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  Petris, Nicholas C.
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NameNicholas C. Petris
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Oakland, California , United States
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Born February 25, 1923
DiedMarch 20, 2013 (90 years)
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Dec 20, 2020 11:53am
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InfoNicholas Christos Petris

Elected to the California Assembly from the 15th District in 1958, 1960, 1962, and 1964.

1960: Alternate Delegate, Democratic National Convention
Present: Trustee, Junior Statesmen Foundation

LEGISLATION: Author of the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act (1971) which, among other effects, ended the involuntary commitment of the mentally ill.


NOTE: The Nicholas C. Petris Center on Health Care Markets & Consumer Welfare at UC Berkeley is named for Senator Petris.
NOTE: The Nicholas C. Petris Lecture (started in 2001) at San Francisco State University is named for Petris.
NOTE: The McAteer-Petris Act (1965) created the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission and regulates the filling of San Francisco Bay

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  11/03/1964 CA State Assembly 15 Won 61.63% (+23.26%)
  11/06/1962 CA State Assembly 15 Won 66.61% (+33.22%)
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