Quentin Kopp was a judge and a California State Senator. Born in 1928 in Syracuse, New York, Kopp earned his bachelors at Dartmouth in 1949 and his law degree from Harvard Law in 1952. After serving in the US Air Force for two years, he moved to San Francisco and worked at law firm Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro in 1955 and began his own law practice in 1958. He was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from 1971 to 1986, when he was elected as a State Senator until 1998, when he was appointed as a judge in San Mateo. In this interview, Kopp discusses his political and family background, the California Democratic Council, busing and desegregation in San Francisco, Board of Supervisors elections, and Harvey Milk. This interview is part of a group of interviews documenting the San Francisco minority politics and the Human Rights Commision.