Oral history interview with Arthur L. Alarcon
- Responsibility
- By Carlos Vasquez.
- Imprint
- 1988.
- Physical description
- iii, 382 leaves ; 28 cm.
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| Call number | Status |
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| F866.4 .A43 A3 1988 |
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Creators/Contributors
- Author/Creator
- Alarcon, Arthur L.
- Contributor
- Vásquez, Carlos, 1944-
Contents/Summary
- Summary
- Alarcon discusses his family background, education, experience in the military, post-secondary education, and activities, events, and issues during his tenure in the Edmund G. Brown, Sr., administration from 1961-1964, in particular those relating to narcotics, capital punishment, extradition, clemency, and law enforcement.
Subjects
- Subject
- Alarcon, Arthur L.
- Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994.
- Strong, Edward W.
- Sanchez, Leopoldo G.
- Montez, Richard.
- Dutton, Frederick G., 1923-
- Kline, Richard A.
- Chessman, Caryl, 1921-1960.
- Luevano, Daniel M., 1923-
- Parker, William H. (William Henry), 1902-1966.
- Gibson, Phil S.
- Houk, Bertrand.
- Coakley, J. F.
- Regan, Edwin J.
- Champion, Hale.
- O'Brien, Charles A., 1925-
- Brown, Jerry, 1938-
- Unruh, Jesse, 1922-1987.
- Burby, John.
- Roybal, Edward Ross, 1916-2005.
- Brown, Edmund G. (Edmund Gerald), 1905-1996.
- Roll, S. Ernest.
- Poole, Cecil F., 1914-1997
- Atchley, Veron.
- Reagan, Ronald.
- United States. Army.
- California. Superior Court (Los Angeles County)
- California. Court of Appeals.
- United States. Court of Appeals (9th Circuit)
- California. District Attorney (Los Angeles County)
- Los Angeles Unified School District.
- John C. Fremont High School (Los Angeles, Calif.)
- University of California, Los Angeles.
- University of Southern California.
- Mexican American Political Association (Calif.)
- University of California, Berkeley > Students > Political activity.
- American Civil Liberties Union.
- Bakery and Confectionery Workers' International Union. Local 37 (Los Angeles, Calif.)
- California. Governor. Special Study Commission on Narcotics.
- California. Board of Prison Terms.
- California. Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement.
- California. Adult Authority.
- California. Department of Corrections
- California. Department of Mental Hygiene
- California. Legislature. Senate. Committee on Judiciary.
- California. Department of Finance
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Extradition > California.
- Narcotics > California.
- Education, Higher > California.
- Capital punishment > California.
- Police > California.
- Pardon > California.
- Mexican Americans > California.
- Mexican Americans > California > Los Angeles.
- Telecommunication > California.
- Firearms > California.
- Oral history.
- California > Politics and government > 1951-
- East Los Angeles (Calif.)
- Watts (Los Angeles, Calif.)
- Villa Ahumba (Chihuahua, Mexico)
Bibliographic information
- Publication date
- 1988
- Note
- Arthur L. Alarcon served in the Governor Edmund G. Brown, Sr. administration from 1961-1964 as clemency, pardons, and extradition secretary and as executive secretary after having served on the governor's Special Study Commission on Narcotics. After brief service as chairman of the state parole board in 1964, Alarcon became a judge in the superior court, County of Los Angeles. In 1978, he was appointed to the Second Appellate District, California Court of Appeal, by Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr., and in 1979 to the Ninth Circuit, United States Court of Appeals, by President James E. Carter.
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