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June 18, 2015 By Alex Vassar

#iamlanterman – Who Was Frank Lanterman?

Coming out of the Capitol earlier this week, I ran into a group protesting outside. Although it isn’t unusual to see a group protesting outside, I was fascinated by the signs they carried; “I am Lanterman.” Fascinating. The Lanterman that they were referring to was the Lanterman Developmental Center, one of five Developmental Centers operated […]

Filed Under: California law, Current Research, JoinCalifornia, Legislation, State Assembly, Top Stories Tagged With: AB 2199, Alan Short, Bonnie Lowenthal, California Department of Developmental Services, Frank Lanterman, Lanterman Developmental Center, Nicholas Petris

June 17, 2015 By Alex Vassar

Making a Cast of the California State Seal

In a slight departure from the usual content found on this site, I wanted to provide an update to a recent project I worked on with my father; making a plaster cast of the California state seal. The video “Making a Cast of the California State Seal” shows the different steps in this project, which […]

Filed Under: Current Research, Top Stories Tagged With: California State Seal, craft project, Plaster casting

June 10, 2015 By Alex Vassar

ARCHIVE: Pious Sinners by Assemblyman Leroy Greene

From the One Voter archives comes this article, “Prostitutes and Pious Sinners” by Assemblyman Leroy Greene, written in the 1960s about his work on legislation to legalize prostitution in California. This article includes Greene’s notes on an early draft.

Filed Under: California law, Current Research, Legislation, State Assembly, Top Stories

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