Editing Caspar Weinberger (section)

===California politics===
In 1952, Weinberger entered the race for [[California's 21st State Assembly district]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://millercenter.org/president/essays/weinberger-1981-secretary-of-defense|title=Caspar Weinberger (1981–1987)|work=Miller Center, University of Virginia|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923174615/http://millercenter.org/president/essays/weinberger-1981-secretary-of-defense|archive-date=2016-09-23}}</ref> in the San Francisco Bay area as a Republican at the persuasion of his wife, [[Jane Weinberger]],<ref name=lat>{{cite news |first=Elaine|last=Woo|title=Jane Weinberger dies at 91; author, publisher and wife of Defense secretary|url=https://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-jane-weinberger15-2009jul15,0,2674485.story |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=2009-07-15 |access-date=2009-07-24}}</ref> who also served as his campaign manager.<ref name=nyt>{{cite news |first=Douglas|last=Martin|title=Jane Weinberger, Author Who Became Publisher, Dies at 91 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/16/us/16weinberger.html |work=[[The New York Times]]|date=2009-07-15 |access-date=2009-07-27}}</ref> He won and was reelected in 1954 and 1956. As the chairman of the Assembly Government Organization Committee, Weinberger was responsible for the creation of the [[California Department of Water Resources]] and was instrumental in the creation of the [[California State Water Project]]. Weinberger also unsuccessfully opposed the construction of the [[Embarcadero Freeway]], saying it would ruin the view of the Bay and damage property values.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Norquist|first1=John|title=Wealth of Cities|date=1998|publisher=Basic Books|isbn=978-0201442137|page=[https://archive.org/details/wealthofcitiesre00norq_0/page/164 164]|edition=1st|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/wealthofcitiesre00norq_0/page/164}}</ref> Weinberger felt vindicated when the freeway was removed after the 1989 earthquake. Although unsuccessful in his 1958 campaign for [[California Attorney General]], Weinberger continued to be active in politics and was chosen by Nixon in 1962 to become chairman of the California [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]].

Governor Ronald Reagan named him chairman of the [[Little Hoover Commission|Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy]] in 1967 and appointed him State director of finance early in 1968. Weinberger moved to Washington in January 1970 to become chairman of the [[Federal Trade Commission]]. He is credited for having revitalized the FTC by enforcing consumer protection.<ref>{{cite journal |title=The Little Old Lady Has Teeth: The U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the Advertising Industry, 1970–1973 |volume=12 |issue=4 |first=Molly |last=Niesen |journal= Advertising & Society Review|doi=10.1353/asr.2012.0000 |year=2012 |s2cid=154923896 }}</ref>