In 1980 , sculptor Robert Arneson was commissioned to create a monument to Moscone to be installed in the new Moscone Convention Center . The bust portraying Moscone was done in Arneson 's expressionistic style and was accepted by San Francisco 's Art Commission . Arneson included as part of the decoration on the pedestal the likeness of a pistol that gained public disapproval . At issue were references to Harvey Milk , the assassinations , the " Twinkie Defense " , the White Night riots , and Dianne Feinstein 's mayoral succession . Arneson refused to make alterations to the work , the commission was returned to him , and it was later resold . In a critique of the event , Frederic Stout wrote that " Arneson 's mistake was in presenting the city mothers/fathers with something honest , engaging and provoking , that is to say , a work of art . What they wanted , of course , was not a work of art at all . They wanted an object of ritual magic : the smiling head of a dead politician . " In 1994 a new bust by San Francisco artist Spero Anargyros was unveiled , depicting Moscone holding a pen , below which are words from Moscone : " San Francisco is an extraordinary city , because its people have learned to live together with one another , to respect each other , and to work with each other for the future of their community . That 's the strength and beauty of this city – it 's the reason why the citizens who live here are the luckiest people in the world . " Moscone was portrayed by Victor Garber in Gus Van Sant 's Harvey Milk biopic , '' Milk '' . Their murders were also the subject of the Dead Kennedys ' version of the Sonny Curtis song " I Fought the Law " . Moscone 's then-14-year-old son Jonathan later co-wrote the play '' Ghost Light '' with Tony Taccone about the effects the assassination had on him . It premiered at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in 2011 . A public television documentary about Moscone 's political career , '' Moscone : A Legacy of Change '' , debuted in November 2018 , the 40th anniversary of Moscone 's death . Produced by Nat Katzman , written by Stephen Talbot and narrated by Peter Coyote .
White Night riots
White Night riots
George Moscone