Samuel William Yorty was an American politician, attorney, and radio host from Los Angeles, California. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives and the California State Assembly, but he is most remembered for his turbulent three terms as the 37th Mayor of Los Angeles from 1961 to 1973. Although Yorty spent almost all of his political career as a Democrat, he became a Republican in 1973.
Yorty in 1970
Yorty as a California State Assemblyman in 1940.
Yorty, left, and newspaper publisher Chester L. Washington debate charges of police brutality during a panel discussion in Los Angeles on August 22, 1965.
Yorty during his campaign for re-election, 1973.
Charles Norris Poulson was an American politician who represented Southern California in public office at the local, state, and federal levels. He served as the 36th Mayor of Los Angeles from 1953 to 1961, after having been a California State Assemblyman and then a member of the United States Congress. He was a Republican.
Poulson in 1959
Poulson proclaiming Negro History Week in 1956.