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Putnam, collector; Henry L. Buckley, police judge; Timothy Lee, chief of police; E. C. Hart, city attorney; M. R. Beard, superin- tendent of schools.
1889: Eugene J. Gregory, first trustee and mayor; William McLaughlin, second trustee ; H. C. Wolf, third trustee; E. H. McKee, city auditor and clerk; J. J. Buckley, assessor ; George A. Putnam, collector ; Henry L. Buck- ley, police judge ; Timothy Lee, chief of police ; W. S. Church, city attorney; W. E. Gerber, treasurer; M. R. Beard, superintendent of schools.
1890: W. D. Comstock, first trustee and mayor : William McLaughlin, second trustee ; H. C. Wolf, third trustee; E. H. McKee, city auditor ; George A. Putnam, collector ; J. J. Buckley, assessor; W. E. Gerber, treasurer ; Henry L. Buckley, police judge; Warren F. Drew, chief of police; E. C. Hart, city attor- ney ; Albert Hart, superintendent of schools.
1891: W. D. Comstock, first trustee and mayor ; William McLaughlin, second trustee ; Alonzo Conklin, third trustee; J. D. Young, auditor ; George A. Putnam, collector ; J. J. Buckley, assessor ; W. E. Gerber, treasurer ; R. O. Cravens, police judge; W. F. Drew, chief of police; E. C. Hart, city attorney ; Albert Hart, superintendent of schools.
1892: W. D. Comstock, first trustee and mayor; E. H. Green, second trustee; Alonzo Conklin, third trustee; J. D. Young, auditor ; George A. Putnam, collector; W. E. Gerber, treasurer ; J. J. Buckley, assessor ; R. O. Cra- vens, police judge; John B. Rodgers, chief of police ; E. C. Hart, city attorney ; Albert Hart, superintendent of schools.
1893 : B. U. Steinman, first trustee and mayor; E. H. Green, second trustee; Alonzo Conklin, third trustee; J. D. Young, auditor ; George A. Putnam, collector; W. E. Gerber, treasurer ; J. J. Buckley, assessor ; H. L. Buck- ley, police judge; John B. Rodgers, chief of police ; C. N. Post, city attorney ; Albert Hart, superintendent of schools.
A new charter for the city went into force January 8, 1894, by which the number of trus- tees was increased from three to nine, the mayor being elected separate from the board, and the trustees being elected to severally rep- resent the nine wards of the city.
1894-95: B. U. Steinman, mayor ; W. D. Lawton, president of board of trustees ; trus- tees : H. Wachhorst, Robert E. Kent, J. G. Davis, W. H. Bragg, L. Tozer, J. H. Devine, C. E. Leonard, T. J. Pennish, W. D. Lawton ; J. D. Young, auditor and assessor ; J. N. Por- ter, treasurer ; E. H. McKee, collector ; J. Frank Brown, city attorney; M. M. Drew, chief of police; O. S. Flint, city clerk; Albert Hart, superintendent of schools.
1896-97: C. H. Hubbard, mayor; C. E. Leonard, president of board of trustees ; trus- tees : . H. Wachhorst, R. E. Kent, James G. Davis, D. W. McKay, L. Tozer, J. H. Devine, C. E. Leonard, T. J. Pennish, C. H. Bentley ; J. D. Young, auditor and assessor; D. W. Carmichael, treasurer ; C. C. Robertson, col- lector; J. Frank Brown, city attorney ; M. J. Desmond, city clerk; O. W. Erlewine, super- intendent of schools.
1898-99: Mayor, William Land; collector, C. C. Robertson; treasurer, A. L. Frost; audi- tor and assessor, J. D. Young ; trustees : F. F. Tebbets, R. E. Kent, C. W. Paine, D. McKay, Philip Douglas, J. H. Devine ; clerk, M. J. Des- mond; chief of police, Thomas Dwyer (died in office, 1899) ; superintendent of schools, O. W. Erlewine. Mr. Erlewine was regularly re- elected to the office, and was the incumbent until his resignation under the incumbency of the commissioners.
1900-01: Mayor, George H. Clark; collec- tor, C. C. Robertson ; auditor and assessor, J. D. Young; trustees: F. F. Tebbets, R. E. Kent, C. W. Paine, John C. Ing, Jr., Philip Douglas, James H. Devine, Henry P. Brown, M. R. Beard, J. H. Dolan; clerk, M. J. Des- mond ; chief of police, John C. Sullivan.
1902-03: Mayor, George H. Clark; collec- tor, C. C. Robertson ; auditor and assessor, J. D. Young ; treasurer, C. M. Prodger ; trustees : F. F. Tebbets, R. E. Kent, J. G .ยท Black, John C. Ing, Jr., S. H. Farley, J. H. Devine, Albert Elkus, M. R. Beard, E. J. Carragher ; clerk, M. J. Desmond.
1904-05: Mayor, W. J. Hassett; collector, J. E. Govan ; auditor and assessor, W. D. Com- stock; treasurer, C. M. Prodger ; trustees : F. F. Tebbets (died 1904, George F. Rider ap- pointed), Ed. McEwen, J. G. Black, John C. Ing, Jr., S. H. Farley, R. E. Callahan, Albert Elkus, James Popert, E. J. Carragher ; clerk, M. J. Desmond ; chief of police, Martin Coffey.
1906-07: Mayor, M. R. Beard; collector, L. H. Spaulding ; auditor and assessor, Fred W. Carey ; treasurer, C. M. Prodger ; trustees : George F. Rider, Ed. McEwen (died 1906, J. H. Schacht appointed), John C. Ing, Jr., M. J. Burke, R. E. Callahan, Harry A. Nauman, James Popert, E. J. Carragher ; clerk, M. J. Desmond ; chief of police, John Denny.
1908-09: Mayor, Clinton L. White; collec- tor, L. H. Spaulding; auditor and assessor, Fred W. Carey; treasurer, C. M. Prodger ; trustees: George F. Rider, J. H. Schacht, J. T. Murphy, E. P. Hammond, M. J. Burke, B. F. Catlett, Harry A. Nauman, O. G. Hopkins, E. J. Carragher : clerk, M. J. Desmond ; chief of police, John E. Sullivan.
1910-11: Mayor, M. R. Beard ; collector, L. H. Spaulding ; auditor and assessor, Fred W.
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Carey (died in 1910, Edward Haynes appoint- ed) ; treasurer, C. M. Prodger (died in 1911, W. C. Hendricks appointed) ; city attorney, J. V. Hart ; trustees: George F. Rider, J. H. Schacht, J. T. Murphy, E. P. Hammond, M. J. Burke, B. F. Catlett, H. Hoffman (died in 1911. C. W. Mier appointed), O. G. Hopkins, E. J. Carragher : clerk, M. J. Desmond ; super- intendent of streets, R. C. Irvine; chief of police, William M. Ahern.
1912 (First half) : Mayor, M. R. Beard; auditor and assessor, Edward Haynes ; collec- tor, L. H. Spaulding ; city attorney, J. V. Hart ; treasurer, D. McDougall; trustees: George Rider. John W. Crone, J. B. Hicks, E. P. Ham- mond, M. J. Burke, G. C. Simmons, C. W. Mier, James Mangan, E. J. Carragher ; clerk, M. J. Desmond ; superintendent of streets, R. C. Irvine ; chief of police. William M. Ahern. William Johnson was appointed chief of police by the commissioners December 3, 1912.
1912-13: President of the commission, M. J. Burke ; commissioners : J. A. Filcher, Luel- la B. Johnston, E. M. Wilder, C. A. . Bliss ; clerk, M. J. Desmond ; collector, L. H. Spauld- ing, succeeded by W. H. Prouty ; city attorney, R. T. McKissick; assessor, Edward Haynes ; auditor, Charles Cunningham; treasurer, F. W. Biewener, Jr .; chief of police, William Johnson.
1913-14: President of the commission, M. J. Burke : commissioners : C. A. Bliss, E. J. Carragher, George W. Lorenz, E. M. Wilder ; clerk, M. J. Desmond; collector, W. H. Prouty ; city attorney, R. T. McKissick; as- sessor, Edward Haynes ; auditor, Charles Cun- ningham ; treasurer, F. W. Biewener, Jr. ; chief of police. William Johnson.
1914-15: President of the commission, M. J. Burke: commissioners: C. A. Bliss, E. J. Carragher, Thomas J. Coulter, F. E. Shaw (died in office) ; clerk, M. J. Desmond; col- lector, Ed T. Ryan; city attorney, Archibald Yell; assessor, Edward Haynes ; auditor, E. D. Adams; treasurer, F. W. Biewener, Jr .; chief of police, William Johnson.
1915-16: President of the commission, G. C. Simmons; commissioners: M. J. Burke, E. J. Carragher, Thomas J. Coulter, Gus S. Turner ; clerk, M. J. Desmond; collector, Ed T. Ryan ; city attorney, Archibald Yell; assessor, Ed- ward Haynes; auditor, E. D. Adams; treas- urer. F. W. Biewener, Jr. ; chief of police, Ira M. Conran.
1916-17: President of the commission, G. C. Simmons; commissioners : Thomas J. Coulter, E. J. Carragher (died in office), M. J. Burke, Gus S. Turner ; clerk, M. J. Desmond ; collector, Ed T. Ryan ; city attorney, Archibald Yell; assessor, Edward Haynes (resigned, succeeded by C. W. Mier) ; auditor, E. D. Adams; treasurer, F. W. Biewener, Jr. ; chief of police, Ira M. Conran.
1917-18: President of the commission, D. W. Carmichael; commissioners : Edward Haynes, Thomas J. Coulter, G. C. Simmons, Gus S. Turner ; clerk, M. J. Desmond ; col- lector, Ed T. Ryan ; city attorney, Archibald Yell; assessor, C. W. Mier: auditor, E. D. Adams; treasurer, F. W. Biewener, Jr .; chief of police, Ira M. Conran.
1918-19: President of the commission, D. W. Carmichael; commissioners: Thomas J. Coulter, Edward Haynes, G. C. Simmons, Gus S. Turner ; clerk, M. J. Desmond : collector, Ed T. Ryan; city attorney, Archibald Yell ; assessor, C. W. Mier ; auditor, E. D. Adams; treasurer. F. W. Biewener, Jr .; chief of police, Ira M. Conran.
1919-20 : President of the commission, John Q. Brown ; commissioners: D. W. Car- michael, Edward Haynes, G. C. Simmons, Gus S. Turner ; clerk, M. J. Desmond ; collector, L. W. Nickell (Ryan resigns to become county tax collector) ; city attorney, Archibald Yell; assessor, C. W. Mier ; auditor, E. D. Adams ; treasurer, W. E. Holmes ; chief of police, Ira M. Conran.
1920-21: President of the commission, C. A. Bliss ; commissioners : D. W. Carmichael, Edward Haynes, John Q. Brown, Gus S. Tur- ner ; clerk, M. J. Desmond; collector, L. W. Nickell ; city attorney, Robert L. Shinn ; asses- sor, C. W. Mier ; auditor, E. D. Adams; chief of police, Hugh H. Sydenham.
1921-22: City manager, Clyde L. Seavey ; mayor, Albert Elkus; councilmen : Albert Elkus. Charles W. Anderson, C. H. S. Bidwell, Edward S. Brown, Henry W. Funke, Harold S. Kiernan, Mary B. Lindley, Daniel D. Sulli- van, E. M. Wilder; engineer, Albert Given; controller, H. C. Bottorff ; city attorney, Rob- ert L. Shinn; assessor, C. W. Mier ; auditor, E. D. Adams; purchasing agent, J. J. Haley, Jr. ; chief of police, Barney McShane; police judge, O. W. Anderson; treasurer, Fred L. Martin; chief of the fire department, M. J. Dunphy.
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CHAPTER XV
SACRAMENTO COUNTY SENATORS
S ACRAMENTO County has furnished a long list of legislators to the history of the state and many of them finished their career begun in the state legislature by being promoted to high office.
At the first session of the legislature the members represented Sacramento district, which was the northern part of the state, there being at that time no county subdivisions. It was provided in the constitution of 1849 that until the legislature should divide the state into counties, and into senatorial and assembly districts, Sacramento district should be enti- tled to four senators and nine assemblymen. The list of the first legislature shows twelve assemblymen, but this was caused by the res- ignation of three of those originally elected. Cornwall resigned January 28, 1850, and was succeeded on March 4, by Deal. White re- signed February 9, 1850, and was succeeded on March 15, by Henley. Dickerson's seat was declared vacant December 18. 1849, and Bigler was seated in his place.
The first legislature made Sacramento Coun- ty the twelfth senatorial district, April 4, 1850, and provided for its representation by one sen- ator and three assemblymen. May 1, 1851, the county was made the eleventh senatorial district, to be represented by two senators and four assemblymen. There was a reapportion- ment of the state, May 18, 1861, and the county was constituted the sixteenth senatorial dis- trict, to be represented by two senators and five assemblymen. The Political Code adopt- ed March 2, 1872, retained this apportionment, but May 16, 1874, the legislature fixed the ap- portionment at two senators and three assem- blymen and renamed the county the eighteenth senatorial district. March 8, 1883, there was another reapportionment and the county was changed to the thirteenth senatorial district, with one senator. By the act of March 13, 1883, the first and third wards of the city were made the eighteenth assembly district, the sec- ond and fourth wards the nineteenth assembly district and the remainder of the county the twentieth district, each being entitled to one assemblyman.
The senators from the county have been as follows: 1849-1850, John Bidwell, Elisha O. Crosby, Thomas J. Green and Henry E. Rob- inson. Bidwell was a man who became promi-
nent in the history of the state. He was one of the earliest pioneers, arriving here in 1841 by the overland route, after a journey of six months. He was given charge of Forts Bo- dega and Ross and also of General Sutter's Feather River property. During the war with Mexico he saw service in the army and rose to the rank of major. He was the first man to find gold on the Feather River. Elected from the Sacramento district to the constitutional convention in 1849, he did not serve as a dele- gate. He was a delegate to the Charleston national Democratic convention in 1860, and was elected to congress from the old third dis- trict in 1864. He was defeated by George Gor- ham for the nomination for governor in the Republican convention of 1867, and Gorham was beaten at the election by Henry H. Haight. In 1875 Bidwell was nominated for governor, but was defeated by William Irwin, the Democratic nominee; he was nominated again for governor on the Prohibition ticket in 1890, and on the same ticket for president in 1892. For many years he made his home at Chico and there he died, April 4, 1900.
Arriving in California in 1848, Elisha O. Crosby was a member of the first constitution- al convention and lived at Alameda for a num- ber of years. Green was elected a major-gen- eral by the legislature in 1850. He left California a few years afterwards and died in Warren County, N. C., December 13, 1863. Robinson, a lawyer by education, but engaged in mercantile pursuits, arrived in San Fran- cisco in March, 1849, on the "California," the first steamer that ever entered that port. In his will he left $40,000 to be used by the board of supervisors of San Francisco for the benefit of the poor of that city. Robinson was a mem- ber of the first council of Sacramento and one of the early postmasters. He amassed a large fortune in Alameda County and died at Nor- walk, Conn .. January 9, 1880.
1851, Henry E. Robinson; 1852, Henry E. Robinson and James H. Ralston. Ralston was for a number of years one of the leading law- yers in Sacramento, but went to Washoe dur- ing the mining excitement in that district and afterwards settled at Austin, Nev. While prospecting in search of mineral ledges in May, 1864, he lost his way and perished of starvation after many days of wandering. An Indian
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discovered and buried his body, which was afterwards disinterred and buried at Austin.
1853, James H. Ralston and A. P. Catlin ; 1854, A. P. Catlin and Gilbert W. Colby. The latter was a pioneer who in the early days ran a ferry across the upper Sacramento at Col- by's Landing. He was surveyor of Sacramento County two terms, from 1862 to 1866. For a number of years afterwards he made his home at Nord, but later located at Martinez and became interested in banking. He died in San Francisco, August 20, 1881. A. P. Catlin was born in New York and came to California in July, 1849. He was instrumental in getting the capital located in Sacramento, was promi- nent in politics and as a lawyer. He died on November 5, 1900.
1855, G. W. Colby and A. S. Gove. The latter, who was a merchant, returned to Ver- mont and died there. At the time he was elected to the senate he was a member of the city council.
1856, A. S. Gove and W. I. Ferguson. The latter was a native of Illinois and was shot in a duel with George Pen Johnston, dying in San Francisco from the effect of his wound, September 14, 1858. His body was interred in the state plat of the Sacramento City Ceme- tery. Ferguson was a lawyer of much ability. Johnston died in San Francisco, March 4, 1884.
1857, W. I. Ferguson and Josiah Johnson. Johnson was at one time a member of the board of supervisors and afterwards a city trustee. He died in Sacramento, December 10, 1888.
1858, W. I. Ferguson and Josiah Johnson ; 1859, J. M. McDonald and Dr. Johnson Price. McDonald removed to San Francisco some years after and became prominent as a capital- ist and mining man. Price was a Kentuckian and was elected at a special election to fill the vacancy caused by Ferguson's death. He had been an officer during the Mexican War and a member of the convention to revise the consti- tution of his own state. He came to California in 1849 and practiced medicine in Sacramento. He was appointed secretary of state January 10, 1860, by Governor Latham, and held the office until the expiration of Governor Dow- ney's term. Afterwards he was a stock-broker in San Francisco and died there of consump- tion, February 8, 1868.
1860, J. M. McDonald and Robert C. Clark. The latter, a son of James Clark, an early con- gressman, supreme judge and governor of Kentucky, arrived in this state in 1853 and began practice of the law in Sacramento. He was elected county judge in 1861, and was continuously re-elected to that office until it was abolished by the new constitution in 1879, when he was elected superior judge of this
county, filling that office until his death, which occurred January 27, 1883.
1861. R. C. Clark and E. H. Heacock. Hea- cock practiced law in this city for a number of years, and was city attorney from 1863 to 1867. He moved from here to Santa Cruz and served as county judge there for a number of years. Later he removed to Santa Barbara and was appointed superior judge of that county by Governor Perkins, to succeed Eu- gene Faucett, deceased. Faucett will be recol- lected as the judge who tried Sprague for the killing of Moore. Heacock represented San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties in the state senate several terms.
1862, E. H. Heacock and Dr. A. B. Nixon. Dr. Nixon practiced medicine in Sacramento for many years and was in charge of the Rail- road hospital here. He was one of the first in the county who espoused Republican princi- ples. Later he became identified with the Pro- hibition movement and ran for mayor in 1884 on the Prohibition ticket against John Q. Brown. He also ran as a St. John elector in 1884. He died in this city, November 2, 1889.
1863, Dr. A. B. Nixon and Newton Booth.
1864, J. E. Benton and E. H. Heacock. At the time of his election Mr. Benton was a min- ister at Folsom. Benton built the first church erected in Folsom. Afterward he became post- master of Oakland, and died there, February 18, 1858.
1865-66, J. E. Benton and E. H. Heacock.
1867-68, E. H. Heacock and N. Greene Cur- tis. Curtis arrived in California in May, 1850, and was recorder or police judge of this city from 1853 to 1855. For many years he prac- ticed law here and was regarded as the best among the criminal lawyers of the state. Soon after his arrival in Sacramento he was ap- pointed deputy postmaster and shortly after- wards Jonathan Tittle, the postmaster, having gone East on business, left Curtis in charge of the office. While Tittle was absent. Richard Eads appeared and claimed that he had been appointed to the office. Curtis refused to sur- render the office until Eads presented his com- mission and filed his bond, and he retained the office for some months, until Eads had com- plied with these formalities. When Eads came in he retained Curtis as his deputy until the latter was elected recorder. Curtis was a Dem- ocrat, and was elected to the senate three times and the assembly once. He was a regent of the state university from 1880 to 1883, and was grand master of Masons of California from 1857 to 1860. He died at Sacramento, July 27, 1897.
1869-70, N. Greene Curtis and A. Comte, Jr. Comte was a lawyer and afterwards went to San Francisco. He graduated from the public
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schools of this city and from Harvard College. and received his legal training and was admit- ted to the bar from our local law offices. He also served in the assembly from Sacramento.
1871-72, A. Comte, Jr., and James A. Duffy. The latter resided in San Francisco for several years. For a long time he was chief clerk of the old California Steam Navigation Company here, and for a time was clerk in the office of the sceretary of state under Melone. He died in Lake County, in September, 1889.
1873-74, James A. Duffy and Henry Edger- ton. A native of Vermont and a distinguished lawyer, Edgerton served several terms as dis- trict attorney of Napa County. As such, he conducted the prosecution of Edward Mc- Gowan for his connection with the killing of James King of William (the editor of the San Francisco "Bulletin"), which led to the form- ing of the vigilance committee of 1856, and the purification of San Francisco. He was sen- ator from Napa County in 1860 and 1861, and ran unsuccessfully for congress in 1861 and 1862. He was also a member of the last con- stitutional convention and was the only Re- publican Presidential elector elected in 1880. and was re-elected in 1884. He died in San Francisco, November 4, 1887.
1875-76, Henry Edgerton and Creed Hay- mond. Haymond was a brilliant lawyer, with a national reputation. He came from Virginia to California in 1852, and locating in Plumas County, practiced law there for a number of years, removing thence to Sacramento. In 1870 he was appointed one of the commission- ers to draft a code of laws for the state. He was a delegate to three national Republican conventions and held a prominent position in the law department of the Central and South- ern Pacific Railroads at San Francisco until his death there, January 13, 1893.
1877-78, Creed Haymond and N. Greene Curtis.
1880, Grove L. Johnson and William John- ston. In 1849 Johnston came from Pennsyl- vania to this state and engaged in mining, but afterward bought a place near Richland, in this county, where he passed the rest of his life, dying at his home, November 15, 1905. He was a member of the senate for two terms and of the assembly one term. He was master of the State Grange two terms and twice a delegate to the National Grange, and was grand master of Masons of California. In 1883 he was a member of the state board of equali- zation by appointment of Governor Perkins, served as a delegate to the national Republican convention in 1880, and in 1886 was a promi- nent candidate for the Republican nomination for lieutenant-governor.
1881, Grove L. Johnson and William John- ston.
1883, Frederick Cox and Joseph Routier. Routier was born in France and came to Cali- fornia in 1853. He planted one of the first orchards near Folsom and settled ten miles from Sacramento, becoming a successful fruit- raiser. In 1877 he was a member of the as- sembly, and in 1886 he was appointed by Gov- ernor Bartlett as a member of the board of fish commissioners. He died at his home at Routier's, February 6, 1898. Frederick Cox came to this state in 1850. He was president of the State Agricultural Society for several years. With C. W. Clarke he engaged in rais- ing cattle for many years, on a large scale.
1885, Frederick Cox and Joseph Routier.
1887, Findley R. Dray. As a boy of seven- teen, Mr. Dray came to California with his father in 1850. He mined and farmed for sev- eral years in different parts of the state, and finally settled here in 1863, being appointed a deputy by Sheriff James McClatchy. After the close of McClatchy's term Mr. Dray was elected public administrator, and then asses- sor, for eight years. Judge Clark then ap- pointed him a supervisor, to fill out the term of H. O. Seymour, deceased. He engaged in real estate and insurance and later became connected with the Sacramento Savings Bank. He died in this city, November 30, 1901.
1889-91, Findley R. Dray.
1893-95, Elijah C. Hart. Judge Hart is well known throughout the state, and for many years has been a resident of Sacramento. He was a member of the assembly in 1889-1891, served as superior judge of this county from 1897 until 1906, and was elected in 1907 a jus- tice of the third district court of appeals, which office he has filled most creditably. Judge Hart possesses a host of friends.
1897-99, Gillis Doty. Mr. Doty was one of the sturdy farmers of the county, respected by all for his high character and incorruptible in- tegrity. He was a member of the assembly for the twenty-fifth and twenty-ninth sessions, and from 1897 to 1902 was a member of the auditing board to the commissioner of public works. In addition he served two terms as a member of the board of supervisors of this county. He died at his residence in Elk Grove, July 23, 1909.
1901-03. R. T. Devlin. Mr. Devlin was born in this city and resided here all his life until recently, being a member of the law firm of Devlin and Devlin ever since its formation many years ago. In 1884 he was appointed a state prison director. In 1885 he was appoint- ed penology commissioner and continued as a member of the board of prison directors until 1905, when he was appointed United States
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district attorney for the northern district of California. He is considered one of the sound- est and most capable lawyers in the state.
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