and he stopped construction of the 210 freeway east of San Dimas. It was finally completed 25 years later.
I remember that. His rationale was that if the freeway were built, people would move into the area. They did anyway, and soon they had to extend the 210 to relieve congestion on Foothill Blvd., Baseline Rd., etc.
Had the 210 been extended in the mid-'70's, it would have been built mostly through uninhabited open space. When it was finally built, it had to plow through neighborhoods at a cost of billions of dollars more.