Charles Navarro

Charles Navarro Guarino (January 19, 1904 – September 7, 2005) was a Los Angeles, California, City Council member between 1951 and 1961 and city controller from 1961 to 1977.

Navarro was born in New York City to Italian immigrant parents. He was a self-taught guitarist and banjo player who moved to Los Angeles when he was 19 to be a professional musician. He worked for Paramount and Universal Studios. He also owned an apartment building on San Marino Street in Los Angeles. Navarro was married to Rose Northy for 70 years, then married Seda Stevens.

Navarro retired in 1977 and spent the last 28 years of his life overseeing his investments and enjoying "dining at his favorite Westside steakhouses. . . . At 100-plus he was walking without a cane, driving his Cadillac and going to church every Sunday." He died in his sleep at the age of 101 on September 7, 2005, and was survived by his wife and a stepson, Armen Haig Stevens.

See also Los Angeles municipal election returns, 1951 and after.

1951
At the beginning of 1951, four candidates had begun their campaigns for election to Los Angeles's 10th District seat on the City Council — the incumbent, G. Vernon Bennett, as well as Assemblyman Vernon Kilpatrick, 1332 Hope Street; Sam B. Whitworth, 2106 Wilmot Street; Charles Downs, 1607 Venice Blvd.; and Navarro, 2700 San Marino Street. Downs was a former City Council member who had lost his seat and went to prison in 1925 on a corruption charge. The district was "in the south-central section of the city," bounded by Wilshire and Jefferson boulevards and La Brea Avenue and Main Street.

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