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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
11-1-67
Sacramento--Governor Ronald Reagan today announced that the State
of California will offer a $1,000 reward for information leading to the
arrest and conviction of the person responsible for the killing of Police
Officer Robert H. Keller in Huntington Park October 5, 1967.
The action by the Governor is authorized under Section 1547 of the
Penal Code in cases where a police officer, acting in the line of duty,
is killed or assaulted with a deadly weapon, or by means of force likely
to produce serious bodily harm.
It was requested by the City Council of Huntington Park.
Officer Keller was killed while attempting to apprehend a burglar
in a Huntington Park store. He had been employed by Huntington Park for
15 months prior to his death.
Keller, 25, was married and had a 4 month old daughter.
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JAK/588
OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, Californi
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
11.1.67
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SACRAMENTO--Governor Ronald Reagan today continued the stay of
execution of Robert Lee Massie through Nov. 14, 1967.
Massie's execution had previously been stayed so he could be avail-
able as a witness in the murder trial of John Robert Vetter in Los
Angeles County, as requested by Vetter's attorneys.
Vetter's trial is still continuing, and the Governor said he had
lengthened the stay to insure Massie's availability should further
testimony be required, or his presence be needed in any way to afford
a fair trial.
The Governor's Legal Affairs Secretary, Edwin Meese III, had con-
ferred with the Los Angeles Superior Court judge trying the case and
with the Attorney General's office, and said all officials have
agreed on this course of action.
Massie, 25, was convicted in Los Angeles Superior Court of the
first degree murder of Mrs. Mildred Weiss during an armed robbery
on Jan. 7, 1965.
PB/589
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
11-1-67
Sacramento--Gov. Ronald Reagan today announced that he will
declare a state of disaster in Southern California Counties affected
by recent major fires where such action is requested and justified.
Gov. Reagan has been asked to make such a declaration by
Legislators and Boards of Supervisors from Los Angeles, Orange and
San Diego Counties.
Charles Sampson, Director of the California Disaster Office,
will contact the Chief Administrative Officer of each county to
verify these requests.
Gov. Reagan also announced that he will call a special session
of the Legislature, concurrent with the one beginning November 6,
to consider legislation affording tax relief to fire damage victims.
The special call was requested by Orange County officials.
A Constitutional provision adopted in 1964 permits the Legisla-
ture to authorize Boards of Supervisors and other local taxing
agencies to provide for reassessment of property damaged by fires
or other catastrophes.
The proclamation calling the special session will be issued
early next week.
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JAK/590
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Cacramento, Californi
Contact:
Paul Bec..
445-4571
11.2.67
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sacramento--Governor Ronald Reagan today announced a new program to
coordinate and control the State's massive and extensive automatic data
processing operations.
The Governor signed an executive order establishing the Office of
Management Services. It will consist of a small group of skilled data
processing specialists under the direction of a management coordinator.
The coordinator will be named shortly. The office will be under
the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Business and Transportation,
Gordon Luce.
Governor Reagan noted that the state now spends $34 million ann-
ually in data processing, which he said has been estimated as being
$10 to $15 million too high.
"I am told that these short-range savings can be achieved within
two to three years," the Governor said, adding: "The new program will
be coordinated closely with the cities and counties of California to
assist them in this ever-growing field."
The decision to set up the Office of Management Services was made
after extensive study of the state's current program by state officials
and by members of the Governor's survey on Efficiency and Cost Control.
The Office of Management Services will be charged with developing
policy recommendations on data processing for approval by a new com-
mittee--the State Automatic Data Processing Policy Committee. The
committee will approve recommendations formulated and proposed by the
Office of Management Cervices.
Committee members are Lt. Governor Robert Finch, chairman; Earl
Coke, Secretary of Agriculture; Norman B. Livermore, Secretary of
Resources; Spencer Williams, Secretary of Health and Welfare; Gordon
P. Smith, Director of Finance; Andrew R. Lolli, Director of General
Services, and two representatives of private industry. Representatives
of the Legislature and other Constitutional Officers also will be
invited to join the committee.
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Under the plan, after the committee has approved policy recommenda-
tions of the Office O₂ Management Services, the Lepartment of General
Services will be charged with implementing the approved recommendations.
"We will lean heavily on Bob Finch to advise us on this ADP organi-
zational concept since he has been working in this important area al-
ready," the Governor said.
The Office of Management Services will have these key functions:
1--To develop plans for overall consolidation and optimum utiliza-
tion of automatic data processing systems for state government.
2--To work closely with and coordinate with the recently established
Intergovernmental Board on Automatic Data Processing which was set up to
work with local governmental agencies.
3--To serve as an advisor to the state on matters pertaining to
information systems and data processing.
Governor Reagan said the short-range plan should be ready for the
approval of the Committee before the end of the year. Development of
the long-range plan and implementation of the short-range plan will be
accomplished at the same time.
"The Office of Management Services and the Policy Committee also
will be asked to develop recommendations on procedures to protect the
right of privacy of the individual as to information which will be
contained in state computers. I fully support this important princi-
ple," the Governor said.
In signing the executive order, Governor Reagan said that there
has been a rapid advance in the technology of data processing and
"these advances offer an opportunity to improve the efficiency, res-
ponsiveness and economy of governmental activities.
"Many of the present-day functions of government require the
storage, manipulation and rapid retrieval of extremely large masses of
data. Applying ever-increasing numbers of people to these functions
is very inefficient. We must apply the emerging technology of auto-
matic data processing to be both efficient and effective.
"Maximum benefits from this technology can only be obtained if all
state managers acquire knowledge of the capabilities of automatic data
processing and seek ways to use it effectively in their areas of
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"Each department ..3ad is requested to give fall cooperation to the
Office of Management Services and also to take the initiative within
his own department in determining how automatic data processing can
be effectively applied.
"The State Personnel Board, together with all other departments of
state government, shall sponsor, encourage and conduct management and
technical training programs in automatic data processing.
"The State Personnel Board is further charged with the responsibility
for continuing review of the recruitment, selection classification and
compensation of the personnel required for the highly complex and
rapidly changing data processing requirements of state government,"
Governor Reagan said.
PB/591
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
11.2.67
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sacramento--Governor Ronald Reagan today announced he has accepted
the resignation of California Youth Authority Director Heman G. Stark,
effective January 31, 1968.
Allen F. Breed, Administrative Superintendent of the Northern
California Youth Center in Stockton, was named as Stark's successor.
His appointment, which requires Senate confirmation, is for the un-
expired term ending March 15, 1968. He will receive $23,500 annually.
In a letter to Stark, Governor Reagan expressed regret at losing
Stark's "wise counsel and dedicated leadership," and congratulated him
for an "outstanding record of achievement and service to the people of
California."
"The fact that the California Youth Authority is held in the high-
est esteem," Governor Reagan continued, "is a tribute to your creativity
and administrative ability. This position of honor was confirmed by
the recognition afforded your organization in the Report of the
President's Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of
Justice.
"On behalf of the people of the state of California, I extend
our appreciation for your fine work."
Breed, 47, a graduate of the University of the Pacific, joined the
Department of Youth Authority in 1945 as a group supervisor for the
Stockton Arsenal Camp. A career civil servant, he has served as
Assistant Chief of the Division of Institutions, Superintendent of the
Fricot Ranch School and Superintendent of the Preston School of Indus-
try. He was appointed to his current position in 1965.
He has worked as a consultant in juvenile corrections to the
states of Nevada and Alaska and the federal government.
Breed, a Republican, is a member of the National Council on Crime
and Delinquency and the National Assn. of Training Schools and
Juvenile Agencies.
Among his other civic activities, he is a member of the board of
directors of the Stockton YMCA and the Stockton Family Service Agency.
He is a member and licensed lay reader at St. Johns Episcopal Church,
Lodi.
Breed, his wife and three children reside at 1410 Edgewood Drive,
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
445-4571
11.2.67
Sacramento--Governor Ronald Reagan has appointed Imperial City
Councilman James M. Bucher and Arthur Carver Bowen, a Glenville
rancher, to the State Soil Conservation Commission, effective Nov. 8.
The appointments, which require senate confirmation, will expire
May 27, 1971. They will receive travel expenses.
Bucher, 36, succeeds Sam Chinn of Salinas. He is a Republican and
will be the cities' representative.
Bowen, 37, who was prominent in the formation of the Lake Isabel
Recreation Commission, succeeds Frank J. Douglass of Vacaville as the
recreation representative. He is a Republican.
JAK/593
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
11.2.67
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sacramento--Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment
of Robert W. Mintie, Los Angeles businessman, to the California Com-
mission on Aging.
Mintie, 41, succeeds Dr. John F. Crouthamel, formerly of Ontario,
who resigned when he moved out of state. Mintie, a Republican, will
serve at the pleasure of the Governor and will receive travel expenses.
JAK/594
OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
11.2.67
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sacramento--Governor Ronald Reagan today praised action by the
House of Representatives in Washington which recognized California's
need for setting strict standards for the control of air pollution.
"Every member of this state's delegation to Congress and both
Senators were behind California's determination to include a provi-
sion in the Air Quality Act of 1967 which enables California to set
and enforce standards stricter than those proposed for other areas
of the nation," the Governor said.
"They are to be commended for their fight to help make Calif-
ornia's air clean and on behalf of the people of this state, I want
to express my appreciation for the hard work and united front that
California has presented in both the House and in the Senate.
"The pioneering advances that California has already made in
controlling air pollution can now proceed and the citizens of this
state can be assured that we will continue to move forward to help
solve a major problem that poses a potential disaster to the people
of this state.
"Now that the Congress has recognized the vital need for strict
air pollution controls in California, I am hopeful that the state, the
federal government and the automobile industry will cooperate in
helping keep our air clean," Governor Reagan said.
PB/595
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
11-3-67
Sacramento--Gov. Ronald Reagan has named Dr. Norman Nichols,
Mariposa County Health Officer, as the Board of Medical Examiners'
Representative on the Fifth District Review Committee.
Nichols, 46, a Republican, succeeds Dr. John East, Merced.
His term will expire September 1, 1971 and he will receive $25
per diem plus travel expenses.
Nichols is Chief of Staff of John C. Fremont Hospital,
Mariposa and a director of the Mariposa County Tuberculosis
Society.
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JAK/596
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
11-3-67
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
November 6 - November 9, 1967
Monday, November 6
10:00 a.m.
Depart Residence by car
11:30 a.m.
Speech: California Grocers Association;
Anaheim Convention Center
12:00 Noon
Depart Anaheim by car
10:00 p.m.
Depart Santa Monica Airport, chartered plane
11:00 p.m.
Arrive Sacramento - (Old Airport)
Tuesday, November 7
3:00 p.m.
Meeting: Antonio T. Santos, Grand Master,
and other members of Legionarios del Trabajo
in America i Governor's office
6:45 p.m.
Dinner: Republican Legislators; Sutter Club
Wednesday, November E,
11:30 a.m.
Meeting: Dr. Max Rafferty; Governor's office
5:00 p.m.
Depart Old Airport, chartered plane
6:00 p.m.
Arrive Santa Monica Airport
7:30 p.m.
Reception: California Institute of Technology;
Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles
8:00 p.m.
Dinner and Speech: Embassy Room, Ambassador
Hotel. Black tie.
10:30 p.m.
Depart Santa Monica Airport, chartered plane
11:30 p.m.
Arrive Old Airport, Sacramento
Thursday, November 9
11:00 a.m.
Meeting: Mrs. Ivy Baker Priest, State
Treasurer, Governor's office. 14 bonds
issued under the 1909 India Basin Bond
Act will be chosen for redemption.
12:00 Noon
Luncheon: Students from Buck Meadows school
(Groveland, California); Governor's office.
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JAK/597
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
11-6-67
Sacramento--Gov. Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment
of Ed Gray as Assistant Press Secretary.
Gray, 32, a Republican, has been employed by Pacific Telephone
in San Francisco as Employee Information Supervisor for the past
eight months.
Prior to joining PT&T in Sacramento in 1963 he was a United
Press International reporter in Madrid, Spain for two years.
He served as press representative to the Governor's inaugural
committee in Sacramento, November, 1966 -- January, 1967.
He is a graduate of Modesto High School (1953) and Fresno
State College (1957).
Gray is a past member of the Sacramento Press Club and the
Club de Prensa in Madrid. He is also a member of the Commonwealth
Club of California, San Francisco, and Sigma Delta Chi, national
journalism fraternity.
He and his wife, Monique, reside in Concord (Contra Costa
County). They have two children.
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EG/598
OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sacramento, California
Cortact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
11-6-67
Sacramento--Gov. Ronald Reagan has named Ross Barrett, president
of Foster and Kleiser Advertising in Los Angeles, and Thomas W.
Sefton, president of the San Diego Trust and Savings Bank, as members
of the Intergovernmental Council on Urban Growth. They will serve
four year terms.
The council which serves as an advisory commission on inter-
governmental relations to the Governor and the State Legislature,
acts as a vehicle for the development of coordinated approaches to
urban problems and assists in the formulation of urban policy.
Barrett, a Reoublican, will serve as Council chairman. He is
the author of "Executive Time Studies," a management training book
published by Prentice-Hall.
Prior to joining Foster and Kleiser in May 1958, Barrett was
personnel vice president for the Byron Jackson Division of Borg-
Warner, headquartered in Los Angeles. During World War II, he was
assistant director of press, radio and advertising for the nation's
first War Bond campaign.
He is affiliated with numerous civic and business organizations,
including: The Boys' Clubs Foundation of Southern California, serv-
ing as president; Board of Trustees, Northrop Institute of Technology;
Board of Trustees, Mead Foundation; Board of Directors, Boys' Clubs
of America; Advisory Council to the District Attorney, Los Angeles
County; Board of Directors, Traffic Audit Bureau; Board of Governors,
Institute of Outdoor Advertising; Chairman's Advisory Council,
Outdoor Advertising Association of America, Inc.
Sefton, a native San Diegan and a Republican, is a member of the
American Institute of Banking; is a past president of the Clearing
House Association and presently a member of its Executive Committee,
and is a member of the Bank Public Relations and Marketing Association.
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Civic organizations in which he is active include: The San Diego
Society of Natural History, Army Navy Academy, San Diego Symphony
Orchestra Association, San Diego Convention and Visitors' Bureau,
the Ambassadors' Club and San Diego Rotary Club.
He is president of the J. W. Sefton Foundation; was selected as
San Diego Junior Chamber of Commerce "Boss of the Year" in 1961, and
"Executive of the Year", 1966-67 by the San Diego Chapter of the
National Secretaries Association.
He has also accepted invitations to serve as a director of the
Pacific Coast Banking School and as a member of the Board of Trustees
of the Catalina Island School for Boys.
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EG/599
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californ:
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
11.7.67
Members of the newly formed State Park and Recreation Commission
have been appointed by Governor Ronald Reagan.
The nine appointments--which require Senate confirmation--were
announced in the wake of legislation (Senate Bill No. 1301) which
combined the State Park Commission and State Recreation Commission.
The appointees were drawn from among members of the two former
commissions.
Named to terms which expire January 15, 1968, were Darwin A.
Holway who has served as president of the Park commission and Nicholas
Roosevelt of the Recreation Commission. Both are Republicans. Holway,
a former president of the First Western Bank and Trust Company of
Los Angeles, resides in Santa Barbara. Roosevelt, whose career has
included roles as a newspaperman, author and diplomat, lives in Big Sur.
Daniel D. Villaneuva, a Democrat who has been serving on the
Recreation Commission and Margaret W. Owings of the Park Commission
were named to terms which expire January 15, 1969. Villaneuva, a
former Los Angeles Rams professional football player now with the
Dallas Cowboys, makes his off-season residence in Sepulveda. Mrs.
Owings of Big Sur, was active in efforts aimed at preserving a 72-mile
strip of the Monterey coast for conservation purposes.
Dr. Horace Parker and Harold L. Zellerbach, both of whom have been
serving on the Park commission, were appointed to terms ending
January 15, 1970. They are Republicans. Parker, a retired Balboa
Island veterinarian, has been active in conservation circles in the
desert area. He is a member of numerous conservation organizations,
including the Sierra Club. Zellerbach, a Bay Area paper corporation
executive, resides in San Francisco.
Appointed to terms ending January 15, 1971, were Leah F. McConnell
of Redding, Harry E. Sokolov of Beverly Hills, and Leonard S. Thomson
of Taft, all Republicans.
Mrs. McConnell and Sokolov have served on the Recreation commission.
Thomson has been a member of the Park commission. Mrs. McConnell and
her husband reside in Redding and operate the Shasta Ski Lodge.
Sokolov, an attorney, is executive assistant to Richard D. Zanuck, vice
president in charge of production at 20th Century Fox. Thomson is in
the stock brckerage business in Taft and formerly was associated with
the Honolulu Oil Corporation. He is a member of the Save-the-Redwoods-
League, the Sierra Club and other outdoor and conservation groups.
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EG/600
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
11.7.67
Governor Ronald Reagan has appointed Robert J. Daneri of Kings
Beach,, Lake Tahoe, and Walter W. Rollins of Bishop to four-year terms
on the Regional Water Quality Control Board, Lahonton Region.
Both are Republicans.
Daneri, a 41-year old businessman, is a member of the North Tahoe
Public Utilities District, North Tahoe Lions Club and Chamber of
Commerce.
Rollins, 58, is serving his second two-year term as mayor of
Bishop, where he operates an electrical contracting business. He is
a district deputy governor of Lions International and a member of the
Bishop Chamber of Commerce.
Daneri succeeds Francis Longo of Truckee. Rollins replaces
Dr. Victor H. Hough of Bishop.
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EG/601
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO'
RELEASE: Imme
ate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
11.7.67
Governor Ronald Reagan has appointed Dr. Dwight H. Murray, 40,
of Napa to a four-year term on the District Review Committee for the
First District, Board of Medical Examiners.
The first district generally covers the central and north coastal
areas from San Benito County to Del Norte County. It was one of five
districts created by the 1965 legislature.
Murray, who succeeds Dr. John B. Schaupp of San Francisco, took
his internship and surgical training at the University of California
and is presently on the University's San Francisco Medical School
faculty as an assistant professor of clinical surgery.
He is a Naval Reserve commander, attached to the Marine Corps.;
a member of the American College of Surgeons, the San Francisco
Surgical Society and the Commonwealth Club of California.
A Republican, Murray resides at 1084 Ross Circle, Napa. He and
his wife Jeanne have two teenage children.
He will receive $25 per diem, plus expenses.
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EJG/602
1. Establish a Department of Health Care Services and adopt a
revised organization plan designed to achieve the objectives
of good management, consolidate related functions, improve
controls and develop essential information.
2. Revise the fiscal intermediary operations through redesigned
functional specifications and require the maintenance of
current detailed operating procedures. Under the terms of
new contracts, the fiscal intermediaries should prepare, and
the Medi-Cal administrators should approve, operating proce-
dures and manuals for both the internal operations of the
intermediary and for instruction to service providers.
3. Improve coordination and direction of the fiscal intermediaries
and establish regular reporting conferences to be attended by
senior executives of the fiscal intermediaries and the state
administrators to review the status of operations and resolve
mutual problems.
4. Improve expense allocation and control procedures used by the
fiscal intermediaries. Each fiscal intermediary should be
directed to adopt expense accounting procedures which clearly
identify and control all charges to Medi-Cal operations. A
determined and concentrated effort is needed to reduce dupli-
cation in the present processing operations and improve cost
control procedures.
5. Revise management and fiscal control procedures of the program
to provide current and adequate accounting and statistical data,
including reports by types and date of service, case and
recipient experience data, experience reports for each pro-
vider of service, and management information reports. Such
information is not currently available and is essential for
effective and efficient program management.
6. Revise the eligibility and claim validation system to include
a uniform state-wide coding system to identify all eligible
persons. Adopt use of a standard identification card
(similar to the astic card used by retail nd service
companies for credit transactions). The system would also
have an eligibility sticker attached to the back of the card
to assure currency of eligibility status.
7. Revise the claims processing system as outlined in a detailed
report, using more advanced principles of systems analysis,
design and programming. Expand use of data processing equip-
ment in this high volume operation.
8. Require that a vendor submit bills within 60 days from date of
service with provision for necessary exceptions. Change the
instructions and legislations which now allow the vendor to
have up to six months in which to submit bills for services
rendered. The extended period now allowed makes it extremely
difficult to develop timely statistical and accounting data.
In addition, it contributes to the difficulties of eligibility
verification and prevention of duplicate payments.
9. Organize and conduct a continuous medical review of physicians
and hospitals where statistical data shows significant devia-
tions in patterns of medical practice from those generally
recognized and utilized.
10. Negotiate individual "usual and customary" fee structures with
physicians. This procedure would provide a reasonable and
realistic control of high cost physicians and generally
stabilize the cost of physicians services to the program.
11. Control elective surgery available under the Medi-Cal program
by making such surgery subject to prior review by state approved
review committees. There is substantial evidence of surgical
procedures in this category which do not appear to be within
the intended scope of Medi-Cal legislation.
12. Review medical justification for "long stay" or extended care
Medi-Cal patients in county and general hospitals to materially
reduce unnecessary utilization of hospital benefits.
13. Reduce the average length of stay in acute care hospitals through
improved controls, more reliable control data and by working
closely with the Hospital Assn. of California.
14. Increase appropriate use of alternative facilities and services
which can be used in place of acute and general hospital care
through improved controls and closer surveillance.
15. Improve hospital and nursing home operating efficiency by
establishing an "Incentive and Sanction Fee" plan for payment
of claims to hospitals and nursing homes.
16. Improve controls to assure enforcement of current Medi-Cal
regulations on nursing home utilization and effect reduction
in nursing home stays, making use of alternate type care.
17. Revise formulary and regulations on prescription drugs and
medical supplies to reduce over-utilization, waste and ex-
cessive costs currently being experienced by this program.
18. Improve controls on dental service to reduce non-essential
and duplicate services. Expand requirements for prior
authorization and provide state control over this function.
19. Appoint state consultants to assume the responsibility for
all Medi-Cal prior authorization and authorization functions
to replace the County Consultants on Medi-Cal functions.
Significant improvements in control on utilization and over-
spending in the program can be expected.
20. Improve controls and revise guidelines on the issuance of eye
glasses and hearing aids to eliminate unnecessary service and
prevent duplications.
21. Establish a program for rental rather than purchase of
assistive devices such as wheel chairs, hospital beds, and
other major appliances for home use as benefits of the program.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
11.7.67
Governor Ronald Reagan today outlined a series of recommendations
he has received to improve management and fiscal control of the Medi-
Cal program which are designed to produce "substantial" savings in its
operation.
The recommendations--among the first to be made by the Governor's
Survey on Efficiency and Cost Control are being put into effect
immediately wherever possible. Other recommendations will be presented
to the Legislature in January for action.
"These recommendations point the way to substantial savings in the
Medi-Cal program which, as has been repeatedly pointed out, has
experienced serious financial difficulty," Governor Reagan said.
"This study greatly justifies my faith that the leaders of
business and industry in California can make major contributions to a
more efficient and economical state government.
"It is vital to the economic health and prosperity of California
and its taxpayers that state government be conducted in a businesslike
and economical manner. Only in this way can the taxpayers of this
state be assured that they are receiving full value for their money."
In accepting the recommendations from A. Kenneth Pryor, chairman of
the Governor's Survey on Efficiency and Cost Control, the governor
thanked the volunteer businessmen's group for the 5,320 man-hours
dedicated to the study since February 20.
Additional studies by the task force, composed of more than 200
top executives from private business and industry, are nearing completion
on subjects covering virtually all phases of state government.
In summarizing the recommendations, the survey report said:
"Implementation of these recommendations will result in cost savings
to the Medi-Cal program primarily through improvements in the control
and administration of the program.
"Since the amount of potential savings under the various recommend-
ations will depend to a large extent on the method and degree of
implementation, and due to the difficulty in relating estimated savings
amounts to specific recommendations without overlap, no specific dollar
amounts are being projected even though they will undoubtedly be
substantial."
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Proposals recommended included negotiated fees for physicians,
tight controls on elective surgery, reductions in Auspital and nursing
home stays, cuts in drug wastes, quicker billings, improved control
procedures by the fiscal intermediaries and creation of a Department
of Health Care Services.
The governor said he intends to designate a person whose duties
will be to implement the recommendations and begin putting the Medi-Cal
program on a sound basis. At the same time and as part of the
"Creative Society" concept, an advisory group of experts will assist
those responsible for the program and its continued improvement.
In its report, the survey team said that when the Medi-Cal program
was conceived in 1965, massive problems of administration and operation
were either completely misunderstood or grossly underestimated. The
program suffered from insufficient managerial experience, deficient
organizational and operational planning, and the lack of reliable and
timely accounting and statistical data.
The Survey Team said the Medi-Cal program has experienced serious
financial difficulty since its beginning.
"The program was inaugurated on a crash basis in the spring of
1966 without an adequate management organization and without the
establishment of operational plans and properly designed systems and
without recognition of the complexity and size of the program and its
costs.
"Partially as a result of the rapid increases in the number of
eligible recipients, utilization of the program and unit costs of
services, there has been a recurring series of major problems which
together with the day-to-day administration placed a heavy burden on
the staff.
"Insufficient time and effort were available for planning, develop-
ing and implementing the necessary longer-range improvements to assure
that the program was brought under control and operated with reasonable
efficiency."
The report noted that in recent months progress has been made in
"devising and installing controls designed to reduce utilization and
cost" but that for the most part, "these devices are still too new to
evaluate their effectiveness. Their principal shortcoming appears to
lie in a piecemeal approach.
"The time has come to launch a comprehensive attack on all fronts,
to develop a complete plan which will serve not only the needs of the
present, but also of the future.
"This attack will require an optimum combination of expertise and
latest available scientific business methods.'
Recommendations for improvements are:
(see attached)
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Sacramento, Californ
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
11.8,67
Three Southern California municipal court judges--all Democrats--
have been appointed to Superior Court judgeships in Los Angeles County
by Governor Ronald Reagan.
They are:
Municipal Judge Charles H. Woodmansee, 44, of the Los Angeles
Judicial District.
Judge Burch Donahue, 47, of the Inglewood Judicial District.
Judge Francis X. Marnell, 46, of the San Antonio Judicial
District.
They succeed Judges Lloyd S. Nix, Donald A. Odell and Allen T.
Lynch who have retired.
Woodmansee
A 1951 graduate of the University of Southern California Law
School, he also attended George Washington University Law School from
1947-50.
He served as deputy district attorney in Los Angeles County from
1952-57.
Woodmansee was first appointed to the bench in 1957 as judge of the
justice court, Malibu Judicial District, by the Los Angeles County
Board of Supervisors.
After election to the same post the following year, he succeeded
to the office of municipal court judge in Los Angeles as the result of
annexation proceedings. He has been elected to that office ever since.
He is a member of the Santa Monica and Los Angeles County Bar
Associations; is a member of the Conference of California Judges
Committee on Liaison with the Press and Television; and was chairman of
the Los Angeles Municipal Court Building Committee in 1963.
He is married and has five children ranging in age from five to 20
years. Their residence is 172 Tigertail Road, Los Angeles.
Donahue
Donahue, 47, received his law degree in 1945 from the Loyola
University Law School in Los Angeles. He was engaged in general law
practice in Inglewood until 1958 when he won election as municipal judge
there. L He was reelected without opposition in 1964.
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He is a member of the Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity; the
Inglewood and South Bay Bar Associations; the Lay Advisory Board of
Daniel Freeman Hospital; Alpha Sigma Nu, an honorary scholastic
society; the Loyola University Athletic Board of Control; and the
University's 200 Club. He is also a past president of the Inglewood
20-30 Club, and for 12 years was chairman of the Lennox-Inglewood March
of Dimes.
He and his wife, Aileen, reside at 9706 11th Avenue, Inglewood.
They have four children, ages 22 to three and one half.
Marnell
Marnell, 46, is a 1950 graduate of the Loyola University Law
School in Los Angeles. Following 10 years of private law practice in
Huntington Park, he became commissioner for the San Antonio Judicial
District in 1961. In late 1961 he was elected a municipal judge in the
district and was reelected in 1964. For the past three years he has
been presiding judge for the district.
His career has also included service as Huntington Park City
Prosecutor during an overall two-year period, and appointment as
Judge Pro Tempore of the San Antonio Judicial District for civil and
small claims by appointment of three judges. In 1957, he helped to
form the Voluntary Public Defender's Office in the San Antonio Judicial
District to expedite indigent misdemeanor cases.
He is a member of the State Bar, Federal District Court Bar,
Southeast Bar Association, Knights of Columbus, Toastmasters Interna-
tional, the Huntington Park Coordinating Council, the Phi Delta Phi
Legal Fraternity and Phi Eta Sigma, National Honorary Scholastic
Fraternity.
He and his wife, Elaine, have six children. They reside at
3467 Flower Street, Huntington Park.
They will each receive a $25,000 annual salary.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
11-8-67
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
REVISED
November 10-12
Friday, November 10
8:00 a.m. (pst)
Depart Sacramento Municipal Airport
(old Airport) by chartered jet
10:00 a.m.
Arrive Boeing Field, Seattle
10:30 a.m.
Arrive Olympic Hotel, Seattle. Proceed with
Governor Evans to second floor meeting room.
Press availability.
11:30 a.m.
Governors Reagan and Evans attend reception
in Williamsburg Room, Olympic Hotel
12:15 p.m.
GOP fund raising luncheon in Grand Ballroom,
Olympic Hotel
1:45 p.m.
Leave hotel for Boeing Field
2:15 p.m.
Depart for Portland, Oregon by chartered jet
2:45 p.m.
Arrive Portland International Airport
3:10 p.m.
Arrive Sheraton Motor Inn.
3:15 p.m.
Press Availability, Washington Room,
Sheraton Motor Inn
6:40 p.m.
Reception, Grand Ballroom, Sheraton Motor Inn
7:25 p.m.
Arrive Convention Hall, Memorial Coliseum
GOP fund raising, Speech
Overnight
Sheraton Motor Inn
Saturday, November 11
8:00 a.m.
Depart Sheraton Motor Inn by car for Albany
9:15 a.m.
Arrive Al Rey Motel, Albany.
9:30 a.m.
Parade begins
10:30 a.m.
Dismount at courthouse steps. Return to Motel
12:30 p.m.
Depart for Oregon State-USC football game
by car at Corvallis Stadium
1:05 p.m.
Arrive Stadium for pre-game ceremony and game.
6:40 p.m.
Depart Motel with Governor McCall for reception
Elks Lodge, Albany
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7:20 p.m.
Depart reception, Elks Lodge, drive to
North Albany Junior High School for
Veterans Day Program
7:55 p.m.
Program begins. Distinguished Service Awards
Banquet
9:45 p.m.
Governor Reagan delivers Veterans Day Address
Overnight
Al Rey Motel
Sunday, November 12
10:35 a.m.
Arrive McNary Field, Salem
10:40 a.m.
Depart McNary Field, chartered jet
1:00 p.m.
Arrive Sacramento Municipal Airport (Old
Airport)
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EJG/605
OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
445-4571
11.8.67
Sacramento-- solution to the short-term financial problems of
the State Water Project was proposed today by Governor Ronald Reagan
and legislative water leaders.
The proposal would require enactment of two bills which would
make an additional $64 million available for State Water Project con-
struction through 1972. This would enable the State Department of
Water Resources to continue construction with minimum delay.
Announcement of the plan followed a meeting Tuesday attended by
Governor Reagan, administration officials, Sen. Gordon Cologne, chair-
man of the Senate Water Resources Committee, and Assemblyman Carley V.
Porter, chairman of the Assembly Water Committee.
The proposed solution would not require additional appropriations
during the next two fiscal years, but would make the $64 million avail-
able for construction over the next five years by the passage of two
bills.
Under one, the $11 million annual appropriation of tideland oil
and gas revenues, which now requires an equal sum in water bonds to be
set aside for future facilities, would be transferred to the Central
Valley Water Project Construction Fund, without the bond reserve
requirement. The bill would carry an urgency clause.
By deleting the requirement for "offset" of bonds to a reserve
account, the Department of Water Resources estimates that an additional
$22 million would be freed for construction in the next two years.
The current requirement for offset of Burns-Porter Act bonds will
expire about that time.
The second would provide that commencing with fiscal year 1970-
71, the tideland oil and gas revenue appropriation to State Water
Project construction would be increased from $11 million to $25 mil-
lion, annually.
The increased deposit for State Water Project construction dur-
ing three fiscal years would add $42 million to available Project
funds.
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The plan would continue a reserve for construction contingencies,
and for uncertainties associated with the Department's construction
plans for the Peripheral Canal. Water Resources Director William R.
Gianelli has said that he considers a reserve to be "absolutely nec-
essary".
Gov. Reagan said the plan is an acceptable answer to the short-
term problems of financing State Water Project construction through
1972.
"If the Legislature adopts the two bills I will sign them into
law," Reagan said. "Ultimately, a supplemental bond issue probably
will be required to complete all facilities of the State Water Pro-
ject. But, it appears wise that we defer such a bond issue until the
magnitude of the long-range financial problem can be more accurately
predicted."
In order to assure delivery of water to Southern California
water-contracting agencies on schedule, the Department had proposed
to defer construction of 15 Project facilities which were not essen-
tial to water delivery if additional funds could not be found.
When the additional funds are assured, the Department of Water
Resources will review the 15 projects mentioned for deferral based
on priority recommendations made by the California Water Commission.
PB/606
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Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
11.9.67
Governor Ronald Reagan has appointed Alfred J. Bonturi of
Hollister and Eugene E. Brendlin of San Luis Obispo to four-year terms
on the Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Coastal Region.
They replace Gabriel DeLeon of Arroyo Grande and Huber C. Hilton
of Santa Clara.
Bonturi, 42, an orchard farmer, is a director of the California
Canners and Growers, a director of the local Sunsweet organization, a
past president of the San Benito County Farm Bureau and a former
chairman of the local Soil Conservation District. He resides at
600 Orchard Road, Hollister.
Brendlin, 56, is president of the Brendlin Rice Company in
Santa Maria, a director of Atascadero Guarantee Savings and Loan
Association, president of the Atascadero Water District, manager of
the California State Polytechnic College Foundation, a past president
of the Atascadero Rotary Club, and a member of the South San Joaquin
Regional Health Planning Committee of the Commonwealth Club. He is
also a former teacher of vocational agriculture. He resides at
5520 Vida Street, Atascadero.
Bonturi and Brendlin are Republicans. They will receive necessary
expenses while on official duty.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
11.9.67
MEMO TO THE PRESS
The Governor's Council Meeting will be held as scheduled on
Thursday, November 9, at 3:00 p.m. in the Governor's council room.
PB
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
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Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
11.10.67
Governor Ronald Reagan today urged Californians to observe
Diabetes Week November 12-18 by having themselves and their families
tested for the disease.
In a statement, the governor said:
"Because early detection of diabetes can, in most cases, enable
persons with this disease to continue to lead active, productive lives,
I urge all Californians to have themselves and their families tested
for it. The test is simple and quick. Of the millions of people in
our country who have diabetes, some 1,600,000 are not even aware of
their condition. 11
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EJG/508
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
11-10-67
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
November 13-17,1967
Monday, November 13
No public appointments at this time
Tuesday, November 14
9:30 a.m.
Press conference
5:00 p.m.
Depart Sacramento by car for San Francisco
6:15 p.m.
Arrive Red Room, Bohemian Club, San Francisco,
Dinner - California State Bar Board of
Governors
Overnight
Sacramento
Wednesday, November 15
2:00 p.m.
Meeting with John Reading, Mayor of Oakland,
Governor's office
2:45 p.m.
Picture with Mike Drakulich, YMCA Youth
Governor - Governor's office
Thursday, November 16
3:00 p.m.
Depart Sacramento Airport (old Airport) for
Santa Monica
4:00 p.m.
Arrive Santa Monica - proceed to Biltmore
Hotel
7:30 p.m.
Proceed to Reception for Youth Opportunities
Foundation Scholarship Fund Banquet
8:00 p.m.
Dinner - Speech (Black Tie optional)
Overnight
Los Angeles
Friday, November 17
8:30 a.m.
Depart for Camarillo State Hospital
10:00 a.m.
Arrive hospital for meeting of the California
Council for Retarded Children and tour
11:30 a.m.
Depart hospital
6:45 p.m.
Depart Santa Monica Airport for Palm Springs
7:15 p.m.
Arrive Palm Springs Airport - proceed to
Holiday Inn Riviera
7:30 p.m.
Arrive Mediterranean Room Patio for reception
prior to Riverside-San Bernardino fund raiser
8:00 p.m.
Dinner - Speech
9:45 p.m.
Depart Hotel for Palm Springs Airport
10:00 p.m.
Depart for Santa Monica Airport
10:30 p.m.
Arrive Santa Monica
Overnight
Los Angeles
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PB609
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Imm_diate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
11.13.67
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Donald F. Pinkerton of
Fairfield to the Technical Coordinating Committee of the State Water
Quality Control Board.
Pinkerton, a 35-year-old Fairfield city councilman operates a
hardware firm.
A Republican, he was chosen "outstanding young man of the year
for 1964" by the Fairfield-Suisun Junior Chamber of Commerce.
In 1965, he received Solano County's first "Friend of 4H" award.
He is a past president of the Fairfield-Suisun Chamber of Commerce,
and is a member of the Solano County Farm Bureau, the Elks and Kiwanis
Clubs, and Moose Lodge.
He succeeds Kerry N. Mulligan of St. Helena.
The appointment provides for necessary travel expenses.
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EJG/610
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO.
RELEASE: Im. diate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
11.13.67
Governor Ronald Reagan has appointed Harry Crebbin of Yreka and
George A. Dinsmore of Fortuna to four-year terms on the North Coast
Regional Water Quality Control Board. Both are Republicans.
They succeed George L. Deck of Santa Rosa and J. Dwight O'Dell
of Fortuna.
Crebbin, 62, is manager of the Yreka Chamber of Commerce,
secretary of the Yreka Planning Commission, secretary for the Inter-
Counties Chamber of Commerce of Northern California, and secretary of
the Associated Chamber of Commerce of Siskiyou County. He resides at
610 Jackson Street, Yreka.
Dinsmore, 37, has been general manager of the Humboldt Bay
Municipal Water District since September. Previously, he served ten
years as Fortuna's director of public works and city administrative
officer. He is a member of the Humboldt County Civil Service Commission,
Humboldt Bay Development Commission and the Eel River Water Association.
A native of Humboldt County, Dinsmore and his family reside at 1130
Vista Drive, Fortuna.
The appointments provide for necessary travel expenses.
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EJG/611
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
11-14-67
Sacramento--Gov. Ronald Reagan today announced a major breakthrough
in his continuing efforts to secure legislative approval of a plan to
permanently take the selection of judges out of politics.
The "Judicial Selection Plan" to be introduced in the Legislature
early next year represents complete agreement between the Administra-
tion, the State Bar and the Judicial Council of California.
"I am very hopeful this plan will receive quick and favorable
action from the Legislature," the governor said.
"As you know, one of my campaign pledges was aimed squarely at
taking the appointment of judges out of politics. Plans were submitted
at the last legislative session by both this Administration and the
State Bar, but legislative approval was not forthcoming.
"Now, however, we have agreed on a unique plan of action that
assures the people of California that only those who are qualified will
be named to the bench. No longer will judicial selections be deter-
mined on the basis of partisanship.
"I want to thank the State Bar and the Judicial Council for work-
ing with us in developing this plan for the benefit of all Californians."
Under the plan, a six-member commission would be created to
nominate candidates for appellate court judgeships. This commission
would be composed of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, who
would serve as chairman; one Superior Court judge appointed by the
Governor: two lawyers appointed by the State Bar, and two laymen
appointed by the Governor.
For trial court judges, five six-member commissions would be
created--one in each Appellate Court District. These commissions
would be composed of a justice of the District Court of Appeal
elected by his colleagues who will serve as chairman: one Superior
Court judge appointed by the Governor; two lawyers appointed by the
State Bar and two laymen appointed by the Governor.
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Each trial court commission would be supplemented by up to two
advisory members who would not have a vote. The advisory members
would consist of a representative of a local bar association who
would be chosen by the governing body of that local association; and,
if the Superior Court judge who is a regular member of the commission
is not from the county where the vacancy occurs, a judge of that
county designated by the Governor.
If there is more than one recognized bar association in the
county, the bar association to be asked to supply the representative
will be designated from time to time by the commission itself.
All commission members, except the Chief Justice, would serve
four-year staggered terms. They would be paid necessary expenses.
Each commission would submit three names to the Governor for
each judicial vacancy. However, for Superior Courts in counties with
a population exceeding 700,000, five names would be submitted to the
Governor for each vacancy. The Governor would then select the
judicial appointee from the names submitted by the commissions.
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PB/612
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO...
RELEASE: Imme late
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
11.14.67
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced that he has proclaimed
the week beginning November 12 as RETARDED CHILDREN'S WEEK. The
proclamation follows:
WHEREAS
Mental retardation is not a disease but an
impairment of the mind, characterized by less
than normal intellectual development; and
WHEREAS
Many mentally retarded persons can adjust to
society and develop skills which can enable
them to lead productive lives; and
WHEREAS
Because of the great demands on government's
limited resources, we must continue to ask
the independent sector for assistance in deal-
ing with this problem; and
WHEREAS
Public knowledge and understanding of this
serious affliction are imperative if we are to
find solutions for the prevention of mental
retardation and the education of its victims;
and
WHEREAS
During November the California Council for
Retarded Children and seventy local units of
the National Association for Retarded Children
are carrying on an educational campaign;
NOW THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, do
hereby proclaim the period beginning November 12 as Retarded
Children's Week and urge the citizens of California to parti-
cipate SO as to learn what they can do to assist the victims
of mental retardation.
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JAK/613
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
11-14-67
Sacramento--Gov. Ronald Reagan today appointed five Southern
Californians to the Superior Court bench in Los Angeles County.
Four of the judicial posts were created by the 1967 State
Legislature.
Named were:
Max F. Deutz, 50, a partner in the Los Angeles law firm of
Pollock and Deutz since 1962.
Robert Firth, 49, for the past 12 years a member of the Pomona
Law firm of Nichols, Stead, Boileau and Lamb.
John H. Rice, 58, a Democrat and a partner in the Los Angeles
law firm of Wright, Wright, Tolton and Rice.
Lloyd S. Davis, 52, assistant county counsel, Los Angeles, since
1966.
James F. Healey, Jr., 53, a Los Angeles attorney
Deutz, Firth, Davis and Healey are Republicans.
Davis succeeds Judge Philbrick McCoy who has retired.
The appointments pay $25,000 annual salary.
Deutz
A 1941 graduate of the University of Southern California Law
School, he has for the past five yearsspecialized in civil litigation
in State and federal courts, particularly business disputes and land
slide and land subsidence matters. He has been admitted to practice
before the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Claims, U.S. Tax Court,
U.S. Customs Court, U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, U.S.
Court of Military Appeals, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the
U.S. District Court.
Deutz went to work as a law clerk to Chief U.S. District Judge
Paul J. McCormick of Southern California in 1942. He served as
Assistant U.S. Attorney from 1947-53, and was chief of the civil
division from 1953-57. He became Chief Assistant U.S. Attorney in
February 1957 until his move to private practice in 1962. He was a
member of the legal department of the Forest Lawn Company for one
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year prior to becoming a partner in Pollock and Deutz.
He is a member of the State Bar, Los Angeles County Bar Associa-
tion, American Bar Association, Federal Bar Association, National
Lawyers Club, American Judicature Society, American Society of Inter-
national Law, the National Council of Juvenile Court Judges, and in
1966, was president of the University of Southern California's Legion
Lex. He is a past president of the Los Angeles Chapter of the
Federal Bar Association, a past chairman of special local administra-
tive committee number 2 of the State Bar and is currently a member
of its committee on Federal Courts. He is also a past chairman of
the Los Angeles Bar Association's Committee on Federal Rules and
Practice.
He resides at 2417 Nottingham Avenue, Los Angeles.
Firth
A 1948 Harvard Law School graduate, he has served for approxi-
mately 10 years on various administrative committees of the California
State Bar, both as a member and chairman. He is a lecturer on legal
ethics for "Bridging the Gap," a series for newly licensed attorneys
sponsored jointly by the Los Angeles County Bar Association and the
Los Angeles Daily Journal. He is a member of the American Bar
Association, Los Angeles County Bar Association and Pomona Valley
Bar Association.
After being admitted to law practice in California in 1949, he
joined the legal staff of Meserve, Mumper and Hughes, and the Fluor
Corp.
In 1950, he joined the Pomona legal firm of Nichols, Cooper and
Hickson, predecessor to his present firm.
He is married and has three children ranging in age from 12 to
21 years. He and his family reside at 1105 Oak Knoll Drive, Pomona.
Rice
A 1935 graduate of Yale Law School, Rice was engaged in private
practice in Pennsylvania prior to joining the Reconstruction Finance
Corp. in Washington in 1938 where he served as counsel in connection
with the Rubber Reserve Program. He later became general Counsel.
He and his family moved to Los Angeles in 1948 where he became Regional
Counsel for the Reconstruction Finance Corp. In 1950, he returned to
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Organizations to which he belongs include the Los Angeles County Bar
Association and the State Bar.
He is married and has two children. They reside at 475
Bellefontane Avenue in Pasadena.
Davis
Davis is a 1939 graduate of Stanford Law School. He has been
admitted to practice before the State Supreme Court and U.S. District
Court.
Hewas Deputy County Counsel in Los Angeles from 1947 to 1963,
was Chief Trial Deputy between 1963 and 1966, and has served as
Assistant County Counsel since June of 1966.
He is a member of the State Bar, the Los Angeles County Bar
=
Association, and the Association of the Southern California Defense
Counsel.
He served as a member of the Executive Committee of the Trial
Lawyers Section of the Los Angeles Bar Association between 1965 and
1967. He has been a member of the Local Government Committee of the
Los Angeles Bar Association since 1965. For the past five years he
has served on the Committee on Standard Jury Instructions, Civil,
of the Los Angeles County Superior Court.
Davis is married and has four children, ages nine through thir-
teen. They reside at 2016 Edgewood Drive, South Pasadena.
Healey
He received his law degree in 1942 from Southwestern University.
He was admitted to legal practice in California four years later. He
has also been admitted to practice before federal courts and the U.S.
Supreme Court.
Healey is a member of the American Bar Association, State Bar,
Los Angeles County Bar Association, the Law Society and Chancery Club.
He is a past president of the Southwest Los Angeles Bar. Healey is
also a past commander of the Wm. D. Hawkins Post of the American Legion,
and is currently a member of the organizations Allied Post.
He is married and resides at 5316 Harcourt Avenue, Los Angeles.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Imm iate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
11.14.67
Governor Ronald Reagan today signed a proclamation adding to
items that may be considered at the special session of the legislature
a proposal that would correct a technical error in the state income tax
law.
The governor said he was expanding the special session so that
the legislature may correct a "serious loophole" in state income tax
provisions that created unintended benefits for a large number of
taxpayers.
Governor Reagan emphasized, however, that he will not approve
of any other legislation which would affect California's tax laws
except a law to correct the technical error.
The technical error, the governor said, poses a serious threat
to state revenues. Martin Huff, executive officer of the State Fran-
chise Tax Board, said it is difficult to estimate the revenue loss
involved.
The problem in the existing tax law can be corrected for the
income year 1967 if it is passed by the legislature, signed by the
governor and filed with the Secretary of State
However, corrective legislation is needed immediately, the
governor said, because serious administrative problems would result
involving lead time required for form redesigning, printing and
distribution after the corrections are made.
In addition, the processing of assessment notices on returns
filed on the present basis would represent an additional administrative
burden and failure to correct the law would pose more problems for
taxpayers filing their returns.
The law change is needed because adoption of the new "tax credit"
system changed the definition of taxable income to eliminate the inclu-
sion of personal exemptions and dependent credits as a deduction from
gross income.
The income averaging provision of the personal income tax law
refers to "taxable income." The changes made earlier this year by the
legislature drastically affected the eligibility to use the income
averaging provisions, allowing many more individuals to minimize their
taxes.
Governor Reagan, in urging the legislature to correct the
technical flaw, noted that it was an inadvertent error made when the
income tax law was revised by the 1967 session of the legislature.
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PB/615
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNC
RELEASE: Imi. liate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
11.15.67
Governor Ronald Reagan today praised delegates to the
California State Employees Association convention in Los Angeles for
defeating a bid to remove a no-strike pledge from the organization's
constitution.
In a statement, the governor said:
"I am immensely pleased by the delegates' overwhelming vote to
kill a resolution that would have removed their no-strike pledge.
The decision once again confirms the high degree of dedication and
sense of responsibility our state employees bring daily to their
tasks as servants of the people of California.
"By expressing themselves so decisively on such an important
matter, the delegates have clearly demonstrated that the best interests
of our citizens is the first interest of state employees. As public
servants, our continuing commitment must be to the smooth functioning
of government. As holders of a public trust, the people of California
depend on us to provide state services without interruption. This
decision reaffirms the determination of our employees to assure that
this principle is just as valid today as ever. Again, let me express
to the delegates my great admiration for this action."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sa cramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445 - 4571 11.15.67
The state is taking steps to aid the Department of Defense
in eliminating racial discrimination in housing available to
military personnel in California, it was announced today.
Representatives of the State Fair Employment Practice
Commission, which administers California's fair housing law, met
with commanders of all Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine bases in
the state last week to work out means of implementing the far-
reaching federal order which requires all off-base housing
accommodations for servicemen to be offered on an equal opportunity
basis.
Under the order, issued earlier this year by Secretary of
Defense Mc Namara, military commanders have already surveyed all
living accommodations near their bases containing five or more
units to determine those available without discrimination.
Base commanders have been instructed to confer with land-
lords reluctant to adopt open housing policies.
During four days of meetings (Nov. 6 - 9) with 300 top-
level military personnel, including major base commanders in
San Diego, Long Beach, Sacramento and San Francisco, F.E.P.C.
commissioners and staff discussed procedures the state agencies
will follow in supporting the military anti-discrimination program.
F.E.P.C. Executive Officer Peter R. Johnson said the
F.E.P.C. "will work in special, affirmative ways to assist military
commanders in educating, informing, conferring with, and otherwise
positively approaching those landlords whose units at present are
not, for whatever reason, open on an equal opportunity basis.'
The Department of Defense indicated that California is
an anti-discrimination target area because of its high concentration
of military personnel - 102,000 families living off-base.
F.E.P.C. Commissioners appearing at the four meetings were
Mrs. Stella Sandoval, John Anson Ford and C.D. Dellums. Represent-
ing Secretary McNamara were Department Under-Secretary Jack
Moskowitz and It, Gen. J. P. Lampert.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
11.15.67
Governor Ronald Reagan has named Morton Colvin of San Rafael
as chairman of the Workmen's Compensation Appeals Board. The appoint-
ment becomes effective December 1.
He replaces William Kaplan as chairman. Kaplan will remain
as a board member.
Colvin, a 43-year-old Republican, was appointed to a four-year
term on the board by Governor Reagan February 1. He had served as a
trial referee on the board from October 1962 until the appointment.
From 1960 to 1962 he was area counsel for the Department of
Alcoholic Beverage Control and for two years prior to that served
as law enforcement coordinator with the State Division of Forestry.
From 1950 until he entered state service, he was engaged in
general law practice in San Anselmo and San Rafael.
A native of San Francisco, Colvin received his LL.B from
Hastings College of Law of the University of California and was
admitted to the State Bar in 1949.
Colvin is married and has three children.
Board members receive an annual salary of $25,000.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
11.17.67
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
November 20-26
Monday, November 20
Noon
-Lunch with Jewish leaders at Jewish Federation
Building, 590 North Vermont, Los Angeles
6:00 P.M.
Reception for Assemblyman Campbell at California
Country Club, 1509 South Workman Mill Road,
Whittier
7:30 P.M.
Depart for Los Angeles Airport
8:25 P.M.
Depart Los Angeles Airport for Sacramento
Metropolitan Airport, PSA Flight #789
9:30 P.M.
Arrive Sacramento
Tuesday, November 21
3:15 P.M.
Picture with Senator Lagomarsino presenting
surfing plaque, Governor's Office
4:00 P.M.
Presentation by Sen. Harmer of 60-pound turkey
Wednesday, November 22
10:30 A.M.
Tour of Lawrence Radiation Laboratory,
Livermore
2:00 P.M.
Depart for Oakland Airport
2:40 P.M.
Depart Oakland Airport for Los Angeles, PSA
Flight #248
3:40 P.M.
Arrive Los Angeles Airport
Thursday, November 23 - Sunday, November 26
No public appointments scheduled
Sunday, November 26
4:40 P.M.
Depart Los Angeles Airport for Sacramento
Metropolitan Airport, Western Airlines #658
5:40 P.M.
Arrive Sacramento
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EJG/619
Office of the Governor
(ELEASE:
immediate
sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
45-4571
11.20.67
Governor Ronald Reagan expressed "disappointment" today over
a California Supreme Court ruling which in effect requires the state
to eliminate 160,000 medically indigents, mostly aged, from the
Medi-Cal program.
The court ruling shifts care of these persons to the counties
and will cost the state $70,000,000 in federal funds.
Governor Reagan said the court "which has substituted its
policy views for those of our medical experts, must now bear the
burden for disruption of the Medi-Cal program."
The governor said he is exploring with legislative leaders the
advisability of calling a special session of the Legislature to find
means of resolving the problem.
"Even though we haven't yet had an opportunity to fully study
all the ramifications of the decision," the governor said, "I regret
to say that it appears from a first reading that the ruling will
seriously jeopardize our ability to provide life-saving medical care
for the needy."
Governor Reagan said that in view of the court order, it is now
up to the Legislature to find a way for the state to run the program
within existing funds if we are to avoid eliminating life-saving
services to the medically indigent.
The regulations issued by the administration, he said, were
designed to provide the maximum in life-saving services and without
cutting people out of the program. These regulations, he added, were
carefully drafted after a study by the 11-member health review and
program council.
The governor noted that in his dissenting opinion, Justice
Marshall McComb accused the court of invading the powers of the
executive and legislative branches.
Justice McComb said, "It is not the business of this court to
pronounce policy," and the "Constitution does not authorize the court
to sit in judgment on the wisdom of the actions of the legislative
and executive branches."
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Justice Louis H. Burke agreed with Justice McComb in a
separate dissent. He said the court may not "superimpose its own
policy judgment upon the agency in the absence of an arbitrary and
capricious decision."
Governor Reagan added that "the majority opinion means an added
burden will be placed on our property taxpayers and an added expense
on many of our older citizens."
"The effect of this decision," he said "is going to force us
to completely remove 160,000 needy from our program of medical
are
assistance. These/people who have been able to stay off the welfare
rolls, or work their way off welfare, but now they will be forced
back to the charity wards and free clinics while the 1,200,000 persons
who are completely dependent on welfare payments will still be able
to purchase unlimited medical services on the open market at the
expense of the state.
"In addition, the result of the ruling is to deny the people
of California $70 million worth of medical services that the federal
government would have paid for under our own program.
"It is common knowledge that when the Medi-Cal program was
conceived in 1965, the massive problems of administration and operation
were either completely misunderstood or grossly underestimated," the
governor said.
"Since this administration has been in office, extremely serious
problems which could financially ruin the state have been uncovered,
and a tremendous amount of work by experts in the medical care field
has been done in an effort to make this program realistic.
"We have made positive efforts to assure continued medical
treatment for those who truly need it. At the same time, we have paid
off an accumulated Peficit of the past and
keeping within the
funds appropriated by the Legislature.
"Our plans to protect the fiscal integrity of the state were
based on the best advice and most knowledgeable opinions available
anywhere and we are continuing to improve management and fiscal
control of the program," the governor said.
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EJG/620
OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE:
mediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
11.20.67
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Federal Bankruptcy
Referee Donald R. Franson of Fresno to the Fresno County Superior
Court bench. The appointment pays an annual salary of $25,000.
Franson, a Republican, has served as judge of the bankruptcy
court for eight central California counties during the past two years.
He was engaged in private law practice in Fresno for 12 years
prior to being named to the federal post.
Franson, 41, received his law degree from Hastings Law School
in San Francisco. He is licensed to practice in California and before
all federal courts, including the U. S. Supreme Court.
He is a former deputy district attorney in Fresno County (1952).
He served in the U. S. Naval Reserve during World War II as a
seaman and aviation cadet.
Franson is a member of the California Bar Association, the
American Bar Association, American Judicature Society, Fresno County
Bar Association, Fresno County Taxpayers Association, Fig Garden
Spartan League, San Joaquin Country Club, Fresno Downtown Club, Fresno
Rotary Club and the Seminar Committee of the National Bankruptcy
Conference in Washington, D.C.
He and his wife, Irma, have five children ranging in age from
17 to 7. They reside at 4451 North Wilson Street, Fresno.
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EJG/621
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA
RELEASE: Immediate
CONTACT: PAUL BECK
445 - 4571 11.20.67
Sacramento - Merced City Assistant Civil Defense Director and
Airport Manager Joseph R. Crotti has been named director of the
State Aeronautics Board, the Governor's Office announced today.
He replaces Clyde P. Barnett who has served as director
since 1955. Barnett has been asked to stay on as deputy director of
the board.
In his new job, Crotti will earn in the range of $17,700.00
to $19,512.00. He will serve at the pleasure of the governor.
Crotti, a 44 year old Democrat, has served as Merced
Airport manager and city assistant civil defense director the past
eight and one-half years.
Except for a two year assignment with the City of Merced
Engineering Department from 1953-54, Crotti worked from 1946-59
as a member of the Merced Fire Department.
He was promoted to deputy fire chief in 1954, responsible for
administration of the fire department budget, engineering, training
and coordination of civil defense activities.
He served with the U.S. Navy during World War II as a
communications specialist in the pacific.
Crotti has also acted as Merced City Manager Pro Tempore
since 1964.
He is a 2nd Vice President of the California Association of
Airport Executives, and has been a member of the American Association
of Airport Executives. The United States Civil Defense Council
and the Executive Committe of the Annual West Coast Antique Fly-in
since 1959. He is also on the Merced Chamber of Commerce's Board
of Directors and is secretary of the Merced Rotary Club.
Crotti is married and has two children. They reside at 1740
Shirley Street, Merced.
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PB:622
FFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
acramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
11-20-67
Sacramento--Gov. Ronald Reagan today issued the following state-
ment concerning rioting on the campus of San Jose State College.
"My office has been called today by San Jose State faculty
members and disturbed public officials regarding the rioting at
San Jose State College and an apparent growing disregard for law
and order 0.1 that campus.
"I have no sympathy for those who would use riots and violence
to press their views on others and who refuse to grant to others the
same righ If of freedom of speech and dissent they insist on for
themselves.
"What has happened today at San Jose State is inexcusable. Once
it has been established who is to blame, those persons must be
punished. If college students are involved in these criminal vio-
lations they should be severly disciplined and subject to expulsion.
If it is established that faculty members participated in or
encouraged such activity, they have forfeited their right to teach.
"To advocate firm action is not political interference in our
higher education system. Such action is necessary to preserve that
system.
"I said once before, and it is still true, somebody has to speak
for the 20 million decent, law-abiding citizens of California. Some-
body also has to speak for the overwhelming majority of college
students who are working hard to obtain an education and who have
a right to study, undisturb by frequent disruptions and disorders.
"It is time that those the people have elected, and those they
have selected to run their public institutions put an end to such
irresponsible actions.
"If we don't, the people will find someone who will."
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PB/623
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, California
RELEASE: Immediate
Contact: Paul Beck
445 - 4571 11.21.67
Governor Ronald Reagan today named an Arnold real-estate man Allen L.
Bullard to the 39th District Agriculturial Association's Board of
Directors.
Mr. Bullard, a republican, succeeds the late John Guttinger
of San Andreas whose term would have expired January 15, 1968.
Mr. Bullard resides in Meadowmont Village, Arnold, Calaveras
County. The appointment pays necessary travel expenses.
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PB:#624
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO.
RELEASE: Imme Late
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
11.21.67
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Fresno attorney Leland
M. Edman as a member of the State Adult Authority.
The job pays $20,500 annually.
Edman, 45, will fill the unexpired term of the late Harry M.
Kamp of Kentfield. The term ends March 15, 1969.
A Republican, Edman has been engaged in private law practice in
Fresno since 1957. He had previously served for three years as
Fresno County deputy district attorney.
Edman is a graduate of Madera Union High School and Fresno
State College. He went on to receive his law degree from Hastings
College of Law in San Francisco and was admitted to the California
Bar in 1953.
He is co-chairman of the Public Administrator Special Committee
to the Fresno County Bar Association, a member of the Scottish Rite
and the American Arbitration Association. Edman is also a past
president of the Fresno State College Laboratory School PTA and was
active as advancement committee chairman at district and council level
for the Sequoia Council, Boy Scouts of America.
From 1957-61 Edman was an instructor of criminal law at
Humphreys College of Law in Fresno.
He is married and has three children ranging in age from 11-4.
They reside at 1650 West Browning Avenue, Fresno.
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EJG/625
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
11-21-67
Governor Reagan will hold a press conference at 1:30 p.m. today.
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PB/
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
11-21-67
Sacramento--Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following
statement:
"Ladies and gentlemen, today I have added to the call of the
Special Session of the Legislature a request that it clarify existing
laws which will permit this administration to properly administer
California's Medi-Cal program.
"This action is needed because of a ruling yesterday by the
State Supreme Court. That ruling, in effect, tells us we must remove
160,000 medical indigents from the Medi-Cal program before we can
reduce any part of the program.
"If we must do this, the state will lose $70 million in federal
funds and this in turn will throw the burden of caring for the medi-
cally indigent right back on the property taxpayers of each county.
"The changes we are seeking will simply permit the administration
to proceed with adjustments proposed in the program last fall that
would have enabled the state to meet its bills and live within funds
appropriated fo:: the program by the legislature.
"Under those adjustments, all persons on the program would have
been assured of life-saving medical services. Under the court ruling,
those services will be denied to 160,000 medical indigents.
"It is essential, if life-saving medical services are to be
retained for all our citizens, that the administrator of the program
be given the flexibility to enable him to reduce services before
eliminating pecple.
"If the court's ruling is not changed by the legislature as I am
confident it will be, the cost to the taxpayers of Los Angeles County,
for example, could amount to many additional millions.
"Now state taxes will be required if we are not given the
required administrative flexibility in running this program.
"Furthermore, under the Supreme Court ruling, the Medi-Cal program
cannot be soundly administered because of the court's definition of
"feasible" a phrase used repeatedly in the majority opinion. If
that phrase, as it appears to, means "if possible," unreconcilable
conflicts will be created in the administration of the program and
the state cculd be faced with endless litigation attacking every
administrative decision involving Medi-Cal.
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"Two justices ote vigorous dissents to t.. majority opinion.
Judge Marshall McComb accused the court of invading the powers of
the executive and legislative branches and Judge Louis H. Burke said
the court may not 'superimpose its own policy judgment upon the agency
in the absence of an arbitrary and capricious decision.'
"I agree fully. The ruling went beyond the traditional concept
of separation of powers of the executive, legislative and judicial
branches.
"The court has disrupted the Medi-Cal program and seriously
jeopardized needed medical treatment for many Californians.
"That responsibility is the courts.
"But my responsibility and the legislature's is to the people
of this state and it is therefore up to us to find a way to run
the program within existing funds without eliminating life-saving
services to the medically indigent.
"The Supreme Court's ruling guarantees an annual tax increase
for Californians.
"Now the legislature has the chance to say to the Supreme Court:
'Get out of our store. We are running our own shop.'
"The legislature has the opportunity to clarify what the
Supreme Court seemingly is confused about."
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PB/626
OFFICE OF THE GOVEF
R
MEMO TO THE P.
SS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
11.21.67
C-O-R-R-E-C-T-I-O-N
Please correct the 9th paragraph of Governor Reagan's
statement on Medi-Cal issued today to read as follows:
"New state taxes will be required
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, California
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Contact: Paul Beck
445 - 4571
11.21.67
State college chancellor Glenn S. Dumke and Donald Hart,
president of the State College Board of Trustees, will meet with
Governor Reagan at approximately 4:00 p.m. today to discuss rioting
at San Jose State and the general state of unrest on several state
college campuses.
The two officials are flying to Sacramento at the Governor's
request for the meeting.
They will be available for pictures beforehand and to the
press afterward if they so desire
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OFFICE OF THE GOVER
RELEASE: IL diate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
11.21.67
James H. Grubbs, a Sacramento variety store operator, has
been appointed to the Folsom Lake Bridge Authority by Governor
Ronald Reagan.
In the post, Grubbs, 50, will receive necessary travel expenses
and serve at the pleasure of the governor.
The Folsom Lake Bridge Authority was created by the 1967
legislature. It is governed by a board consisting of two members of
the Placer County Board of Supervisors, two members of the El Dorado
County Board of Supervisors and one member appointed by the governor.
Grubbs is chairman of the Placer County Republican Central
Committee and is a member of the GOP State Central Committee.
He is a past president of the Town and Country Village Merchants
Association and is currently a member of its board of directors. Grubbs
is also a former chairman of the Placer County Recreation Commission.
He is married and resides at 7542 Lakeshore Drive, Roseville.
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EJG/627
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, California
RELEASE: Immediate
Contact: Paul Beck
445 - 4571 11.22.67
Charles P. Smith, senior technical advisor to management for
System Development Corporation in Santa Monica, has been named
director of the State's newly formed Office of Management Services,
the Governor's Office announced today.
The office, established by executive order of the Governor
early this month, will operate under the jurisdiction of the Business
and Transportation Agency. Smith, will report to
Gordon Luce, agency administrator.
The office will consist of a small group of skilled data
processing specialists who will control and coordinate the State's
massive and extensive automatic data processing operations.
The decision to set up the Office of Management Services
was made after an extensive study of the State's current program
by State officials and by members of the Governor's Survey on
Efficiency and Cost Control. The new office will be charged with
developing policy recommendations on data processing for approval
by a new committee known as the State Automatic Data Processing
Policy Committee. The committee-comprised of Lt. Governor Finch,
the four agency administrators, the directors of the Finance and
General Services departments, and two representatives from private
industry -- will approve recommendations formulated and proposed by
the Office of Management Services. Representatives of the Legislature
and other Constitutional Officers have been invited to join the.
committee.
Finch, the committee chairman, said the selection of Smith
as director "will bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the
State's growing involvement in the important field of data processing"
During his six and one half year assignment with System
Development Corporation, Smith has been responsible for coordination
and application of systems analysis and information sciences for
various levels of government.
He holds an AB Degree in political science and an MA Degree
in sociology from the University of Arizona. He also earned an
MA in public administration from the University of Southern
California. He has nearly completed the requirements of a doctoral
degree in public administration from the University of Southern
California.
Smith, 35, se
ed as a parole agent for t
California Youth
Authority from 1959-61. He was a lieutenant in the Pima County
(Arizona) Sheriff's Department from 1956-59 and edited a weekly
newspaper in Tucson from 1954-56.
During his career he has taught courses in political science,
administrative behavior and history on a part-time basis at the
University of Southern California, George Washington University and
Long Beach City College.
He served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War.
Smith is married and has five children. He and his family
reside at 1091 Palisair Place, Pacific Palisades.
Perry Stauffer, 53, will become deputy director of the new
office, Smith said.
Stauffer has been director of automation for the Department
of Motor Vehicles since 1964. During this period he has managed
the creation, installation and operation of one of the largest
computer systems in the world. Stauffer previously served for 16
years in the State Controllers, nine of which he was assistant
deputy state controller. He was also principal research analyst for
the State Legislative Budget Committee for three years.
In announcing the new program, November 2, the Governor
said that once the Automatic Data Processing Policy Committee
has approved policy recommendations from the Office of Management
Services, the Department of General Services will be charged with
implementing the approved recommendations.
The Governor outlined three key functions the Office of
Management Services will have:
1--To develop plans for overall consolidation and optimum
utilization of automatic data processing systems for state
government.
2--To work closely with and coordinate with the recently
established Intergovernmental Board on Automatic Data Processing
which was set up to work with local governmental agencies.
3--To serve as an advisor to the State on matters pertaining
to information systems and data processing.
In signing the executive order creating the new office, the
Governor said that there has been a rapid advance in the technology
of data processing and "these advances offer an opportunity to
improve the efficiency, responsiveness and economy of governmental
activities"
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
Sacramento, California
RELEASE: Immediate
Contact: Paul Beck
445 - 4571 11.22.67
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Norman B. Hume, director
of the Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation, and Edward F. Dibble,
a Redlands consulting engineer, to the newly formed State Water
Resources Control Board.
The appointments require Senate confirmation.
The new board was created by the 1967 state legislature to
replace the former State Water Rights Board. Under terms of the
legislation (AB 1630 the three members of the Water Rights Board
are carried over to the Water Resources Control Board. They are
George B. Maul, William A. Alexander and Ralph Mc Gill. Maul's
term will expire January 15, 1971, Alexander's on January 15, 1970
and Mc Gill's on January 15, 1969.
Maul, appointed by Governor Reagan to the Water Rights Board
last March, subsequently was made chairman of that board. He will
continue as chairman of the new board. Board members earn an annual
salary of $20,500.
Hume, 63, is a registered civil engineer. A Republican,
he has been Los Angeles Sanitation Bureau director since 1959.
Following completion of study at the California Institute of
Technology in 1925, he began his career as a topographic draftsman
in the Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering. In 1946, he was promoted
to civil engineer in charge of the basic design section for the
$245 million Hyperion Treatment Plant project. Less than two years
later, he became assistant director of the Sanitation Bureau.
He is a fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers
and was president of the organization's Los Angeles section in 1964.
He is currently serving on the Society's Solid Waste Committee.
Hume is a member of numerous other civic and professional associations
and has received a number of distinguished commendations and awards
for accomplishments in his field.
He resides at 2700 Deodar Circle, Pasadena.
a degree
Dibble, 52, is a 1938 graduate of Cornell University with/
in mechanical engineering. For the past 21years he has been
manager of the San Bernadino Water Conservation District in Redlands,
In this post, he has been primarily concerned with water problems
of Santa Ana River.
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He has also managed the San Gorganio Pass Water Agency since
1961.
Dibble, a Republican, is president of the California Water
Resources Association, a position he has held since 1964.
He and his wife June reside at 1425 West Fern Avenue,
Redlands. They have four children.
Hume's term will last through January 15, 1968.
Dibble's will expire January 15, 1969.
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EJG/629
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO
RELEASE: Imm nice
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
11.22.67
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced completion of a series
of recommendations submitted by his Survey on Efficiency and Cost
Control for economies in the State Water Resources Department.
The governor also outlined actions already taken by the depart-
ment in implementing a number of the recommendations.
Other survey team proposals are now being reviewed in detail
by Department of Water Resources Director William R. Gianelli and will
be put into effect as soon as practicable.
Governor Reagan summarized the recommendations as dealing
primarily with program development and control, construction contract
administration and related matters. Subjects ranged from a proposal
for cost sharing with local agencies to a suggestion that coffee break
time be better controlled.
According to Survey Chairman O. Kenneth Pryor, many of the ideas
contained in the recommendations came from the Department of Water
Resources itself.
The governor noted that "some of the recommendations go beyond
the department and will require inter-departmental consideration for
accomplishment. Two require legislative action."
He welcomed the suggestions as being "thorough and detailed.
"It is yet another example of the 'Creative Society' in action-
businessmen from the independent sector contributing their time, energy,
knowledge and experience to the betterment of government.
"The team effort will be of valuable assistance in this
administration's determined effort to provide essential services at a
cost the taxpayer can afford."
Among the recommendations were two suggesting sharing of project
costs between state and local agencies, rather than having the state
pay the total bill, for projects that are locally oriented. The survey
asked for expansion of the policy adopted by Gianelli in requiring local
agencies to share costs of activities conducted by the department
principally for the benefit of the local area. Fifty percent financial
participation by local entities would be "appropriate," the survey team
said.
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One recommendation for legislative change concerned extension
of the schedule of fees enarged dam owners for inspections by the
department's Safety of Dams Division. This would result in additional
revenue to the department approximating $400,000 per year, making a
savings of that amount for the state's General Fund. The department
has prepared and will propose legislation to change the fee schedule,
the governor said.
Possible one-time savings of $500,000 to $1 million could be
achieved by developing and adopting a system of planning programming
and budgeting. The department has operated on a program budget basis
for several years.
Recurring annual savings of $2.5 million per year were estimated
by the survey as a probable result of the adoption of three recommend-
ations it made about the organization and staffing of a new division in
the department to operate and maintain the State Water Project. Two
of the recommended moves have already been made, Gianelli told the
governor. The department is already moving on a third which looks
toward a minimum operating staff when at full level in 1972, he added.
The survey team noted that "for the past several years, the
department has operated in an environment where emphasis was directed
almost completely toward building the California State Water Project
to the highest quality and on time. Cost has been a secondary
consideration. Apparently the attitude has been that this is a 'grand'
project and must be a showpiece.
"The new directorate is trying to alter this to bring cost into
proper perspective with quality and time. But, to change basic
attitudes is difficult and this effort should be pursued with vigor."
The governor outlined those actions already taken by the
department in implementing a number of the team's recommendations.
--The department eliminated its two top civil service jobs as
part of a top-level reorganization early this year which accomplished
savings of about $100,000 annually. Additional organizational changes
are under way for planning and general fund operations. The changes
will increase savings due to consolidation, elimination of some
positions, and more efficient management. Stronger central control
over the work programs will also result.
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--The departmen
establishing a line or
ation for the
Division of Operations in its physical operation and maintenance of
by
the State Water Project. It will be completed / January. Fewer
employees will be required to manage and operate the project than had
been expected, and improved internal management will result from the
reorganization.
--The department is establishing a division engineer level
position to head the new Operations Division, and will recruit nationally
for a man with actual operating experience.
--The department has reduced the number of regional districts
from five to four, effective by phase-out between January and July.
The elimination of a number of administrative and engineering positions,
without layoff through normal attrition, will result in substantial
savings up to $1 million annually.
--An immediate ceiling of 4,700 employees--600 less than
previously authorized--has been placed on total positions through
1968-69, accomplishing a $7 million reduction in the annual budget.
In addition, a specific personnel management plan is being developed to
reduce design and construction manpower as construction requirements
of the State Water Project phase out.
--The department has initiated tighter control cn expenses such
as travel, printing, copying machine use, office equipment purchases,
supplies, etc. Savings of $20,000 to $25,000 are being accomplished
in the use of copying machines alone. Substantial savings have
resulted from the reduction of non-essential travel, for such activities
as conventions and meetings where the state's need for attendance is
not clear. Total savings would reach $150,000 annually by establishing
an attitude of economy in the department.
--The department has established the policy of not initiating
engineering investigations which are financed by the General Fund and
which are primarily for the benefit of local areas until financial
participation on a matching basis is forthcoming from local agencies.
A number of ground water investigations starting next year will be
jointly financed, saving about $250,000. Within two years, it is
anticipated all local oriented investigations will be under the matching
funds principle.
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--The department has established a tight review and control of
automobiles, including the expeditious transfer of venicles from one
construction site to another as needs of the project require. This
has resulted in a drastic reduction in the purchase of new automobiles,
already saving $270,000. In addition, the department has abolished
its headquarters vehicle pool and restricted the use of vehicles
generally, at a savings of $20,000 this year and $12,000 annually.
An additional $97,000 has been saved by cancelling the proposed
purchase of 19 office trailers.
--The department has initiated a policy of reducing the number
of vehicles equipped with two-way radio equipment to those which are
required for speedy communications in construction and operation work.
The savings to date total $139,000.
--The department has reviewed design work on project units
remaining to be constructed and has eliminated those features which
are not essential to the proper operation of the project- features
such as visitors' facilities and elaborate operations and maintenance
centers.
--The department has revised construction contracts and
specifications to provide flexibility should the department desire to
make a major reduction in the scope of work as a result of changed
circumstances. Legislation will be proposed to provide the authority
to terminate contracts. Savings could run to millions of dollars before
construction is complete.
--The department has reviewed and changed its plans for recording
the history of the project and for preserving plans and specifications
used in construction. About $800,000 has been trimmed from the program,
originally expected to ccst $1.2 million.
--The department is in the process of terminating its contract
with the Division of Highways for rights-of-way and acquisition. The
existing department staff, through a phase-out of the highways contract,
can handle the remaining work load at a savings in overhead of about
$75,000 per year.
--The department has eliminated certain review requirements in
connection with construction change orders, and has delegated more
authority to field engineers, thereby facilitating changes that must be
made.
--The department is establishing a program evaluation unit report-
ing to the director. It will act in critically reviewing all programs
within the department to determine whether they are justified and
whether the level of activity is proper. In this way, the department
expects to eliminate or reduce the level of activity in programs as
their objectives are met, or approached.
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EJG/630
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californi
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
11.22.67
Sacramento--Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed San Francisco
Assistant District Attorney Janet Aitken and attorney Walter F. Calcagno,
also of San Francisco, to the municipal court bench.
Both are Republicans. The appointments pay $23,000 annually.
Both judicial posts were created by the 1967 state legislature.
Calcagno, 48, has been engaged in private law practice in San
Francisco since 1948. He is a graduate of the University of San
Francisco Law School.
He is a member of the State Bar, the San Francisco Bar Associa-
tion and American Bar Association.
Calcagno resides at 215 Marina Boulevard, San Francisco. He
is married and has six children.
Miss Aitken was appointed deputy district attorney in San
Francisco in 1947. She is a 1942 graduate of the San Francisco Law
school. During World War II, she worked in the office of the U.S.
Navy's general counsel in Washington, D.C.
Since 1961, she has been a delegate from the San Francisco Bar
Association to the Conference of Delegates to the state bar. In 1964
and 1965 she served as a director of the San Francisco Bar Association.
She resides at 1100 Gough Street, San Francisco.
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EJG/631
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
11-24-67
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
November 27, 1967
through
December 2, 1967
Monday, November 27
1:00 p m.
Meeting with representatives of County
Supervisors Association of California
(Governor's Office)
1:45 p.m.
Brief meeting with Ricardo Thearello,
Controller General of Bolivia. (Governor's
Office)
Tuesday, November 28
9:30 a.m.
Press Conference
11:30 a.m.
Presentation of medals to Heidi Kingsbury by
General Ames
2:00 p.m.
Meeting with representatives of the
Sierra Club (Governor's office)
Wednesday, November 29
2:30 p.m.
Signing of contract between power companies
and the state (Governor's office)
Thursday, November 30
11:00 a.m.
Arrive San Francisco, St. Francis Hotel
for National Conference of State Legislative
Leaders - Speech.
12:15 p.m.
Luncheon - Mural California Room (Governor
Chaffee of Rhode Island to speak)
2:00 p.m.
Depart for Sacramento
Friday, December 1
10:00 a.m.
Depart Sacramento (Old Airport) for San Diego
11:30 a.m.
Arrive San Diego Airport - proceed to
University of California for Regents meeting
Afternoon
Depart San Diego Airport for Oakland
Arrive Oakland Airport - proceed to Claremont
Country Club for fund-raising reception
7:15 p.m.
Depart for Kaiser Center
8:00 p.m.
Dinner - Kaiser Center - East Bay GOP fund-
raising - Speech
Overnight
Sacramento
Saturday, December 2
No public appointments scheduled
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PB/632
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO
RELEASE: Imme Late
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
11.27.67
Governor Ronald Reagan has named attorney Robert E. Dauber and
Municipal Judge Francis Estudillo to the Riverside County superior
court bench.
Both judicial posts were created by the 1967 State Legislature.
Estudillo's appointment becomes effective April 1, 1968; Dauber's
is immediate.
Dauber, an independent, has been engaged in private practice
since 1952. He is currently senior partner in the Riverside law firm
of Thompson and Colgate.
Dauber, 44, is a graduate of the University of Buffalo and took
his law degree from the University of Syracuse in 1952.
He is a member of the Riverside County Bar Association, the
State Bar, Defense Research Institute and the organization of the
Southern California Defense Counsel.
Dauber is married and has a son. He resides at 5419 Pinehurst
Drive, Riverside.
Estudillo, 52, a municipal judge in the Riverside Judicial
District for the past 15 years served from 1946-52 as judge of the
Riverside Police Court. Following his discharge from the Army Air
Corps in 1945, he entered private practice with his father, the late
Miguel Estudillo, former California state senator and Riverside city
attorney. He later formed a partnership with his father and brother,
Rex Estudillo.
He received his law degree from Southwestern School of Law.
A Republican, Estudillo is a member of the Riverside County
Bar Association, Conference of California Judges, and is secretary of
the Board of Trustees of the Riverside County Law Library.
Estudillo is married and has a daughter. He resides at 3203
Pachappa Drive, Riverside.
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EJG/633
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, Califor. a
RELEASE: Im diate
Contact: Paul Beck
445 - 4571
11.27.67
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Edward A. Rodeman of
Victorville to the 28th District Agricultural Association's board
of directors.
Rodeman, a 60-year old Republican, fills the unexpiredterm
of Charles E. Toole of Ontario who has resigned. The term ends
January 15, 1970.
Rodeman served on the same board from 1957-61.
He is president of Rodeman's Inc., a Victorville men's
store.
Rodeman is a former president of the Victorville Rotary
Club and Victor Valley Chamber of Commerce.
The job pays necessary travel expenses.
He is married and has two sons. They reside at 726 Fox
Avenue, Apple Valley.
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EJG/634
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO
RELEASE: Imme Late
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
11.27.67
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Kenneth R. Rearwin, resident
vice president of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith in San Diego,
to a four-year term on the Coordinating Council for Higher Education.
He replaces Robert Setrakian of Kentfield.
The appointment pays necessary travel expenses and requires
Senate confirmation.
The Coordinating Council for Higher Education was created in
1960 as part of the state's master plan for higher education. The
15-member council is an advisory agency established to assure a
balanced growth of the programs and facilities of various segments of
the state's higher educational system.
Rearwin, a 54-year-old Republican, joined Merrill Lynch 18 years
ago and opened the firm's La Jolla sales office in 1952. He has been a
vice president of the organization since 1959.
In 1963 he was appointed to the California State Committee on
Continuing Education and was reappointed to a second term in 1965.
From 1964-66, he served on the San Diego County Mental Health
Service Advisory Board. He was appointed to the San Diego County
Planning Commission and was elected to the board of directors of the
San Diego Taxpayers Association in January, 1966.
For the past two years, Rearwin has served as chairman of the
San Diego Chamber of Commerce education committee. From 1965-66 he
was a member of the Mesa College Advisory Committee and the San Diego
County Council on Economic Education.
In 1960, Rearwin was named to the U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Education Committee, and was reappointed to that post through 1965.
He is married and has three children.
He resides at 7325 Remley Place, La Jolla.
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EJG/635
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Contact: Paul Beck
RELEASE: Immediate
445 - 4571
11.27.67
Governor Ronald Reagan has named Newport Beach Yacht
broker David L. Fraser to the State Yacht and Ship Brokers Commission.
Fraser, a Republican, holds the rank of commander in the
U.S. Naval Reserve.
A yacht broker for the past two decades, he is a member
of San Francisco's St. Francis Yacht Club, the Newport Harbor Yacht
Club and Transpacific Yacht Club of Los Angeles.
Fraser, 46, holds a BS Degree from the Citadel.
He is married and has three children. He resides at
600 St. James Place, Newport Beach.
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EJG/636
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramonto, Californi
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
11.27.67
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed members of the Capitol
Building and Planning Commission.
The commission is responsible for coordinating the orderly
development of state buildings and facilities in the Capitol area of
Sacramento.
The commission consists of 13 members appointed by the governor
and who serve at his pleasure.
Two members of the commission have been reappointed. They are
Wilbur F. Brand Jr. of the real estate firm of Jones & Brand & Hullin,
Inc., and Albert M. Dreyfuss, a Sacramento architect. Both are
Republicans.
Other new appointees include:
--Edouard Thys of The Thys Company. A Republican, he is a
prominent local businessman.
--Grant D. Caywood, a Republican, of the architectural firm of
Caywood and Nopp.
--Elwood F. Maleville, a Republican, manager of the Sacramento
Inn and one of its original developers. He owns the Coral Reef
Restaurant and the Coral Reef Lodge and Apartments.
--Lee A. Watters, a Sacramento architect. He is a Democrat.
--Robert W. Witter, a partner in Dean Witter & Company, a local
investment firm. He is a Republican.
-Carl B. Swanson, a Republican, and assistant to the president
of the California Liquid Gas Corporation, Sacramento.
--Sooky Lee, a Sacramento architect. He has no party affiliation.
--Gordon Stafford, a Democrat, and Sacramento architect.
--Robert U. Grant, a local civil engineer. He is a Republican.
--Charles A. Adams, an account executive with Schwabacher and
Company in Sacramento. He is a Republican.
--Walter F. Fehr, vice president of Capitol Outdoor Signs, Inc.,
of Sacramento. He is a Republican.
The California Capitol Building and Planning Commission was
created in 1959. Three of the members are appointed from a list of
persons nominated by the mayor of Sacramento and three from a list
nominated by the chairman of the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors.
The commission coordinates activities of the state, city and
county of Sacramento in fulfillment of the Capitol Area Plan, a program
adopted by the legislature in 1961. The plan is a guide for future
state policy in the expansion of the state's physical plant, and in
locating needed buildings and other facilities in the Capitol area.
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EJG/637
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, California
RELEASE: Wednesday
Contact: Paul Beck
November 29, 1967 a.m.s
445 - 4571 11.28.67
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today that he will propose
legislation next year to ease the financing difficulties of local
mass transportation systems.
The enabling legislation would permit local residents to
approve ways of raising local transportation funds. Funds could
be raised through such sources as a sales tax on gasoline, increased
motor vehicle in lieu tax, or a utility tax.
In the case of special districts, such as BARTD (Bay Area
Rapid Transit District), where the people have already voted on a
method of financing, it would be up to the legislature to recognize
the situation and make allowances for it.
"All suggested revenue sources for these funds would have to
be explored. Legislation permitting this could possibly be similar
to Frank Lanterman's bill of last session with the modification
that county voters be given the right to decide, " Governor Reagan
said. Lanterman has already indicated he will sponsor such
legislation.
Citing the urgentfinancial needs of SCRTD (Southern California
Rapid Transit District) in the south and BARTD in the north, the
governor said provisions must be made to finance these billion-
dollar mass transit systems with revenues other than the local
property tax which is now the sole revenue source.
"The beleaguered property owner already bears an immense burden.
It is extremely doubtful that he should be asked to, or would accept,
further property tax increases. Therefore, without alternative
sources of financing, no matter how meritorious a mass public
transportation project may be, it faces almost certain rejection
because the property tax well is drying up", Governor Reagan said.
"Both my Secretary of Business and Transportation, Gordon C.
Luce, and I agree that the state should take the leadership in
giving local government the financial tools to solve its transporta-
tion problems. However, we do not intend to take a position on
which mode or system is the best, since the people should make
this decision.
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"By requiring local voter approval, rather than merely imposing
a tax throughout the state, we can be assured that the tax would
be assessed only when and where a need is shown to exist. This
proposal would allow local government to develop supplementary
transportation and alleviate localized problems of congestion,
mass public transit, and air pollution.
"Rural counties would not be burdened with taxes they do not
want or need. Urban voters would have a chance to veto unsound
projects. It is also possible that Los Angeles and the bay area
hight choose to utilize different methods of taxation.
"Rough estimates indicate that a four per-cent gasoline sales
tax, if approved by local voters, would annually raise $13 million
in the three bay area counties and $40 million in
Los Angeles
County. A one percent in lieu tax increase would yield equivalent
revenue. The effect of such additional revenue would be to provide
extensive relief to property taxpayers in the two critical rapid
transit districts.
"Figures prepared by SCRTD showed that financing their
$1.5 billion project with property taxes alone would result in a
maximum tax increase on a $20,000 home of $20.35. If the gasoline
sales tax revenue were available to finance construction costs,
the property tax increase on the same $20,000 home would be
reduced from $20.35 to $7.17.
"If utilized in the three BARTD counties, Alameda, Contra Costa
and San Francisco, the gasoline sales tax or in lieu revenue would
eliminate any need for a property tax increase to finance the
existing BARTD deficit now estimated to be from $60 to $170 million. "
Luce has been asked to implement the governor's proposal by
undertaking discussions leading toward specific legislation which
can be introduced as an urgency matter in January.
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PB/638
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Imme iate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
11.28.67
The following speech was delivered today by Robert J. Keyes,
assistant to the Governor for community relations, before the Rancho
Cordova Rotary Club:
"I have been active in athletics on a competitive basis for
the past 17 years playing on ten championship teams including track,
basketball, baseball, football and rugby. I was named All-American
in football, All-City and All Conference in baseball and All-Southern
California in rugby.
"I hear of riots and more riots and now the boycotting of the
1968 olympic games. I cannot sit idly by and see young men used as
tools by those who would use their brother, whether it be for political,
personal or other advantage.
"This nation has long been unequal in terms of advancement for
minorities, and the Negro in particular. While total equality is still
lacking, opportunity is available for everyone providing they understand
that dignity must be earned and responsibility maintained.
"I'm an American and have worked tirelessly with conviction to
earn all 100 percent of that title. I cherish and would die, if
necessary, to defend that heritage for myself and my fellow man.
"Athletics is one of the fields which has proven that Negro
athletes are as good as any other race. It's also contributed more
to the Negro cause than any other single tool.
"Americans, black and white, are fighting and dying in Vietnam so
we may have freedom of speech, press and peaceful assembly. They will
not permit the deadly enemy, Communism--which they are gallantly fighting
against--to infiltrate our society. These men aren't there by choice
but to make available to all Americans the things we don't appreciate,
including their effort.
"There are many men in the military that are good enough and
would love to participate in the olympics, but instead choose to defend
our option to participate in American life. Unfortunately, many today
are casting a shadow of doubt on what our men in Vietnam are fighting
and dying to achieve.
"Individuals like Joe Louis, Jesse Owens, Archie Moore, Ray
Robinson, Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, Cassius Clay, Jim Brown,
Buddy Young and many others achieved and added prestige to the cause
of all Negro athletes. Their achievements were made by the sweat of
their brow.
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"Don't get me wrong. It wasn't easy, but in ything worthwhile
takes continuous hard work.
"Today, opportunities for the Negro are unlimited but there are
those who would like us to think we are still in bondage with no oppor-
tunity and a dubious future. It's unfortunate that the chip has remained
on their shoulders for some two hundred years, blinding them and
threatening sorely the successes enjoyed by many Negro athletes.
"We must acknowledge the tremendous debt owed to those who fought
and still are fighting for civil rights throughout the United States.
However, because of rioting and other forms of lawlessness, I am prompted
to ask, 'Where are militants leading us now?'
"It is incumbent on all of us to assess and focus properly on
the 'future' the militants are so graciously promising us. 'What is
our ultimate goal?' Return to the bread lines or a dependency on
handouts which are never more than enough to keep you down and pacified?
"Our ancestors were betrayed into slavery by black tribal chiefs.
It's because of their spiritual and intellectual dishonesty that our
so-called militant leaders are now so ready to repeat history. This
indicates a lack of faith in America, but deep down inside they have
no faith in themselves or their own people.
"The militants are confused and have lost sight of what our
forefathers fought for and what we are still fighting for today. They
have failed to grasp why we were permitted to garner our many victories.
"Automation is rapidly eliminating the need for untrained and
unskilled labor and society does not wish to pay the increasing cost
of maintaining the black ghetto. The real tragedy of it all is that
the so-called militant leaders are confused and unable to comprehend
that today the needs of white Americans are the same as black Americans
and one cannot progress without the other.
"It's high time for the militants who call themselves leaders
to understand that America is ready to help us help ourselves. We, as
Negroes, must let America know we accept their helping hand. But we
deplore and will not accept hand-outs which lead to the suppression and
oppression of all Negroes.
"I urge all Americans to join me in exploring our consciences,
then each should assess the value of his decision in terms of how it
will affect the progress of his fellow man, his family and future
generations."
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PB/639
OFFICE OF THE GOVER1
&
RELEASE: ...ediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
11.29.67
Governor Ronald Reagan said today his administration will "lead
renewed efforts to break the current stalemate" on Colorado River
legislation.
In a letter to Raymond R. Rummonds, chairman of the Colorado
River Board of California, the governor said he will contact Arizona
Governor Jack Williams in the "very near future" in a move to reopen
negotiations between the two states.
"I have become increasingly concerned over the serious impasse
that has developed relative to Colorado River legislation and with the
adverse impact that this stalemate is having on other programs in
California and on reclamation throughout the West," the governor's
letter said.
He said that the Colorado River situation and advice from water
leaders throughout California have persuaded him that "this administra-
tion must step in and lead renewed efforts to break the current
stalemate.
"I am convinced that we can improve California's position through
negotiation," the governor said.
"We must do all in our power to further augment the inadequate
supplies of the Colorado River and must provide the optimum protection
practicable for existing economies in California until the river is
actually augmented."
Governor Reagan said Water Resources Department Director William
R. Gianelli will have overall responsibility for the direction of
negotiations toward a solution. His letter also noted the "extensive
and valuable expertise" which Colorado River Board members and staff
will be able to contribute to the important effort.
"I am determined that California continue to speak with one voice
in these negotiations," the governor said.
At issue are two major considerations:
a) The need to include language in proposed federal legislation
on the Central Arizona Project which would lead to an augmentation of
the river's water supply; and
b) The need to establish a method by which shortages will be
apportioned among the Colorado River Basin states if the flow of the
river is insufficient to meet entitlements.
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EJG/640
OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE: Imn. diate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
11.29.67
A contract for the sale of power from the Oroville-Thermalito
complex was signed today by officials of the State of California and
three electric utilities---Pacific Gas & Electric Co., Southern
California Edison Co. and San Diego Gas and Electric Co.
Under this 50-year contract, the companies will pay the state
a minimum of $16,150,000 annually for the output of the two powerplants
when they go into full operation about April 1969.
The figure of $16,150,000 is based upon 2.1 billion kilowatt-
hours of energy and 725,000 kilowatts guaranteed dependable capacity.
If more energy is produced, the payments will be increased
accordingly.
The energy to be generated at the Oroville complex is more than
the total used by the cities of Oakland and Berkeley combined---1.997
billion kilowatt-hours per year.
Governor Ronald Reagan, at the signing ceremonies in his office
this afternoon, said he was "very pleased with the final arrangement."
Agreement on the price was reached late in August, and technical details
were ironed out in subsequent negotiations.
"This is an excellent example of effective cooperation between
the state and free enterprise," the governor said. "The contract will
permit the state to make a greater revenue bond issue than had been
anticipated, and hopefully will provide us with about $250 million in
capital outlay funds--$40 million more than previously estimated," he
added.
The governor and William R. Gianelli, director of the Department
of Water Resources, signed the contract on behalf of the state.
Gianelli noted that negotiations had been carried on for more
than a year before the successful conclusion was reached.
Robert H. Gerdes, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. chairman,
commented: "The contract signed today brings together in cooperation
for the public benefit the state and principal investor-owned electric
utility companies of California. This cooperative arrangement will
provide maximum power revenues to the state, benefiting both water users
and taxpayers. We are pleased that our participation helps finance the
great California State Water Project, which is essential to the economic
development of the state."
Signing for the companies, in addition to Gerdes, were Joseph
F. Sinnott, president of San Diego Gas & Electric Company, and William
R. Gould, vice president of Southern California Edison Company.
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EJG/641
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
11-29-67
Sacramento--Governor Ronald Reagan has appointed Paul E. Pecht,
an Oxnard citrus rancher, to the board of directors of the 31st
District Agricultural Association and Ventura county fair.
The job pays necessary travel expenses.
Pecht, a Republican, will fill the unexpired term of Carlos Levy
of Oxnard who has resigned. The term expires January 15, 1968.
Pecht, 45, resides at 4500 North Rose Avenue, Oxnard. He is
married and has three children.
He serves as a director on the State Chamber of Commerce Agri-
cultrual Board, and is a director of the United Pest Control Board
of the Coastal Growers Association.
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EJG/642
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
11-29-67
Sacramento--Governor Ronald Reagan today named Nancy Banning
Call of Beverly Hills to the California Arts Commission.
She will fill the unexpired term of the late Francis M. Sedgwick
of Santa Ynez. The term ends July 1, 1969.
The appointment requires Senate confirmation and pays necessary
travel expenses.
Mrs. Call is a member of the Los Angeles Board of Education's
advisory committee on cultural resources. She also serves as
finance committee chairman for the Los Angeles Junior League's
Junior Arts Center and Gallery.
A graduate of Stanford University, she is married to Dr. Richard
W. Call, an internist with the Union Oil Company.
They reside at 617 North Alta Drive, Beverly Hills.
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EJG/643
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
11.29.67
Governor Ronald Reagan has reappointed Dr. Gregory C. Murray,
a Los Angeles surgeon and clinical professor at the University of
Southern California Medical School, to a four-year term on the District
Review Committee for the Second District, State Board of Medical
Examiners. The post pays $25 per diem plus expenses.
The Second District Review Committee is one of five in the
state which assist the State Board of Medical Examiners on disciplinary
matters.
Dr. Murray, a 44-year old Republican, is a member of the American
College of Surgeons, the Los Angeles Surgical Society, the American
Board of Surgery and the Blue Shield Trustee Board. He is also a
member of the Los Angeles County Medical Society Council and is a
former president of the Society's Metropolitan District.
He received his M.D. Degree from the Howard University School
of Medicine.
Dr. Murray is married and has three children. They reside at
4007 Hepburn Avenue, Los Angeles.
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EJG/644
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
11.29.67
Governor Ronald Reagan today signed a bill (SB-3) authorizing
boards of supervisors to provide for reassessment of property damaged
or destroyed by fires in four Southern California counties from
October 8-November 6.
The counties--Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego and Ventura--were
proclaimed disaster areas by the governor earlier this month.
The bill specifies that damage to property must be in excess
of $1,000, full cash value.
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EJG/645
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO.
RELEASE: Imme Late
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
11.30.67
Governor Ronald Reagan has named Dr. John G. Fast, a Riverside
physician, to a four-year term on the District Review Committee for
the Fourth District, State Board of Medical Examiners. He is a
Republican.
The Fourth District Review Committee is one of five in the
state which assist the State Board of Medical Examiners on disciplinary
matters.
Dr. Fast, 51, replaces Dr. Vincent P. Carroll of Laguna Beach
whose term has expired.
The appointment pays $25 per diem plus expenses.
Dr. Fast received his M.D. Degree from the University of
Minnesota. He is a past president of the Riverside County Medical
Association, past chief of staff of the Riverside Community Hospital,
past vice president of the Tri-County Surgical Society, and is on
the board of directors of the Riverside Downtown Optimist Club.
He has practiced in Riverside for the past 17 years.
He is married and resides at 6969 Brockton Street, Riverside.
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EJG/646
OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE: mindiate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
11.30.67
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed San Leandro attorney
Gordon L. Minder to the municipal court bench of the San Leandro-
Hayward Judicial District.
The post, newly created by the 1967 legislature, pays $23,000
annually.
Minder, a Republican, has practiced law in San Leandro for the
past 21 years. A 1936 graduate of the University of California at
Berkeley, he received his law degree from the University's Boalt Hall
in 1942.
During World War II, he was a commanding officer of two mine-
sweepers for the U.S. Navy in the Aleutian Islands area.
Minder, 54, was admitted to the State Bar in 1946. He is senior
partner in the San Lenadro law firm of Minder, Chandler and Bruner.
Three years ago he was admitted to practice before the U. S.
Supreme Court.
Minder is a former president of both the Southern Alameda County
Bar Association and the Alameda County Bar Association. He has also
served on the board of directors of the Legal Assistance Center of
Washington Township.
His civic activities include: past president of the San Leandro
chapter of the American Red Cross; past president of the San Leandro
Chamber of Commerce; former president of the San Leandro Junior
Chamber of Commerce; member of the County Citizens' Committee to
form the Bay Area Rapid Transit District; past president of the
San Leandro Rotary Club; and was named San Leandro's "outstanding
citizen" in 1951.
He is a member of the board of directors of the San Leandro
Republican Assembly. Minder also serves on the boards of directors
of the Commercial National Bank of San Leandro and the Western Title
and Guaranty Company.
He is married, has three sons, and resides at 911 Arbor Drive,
San Leandro.
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