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The Robert J. Lagomarsino Collection State Senate Papers 1961-1974
In 1961, Mr. Lagomarsino was elected to the California Senate in a special election
to represent the 33rd Senatorial District-Ventura County. In Sacramento, Robert Lagomarsino
gained a reputation as a hard-working, effective legislator and was re-elected three
times (1964, 1966, and 1970), the later years representing the newly formed 24th Senatorial
District, comprising Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties. In 1967, he was elected
Chairman of the Senate Republican Executive Committee and in 1969, he chaired a special
Senate subcommittee on campus disorders. At the time of his election to the U.S.
Congress, Mr. Lagomarsino was the senior ranking senator from Southern California
and a member of the five person Senate Rules Committee, after having served as Chairman
of the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Wildlife. Major legislative achievements
from this time period include the Garrigus-Lagomarsino Act (1963), which authorized
vocational education centers in each county of the State; the California Child Anti-Pornography
Act (1969); the Marine Resources Protection Act (1970); the California Wild and Scenic
Rivers legislation; the Jury Reform Act (1972); the Consumer Protection Act (1972),
which authorized cities to create anti-fraud units; and the Welfare Reform Act (1973).
For more information about this collection, please contact University Archivist, Evelyn Taylor.