Leland S. Warburton#Positions

Warburton was born on March 17, 1901,{{Citation needed|date=August 2011}} the son of Margaret Warburton of Scotland, who died at the age of 81 in May 1961. His brothers were Milton, Lawrence, David and all-American football player Irvine "Cotton" Warburton.{{cite news |id={{ProQuest|167887046}} |title=Obituaries |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=6 May 1961 |page=C17 }} He had a son, Don Lee Warburton.{{cite news |id={{ProQuest|165978203}} |title=African Tour Will Be Told |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=24 August 1949 |page=B2 }}

He was a veteran of either the Navy{{cite news |id={{ProQuest|165583470}} |title=Contests for Council Will Feature Primary: Series of Fights Expected to Bring About 36 to 38 Per Cent Vote in City on April 3 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=20 March 1945 |page=A12 }} or the United States Coast Guard, where he served in the South Pacific as a chief petty officer.{{cite news |id={{ProQuest|165786266}} |title=Victory Medals Awarded to Councilmen |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=2 August 1947 |page=A8 }}

He died on April 29, 1977.{{Citation needed|date=August 2011}}

Warburton was a public relations man when he "decisively defeated" Delamere F. McCloskey in a race for the 1st District seat to represent the San Fernando Valley on the Los Angeles City Council in 1943.{{cite news |id={{ProQuest|165567066}} |title=New Faces for Council: Airport Bond Issue and Security Schools Ticket-Win in Election |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=3 May 1945 |page=A1 }} He was reelected in 1947, 1949 and 1951 but did not stand for reelection in 1953.

Rose Bowl, 1946. In reaction to public displeasure with the way tickets had been distributed for the 1946 Rose Bowl game, Warburton introduced a resolution that would have the City Council sponsor an "intersectional contest" in the Coliseum with all tickets, with the exception of a limited number assigned to competing colleges, 'sold to citizens on a first-come, first served basis.'"{{cite news |id={{ProQuest|165688921}} |title=Council Moves for Competition With Rose Bowl |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=28 December 1946 |page=A3 }}

Shakespeare, 1947 Warburton suggested to his fellow councilmen that a quotation from William Shakespeare be placed in the City Council chamber to remind them all of the duties of their office, specifically,

{{blockquote|This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.}}

Member G. Vernon Bennett suggested "But too many issues confuse the politician," and Warburton responded with another Shakespeare quotation, "I have said too much unto a heart of stone." The issue was referred to the Board of Public Works and the Art Commission.

Rail transit, 1948. He spoke for a rail transportation corridor to be built in connection with the Hollywood Freeway, then under construction.{{cite news |id={{ProQuest|165830689}} |title=Alternate Hollywood Freeway Route Urged |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=25 March 1948 |page=14 }}

McGroarty, 1948. He proposed the idea that the home of John Steven McGroarty in Tujunga be perpetuated as a state park.{{cite news |id={{ProQuest|165857661}} |title=Council Action on McGroarty Home Urged |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=21 August 1948 |page=B6 }} It was eventually taken over by the city and developed as the McGroarty Arts Center.

Chinchillas, 1950. Warburton called on the Planning Commission to make a "scientific study" of whether the then-current fad for raising chinchillas required five acres of space like other fur-bearing animals. "Chinchilla raising is becoming a popular avocation in the Valley . . . and their owners say they don't need any more room than any other pet," he said.{{cite news |id={{ProQuest|166081769}} |title=Chinchillas Pose Space Problem for Council |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=25 August 1950 |page=A2 }}

Communists, 1950. He supported a city ordinance that required Communists to register with the police department.{{cite news |id={{ProQuest|166123619}} |title=Council Puts Off Red Sign-up Action: Ordinance Delayed to Wednesday After Agreement on Amendments |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=1 September 1950 |page=9 }} He told the council:

{{blockquote|When I got home from the football game last night there were about 50 persons, mostly women, picketing my place about this Communist ordinance. They were apparently mostly wild-eyed pinks and Communists. . . . They said they would take care of me at the elections next May but a lot of them couldn't talk English and I doubt that they even live in my district.}}

Housing, 1951. Warburton was a strong supporter of a bitterly disputed $100 million citywide public housing program that was eventually rejected by the City Council.{{cite news |id={{ProQuest|166307749}} |title=Quick Vote Seen on Housing Plan's End |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=14 December 1951 |page=2 }}

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{{Succession box | before = Delamere Francis McCloskey | title = Los Angeles City Council
1st district | years = 1945–53 | after = Everett G. Burkhalter}}

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Category:Los Angeles City Council members

Category:1901 births

Category:1977 deaths