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December 31, 2012 By Alex Vassar

A Thought for the New Year

With the arrival of a new year, I wanted to share a quick but important thought with you. It comes from a note by Governor Culbert L. Olson introducing the 1942 California Blue Book. The idea is this… We never know what tomorrow holds, but the lives we live today are our best opportunity to […]

Filed Under: Current Research, Editorial, JoinCalifornia, Top Stories Tagged With: California governor, Culbert L. Olson, Culbert Olson, Governor, Governor Olson, lessons of history

December 23, 2012 By Alex Vassar

R. Brian Kidney (1930-2012)

R. Brian Kidney, retired Chief Clerk of the Assembly, died in Sacramento Saturday morning after succumbing to major injuries sustained in an automobile accident last month. Kidney’s long legislative career spanned several Speakerships, from Jesse Unruh to Willie Brown. He served as Assistant Chief Clerk of the Assembly from 1965 to 1986, and his career […]

Filed Under: Current Research, Deaths, State Assembly, Top Stories

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 […]

Filed Under: Congress, Constitutional Officers, Current Research, Deaths, JoinCalifornia, State Assembly, State Senate, Top Stories, Uncategorized

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