[2] He received his bachelor's degree in political science from Antioch University, which had a now defunct satellite campus in neighboring San Francisco.

[2] Livingston said that his interest in politics began in the early 1960s, when he met Martin Luther King Jr. at a speech at Contra Costa College.

He later worked in the regulatory department of the Pacific Gas and Electric Company for the majority of his nonpolitical career.

[1] The position of Mayor rotated between city council members until 1981, when it became a popularly elected office.

[1] As mayor, Livingston oversaw the construction of the city's 23rd Street overpass and the early redevelopment of the Port of Richmond.

[1] George Livingston died from complications of diabetes at Doctors Hospital in San Pablo, California, on January 7, 2012, at the age of 78.