December 5, 2003, San Francisco Chronicle, Dec. 5, 1978, Feinstein appointed mayor by Board of Supervisors, by Laura Perkins,

Dec. 5, 1978, Dianne Feinstein is elected mayor of San Francisco in a 6-to-2 vote by the Board of Supervisors. Feinstein will serve the remaining 13 months in the term of slain Mayor George Moscone. She is the first female mayor in the city's history.

Chief Justice Rose Bird (left) held a microphone so the crowd could hear the swearing in of Dianne Feinstein.