Oral history interview with James A. Hayes : oral history transcript / by Carlos Vasquez, University of California, Los Angeles for the State Government Oral History Program, California State Archives, 1990.

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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." ...

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Hayes, James A., 1921-

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James A. Hayes, a lifelong Republican, served on the Long Beach City Council (1963-1966). He then represented the Thirty-ninth District in the California State Assembly. He chaired the Committee on the Judiciary. He authored landmark legislation reforming California's divorce laws, and sponsored laws creating a consumer protection agency and a coastal management body to protect California's coastal areas. In 1972 he was elected to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, serving as its chair...