Frank D. Lanterman
The author of approximately 400 bills, Lanterman sponsored groundbreaking legislation affecting issues such as water, transportation, noise and air pollution, and the needs of the aging and developmentally disabled.[4] In 1955, Frank Lanterman sponsored Assembly Bill 3574 requiring motor vehicles to be equipped with an approved pollution-reducing muffler.As a result, by 1966, California became the first state in the nation to have motor vehicle emission standards, leading to requirements for pollution controls.[6] Lanterman was instrumental in the passage of the Short–Doyle Act of 1957 which created a system of community-based mental health services and provided the funding and structure to improve care and encourage deinstitutionalization.The Lanterman-Petris-Short Act of 1967, authored by Frank Lanterman, Nicholas Petris, and Alan Short, severely limited involuntary commitment of people with mental health disorders.Frank Lanterman's numerous public contributions to the state inspired such nicknames for him as "Mr. California," "The Sage of the Assembly," and "The Workhorse of Sacramento."[8] Frank Lanterman never married and lived for sixteen years at the Senator Hotel in Sacramento with occasional visits back to his home in La Cañada, California.