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Carson lies on part of the Spanish land grant Rancho San Pedro, from the King of Spain in 1784. [16] The Dominguez Rancho Adobe Museum on Alameda Street in Compton (not far from Carson's city limits) is the historic ranch home of the grantees Juan Dominguez and Manuel Dominguez. Carson was named after George Henry Carson, who married a daughter ...
In 1968, he was elected as one of five members to the first City Council of Carson, incorporated February 20, 1968. [2] In 1970, he was elected to a four-year term on the City Council and [3] then was appointed mayor in a unanimous vote by the City Council [4] succeeding John L. Junk. [5] Carson was less than 20% African-American at the time. [4]
2nd female mayor of Carson [2] Kay A. Calas (4th and 5th terms) 1987–1988 1988–1989 [2] Michael I. Mitoma 1989–1990 2nd Asian mayor of Carson [2] [12] [13] Vera Robles DeWitt 1990–1991 First Latino mayor of Carson [2] Michael I. Mitoma (2nd and 3rd terms) 1991–1992 1992–1997 From 1992, mayors were directly elected for 4-year terms [2]
Albert Robles is an American politician who has been California's senior Latino elected official since November 1991 and the former Mayor of Carson, California. When first elected in 1991 he was California's youngest person to hold public office. A member of the Democratic Party, Robles was elected mayor in 2015 to fill a vacancy and re-elected ...
In 1954, he and his family move to Carson, California. He became politically active after he was forced to sell his house for a new school. [ 2 ] In 1960, he served on the board of the Dominguez-Carson Fact Finding Committee which determined to incorporate the area as a city. [ 2 ]
Carson High is located on the corner of 223rd Street and Main Street. Carson's rivalry with Banning High School in Wilmington, Los Angeles, California is one of the top high school rivalries in the South Bay region of Los Angeles. [4] [5] Enrollment at Carson High School for the 2018–2019 academic year was 1,499 students. [6]
Carson Circuit was operated by MV Public Transportation. On September 17, 2019, Carson City Council announced plans to allocate the Carson Circuit routes to the Long Beach Transit. [1] On March 28, 2020, Carson Circuit suspended services due to respect for the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. However, the Dial-A-Ride was still in service, catering to ...
SouthBay Pavilion, formerly Carson Mall, is a partially enclosed shopping mall in Carson, California. Opened in 1973, it features as its anchor retailers Burlington, IKEA, JCPenney, Ross Dress For Less, and Target. SouthBay Pavilion has been recognized by and award from the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) for its innovative ...