Oral history interview with Peter H. Behr : oral history transcript / By Ann Lage, Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, for the State Government Oral History Program, California State Archives, 1988.

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Oral history interview with Peter H. Behr : oral history transcript / By Ann Lage, Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, for the State Government Oral History Program, California State Archives, 1988.

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Mr. Behr discusses open space issues on the Marin County Board of Supervisors, election campaigning, lobbying, and the legislative process in the senate, as illustrated by the progress of his Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, 1971-1972; his bill to require roll call votes in committees; protective legislation for tule elk, herring, and striped bass; malpractice and no-fault insurance legislation; and his efforts to pass property tax reform legislation in 1977 and 1978, including the campaign for his alternative to Proposition 13 in 1978.

[vii], iii, 382 p.; 29 cm.

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State Government Oral History Program (Calif.)

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Administrative History Documentation of California state government with the use of oral history techniques began in 1969 with the Earl Warren Era Oral History Project. It was initiated by the Regional Oral History Office of the Bancroft Library and "centered on key developments in politics and government administration at the state and county level, innovations in criminal justice, public health, and social welfare from 1928-1953." ...

Behr, Peter Michael

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Born 1915, Peter H. Behr was a member of the Mill Valley City Council from 1956-1960 and the Board of Supervisors of Marin County from 1962-1968. In 1970 he was elected to the California State Senate. During his eight years in the Senate he authored a wide variety of legislation in the areas of environmental protection, legislative reform, health, welfare, and education issues, insurance, property tax reform, and others. He chaired the Insurance and Financial Institutions Committee of the senate...

Lage, Ann.

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