Alvin C. Weingand

{{Short description|American politician}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Alvin Carl Weingand

|image = Alvin C. Weingand, 1963.jpg

|caption =

|birth_date = {{birth date|1904|6|11}}

|birth_place = North Platte, Nebraska, U.S.

|death_date = {{death date and age|1995|1|11|1904|6|11}}

|death_place = Santa Barbara, California, U.S.

|state_senate = California

|district = 31st

|term = February 24, 1962 – January 2, 1967

|preceded = John J. Hollister Jr.

|succeeded = James Q. Wedworth

|party = Democratic

|spouse =Beverly Hollister
Louise "Lou" Ladsburgh
Elizabeth Weingand

|children = 2

|education = University of California, Berkeley

|branch = {{flag|United States Navy}}

|battles = World War II

}}

Alvin Carl Weingand (June 11, 1904 – January 11, 1995) (North Platte, Nebraska), moved to California in 1920.{{Cite web|url=http://archives.cdn.sos.ca.gov/oral-history/pdf/weingand.pdf|title=Oral Interview with Alvin C.Weingand|last=Vasquez|first=Carlos|date=August 8, 1989|website=archives.cdn.sos.ca.gov}} He attended Los Angeles Polytechnic High School and in 1927 he earned his B.A. in economics at the University of California, Berkeley.[http://www.sos.ca.gov/archives/oral-history/pdf/weingand.pdf California State Archives, State Government Oral History Program, Oral History Interview with ALVIN C. WEINGAND]

He served in the California legislature from the 31st District and during World War II he served in the United States Navy.{{cite book|last1=Vassar|first1=Alexander C.|title=Legislators of California|date=2011|url=http://media.onevoter.org/reports/Legislators_of_California.pdf|accessdate=23 November 2016}} He was an owner of the San Ysidro Ranch resort.

Weingand is mentioned in the memoir The Moon's a Balloon by film star David Niven. According to Niven, Weingand was a desk clerk at a Los Angeles hotel around 1934 and generously allowed the struggling actor to stay in a small room at a greatly reduced rent.