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Edwin L. Z'berg

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Edwin L. Z'berg
Member of the California State Assembly from the 4th district
In office
1974–1975
Preceded byRay E. Johnson
Succeeded byVic Fazio
Personal details
Born(1926-03-20)March 20, 1926
Sacramento, California
DiedMarch 26, 1975(1975-03-26) (aged 49)
Sacramento, California
Political partyDemocratic

Edwin Lewis Z’berg (March 20, 1926 – March 26, 1975) was a Democratic member of the California State Assembly representing the 9th district from 1958 to 1974, and 4th district from 1974 until his death in 1975.[1] He served in the United States Navy during World War II.[2] As chair of the Committee on Natural Resources, he crafted legislation that established open space, funded state park acquisitions, created a workable system of state timber management, and established off-road vehicle policies. In the 1960s and early 70s he led California's actions to protect Lake Tahoe's environment, authoring a bistate regional authority bill that created the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, TRPA. He was unstinting in efforts to strengthen TRPA's protections of the lake. Ed Z'berg Sugar Pine Point State Park, on Tahoe's west shore is named for him.[3] |}


Political offices
Preceded by Member of the California State Assembly from the 4th district
1974–1975
Succeeded by

References

  1. ^ http://www.joincalifornia.com/candidate/506
  2. ^ Vassar, Alexander C., The Legislators of California - Appendix D
  3. ^ Makley, Michael J. Saving Lake Tahoe: An Environmental History of a National Treasure, pp. 51-61.