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April 13, 2013 By Alex Vassar

Amos P. Catlin Park in Folsom

Much appreciation to Steve McCarthy (of the State Senate) for finding this Amos Catlin Park in Folsom was named for the early legislator (and member of the State Board of Equalization) whose 50-year political career ranged from the early days of California’s “Wild West” politics, through the reforms of the 1870s to the turn of […]

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April 3, 2013 By Alex Vassar

Big Daddy’s Vacation Photos

We don’t see new pictures like this very often… these vacation photos were taken on a trip that Speaker Jesse Unruh (also known as “Big Daddy”) took to Japan. These photos were included in a collection of items recently donated by the estate of Senator Leroy F. Greene.   Unruh inspects pearl necklaces at an […]

Filed Under: Constitutional Officers, Current Research, JoinCalifornia, State Assembly, State Senate, Top Stories Tagged With: Assembly Speaker, Big Daddy, California, history, Jesse Unruh, Leroy Greene, Speaker Unruh, State Assembly, Treasurer

December 19, 2012 By Alex Vassar

Those we lost in 2012

As we again approach the end of the year, we wanted to take a moment to recognize the lives and contributions of those state and federal candidates and elected officials who died in 2012. JANUARY Ruben S. Ayala – State Senator (1974-1998) Louis N. Desmond – Candidate for State Senate, 1958 Jim Lloyd – Congressman […]

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