Oral history interview with John L. Burton : oral history transcript / by Julie Shearer, Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley for the State Government Oral History Program, California State Archives, 1987.

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Oral history interview with John L. Burton : oral history transcript / by Julie Shearer, Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley for the State Government Oral History Program, California State Archives, 1987.

Discussion of Burton's years as a California assemblyman, 1965-1974; leadership and politics, Rules Committee, social welfare benefits; observations on Phillip Burton, Jesse Unruh, Robert Monagan, other political figures.

[iv], iii, 46 p. ; 29 cm.

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Shearer, Julie Gordon

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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." ...

Burton, John L., 1932-

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John L. Burton, California assemblyman from San Francisco, 1965-1974, re-elected in 1988; also served in the U.S. Congress, 1975-1982; as a deputy in the California attorney general's office, 1960s; president of the California Democratic Council, 1970; California Democratic State Central Committee, 1973-1974. From the description of Oral history interview with John L. Burton : oral history transcript / by Julie Shearer, Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley...