Oral history interview with Alfred H. Song : oral history transcript / By Raphael J. Sonenshein, California State University, Fullerton for the State Government Oral History Program, California State Archives, 1987.

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Oral history interview with Alfred H. Song : oral history transcript / By Raphael J. Sonenshein, California State University, Fullerton for the State Government Oral History Program, California State Archives, 1987.

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Senator Song discusses his early political career in Monterey Park, the philosophy and organization of the Democratic Party and its leadership in the 1960s and 1970s. He spends considerable time on the practices of lobbying and legislating, including detailed accounts of the formulation of consumer protection and legal code revision laws. Evaluations are offered of many other office holders during his tenure, as well as of political changes in the California State Legislature in the 1970s.

xii, 209 p. 29 cm.

California State Archives

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Song, Alfred H., 1919-

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B. 1919. Alfred Song, a Korean American, was the first Asian American to serve in the California state legislature (Assembly, 1963-1966; Senate, 1967-1978). He particularly championed consumer aid and judicial reorganization legislation and was an important member of the liberal Democratic majority. He retired from office following allegations of corruption and misuse of campaign funds. From the description of Oral history interview with Alfred H. Song : oral history transcript / By ...

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." ...

Sonenshein, Raphael J.

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