Win Austin was a retired businessman who became a Los Angeles, California, City Council member from 1941 to 1953.

The commission adopted his motion to require police officers, except those on plainclothes duty, to wear uniforms while working.

His proposal that taxi dancers be required to undergo physical examination twice a year as a condition in issuing permits to dance halls brought a ruling from City Attorney Ray L. Chesebro that "such a requirement would not stand up in the courts on the grounds that it would be unreasonable.

Austin's motion directing the chief of police to stop "the practice of motorists tooting prolonged blasts on their auto horns while passing through the Second and Third Street tunnels" was adopted by the commission.

Austin scored noise "both in the skies and on the streets" and asked Police Chief William H. Parker to "take some action to quiet it down," perhaps by requiring mufflers on low-flying airplanes that "disturb thousands."

He opposed the proposed allocation of $75,000 as the city's share of building a monument atop Fort Moore Hill to honor the pioneers who raised the first American flag in Los Angeles.