Howard Jarvis

Howard Arnold Jarvis was an American businessman, lobbyist, and politician. He was an antitax activist responsible for passage of Californias Propositionin 1978.

Jarvis was born in Magna, Utah, and died in Los Angeles, California. He graduated from Utah State University. In Utah he had some political involvement working with his fathers campaigns and his own. His father was a state Supreme Court judge and, unlike Jarvis, a member of the Democratic Party. Howard Jarvis was active in the Republican Party and also ran small town newspapers. Although raised Mormon, he smoked cigars and drank vodka as an adult. He moved to California in the 1930s due to a suggestion by Earl Warren. Jarvis bought his home at 515 North Crescent Heights Boulevard in Los Angeles for 8,000 in 1941. By 1976, it was assessed at 80,000. He married his third wife, Estelle Garcia, around 1965.

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