Congressmember Sam Farr (born July 4, 1941) represented CaliforniaÕs Central Coast in the United States House of Representatives for twenty-three years until his retirement from office in 2016. Farr also served six years as a member of the Monterey County Board of Supervisors and twelve years in the California State Assembly. This oral history, a transcript of twenty-five hours of interviews conducted by Irene Reti, director of the UCSC LibraryÕs Regional History Project, during the period immediately before and after FarrÕs retirement from Congress, covers FarrÕs political career and much of his personal history.