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- ↑ Democratic Party of the San Fernando Valley Archived 2011-02-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Los Angeles County Democratic Party
- 1 2 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-03-01. Retrieved 2011-03-10.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ Los Angeles Times, January 18, 2005
- ↑ Los Angeles Times, July 29, 1962
- ↑ Daily News of Los Angeles, January 22, 2005
- ↑ Los Angeles Times, April 5, 2000
- ↑ Los Angeles Times, May 17, 2009
- ↑ "Democrats back Measure L**". 24 February 2011.
- ↑ http://yesonlibraries.com/