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Sidney T. Graves was a member of the George Garrigues, ''He Usually Lived With a Female: The Life of a California Newspaperman,'' Los Angeles, Calif., 2006, page 106.
Cecilia Rasmussen, "Dam Scam Sent L.A. County Supervisor Up the River," ''Los Angeles Times,'' June 23, 2002, page B4
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Sidney T. Graves was a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors (LACBOS) is the five-member Board of Supervisors, governing body of Los Angeles County, California, United States.
History
On April 1, 1850 the citizens of Los Angeles elected a three-man Court of Se ...
between 1926 and 1930. He was the only member of the county's governing body to be convicted of a crime and sent to prison. In 1933, the former supervisor was convicted of accepting a bribe concerning the building of a dam on the San Gabriel River. He served three years in state prison and was released, but he had to serve more time in federal prison for evading taxes on the bribe.References
Further reading
Cecilia Rasmussen, "Dam Scam Sent L.A. County Supervisor Up the River," ''Los Angeles Times,'' June 23, 2002, page B4
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