Oral history interview with Barry Keene ...
By: by Carole Hicke.
Contributors: Hicke, Carole.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.; State Government Oral History Program (Calif.)
Published: 1994
Subjects: Keene, Barry.; Berman, Howard L. 1941-; Bird, Rose Elizabeth.; Brown, Jerry, 1938-; Brown, Willie L.; Dukakis, Michael S. 1933-; Dymally, Mervyn M., 1926-; Garamendi, John.; Gray, Bruce.; McCarthy, Leo T., 1930-; Patsey, Richard L., 1935-; Unruh, Jesse, 1922-1987.; Winton, Gordon.; California. Legislature. Assembly. Committee on Criminal Procedure; California. Legislature. Assembly. Committee on Natural Resources and Conservation.; California. Legislature. Assembly. Health Committee.; California. Legislature. Senate. Committee on Judiciary.; Democratic Party (Calif.); Legislators -- California -- Interviews.; Apportionment (Election law) -- California.; Real property tax -- California.; Political campaigns -- California.; California -- Politics and government -- 1951-
Genres: Interviews.
Description: Keene discusses his family background, Stanford, legislative internship, marriage and children, working in the Santa Rosa District Attorney's office, election to the Santa Rosa School Board, election to the Assembly in 1972, campaign strategies, appointment as chair of the Committee on Health, and budget issues leading to Proposition 13 under Gov. Jerry Brown. Keene continues with health issues including medical malpractice, merits of the Right to Die Act and mental health, the debate over the Eel River dam, low-flush toilet bill, oil embargo and the energy crisis, Jerry's Brown's administration, Rose Bird, George Deukmejian, forestry bills, and campaigning for Michael Dukakis in 1988.