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