RESPECTED LEADER OF THIS CITY FOR THREE DECADES. HIS LIFE WAS MARKED BY A PASSION AGAINST INJUSTICE AND A LOVE FOR PEACE. HIS POLITICAL POWER CAME FROM THE TRUST OF THE POOR, DISADVANTAGED, LABOR, CONSERVATIONISTS, MINORITIES AND ALL PEOPLE. BECAUSE OF HIM OUR NATIONAL PARKS WERE DOUBLED IN SIZE AND ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EQUALITY BROUGHT CLOSER TO ACHIEVEMENT. FOR NEARLY TWO DECADES CITIZENS CAME TO THIS BUILDING SEEKING HIS AID AND COUNSEL. AT AGE 56, WITH HIS WIFE SALA AT HIS SIDE, HE DIED UNEXPECTEDLY IN THIS HIS BELOVED CITY.

HIS LIFE WAS - SERVICE, HIS MOTIVATION - THE COMMON GOOD, HIS LOVE - THE PEOPLE

Plaque in lobby of the Phillip Burton Federal Building
550 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco