INDEX

A

AB 134 (South Africa investment boycott), 312 -13

AB 357 (assault weapon ban), 311

AB 377 (trial delay bill), 124 , 125

AB 489 (gay rights), 237 -39

AB 650 (toxic waste cleanup), 310

AB 701 (sexual conduct bill), 170 -71, 176

AB 996 (antismoking ordinance override), 324

AB 1036 (auto insurance bill), 126

AB 1037 (auto insurance bill), 126

AB 1300 (workers compensation fraud), 369

AB 1313 (Taco Bell tax break), 352

AB 1490 (recycling fee imposed), 365 -66

AB 1580 (nonprofit development subsidy), 353

AB 1853 (Tire Recycling Act of 1989), 324

AB 2595 (clean air), 311

AB 4298 (recycling fee suspended), 365 -66

ACA 49 (housing improvements bill), 125 -26

Achtenberg, Roberta, 392 , 397 , 400

Adderley, Julian "Cannonball," 191

Affirmative action, 187 , 365

AFL-CIO, 94 , 148

Agnos, Art, 59 , 250 , 258 , 264 , 270 ;

as side to Leo McCarthy, 220 , 222 , 227 ;

in Assembly election (1976), 240 , 246 ;

Willie Brown described by, 252 -53;

San Francisco mayoral election (1987) won by, 252 , 340 ;

San Francisco mayoral election (1991) lost by, 391 , 392

Agribusiness, 148 , 277

Agricultural Labor Relations Act, 260

Agricultural Labor Relations Board, 237

Ahwahnee Hotel, Democratic caucus meeting, 306

AIDS research, 311

Alameda Times-Star , 121

Alatorre, Richard, 225 , 280 , 329 ;

and election of Assembly Speaker (1980), 259 -60, 269 -70;

and 1981 California redistricting, 280 -81, 288

Alioto, Angela, 392 , 400

Alioto, Joseph, 139 -40, 167 , 217 ;

and Willie Brown, 160 -61, 176 , 402 ;

and Hubert Humphrey's presidential campaign, 149 , 160 ;

at 1972 Miami Democratic National Convention, 207 ;

in 1974 gubernatorial election, 216 , 223

Allen, Doris, 276 , 293 , 380 -82, 398

Alquist, Alfred, 132 , 179

Al's Place, 17 , 20

Andal, Dean, 376 -77

Antismoking ordinance, 324

Antiwar movement. See Vietnam War, protest movement

Apartheid. See South Africa investment boycott

Archie-Hudson, Marguerite, 287 , 329 , 401

Areias, Rusty, 293 , 333 -35, 339 , 344

Arendt, Hannah, 409

Assembly Contingent Fund, 112

Assembly Democratic caucus luncheon, 320

Association for California Tort Reform, 348

Atkinson, George, 240 -41

Auto insurance legislation, 126 , 137 , 176

Auto Row protest, 87 -89, 92 , 168 ;

trials, 124

B

Baca, Joe, 342

Bader, Charles, 373

Badham, Robert, 143

Bagley, William, 152 , 232 , 241 -42

Bailey Hotel, 19 -20

Bakersfield black political summit, 129 -30, 195 , 292

Balboa High School, 161 -62

Ballestrasse, John, 241

Ballot initiatives, 303 . See also specific Proposition

Bane, Marlene, 322

Bane, Tom, 97

BAPAC. See Black American Political Association of California

Barros, Lydia, 69

Bashford, Wilkes, 240 , 290 , 291

Bay Guardian , 355

Bayview voter turnout, 397

Bear Harbor Ranch, 220

Beaver, Jefferson, 66 -67, 78

Bebitch Jeffe, Sherry, 245

Beckham Hotel, 10 , 386

Bee, Carlos, 110 , 134 , 142 , 149

Beesley, Tom, 387

Behr, Peter, 221 -22, 248

Beilenson, Anthony, 234 , 288

Bender, Kandace, 396

Beneficial Savings and Loan Association, 101

Berman, Howard:

as Assembly majority leader, 232 , 234 , 237 , 258 ;

and Assembly Speaker election (1974), 225 , 227 , 230 ;

in Assembly Speaker election (1980), 257 -64, 265 , 267 , 268 -71, 279 ;

and Willie Brown, 277 , 284 , 307 ;

and Bill Cavala, 280 ;

election of, to U.S. Congress, 278 , 288 ;

Jesse Unruh's enmity with, 267 -68

Berman, Michael, 259 , 279 , 280

Bernstein, Helen, 352

Bernstein, Morris, 149

Berry, Cliff, 58

Biddle, Craig, 139

Bierman, Susan, 95

Big Bang Beat, 405

Big Woods, 13 -14

Bird, Rose, 288 -89, 305 , 306

Black American Political Association of California (BAPAC), 130 ;

Willie Brown's involvement with, 286 , 356 ;

Proposition 39 opposed by, 307

Blackburn, Dan, 283

Black Journalists' Association, 287

Black National Convention (Gary, Indiana), 198

Black Panthers, 128 , 129 , 130 ;

appearance at Assembly of, 140 -41;

Willie Brown criticized by, 161 -62;

defense fund for leaders of, 176 ;

and Robert Kennedy's Oakland visit, 153 ;

and San Francisco State College protest, 167

Black political movement, 128 -30, 284 -87;

in California, 195 ;

and 1972 presidential election, 193 -95, 198

Boas, Roger, 149

Boatwright, Dan, 220 , 232 , 246 , 258

Bond, Julian, 64 ;

and black political summits, 193 -95, 284 ;

and Willie Brown, 128 , 146 , 182 ;

and presidential politics, 158 -59, 198

Bootie (Edward Dickie, childhood friend of Willie Brown), 10 , 387

Bootlegging, 13 -14

Bos, Otto, 359

Boswell, Rev. Hamilton, 27 , 49 , 61 , 66 , 327 ;

and Willie Brown, 61 -62, 76 , 77 , 79 , 80 -81, 92 ;

and Phillip Burton, 55 -56, 301 ;

political involvement of, 62 , 69 , 78 , 87

Boyd, Minnie Collins. See Collins, Minnie

Bowen, Debra, 402

Bowler, Larry, 375 , 379

Boxer, Barbara, 371 , 405

Bradley, Tom, 267 , 287 , 310 , 312 ;

at Democratic National Conventions, 149 , 200 , 292 ;

gubernatorial elections lost by, 292 , 384 ;

NPAAC involvement of, 129 , 130

Braithwaite Burke, Yvonne, 138 , 149 , 197 , 211

Briggs, John, 138 , 222 , 235 , 239

Britschgi, Carl, 114 , 133 -34

Broder, David, 285

Bronzan, Bruce, 293 , 339

Brown, Blanche (née Vitero) (wife), 52 , 53 , 67 , 98 , 191 -92, 243 , 404 ;

and disinterest in politics, 96 , 243 ;

and Forest Knolls protest, 73 -74;

as mother, 68 ;

public appearances of, 152 , 271 , 405

Brown, Dennis, 256

Brown, Edmund G. "Pat":

Assembly endorsements by, 80 , 95 , 96 ;

as governor, 77 , 81 , 84 , 88 , 117 , 126 , 133 , 180 ;

gubernatorial campaign of (1958), 109 ;

gubernatorial election lost by, (1966), 129 , 135 -36, 137 ;

and 1968 presidential primary, 148 , 149 , 155 ;

and tensions with Jesse Unruh, 112 -13, 125

Brown, George, 201

Brown, Gwendolyn (sister), 8 , 9 , 28 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 38 -39;

in Willie Brown's 1995 mayoral campaign, 389 , 401 , 402

Brown, Jerry:

and Willie Brown, 239 , 240 , 276 -77, 291 ;

as California Democratic Party chairman, 323 ;

as governor, 237 -39, 247 , 248 -49, 257 , 269 , 291 ;

and governor's mansion, 295 ;

at 1968 Chicago Democratic National Convention, 150 ;

in 1974 gubernatorial election, 216 , 223 , 234 ;

in 1976 presidential primary, 243 -45;

in 1982 U.S. Senate election, 284 , 292 , 359

Brown, Joe, 198

Brown, Kathleen, 369 -71, 373 , 393

Brown, Lewis (father), 5 , 19 , 17 -24;

Willie Brown's relationship with, 18 , 19 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 40 -41;

children of, 9 ;

and Anna Collins, 21 , 23 , 40 ;

and Minnie Collins, 9 , 21 -22;

death of, 24

Brown, Michael Elliot (son):

birth of, 85 ;

and Willie Brown's political career, 271 , 327 , 362 , 377

Brown, Ralph, 109 , 110

Brown, Robin Elaine (daughter), 68

Brown, Ron, 383

Brown, Susan Elizabeth (daughter), 68

Brown, Willie Lewis (grandfather), 19

Brown, Willie Lewis, Jr.:

accused of racism, 98 , 287 ;

and affirmative action, 187 , 365 ;

Joseph Alioto accused of racism by, 160 -61, 176 ;

in Assembly, 114 -16, 117 , 124 -27, 138 -44, 164 , 176 , 235 , 309 -11;

Assembly campaign efforts by, 325 -26;

as Assembly Democratic leader, 259 , 398 -99;

as Assembly Democratic whip, 164 -65;

in Assembly elections, 75 -81, 91 -96, 97 -102, 137 , 161 , 162 , 176 , 177 , 213 , 233 , 261 , 292 -93;

as Assembly Speaker, 110 , 276 -84, 316 -20, 325 -31, 364 -66, 369 ;

and Assembly Speaker elections, 173 -75, 216 , 217 -20, 224 -32, 234 ;

in Assembly Speaker elections, 262 -71, 279 , 342 -44, 374 , 377 ;

and auto insurance reform, 126 , 137 , 176 ;

in BAPAC, 129 , 286 ;

birth of, 3 , 9 -10;

and black militancy, 161 -62;

and black political movement, 128 -30, 164 , 193 , 195 , 284 -87;

and Julian Bond, 128 ;

and Hamilton Boswell, 61 -62;

and Tom Bradley, 292 ;

and Jerry Brown, 239 , 240 , 243 -45;

and Kathleen Brown, 369 -71;

Lewis Brown's relationship with, 18 , 19 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 41 ;

and John Burton, 52 -53, 56 , 289 ;

and Phillip Burton, 53 , 56 , 59 , 76 , 79 -80, 112 , 115 , 289 , 301 , 336 ;

and busing, 285 ;

and Herb Caen, 56 , 94 ;

and California redistricting, 119 , 127 , 278 -84, 304 -7;

and campaign funding reform, 224 ;

campaign fund-raising by, 241 , 261 , 293 , 320 -25, 353 , 355 -57, 383 , 395 ;

as chairman of Governmental Efficiency and Economy Committee, 143 -44;

as chairman of Legislative Representation Committee, 141 -43;

as chairman of Revenue and Taxation Committee, 246 -49, 256 ;

as chairman of Ways and Means Committee, 178 , 180 -88, 190 , 215 , 220 -22, 232 , 267 ;

at Chicago Democratic National Convention (1968), 149 , 157 -58;

and Shirley Chisholm, 210 ;

church membership of, 41 , 49 , 61 ;

and civil rights protests, 73 -75, 85 -88, 89 , 93 ;

and Bill Clinton, 383 , 391 , 405 ;

and clothes, 34 , 46 , 145 , 190 -91, 290 , 322 , 339 , 404 ;

colleagues' relationship with, 146 , 185 , 222 , 255 , 280 -82;

and Randolph Collier, 56 , 180 -82;

and Itsie Collins, 14 -15, 28 , 41 , 45 -46, 49 , 56 ;

Minnie Collins's relationship with, 23 , 30 , 243 ;

committee assignments by, 380 ;

committee assignments of, 115 , 125 , 139 ;

and Alan Cranston, 160 ;

John Dearman's friendship with, 71 , 101 , 244 ;

and George Deukmejian, 296 , 298 -300, 303 , 304 , 309 , 311 , 328 ;

Mervyn Dymally's rivalry with, 146 , 227 , 228 , 249 ;

early jobs of, 28 -29;

education of, 30 -32, 39 , 40 -41, 49 -53, 63 -64, 67 ;

and educational issues, 356 , 363 -64;

and environmental issues, 171 , 277 , 311 , 365 -66;

ethics of, 353 ;

eyesight of, 372 ;

family relationships of, 11 -12, 243 ;

as father, 68 , 85 , 124 , 191 ;

and Dianne Feinstein, 177 , 357 -58;

financial condition of, 51 , 242 -43;

and Terry Francois, 56 , 59 , 65 , 66 , 84 , 101 , 140 , 177 ;

and gambling, 48 , 241 , 396 ;

and the Gang of Five, 335 -44;

and gay rights bill, 237 -39, 311 ;

and Duncan Gillies, 49 -50, 56 ;

and Carlton Goodlett, 56 ;

and Bill Greene, 227 ;

and the Grizzlies, 333 -34;

and Hubert Humphrey's presidential campaign, 160 ;

and Hunters Point riot, 136 -37;

ILWU's endorsement of, 80 , 148 ;

and Phillip Isenberg, 69 ;

and Jesse Jackson's 1988 presidential campaign, 341 ;

and Jim Jones, 250 -53;

and Richard Katz, 403 ;

and Robert Kennedy, 146 , 148 -49,

155 ;

and Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, 151 -52;

language talent of, 32 , 34 , 51 ;

law practice of, 67 -68, 101 , 240 -42, 353 , 398 , 404 ;

legislation sponsored or supported by, 124 , 125 -27, 137 , 170 -71, 176 , 237 -40, 311 , 364 -65;

lifestyle of, 49 , 190 -91, 240 , 290 -91, 339 ;

as lobbyist, 242 ;

and lobbyists, 141 -42, 222 , 355 -57, 361 ;

loyalty of, 252 -53;

lunch club organized by, 132 -35;

management style of, 184 ;

and Frank Mankiewicz, 150 ;

and marijuana decriminalization, 239 , 267 ;

marriage of, to Blanche Vitero, 52 , 53 , 67 , 191 -92, 243 , 404 ;

mayoral aspirations of, 176 , 254 , 384 -85;

and Leo McCarthy, 219 , 240 ;

and George McGovern, 56 , 196 , 197 -201, 203 -13;

and John Miller, 174 -75, 177 -78;

Mineola homecoming of, 386 -87;

and Robert Moretti, 177 , 218 -19, 222 , 336 ;

and George Moscone, 217 , 253 -54, 336 ;

and NAACP, 51 , 63 , 64 -67, 69 -71, 81 -84, 136 , 222 -23, 285 -86;

and napkin deal, 348 -48, 355 ;

and Robert Naylor, 307 -8;

nicknamed "Brookie," 10 , 28 , 387 ;

and Patrick Nolan, 308 -9;

at Northlake black political summit, 193 ;

in NPAAC, 129 , 286 ;

parties given by, 191 , 290 -91, 315 -16, 322 , 367 -68, 389 -91, 399 , 402 , 404 -5;

platform of, 78 -79, 124 , 138 ;

political aspirations of, after Assembly tenure, 371 -72, 382 -85;

political influence of, 145 -46, 193 -94, 195 , 243 , 286 -87, 316 -17, 323 , 382 -83, 391 ;

political tactics of, 142 , 144 , 189 , 278 -79, 350 -52;

and the press, 354 -55, 399 -400;

and prison reform, 176 ;

and Proposition 13, 247 -49;

and race relations, 171 -72;

and Ronald Reagan, 188 -90;

Clint Reilly's enmity with, 393 -95;

Republicans' Assembly Speaker negotiation with, 262 -68, 270 , 271 , 276 , 277 ;

Republicans' relationship with, 124 , 186 , 255 -56, 282 -84, 293 , 319 -20, 364 ;

resignation of, as Assembly Speaker, 380 -81;

resignation of, from Assembly, 390 , 402 ;

and David Roberti, 284 ;

in ROTC, 51 , 63 ;

in San Francisco mayoral campaign (1995), 391 -402;

San Francisco mayoral inauguration (1995), 404 -5;

and San Francisco State College black students, 154 , 166 -67;

segregation's effect on, 4 , 5 -6, 157 , 162 , 364 , 386 ;

on Select Committee on Campus Disturbances, 167 -70, 407 -10;

sexual activity of, 124 , 170 , 190 -92, 240 , 243 , 290 ;

and sexual conduct legislation, 170 , 176 ;

and South Africa boycott, 311 -13;

speeches by, 155 -57, 208 -10, 230 , 313 , 411 -12;

and state budget, 181 -82, 220 -22, 291 -93, 300 -304, 361 -62, 363 ;

and teachers' strike negotiation, 352 -53;

television talk show of, 372 ;

and "three strikes" prison sentencing, 329 -30;

and tobacco industry, 324 -25, 395 ;

and toxic waste cleanup bill, 309 -10;

on University of California Board of Regents, 276 -77;

and Jesse Unruh, 56 , 115 , 122 -23, 125 , 138 -39, 141 , 164 , 268 , 336 -37;

on Urban Affairs and Housing Committee, 165 -66;

and Vietnam War telegram incident, 119 -24, 139 ;

and welfare reform, 189 , 365 ;

and whitecapping, 39 ;

and Pete Wilson, 165 -66, 352 , 357 , 360 , 362 -63, 368 , 369 ;

in Young Democrats, 56 , 69 ;

youth of, 10 , 32 -34, 45 , 47 -49

Brown Boyd, Lovia (sister), 9 , 19 , 28 -29, 31 , 39 , 372 ;

in Willie Brown's 1995 mayoral campaign, 389 , 401 , 402

Brulte, Jim, 373 , 380 , 381 ;

and Willie Brown as Speaker, 318 , 319 ;

in election of Assembly Speaker, 375 -76, 379 -80

Budget (California state):

and Willie Brown, 181 -82, 220 -22, 291 -92;

and Randolph Collier, 181 -82, 215 , 220 -22;

of 1963, 114 ;

of 1982, 291 -92;

of 1983, 295 -96, 300 -2;

of 1991-92, 360 -63, 376

Burbridge, Thomas, 81 , 82 , 84 , 88 , 89

Burns, Hugh, 121 -23, 132 , 149

Burns, Jerry, 252

Burton, John, 124 , 126 ;

and Assembly election (1972), 213 ;

in Assembly elections, 91 , 94 -95, 101 , 137 , 148 , 219 , 340 ;

and Assembly Speaker elections, 224 , 225 , 270 ;

and Willie Brown, 52 -53, 56 , 64 , 67 , 69 , 143 , 174 -75, 246 , 367 , 385 , 389 , 399 , 402 ;

and Phillip Burton, 59 , 254 , 289 ;

and California redistricting, 119 , 127 , 279 , 288 ;

in California Senate election, 403 ;

at Chicago Democratic National Convention (1968), 150 , 155 ;

cocaine addiction of, 254 , 289 , 340 ;

committee assignments of, 115 , 139 , 141 , 178 ;

legislation sponsored or supported by, 125 , 127 , 170 , 189 ;

lunch club organized by, 132 , 134 -35;

at Miami Democratic National Convention (1972), 200 -201, 203 -5, 208 -9, 210 , 212 ;

and George Moscone,

217 , 254 ;

in U.S. Congressional election (1974), 233 -34;

and Jesse Unruh, 114 -15, 122 -23, 125 , 139 , 141 ;

and Vietnam War telegram incident, 119 -23;

and Pete Wilson, 165 -66

Burton, Mildred, 57

Burton, Phillip, 52 , 55 -59;

in Assembly elections, 58 -59;

and Assembly Speaker elections, 229 , 270 ;

biography of, 399 ;

and Willie Brown, 53 , 56 , 59 , 76 , 79 -80, 112 , 115 , 122 , 137 , 164 , 185 ;

and John Burton, 91 , 101 , 122 , 254 , 289 ;

and California redistricting, 99 , 111 , 119 , 127 , 278 -79, 287 -89;

campaign tactics of, 59 -60, 66 , 69 , 107 ;

death of, 301 , 336 ;

and George Moscone, 218 -19;

and presidential campaigns, 146 -47, 148 -49, 151 , 152 , 155 , 160 , 200 ;

rivalries of, 85 -86, 218 -19;

Rumford Fair Housing Act supported by, 113 ;

and San Francisco mayoral election (1963), 84 ;

in U.S. Congressional special election (1964), 85 -86;

Jesse Unruh's rivalry with, 57 , 59 , 80 , 96 -97, 107 , 112 , 114

Burton, Thomas, 57

Bush, George, 373

Busing, 223 , 285

Bustamante, Cruz, 399

C

Caboose Club, 131

Caddell, Pat, 199

Cadillac dealership protest, 87 -89

Caen, Herb:

Willie Brown's friendship with, 56 , 94 , 240 , 367 , 398 ;

reporting about Willie Brown by, 385 , 400 , 404 ;

reporting about NAACP infighting by, 82 -83

Cahill, Thomas, 87

Cain, Bruce, 280 , 282 , 283

Calderon, Charles, 293 , 343 -44;

in the Gang of Five, 334 -36, 338 , 340 , 343 -44

California Academy of Sciences, 353

California Assembly:

minority representation in, 118 , 138 ;

1963 session of, 113 -14;

1965 session of, 117 -19;

1967 session of, 138 -44;

1969 session of, 166 ;

1970 session of, 176 ;

1975 session of, 235 ;

1985 session of, 309 -11;

sexism in, 132

California Assembly election:

of 1948, 107 ;

of 1954, 58 -59;

of 1956, 59 ;

of 1958, 109 ;

of 1960, 68 ;

of 1962 (primary), 75 -76, 77 -81;

of 1964 (primary), 91 -99;

of 1964 (general), 99 -102;

of 1966, 137 -38;

of 1968, 161 , 162 , 163 ;

of 1970, 172 , 176 -77;

of 1972, 213 ;

of 1974, 233 ;

of 1978, 249 -50;

of 1980 (primary), 261 ;

of 1980 (general), 263 ;

of 1982, 292 -93;

of 1984, 307 ;

of 1986, 322 , 326 , 327 ;

of 1988 (special), 340 ;

of 1994, 372 -74

California Assembly Speaker election, 110 ;

of 1959, 109 ;

of 1961, 110 -11;

of 1967, 139 ;

of 1968, 162 ;

of 1970, 172 ;

of 1971, 177 -78;

of 1974, 224 -32;

of 1980, 257 -71, 279 ;

of 1988, 340 -41, 342 -44;

of 1994, 374 -79;

of 1995, 380 -81

California Common Cause, 321

California Democratic Council, 95 , 132 , 219

California Democratic Party, 323

California Environmental Quality Act, 376

California gubernatorial election, of 1966, 135 -36, 137 ;

of 1970, 172 ;

of 1974, 223 ;

of 1978, 249 ;

of 1982, 297 ;

of 1990, 357 -58, 359 ;

of 1994, 370 -71

California Highway Patrol, 188

California Journal :

Assembly Speaker's election reported by, 231 , 257 -60, 261 ;

and Willie Brown, 283 , 353 , 366 ;

and Carol Hallett, 256 -59;

and Leo McCarthy, 219 ;

and Jesse Unruh, 268

California Medical Association, 348 , 350

California Retailers Association, 113

California Savings and Loan League, 113

California Senate, 118

California Senate special election of 1967, 139

California State Package Store & Tavern Owners Association, 242

California Teachers Association, 286 , 356 -57, 361 -62

California Trial Lawyers Association, 348 , 355

Californios for Fair Representation, 281

Campaign funding reform, 223 -24

Campbell, William, xiii , 360

Campus CORE. See Congress of Racial Equality

The Candidate , 201

Canson, Virna:

and Willie Brown, 119 , 285 -86;

as NAACP lobbyist, 165 , 186 , 285 -86

Carlos, John, 161

Carroll, Tom, 168

Cartabruno, Leah, 219

Carter, Hawley, Hale, 242

Carter, Jimmy, 244 , 247 , 261 , 307 , 316

Casino Row, 48 , 398

Castro District, 77 , 93 , 238

Catellus Incorporated, 353

Cavala, William, 280 , 319 , 326 , 328

Charles, Ray, 322 , 367

Chavez, Cesar:

Howard Berman supported by, 269 ;

and Phillip Burton, 59 ;

and Charles Calderon, 344 ;

and Robert Kennedy, 147 -48, 149 ;

and pesticide regulation, 277 ;

political influence of, 237 , 260 ;

and Art Torres, 269 , 277

Chinese World , 98

Chisholm, Shirley:

and Northlake black political summit, 194 -95;

presidential campaign of, 194 -95, 197 , 199 , 204 , 208 , 209 , 210 , 411

Chrieztberg, J. C., 11

Christian Methodist Episcopal church, 34

Christie, James Bonner, 35 -36

Christopher, George, 75 , 81 , 135

Christopher, Warren, 370

Civil rights:

legislation, 110 , 113 ;

movement, 70 -71, 84 -89, 166 -70

Claiborne, William, 400

Clark, William P., 187

Clean Air Act, 365

Cleaver, Eldridge, 140

Cleaver, Kathleen, 161 , 398

Cline, Robert, 239

Clinton, Bill:

and Roberta Achtenberg, 392 ;

and Willie Brown, 146 , 368 , 383 , 391 , 405

Le Club Metro, 242

Clute, Steve, 309

Coalition of Christian Citizens, 239

Coehlo, Tony, 344

Collier, John "Bud," 172

Collier, Randolph, 118 , 132 , 179 -82, 230 , 234 ;

and Willie Brown, 56 , 180 -82, 187 -88, 220 -22, 363 ;

and California state budget, 181 -82, 215 , 220 -22, 363 ;

and Ronald Reagan, 190

Collier's , 108

Collins, Anna Lee (grandmother), 7 , 8 -9, 11 , 21 -22, 31 , 37 -39;

and bootlegging, 14 ;

Lewis Brown's conflict with, 21 , 23 , 40 ;

Minnie Collins's children reared by, 28 , 29 ;

grave of, 4

Collins, Idora (aunt), 22 , 46

Collins, "Itsie" (Rembert) (uncle), 8 , 9 , 26 -28, 31 ;

and Lewis Brown, 21 , 23 ;

and Willie Brown, 14 -15, 27 -28, 41 , 45 -46, 49 , 51 , 56 , 389 ;

and gambling, 12 , 15 , 27 ;

lifestyle of, 27 -28, 38 -39, 49 , 53 ;

San Francisco gambling casino of, 46 , 48 , 68 , 386 ;

and segregation, 10 , 11 ;

and the Shack, 11 , 12 -13, 26

Collins, Minnie (mother), 9 , 24 , 37 -38;

Lewis Brown's relationship with, 21 -22;

Willie Brown's relationship with, 23 , 30 , 243 ;

death and funeral of, xi -xv;

family relationships of, 21 -22, 28 , 30 ;

as maid, 21 , 22 -23

Collins, Richard (grandfather), 8

Collins, Richard "Baby" (uncle), 14

Collins, "Son" (Rodrick) (uncle), 9 , 11 , 13 -14, 26 , 27

Collins family, 8 -11, 13 -14, 28 -31

Cologne, Gordon, 309

Colored Methodist Episcopal church, 34

Commission on Party Structure and Delegate Selection (McGovern Commission), 196 , 201 -2

Committee on Political Education (COPE), 94

Concerned Christians of California, 238

Condit, Gary, 293 ;

in the Gang of Five, 334 -35, 337 , 340 , 344

Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), 84 -85, 172 , 193

Connally, John B., 157 -59

Connelly, Lloyd, 293 , 343

Connelly, Robert:

on Willie Brown's staff, 182 -86, 222 , 225 -26, 327 -28;

retirement of, 403

Connerly, Ward, 165 -66

Consumers Union, 349 , 351

Conti, Samuel J., 241

Contract with America, 372 , 376

Cookie. See Slayton, Clarence

Coppola, Francis Ford, 321

CORE. See Congress of Racial Equality

Cortese, Dominic, 280 , 374

Cory, Kenneth, 112 , 138 , 197 , 201 , 231

Cosby, Bill, 153

Costa, Jim, 334 , 337

Cotton market, 25 -26

Cowell, Olive, 51

Crabtree, Robert "Barthie," 36 , 38

Cranston, Alan, 160 , 359 , 371

Crawford, Frank "Jackie," 10 , 32 , 40 , 387

Crime (as political issue), 297 , 303

Cronkite, Walter, 207

Crown, Robert, 97 , 133 , 134 , 173 -74;

and California redistricting, 111 , 172 -73

Cub Scout Den. See Praetorian Guard

Cuomo, Mario, 383

Curb, Mile, 249 , 257 , 268 , 278 , 384

Curry, Sam, 386

Curtis, Herbert, III, 319

D

Daley, Richard, 202 -4, 212

Davis, Gray, 352 -53

Davis, Jack, 393

Davis, Will, 157

Dearman, John:

and Joseph Alioto, 160 -61;

and Willie Brown, 71 , 95 , 101 , 177 , 191 -92, 244 , 271 , 405 ;

and civil rights protests, 85 , 86 , 87 , 88 ;

court appointments of, 244 ;

and Hunters Point riot, 136 -37;

law practice of, 101 , 240 ;

and presidential campaigns, 151 , 153 , 154 , 200 , 211

Death penalty, 297

Deddeh, Wadie, 279 , 281

de Gaulle, Charles, 119

Dellums, Ron, 191 , 193 , 195 , 213 , 270 , 287

Delury, John, 95 , 219

Democratic National Convention:

1968 (Chicago), 157 -60, 196 ;

1968 (Chicago), Vietnam War protests at, 158 ;

1972 (Miami), 202 -14, 228 ;

1972 (Miami), Willie Brown's speech at, 208 -10, 230 , 411 -12;

1976 (New York), 245

Derby Club, 131 -32, 180

Deukmejian, George, 296 -297;

and Willie Brown, 296 , 298 -300, 303 , 304 , 309 , 311 , 328 ;

and California redistricting, 304 -7;

and California state budget, 114 , 295 -96, 297 -98, 300 -2;

as governor, 295 , 297 -304;

gubernatorial election won by, 292 , 297 , 384 ;

and legislation, 113 , 125 , 126 , 238 , 303 , 309 -10, 311 -13, 366 ;

in 1966 California Senate election, 138

Dick Conte Trio, 290

Dinkins, David, 383

Direct Action Network, 84

Discrimination, 47 , 56 , 64 , 67 , 71 ;

in housing, 59 , 71 -72, 73 -75.

See also Affirmative action; Rumford Fair Housing Act

Dixon, Julian, 226 , 227 , 232 , 250 , 287 , 291

Dobbs, Harold, 85

Dole, Bob, 359

Draft evasion, 26 -27

Dunlap, John, 197

Dunleavy, Hal, 91 , 93

Dymally, Mervyn, 138 ;

Willie Brown's rivalry with, 146 , 174 , 227 , 228 , 229 , 249 , 285 -86, 287 ;

gay rights bill supported by, 238 -39;

and Jesse Jackson's 1988 presidential campaign, 341 ;

as lieutenant governor, 249 , 384 ;

and prison reform, 176 ;

Jesse Unruh criticized by, 141

E

Eagleton, Thomas, 212 -13

Eastin, Delaine, 330

Eaves, Jerry, 334 -35, 337 , 338 , 342

The Economist , 383

Education (legislation), 138 , 361 -64

Eighteenth Assembly District, 76 -77, 99 -102, 119

Election. See specific office

Emmitt Powell Gospel Elites, 290

Endicott, William, 483

Environmental protection:

Willie Brown's position on, 138 , 171 , 365 ;

legislation, 311 , 365 , 375

Environmental Protection Agency, 309

Erlichman, John, 150

Ertola, Jack, 149 , 151

Evans, Sidney, 125 -26

F

Fair Political Practices Commission, 319 , 353

Farakan, Louis, 397

Farm labor, 147 -48, 237 , 260

Federal Bureau of Investigation, 323 -24, 353 , 365

Federal Organized Crime Strike Force, 241

Feinstein, Dianne:

and Willie Brown, 95 , 177 , 372 , 405 ;

at Phillip Burton's funeral, 301 ;

and Alan Cranston, 160 ;

and Forest Knolls protest, 74 -75;

and gay rights, 170 ;

in gubernatorial election (1990), 357 -58, 360 ;

and murders of George Moscone and Harvey Milk, 253 -54;

and Clint Reilly, 370 , 393 ;

as San Francisco mayor, 242 , 254 ;

in U.S. Senate elections, 371 , 373

Felando, Jerry, 343 -44

Feminism, 206 , 207

Fenton, Jack, 115 -16, 139 , 260

Ferguson, Gil, 309

Fillmore district, San Francisco, 46 -48, 72 , 77 , 398

FitzRandolph, John:

and Democratic campaign fundraising, 176 -77;

and Democratic caucus dissatisfaction, 173 ;

and election of Assembly Speaker (1974), 230 ;

and John Miller, 177 ;

and Robert Moretti, 176 , 189 , 216 , 217 ;

and Jesse Unruh, 112

Fleming, Thomas, 46

Flournoy, Houston, 223

Floyd, Richard, 357

Fong Eu, March, 138 , 292

Foot, Michael, 120

Foran, John:

and California Derby Club, 132 ;

and California redistricting, 127 ;

as chairman of Ways and Means Committee, 232 , 234 ;

at Chicago Democratic National Convention (1968), 149 ;

and Leo McCarthy, 219 , 245 ;

and Assembly Speaker election (1980), 257 ;

in California Senate election (1976), 240 , 246

Forest Knolls housing development, 73 -75

Foster, Norma, 360

Francois, Terry:

Willie Brown's relationship with, 56 , 59 , 68 , 74 , 78 , 84 , 98 , 101 , 140 , 177 ;

and Phillip Burton, 59 ;

at Chicago Democratic National Convention (1968), 149 ;

and civil rights protests, 75 , 86 ;

law practice of, 68 , 398 ;

in NAACP, 65 -67, 69 -71, 81 , 82 -83;

in NPAAC, 129 ;

political viability of, 77 -78;

on San Francisco Board of Supervisors, 140 , 177

Frank Fat's, 267 , 347 -49, 350

Freeways (in California), 179 -80

Frontier , 74 , 113

Frost, Michael, 300 , 328

G

Gaffney, Ed:

Rumford Fair Housing Act supported by, 113 ;

in Assembly election (1960), 68 ;

in Assembly election (1962 primary), 77 -81;

in State Assembly election (1964 primary), 91 -94, 96 -97, 99 , 115 , 391 ;

Jesse Unruh's support of, 112 , 115

Gaffney Triangle, 93

GAIN (workfare bill), 365

Galizio, Michael, 327 , 368

Gambling:

and Willie Brown, 48 , 396 ;

and Itsie Collins, 11 , 12 -13, 15 , 26 , 27 , 46 , 48 , 68 , 386 ;

legalization of, 241

Gang of Five, 334 -44;

and election of Assembly Speaker, 340 -41, 342 -44;

and liability law reform, 352

Gann, Paul:

and 1981-82 California redistricting, 305 , 306 ;

and Proposition 13, 246 -47, 248

Garamendi, John, 367 , 371

Gardner, David, 312

Garibaldi, James "Judge," 347

Garrigus, Charles "Gus," 97

Gary, Indiana, 198

Gasoline tax, 138

Gay rights legislation, 170 -71, 176 , 237 -39, 297 , 311

Gellert, Carl and Fred, 74

George Moscone Center, 405

Gephardt, Richard, 377 -78

Gillies, Duncan V., 49 -50, 56

Gingrich, Newt, 372 , 376 , 378

Glass Packaging Institute, 365 -66

Glenn, John, 152 -53

Golden Gate Park freeway, 92 -93

The Godfather Part III , 321 -22

Gonzales, Ray, 225 -26

Gonzalves, Joe A., 173 -75

Goodlett, Carlton, 58 , 78 , 129 , 276 ;

and Willie Brown, 56 , 76 , 79 , 98 , 101 ;

and Phillip Burton, 58 , 66 ;

Terry Francois supported by, 66 ;

at Miami Democratic National Convention (1972), 200

Gorton, George, 359

Governmental Efficiency and Economy Committee, 143 -44

Governor, election of. See California gubernatorial election

Governor's mansion, 295

GQ , 290 , 316

Graham, Bill, 316

Green, Don, 348

Greene, Bill, 138 , 141 ;

Willie Brown's rivalry with, 227 , 250 ;

at Chicago Democratic National Convention (1968), 149 ;

on Select Committee on Campus Disturbances (1969), 167 , 169

Greene, Leroy, 226 , 281

Gregory, Bion, 343 -44

Gregory, Dick, 87 , 127

Grier, Roosevelt "Rosey," 151

Grizzlies, 331 , 333 -34, 349

Gun control legislation, 140 , 311

Gunter, Chaney, 3

H

Haight-Ashbury, 77

"Haight-Ashbury Democratic Reporter," 93

Haldeman, H.R., 150

Hallett, Carol:

as Assembly minority leader, 256 -57, 278 ;

and Assembly Speaker election (1980), 262 , 264 -66, 268 , 271 , 277 ;

and California redistricting, 281 ;

in lieutenant governor election (1982), 278 , 292

Hallett, James, 277

Hallinan, Terence:

and Willie Brown, 95 , 97 ;

and civil rights protests, 84 , 85 , 86 ;

as San Francisco district attorney, 402

Hallinan, Vincent, 87

Hall Pittman, Tarea, 69 , 82

Hancock, Baby Dalle (née Tuck) (half-sister), 9 , 14 , 28 , 31 ;

in Willie Brown's 1995 mayoral campaign, 401 , 402

Hannigan, Tom:

as Assembly majority leader, 317 , 318 , 334 ;

and Assembly Speaker election (1980), 263 , 270 , 271 ;

as member of Grizzlies, 331

Harris, Elihu, 250 , 264 , 286 , 328

Harris, Jack, 27

Harris, Kamala, 390 , 394 , 402 , 404

Hart, Gary, 203 -4, 205 , 206 -7, 212

Harvey, Trice, 341

Hastings College of the Law, 63 -64

Hatcher, Richard, 193

Hauck, William, 189 , 326

Hawkins, Augustus, 128 , 193 , 286 ;

and Assembly Speaker election (1980), 270

Hayakawa, Samuel I., 166 -67, 373

Hayden, Tom, 293 , 309 , 334 , 371

Hayes, Thomas, 370

Haynes, Rev. F. D., 78 , 84

Hayward, Brad, 397 , 398

Highway Commission, 92 -93

Hill, Frank, 293 , 340

Hill, Gerald, 63 -64, 99 , 160

Hillard, Robert Henson, 7

Hilliard, David, 167

Hinckle, Warren, 82 , 87

Hitch, Charles, 187

Hoffa, Jimmy, 148

Holoman, Frank, 226 , 228 -29

Holton, Ruth, 321

Homosexuality. See Gay rights legislation

Hongisto, Richard, 213

Honig, Bill, 95 , 303 , 304

Horcher, Paul:

and Assembly Speaker election (1994), 376 -78;

on Willie Brown's mayoral staff, 403 ;

recall of, 377 -78, 380 ;

and state budget, 361 , 376

Hotel Employers Association, 87

Housing:

discrimination in, 59 , 71 -72, 73 -75;

as issue in 1964 Assembly general election, 100 ;

legislation, 124 , 125 -26, 138 ;

segregation in, 65 ;

urban blacks' concern about, 165 -66.

See also Proposition 14; Rumford Fair Housing Act

Huerta, Dolores, 59 , 401 ;

at Miami Democratic National Convention (1972), 200 -201, 203 -5, 211

Huff, Jesse, 328

Huffington, Michael, 372 -73

Huffman, Alice, 356 -57, 362 ;

and BAPAC, 286 ;

and Willie Brown, 286 , 362 , 364 , 371 , 383

Hughes, Richard J., 157

Humphrey, Hubert:

Willie Brown's opinion of, 213 ;

presidential campaign (1968) of, 149 , 155 , 159 -60;

presidential campaign (1972) of, 199 , 201 -4, 210 ;

Vietnam War policies of, 159 -60

Hunters Point:

Robert Kennedy's motorcade in, 151 ;

park for, 220 ;

riot, 136 -37;

voter turnout at, 397

I

I. E. Boys, 10 , 32 , 387

Imbrecht, Charles, 265

Ingalls, Walter, 257

Innis, Roy, 193 -94

Insurance industry, 348

Integration (school), 285 , 386 -87

International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union (ILWU), 80 , 93 -94, 148

Interracial Congress, 7

Irwin, Joan, 213

Isenberg, Phillip:

in Assembly, 284 , 293 , 325 , 374 , 403 ;

and Willie Brown, 69 , 330 ;

on Willie Brown's staff, 144 , 171 , 181 -82, 185 , 229 ;

and the Gang of Five, 335 , 337 , 340 ;

and the Grizzlies, 334 ;

in George McGovern's 1972 presidential campaign, 200 , 213 ;

Minnie Collins's funeral, xiii ;

in Young Democrats, 69 , 112 -13

J

Jackie. See Crawford, Frank

Jackson, Clay, 348

Jackson, George, 176

Jackson, Listress "Lobo," 36 , 38

Jackson, Rev. Jesse, 128 , 382 -83, 397 ;

and Miami Democratic National Convention (1972), 202 -3;

at Northlake black political summit, 193 , 195 ;

presidential campaign of (1988), 195 , 341

Jacobs, John, 250 -51, 328 , 394 , 399

Jarvis, Howard, 246 -47, 248

Jefferson Starship, 316

Johnson, Hiram, 107 , 118

Johnson, Lyndon, 146 , 147 , 157 -58, 386 ;

Vietnam War policy of, 124 , 159 , 196

Johnson, Rafer, 152 -53

Johnson, Ross, 321 , 360 , 381 ;

and Assembly Speaker elections, 264 -65, 266 , 268 , 343 -45;

and the Gang of Five, 343

Johnston, Patrick, 318 , 337 -38

Jones, Bill, 293 , 322

Jones, Jim, 149 , 250 -53

Jones United Methodist Church, 49 , 61 -62, 68 , 398

Jonestown, Guyana, 251 -53

Jordan, Frank, 367 , 384 , 391 -92, 395 , 396 , 400 -404

Joseph Seagrams & Sons, 242

K

Kahn, Julius, 137

Kantor, Mickey, 368 , 383

Katz, Richard, 309 ;

as Assembly Democratic leader, 399 , 403 ;

and Willie Brown, 291 , 363 , 378 ;

in Bill Clinton's presidential campaign, 368

Kaufman, Gale, 11 -12, 326 , 402 , 405

KCRA television, 372

Keene, Barry, 230

Kelley, David, 341

Kennedy, Edward M. "Ted," 154 -55, 197 , 257 , 261

Kennedy, Ethel, 196

Kennedy, John F., 112 , 196

Kennedy, Joseph, 65 , 68 , 77 , 78 , 81 -84

Kennedy, Robert:

assassination of, 146 , 154 -55;

and black audiences, 151 -54;

Willie Brown in presidential campaign of, 124 , 146 ;

California endorsements sought by, 146 -48;

and George McGovern, 196 ;

presidential campaign of, 150 -55;

and United Farm Workers union, 147 -48

Kennedy, Willie, 65

Kersten, Elisabeth, 182

Killea, Lucy, 293

King, Rev. Martin Luther, Jr.:

assassination of, 145 -46, 151 -52;

funeral of, 152 , 158 ;

and Watts riots, 128

Klaas, Polly:, 330

Klehs, Johan, 293

Klein, Herb, 359

Knowles, David, 331 , 381

Knox, John, 178

Kosygin, Aleksei, 119

KPIX television, 404

KQED television, 239

Kushman, Rick, 372

L

Labor protection legislation, 373 . See also Farm labor

Latinos, 281

Legislative Representation Committee, 141 -43

Lehman, Rick, 265 , 278

Lemmon, Jack, 306

Levine, Mel, 278 , 288

Lewis, Huey, 404 -5

Lewis, Jerry, 167

Liability law reform, 348 -52, 355

Life , 202

Lincoln, Dorothy, 73

Linka, Wendy, 327

Livingston, Gene, 348

Lobbyists:

and Willie Brown, 141 -42, 222 , 322 ;

and campaign contributions, 355 -57;

influence of, 107 -8, 111 , 113 ;

and influence peddling, 321 ;

and liability law reform, 348 -49, 355 ;

and political lunch clubs, 131 ;

and Jesse Unruh, 108 -9

Lockyer, Bill, 59 ;

and Willie Brown, 95 , 230 , 280 ;

and Leo McCarthy, 245 , 259 ;

as George McGovern's California campaign manager, 205 , 213 ;

and napkin deal, 348 , 350

Logan Act, 121

London, Virginia, 33

Longshore, Richard, 342

Los Angeles prison proposal, 304

Los Angeles Times , 377

Los Angeles Unified School District, 352

Lowenstein, Daniel, 223 -24

Lunch clubs, 131 -35, 318 . See also club name

Lungren, Dan, 370

Lynching, 7

M

MacLaine, Shirley, 149 , 200 , 207 , 210

Maddox, Lester G., 158 , 159

Maddy, Ken, 360 , 378

Maharidge, Dale, 25

Malcolm X, 128

The Mallet , 102

Malone, William, 56 -58

Mandel, Marvin, 205

Mandela, Nelson, 313

Mankiewicz, Frank, 197 -98, 202 -4, 206 -7, 208 ;

in Robert Kennedy's presidential campaign, 150 ;

at Jesse Unruh's funeral, 336 -35

Manning, Seaton W., 47 , 71

Margolin, Burt, 293 , 366

Margolis, Larry, 113 , 114

Marijuana legislation, 239 -40

Marks, Milton, 127 , 139 , 403

Marshall, Thurgood, 63

Martinez, Matthew, 260

Mathis, Darlene, 210

Matsui, Robert, 279

Mayor's Interim Committee on Human Rights, 89

Mays, Willie, 71 -72

McAlister, Alister, 220

McAteer, Eugene, 95 , 127 , 139 , 218 -19

McCalla, Jewel, 11

McCalla, Marcus, 14 , 37

McCarthy, Dan, 218

McCarthy, Eugene, 147 , 150 , 155 , 159

McCarthy, John F., 121

McCarthy, Leo, 218 -19;

as Assembly Speaker, 232 -35, 237 , 245 -46, 256 -61, 262 , 263 , 269 , 293 ;

in Assembly Speaker elections, 218 , 219 -20, 224 -26, 229 -32, 279 ;

and Willie Brown, 174 , 185 , 219 , 222 , 240 , 271 ;

Phillip Burton's rivalry with, 219 ;

as John Delury's campaign manager, 95 ;

and George Deukmejian;

as lieutenant governor, 284 , 292 , 303 , 384 ;

and Proposition 13, 247 -49;

on San Francisco Board of Supervisors, 86 ;

U.S. Senate election lost by, 359 ;

Jesse Unruh's enmity with, 267 -68

McClintock, Tom, 304

McDowell, Jack, 115 , 120

McGovern, George:

and Willie Brown, 56 , 124 , 150 ;

at Chicago Democratic National Convention (1968), 159 ;

in Robert Kennedy's presidential campaign, 196 ;

at Miami Democratic National Convention, 202 -14;

presidential campaign of, 196 -213

McGovern Commission, 196 , 201 -2

McMillan, Lester, 143

McWilliams, Carey, 47 , 108

Meade, Ken, 197 , 264

Meany, George, 148

Medi-Cal, 310 , 365

Meese, Edwin, 190

Mel's Drive-In protest, 85

Merksamer, Steve, 298 -99, 300 , 303 , 310 ;

as manufacturers' lobbyist, 348 ;

Pete Wilson advised by, 368

Metzger, Barbara, 327

Meyers, Charles, 127

Mice Milk, 134 -35, 174 , 177 , 320

Michael, Jay, 348

Migration of blacks:

to East Texas, 7 -8;

to San Francisco, 27 , 45 , 47 , 62

Milk, Harvey, 253 -54

Miller, George, 182 , 289

Miller, John, 138 , 165 , 177 , 197 , 232 ;

and Assembly Speaker election (1974), 226 , 231 ;

in Assembly Speaker elections, 174 -75, 177 -78;

Willie Brown's rivalry with, 226 , 250

Million Man March, 397

Mills, Jim, 111 , 114 , 125 , 238

Mineola, Texas, 3 , 4 , 6 , 386 -87, 405

Mineola Colored High School, 31 -32, 33 , 39 , 50 ;

and Willie Brown's homecoming visit, 386 , 387 ;

segregation at, 39 -40

Mineola Monitor , 26 , 27 , 33 , 36 , 37

Mockler, John, 124 , 182 , 187 , 189 , 351 , 356 , 364 ;

as education lobbyist and adviser, 328 ;

and student protest legislation, 168 -70

Mojonnier, Sunny, 343 -44

Molina, Gloria, 329 , 331

Monagan, Robert, 163 , 165 , 167 , 172 , 177 ;

on Legislative Representation Committee, 142 ;

and Robert Moretti, 175

Monahan, John, 93

Monahan's bar, 93

Mondale, Walter, 307 , 315 -16

Moore, Gwen, 250 , 287 , 319 , 393 , 394

Moore, Melba, 290

Moorhead, Carlos, 167

Moose Milk, 131

Moretti, Robert:

as Assembly Speaker, 177 -78, 181 , 188 -89, 190 , 197 , 215 -16, 217 , 218 , 298 , 326 ;

and Assembly Speaker elections, 175 -76, 226 , 227 , 229 , 231 ;

and Willie Brown, 133 , 134 , 218 -19, 222 , 234 , 299 ;

death of, 336 ;

at Democratic National Conventions, 149 , 200 ;

gubernatorial election lost by, 216 -17, 218 , 223 , 224 , 384 ;

and Jesse Unruh, 139 , 173

Morris, Greg, 191

Morrison, Jack, 140

Morse, Rob, 404

Moscone, George:

and Willie Brown, 64 , 92 , 95 -96;

and John Burton, 64 , 217 ;

and Phillip Burton, 59 ;

in California Senate, 138 , 219 ;

and civil rights protests, 87 , 88 ;

at Democratic National Conventions, 149 , 200 ;

and gay rights bill, 238 -39;

in gubernatorial election, 216 , 217 ;

and Jim Jones, 250 , 252 ;

and marijuana decriminalization bill, 239 ;

murder of, 79 , 253 -54, 336 ;

on San Francisco Board of Supervisors, 86 ;

as San Francisco mayor, 217 , 238 , 240 , 246 , 249

Moscone, Gina, 98 , 253 , 327

Mosk, Edna, 149

Mosk, Stanley, 149

Moss, John E., 186

Motor Car Dealers' Association, 89

Mountjoy, Richard, 377 , 378 , 379

Murphy, Frank, Jr., 167 , 171

Murray, George Mason, 167

Muskie, Edmund, 195 -96, 197 , 198

Myers, Dee Dee, 368

N

NAACP, 62 -63;

branch election (1955), 65 -67;

branch election (1959), 69 , 70 ;

Willie Brown's involvement with, 51 , 64 -67, 136 , 222 -23, 285 -86;

Phillip Burton's membership in, 55 ;

and civil rights issues, 70 -71, 75 , 89 ;

infighting in, 64 -67, 69 , 81 -84, 136 ;

lobbying by, 165 -66;

and national black political movement, 172

Nance, Ethel Ray, 66

Napkin deal, 348 -50, 351 , 355

Nathanson, Mark, 252 , 324

The Nation , 108

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. See NAACP

National Rainbow Coalition, 382

National Rifle Association, 311

Naylor, Robert, 260 , 262 , 278 , 279 , 282 , 305 ;

and Willie Brown, 255 -56, 284 , 307 -8;

as lobbyist, 348

Neal, Kathy, 328

Negro caucus of California Legislature, 139

Negro Labor movement, 172

Negro Political Action Association of California (NPAAC), 128 -30, 286

Neiman-Marcus, 242

Netters, Tyronne, 319

News-Call Bulletin. See San Francisco News-Call Bulletin ,

Newsome, Patty Ruth, 9 , 11 , 37

Newton, Huey, 153 , 161

New West , 251 , 320

The New York Times , 214 , 400

Nimoy, Leonard, 200

Nixon, Richard:

campaign "dirty tricks" of, 211 ;

gubernatorial defeat of, 80 ;

presidential election of, 160 , 162 , 204 , 213 ;

resignation of, 223 , 233 ;

as Pete Wilson's mentor, 359

Nofziger, Lyn, 142

Nolan, Patrick:

as Assembly minority leader, 308 -9;

in Assembly Speaker election, 340 -41, 342 ;

and Willie Brown, 256 , 282 -83, 308 -9, 339 , 355 ;

and Clean Air Act, 366 ;

and enterprise zone bills, 365 ;

federal corruption indictment of, 321 , 323 , 342 ;

and Robert Moretti, 336 ;

and Jesse Unruh, 336

Noll, Chuck, 241

NorCal Solid Waste Systems, 324

Northlake black political summit, 193 -95

Nothenberg, Rudy:

and Willie Brown, 91 , 95 , 98 , 385 , 403 ;

and Phillip Burton, 59

NPAAC. See Negro Political Action Association of California

O

Oakland Symphony Orchestra, 367

Oakland Tribune , 228

O'Brien, Lawrence, 203 , 204 , 205

O'Connell, Jack, 293

O'Connor, Raymond J., 83

Office of Majority Services, 326

Olympia & York, 242

O'Neill, Thomas "Tip", 301

Operation Breadbasket, 193

Outstanding Freshman Legislator, 127 , 131

P

Pacific Gas and Electric Company, 187 , 395

Pacific Heights, 77

Panhandle (of Golden Gate Park), 77 , 92 -93

Papan, Louis, 219 , 258 , 264 , 266 , 282 , 310

Paskin, Wendy, 391 -92, 400

Pattee, Alan, 163

Peace, Steve, 293 ;

in the Gang of Five, 334 -35, 344 ;

and Pete Wilson, 362 , 363

Peck, Gregory, 149

Peoples Temple, 250 -53, 349

Perry, Phillip, 374

Pesticide regulation, 277

Peterson, Oscar, 74

Petris, Nicholas, 133 , 138 , 248

Phelps, Brian, 400

Phillips, Channing, 159

Pier 45, 315 -16, 404

Pierson, David, 229

Polanco, Richard, 304

Political Reform Act, 223 -24

Pollard, Vic, 261

Poll tax, 4

Poor people's rally (Sacramento), 155 -57

Powell, Harmon, 36

Praetorian Guard, 109 , 114 , 320

Prairie View A&M, 40

Preservationists, 242

Presidential election:

of 1968 (primary), 146 -55, 157 -60;

of 1968 (general), 162 ;

of 1972 (primary), 193 , 195 -99;

of 1972 (general), 213 ;

of 1976 (primary), 243 -45;

of 1992, 371

Pringle, Curt, 374 , 382 , 403

Priolo, Paul, 138 , 254 , 256

Prison conditions, 176

Property tax, 246 -49

Proposition 1 (1973) (tax roll-back), 216

Proposition 1-A (1966) (for full-time legislature), 111 , 137

Proposition 9 (1974) (Political Reform Act), 223 -24, 241

Proposition 13 (1978) (property tax relief), 247 -49, 259

Proposition 13 "Babies," 249 -50, 255 -57, 267 , 268 , 308

Proposition 14 (1964) (Rumford Fair Housing Act repeal), 86 , 99 , 100 , 101 , 114 . See also Rumford Fair Housing Act

Proposition 14 (1982) (redistricting), 288 -89

Proposition 19 (1972) (legalization of marijuana), 213

Proposition 24 (1984) (redistricting), 305 -6

Proposition 39 (1984) (redistricting), 306 -7

Proposition 51 (1986) (civil damages limitation), 350

Proposition 98 (1988) (school funding), 361

Proposition 103 (1988) (insurance regulation), 351

Proposition 140 (1990) (legislative term limits), 352 , 358 , 360

Proposition 187 (1994) (services to illegal immigrants), 371 , 372

Q

Queen Mary investigation, 183 -84

R

Racism:

Willie Brown accused of, 287 ;

Willie Brown statement on, 408 ;

during White House junket, 284 .

See also Civil rights; Discrimination; Segregation; Voting franchise; Whitecapping

Rafferty, Max, 171

Rainey, Homer, 40

Ralph, Leon, 138 , 227 -28, 230 -31, 232 , 234 ;

Willie Brown's rivalry with, 250 ;

at Martin Luther King Jr.'s funeral, 152 ;

George McGovern endorsed by, 197 ;

at Jesse Unruh's funeral, 336 -37

Raoul Wallenberg High School, 397 -98

Raven , 250

Rawls, Lou, 191 , 322

Reagan, Nancy, 295

Reagan, Ronald:

and Willie Brown, xi , 142 , 188 -90, 220 -22, 363 ;

and Mike Curb, 257 ;

as governor, 141 , 187 , 189 , 216 , 239 , 295 ;

in gubernatorial election (1966), 135 -36, 137 , 138 ;

in gubernatorial election (1970), 164 , 172 , 177 , 383 ;

as president, 258 , 277 , 312 ;

and tax reform, 248

Reasoner, Harry, 291

Redford, Robert, 201

Redistricting:

in 1961, 76 , 99 , 111 ;

in 1965, 118 -19, 125 , 127 , 137 ;

in 1971, 172 -73, 225 , 238 ;

in 1981-82, 262 , 270 , 278 -84, 287 -89, 293 , 304 -7, 309 ;

in 1991, 359

Red Rock West , 290

Reichmann, Albert, 242

Reilly, Clint:

as Kathleen Brown's political consultant, 370 ;

Willie Brown's enmity with, 393 -95;

as Frank Jordan's political consultant, 393 -95, 396 , 400 , 401 , 402

Reiterman, Tim, 250 -51

Reporter . See San Francisco Sun-Reporter

Richards, Ann, xi , 383

Richardson, H. L., 239

Richter, Bernie, 379

Right from the Start , 203

Riles, Wilson, 171 , 195

Robbins, Alan, 285

Roberti, David:

in Assembly, 138 ;

and Willie Brown, 284 , 316 ;

and California redistricting, 288 , 305 ;

as California Senate president pro tempore, 284 , 300 , 304 , 317 , 360 ;

and state budget, 291 -92, 361

Roberts, Ella (grandmother), 8 , 19

Robinson, Richard, 305

Rodda, Richard, 133 , 213 -14

Rollins, Ed, 265 , 266 , 268 , 271 ;

and Howard Berman, 261 ;

and Willie Brown, 262 , 271 , 286

Roos, Michael, xiii , 250 , 264 , 270 , 334 , 335 , 402

Rose Institute, 283 , 288

Ross, Richie, 322 , 326 , 327

Rostenkowski, Dan, 202 -3

Roth, William Matson, 216

Rumford, Byron, 101 , 113 , 128 , 138

Rumford Fair Housing Act, 84 , 88 , 101 , 113 -14, 295 . See also Proposition 14 (1964)

Russell, Mark, 360

Russell, Newton, 167

Rutland, Bill, xiii

Ryan, Leo, 149 , 167 , 169 ;

murder of, in Jonestown, 251 , 349

Ryan, Phillip, 319

S

The Sacramento Bee :

AB 1037 supported by, 126 ;

Assembly Speaker's election reported by, 172 , 262 , 265 ;

and Willie Brown, 122 , 133 , 213 -14, 241 , 276 , 317 , 328 , 353 , 372 , 397 , 398 ;

Jim Brulte unfavorably portrayed by, 380 ;

elections reported by, 277 , 293 , 307 , 394 ;

insurance lobby ads in, 350

Sacramento Capitol renovation, 221 -22, 275 -76

Sacramento Union , 277

Salzman, Ed, 228

Samish, Artie, 107 -8, 113 , 317

Sample, Herbert A., 287

San Francisco:

discrimination in, 47 , 56 , 62 ;

migration of southern blacks to, 27 , 45 , 47 , 62

San Francisco Board of Supervisors, 92 -93

San Francisco Chronicle :

Auto Row protest reported by, 88 -89;

and Willie Brown, 83 , 87 , 94 , 120 , 161 , 190 , 252 , 355 ;

NAACP infighting reported by, 82

San Francisco Council of Democratic Clubs, 79

San Francisco Examiner :

and Willie Brown, 83 , 94 , 120 , 134 , 218 , 395 -96, 404 ;

Jonestown exposé by, 251 ;

nude photograph of Frank Jordon printed by, 400

San Francisco mayoral election:

of 1963, 84 -85;

of 1967, 139 -40;

of 1975, 217 ;

of 1988, 340 ;

of 1995, 391 -404

San Francisco News–Call Bulletin , 81 , 120

San Francisco Redevelopment Agency, 71 -72

San Francisco State College, 49 -50;

Willie Brown's attendance at, 50 -53;

Willie Brown's speech at, 154 ;

student protests at, 166 -67, 409

San Francisco Sun-Reporter , 58 ;

and Willie Brown, 74 , 76 , 121 ;

and Phillip Burton, 59 ;

job discrimination reported by, 46 , 74

Santana, Carlos, 404 -5

Save-the-Bay bill, 171

SB 92 (welfare case management fund), 360

SB 95 (marijuana decriminalization), 239 -40

SB 292 (assault weapon ban), 311

Schabarum, Peter, 138

Scheer, Robert, 47

Scott, Austin, 232

Seale, Bobby, 140 , 161

Sebastiani, Don, 305 , 307

Seeger, Pete, 213

Segregation:

in California, 64 , 65 ;

in East Texas, 4 -7, 10 -11;

effect of, on Willie Brown, 4 , 5 -6, 157 , 162 , 363 -64, 386 ;

at Mineola Colored High School, 39 -40;

and NAACP, 63 , 64 ;

at University of Texas, 40 .

See also Integration

Select Committee on Campus Disturbances (1969), 167 -70;

Willie Brown's statement to, 169 -70, 407 -10

Select Realty, 85

Setencich, Brian, 382 , 398 , 403

Sexism, 132 , 194 -95

The Shack, 11 , 12 -13, 21 ;

closing of, 26 , 27

Shelley, John F. "Jack," 76 , 84 -87, 101 , 136

Sher, Byron, 310 , 349 , 366

Sheraton-Palace Hotel protest, 86 -87, 89 , 92 , 124

Shriver, Sargent, 213

Sieroty, Alan, 172

Simpson, O. J., 397

Sims, Tracy, 86 , 87 , 89

Sirhan, Sirhan, 155

60 Minutes , 291

Slayton, Clarence "Cookie," 10 , 31 , 387

Smith, Martin, 262 , 263 , 276 , 293

Smith, Steve, 150

Smith, Tommie, 161

Smoke Shop, 46 , 48 , 68 , 385

Snodgrass, Kathleen, 348

Snyder, Harry, 349 , 351

Society for Individual Rights, 170

Soledad State Prison, 176

Song, Alfred, 138

South Africa investment boycott, 311 -13

Southern Christian Leadership Conference, 172

Southern Pacific Development Company, 353

Southern Pacific Railroad, 107 , 118

Spate's general store, 10

Speier, Jackie, 349 , 374 , 380 ;

and Jonestown massacre, 251 -52, 253

Standard Building Company, 74

Stanton, Bill, 114 , 115 , 119 -23, 127 , 137

Staples, Rosa Lee, 28

State Bar of California, 353

Statham, Stan, 343 -44

Steffes, George, 189

Stern, Robert, 223 -24

Stevenson, Adlai, 63

Stienhart Aquarium, 353

Strauss, Robert, 233

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, 172

Student protests, 166 -70;

Willie Brown's statement regarding, 407 -10

Stull, John, 167 , 187

Sullivan, Joseph, 87

Sutton, Percy, 193

Swig, Ben, 70

T

Taco Bell, 352

Takei, George, 200

Tanner, Sally, 310

Teachers' strike, 352 -53

Teamsters Union, 148

Teasdale, Russell, 99 -100

The Temptations, 322

Terrell, A. W., 6

Terrell law, 6

Texas Committee on Interracial Cooperation, 7

Texas Monthly , 31

Thompson, Mark, 400

Thompson, Steve, 182 , 184 , 186 -87, 189 , 229 , 326 -27, 328

"Three strikes" prison sentencing, 329 -30, 372

Tire Recycling Act of 1989, 324

Tobacco industry, 324 -25, 349 , 395

Torres, Art:

and Assembly Speaker election (1980), 259 -60, 263 , 269 , 270 , 271 ;

at Willie Brown's mayoral candidacy announcement, 385 ;

and Cesar Chavez, 269 , 277

Tower, John, 386

Tower of Power, 316

Toxic waste cleanup, 309 -10

Travis, Ben, 63

Treasure Island Naval Base, 396

Treskunoff, Harold, 69 -70

Trovets, 107

Truman, Harry, 57 -58, 107

Truth-in-lending bill, 113

Tuck, Baby Dalle. See Hancock, Baby Dalle

Tuck, Roy, 9

Tucker, Curtis, 269 , 270 ;

death of, 343 , 377

Tuesday Club, 131

Tunney, Gene, 197

Tunney, John, 197 -98, 200 -201, 205 , 206

Turk, Al, 20

Turk, Art, 17 , 18 , 20

Turner, Charles, 245

Twentieth Assembly District, 119

Twin Peaks, 77

U

Ueberroth, Peter, 319

Underwater World, 353 -54

United Farm Workers, 147 -48, 344 , 401 ;

political influence of, 237 , 260 , 277

United San Francisco Freedom Movement, 84

United States Congress special election of 1964, 85 -86, 91 , 114

United States Senate election of 1992, 371

University of California, 187 , 312

University of San Francisco, 151

University of Southern California, 107

University of Texas, 40

Unruh, Jesse, 105 -6, 111 , 114 ;

Assembly election of, 107 , 109 ;

as Assembly minority leader, 164 , 173 -74;

as Assembly Speaker, 110 -16, 139 , 162 ;

and Assembly Speaker elections, 172 , 267 -68;

and Howard Berman, 267 -68;

and Black Panthers' Assembly appearance, 140 ;

and Pat Brown, 109 , 112 , 135 ;

and Willie Brown, 56 , 119 , 122 -23, 125 , 133 -34, 138 -39, 141 -44, 164 , 268 ;

and John Burton, 122 -23, 125 , 141 ;

Phillip Burton's rivalry with, 57 , 59 , 80 , 96 -97, 107 , 112 , 114 ;

campaign techniques of, 107 , 176 , 320 ;

colleagues' relationship with, 108 -9;

committee appointments by, 109 -10, 139 , 141 ;

death of, 336 -37;

and John Delury, 95 , 96 -97;

and George Deukmejian, 298 -99;

gubernatorial election (1970) lost by, 164 , 177 , 384 ;

and Hubert Humphrey's presidential campaign, 160 ;

in Robert Kennedy's presidential campaign, 146 -47, 148 , 150 , 152 , 155 , 159 ;

lobbyists' relationship with, 108 -9;

and Leo McCarthy, 267 -68;

nicknamed "Big Daddy," 105 -6, 114 ;

and Republicans, 114 , 143 ;

and Rumford Fair Housing Act, 84 ;

as state treasurer, 223 , 292 ;

and Tuesday Club, 131 ;

and Vietnam War telegram incident, 122 -23;

Young Democrats' relationship with, 112 -13;

youth of, 106 -7

Unruh, Linda, 329

Unruh, Virginia, 105

Urban development, 92 -93

Urban League, 75

V

Van de Kamp, John, 292 , 303

Vasconcellos, John, 266 , 280 , 303 ;

George McGovern endorsed by, 197 ;

on Select Committee on Campus Disturbances, 167 , 169

Velie, Lester, 108

Veneman, John, 163

Veysey, Victor, 167 , 168

Vicencia, Frank, 245 , 263 -64, 319

Vietnam War:

Lyndon Johnson's policy on, 196 ;

George McGovern's position on, 196 , 211 ;

protest movement, 119 -24, 145 , 158 , 166 , 168 , 407 -8;

telegram incident, 119 -24, 137 , 139

Vitero, Blanche. See Blanche Brown

Voter registration, 69 , 97

Voting franchise, 4 , 157

Voting Rights Act, 287 , 289

W

Waldie, Jerome, 117 , 123 , 134 , 149 , 216

Walker, James, 161

Walker, Joe Louis, 404 -5

Wallace, George, 197 , 198 , 199 , 204 , 210

Wallace, Henry, 107

Wallace, Mike, 207

Walters, Dan, 277 , 307 ;

and Willie Brown, 317 , 353 , 395

Walters, Staci, 395

Walton, James (half-brother):

in Willie Brown's mayoral campaign, 401 , 402 ;

and Willie Brown's Mineola visit, 386 ;

childhood of, 8 , 14 -15, 23 , 28 , 29 ;

as Tacoma city manager, 384 -85

Ward, Baxter, 216

Warren, Charles, 113

The Washington Post , 285 , 400

Watergate scandal, 211 , 213 , 223

Waters, Maxine:

as Assembly Democratic caucus chairwoman, 306 , 328 -29;

and Lewis Brown, 24 ;

and Willie Brown, 129 , 250 , 263 , 264 , 271 , 286 , 382 ;

and California redistricting, 283 , 289 ;

and the Gang of Five, 335 ;

and the Grizzlies, 334 ;

and Jesse Jackson, 341 ;

South Africa boycott bill sponsored by, 311 -13

Waters, Norman, 330 -31

Watts riots, 127 -28, 130 , 135

Waxman, Henry, 225 , 227 , 230

W. E. B. Du Bois Club, 85 , 94 , 97 , 99 , 100

Weil, Gordon, 204 , 212

Weinberger, Caspar, 114

Welfare:

funding cuts, 365 ;

reform legislation, 124 , 189 , 311 , 375

Wells Fargo Bank, 113

Welter, Jack, 134

West, Cornel, 383

West, Kirk, 348 , 360

Western Addition. See Fillmore

Western Addition Community Organization, 140

Western Agricultural Chemical Association, 277

Wheat, Charles, 51 , 52

White, Bob, 359

White, Dan, 253

Whitecapping, 7 , 37 -38

White politicians, and black militancy, 154 , 161 -62

Wicker, Tom, 214

Wilkins, Rev. James, 238

Wilkins, Roy, 66 -67, 69 , 70 , 82 , 84

Williams, Joe, 191

Williams, Lance, 395 -96

Williams, Rev. Cecil, 187 , 385 , 390 , 405

Williams, "Seecut," 18

Willie Brown Show , 372

Wilson, Dotson, 327 , 377 , 378

Wilson, Peter B. "Pete," 358 -59;

in Assembly, 138 , 165 -66;

and Willie Brown, 102 , 156 -57, 165 -66, 318 -19, 352 , 357 , 360 , 362 -63, 368 , 369 ;

and John Burton, 165 -66;

as governor, 352 , 353 , 360 -63, 366 ;

gubernatorial election won by, 359 -60, 371 , 373 ;

and state budget, 344 , 361 -63, 376 ;

U.S. Senate election won by, 292 , 358

Winton, Gordon, 110 , 115

Woo, Michael, 393

Wood County, Texas, 4 , 6 , 25 -26

Workers compensation, 360 , 369

Workfare, 364

Wright, Cathie, 319 , 344

Wright, Jim, 301

Wyman, Eugene, 159

Wyman, Phillip, 268

Y

Yarborough, Ralph, 157

Yerba Buena Center, 242 , 405

Yockey, Sam, 403

Yorty, Sam, 135 , 148 , 267

Yosemite, Democratic caucus meeting, 306

Young Americans for Freedom, 308

Young Democrats, 56 , 58 , 69 , 112 -13, 225

Younger, Evelle, 241 , 249

Young Republicans, 121

Z

Z'berg, Edwin, 127 , 133 , 134 , 172 , 224

Zenovich, George, 126 , 133 , 139 , 164

Zilliacus, Konnie, 119 -20