Ralph M. Brown
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Ralph Milton Brown (1908–1966) was a member of the California State Assembly from California's Central Valley representing Turlock. He was Speaker of the Assembly from January 1959 until his resignation in September 1961. He is best known for writing the Brown Act, California's first sunshine law providing for increased public access to government meetings, which was enacted in 1953.
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| Preceded by Luther H. Lincoln |
Speaker of the California State Assembly January 1959–September 1961 |
Succeeded by Jesse M. Unruh |
| Speakers of the California State Assembly |
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| White • Bigler • Hammond • Wall • Fairfax • Stow • Farley • Beatty • Whiteside • Stratton • Moore • Burnell • Barstow • Machin • Sears • Yule • Ryland • Rogers • Shannon • Estee • Carpenter • Berry • Cowdery • Parks • LaRue • Parks • Jordan • Howe • Coombs • Gould • Lynch • Coombs • Anderson • Pendleton • Fisk • Prescott • Beardslee • Stanton • Hewitt • Young • Wright • Merriam • Levey • Little • Craig • Jones • Peek • Garland • Lyon • Collins • Silliman • Lincoln • Brown • Unruh • Monagan • Moretti • McCarthy • Brown • Allen • Setencich • Pringle • Bustamante • Villaraigosa • Hertzberg • Wesson • Núñez |
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| NAME | Brown, Ralph Milton |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Member of the California State Assembly representing Turlock. Author of the 1953 Brown Act, California's first sunshine law. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1908 |
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| DATE OF DEATH | 1966 |
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