San Francisco Office of the Assessor-Recorder Same-Sex Marriage Licenses, Feb. 12 to March 11, 2004

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Title:: San Francisco Office of the Assessor-Recorder Same-Sex Marriage Licenses, 2004
Dates:: Feb. 12 to March 11, 2004
Creators:: San Francisco (Calif.). Office of the Assessor-Recorder.
Abstract:: Contains same-sex marriage licenses issued in San Francisco from Feb. 12, 2004 to March 11, 2004 and later invalidated. Includes a list of applicants.
Extent:: 3.0 cubic feet (3 cartons)
Language:
Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], San Francisco Office of the Assessor-Recorder Same-Sex Marriage Licenses, 2004 (SFH 89), San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library.

Scope and content:: Same-sex marriage licenses issued in San Francisco from Feb. 12, 2004 to March 11, 2004 and later invalidated. Includes a list of applicants, organized in alphabetical order by first name of the first applicant listed on the license. List has both local registration numbers and license numbers. Box 1 has LRNs ending 0462-1861; Box 2 has LRNs ending 1862-3168; Box 3 has LRNs ending 3170-4731.
Biographical / historical:: San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom declared same-sex marriage legal on Feb. 11, 2004. Nearly 4000 licenses were issued by Assessor-Recorder Mabel Teng until March 11, 2004, when the California Supreme Court halted the marriages. On Aug 12, 2004, the Court invalidated the unions. However, the same court overturned the state's ban on gay marriage on May 15, 2008, making California only the second state (after Massachusetts) to allow same-sex marriages. That November, voters passed Proposition 8, a state constitutional amendment reinstating the ban. Same-sex marriage advocates sued the state of California. On June 26, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of a lower court's ruling to strike down the ban, legalizing same-sex marriages. Two days later, the Appeals Court announced that same-sex marriages could resume.
Acquisition information:: Transferred from the San Francisco Office of the Assessor-Recorder on Aug. 28, 2013.
Arrangement:: Documents organized in sequential order of local registration numbers, as issued.

Subjects:: Same-sex marriage--California--San Francisco.
Gay marriage--California--San Francisco.
Names:: San Francisco (Calif.). Office of the Assessor-Recorder--Archives.

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid created by Tami J. Suzuki using RecordEXPRESS
Date Prepared:: July 2015

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Restrictions:: The collection is available for use during San Francisco History Center hours. One record is restricted to Dec. 3, 2033.
Terms of access:: All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the City Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the San Francisco Public Library as the owner of the physical items.

Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], San Francisco Office of the Assessor-Recorder Same-Sex Marriage Licenses, 2004 (SFH 89), San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library.

Location of this collection:: San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco History Center

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