Papers of a California state senator whose district included the Santa Barbara and Ventura areas of California. The collection has been partially processed and is arranged to the box level for some series, and to the folder level for other series, especially those pertaining to OLR's legislation.

[Much of the following biographical information is drawn from Oral History Interview with Omer L. Rains: California State Senator, 1974-1982 (Sacramento, California: California State Archives, State Government Oral History Program, 1990)].

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