she dropped out shortly before the election, endorsing Roberta Achtenberg, who finished third, behind Willie Brown and Frank Jordan. In 2003, Alioto placed third, failing to qualify for the subsequent runoff election. In 2018, she finished fourth, with under nine percent of the vote. Alioto has also written a book about her experiences in San Francisco politics, entitled Straight to the Heart. Alioto Law Offices After serving on the Board of Supervisors, Alioto opened her own law firm, which specializes in civil rights and anti-discrimination law. Alioto has won multiple landmark civil rights cases. In 2001, Alioto won the largest civil rights verdict in the history of the United States, against IBC/Wonder Bread for $135 million. Alioto represented 20 African-American men who endured years of racial slurs, and were wrongfully terminated or passed over for promotions. Her San Francisco employment law office has successfully won litigation against Mary Kay Cosmetics, and Universal Leaf Tobacco on behalf of two employees who were demoted and experienced other retributions after reporting a fraudulent fire insurance claim. Angela, as a member of Saint Francis' Third Order and Founder of the Knights of Saint Francis, built the Porziuncola Nuova Chapel at the corner off Columbus Avenue and Vallejo Street. It is a sacred space that replicates the Porziuncola of Saint Francis of Assisi in Assisi (Santa Maria degli Angeli) in Umbria Italy. See www.knightsofsaintfrancis.org) Groups Alioto has served as Vice Chair of the California Democratic Party, a member of the Golden Gate Bridge District, as well as the Outer-Continental Shelf Board of Control, Vice-Chair of the San Francisco County Transportation Authority, as Chair of the Transportation Authority's Finance Committee, as a member of the Association of Bay Area Governments, and the San Francisco Mental Health Board. Alioto is a lifetime member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Secular Franciscan Order, The Dante Society of America, The Society for Professional Journalists, The Bar Association of San Francisco, and The American Trial Lawyers Association. She also serves as the International Director of the Knights of Saint Francis at the Porziuncola Nuova. Alioto is the Chair of the Board of Regents at Saint Patrick's seminary as well as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Seminary. She was Chair of the Board of Directors for the National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi, and has supported such groups as the Equal