<Dd> The motives back of my actions have been honest ones and results have redounded far more to the benefit of California that have to my own ." </Dd> <P> 1898 saw the founding of the League of California Cities, an association intended to fight city government corruption, coordinate strategies for cities facing issues such as electrification, and to lobby the state government on behalf of cities . </P>

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