Caricature of Mayor John C. Porter. Porter served as Mayor of Los Angeles from 1929-1933. During his administration, budget reductions helped face the problems of the depression. A $222 million bond issue was authorized to construct the Colorado River Aqueduct on which construction started in 1932.
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