Sebastian was the chief of police before becoming mayor. Before he resigned, due to adverse publicity resulting from the publication of letters of a damaging personal nature, Palms and most of the San Fernando Valley were annexed. Portrait of Charles E. Sebastian, Mayor of Los Angeles from 1915-1916.
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