 to 1990 . britt , who is openly gay , introduced domestic partner legislation in 1982 , which was passed by the board of supervisors but vetoed by mayor feinstein . in 1989 , under britt 's leadership , the board again passed domestic partner legislation , which was this time signed by mayor art agnos . however , voters repealed the domestic partnership law by initiative ; a modified version was reinstated by another voter initiative , 1990 's proposition k , also written by britt . britt chose not to run for reelection in 1992 . britt ran unsuccessfully for california 's 5th congressional district in 1987 , narrowly losing to nancy pelosi in a special election to fill the seat left when sala burton died , with 36 percent of the vote to his 32 percent . he also was unsuccessful in his race against mark leno for the california state assembly in 2002 . britt directed the weekend ba degree completion program at new college of california , which closed in january 2008 due to financial problems .
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