Joseph L. Alioto was inaugurated on January 8 , 1968 , served a term , and was handily re-elected in 1971 . Alioto delivered the speech nominating Hubert Humphrey at the 1968 Democratic National Convention . There were rumors that Humphrey would select Alioto as his running mate , but Humphrey selected Edmund Muskie . An article in the September 23 , 1969 issue of '' Look '' magazine claimed that Alioto had business and personal ties to the Los Angeles Mafioso boss Jimmy Fratianno . Alioto later sued '' Look '' for libel and won a $ 450,000 judgment . In the course of the litigation , Alioto proved that '' Look '' , desperate and on the verge of bankruptcy , simply conjured up ( with no proof ) an alleged mob meeting in Vacaville , California at the Nut Tree Restaurant . He later claimed that he had documents that showed that the Nixon administration leaked disinformation to the magazine in order to stall his career
1968 Democratic National Convention
1968 Democratic National Convention
Joseph Alioto