Oral history interview with Gerald J. O'Gara : oral history transcript / by Julie Shearer, Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, for the State Government Oral History Program, California State Archives, 1987.

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Oral history interview with Gerald J. O'Gara : oral history transcript / by Julie Shearer, Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, for the State Government Oral History Program, California State Archives, 1987.

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O'Gara discusses his election to the state senate in 1946, impressions of the California Legislature, including housing and highway issues, the creation of the Bay Area Rapid Transit District in 1951, and also a 1962 campaign fraud incident. He also discusses campaign practices in the 1980s.

[iv], ii, 33, [1] p. ; 29 cm.

California State Archives

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Shearer, Julie Gordon

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O'Gara, Gerald J., 1902-1989

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A lifelong San Franciscan, Gerald O'Gara served in the state senate from 1947-1954 and as a municipal judge, 1966-1982. From the description of Oral history interview with Gerald J. O'Gara : oral history transcript / by Julie Shearer, Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, for the State Government Oral History Program, California State Archives, 1987. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 214961690 ...

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." ...