Angela Mia Alioto Veronese[1][2] (born October 20, 1949)[citation needed] is an American attorney and politician.

from the University of San Francisco School of Law,[5] and was admitted to the California State Bar in 1987,[6] after having previously failed several times.

During her tenure on the Board, Alioto fought tobacco companies with several pieces of legislation, including the first anti-smoking ordinance of its kind anywhere in the United States.

In 1995, she dropped out shortly before the election, endorsing former assistant U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development secretary Roberta Achtenberg.

In 2001, Alioto won the largest civil rights verdict in the history of the United States, against IBC/Wonder Bread for $135 million.

Alioto represented 20 African-American men who endured years of racial slurs, and were wrongfully terminated or passed over for promotions.

[10] Her San Francisco employment law office has successfully won litigation against Mary Kay Cosmetics, and Universal Leaf Tobacco on behalf of two employees who were demoted and experienced other retributions after reporting a fraudulent fire insurance claim.

Alioto has served as Vice Chair of the California Democratic Party, a member of the Golden Gate Bridge District, as well as the Outer-Continental Shelf Board of Control, Vice-Chair of the San Francisco County Transportation Authority, as Chair of the Transportation Authority's Finance Committee, as a member of the Association of Bay Area Governments, and the San Francisco Mental Health Board.

Alioto has also received the "Fra Jacoba Franciscan Rose" award in Assisi, Italy given by the friars of Santa Maria Degli Angeli.

It opened on September 27, 2008, and is located at the corner of Columbus Avenue and Vallejo Streets in the heart of San Francisco's North Beach district.