John P. Cassidy

John P. Cassidy (born about 1912) was a newspaperman and public relations practitioner who became a Los Angeles City Council member in District 12 between 1962 and 1967. Before and after his term he was a field deputy to two City Council members, and in 1967 he was briefly the head of public relations for the city's Recreation and Parks Department.

Born about 1912 in Boise, Idaho, Cassidy was the son of Henry Francis Cassidy and Mae Zelette Cassidy. The elder Cassidy was the founder and publisher of The Evening Journal, a newspaper begun in 1908 in Santa Monica, California. Zelette continued as publisher after the death of her husband until the outbreak of World War I. The couple had four children—Henry, Helen, Margaret and John Patrick. Cassidy attended St. Joseph's Academy in Berkeley, California, Los Angeles High School, St. Mary's College, UCLA and USC.

He was a merchant sailor for three years, and during World War II he was in the U.S. Navy. As a journalist, he worked on the Los Angeles Record, Los Angeles Daily News, Los Angeles Examiner, the Associated Press, United Press and International News Service. He directed his own public relations office for 14 years and conducted political campaigns on national, state and local levels over a period of 27 years.

Cassidy was the father of three children—Patricia Colleen (Balyeat), Sue and John Jr. He was later divorced.

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