Keeping his promise to Milk, newly elected Mayor George Moscone appointed him to the Board of Permit Appeals in 1976, making him the first openly gay city commissioner in the United States.
Cumprindo a promesa que lle fixera a Milk, o novo alcalde George Moscone nomeouno parte do Board of Permit Appeals («Consello de apelación de permisos») en 1976, converténdoo no primeiro comisionado municipal abertamente gai de Estados Unidos.