50 Years of Political Diversityin Los Angeles, 1959-2009

Project Purpose

Document the changeExplain the changeExplain the difference the change

makes

Selection of Top 100

Constituent sizeBudget sizePrestige of the position

Career path Opinion of the leaders

Pyramid of Power

Mayor of L.A.

L.A. County Board of

Supervisors

District Attorney, County Sheriff, & L.A. City Attorney

U.S. House of Representatives

State Senate

L.A. City Controller & County Assessor

State Assembly/L.A. City Council

L.A.U.S.D. School Board

L.A.C.C.D. Board of Trustees

471

cases

0

cases

In 50 years, no one has violated the power of the pyramid… “UP OR OUT!”

471 IndividualsHeld 100 Officesfrom 1959-2009

Anthony Adams, Fred Aguiar, Richard Alarcon, Richard Alatorre, Wallace Albertson, H. Allen Smith, Don Allen, Glen Anderson, Mike Antonovich, Marguerite Archie-Hudson, Henry Arklin, David Armor, Roger Arnebergh, Rick Auerbach, Ruben Ayala, Joe Baca, Lee Baca, Althea Baker, Tom Bane, Paul Bannai, Philip Bardos, Tom Bartman, Karen Bass, Xavier Beccera, Anthony Beilenson, Alphonzo Bell, Howard Berman, Rudy Bermudez, Ernani Bernardi, Hal Bernson, Robert Beverly, Sherman Block, Bob Blumenfield, Lewis Boehler, Paula Boland, Bill Bond, Frank Bonnelli, Barbara Boudreaux, Debra Bowen, Tom Bradley, Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, Marvin Braude, Arthur Bronson, Kathleen Brown Rice, Dennis Brown, George Brown, James Brown, Jerry Brown, George Brown Jr., Julia Brownley, Jim Brulte, Montievel Burke, Everett Burkhalter, Joseph Busch, Louis Caldera, Charles Calderon, Ronald Calderon, Thomas Calderon, Ransom Callicott, Ronald Cameron, William Campbell, Kelly Candaele, Marlene Canter, Lois Capps, Walter Capps, Tony Cardenas, Paul Carpenter, Tom Carrell, John Cassidy, Victoria Castro, Gil Cedillo, Burton Chace, J.C. Chambers, Charles Chapel, Ed Chavez, Fred Chel, Laura Chick, Larry Chimbole, Judy Chu, Del Clawson, Robert Cline, John Collier, Lindsay Conner, Charles Conrad, Steve Cooley, Wiliam Coombs, James Corman, Jim Cramer, Mike Cullen, David Cunningham, Lou Cusanovich, Deane Dana, George Danielson, William Dannemeyer, Ed Davis, Gray Davis, Mike Davis, Hector de la Torre, Kevin de Leon, Ernest Debs, Rocky Delgadillo, George Deukmejian, Clayton Dills, Ralph Dills, Julian Dixon, Robert Docter, Warren Dorn, Bob Dornan, Clyde Doyle, David Dreier, Robert Dutton, Ken Dyal, Mervyn Dymally, David Easton, Ed Edelman, Dave Elder, Edward Elliot, Mike Eng, Bob Epple, Martha Escutia, Bob Farrell, Gerald Felano, Jack Fenton, John Ferraro, Richard Ferraro, Douglas Ferrell, Mike Feuer, Bobbi Fiedler, Mona Field, Valerie Fields, Howard Finn, Marco Firebaugh, Yolie Flores Aguilar, Houston Flournoy, Dick Floyd, Barbara Friedman, Terry Friedman, Dario Frommer, Felipe Fuentes, Warren Furutani, Ruth Galanter, Tamar Galatzan, Elton Gallegly, Martin Gallegos, Eric Garcetti, Gil Garcetti, Alex Garcia, Monica Garcia, Arthur Gardner, Elizabeth Garfield, Harold Garvin, Ernest Geddes, Alan Gershman, John Gibson Jr., Jackie Goldberg, Barry Goldwater, Joe Gonsalves, Larry Gonzalez, Mike Gordon, W.S. Grant, William "Bill" Grant, Cecil Green, Bill Greene, John Greenwood, Wayne Grisham, Wendy Gruel, Curt Hagman, Gordon Hahn, James K. "Jimmy" Hahn, Janice Hahn, Kenneth F. Hahn, Kenneth P. Hahn, Isadore Hall, Richard Hanna, Mark Hannaford, Georgiana Hardy, Jane Harman, John Harmer, Sally Havice, Augustus Hawkins, Phil Hawkins, Tom Hayden, J. Robert Hayes, James Hayes, Robert Hayes, Harold Henry, Edward Hernandez, Mike Hernandez, Robert Hertzberg, Edgar Hiestand, Frank Hill, Bill Hoge, Nate Holden, Chet Holifield, John Holland, Joe Hollingsworth, Frank Holoman, James "Joe" Holt, Paul Horcher, Steve Horn, Jeffrey Horton, Jerome Horton, Craig Hosmer, Dan Hoye, Genethia Hudley Hayes, Bob Huff, Michael Huffington, Teresa Hughes, Jose Huizar, Bill Ivers, Donald Jackson, Harvey Johnson, Seth Johnson, James Jones, Walter Karabian, Betty Karnette, George Kasem, Richard Katz, Joseph Kennick, Jim Keysor, Vernon Kilpatrick, Cecil King, George Kiriyama, Don Knabe, Steve Knight, William "Pete" Knight, Wally Knox, Julie Korenstein, Paul Koretz, Paul Krekorian, Sheila Kuehl, Steven Kuykendall, Marian LaFollette, Robert "Bob" Lagomarsino, Marguerite LaMotte, Paul Lamport, William Lancaster, Mike Lansing, Frank Lanterman, Jon Lauritzen, Tom LeBonge, Herbert Legg, C. Lemoine Blanchard, Bill Leonard, Harold Leveving, Lloyd Levine, Mel Levine, Jerry Lewis, Ted Lieu, Gilbert Lindsay, Glenard Lipscomb, Carol Liu, Jim Lloyd, David Lopez-Lee, Donald Lorenzen, Alan Lowenthal, Bonnie Lowenthal, Martin Ludlow, Dan Lungren, John Lynch, Charles Manfred, Bob Margett, Burt Margolin, Diane Martinez, Marty Martinez, Tom Mays, Al McCandless, Kevin McCarthy, Tom McClintock, Gordon McDonough, Patrick McGee, Howard Buck McKeon, William McKesson, Bob McLennan, Lester McMillan, Bill McVittie, Tony Mendoza, Georgia Mercer, Joan Milke-Flores, Juanita Millender-McDonald, Allen Miller, Gary Miller, Howard Miller, Billy Mills, Cindy Miscikowski, Gloria Molina, Cindy Montanez, Joseph Montoya, Gwen Moore, Carlos Moorhead, John Moreno, Robert Moretti, Dennis Mountjoy, Dick Mountjoy, Richard Mountjoy, William Munnell, Willard Murray Jr., Kevin Murray, George Nakano, Grace Napolitano, Julian Nava, Charles Navarro, Gloria Negrete-McLeod, David Negri, Donald Newman, Patrick Nolan, Louis Nowell, Fabian Nunez, Jenny Oropeza, J. William Orozco, Patrick Owens, Bob Pacheco, Nick Pacheco, Alex Padilla, Bernard Parks, Fran Pavley, Nancy Pearlman, John Perez, Jan Perry, Jerry Pettis, Shirley Pettis, Robert Philibosian, Joy Picus, David Pierson, Burt Pines, Peter Pitchess, Richard Polanco, Alexander Pope, Anthony Portantino, Carley Porter, James Potter, Norris Poulson, Curren Price Jr., Paul Priolo, Leticia Quezada, John Quinn, Leon Ralph, Bruce Reagaiv, Angela Reddock, Tom Rees, Ed Reinecke, Ira Reiner, Ed Reyes, Leslie "Les" Rice, Richard B. Richards, H.L. Bill Richardson, Laura Richardson, Ralph Richardson, Keith Richman, Monroe Richman, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Richard Riordan, Alan Robbins, David Roberti, Jim Rogan, Don Rogers, Dana Rohrabacher, Gloria Romero, Bob Ronka, Mike Roos, James Roosevelt, Bill Rosendahl, Herschel Rosenthal, John Rousselot, Ed Roybal, Lucille Roybal-Allard, Ed Royce, Karl Rundberg, George Runner, Sharon Runner, Pat Rusell, Newton Russell, Marilyn Ryan, Linda Sanchez, Loretta Sanchez, Miguel Santiago, Peter Schabarum, Adam Schiff, Martin Schnitzer, Jack Scott, Sylvia Scott-Hayes, Andrea Seastrand, Joseph Shell, Thomas Shepard, Harry Sheppard, Brad Sherman, Alan Sieroty, Mark Slavkin, Greig Smith, Herman Smith, Charles Smoot, Cameron Smyth, Art Snyder, Hilda Solis, Alfred Song, Nell Soto, Philip Soto, Ollie Speraw, Dave Sterling, Robert Stevens, Roberts Stevens, Peggy Stevenson, Robert Stevenson, Audra Strickland, Tony Strickland, Rudy Svornich, Nao Takasugi, Sally Tanner, Howard Thelin, Bill Thomas, Vincent Thomas, L.E. Timberlake, Mary Tingloff, David Tokofsky, Art Torres, Esteban Torres, Norma Torres, Larry Townsend, Tony Trias, Curtis Tucker, Walter Tucker III, Curtis Tucker Jr., Rick Tuttle, Jesse Unruh, John Van De Kamp, Frank Vicencia, Antonio Villaraigosa, Edward Vincent, Richard Vladovic, Joel Wachs, Tom Waite, Floyd Wakefield, Lawrence Walsh, Rita Walters, Baxter Ward, Charles Warren, Carl Washington, Kenneth Washington, Maxine Waters, Diane Watson, Phillip Watson, Henry Waxman, Michael Waxman, James Wedworth, Sanford "Sandy" Weiner, Roberta Weintraub, Jack Weiss, Herb Wesson, Charles Wiggins, Scott Wildman, Robert Wilkinson, Hugh Willet, George Willson, Charles Wilson, Chet Wolfrum, Michael Woo, Bob Wood, Cathie Wright, Rod Wright, Julia Wu, Frederic Wyatt, Phillip Wyman, Rosalind Wyman, Zev Yaroslavsky, Sam Yorty, Bruce Young, Caprice Young, Evelle Younger, Paul Zeltner, Dennis Zine

Pioneers

Augustus HawkinsEd RoybalRoz WymanAl Song

City of Los Angeles

Year 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Mayor

City Attorney

City Controller

District 1

District 2

District 3

District 4

District 5

District 6

District 7

District 8

District 9

District 10

District 11

District 12

District 13

District 14

District 15

City

Ex

ecut

ives Antonio Villaraigosa

Laura Chick

Roger Arnebergh

Norris Poulson Sam Yorty James K. "Jimmy" Hahn

Charles Navarro

Everett Burkhalter

Dennis Zine

John Holland

Ed ReyesLouis Nowell

Dan Hoye

Gordon Hahn Billy Mills

Rosalind Wyman Ed Edelman

Bernard Parks

Tony Cardenas

City

Coun

cil

C. Lemoine Blanchard James Potter

Alex Padilla Richard Alarcon

John Gibson Jr.

Jack Weiss

John Cassidy

Karl Rundberg Marvin Braude

Ransom Callicott

Paul Lamport

Janice Hahn

Antonio Villaraigosa

James Brown Eric Garcetti

Tom Bradley

Gilbert Lindsay Jan Perry

James Corman

Patrick McGee

Ernani Bernardi

J . Ferrero

Thomas Shepard

L.E. Timberlake

Harold Henry

Ed Roybal

Greig Smith

Herb WessonMartin LudlowCharles Navarro Joe Hollingsworth

Bill Rosendahl

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Rocky Delgadillo

Cindy Miscikowski

Nate Holden

Hal Bernson

Nick Pacheco

Mark Ridley-Thomas

Ruth Galanter

Jose Huizar

Tom LeBonge

Wendy Gruel

Ethnic Key: Jewish LatinoAfrican

AmericanAsian White

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Student Projects

INGLEWOOD HUNTINGTON PARK

Student Projects

CITY OF COMMERCE POMONA

Student Projects

WALNUT GLENDALE

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Family Tree

Spouses: Wally Knox & Beth Garfield Judy Chu & Mike Eng Alan Lowenthal & Bonnie Lowenthal Tony Strickland & Audra Strickland

Robert Stevenson & Peggy Stevenson George Runner & Sharon Runner Phil Soto & Nell Soto Jerry Pettis & Shirley Pettis

Walter Capps & Lois Capps

Father & Child: Ed Roybal & Lucille Roybal–Allard

Marty Martinez & Diane Martinez Gil Garcetti & Eric Garcetti Curtis Tucker & Curtis Tucker Jr Willard Murray & Kevin Murray Henry Waxman & Michael Waxman Kenneth Hahn & James Hahn Kenneth Hahn & Janice Hahn Dick Mountjoy & Dennis Mountjoy William “Pete” Knight & Steve Knight

Siblings: Charles Calderon, Tom Calderon & Ron Calderon Jerry Brown & Kathleen Brown James Hahn & Janice Hahn Kenneth Hahn & Gordon Hahn

Census Data

City of Los Angeles Census Data

 Total

Population

White, Non-Hispanic

Population

Black, Non-Hispanic

Population

Asian, Non-Hispanic

Population

Hispanic or Latino

Population

Total Minority Population

1960 2,479,015 1,801,419 334,916 82,291 260,389 677,596

1970 2,816,061 1,654,809 503,606 138,855 518,791 1,161,252

1980 2,966,850 1,432,952 505,210 212,612 816,096 1,533,898

1990 3,485,398 1,299,604 454,289 320,668 1,391,411 2,185,794

2000 3,694,820 1,099,188 401,986 364,850 1,719,073 2,595,632

2009 3,831,880 1,109,298 360,256 411,112 1,863,460 2,722,582

Source: Data from 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990, and 2000 Census Bureau; 2009 American Community Survey

City of Los Angeles Census Data

1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 20090%

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20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

White, Non-Hispanic Population

Black, Non-Hispanic Population

Asian, Non-Hispanic Population

Hispanic or Latino Population

Total Minority Population

Los Angeles County Census Data

 Total

Population

White, Non-Hispanic

Population

Black, Non-Hispanic

Population

Asian, Non-Hispanic

Population

Hispanic or Latino

Population

Total Minority Population

1960 6,742,696 5,518,928 464,717 129,759 629,292 1,223,768

1970 7,041,980 4,788,301 762,925 191,619 1,289,311 2,243,855

1980 7,477,503 4,032,582 943,968 434,850 2,066,103 3,444,921

1990 8,863,164 3,618,850 934,776 907,810 3,351,242 5,244,314

2000 9,519,338 2,959,614 901,472 1,124,569 4,242,213 6,559,724

2009 9,848,011 2,778,332 817,273 1,276,993 4,729,393 7,069,679

Source: Data from 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990, and 2000 Census Bureau; 2009 American Community Survey

Los Angeles County Census Data

1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 20090%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

White, Non-Hispanic Population

Black, Non-Hispanic Population

Asian, Non-Hispanic Population

Hispanic or Latino Population

Total Minority Population

Direction of Los Angeles & “Your Neighborhood”

Los Angeles Neighborhood

2008 2010 2008 2010

Going in the right direction

32.61% 23.52% 43.37% 41.68%

Going in the wrong direction

43.52% 53.50% 33.10% 36.51%

Don’t know 23.87% 22.98% 23.53% 21.81%

Source: LA Votes 2008 and 2010 data; columns total 100%; excludes non-response