Oral history interview with Frederick S. Farr
By: by Ann Lage ; Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley, for the State Government Oral History Program,
Contributors: Lage, Ann.; State Government Oral History Program (Calif.); Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Published: 1992
Subjects: Lawyers -- California -- Monterey County -- Interviews.; Environmental protection -- California.
Description: Farr discusses his education, both formal and informal; his wartime work in Puerto Rico; and his private legal practice in Monterey County. He depicts the senate and senators during his service from 1955 to 1967. He discusses early environmental legislation to preserve the mountain lion and sea otter, encourage scenic highways, coordinate state planning, and preserve Monterey Bay and Lake Tahoe; his support for legislation to outlaw the death penalty during the Caryl Chessman case; and legislation to aid agricultural workers and fishermen. He outlines his work as coordinator for highway beautification in the Lyndon B. Johnson administation and as a member of the State Coastal Commission from 1972 to 1979.