City Council Jim Wilson (Los Angeles)

1 city council

1.1 elections
1.2 positions
1.3 reputation

city council
elections

see list of los angeles municipal election returns, 1933–41.

in 1933, los angeles city council district 1 covered sparsely populated san fernando valley , atwater section, los feliz area east of griffith park, east of vermont avenue , north of fountain avenue. wilson won first election 1st district seat in 1933 on incumbent, charles randall, 2-to-1 margin. reelected in 1935 , in 1937 , 1939 lost delamere francis mccloskey in 1941.

positions

1936 wilson appeared @ meeting of city police commission, along representatives of los feliz women s club , parent-teacher association of los feliz district, protest issuing of floor-show permit wigwam cafe @ 3100 los feliz boulevard, saying activities @ wigwam keep neighborhood awake @ nights , nuisance district.

1941 councilman on losing end of 9-5 vote when city council approved spot zone allow radio station kmpc construct transmitter, building , towers on north side of burbank boulevard 600 feet east of coldwater canyon boulevard. neighbors protested of red-and-white towers gigantic barber poles.

reputation

wilson said have equable , agreeable temperament on council , wheelhorse work. when appointed board of public works, times reporter wrote wilson regarded real diplomat might able iron out misunderstandings have kept mayor , council @ loggerheads.