Oral history interview with Leo T. McCarthy
Subtitle: California assemblyman, 1868-1982, California lieutenant governor, 1983-1995
By: by Carole Hicke.
Contributors: Hicke, Carole, interviewer.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.; State Government Oral History Program (Calif.)
Published: 1996
Subjects: McCarthy, Leo T., 1930-; Legislators -- California -- Interviews.; California -- Politics and government -- 1951-
Genres: Interviews.
Description: Topics covered include family background, schooling, military service, law school, work with California Democratic party, redevelopment of San Francisco. Worked with Eugene McAteer, Senator S.I. Hayakawa, Mayor Joe Alioto, Speaker Willie Brown. Served under four governors: Pete Wilson, Ronald Reagen, Jerry Brown, George Deukmejian. Discussion of Proposition 13 and Howard Jarvis; Commission on Aging; Speaker of the House and Lieutenant Governor.