Q: Which California legislator was taken hostage on an airplane hijacked by the Japanese Red Army?
A: Assemblyman Walter Karabian (in 1977)
The Online Home of California's Political History
The Online Home of California's Political History
By Alex Vassar
Q: Which California legislator was taken hostage on an airplane hijacked by the Japanese Red Army?
A: Assemblyman Walter Karabian (in 1977)
There has been a single “Dean of the Assembly” for 81 of the last 83 years. That will end for the foreseeable future when Mike Gatto leaves in 2016.
