July21, August, 18, 25, September 8, 15, 30, October 14, 27, 2003 Los Angeles, California
California State Archives State Government Oral History Program Oral History Interview with JOHN K. VAN DE KAMP District Attorney, County ofLos Angeles, 1975-1983 Attorney General, State ofCalifornia, 1983-1991 July21, August, 18, 25, September 8, 15, 30, October 14, 27, 2003 Los Angeles, California By Susan Douglass Yates Oral History Program University ofCalifornia, Los Angeles RESTRICTIONS ON THIS INTERVIEW None. LITERARY RIGHTS AND QUOTATION This manuscript is hereby made available forresearch purposes only. No partof themanuscript maybe quoted for publication without thewritten permission of the California State Archivistor the Head,Department of Special Collections, CharlesE. Young Research Library, UCLA. Requests forpermission to quote for publication should be addressed to: California State Archives 1020 O Street, Room 130 Sacramento, CA 94814 or Department ofSpecial Collections Charles E. Young Research Library P.O. Box 951575 UCLA Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575 Therequest should include identification of the specific passages and identification ofthe user. It is recommended that this oral history be cited as follows: John K. Van de Kamp, OralHistory Interview, Conducted 2003 by Susan Douglass Yates, UCLA Oral History Program, for the California State Archives State Government Oral History Program. Secretary of State KEVIN SHELLEY State of California PREFACE On September 25, 1985, Governor George Deukmejian signed into law A.B. 2104 (Chapter 965 of the Statutes of 1985). Thislegislation established, underthe administration ofthe California State Archives, a State Government Oral History Program "toprovide through theuseoforal history a continuing documentation of state policy development asreflected in California's legislative and executive history." The following interview is one of a series oforal histories undertaken forinclusion in the state program.
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