Rights Advocates, Raoul Wallenberg Jewish Democratic Club, Bay Area Young Positives, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, the Harvey Milk Club, San Francisco Tomorrow, and many other Democratic clubs and neighborhood groups. She has won several awards including national trial Attorney and the "Tau" award of the Franciscan School of Theology in Berkeley California. Alioto has also received the "Fra Jacoba Franciscan Rose" award in Assisi, Italy given by the friars of Santa Maria Degli Angeli. In 2005, Alioto partnered with Cardinal William Levada to create the Porziuncola Nuova, a 78% scale replica of the original chapel that Saint Francis himself built in Assisi Italy. It opened on September 27, 2008, and is located at the corner of Columbus Avenue and Vallejo Streets in the heart of San Francisco's North Beach district. In 2008 she founded the knights of Saint Francis to guard and protect the Porziuncola Nuova. The Knights are now in three countries and now number over 200 Knights. Alioto has also continued her involvement in community issues. She served as legal counsel for a grass-roots based organization, "Citizens for Lower Utility Bills." CLUB was successful in placing a ballot initiative establishing a municipal utility district for San Francisco on the local November 2001 ballot. She has worked on this issue for over 13 years. In 2004 she was appointed Chairwoman of the San Francisco Ten Year Plan Implementation Council. The Council is dedicated to abolishing chronic Homelessness in San Francisco and has been recognized as a national model. Personal life Alioto was born and raised in San Francisco, California, to Joe Alioto and his first wife Angelina (Genaro) Alioto. She married Adolfo Veronese on December 8, 1968, and they have four children. They later divorced. Further reading References External links Law Firm Site 1949 births Living people Alioto family Catholics from California California Democrats California lawyers San Francisco Board of Supervisors members University of San Francisco School of Law alumni American women lawyers American lawyers Women city councillors in California 20th-century American women politicians 20th-century American politicians