Oral history interview with Hon. John L. Burton, California State Assemblyman, 1965-1974
Subtitle: December 17, 1986 and March 12, 1987, San Francisco, California
By: by Julie Shearer.
Contributors: Shearer, Julie Gordon.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.; State Government Oral History Program (Calif.)
Publisher: California State Archives, State Government Oral History Program
Published: 1988
Place of publication: [Sacramento, Calif.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 46
Subjects: Burton, John L., -- 1932-; Burton, Phillip.; Unruh, Jesse, -- 1922-1987.; Monagan, Robert T. -- 1920-; Reagan, Ronald.; Moretti, Robert, -- 1936-; Brown, Edmund G. -- 1905-; California. -- Legislature. -- Assembly. -- Committee on Rules.; California.; Democratic Party (Calif.); California -- Politics and government -- 1951-
Description: Discussion of Burton's years as a California Assemblyman, 1965-1974; leadership and politics, Rules Committee, social welfare benefits; observations on Phillip Burton, Jesse Unruh, Robert Monagan, other political figures.
Notes: Transcript of a two-hour interview completed under the auspices of the Regional Oral History Office, the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley and the California State Archives, State Government Oral History Program.

Audiotape recording available.

The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

California State University, Fullerton. Library. Oral History Program.

California State University, Sacramento. Library. University Archives.

Honnold Library for the Associated Colleges, Claremont, Calif.

University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Dept. of Special Collections.

Copyright to all program materials is assigned by the interviewee to both the Secretary of State, California State Archives, and the program's cooperating institutions. Copies of interview transcripts can be procured from the State Archives. Tape copies are not made for sale or for distribution outside the program.

John L. Burton, California Assemblyman from San Francisco, 1965-1974, re-elected in 1988; also served in the U.S. Congress, 1975-1982; as a deputy in the California Attorney General's office, 1960s; president of the California Democratic Council, 1970; California Democratic State Central Committee, 1973-1974.