Ku dhammee weedha soo socota: Dhibaatada weyn ee dhaqaaluhu (Great Depression) waxay si ba'an ugu dhufatay aagga San Francisco Bay sanadihii 1930-yadii, taasoo keentay heerar shaqo la'aan oo aad u sarreeya iyo xasilooni darro ku timaada nidaamka siyaasadeed. Warren waxa uu qaatay mowqif adag oo ka dhan ah shaqaalaha
Shaqo joojinta guud ee San Francisco. "Whitney v. California" (1927) Warren wuxuu ku dacweeyay haweeney sida waafaqsan Sharciga Xadgudubka Dambiyada ee California inuu ka qeybgalay kulan shuuci ah oo ka dhacay Oakland. Sanadkii 1936-kii, Warren wuxuu la kulmay mid ka mid ah kiisaskii ugu muranka badnaa ee xirfadiisa ka dib markii George W. Alberts, oo ahaa injineerkii ugu weynaa markab xamuul, la helay isagoo meyd ah. Warren wuxuu aaminsanaa in Alberts lagu dilay shirqool ay soo abaabuleen xubno ka tirsan ururka xagjirka ah ee garabka bidix, wuxuuna ku guuleystay xukunka saraakiisha ururka George Wallace, Earl King, Ernest Ramsay, iyo Frank Conner. Xubno badan oo ka tirsan ururka ayaa ku dooday in eedeysanayaashu ay ku lug lahaayeen xafiiska Warren, waxayna abaabuleen mudaaharaadyo ka dhan ah maxkamadeynta.