Oral history interview with Daniel M. Luevano ..., 1988

Resource Information

The work Oral history interview with Daniel M. Luevano ..., 1988 represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in UCLA Library.

Label

Oral history interview with Daniel M. Luevano ..., 1988

Statement of responsibility

by Carlos Vásquez

Inclusive dates

1988

Creator

• Luevano, Daniel M., 1923-

Contributor

• University of California, Los Angeles, Oral History Program
• Vásquez, Carlos, 1944-
• State Government Oral History Program (Calif.)

Interviewee

• Luevano, Daniel M., 1923-

Interviewer

• Vásquez, Carlos, 1944-

Subject

• Lawyers -- California -- Interviews
• United States, Office of Economic Opportunity
• California, Legislature | Assembly | Committee on Ways and Means
• United States, Department of Defense
• California -- Politics and government -- 1951-
• Mental health -- California
• Political campaigns -- California
• Democratic Party (Calif.)
• Brown, Edmund G., (Edmund Gerald), 1905-
• Water-supply -- California
• Champion, Hale
• California, District Attorney (Los Angeles County)
• oral histories
• United States, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations and Logistics)
• Luevano, Daniel M, 1923-
• California, Governor
• Mexican Americans -- California | Los Angeles
• California, Department of Finance
• California, Legislature
• Finance, Public -- California
• Unruh, Jesse, 1922-1987
• United States -- Politics and government -- 1953-1961
• Western Center on Law and Poverty
• Civil rights -- California
• Poverty
• Regional planning -- California
• Education, Higher -- California

Genre

• Interviews
• oral histories

Language

eng

Summary

Luevano discusses his family background, education and activities in East Los Angeles and post-secondary education, state service as a consultant to the state assembly Committee on Ways and Means and as deputy director, Department of Finance, State of California, federal service during the Lyndon B. Johnson administration, and provides many insights into California's three branches of government as a political consultant to the state legislature, as a member of the executive branch during the Edmund G. Brown, Sr., administration, and as an attorney and legal advocate for the disadvantaged

Additional physical form

Audiotape recording available.

Biographical or historical data

In 1959 Daniel M. Luevano served as consultant to the Committee on Ways and Means, California State Assembly, chaired by Jesse M. Unruh. From 1960 to 1964 he served as chief deputy director, Department of Finance, State of California, during the administration of Edmund G. (Pat) Brown, Sr. He directed the Western Region office of the federal Office of Economic Opportunity from 1965 to 1967, later directed the Western Center for Law and Poverty, Inc., and from 1980 and at the time of the interview was an attorney, Bureau of Family Support Operations, Office of the District Attorney, Los Angeles County.

Cataloging source

CLU

Form designation

oral history transcript

Location of originals duplicates

• The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
• California State University, Fullerton. Library. Oral History Program.
• California State University, Sacramento. Library. University Archives.
• Honnold Library for the Associated Colleges, Claremont, Calif.
• University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Dept. of Special Collections.