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
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 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 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 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 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
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
Castro District, 77 , 93 , 238
Catellus Incorporated, 353
Cavala, William, 280 , 319 , 326 , 328
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 ;
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:
movement, 70 -71, 84 -89, 166 -70
Claiborne, William, 400
Clark, William P., 187
Clean Air Act, 365
Cleaver, Eldridge, 140
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 Willie Brown, 14 -15, 27 -28, 41 , 45 -46, 49 , 51 , 56 , 389 ;
lifestyle of, 27 -28, 38 -39, 49 , 53 ;
San Francisco gambling casino of, 46 , 48 , 68 , 386 ;
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 ;
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, Robert:
on Willie Brown's staff, 182 -86, 222 , 225 -26, 327 -28;
retirement of, 403
Connerly, Ward, 165 -66
Conti, Samuel J., 241
Contract with America, 372 , 376
Cookie. See Slayton, Clarence
Coppola, Francis Ford, 321
CORE. See Congress of Racial Equality
Cory, Kenneth, 112 , 138 , 197 , 201 , 231
Cosby, Bill, 153
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