[1][2] In 1934, he said his hobbies were his bungalow home at 5139 Maplewood Avenue, in today's Larchmont District, "with its rock pool, rose garden, barbecue and outdoor clubroom.

[3] Webster ran in 1927 for the 3rd Councilmanic District post as an anti-Parrot candidate,[2] and trounced the incumbent, Isaac F. Hughes by a vote of 9,608 to 2,386 in the June final.

[5][6] During his two terms, he was instrumental in installing a traffic-signal system on Wilshire Boulevard and unsuccessfully advocated legislation for public nurses in parochial schools.

[1] In January 1930, Webster and seven other council members who had voted in favor of granting a rock-crushing permit in the Santa Monica Mountains were unsuccessfully targeted for recall on the grounds that the eight have conspired with .

[7]Webster was among six council members who in May 1930 unsuccessfully opposed allocating funds to make a study of leveling Bunker Hill, "which stands as a hindrance to traffic and a bar to development in the northwestern downtown territory.