Nancy Pelosi-palooza: Democrats praise lawmaker’s career at California convention

Officials at California Democratic convention celebrated the former House speaker's advocacy as she prepares to retire

It was a Nancy Pelosi-palooza" in San Francisco over the weekend, as thousands of California Democrats gathered in her beloved city by the bay, a place the former speaker of the House has represented in Congress for nearly four decades. They were there to attend the state party's annual convention - but with Pelosi retiring at the end of her term, it was also a days-long celebration of a woman many Democrats regard as a living legend.

A video salute during the general session charted her rise from a stay-at-home mom to the US House of Representatives, where she shattered the marble ceiling and became the first - and to this day only - woman to wield the speaker's gavel. Tote bags were emblazoned with her silhouette in every color of the rainbow - a nod to her trailblazing advocacy for the LGBTQ+ community. It also included one of her favorite aphorisms: We don't agonize, we organize."