Karl L. Rundberg

Karl L. Rundberg (30 January 1899 – 2 April 1969) was an American businessman and politician. He was notable as a Los Angeles City Council member between 1957 and 1965. He was convicted of accepting a bribe in 1967 when a member of the city's Harbor Commission and was placed on probation.

Rundberg was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on January 30, 1899. He attended public schools there. Later he took classes in commercial and industrial illumination at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.

He became a businessman in that city specializing in commercial and industrial lighting and was general manager of Modern Lighting Company there.

He moved to Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California, to retire. In 1953 he was named assistant director of the city's civil defense organization. He was a member of the American Legion, Westwood Shrine Club, and a director of Richland Avenue Youth House. He was president of the Lions Club in Jefferson City, Missouri.

See also List of Los Angeles municipal election returns, 1957 and after.

Rundberg was elected to a four-year term to represent Los Angeles City Council District 11 in 1957, ousting fellow conservative Harold Harby, the incumbent, by 17,524 votes to 10,193. He was easily reelected in the primary election of 1961, but in 1965 he was beaten in the final by Marvin Braude.

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