was part of a "patent paving racket" not worth the additional cost, Brainard called the veto message "the most asinine statement I ever heard given out by any man in public office." He and John W. Baumgartner obtained the original allocation of US$175,000 from the state to begin the project that opened 10th Street and turned it into Olympic Boulevard without having to assess local property owners for the improvements. In May 1939 he cast the only vote against Bowron's request for an additional $2,000 for the police secret service fund. References Access to the Los Angeles Times'' links requires the use of a library card. 1894 births 1940 deaths Los Angeles City Council members Deaths by strangulation Burials at Inglewood Park Cemetery 20th-century American politicians