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Major political trends, key issues and accomplishments in California state government,
1958-1966; family, youth, friendships, marriage, religion; law school, legal practice, introduction to politics; San Francisco district attorney, 1943; election to attorney generalship, 1950; the Democratic party, 1950s, unity, campaigns, staff, funding, strategy, the California Democratic Council (CDC), and Roger Kent; organization and operation of the governor's office, the super-agencies; John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Adlai Stevenson; 1962 defeat of Richard Nixon and 1966 loss to Ronald Reagan; progress in civil rights, development of water resources and creation of Master Plan for Higher Education; capital punishment; power of the legislative branch; the troubled sixties.