Don Mulford Explained

Don Mulford
Birth Name:David Donald Mulford
Birth Date:August 27, 1915
Birth Place:Oakland, California, U.S.
Residence:Piedmont, California, U.S.
Death Place:Oakland, California, U.S.
Party:Republican
State Assembly:California
District:18th
Term:January 3, 1958 - January 7, 1963
Predecessor:Thomas W. Caldecott
State Assembly2:California
District2:16th
Term2:January 7, 1963 - January 4, 1971
Predecessor2:Walter I. Dahl
Successor2:Kenneth A. Meade
Alma Mater:University of California, Berkeley
Allegiance: United States
Battles:World War II
Rank:Lieutenant
Children:3

David Donald Mulford (August 27, 1915 – March 20, 2000)[1] [2] served in the California State Assembly for the 16th and 18th district from 1958 to 1971.[3] During World War II he also served in the United States Army.[4]

The Mulford Act, named after Don Mulford, was a 1967 California bill that prohibited the carrying of loaded firearms in public. The bill attracted national attention when the Black Panthers marched on the California Capitol to protest the bill.[5] [6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Don Mulford -- Longtime Assemblyman. March 28, 2000. San Francisco Chronicle. June 12, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20130406075004/http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Don-Mulford-Longtime-Assemblyman-2792988.php. April 6, 2013. live.
  2. Web site: Inventory of the David Donald (Don) Mulford Papers. Online Archive of California. August 19, 2014.
  3. Web site: Don Mulford. joincalifornia.com.
  4. Book: Vassar. Alexander C.. Legislators of California. 2011. 23 November 2016.
  5. Web site: State Capitol March. A Huey P. Newton Story. PBS. June 12, 2022. 2002. https://web.archive.org/web/20020314193323/https://www.pbs.org/hueypnewton/actions/actions_capitolmarch.html. March 14, 2002. live.
  6. California's Attempts to Disarm the Black Panthers. San Diego Law Review. Leonardatos. Cynthia Deitle. 1999. 36. 4. 947–996.