Oral history interview with Barry Keene ...
oral history transcript,
1994 /
by Carole Hicke.

Description

Main Author

Keene, Barry

Related Names

Hicke, Carole, interviewee.
State Government Oral History Program (Calif.)
Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.

Language(s)

English

Published

[1994?]

Subjects

Winton, Gordon.
Unruh, Jesse, > Unruh, Jesse, / 1922-1987.
Patsey, Richard L., > Patsey, Richard L., / 1935-
McCarthy, Leo T., > McCarthy, Leo T., / 1930-2007.
Gray, Bruce.
Garamendi, John.
Dymally, Mervyn M., > Dymally, Mervyn M., / 1926-2012.
Dukakis, Michael S. > Dukakis, Michael S. / (Michael Stanley), > Dukakis, Michael S. / (Michael Stanley), / 1933-
Brown, Willie L. > Brown, Willie L. / (Willie Lewis), > Brown, Willie L. / (Willie Lewis), / Jr., > Brown, Willie L. / (Willie Lewis), / Jr., / 1934-
Brown, Jerry, > Brown, Jerry, / 1938-
Bird, Rose Elizabeth.
Berman, Howard L. > Berman, Howard L. / (Howard Lawrence), > Berman, Howard L. / (Howard Lawrence), / 1941-
Keene, Barry, > Keene, Barry, / interviewee.
Democratic Party (Calif.)
California. > California. / Legislature. > California. / Legislature. / Senate. > California. / Legislature. / Senate. / Committee on Judiciary.
California. > California. / Legislature. > California. / Legislature. / Assembly. > California. / Legislature. / Assembly. / Health Committee.
California. > California. / Legislature. > California. / Legislature. / Assembly. > California. / Legislature. / Assembly. / Committee on Natural Resources and Conservation.
California. > California. / Legislature. > California. / Legislature. / Assembly. > California. / Legislature. / Assembly. / Committee on Criminal Procedure.
Political campaigns > Political campaigns / California.
Real property tax > Real property tax / California.
Apportionment (Election law) > Apportionment (Election law) / California.
Legislators > Legislators / California > Legislators / California / Interviews.
California > California / Politics and government > California / Politics and government / 1951-
Oral histories.

Summary

Keene discusses his family background, Stanford, legislative internship, marriage and children, working in the Santa Rosa District Attorney's office, election to the Santa Rosa School Board, election to the Assembly in 1972, campaign strategies, appointment as chair of the Committee on Health, and budget issues leading to Proposition 13 under Gov. Jerry Brown. Keene continues with health issues including medical malpractice, merits of the Right to Die Act and mental health, the debate over the Eel River dam, low-flush toilet bill, oil embargo and the energy crisis, Jerry's Brown's administration, Rose Bird, George Deukmejian, forestry bills, and campaigning for Michael Dukakis in 1988.

Note

Transcript of a fifteen-and-a-half-hour interview completed under the auspices of the Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley, and the California State Archives, State Government Oral History Program.
Also available online.
Audiotape recording available in the California State Archives.

Physical Description

iii, 290 leaves, bound ; 28 cm.

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