The YONO boys discuss LA's long history of corrupt Mayors and the story of how a humble restaurant owner risked his life to expose rampant corruption in the city's government.

Also, Andrew doesn't know how to pronounce Almanac.

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SOURCES:

http://www.laalmanac.com/history/hi08m.php - Rundown of corrupt LA Mayors

http://www.laalmanac.com/history/hi06f.php - Overview of Frank L. Shaw’s tenure

https://tessa.lapl.org/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/97649 - Official Portrait of Frank L. Shaw

https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2014/01/13/when-las-mayors-were-crooks/chronicles/who-we-were/ -  Detail's Shaw era corruption and Clifford Clinton and Harry Raymond's efforts to expose it

http://cliffordclintonandlosangelesreform.blogspot.com/2012/01/1937-house-bombing.html?m=1 - Blog about Clifford Clinton’s role in investigating Mayor Shaw’s corruption

https://dbase1.lapl.org/webpics/calindex/documents/16/523864.pdf - LA Public Library biography of Frank Shaw 

https://homesteadmuseum.wordpress.com/2019/09/11/the-fall-of-a-mayor-charles-e-sebastian-1872-1929/#more-36052 - Blog about Charles Sebastian’s rise and fall

https://www.pressreader.com/usa/los-angeles-times/20130303/281801396382746 - General info about LA Mayors throughout history

These last three links require a valid LA Public Library Card to access:

https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.lapl.org/latimes/docview/421574097/606CE7CA7257406CPQ/1?accountid=6749 - LAT story recalling the corrupt in the LAPD and City Hall in the ‘30s

https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.lapl.org/latimes/docview/422022005/2DCB6B058E9B4BB2PQ/2?accountid=6749 - LAT story on corrupt Mayors of LA with more info about Charles Sebastian

https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.lapl.org/latimes/docview/282242107/29DE6070D21B4A14PQ/1?accountid=6749 - LAT story about Sebastian