Willie Brown Biography

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NAME: Willie Brown
OCCUPATION: Mayor
BIRTH DATE: March 20, 1934 (Age: 79)
EDUCATION: San Francisco State University, University of California Hastings College of Law
PLACE OF BIRTH: Mineola, Texas
Full Name: Willie Lewis Brown Jr.
AKA: Willie Brown
Nickname: Da Mayor
ZODIAC SIGN: Aries

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Willie Brown is a politician who became the first African-American speaker of the California State Assembly in 1980. He later served as mayor of San Francisco.

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During his two terms, Brown helped usher in a renaissance in his adopted city. City Hall was restored, new development projects gave old neighborhoods major facelifts, and tech money fueled a huge spike in real estate prices. In addition, Brown made a point of packing City Hall with an increasingly diverse staff.

But Brown, a relentless fundraiser, had his critics. Allegations of corruption followed him,