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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | Peter F. Schabarum |
| Address |
, California , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
| Born |
January 09, 1929
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| Died | August 01, 2021
(92 years)
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| Contributor | RBH |
| Last Modifed | David
Jan 09, 2022 09:54am |
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| Info | Peter Frank "Pete" Schabarum was appointed County Supervisor in March 1972 by Gov. Ronald Reagan following the death of incumbent Frank G. Bonelli. He was elected to the position three months later in a hotly contested special election that pitted him against his former roommate and colleague Assemblyman William Campbell.
Schabarum was re-elected in 1974, 1978, 1982 and 1986. He did not seek re-election in 1990, but served three extra months until Feb. 28, 1991 to allow a special election to be held following a court ruling that redrew the boundaries of his district to provide a better opportunity for the election of an Hispanic.
Born Jan. 9, 1929 in Los Angeles, Schabarum spent his early childhood years in San Marino and graduated from Covina Union High School in 1947. He attended the University of California at Berkeley, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration. During that time, he was an All-Conference halfback playing in three Rose Bowls with the Berkeley Golden Bears. He played for the San Francisco 49ers during the 1951-53-54 seasons, taking time off in 1952-53 to serve in the U.S. Air Force in the Korean War.
After his professional football career, Schabarum returned to Covina and built Schabarum Companies, an independent commercial real estate development company. In 1965 he began his public service as the youngest Grand Jury foreman in the history of Los Angeles County.
Schabarum was elected to the State Assembly in 1966, 1968 and 1970, representing the 49th District. There he authored what was then the most progressive anti-pollution legislation in the United States, including removing lead from gasoline, and worked consistently for welfare reform. He chaired the Assembly’s Air Quality Subcommittee and served on the Transportation, Ways and Means, Revenue and Taxation and Government Organization committees.
Schabarum was an Assemblyman when Reagan appointed him to fill the vacancy created by Bonelli’s death.
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