Interview of William Byron Webster by Duane Bay and Meda Okelo. Topics include: going to Stanford, migration to EPA after teaching in several universities; notable people who influenced him; rent control activism; door-to-door campaigning; founding of EPA Council of Tenants; living on East O’Keefe Street; appointed to Rent Stabilization Board; Jane Leech and the non-profit, Jane Leech Fund: planning the City’s 25th anniversary including organizing the 2003 Film Festival; through the Freedom Arts organization, he composed music and produced plays and operas including the George Washington Opera; more notable people; opposition to rent control; outlook for EPA going forward; and other topics.

Last modified

• 10/17/2024

Creator

• Duane Bay
• Meda Okelo

Contributors

• William Byron Webster

Subject

• Tony Tanke
• Julie Gutman
• Omowale Satterwhite
• Carlos Romero
• Elizabeth Jackson
• Jane Leech
• Rebekah Finer
• Ruben Abrica
• Duane Bay
• East Palo Alto Council of Tenants
• John Bostic
• Gertrude Wilks
• Tom Sagehorn
• Gerald Nugent
• Barbara Mouton
• Jane Leech Memorial Fund
• William Byron Webster

Language

• English

Date created

• 8/24/2024

Related url

•  https://vimeo.com/1012222793

Resource type

• Oral History

Rights statement

• EPA Rights Statement