Editing C. C. Young (section)

==Post-governorship==
Young attended the [[1932 Summer Olympics]] in [[Los Angeles]], where he met and congratulated several of the athletes. Following his 1934 defeat, Young retired from politics. He served as the president of the [[Commonwealth Club of California]] between 1939 and 1940, and returned to writing, publishing ''The Legislature of California'', a study of California legislative politics, in 1943.<ref>{{cite book |author=Cobbledick, Winifred, Arthur Harris and Clement Calhoun Young|title=The Legislature of California; its Membership, Procedure, and Work.|location=San Francisco|publisher=[[Commonwealth Club of California]] |year=1943 }}</ref> Until 1944, he devoted much of his working time to Mason-McDuffie, serving as its vice president.

He died on [[Christmas Eve]] (December 24), 1947 in Berkeley at the age of 78. His remains are interred at Sunset View Cemetery in [[El Cerrito, California|El Cerrito]].