Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Warren, Charles
- Abstract:
- Charles Warren, Democrat, was a State Assembly Member, 1963-1977. The bill files document his legislative activity during his terms as a member of the California State Legislature.
- Extent:
- 2.75 cubic feet
- Language:
- English.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Charles Warren Papers consist of one series: Assembly Bill Files, 1963-1976. The bill files document his legislative activity during his terms as a member of the California State Legislature. The bills, amendments, and resolutions proposed by Assembly Member Warren center on issues such as, agricultural land use and preservation, civil rights, natural resources, pollution, fair employment and housing practices, women's rights, state colleges, public health, juvenile courts, motor vehicles, energy and public utilities.
- Biographical / historical:
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Charles Warren, Democrat, was a State Assembly Member, 1963-1977. His district, within Los Angeles County included the areas of Hollywood and Wilshire. He was elected to the 56th Assembly District, which became the 46th Assembly District after redistricting.
Assembly Member Warren was born on April 26, 1927 in Kansas City, Missouri. He attended Horace Mann Grade School and Paseo High School. From June 1944 to November 1946, he served in the United States Army. Assembly Member Warren established residence in California in 1945, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of California, Berkeley, and a degree in Law from Hastings College of Law. Father of three children, he married Audrey Paul on March 16, 1963.
Assembly Member Warren was elected to the State Assembly in 1962. From 1966-68, he served as Chairman of the Democratic Central Committee. Later in his career, he served as Chairman for the Energy Task Force of the National Legislative Conference, and was a member of the Environmental Advisory Committee of the Federal Energy Administration. He has also been a member of the Urban League, National Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association, Wilshire Bar Association, Wilshire Chamber of Commerce, Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, and the California Bar Association. After leaving the State Assembly, Warren went on to serve on former President Jimmy Carter's cabinet as Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality from 1977 through 1979.
During his term in the California State Legislature, Assembly Member Warren served on a number of committees. According to the Legislative Handbooks, he served on the following committees:
California State Assembly, 1963-1976- Standing Committees
- Elections and Reapportionment, 1967
- Energy and Diminishing Materials, 1975
- *Chair, 1975
- Governmental Efficiency and Economy, 1963-1965
- Governmental Organization, 1963
- *Vice Chair, 1963
- Judicial Council, 1971
- Judiciary, 1971-1974
- *Chair, 1971-1974
- Municipal and County Governments, 1963-1965
- Natural Resources and Conservation, 1969-1974
- Natural Resources, Planning, and Public Works, 1965, 1967
- *Vice Chair, 1965
- Planning and Land Use, 1971-1973
- Planning, Land Use and Energy, 1974
- Resources, Land Use and Energy, 1975
- *Chair, 1975
- Revenue and Taxation, 1976
- Transportation and Commerce, 1963-1965
- Water, 1976
- Ways and Means, 1976-1975
- Subcommittee
- State Energy policy, 1973-1974
- Special Subcommittee
- California's Food and Agricultural Economy, 1976
- Select Committees
- Administration of Justice, 1971-1972
- California Council on Criminal Justice, 1973-1974
- Deep Water Ports, 1974
- Health and Manpower, 1972
- Judicial Council, 1972-1974
- Medical Malpractice, 1973-1975
- Open Space Lands, 1973
- Joint Committees
- Committee on Public Domain
- *Chair, 1975-1976
- Acquisition information:
- The California State Archives acquired the Charles Warren papers following his Assembly term.
- Arrangement:
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Arranged into one series of bill files.
- Physical location:
- California State Archives
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Location of this collection:
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1020 "O" StreetSacramento, CA 95814, US
- Contact:
- (916) 653-2246