About

Eugene E. Sax lived here. A native of Chicago educated in Los Angeles and at USC, Sax served on the State Bar of California Board of Governors, was a president of the Lawyers’ Club of Los Angeles, was vice president of the board of directors of the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles and was active in the Elks and B’nai B’rith, among other organizations. He was a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge and sought after jurist in the “rent-a-judge” system. In 1980, Sax was hired to settle a dispute between the California Air Resources Board and several oil companies in a case that attracted widespread attention. He ruled that the board must rescind stringent sulfur dioxide and sulfate standards because the state had failed to prove that the standards were necessary to protect the public health. His ruling was later reversed by the California Supreme Court. (Source: Los Angeles Times Obituary, July 6, 1999).

F. O. Reyengu, architect.

1930 census:
2040 N. Catalina Street: (Value: $18,000): 1) Morris Sax, owner and head of household; 53 year old white married male; married at age 23; born in Lithuania; parents born in Lithuania; speaks Yiddish; to US in 1893, a naturalized citizen; a broker in real estate. 2) Lillie Sax, wife; 42 year old white married female; married at age 17; born in Illinois; parents born in Poland; not working. 3) Eugene E. Sax, son; 22 year old white single male; in school; born in Illinois. 4) Mary Alamendarec, servant; 19 year old single white female; born in Texas; parents born in Mexico; a servant in a private family. 5) Irving Sax, son; 11 year old white male; in school; born in Illinois.

1940 Census:
2040 Catalina Street (Value $10,000): 1) Eugene E. Sax, head of household; white married male 32 years of age; born in Illinois; attorney, own clientele. 2) Pauline K. Sax, wife; white married female 32 years of age; born in Ohio; not working. 3) Roger Sax, son; white male 4 years of age; born in California; not working. 4) Morris Sax, father, white married male 61 years of age; born in the U.S.S.R.; real estate broker, at home. 5) Lillie Sax, mother; white married female 52 years of age; born in Illinois not working. 6) Irving Sax, brother; white single male 21 years of age; born in Illinois; in school. 7) Alice Trompeter, maid; white single female 25 years of age; born in Illinois; general maid in a private family; earns $225.