State Beach. In 1936 a bust statue was made by Haig Patigain and placed in City Hall in 1937 to honor James Phelan. As mayor, he promoted bond issues for new sewer systems, city hospitals, and schools. Despite his contributions to San Francisco’s economic and industrial growth, James D. Phelan's white nativist ideology has caused controversy as his life story is looked at from a social justice point of view. His infamous slogan while running for re-election in the US Senate, “Keep California White”, earned allies as well as enemies and he was defeated. Currently, many question if he deserves such an honored position. See also John P. Irish, who opposed Phelan over the latter's anti-Japanese proposals References Legacy of a Native Son: James Duval Phelan & Villa Montalvo (1993) by James P. Walsh and Timothy O'Keefe and "Creating the Fortune, Creating the Family," Journal of the West, (April 1992), by James P. Walsh Works cited Gordon Thomas & Max Morgan Witts: The San Francisco Earthquake (Stein and Day, New York; Souvenir Press, London, 1971; reprinted Dell, 1972, SBN 440-07631) Further reading Cherny, Robert W. "City Commercial, City Beautiful, City Practical: The San Francisco Visions of William C. Ralston, James D. Phelan, and Michael M. O’Shaughnessy." in The Pacific World (Routledge, 2017) pp. 355-366. Elrick, John. "Social conflict and the politics of reform: Mayor James D. Phelan and the San Francisco waterfront strike of 1901." California History 88.2 (2011): 4-27. Hennings, Robert E. "James D. Phelan and the Woodrow Wilson Anti-Oriental Statement of May 3, 1912." California Historical Society Quarterly 42.4 (1963): 291-300. Hennings, Robert E. James D. Phelan and the Wilson Progressives of California (1985) online review Issel, William, and Robert W. Cherny. San Francisco, 1865-1932: Politics, Power, and Urban Development (1986) External links Guide to the James D. Phelan Papers at The Bancroft Library James D. Phelan Photograph Albums, 1902-1929 at The Bancroft Library 1861 births 1930 deaths 1906 San Francisco earthquake American white supremacists Anti-Japanese sentiment in the United States Burials at Holy Cross Cemetery (Colma, California) American people of Irish descent Mayors of San Francisco Politicians from San Francisco University of San Francisco alumni Democratic Party United States senators from California California Democrats People from Saratoga, California Catholics from California