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RIP Roz Wyman. Here's What The Former Councilmember Told Us About Her Quest To
Bring The Dodgers To LA

Remembering Roz Wyman

In a 2013 interview, Roz Wyman, who has died the age of 92, told our
newsroom why bringing a baseball team to L.A. was her first priority when she
was elected to city council, and how hard it was to pluck the Dodgers from
Brooklyn. We republish it today to mark her legacy.

Her death was marked by tributes, including one from Nancy Pelosi, Speaker
of the House, who called her "a visionary leader of Los Angeles and godmother
to the Democratic Party." Pelosi goes on to note: "Roz was a force of nature:
breaking down barriers for women in California politics, while forging new ways
to bring people together through politics, the arts, and baseball."
.......
In 1953, when she was just 22, Roz Wyman became the youngest person and only
the second woman to be elected to the Los Angeles City Council.

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One of her first moves in office was to promote a handful of amateur baseball
games to be played at the L.A. Coliseum -- she wanted to prove that the stadium
was fit for a major league team. Five years later the Dodgers played their
first game in L.A., and it couldn't have been done without her.

Here's what she had to say about why she felt so strongly about bringing
baseball west, and how hard it was to pluck the Dodgers from Brooklyn.
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