Nathaniel Trives (born 1934/1935) is an American politician who served as the first
African-American
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mayor of
Santa Monica, California
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, a town then 95 percent white.
Trives is a former Santa Monica police officer who served on the
Santa Monica City Council
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from 1971 to 1979.
Biography
Trives was born in
Alabama
(We dare defend our rights)
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and moved to
Richmond, Indiana
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in 1937 where he was the only Black child at his school.
He then moved to
Glendale, Ohio
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near Cincinnati and moved to
Santa Monica in 1949.
His father worked in commercial real estate.
[ He is a graduate of Santa Monica High School.][ Trives received his B.S. in criminal justice from ]Cal State Los Angeles Cal or CAL may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Cal'' (novel), a 1983 novel by Bernard MacLaverty
* "Cal" (short story), a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov
* ''Cal'' (1984 film), an Irish drama starring John Lynch and Helen Mir ...
and Master of Public Administration from UCLA
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. He is an alumnus of Santa Monica College. After school, he served on the Santa Monica Police Department achieving the rank of sergeant and served as president of the Santa Monica Police Officers Association for five years.[ He was elected to the Santa Monica City Council in 1971 and re-elected in 1975.][ He served as mayor pro tem from 1973-1975 and mayor from 1975-77.][ In the late 1970s, he was named a special master and auditor monitor at the US Federal Court for the Northern District of California flying to San Francisco during the week.][
]
Personal life
In 1955 he married Ida Trives at the First Baptist Church in Venice, California.[ they had one daughter, Toni.][
]
External links
* Mr. Santa Monic
References
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Mayors of Santa Monica, California
Santa Monica City Council members
African-American mayors in California
1930s births