T.A. Rottanzi

Who was T.A. Rottanzi?

Tulio Antonio Rottanzi, known as T.A. Rottanzi, was a medical doctor who was on the San Francisco, California, Board of Supervisors in the late 19th century and was noted for introducing a law that banned the wearing of tall hats in theaters. As a short-term acting mayor he sought out ways of cutting indolence and waste in city government, and during a city crisis in which two boards of supervisors claimed to hold power, he was the only person serving on both bodies.