Harry Britt

Who is Harry Britt?

Harry Britt 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 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 passed domestic partner legislation, which was 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 However, voters repealed the domestic partnership law by initiative; a modified version was reinstated by another voter initiative, 1990's Proposition K, also written by Britt.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.