Morris L. Goodman
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Morris L. Goodman (c. 1818–1888) was the first Jewish Los Angeles City Council member.[1]
Goodman was elected to the Los Angeles Common Council in 1850 and was the only American citizen on that body as well as the only Jew.[2]
He was a Los Angeles council member from 1850 to 1854, after which he became a deputy sheriff and served in the San Fernando Valley.[2] Goodman began a term on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors in January 1861, but resigned after five months.[3]
In 1872, he opened up a dry goods business in partnership with Theodore Rimpau, in Anaheim, California.[3]