Culbert Olson is perhaps the most anomalous figure in California political history. During the state's long era of Republican dominance, he was the only Democrat to serve as governor.

What Newsom didn’t mention — or didn’t know — is that Culbert Olson is a good model of how not to behave when democracy is under attack. Newsom isn’t an Olson clone. He is Catholic, for ...

Culbert Olson hoped to be to California what he thinks . Franklin Roosevelt has been to the U. S. Thanks to his Legislature and the lack of any great popular upsurge in his behalf, ...

Rich, urbane Culbert Levy Olson, elderly matinee idol of Western politics, looks like the movies' conception of a Governor. Thick, white hair sets off his handsome, ruddy face. He has the ...

Framing his speech with a quote from the inaugural address of California Governor Culbert Olson (1939-1942) is classic Newsom. It’s supposed to ground in history the rest of his ungrounded ...

He quoted Gov. Culbert Olson warning of “the destruction of democracy.” But Newsom didn’t mention that Olson, as the United Press reported on March 6, 1942, “favored wholesale evacuation ...

Culbert Olson is almost never quoted, much less invoked, by powerful Californians today. Which is what made Gov. Gavin Newsom’s June 25 state-of-the-state speech shocking for anyone whos know ...

Culbert Olson is almost never quoted by powerful Californians today. Which is what made Gov. Gavin Newsom’s June 25 state-of-the-state speech shocking.

Culbert Olson is almost never quoted by powerful Californians today. Which is what made Gov. Gavin Newsom’s June 25 state-of-the-state speech shocking.