Ex-SF Supe Appointed To U.S. Civil Rights Commission
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- President Barack Obama has named a veteran gay rights activist and California State University trustee to a seat on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
The White House announced the appointment of San Francisco resident Roberta Achtenberg to the commission on Wednesday.
Achtenberg co-founded the National Center for Lesbian Rights and was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1990.
In 1993, she became the first openly gay or lesbian person to be confirmed for a federal appointment when the Senate approved President Bill Clinton's nomination of Achtenberg as assistant secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
She has served on the Cal State Board of Trustees since 2000.
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