Julius Carl Barthel (29 September 1873 – 2 April 1952)[1][2] was an American civil engineer and politician who was a Los Angeles City Council member from 1929 to 1931.

[2][10][11] During a hearing that preceded the second trial, Barthel suffered a facial gash when Letitia Winn struck him in the hallway outside the court chamber.

He spoke before the Pomona, California, City Council on June 19 of that year on Venice's practice of burning garbage in an incinerator "which is supplied with a patent draft device for economical operation."

[15][16] Just a few months later, though, he was secretary and campaign manager for Coolidge in the Beach Cities area[17] and remained active in Republican politics.

In 1929, though, the beach area was placed in the 11th District, and Barthel defeated a challenge by former Councilman Lester R. Rice-Wray by a vote of 11,410 to 6,637, to win the race.

His bid for reelection in 1931 failed with the victory of Clarence E. Coe, who had 5,450 votes to 4,444 for Charles W. Dempster (both nominated in the primary) and 3,621 for Barthel (who ran in the final as a write-in).

[18] In January 1930, Barthel 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 .

The motion came as the result of a move by the council to place strict requirements on the oil-drilling companies, "whereby the municipality receives a royalty of the oil in proportion to the extent of land covered by public streets and alleys.

"[20] The Times reported that Several days ago it was discovered that one of the applicants [for an oil-drilling permit] is Mrs. Barthel under her maiden name of Harriet Cleveland.

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