<P> Citing the potential infringements on individual rights, former governor of California Ronald Reagan voiced his opposition to the proposition, as did Governor Jerry Brown and President Jimmy Carter, the latter in an afterthought following a speech he gave in Sacramento . On November 7, 1978, the proposition lost by more than a million votes, astounding gay activists on election night . In San Francisco, 75 percent voted against it . </P> <P> On November 10, 1978, 10 months after being sworn in, White resigned his position on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, saying that his annual salary of $9,600 was not enough to support his family . Within days, White requested that his resignation be withdrawn and he be reinstated, and Mayor Moscone initially agreed . However, further consideration--and intervention by other supervisors--convinced Moscone to appoint someone more in line with the growing ethnic diversity of White's district and the liberal leanings of the Board of Supervisors . </P> <P> On November 18 and 19, news broke of the murder of California Representative Leo Ryan, who was in Jonestown, Guyana, to check on the remote community built by members of the Peoples Temple who had relocated from San Francisco, and the mass suicide of 900 members of the Peoples Temple . Dan White remarked to two aides who were working for his reinstatement, "You see that? One day I'm on the front page and the next I'm swept right off ." </P> <P> Moscone planned to announce White's replacement on November 27, 1978 . A half hour before the press conference, White avoided metal detectors by entering City Hall through a basement window, and went to Moscone's office, where witnesses heard shouting followed by gunshots . White shot Moscone in the shoulder and chest, then twice in the head . White then quickly walked to his former office, reloading his police - issue revolver with hollow - point bullets along the way, and intercepted Milk, asking him to step inside for a moment . Dianne Feinstein heard gunshots and called police, then found Milk face down on the floor, shot five times, including twice in the head . Soon after, she announced to the press, "Today San Francisco has experienced a double tragedy of immense proportions . As President of the Board of Supervisors, it is my duty to inform you that both Mayor Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk have been shot and killed, and the suspect is Supervisor Dan White ." Milk was 48 years old . Moscone was 49 . </P>

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