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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
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Collection: Reagan, Ronald: Gubernatorial Papers,
1966-74: Press Unit
Folder Title: Press Releases - October 1969
Box: P10
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immed.
e
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
10-1-69
#558
Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following proclamation:
"WHEREAS, California is celebrating the bicentennial of wine
growing in the Golden State in 1969 and enjoys preeminence in this,
the 200th anniversay of the planting of the first grapes; and
"WHEREAS, It is appropriate that we officially recognize the
growth and acceptance of an industry which first began in the most
rudimentary fashion in the old Mission at San Diego in 1769; and
"WHEREAS, Today, two centuries later, the California wine industry
has won increasing recognition throughout the world for the quality
and general excellence of its wine; and
"WHEREAS, Today, three-fourths of the wine enjoyed in the United
States comes from the sunny vineyards of California; and
"WHEREAS, The grape and wine industry of this state leads all
other cultivated fruit crops in acreage, capital investment, and value
of product; and
"WHEREAS, The National Wine Festival, October 1 through 31, will
honor the wines of California and the bicentennial observance,
NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, do
hereby proclaim October, 1969, as NATIONAL WINE FESTIVAL MONTH in
California, and urge California citizens to toast the new vintage
and the entering upon of the third century of wine growing in this
state."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE:
Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
10-1-69
#559
Governor Ronald Reagan today nominated Thomas G. Daugherty,
Sacramento attorney, to a four-year term on the State Social Welfare
Board.
The position, which requires senate confirmation, pays $25 per
day and necessary expenses.
Daugherty, a former Los Angeles school teacher, received his
law degree from Southwestern University in Los Angeles.
Active in numerous Sacramento area service, civic and legal
groups, he is a member of the California State Bar, the Sacramento
County Bar Association, the American Trial Lawyers Association, Sacramento
Businessmen's Advisory Council and the Legal Aid Society.
A Republican, he has also been active in the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored People, the Sacramento Area Economic
Opportunity Council and the Oak Park Neighborhood Council.
Daugherty and his wife, Mildred, have two children. The family
home is at 5321 Pleasant Drive, Sacramento.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: 8 P M. (PDT) THURSDAY
Sacramento, California
Oct er 2, 1969
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
10-1-69
PLEASE GUARD AGAINST PREMATURE
RELEASE.
#560
Governor Ronald Reagan issued the following statement upon
announcement that Caspar W. Weinberger will be appointed by the President
as Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission.
"I would like to publicly take this opportunity to express my
gratitude on behalf of the citizens of California to Cap Weinberger for
the tremendous job he has done for them. To that I also would like to
add my personal thanks and admiration.
"Cap has served this administration and the citizens of our state
exceedingly well. His judgment and keen insight into the intricacies
of government have been of immeasurable value to me as we have sought
to make state government more efficient and more economical. He has
been a most trusted advisor.
"I am very pleased that the President has recognized his talents
and will appoint him Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission. As such,
he will continue to be of service, not only to his fellow Californians,
but also to all Americans.
"I am also very pleased that Cap has agreed to remain as Director
of Finance during the next few critical months as this administration
prepares next year's budget. As you know, we have instituted a new
method of preparing the state's spending program and Cap's invaluable
assistance in helping make this process work will eventually benefit
every taxpayer as all of us work together to make state government more
responsive and less costly."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: In ediate
Sacramento, Californi
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
10-2-69
# 561
Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:
"California joins the nation for observances during "National
Employ the Physically Handicapped Week," October 5-11, 1969
"As we move forward with plans to develop and upgrade the latent
talents of the disadvantaged, it is appropriate that we should stop and
remind ourselves of the skills of the handicapped and pledge to utilize
them to the fullest possible extent in the economic growth of
California's future.
"Toward this objective, I urge all citizens of this state, and
employers in particular, to cooperate with the California Governor's
Committee for Employment of the Handicapped in programs and activities
designed to rehabilitate, train and hire all qualified handicapped
workers who need a job--the physically handicapped and the mentally
handicapped."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Califorr
Contact:
Paul Bt
445-4571
10-2-69
#562
Governor Ronald Reagan has signed a proclamation declaring the
week of October 5-11, 1969, as NEWSPAPER WEEK.
Text of the proclamation is as follows:
"WHEREAS, Walter Colton issued the first California newspaper at
Monterey on August 15, 1846, printed on an ancient Ramage
press which had originally been brought to California in
1829 by Spanish Governor Echeandia to print proclamations;
and
"WHEREAS, California newspapers have been increasing in number,
scope and size ever since, until the Golden State is served with
hundreds of daily, weekly and monthly newspapers;
and
"WHEREAS, Newspapers throughout the world have recorded this year's
historical events, including America's extraordinary Apollo 11
moon landing;
and
"WHEREAS, The free press has played a significant part in the course
of this State's history, remaining our freedom's sentinel
from the first issue in 1846 with their importance increasing
during the 200 years of California's existence;
and
"WHEREAS, In the finest tradition of the free press, California's
newspapers continue the dissemination of news, education and
entertainment, always mindful that Freedom of the Press is one
of America's most precious freedoms,
NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, in
recognition of the unique role that newspapers play in our Golden State,
do hereby proclaim October 5-11, 1969, as NEWSPAPER WEEK, and urge all
Californians to join in paying tribute to the outstanding newspapers
serving them."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Califo
ia
Contact:
Paul beck
445-4571
10-3-69
#563
Campbell City Councilman Homer H. Hyde today was reappointed
to a four-year term on the Regional Water Quality Control Board, San
Francisco Bay Region, by Governor Ronald Reagan.
A Republican, Hyde is secretary and general manager of the
Campbell Water Company and a veteran of 23 years in the domestic water
service business.
He has served on the Santa Clara County Water Advisory
Committee and the water subcommittee of the Santa Clara Valley Flood
Control and Water District.
His home is at 1279 East Campbell Avenue, Campbell.
The position pays necessary expenses.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californ
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
10-5-69
#564
Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following proclamation:
"WHEREAS, Since the founding of the first Spanish settlement on
California soil in 1769, the exploration of this state was led by the
teaching padres, whose task it was to build colonies and bring education
and agriculture to California; and
"WHEREAS, California's early mission buildings and vast ranches
were the start of our present day agricultural and ranching industries;
and
"WHEREAS, California's excellence in education is an outgrowth of
early mission schools, and California's map abounds with Spanish place
names; and
"WHEREAS, There has been a steady migration of Mexican bloodlines
from south of the border so that Mexican-Americans now comprise more
than 10 percent of California's population as an integral part of our
rich heritage; and
"WHEREAS, Mexican-Americans do not participate to the extent their
numbers and abilities warrant and Californians have a special obligation
to involve them in the social, economic, political and cultural life
of this state; and
"WHEREAS, Cultural awareness includes informing all Californians
of the contributions of Mexican-Americans to our heritage and of
California's role in improving and enhancing the betterment of this
group from early childhood through higher education; and
"WHEREAS, Unlimited possibilities in California's future, through
broadened and expanded educational opportunities, are being opened to
Californians of Mexican descent, who should be encouraged to take
advantage of these opportunities,
"NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, do hereby
proclaim the week of October 12-18, 1969, as MEXICAN-AMERICAN EDUCATION
WEEK, and urge all Californians to participate in this significant
occasion."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVEP
R
RELEASE:
mediate
Sacramento, Califor La
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
10-3-69
#565
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
October 6, 1969
through
October 12, 1969
Monday, October 6
a.m.
Depart Los Angeles for Sacramento.
Overnight - Sacramento
Tuesday, October 7
3:45 p.m.
Signing of Aerospace Education Week proclamation.
Governor's Office.
p.m.
Depart Sacramento for Los Angeles.
Overnight - Los Angeles
Wednesday, October 8
Noon
National Association of Certified Public Accountants
Luncheon, Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles. Speech.
p.m.
Depart Los Angeles for Sacramento.
Overnight - Sacramento
Thursday, October 9
Office appointments.
Overnight - Sacramento
Friday, October 10
p.m.
Depart Sacramento for Los Angeles.
Overnight - Los Angeles
Saturday, October 11
No appointments scheduled.
Overnight - Los Angeles
Sunday, October 12
No appointments scheduled.
p.m.
Depart Los Angeles for Sacramento.
Overnight - Sacramento
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, Californ
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
10-6-69
Mrs. Dorothy Andrews Elston, Treasurer of the United States,
will pay a brief courtesy call on Governor Reagan and Lt. Governor
Reinecke this afternoon at 4:30 in the governor's office. She will
be presented an engraved gold miner's pan.
Photo coverage is invited.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVEN
R
RELEASE:
Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
10-8-69
#566
Riverside County Sheriff Bernard J. Clark and South San
Francisco Police Chief John P. Fabbri were reappointed to three-year
terms on the Commission On Peace Officer Standards and Training today
by Governor Ronald Reagan.
Both men are Republicans. Their reappointments are subject to
confirmation by the Senate. The positions pay necessary expenses.
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OFFICE OF THE GOV.
RELEASE:
:
ediate
Sacramento, Califo lld
Contact:
Paul
eck
445-4571
10-8-69
#567
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed 14 new members to the
District Review Committee of the Board of Medical Examiners and
reappointed six other members.
The new members are:
Dr. Bertrand A. Vipond, physician, 418 9th Street, Crescent City;
county medical association representative, first district committee.
He is a Republican and succeeds Dr. Joseph G. F. Gulyash of Ukiah,
whose term expired.
Dr. Edwin E. Boldrey, 924 Haynes Road, Hillsborough, professor of
neurosurgery, University of California Hospital, San Francisco; medical
schools representative, first district. A Republican, he succeeds Dr.
Edward B. Shaw of San Francisco, whose term has expired.
Dr. Frederick P. Shidler, 1840 White Oak Drive, Menlo Park, Menlo
Medical Clinic; board of medical examiners representative, first district
A Republican, he succeeds Dr. David J. Dugan of Piedmont, whose term
has expired.
Dr. James W. Moore, 318 Glen Ellen Drive, Ventura, Ventura Medical
Group; county medical association representative second district. A
Republican, he will fill the unexpired term of Dr. Richard W. Eells of
San Iuis Obispo, who has resigned.
Dr. Paul D. Yates, physician, 1180 Duncan Drive, Manhattan Beach;
medical board representative, second district. A Republican, he succeeds
Dr. A. Allan Witlin of Downey, whose term has expired.
Dr. William Nilssen, Jr., physician and surgeon, 105 Court Street
Weaverville; county medical association representative, second district.
He is a Republican and succeeds Dr. Lee D. Fulton of Redding, whose
term has expired.
Dr. Julian R. Youmans, 913 Plum Lane, Davis, chairman of the
Department of Neurosurgery, University of California at Davis; medical
schools representative, third district. A Republican, he succeeds
Dr. Stanley R. Beard of Stanford, whose term has expired.
Dr. Jay O. Gibson, physician, Route 2, Box 374 A, Chico; county
medical association representative, third district. A Republican,
he succeeds Dr. David L. Green Jr. of Stockton, whose term has expired.
Dr. Arthur F. Thompson, physician, 2320 East 22nd Street, Newport
Beach; county medical association representative, fourth district. A
Democrat, he succeeds Dr. Frederick P. Heald of El Centro, whose term has
expired.
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#567
Dr. Frederick
Turnbull, Jr., 1997 Korn
Drive, Costa Mesa,
acting chief of otolaryngology, University of California at Irvine;
medical schools representative, fourth district. A Republican, he
succeeds Dr. W. Phillip Corr of Riverside, whose term has expired.
Dr. Edward A. Jackson, physician, 291 East 21st Street, Merced;
board of medical examiners representative, fifth district. A Republican,
he fills the unexpired term of Dr. Norman Nichols of Mariposa, who has
resigned.
Dr. James F. Donovan, general practice, 23 Panorama Gardens,
Bakersfield; county medical association, fifth district. A Republican,
he succeeds Dr. John W. Cawley of Bakersfield, whose term has expired.
Dr. Robert J. Rife, physician, 5209 North Sequoia Drive, Fresno;
county medical association representative, fifth district. A Republican,
he succeeds Dr. Ralph N. Miller of Porterville, whose term has expired.
Dr. Lester T. Hibbard, physician, 142 South Windsor Boulevard,
Los Angeles; medical schools representative, fifth district. He is
registered non-partisan, and succeeds Dr. James F. Regan of Glendale,
whose term has expired.
Reappointed were:
Dr. Henry A. Brown, physician, 121 Pepper Avenue, Burlingame;
county medical association representative, first district. He is a
Republican.
Dr. Alfred J. Murrieta, Jr., physician, 223 South Irving Boulevard,
Los Angeles; county medical association representative, second district.
He is a Republican.
Dr. John B. Dillon, 1071 Somera Road, Los Angeles, University
of California at Los Angeles Medical Center; medical schools representative
second district. He is a Republican.
Dr. Robert H. Quillinan, physician, 471 Crocker Road, Sacramento;
board of medical examiners representative, third district. He is a
Republican.
Dr. Clarence T. Halburg, Jr., physician, 1804 Valle Vista Drive,
Redlands; county medical association representative, fourth district.
He is a Republican.
Dr. Ralph M. King, physician, 862 Sharon Way, El Cajon; county
medical association representative, fourth district. He is a Republican.
Members of the board serve four year terms and receive necessary
expenses.
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OFFICE OF THER GOVE' OR
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
MEMO TO THE PRESS
445-4571
10-8-69
CORRECTION
On Press Release #567, the last sentence in paragraph 5 should
read:
A Republican, he will fill the unexpired term of Dr. Richard W.
Eells of San Luis Obispo, who has resigned.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
10-8-69
#568
Governor Ronald Reagan today named George R. Steffes, an aide
since early 1967, to a newly-created post in his office--that of
legislative secretary to the Senate and Assembly.
Steffes, 34, has served as the governor's legislative secretary
to the Assembly for the past two years. Liaison between the governor
and the Senate was headed by former Senator Vernon L. Sturgeon until
his recent appointment to the California Public Utilities Commission.
In his new assignment, Steffes will be responsible for the
coordination of all legislative liaison activities between the Reagan
administration and the legislature. He also will serve as the
governor's personal representative with legislators.
A 1959 graduate of the University of Southern California, Steffes
was manager of news and information for Tidewater Oil Company prior to
joining the Reagan administration.
During the Korean War, he served in the security-intelligence
branch of the U.S. Air Force.
He is a director of the Sacramento Catholic Youth Organization,
is a former director of the Breakfast Optimist Club of Los Angeles,
and is a past chairman of the Metropolitan Agencies Committee of the
Los Angeles Junior Chamber of Commerce.
He and his wife, Carol, have three children and live at
2683 Coleman Way, Sacramento.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE:
nmediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
10-9-69
#569
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today he has urged California's
representatives in Congress to support an amended version of the Nixon
administration program for federal assistance to urban public mass
transportation.
The amendment, proposed by Senator Harrison Williams of New Jersey,
"would permit mounting a long-range program to improve public
transportation and thus upgrade the mobility of our urban populations,"
the governor said in a letter of endorsement to members of the California
congressional delegation.
While there is general agreement over the urgent need for
encouraging the development of mass transportation systems, there has
been considerable discussion over the form this aid should take. Some
have urged use of a transit trust fund, pointing to the success of the
Federal Highway Trust Fund.
President Nixon's proposal, now pending in Congress, provides $10
billion over a 12-year period and would give the secretary of
transportation "contract authority" to approve local proposals.
Interpretations of the scope of this "contract authority" have varied.
Most interpretations have indicated it could only provide a firm
commitment for one year and Congress would have to appropriate funds
annually.
As a result, urban areas such as Los Angeles, San Diego and
San Francisco would have no assurance of receiving funds for long-term
capital outlay projects. The Harrison amendment would cure this
deficiency.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
Sacramento, California
#569
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571 10-10-69
In endorsing the Harrison amendment, the governor said:
"California needs a program on which our urban area transit
operators can base their longer range plans. My Business and
Transportation Agency has been working to develop more choices in
transportation for the people who live in urban areas.
"We have assisted in enabling local government to levy sales
taxes for transit purposes, removing the diesel fuel tax from bus
transit operators, and establishing a State Transportation Board.
"I think the state government must play a part in encouraging
adequate public transportation plans at the local level and President
Nixon's program recognizes this."
State Business and Transportation Secretary Gordon Luce stated
there are many needs in California right now that could be eligible
for Federal participation if this bill were passed. He specifically
pointed to a special rapid bus lane using existing rail right-of-way
on the San Bernardino Freeway in Los Angeles; an airport to downtown
rapid transit proposal in San Francisco; an air cushion vehicle proposal
from Las Vegas to Palmdale to Los Angeles; and a recreation-commuter
oriented aerial transport system for San Diego.
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This page was inadvertently omitted in the original distribution of
Press Release #569 dated October 9, 1969. Please attach to page 1
of this release on receipt.
OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
MEMO TO The PRESS
Sacramento, California 95814
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
10-10-69
Lieutenant Governor Reinecke will make a major announcement at
10 a.m. in the Press Conference room regarding Operation Intercept."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californ
95814
Contact:
Paul Bec.
445-4571
10-10-69
#570
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Brea attorney John H.
Smith, Jr., to the Central Orange County Judicial District Municipal
Court bench.
Smith, a Republican, succeeds Judge Leonard McBride who
has resigned. He will receive an annual salary of $28,126.
A decorated Marine Corps veteran of the Korean conflict,
Smith received his law degree from Southwestern University in Los
Angeles. He also holds a degree in business administration from
San Diego State College and attended St. Mary's College at Moraga
and Los Angeles State College prior to his enlistment in the Marine
Corps.
Active in civic affairs, he is a past chairman of the
Brea Civil Service Commission, has served as chairman of the city's
water bond committee, is a director of the Brea Chamber of Commerce
and has served as judge pro tempore of the North Orange County Municipal
Court.
Smith is also a member of the California State Bar Association
the Orange County Bar Association and the North Orange County Bar
Association.
He and his wife Adrienne have seven children, The family
home is in Brea.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVER1
RELEASE:
NDAY A.Ms. October 13
Sacramento, California 95814
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
10-10-69
PLEASE GUARD AGAINST PREMATURE
RELEASE
#571
Astronaut William Anders and Secretary of Interior Walter J. Hickel
will be among the featured speakers in Los Angeles at a November 17-18
Conference at the Ambassador Hotel called by Governor Ronald Reagan to
examine "California's Changing Environment."
More than 1,000 concerned citizens, scientists, industrialists,
educators, and conservationists are expected to attend the event.
Colonel Anders, lunar module pilot for the historic Apollo 8 mission
and newly appointed space advisor to Vice President Spiro Agnew, will
address the conferees.
Governor Reagan, in setting the tone for the conference, observed
that "We as citizens can no longer ignore our own impact on the overall
environment in which we live. Men must begin to weigh this impact in
every area that affects the purity of the air we breathe, the quality
and clarity of the water we drink and the living space we inhabit."
The governor emphasized the urgent need to reconcile and coordinate the
paths of progress and conservation in California.
Approximately 75 speakers with expertise on selected topics will
discuss many environmental problems including air, water, land and noise
pollution, as well as California's population squeeze and mass
transportation. The major environmental topics will be broken down into
four "people oriented" categories air, water, land and society.
Participants at the conference will take part in four panels
simultaneously to look for workable solutions to be submitted later to
the entire conference.
The conference is designed as an exemplary venture in finding
answers to civilization's most crucial needs the conservation and
enhancement of our environment while meeting the needs of modern man.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERI
Release:
mediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
10-10-69
#572
Calling attention to the fact that California is leading
the nation in efforts to control air pollution, Governor Ronald Reagan
today proclaimed the week of October 19 through 25 as "Cleaner Air
Week," thrc ughout California.
"One of the primary aims of this Administration is to
preserve :he quality of life in California for this generation and
future generations, and I'm proud that many of our programs to control
pollution have become models for other states in the union to follow,'
the Governor said in signing the proclamation.
"But despite the fact that we have the toughest air
pollution control law in the nation, the preservation of our
environment is--and must continue to be--the concern of every citizen,"
Governor Reagan said.
The text of the proclamation follows:
"WHEREAS, Air pollution is a serious problem in California
cities, brought about by industrial expansion, increasing population
and automobile travel, which has become hazardous to the health and
welfare of all Californians, as well as a source of economic waste; and
WHEREAS, Air pollution abatement assumes increasing
importance in its prevention of waste of materials, energy and human
health; and
"WHEREAS, The hazard of air pollution can be greatly
diminished through intelligent action involving engineering, equipment,
research and education; and
"WHEREAS, With some of the mechanical means already available
and others in the planning stage, combined with the enlightened
attitude of industry, air pollution control is moving ahead; and
"WHEREAS, the abatement of air pollution in all its forms
is of utmost concern to California cities and citizens,
"NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA,
do hereby proclaim the week of October 19 through 25, 1969, as
CLEANER AIR WEEK, and urge all Californians to cooperate in a year-
round campaign to lessen and eventually eliminate air pollution."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO
RELEASE: I ediate
Sacramento, Californ.
95814
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
10-10-69
#573
Governor Ronald Reagan today commended U. S. Interior
Secretary Walter J. Hickel and the Interior Department's Fish and
Wildlife Service for their cooperation in helping California contain
a potentially disastrous outbreak of waterfowl botulism in the San
Joaquin Valley.
The Governor said he considered the joint operation deserving
of
/special commendation "as an outstanding example of the ability of
state and federal agencies to apply their combined efforts in a
coordinated and efficient manner to solve a special problem.
"My compliments and appreciation are extended to you and
the personnel of your Fish and Wildlife Service for the exemplary
manner in which the program has been carried out and for the fine
coordination of your efforts with ours," Governor Reagan said in a letter
to
/Secretary Hickel.
The Governor noted that the Tulare Lake Basin long has
been associated with serious waterfowl losses from avian botulism,
particularly in heavy water years. Record-breaking flood waters of
the past winter expanded the usually dry Tulare Lake to more than
100,000 acres, and predictions were for one of the most severe
botulism years in history, exceeding even the 250,000 bird loss of 1941.
"Our state game officials met with your Fish and Wildlife
Service people and developed a joint coordinated program aimed at
minimizing these losses," the governor wrote.
"The results to date have been most gratifying, with only
28,000 birds lost to date this year.
"Of course, the danger period is not yet over, but our
people are optimistic that it will result in keeping the losses at
current rates."
The state Fish and Game Department and U. S. Bureau of
Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, with assistance from the Department of
Defense, are using helicopters, aircraft and shallow-draft airboats in
a program of surveillance and cleanup of infected areas to hold losses
to a minimum. Carcasses of dead birds, an important medium for
transmitting the disease, are picked up and burned. Sick birds are
taken to a "duck hospital" at the Kern National Wildlife Refuge for
inoculation and recovery.
Fish and Game officials emphasize that there is no way to
prevent botulism, which is caused by a common bacteria that lives in the
soil. But outbreaks can be controlled by concentrated programs like the
one now in operation in the Tulare Lake Basin.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
Sacramento, California 95814
Contact:
Paul Beck
MEMO TO THE PRESS
445-4571
10-10-69
Since the inauguration in January of 1966, Governor and
Mrs. Reagan have spent many weekends and holidays visiting military
hospitals and talking at length with wounded Vietnam veterans.
These visits include several trips to each of the following;
Travis Air Force Base Hospital, Oak Knoll Naval Hospital in Oakland,
Letterman General Hospital in San Francisco, San Diego Naval Hospital,
and the Naval Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland.
Many times during the week, Mrs. Reagan makes these trips
without the Governor and when time permits during out of state trips,
she always tries to visit military hospitals where she can spend
some time with California veterans.
No press has ever been present during these visits at the
request of the Reagans.
However, on October 15, Mrs. Reagan is inviting the press to
accompany her when she visits Letterman General Hospital in San
Francisco. She will arrive there about 11:00 a.m., visit several
of the wards, eat lunch with patients, and then will continue to
make other ward rounds from 1:00 p.m. until 2:30 p.m. As you know,
October 15 has been scheduled as a day of protest by those opposing
the Vietnam War and those who support the North Vietnamese and
Viet Cong. Mrs. Reagan therefore feels it is particularly appropriate
for her to visit the wounded on October 15 and to express her and
the Governor's support and appreciation for what members of the
U.S. Armed Forces are doing for their country.
If you have any further questions, please contact Nancy Reynolds
at 445-5430.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE: inmediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
10-10-69
#574
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
October 13, 1969
through
October 19, 1969
Monday, October 13
No public appointments scheduled.
Overnight - Sacramento
Tuesday, October 14
a.m.
Depart for Washington, D.C.
7:45 p.m.
Eisenhower College fundraiser dinner,
Washington Hilton Hotel
Overnight - Washington
Wednesday, October 15
a.m.
Depart Washington for Los Angeles
8 p.m.
Senator Murphy Testimonial Dinner,
Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles
Overnight - Los Angeles
Thursday, October 16
No public appointments scheduled
Overnight - Los Angeles
Friday, October 17
Regents Meeting, UC
Extension Center, Los Angeles
p.m.
Return to Sacramento
Overnight - Sacramento
Saturday, October 18
No appointments scheduled
Overnight - Sacramento
Sunday, October 19
No appointments scheduled
Overnight - Sacramento
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERI
Sacramento, California
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
10-13-69
Dr. Frank B. Gigliotti of the International Supreme Council,
Order of DeMolay, will present the council's Medal of Appreciation to
Governor Reagan today at 1:30 p.m. in the Governor's office.
The medal is presented to that citizen who has done the most to
advance the ideals and the principles of God and country.
Also attending the ceremony will be Homer Rathbun, executive
officer of DeMolay for Southern California and Henry Clausen, deputy
sovereign grand commander for the Scottish Rite.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE:
mediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
10-13-69
#575
Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:
"I was very disappointed to learn of today's action by CSEA
delegates to eliminate the no-strike pledge from their constitution
"Over the years, the no-strike pledge has represented a determination
on the part of state employees to put the people's business first and
foremost---ahead of all other considerations. The pledge was a
continuing affirmation of the high degree of dedication and sense of
responsibility that state employees have so faithfully brought to their
daily tasks as servants of the people of this state.
"While I deeply regret the decision, I am nevertheless confident
that the vast and overwhelming majority of CSEA's members will continue
to uphold their commitment to the smooth functioning of state government
and the vital public trust vested in them. I am sure that most state
employees agree with the long-established legal and moral principle that
public employees cannot and will not engage in a strike against the
people.
"The action of the delegates nothwithstanding, I am confident that
the best interests of our citizens will continue to be the first interest
of the vast majority of state employees.
"At the same time, I want to reiterate my pledge that this
administration will continue its efforts to work with state employee
organizations on matters relating to wages and working conditions."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Calif
ia
95814
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571 10-15-69
#576
Thomas Carr Howe, director emeritus of the California Palace
of the Legion of Honor, was appointed today to the California Arts
Commission by Governor Ronald Reagan.
Howe, whose appointment is subject to Senate confirmation, will
fill the unexpired term of Mortimer Fleishhacker Jr., who has
resigned. The term ends July 1, 1971.
Internationally known for his work in the arts, Howe holds
decorations from France and the Netherlands for his work during
World War II in recovering looted art treasures.
He holds several degrees from Harvard University and has served
as Cultural Affairs Adviser to the High Commissioner of Germany and
was a member of the United States Committee for the Brussels
International Exposition in 1956.
In addition he is a member of the White House Fine Arts Advisory
Committee, a trustee of the American Federation of Arts, an honorary
member of the Advisory Council of the Art Museum at Princeton
University, is an art adviser to the San Simeon Hearst Castle and
is a former member of the Smithsonian Art Commission.
His home is at 2709 Larkin Street, San Francisco.
Howe is a Republican. The position pays necessary expenses.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Calif ia 95814
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571 10-15-69
#577
Governor Ronald Reagan today nominated Ventura County Superior
Court Judge Roy A. Gustafson as an Associate Justice of the Court
of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division One. His nomination
must be confirmed by the Commission on Judicial Appointments.
Judge Gustafson, a Republican, will succeed Justice Walter
Fourt who has retired. The position pays $39,132.
A graduate of the University of Minnesota Law School, Judge
Gustafson is a former District Attorney of Ventura County.
He is a Fellow of the American College of Trail Lawyers, a
former Governor of the State Bar of California, and a member of the
Oxnard Bar Association, Ventura County Association, the American
Bar Association and the American Judicature Society.
Judge Gustafson and his wife Edna live in in Oxnard.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE:
:
diate
Sac:amento, California 95814
Cortact:
Paul Beck
443-4571
10-15-69
#578
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed William R. Johnston
of Fresno to a four-year-term on the Regional Water Quality Control
Board, Central Valley Region.
Johnston, irrigation drainage specialist of the Westland
Water District, is a recognized authority on water and irrigation
problems and the author of numerous technical works on the subjects.
A Republican, he succeeds Marion S. Walker of Red Bluff
whose term has expired. The position pays necessary expenses.
Johnston holds degrees from Oregon State College and the
University of California at Davis.
He is a member of the American Society of Agricultural
Engineers, the American Society of Civil Engineers, the U. S. Committee
on Irrigation, Drainage and Flood Control, the Western Society of
Soil Science, the California Irrigation Institute and the California
Irrigation Districts Association Underground Water Committee.
He is married and has two children. The family home is at
3620 North Angus Street, Fresno.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE:
ediate
Sacramento, Californ..
95814
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
10-15-69
#579
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Mrs. Ruth A. Green of
San Diego to the Council on Intergovernmental Relations.
Mrs. Green, Deputy Probation Officer of San Diego County, will
fill the unexpired term of Thomas W. Sefton of San Diego, who has
resigned. She will serve as the public representative on the council.
A Republican, Mrs. Green is a past president and executive
board member of the San Diego Branch of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People. She is also a past member of the
board of the San Diego YMCA, the Homemakers Service and the San Diego
Park and Recreation Committee.
At present she is a member of the Southeast YMCA board and
the San Diego Urban League.
She is also an organizer of the San Diego Chapter of Links,
Inc., a national group of professional women involved in volunteer
community service and the Southeast San Diego Women, Inc..
In addition to her professional and civic duties, Mrs. Green
is a part-time columnist for the San Diego Independent and the
San Diego Voice.
She holds a degree from Howard University and has attended the
University of California, the LaSalle University Law School, San Diego
State College and the Chicago University School of Social Administration.
Her home is at 5415 Bonita Avenue, San Diego, California.
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WAS
OFFICE OF THE GOVEP
RELEASE:
ediate
Sacramento, California
95814
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
10-15069
#580
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Carney J. Campion,
general manager of the Redwood Empire Association, to the Tourism and
Visitor Services Commission.
Campion, a Republican, will succeed Paul Hanson, Jr., of
San Francisco. The appointment, which requires Senate confirmation,
pays necessary expenses.
A native of California, Campion was graduated from the
University of California.
Active in numerous civic, service and travel organizations,
he is chairman of the board of the Western America Convention and
Travel Institute and is a member of the American Chamber of Commerce
Executives, the American Society of Association Executives, the American
Society of Travel Agents, the California Chamber of Commerce Executives,
the Western Council for Travel Research, the San Francisco Press Club
and the San Francisco Advertising Club.
Campion and his wife, Kathryn, have six children. The family
home is at 810 Butternut Drive, San Rafael.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE:
mmediate
Sacramento, Californ_a
95814
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
10-15-69
#581
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed William P. Burgess,
Tulelake bu ;inessman, to the board of directors of the 10a District
Agricultural Association.
Burgess, a Republican, will fill the unexpired term of C. J.
Main of Tilelake, who has resigned.
The post pays necessary expenses.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVER
RELEASE:
mmediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
10-16069
#582
Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement
on the death of James C. Anderson, Editor of the Sacramento Union:
"The death of Jim Anderson is a loss not only to his profession,
and to those who knew him, but to the people of California as well.
Jim fought the disease that claimed his life with the same courage
that was a hallmark of his career as a journalist. He was one of the
best. #
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE:
mediate
Sacramento, * California 95814
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
10-17-69
#583
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Edward J. Rathjen
of Santa Clara and Donald N. Christensen of Camarillo to four-year
terms on the Physical Therapy Examining Committee.
The positions pay $25 per day of official duty and necessary
expenses.
Rathjen, a registered physical therapist with offices in San
Jose, succeeds John G. Piper of Richmond, whose term has expired.
Rathjen, who lives at 2385 Glendenning Avenue, Santa Clara,
will represent licensed physical therapists on the committee.
Christensen, president of a moving and storage firm and a
Ventura civic leader, will succeed Anthony J. Guida of Redwood City.
He will represent the public on the committee. His home is
at 1577 Calle Aurora, Camarillo.
Both appointees are Republicans.
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Sacramento, Californ
Contact:
Paul BE
445-4571
10-17-69
#584
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
October 20, 1969
through
October 26, 1969
Monday, October 20
a.m.
Depart Los Angeles for Knoxville, Tennessee
7:45 p.m.
Republican Fundraising Dinner for Congressman
John J. Duncan and local GOP candidates at
Knoxville Civic Auditorium-Coliseum. Speech.
Depart for Detroit, Michigan
Overnight Detroit, Michigan
Tuesday, October 21
noon
American Chamber of Commerce Annual Management
Conference luncheon. Speech.
Depart for Flint, Michigan.
8 p.m.
Michigan Republican State Central Committee
Fundraising dinner, I.M.A. Auditorium, Flint.
Speech.
Depart for Chicago
Overnight Chicago
Wednesday, October 22
noon
"All-Illinois Salute to Reagan" Fundraising
luncheon for Eureka College at Sheraton Hotel,
Chicago. Speech.
(event is sponsored by friends and alumni of
Eureka College where Governor Reagan graduated
in 1932.
Depart for Newark, New Jersey.
7:30 p.m.
Fundraising reception and dinner for GOP
gubernatorial candidate Wm. Cahill, Chanticler
Restaurant, Milburn, New Jersey. Speech.
Overnight Washington, D.C.
Thursday, October 23
Official office appointments in Washington, D.C.
during day.
p.m.
Depart for Norfolk, Virginia
7:30 p.m.
Holton-for-Governor Fundraising dinner,
Lakewright Motel, Norfolk, Virginia. Speech.
Depart for Washington, D.C.
Overnight Washington, D.C.
Friday, October 24
a.m.
Depart for Denver, Colorado
7:30 p.m.
Colorado Republican State Central Committee
Fundraising dinner, Denver Hilton Hotel. Speech.
Depart for Lcs Angeles
Overnight Los Angeles
Saturday, October 25
No appointments scheduled
Overnight Los Angeles
Sunday, October 26
12:30 p.m.
Jewish National Fund luncheon
p.m.
Depart Los Angeles for Sacramento
Overnight Sacramento
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO
RELEASE: Ir ediate
Sacramento, Californ
95814
Contact:
Paul Bec.
445-4571
10-20-69
#585
Governor Ronald Reagan today vetoed a $234,800 OEO demonstration
grant to the Oakland Economic Development Council Inc. because of
"major weaknesses and "violation of OEO guidelines" in the administratics
of programs under its authority.
The governor also announced he will soon name a task force to look
into all OEO funded programs in the Oakland area to determine whether
federal tax monies are, in fact, helping those persons they are intended
to benefit. The task force will work closely with local civic leaders
and federal OEO officials.
In a telegram to Frank C. Carlucci, director of operations of the
Office of Economic Opportunity in Washington, D.C., the governor's
executive secretary, Edwin Meese III, said Governor Reagan was
disapproving the grant because of "major weaknesses in the existing
program" under the OEDCI.
"There is ample evidence,' " the telegram said, "that the program
sponsors are in violation of OEO guidelines which require that all
economic opportunity funds are expended in a manner consistent with such
guidelines; that they have departed from sound administrative procedures;
that they are unable to function as a governing body because of threats
and intimidation of board members; and that their implementation of plans
would not benefit the disadvantaged citizens by removing them from the
cycle of poverty."
The grant, to fund OEDCI programs from September 1, 1969 - August
31, 1970, would be administered by the East Oakland-Fruitvale Planning
Council.
Meese said that "persons associated with OEDCI programs are, and
have been, using their position and certain federal funds to set up a kind
of shadow government designed to thwart the efforts of public officials
and OEO groups in the Oakland area in meeting legitimate community
needs."
One component of the OEDCI grant would establish a parallel board
of education to control and administer the public education system in the
East Oakland area. Another would seek to set up a separate police system
to operate in certain areas of the community.
Meese said an independent investigation conducted by representatives
of the State Office of Economic Opportunity showed that the OEDCI is split
by serious internal dissention caused by threats of intimidation and
coercion against a majority of OEDCI board members.
Twenty three members of the board recently signed a resolution
expressing "grave concern about threats to community welfare resulting
from improper or illegal activities of persons unlawfully exercising
control over the OEO program and its funds in Oakland.'
The resolution also said: "It is not possible to hold a lawful
meeting of the OEDCI board in accordance with democratic processes because
of coercion, intimidation, threats of force and inducements by persons,
including employees of OEDCI staff members whose unlawful activities in
violation of OEO regulations are well known to the Regional Office of
Economic Opportunity."
The resolution demanded a thorough investigation into the charges.
Meese said that he will confer with federal OEO officials in
Washington this week on the Oakland situation.
He concluded his telegram to Carlucci by saying: "Our office is
willing and interested in providing whatever assistance is needed and
desired to modify and upgrade this (the OEDCI) project in such a way that
our approval would be warranted.'
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Caspar W. Weinberger
RELEASE: I diate
Director of Finance
State of California
October 21, 1969
Sacramento, California
916-445-4141
"Mr. Jesse M. Unruh's latest press release about alleged errors in
school bills is a familiar field for him, State Director of Finance
Caspar W. Weinberger said today.
"Two years ago, Mr. Unruh's school bill had an undoubted error
requiring over $154 million additional cost to the state over a two-year
period in addition to $50 million which had to be corrected in a special
session by the legislature,
"Apparently smarting ever since under the disclosure of this error,
he has now issued a press release claiming an error in another school
bill passed by the legislature, of which he was a member, but about which
he did not bother to advise the legislature during its consideration of
the bill. In trying to support his allegation, Mr. Unruh relied on an
opinion of the legislative counsel.
"What Mr. Unruh apparently forgot to tell the press and the public
is that the legislative counsel's opinion actually said that one highly
technical section of the 1969 school aid bill, dealing with supplemental
aid for low wealth districts might possibly be construed in two ways.
One would provide state aid on the traditional pattern- that is, the
less the assessed valuation in the district, the more state funds will
be provided.
"Under the interpretation Mr. Unruh apparently wishes to have placed
on this section, more state aid than is now the case would be given to
the wealthier of the poorer districts.
"The legislative counsel, in that part of his letter to Mr. Unruh
which Mr. Unruh did not bother to give to the press says: 'We do not
believe that this circumstance is one which would constrain a court to
interpret the section' so as to produce the error Mr. Unruh so ardently
desires to find.
"The legislative counsel says it is 'possible' the courts might
interpret the section this way, but that courts would naturally give
great weight to the way in which the section is actually administered,
and we are advised by the state department of education that the section
will be administered exactly as it has been in the past.
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"It seems to me, " Weinberger continued, "that Assemblyman Unruh
might much better serve the public if he would pay sufficient attention
to his legislative duties by raising points of this kind at the time the
legislation is being considered rather than attempting to frighten school
districts all over the state with such a far-fetched interpretation.
It might also be more helpful if Mr. Unruh would give the press the
text of the entire legislative counsel opinion which he received, a
copy of which is attached to this press release.
"Mr. Unruh's suggestion of a special session is totally unwarranted
and would result in another unnecessary expense to the taxpayer. While
Mr. Unruh may not be concerned with such an expense, the governor
certainly is."
Weinberger pointed out that the provisions of the legislation do
not become operative until February, 1970.
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U.A
MARTINEL
j
CAPL M. ARNOLD
1. Grein
JAMES L. Asureno
KIINA
Legislative Commer
JENNY L. HARGETT
RAY H. WHITAKER
COWARD
JOHN CONTINE
KENT L. DECHANDEAU
CLINTON J. DOWNT
SUNEST H. KUNTI
ROMERT CULLEN DURTY
STANLEY M. LOURIMORE
CARL A. ERIKSON, 111
SHERWIN C. MA KENZIC, JR.
of California
ALBERTO V. ESILVA
EDWARD F. NOWAR
LAWSENCE H. FUN
EDWARD K. PURCELL
JOHN F. FOSSETTE
PRINCIPAL DEPUTIES
HARVEY J. FOSTER
BION M. GREGORY
ANN M. MACKEY
ROBERT D. GRONKE
DEPUTY IN CHARGE
L. DOUGLAS KINNEY
Los ANGELES OFFICE
GEORGE H. MURPHY
VICTOR KOZIELSKI
ALLEN R. LINK
EUGENE W. McCABE
3021 STATE CAPITOL
ROSE CLIVER
SACRAMENTO 95314
TRACY O. POWELL, !!
MARCUERITE ROTH
110 STATE BUILDING
Sacramento, California
CAREY W. ROYSTER
INCELES 90012
MARY SHAW
October 15, 1969
ROY K. SIMMONS
RUSSELL L. SPARLING
JOHN T. STUDEBAKER
JAMES E. WADLEIGH
BRIAN L. WALKUP
THOMAS D. WHELAN
JIMMIE WING
Honorable Jesse M. Unruh
DEPUTIES
4112 State Capitol
School Finance - #17495
Dear Mr. Unruh:
QUESTION
You have asked whether, in computing the amount
of supplemental support to be allowed a school district,
the tax rates utilized for purposes of the computation
prescribed by Section 17926 of the Education Code should
correspond to the rates utilized for purposes of Sections
17924 and 17925 when the latter rates have been modified
with respect to districts levying taxes at specified
higher levels.
OPINION AND ANALYSIS
Article 7.1 (commencing with Section 17920) of
Chapter 3 of Division 14 of the Education Code* provides
for the determination and apportionment of the State School
Fund allowance to school districts maintaining elementary
schools and high schools known as "supplemental support.
"
allowance is afforded to districts having
a comparatively low level of assessed valuation of tax-
able property per pupil, namely $12,500 or less at the
elementary level and $24,000 or less at the high school
level. The amount of the allowance for an eligible dis-
trict is determined by a three step computation: (1) an
All references to code sections are to sections of the
Education Code.
Honorable Jesse M. Unruh - p. 2 - 1/17495
overall gross amount is computed by multiplying a speci-
fied money amount ($1.25 for the elementary level and
$2.40 for the high school level) by a factor which may be
denoted the "tax rate" factor; (2) a second amount is com-
puted by multiplying the "tax rate" factor by the district's
assessed valuation; and (3) the amount computed under (2) is
subtracted from the amount computed under (1) **
Amendments to the statutory provisions dealing
with these allowances made by Chapter 784 (A.B. 606) of
the Statutes of 1969 give rise to the question posed.
Amendments to Sections 17924 and 17925 dealing with com-
putation (1), described above, require the "tax rate"
factor to be modified in certain instances for purposes."
of computation (1). The question presented is whether,
in those instances where the factor is modified for pur-
poses of computation (1), a comparable modification should
be made for purposes of computation (2) to maintain the
particular relationship between the elements in the overall
formula. Section 17926, dealing with computation (2), was
not amended to require such a comparable modification of
the factor for that purpose. Thus, such a comparable
modification in the "tax rate" factor for purposes of
computation (2) is, in our opinion, legally permissable
only if Section 17926, dealing with computation (2), is
to be deemed amended by necessary implication.
The "tax rate" factor for the elementary level
is determined pursuant to Section 17921 and for the high
school level pursuant to Section 17922. In each instance
the factor is based upon the rate at which property taxes
are actually being levied and collected in the districts.
Computation (1), described above, is dealt with
by Section 17924 for the elementary level and by Section
17925 for the high school level. The particular changes
made by the 1969 amendments which give rise to the present
question involve provisions specifying, in effect, that if
the "tax rate" factor for a district at the elementary level
equals or exceeds 60 cents it will be deemed to be 100 cents
for purposes of computation (1), and that if the "tax rate"
factor for a district at the high school level equals or ex-
ceeds 20 cents it shall be deemed to be 30 cents for purposes
** The formula is structured so that for districts with an
assessed valuation per pupil of less than. $12,500 at the
elementary level and less than $24,000 at the high school
level, computation (2) will always be less than computa-
tion (1), to yield a positive difference in the subtrac-
tion.
Honorable Jenifie M. Unruh - 11. 3 - #17495
of computation (1). The factor amounts of 100 cents and
30 cents are the maximums to be utilized for the respective
computations. The new innovation is accomplished by the
following language of Sections 17924 and 17925:
"17924.
"If the applicable tax rate of the
district pursuant to Section 17921 equals
or exceeds sixty cents ($0.60), he shall
determine, for each unit of average daily
attendance under this section, an amount
equal to one dollar and twenty-five cents
($1.25) for each cent of such applicable
rate. For such purposes, the applicable
rate determined pursuant to Section 17921
shall be deemed to be no less than one
dollar ($1)
"If the applicable tax rate of the
district pursuant to Section 17921 is less
than sixty cents ($0.60), he shall deter-
mine, for each unit of average daily
attendance under this section, an amount
equal to one dollar and twenty-five cents
($1.25) for each cent of such applicable
tax rate.
(Emphasis added. )
"17925.
"If the applicable tax rate of the
district pursuant to Section 17922 equals
or exceeds twenty cents ($0.20), he shall
determine, for each unit of average daily
attendance under this section, an amount equal
to two dollars and forty cents ($2.40) for
each cent of such applicable rate. For
such purposes, the applicable rate deter-
mined pursuant to Section 17922 shall be
deemed to be no less than thirty cents
$0.30)
Honorable Jesse M. Unruh - 2. 4 - #17495
"If the applicable tax rate of the dis-
trict pursuant to Section 17922 is less than
twenty cents ($0.20), he shall determine, for
each unit of average daily attendance under
this section, an amount equal to two dollars
and forty cents ($2.40) for each cent of such
applicable tax rate.
***"
(Emphasis added. )
Turning to Section 17926, which was not amended
by the 1969 legislation, and which deals with computation
(2) and provides that it shall be subtracted from compu-
tation (1), we find no provisions expressly incorporating
or otherwise requiring modification of "tax rate" factors
as provided in Sections 17924 and 17925. The section
reads as follows:
"17926. The Superintendent of Public
Instruction shall apportion to each elemen-
tary school district and to each high school
district the difference between the amount
computed under Section 17924 or Section 17925,
as the case may be, and the revenue which would
be produced (1) for elementary school districts,
determined by multiplying the tax rate under
Section 17921. and (2) for high school districts,
determined by multiplying the tax rate under
Section 17922, by the assessed valuation of
such district. This amount shall be known as
supplemental support to school districts. "
(Emphasis added.)
The only tax rate factors referred to in this
section are those determined pursuant to Sections 17921
and 17922. no related statutory provision
or other evidence of legislative intent to indicate that
Section 17926 should be interpreted and applied as re-
quiring tax rate factors for purposes of that section to
be modified in accordance with modifications which may be
required by Sections 17924 and 17925.
Honorable Jesse M. Unruh - D. 5 - //17495
It has been held that a court is not justified
in ignoring the plain words of a statute unless it clearly
appears that the language used is contrary to what, beyond
question, was the intent of the Legislature (Breshears V.
Indiana Lumbermens Mutual Ins. Co., 256 Cal. App. 2d 245,
250; People ex rel Public Utilities Commission v. City of
Fresno, 254 Cal. App. 2d 70, 82).
We are unaware of any extrinsic factors connected
with the operation of the formula, with Section 17926 being
strictly construed, which would clearly constrain a court
to interpret the section as requiring modification of tax
rate factors to accord with the modifications required by
Sections 17924 and 17925. The formula, with Section 17926
strictly construed, is workable. It provides allowances
systematically varying inversely in amount with the level
of assessed valuation per pupil, which is in accord with
the established scheme under which the supplemental support
program is conducted.
As we see it, the intent and purpose of the Legis-
lature, under the language of Sections 17924 and 17925 set
out above, in affording across-the-board increases in "tax
rate" factors for computation (1) purposes to school dis-
tricts taxing at or above the 60-cent amount at the ele-
mentary level and at or above the 20-cent amount at the
high school level, is to give such districts what might
be denoted as "bonus" increases in allowances. If the
provisions of Section 17926 dealing with computation (2)
are strictly construed as not requiring comparable adjust-
ment of tax rate factors for purposes of that computation,
the result is merely that greater differences and larger
allowance amounts are produced by the subtraction of com-
putation (2) from computation (1).
Construing Section 17926 strictly and as not
requiring modification of tax rate factors for purposes
of the computations therein prescribed, will produce a
schedule of allowance amounts which varies somewhat in
overall form from that established by prior law. We have
formulated and appended hereto a chart comparing allowance
amounts at the elementary level which would be computed at
selected levels of assessed valuation per pupil for dis-
tricts taxing at a rate of $1.60 under the alternative
interpretations of Section 17926. Also set out for com-
parison are the allowance amounts which were computed
Honorable Jesse M. Unruh - p. 6 - #17495
under the provisions in question as they read prior to
the 1969 amendments. While only the elementary level
computations are shown, it should be noted that the high
school level computations involve a comparable problem.
It will be observed that for a district having
an assessed valuation per pupil of the maximum for which
a computation is to be made (now $12,500), an allowance
of $50 per pupil is produced by a literal interpretation
and application of Section 17926. From this $50 minimum
the allowance amounts increase progressively, varying in-
versely with levels of assessed valuation per pupil, to
the maximum amount of $125. If Section 17926 were con-
strued as requiring tax rate factor modifications corre-
sponding to those required by Section 17924, the allow-
ances computed would range from zero to the maximum amount.
Such a system would be comparable to that in effect under
prior law.
While a strict or literal interpretation of Sec-
tion 17926 will, thus, produce allowance computations vary-
ing in overall form from those produced under prior law, we
do not believe that this circumstance is one which would
constrain a court to interpret Section 17926 to require
modification of tax factors. The system resulting from a
literal application of Section 17926 is workable and pro-
duces allowance computations following a logical pattern.
No complete departure from the established system is in-
volved.
It is apparent from a comparison of the allowances
which would be produced under the alternative interpretations
of Section 17926, that those resulting from a literal inter-
pretation of the section will be higher for the comparatively
wealthier of the eligible districts and will entail a greater
expense to the state.
We are informed that the allowances for supple-
mental support will be provided from the amount allocated
pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 17303.5 for founda-
tion program support and related purposes. As amended by
Chapter 784 (A.B. 606) of the Statutes of 1969, the total
there allocated is $249.82 for each unit of average daily
attendance in the state. It seems likely that the total of
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the higher allowance amounts computed under 2 literal
interpretation of Section 17926 for the low wealth school
districts eligible for supplemental support will comprise
a comparatively minor portion of this amount.
On this basis we conclude that the courts would
in all probability hold that Section 17926 should be inter-
preted as not requiring modification of tax rate factors
to correspond with modifications required by Sections 17924
and 17925.
However, it must be recognized that it is possible
to argue, reasonably, that the provisions in question should
be construed as requiring the modifications in applying Sec-
tion 17926 on the theory that the law must be read as a
whole and that such a construction would provide a harmoni-
ous construction of the law. In this regard, if the provi-
sions were so construed administratively, the courts would
give great weight to such a construction (Misasi V. Jacobsen
(1961), 55 Cal. 2d 303, 308). The fiscal impact of the
application of the provisions might well tend to support or
defeat such an interpretation.
Very truly yours,
George H. Murphy
Legislative Counsel
Ernest
H.
Kanzi
By
Ernest H. Kunzi
Principal Deputy
EHK:rt
APPENDIX
Comparison C Elementary School District Supplement
Req. 17495
Support Allowances at $1.60 Tax Rate at Selected
Levels of Assessed Valuation Per Pupil (Ed.C., Secs.
17921, 17924, 17926)
Under Present Law (State. 1969. Ch. 784):
Under Law in Effect in 1968-1969 Fiscal Year:
Maximum assessed valuation per a.d.a.-- --
Maximum assessed valuation per a.d.a.--
$12,500.
$10,000.
Maximum tax rate factor-- 100 cents
Maximum tax rate factor 60 cents.
(with any factor of 60 cents or
more to be deemed 100 cents).
Monotary factor to be applied to each
Monetary factor to DC applied to each
cent of tax rate factor $1.25.
cent of tax rate factor--$1.00.
Maximum allowance per a.d.a.4-$125.
Maximum allowance per
$60.
Section 17926
Section
Construed
Assessed
17926
As Requiring
Valuation
Strictly
Modification
Pair A.D.A.
Construed
or Rates
$12,500
----
$50
----
30
No computation
12,000
---
53
,
No commitation
11,000
----
59
15
No computation
10,000
-----
65
25
$0
9,000
-------
71
35
or
8,000
----
77
45
12
7,000
---
S3
55
28
6,000
----
89
65
24
5,000
-
95
75
30
4,000
-----
101
85
36
3,000
----
107
-
95
42
2,000
----
113
105
48
1,000
-
119
115
54
0
----
125
125
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#586
Governor Ronald Reagan tdoay named Daniel P. Lopez of
Hacienda Heights as deputy director of the manpower :vision of
California's new Department of Human Resources Development.
Lopez, 51, a Republican, will assume directorship of HRD's Job
Training Development and Placement Division.
The newly-created position calls for an annual salary range
of $21,500 to $26,100, and requires senate confirmation.
For the past three years, Lopez has headed the East L's Angeles
Service Center, one of eight centers in California established to
provide a variety of government services to residents of disadvantaged
areas.
The announcement of his appointment completes the staffing
of directors for the new key California manpower division.
In August, Governor Reagan appointed Benjamin Hargrave, an
Oakland Democrat, to head the division's Northern California region.
Hargrave, 51, had been serving as Education and Training Officer for
the Economic Opportunity Council of San Francisco. He is a member
of the Northern California Industry-Education Council, the Oakland
NAACP and the Alameda County Negro Leadership Conference.
In September, Governor Reagan appointed Louis Johnson, 43,
a Los Angeles Democrat, to head the Southern California region.
A teacher and administrator with the Los Angeles City Schools
since 1954, Johnson was principal of Jefferson High School in
Los Angeles. He assumed the post in March, 1968, after several weeks
of disturbances at the predominently Negro school.
The Department of HRD, headed by Gilbert L. Sheffield, was
established by the 1968 Human Resources Development Act. It will
be activated formally on October 31.
The Department was created to form a total, single system of
manpower services for the hardcore unemployed. Its components
include the State Department of Employment, the Service Center Program,
the State Office of Economic Opportunity and the California Commission
on Aging.
Lopez, a native of Oxnard, has been in state service since 1948.
A veteran of 18 years with the Department of Corrections, he began
his career as a correctional officer at the California Institution
for Men at Chino.
Prior to joining the Service Center Program in 1966, he was
a special agent coordinating departmental activities and programs
with state and federal judicial and law enforcement agencies.
While directing the East Los Angeles Service Center, he pioneered
and developed a model volunteer tutoring and career guidance program
in cooperation with private industry.
Lopez also hosts the biweekly "Naevos Conceptos" television
program on KMEX-TV in Los Angeles and is a frequent guest on the
"Ahora" program on KCET-TV, the Los Angeles educational station.
Lopez attended Vallejo Junior College, the University of California
at Berkeley and the University of Southern California.
He and his wife Lorraine have three daughters. The family
home is at 2432 Kiska Avenue, Hacienda Heights.
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#587
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
October 27, 1969
through
November 1, 1969
Monday, October 27
Office appointments
Tuesday, October 28
Overnight Sacramento
11:00 a.m.
Ceremony to officially activate new Department
of Human Resources Development. Room 1190,
State Capitol.
Overnight - Sacramento
Wednesday, October 29
a.m.
Depart Sacramento for Los Angeles
Trustees' meeting at State Colleges headquarters,
Los Angeles.
Overnight Los Angeles
Thursday, October 30
Noon
Town Hall West, Beverly Hilton Hotel,
Los Angeles. Speech
Overnight Los Angeles
Friday, October 31
Evening
Orange County 1969 Celebrity Ball sponsored by
the Orange County and Republican State Central
Committees, Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim.
Overnight Los Angeles
Saturday, November 1
10:00 a.m.
Republican State Central Committee, Orange
County Convention Center. Speech
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#588
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced his support for a
tender
proposed National Forest Timber Supply Act of 1969 (HR 12025 and
/
S 1832) which would protect recreation and wilderness uses and
encourage increased timber yield on the National Forests.
In a letter to S enator James O. Eastland, Chairman of the
Subcommittee on Soil Conservation and Forestry of the Senate
Agriculture Committee, the governor said:
"Increasing the level of timber management on the National
Forests will assist in meeting the steadily growing national demand
for wood products.
"This increase can be accomplished in conjunction with fulfilling
the need for improved public recreation opportunities, including the
consideration of additions to the wilderness system. The proposed
legislation will attain these objectives."
Governor Reagan noted that the Western Governor's Conference
has endorsed the general policies contained in the legislation.
Nearly 60 percent of the nation's softwood timber inventory is in
the National Forests and concentrated in the western states.
"Increasing timber yield without sacrificing other values will
be possible through the balanced multiple-use concepts contained
in the National Forest Timber Supply Act," he concluded.
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445-4571
10-27-69
#589
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Bill D. Horne of Walnut
Creek and reappointed George J. Gmelch of San Mateo to four year terms
on the Pilotage Rate Committee for San Francisco, San Pablo and Suisun
Bays
Horne, executive vice president of the Contra Costa Taxpayers
Association, will serve as public representative on the committee which
qualifies, appoints, licenses and regulates bar pilots who guide vessels
to and from the high seas and the inland bays.
As a public member of the committee, he will receive a per diem
of $50 per day.
A Republican, Horne will succeed Francis J. Carr of Sausalito,
whose term has expired.
Horne lives with his wife and three children at 1083 Springfield
Drive, Walnut Creek.
Gmelch, vice president-operations of Pacific Far East Lines Inc.
of San Francisco, is the dry cargo representative on the committee.
He receives no salary.
A Republican, he lives at 707 Linda Court, San Mateo.
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This is a reminder that at 11 a.m. today in Room 1190 Governor
Reagan will participate in a ceremony officially activating the new
Department of Human Resources Development.
At this ceremony the governor, Human Relations Secretary Spencer
Williams, and HRD Director Gilbert Sheffield will make formal statements
and sign the activation papers.
Following the signing of the papers Williams and Sheffield will
answer press questions.
At 4:15 p.m. today, in the governor's office, Governor Reagan will
formally announce the establishment of the California State Park
Foundation, a non-profit organization, incorporated under the laws of
the state, to solicit and accept gifts, legacies, and real and personal
property for the betterment of the state parks system.
The foundation was organized by Parks and Recreation Director
William Penn Mott, Jr.
During the ceremony the governor will accept receipt of the first
gift to the foundation by Hollywood personality Ken Murray, who is also
one of the foundation's directors. The gift, a short sound film put
together by Murray from his "home movies" and showing the late William
Randolph Hearst and many of the Hollywood stars who congregated at his
estate during the 1920s and 1930s will be shown during the ceremony.
Sixty-second excerpts of the film will be available to television stations
covering the ceremony, on request.
Incidentally, the film will be shown to visitors at the theater at
Hearst San Simeon State Historical Monument on a regular basis beginning
in 1970.
Following the showing of the film Mr. Mott will answer press
questions.
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#590
Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:
"Today, I would like to talk briefly about history, red tape, a
talent search and a helping hand.
"Let us begin with the history.
"Before we came to Sacramento we promised the people of California
that we intended to 6 our best to make jobs--not welfare--an accepted
way of life for the less fortunate citizens of this state.
"We were convinced that the majority of the hardcore unemployed
and the disadvantaged wanted a helping hand---not a handout.
"When we arrived in Sacramento we took a close look at the
programs that were supposed to be helping the unemployed and disadvantaged
get back on their feet.
"We found a maze of overlapping, expensive and often competing
manpower programs that simply were not doing this job.
By executive order, we created the Job Training and Placement
Council and asked it to clear a path through the maze of red tape.
"The Council did its work well. It reviewed and evaluated the
public-funded training programs in existence, chopped away the red tape
and came up with specific recommendations on how to get the disadvantaged
off their knees and on to their feet.
"One of the first facts that became obvious was the need to gather
the proliferation of manpower programs together into a single agency.
"In our reorganization plan, we proposed the creation of a
department of Human Resources Development to accomplish this.
"The result was the Human Resources Development Act which passed
both houses with bi-partisan support and was signed into law last fall.
"That is the history. Now to the talent search. To direct this
new department, it was obvious that we needed a man with the executive
ability and the creativity to administer a department that would be
responsive to our state's needs.
"But we needed another talent--a feeling for people and a sensitive
understanding of their needs. We found those qualities in Gil Sheffield
and those who will be working with him.
"I am very proud of Gil's accomplishments in bringing HRD to life
well in advance of the legislative deadline for its activation.
"Now I would like our Human Relations Agency Secretary, Spencer
Williams, who has been working closely with Gil Sheffield and the HRD
staff to bring the new department to life, to introduce Gil."
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#591
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Ander
Governor Ronald Reagan today formally activated California's new
manpower arm, the Department of Human Resources Development, as a major
step towards getting "the disadvantaged off their knees and on to their
feet. "
Created by the 1968 Human Resources Development Act, the department
will formally join the state's Human Relations Agency on Friday,
October 31.
Headed by Gilbert L. Sheffield, it unites the state's Department
of Employment, Service Center Program, Commission on Aging and Office
of Economic Opportunity.
While continuing the services presently provided by its components,
HRD will focus greater attention on the special employment needs of
the state's disadvantaged areas.
Within the next few months, it will introduce HRD Centers to
18 communities throughout the state. A "new breed" of civil servant--
the job agent--will be working out of these centers and California's
eight established Service Centers to give individual attention to
specified caseloads of clients with long histories of unemployment.
A major goal of the new department, according to Governor Reagan,
is to "make jobs, not welfare, the accepted way of life for the less
fortunate citizens of this state."
Signing the official HRD effectuation document with the Governor
were Sheffield and Spencer Williams, Human Relations Agency secretary.
Sheffield, was named by Governor Reagan to direct HRD last February.
Targeting on a January 1, 1970, activation deadline set by the
legislature, Sheffield brought the department into existence two months
ahead of schedule.
Sheffield described HRD as a department which "will aim to get
maximum use out of our manpower dollars, without losing sight of our
real objective: To provide every Californian with an opportunity to
share in the affluence of our state"
He said that HRD is operating with the same funding sources which
its components had, and that the department's total staffing has not
been increased by new programs or new positions such as the job agent.
A total of 140 job agents will be at work by the first of the year,
Sheffield said. These were selected from a list of more than 4,000
candidates recruited in a campaign which centered in disadvantaged areas.
"The job agent will be the focal point of our new thrust, Sheffield
added.
"Our success will be measured by his ability to communicate
effectively with his clients and to work in harmony with the employer
community," continued Sheffield, and added, "Only with the full
participation of the business community will our department be able to
reach its goals."
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#592
Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement
on the formation of the California State Park Foundation:
"I am certain it is no secret to you that this administration
actively encourages citizen participation in government.
"We believe that citizens who volunteer their creative talents
as working partners of government can find the answers to many questions
that often baffle bureaucrats. And they can find these answers without
sending another bill to the taxpayer.
"The California State Park Foundation which is opening for business
today is a prime example of how citizens can become working partners
with government in a creative society.
"Until now, there have been many times when generous citizens
have wanted to contribute property to the Department of Parks and
Recreation to expand our park system, to protect a wilderness area or
to preserve a historical place. But under the law these gifts were
lost because there was no machinery to handle them.
"Today, thanks to this foundation, we are taking a major step
toward preserving the things that God and man have given to this state.
"The foundation will be able to receive gifts of land, stocks and
bonds, real and personal property--and even movie film--and use them to
acquire and develop state parks.
"The foundation will have the flexibility to act in a matter of
days or weeks when previously, because of normal governmental procedures,
it might have taken years.
"Through the foundation these gifts will provide funds for
interpretation, publications, research, planning and experimentation.
"It is a pleasure to welcome you--the directors of the California
State Parks Foundation here today. And it is also a pleasure to announce
that the foundation has received its first gift.
"Appropriately the gift is film--some priceless footage from the
old days at Hearst Castle in San Simeon, which will be shown to visitors
at the Hearst San Simeon State Historical Monument.
"This film was taken by my old friend, Ken Murray, who has probably
taken more movies of Hollywood personalities than any major studio.
"Ken also has written a book on the early days at Hearst Castle.
A portion of the money from the sale of his book will go to the foundation
"On behalf of the people of California, I thank you Ken."
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Contact:
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445-4571
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#593
Governor Ronald Reagan today formally announced the formation
of the California State Park Foundation as "a major step toward protecting
the things that God and man have given this state."
The Foundation, incorporated as a non-profit organization, is
empowered to solicit and receive gifts for further development of the
State Park System.
Addressing the Board of Directors which held an organization
meeting in the Governor's office today to elect officers and adopt
by-laws, Governor Reagan said, "The Foundation is a prime example of
how citizens can become working partners with government in a creative
society."
The Governor explained that in the past, there have been a number
of occasions where people wished to contribute property to the
Department of Parks and Recreation, bet because of present laws, the
Department was unable to accept these gifts.
"Now, through the Foundation, it will be possible to receive
gifts of land, stocks and bonds, real and personal property--and even
movie film--and use them to acquire and develop state parks."
Governor Reagan also acknowledged receipt of the first gift to
the Foundation, some priceless movie !footage taken in the early days of
the Hearst San Simeon State Historical Monument. The film was put
together from home movies and shows the late William Randolph Hearst and
many of the early day Hollywood stars. The film will be used in the
movie theatre at Hearst so that people touring the Monument can see it.
Ken Murray, actor, Hollywood producer and a Director of the
Foundation, contributed the movie. Murray also will be publishing a
book soon on the early days at Hearst Monument with many never-before-
published pictures. He has provided for a portion of the money from
the sale of the book to go into the Foundation.
Serving OR the Board of Directors are John P. Elsbach, Beverly
Hills; Arthur J. Kates, Pacific Palisades; Joseph Long, Orinda; Carl
McConnell, Redding; Ken Murray, Beverly Hills; Robert Nahas, Fiedmont;
W. Allen Perry, San Diego; Robert H. Power, Nut Tree; and Mrs. Marlin H.
Shirley, Pomona.
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#594
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Frank R. Coit of Fresno to a four year term on the State Reclamation
Board.
Coit, owner of Coit Ranch, Inc., of Mendota, will receive a
salary of $20 per meeting and necessary expenses.
He succeeds Kenneth Groefsema of El Nido, who has resigned.
Coit lives at 1095 West Roberts Avenue, Fresno. He is a
Republican.
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#595
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Ronzo D. (Bud) Hawley of Adelanto to a four year term on the
Regional Water Quality Control Board, Lahontan Region.
Hawley, a Republican, is coordinator of production and safety
for a Riverside cement company.
He will serve as industrial waste representative on the board.
The post pays no salary.
Hawley succeeds Emmett D. Lemon of Boron whose term has
expired.
Active in civic affairs, Hawley has served as a member of
Adelanto Elementary School Board, the Advisory Board of the San
Bernardino County Water Works and as a coordinator for the Junior
Achievement program in the Victor Valley area.
He attended Whittier College, the University of Southern
California, the University of California at Los Angeles and
U.C. at Riverside.
Hawley and his wife live at 11280 Crippen Street, Adelanto.
They have two daughters.
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#596
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointments of
Norman H. Caldwell of Santa Barbara and Willard T. Branson of Carmel
Valley to four year terms on the Regional Water Quality Control Board,
Central Coastal Region.
Caldwell, director of Public Works for Santa Barbara County and
Santa Barbara County Water Agency Engineer, will serve as municipalities
representative on the board. He succeeds William B. Cater of Santa
Barbara, whose term has expired.
A graduate of the University of California, Caldwell holds a
Master of Science degree from the California Institute of Technology.
He and his wife Ruth have two daughters. The family home is
at 1750 Hillcrest Road, Santa Barbara.
Branson, manager of a Monterey insurance firm, has served as
chairman of the Monterey County Probation Department and is a member
of the Monterey County Planning Commission. He will represent counties
on the board, succeeding Anthony J. Greich of Saratoga, who has resigned.
Branson received his education at Hartnell College in Salinas and
the University of Nevada at Reno.
Both men are Republicans. They will receive necessary expenses.
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#597
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today that his administration will
reach its goal of putting fully into effect an ambitious program of
staffing standards at California institutions for the mentally ill by
next June 30--four years ahead of schedule.
The program, begun early last year, uses a set of staffing standards
drawn up by a blue-ribbon committee headed by Dr. Stuart Knox, chairman
of the Mental Health Committee of the California Medical Association.
The committee, representing medical, nursing, psychological, and other
professional citizens' organizations, presented their recommendations to
the State Senate in 1967.
In remarks prepared for delivery before a luncheon meeting of Town
Hall West in Los Angeles, Governor Reagan noted that the new standards
were "praised highly by the health professions and by members of both
political parties, Even so," he said, "some, letting bias be their
guide, predicted we would never adopt those standards, let alone even
try to meet them.
"But, in February of last year, he continued, "after a careful
study of the new standards, California Director of Mental Hygiene,
Dr. James Lowry, began the development of a new program which would
achieve the standards within five years---100 percent of standard by 1974.
"Today, I can announce to you that we will reach the 100 percent
mark in our hospitals for the mentally ill by June 30, 1970 four years
ahead of schedule."
Governor Reagan said, "When we took office, the same staffing
standards which had been adopted back in 1952 for the mentally ill were
in effect. Yet even those had never been achieved, despite the fact they
had been criticized consistently by professional and lay advisory groups
in the field of mental hygiene."
He recalled that for 100 years, floor space per patient in the state
system had been allocated on a basis of 55 square feet or less. "This
isn't much when you realize that the bed itself takes up 30 square feet,
and a one-foot aisle around the bed takes up another 15 square feet. In
1967 we asked Dr. Lowry to establish a 70-square feet per bed patient
allocation, as recommended by organizations such as the American Hospital
Association and American Medical Association. The 70-square feet
allocation is now in effect in all of our state mental hospitals."
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The Governor said that California is now "a recognized leader
in the field of mental hygiene
number one in all the 50 states."
He noted that "experts from all over the world and from other states
come here to see what we are doing. For example, just recently, a
delegation of mental hygiene experts from Japan visited our facility,
including the world-famous Neuro-Psychiatric Institute at U.C.L.A.
They came because they regard California's program as a model."
Governor Reagan pointed out that during the last year of the
previous state administration, California was spending an average of
$14.64 a day on each mentally ill patient.
"That level has been raised and, during the current fiscal year,
it is $18.73 for each patient. This is more than any other major
state spends per patient in hospitals for the mentally ill."
The following are additional excerpts of the governor's address:
"It is not easy to be dispassionate about mental health. It deals
with human misery and personal anguish unhappy people and unfortunate
circumstances.
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"One thing is sure: those who would use it for whatever partisan
advantage they can hope to gain hit more than their political target.
They do a disservice to the afflicted and the helpless, to their families
and friends, and to the public.
"The 18 thousand state employees who daily go far beyond the call
of duty to give the best possible care to those who are mentally ill or
retarded deserve much better than the discouragement of hearing their
efforts belittled by those who either don't know or don't care.
"For our administration, mental hygiene is a high priority area.
Since we took office in 1967 during the same period that we have been
cutting costs in most of the operations under the control of the
executive branch we have increased the state's spending on mental
health programs in both mental illness and mental retardation. The total
budget for the department of mental hygiene has increased from $213
million the year our administration arrived to $275 million for the
present year.
"Some years ago the Short-Doyle Act marked a great forward step in
the treatment of the mentally ill. Though we called our institutions
hospitals, they served more as warehouses where we stored the victims of
mental illness, usually for life. The Short-Doyle Act was designed to
make them truly hospitals with a healing mission.
"Very simply, they were to accept and diagnose patients, give
treatment and where possible return them to their homes. To facilitate
this, local or regional health care centers were to be established where
these returnees from the hospitals would be treated as outpatients while
living a reasonably normal and useful life. Several state supported
local centers were established but they were only to serve until the
counties could take over with the state providing 75 percent of the costs.
"In January of 1967 when this administration assumed office, we found
that the hospital population had gone down from 37,500 in 1959 to 22,000.
No effort had been made to readjust the hospital personnel and the state
still was maintaining its outpatient clinics while supporting the county
centers in many instances on a 50-50 basis instead of the promised 75-25.
There was no question but that the Short-Doyle program was a success but
could be even more so with full implementation. For one thing the cost
of treating the outpatients was only a fraction of the hospital costs.
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"We ordered a freeze on the ratio of patients to staff and the
elimination of the state centers. In Los Angeles, for example, the state
center was treating 1200 patients; the county 18,000. It was time to
carry out the original intent of the program.
"From the first moment we started to speed up the implementation
of Short-Doyle Act, the hysterical charge that we were simple carrying
on an economy program at the expense of the mentally ill was raised and
continues to this day.
Even incidents occurring at the hospitals for the mentally retarded
are hailed as examples of the cruelty of our misguided economies. This,
in spite of the fact that the treatment staff for the mentally retarded
was never reduced and, in fact, has been substantially increased.
"Let's set the record straight about the supposed economies in
mental health.
"In January, 1967, there were 41 local mental health care centers
treating 128,000 patients with the state paying $15 million of the cost.
Today, there are 53 treating 158,000 patients and the state is providing
$53 million. Last year the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act was added to
Short-Doyle and the state is now paying 90 percent of the cost of the
county clinics. The figure of 22,000 hospitalized patients we had two
years ago is now down to 14,000--the lowest since 1928. And, by June
of 1970, it will be 12,300.
"By contrast, New York has 66,000 hospitalized patients in this
category.
"Indeed, the Short-Doyle and the Lanterman-Petris-Short acts are
being copied throughout the nation.
"The decline in the patient population has had a beneficial impact
on those patients who have remained in the hospitals and those who are
being admitted, It has meant that the staff-patient ratio has been
increased and thus the staff time for patient care has also been
increased. For example, in July of 1966 there were 3.3 patients for each
employee on the ward nursing staff at the state hospitals for the mentally
ill. Today, this has improved so that now there are only 2.7 patients
for each treatment employee.
"There has been some speculation that the Lanterman-Petris-Short
Act will eventually mean the end of a state hospital system for the
mentally ill. The state hospitals will not cease to exist. But, there
will be fewer of them and those which continue will provide for those
patients who do require institutionalized treatment on a more or less
permanent basis. They will be an integral part of a single, and effective
statewide mental health care system.
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"We inherited a Ludget which provided $50.9 million for care of the
retarded; our current budget provides $62.5 million. We have increased
by 933 the number of authorized treatment positions (doctors, nurses,
therapists).
"Five years ago, the waiting list for admissions to the hospitals
for the retardedtotalled 815. By October 1, of this year, the waiting
list had dropped to 261.
"There are two basic reasons for this progress:
"First, the emphasis on community, non-institutional programs of
treatment and rehabilitation.
"And second, the outstanding new programs for more than 1,000
mentally retarded patients at Agnew, Camarillo and Napa State hospitals
which once were facilities only for the mentally ill. These advanced
programs will enable us to relieve some overcrowded situations at other
mental retardation facilities.
"But, perhaps the most exciting development in the field of mental
retardation is one which will not help those who are presently in our
hospitals but which will eventually develop the way to diminish the
incidence of mental retardation, if not eliminate it entirely. This is
the establishment of the state department of mental hygiene's research
center on the U.C.L.A. campus. It was just dedicated on October 15.
It is under the direction of Dr. George Tarjan, world renowned leader
in this field.
"There are still gaps in our knowledge about retardation and without
research we will lose in the long run. We are committed to a strong,
continuing research program which will, we hope, within not too many
years help us reach the goal of eliminating retardation.
"Back in 1968, while some were making loud noises about what was and
was not being done, we issued a 14-point master program for mental hygiene
in California. We didn't really intend to keep it a secret but it turned
out that way. We called for two new mental retardation regional centers
(four were actually authorized, three are now in full operation and six
more are being organized). We also created a Board of Medical Visitors
for each state mental hospital to insure on-going surveys and streamlined
the administrative functions of the department of mental hygiene.
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"Now let me touch briefly on the 12,000 patients in our state
hospitals for the mentally retarded. For, irresponsible attacks have
been disturbing to the parents and family particularly of retarded
youngsters.
" When we took office, the hospitals for the mentally retarded were
still on the obsolete 1952 standards which, as I mentioned, we replaced
with the professionally acceptable 1967 standards. In August of this
year we reached 81 percent of those higher staffing standards and we
expect to reach our target of 100 percent of those new standards by 1973.
Standards of care for the mentally retarded in state hospitals are at
an all-time high in California.
"Our goal has always been and continues to be to reduce the
incidence of mental retardation through research; to increase the quality
of care for the severely handicapped who must remain in state facilities,
and to greatly expand regional diagnostic, counselling and service centers
for mentally retarded patients. The record of progress during the past
three years reflects that commitment.
"It is not easy to find and keep employees to fill the budgeted
positions. Our hospitals are far from the cities usually and it takes
a special kind of person with a great love of humanity. Yes, we get
people who don't fill that requirement and as a result there are
sometimes unfortunate incidents but in the main those who have chosen
this work are dedicated people and they have been doing a truly wonderful
work here in our state. That is why my impatience becomes downright
anger when someone tries to belittle or ignore the progress being made
by them, as well as the volunteer groups, and the taxpayers who foot the
bill.
"Why do they do it? Why do they give of themselves and their time
and their love---far beyond the call of duty? Perhaps it is their deep
desire to alleviate suffering and to care for those who would not otherwis
be cared for. Perhaps it is their way of returning the love that others
have given them. And perhaps it is the thrill of seeing someone pull
himself back from the brink of destruction and climb back to a normal
happy life.
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"Now let me touch briefly on the 12,000 patients in our state
hospitals for the mentally retarded. For, irresponsible attacks have
been disturbing to the parents and family particularly of retarded
youngsters.
" When we took office, the hospitals for the mentally retarded were
still on the obsolete 1952 standards which, as I mentioned, we replaced
with the professionally acceptable 1967 standards. In August of this
year we reached 81 percent of those higher staffing standards and we
expect to reach our target of 100 percent of those new standards by 1973.
Standards of care for the mentally retarded in state hospitals are at
an all-time high in California.
"Our goal has always been and continues to be to reduce the
incidence of mental retardation through research; to increase the quality
of care for the severely handicapped who must remain in state facilities,
and to greatly expand regional diagnostic, counselling and service centers
for mentally retarded patients. The record of progress during the past
three years reflects that commitment.
"It is not easy to find and keep employees to fill the budgeted
positions. Our hospitals are far from the cities usually and it takes
a special kind of person with a great love of humanity. Yes, we get
people who don't fill that requirement and as a result there are
sometimes unfortunate incidents but in the main those who have chosen
this work are dedicated people and they have been doing a truly wonderful
work here in our state. That is why my impatience becomes downright
anger when someone tries to belittle or ignore the progress being made
by them, as well as the volunteer groups, and the taxpayers who foot the
bill.
"Why do they do it? Why do they give of themselves and their time
and their love far beyond the call of duty? Perhaps it is their deep
desire to alleviate suffering and to care for those who would not otherwis
be cared for. Perhaps it is their way of returning the love that others
have given them. And perhaps it is the thrill of seeing someone pull
himself back from the brink of destruction and climb back to a normal
happy life.
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"In
all
of
our
programs
at both the hospitals for the mentally
ill and the retarded, there are thousands of volunteers. Last year,
at Pacific State hospital, volunteers gave more than 25,000 hours to
the patients; at Sonoma, more than 50,000. Men and women of all ages
grandparents, housewives, college and high school students are giving
tender loving care which is, perhaps, the most important gift of all
especially to those who live in darkness and feel uncertain and unwanted.
"We have come a long way since 1851 when the California state
legislature appropriated the funds for the establishment of Stockton
State hospital the first institution for the mentally ill west of the
Rocky Mountains. We have come a long way from the warehouses and the
snake pits, and the public attitudes which shunned the mentally ill and
retarded as something evil, possessed and diseased. We are making
progress never as much as we'd like, but we can see the light at the
end of the tunnel.
And much of this has been because we did save money on typewriter
ribbons so we could use it to help human beings."
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445-4571
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#598
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
San Diego attorney Ross G. Tharp to the San Diego Judicial District
Municipal Court bench.
Tharp, a Republican, will receive an annual salary of $28,126.
He succeeds Judge Luther Hussey, who has retired.
A former San Diego City Councilman, Tharp is active in numerous
civic, service and legal organizations.
He is a graduate of the Loyola University Law School in Los
Angeles.
Tharp and his wife Charlotte have five children. The family
home is in San Diego.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
MEMO TO THE
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Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
10-31-69
#599
For your information, Governor Reagan will leave
Los Angeles Saturday afternoon, November 1, for New York
where he will stay overnight before departing for London.
A tentative press conference is scheduled for
November 3 in London.
On November 6, he will speak before the Institute
of Directors at Albert Hall in London.
He also will speak on November 10 to the British
National Export Council for the purpose of expanding
trade between California and England.
The governor will spend November 7, 8 and 9 in
Paris. Mrs. Reagan will accompany him on the trip.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVE
OR
RELEASE: ATURDAY, P.Ms.
Sacramento, California
November 1, 1969
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
10-31-69
#600
Governor Ronald Reagan, ticking off a long list of accomplishments
by his administration through "good management and common sense, said
today that California taxpayers have received direct and indirect tax
relief totaling $1.28 billion since 1967.
In remarks prepared for delivery before the Republican State Central
Committee's annual convention at Anaheim, the governor said California
was "the only state in the nation to reduce state income taxes this
year
and the only state of major size that did not increase taxes in
1968 or 1969.
"And, there will be no tax increase in 1970," he promised. "The
taxpayers have had it up to here. They've been forgotten too long.
It's time somebody started thinking about their interests too."
He said that since he has been in office, "I've vetoed more than
$330 million in bills which would have required an increase in taxes to
pay for them."
Referring to "all the political noise the opposition is making as
it tries to crank up its machine for next year, he said:
"It's not just that the Democrats are troublemakers. It's just that
for so long they've been used to having their own way that they can't
understand it when somebody comes along and says we've got to stop
spending so much of the taxpayers' money.
"When something comes along which has savings on it, instead of a
tax tag, they get all confused."
The governor said that as a result of efforts by his administration
and Republican legislators in Sacramento during the past two and one half
years, the California taxpayer has received:
--A $70 cash refund on his property taxes
--A permanent $750 per dwelling property tax exemption.
--Double standard state income tax deductions to provide tax relief
for renters.
--A special program of property tax relief for low income older
citizens, and reduced rates in the lowest state income tax bracket.
--Abolition of the personal property tax on household effects.
--A 30 percent reduction in the business inventory tax.
--A 10 percent one-time rebate on individual income taxes next April.
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"All this, = he said, "adds up to $633 million in direct tax relief,
plus another $651 million in indirect tax relief, including increased
school aid which otherwise would have had to be raised at the local level.
"That comes to a total direct and indirect tax relief of $1.28
billion!"
He noted that even though the Republican majority in the legislature
is very slim, "We've been able to get things done this year with our
majority which were killed in committee or on the floor in 1967 and 1968
when the Democrats were at the reins.
"While we haven't done everything we want to do, and we haven't done
everything we're going to do, we have made real progress in getting the
state pointed in the right direction, despite the two-year opposition
control of the legislature I've already mentioned."
The governor said, "If we had continued the growth of state employees
which we found when we arrived, there would today
be 15,000 more
employees than in 1967.
"Yet, at the start of this fiscal year, there were only 657 more
state employees than three years ago.
"And, by next year at this time, we believe that the number of
employees will be less than when we started without any reduction in
the quality of state services and during a period when California's
population will have grown by well over a million."
He cited as an example, a 30 percent workload increase in the
Department of Motor Vehicles, "and, yet the department still has the same
number of employees as when we started. It used to take 39 days to
process a driver's license, after you applied for it. Now, you get it in
10 days." he said.
He told his audience that by applying private sector standards for
office space, "we have reduced the amount of floor space occupied by
state government by 22 percent.
"Using competitive bidding in the purchasing of state supplies,
California is now buying some of the same supplies as the federal
government at 30 to 42 percent less than the federal government is paying.
"Modernization of the state's filing system has saved $275,000.
Consolidating most of the state's telephone switchboards has saved
another $121,000 " he said.
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"While such items may not sound like much, when you put them all
together they mean that we have been able to shave the annual cost of
government by $187 million---and made one-time savings of $24 million,"
he added.
Governor Reagan disputed "charges by some who charge that all we're
interested in is economy
that we've neglected the human side of
government
that we lack compassion.
"Last year," he said, "California moved up from eleventh to second
among the states in the rehabilitation of the physically handicapped.
Those who have been rehabilitated during the course of this administratior
are now earning $66 million a year. In seven years their income taxes
alone will pay back the entire cost of their rehabilitation.
"In the field of mental hygiene, the state's budget was $213 million
three years ago. Today it's $275 million. We have increased the state's
share of the community mental health program by 300 percent during the
same period from $15 to $53 million.
"Just two days ago, I was proud to announce that our administration
will reach the goal of putting fully into effect an ambitious program of
staffing standards at California institutions for the mentally ill by
next June 30---four years ahead of schedule.
"As you may know, last year we junked the obsolete staffing standards
we inherited from the previous state administration in our hospitals
for the mentally ill and mentally retarded. During the 16 years of their
existence, even these obsolete standards had never been achieved. Our
opponents said we would never adopt the new standards, let alone implement
them. Well, they were wrong. Incidentally, the new standards have
brought high praise from both the nursing and medical professions.
"We have opened or authorized nine regional diagnostic and
counselling centers for the mentally retarded, doubled to $5 million the
state appropriation for community clinics, and increased the medical staffs
at the state hospitals for the retarded by 933 positions."
In the area of consumer protection, Governor Reagan said that more
than a dozen Republican-sponsored laws were enacted this year to help
the buying public---ranging from protecting the citizen whose credit cards
were stolen to attacking the problem of unsolicited junk-mail advertising.
He also called the "quality of our environment
one of our most
important challenges. Talk is fine, but we have been doing something
about it."
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He cited the establishment of the State Air Resources Board as an
example. "We gave the board new powers to enforce the air pollution
regulations we passed. Those regulations are the toughest in the nation--
so tough we had to fight the federal government to get them. Senator
George Murphy led that fight for the waiver that let us go ahead with
our tougher laws, and now Detroit is manufacturing their cars to
California standards," he said.
The governor also pointed to:
-Administration experiments with motor vehicles powered by steam
and propane gas "to see if we can find a satisfactory substitute for the
internal combustion engine."
--Adoption of "the nation's first program to control air pollution
from jet aircraft."
"The first complete revision of California's water quality control
laws in 20 years."
--Formation of a Joint Transportation-Resources Agency committee
"to protect esthetic and ecological values in planning all types of
public works from highways to reservoirs."
--Creation of an Environmental Quality Study Council "to find ways
to protect the natural environment."
--Establishment of a bi-state agency to protect Lake Tahoe.
He said, "We were one of the first to call for passage of the bill
to extend the protection and preservation of San Francisco Bay (BCDC). "
The governor also noted his administration's 20-year plan to make
sure that every Californian will be in easy driving distance of a state
park. "Between 1967 and 1969, we added 24,693 acres of new park land to
the system, he said.
Referring to traffic safety, he said, "We now have one of the best
highway safety programs in the country. Between 1967 and 1968,
California's total traffic fatalities declined while the national rate
was going up five percent.
"This year, with Republican majorities in the legislature, we passed
a 'presumptive limits' law which sets the level of blood alcohol to help
apprehend drunk drivers," he said.
"And, in two years, we have increased the freeways and expressways
by almost 500 miles while, at the same time, constantly increasing the
number of highway patrolmen to man them, " he added.
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In the area of crime, Governor Reagan said, "This year, we
Republicans passed the most significant anti-crime legislation in more
than a decade.
"We passed two anti-pornography laws the first anti-smut laws to
be enacted in California in eight years
just about the length of time
that Jesse Unruh was Speaker of the Assembly.
"We sought and supported tougher laws to crack down on the dope
peddler and narcotics pusher. Working with the Republican leadership,
we passed laws increasing penalties for possession and sale of dangerous
drugs, laws that permit a school principal to expel or suspend students
caught selling narcotics on school grounds, and laws which prohibit
juveniles under 18 from going to Mexico without the written consent of
their parents or guardian."
He noted the establishment of the Interagency Council on Drug Abuse
and the organization of a major Creative Society program on drug abuse
"which would have cost us $2 million---except that the private sector is
contributing the talent and the money to prepare the advertisements and
publish the pamphlets.
"We also passed laws giving local authorities the power to control
topless and bottomless entertainment, laws to protect witnesses willing
to testify on the activities of organized crime such as the Mafia, laws
to add from five to 25 years to the prison sentences of persons convicted
of specific crimes in which a deadly weapon was used, laws to increase
the penalties for rape, robbery and burglary if the victim suffers bodily
harm, and laws making it illegal for unauthorized persons to carry loaded
firearms into schools or other public places, " he said.
"In less than three years, we have passed more effective anti-crime
legislation than our predecessor did in all of his eight, " he added.
Turning to yet another subject, the governor said, "Despite what
you may have heard, under this Republican administration, we are spending
more money for education in California than ever before.
"This year, in state subventions and other programs, we are spending
almost $1.6 million for local schools (Kindergarten through grade 14)
including an increase of $120 million which we voluntarily included in
the budgets we presented to the legislature the first time a governor
had ever done such a thing.
"Ours is an all-time record increase in state support of elementary
and high schools, and junior colleges, in a single year, " he said.
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On public higher education, the governor pointed out that general
fund support for the University of California and the state colleges has
increased from $414 million in 1967 to $638 million in the current
fiscal year.
"Higher education has received an overall 54 percent increase over
the past three years, while all other state agencies have gone up only
18 percent.
"While some may ask why we have increased state support for higher
education in the face of problems on certain campuses, I must answer that
we just don't believe it would be fair to penalize the thousands upon
thousands of industrious, sincere students because of the anarchy and
vandalism of those few teachers, students, and non-students, who seem
intent on wrecking a system which has taken the taxpayers of the state
years of sacrifice and billions of dollars to build.
"Our record is clear: we will not put up with violence, or
destruction, or anarchy on our campuses. We will protect the rights and
provide the support for those who go to college to learn, and those who
are there to teach.
"At the same time, we expect the administrators on those campuses---
the chancellors and the presidents and their staffs to see that the
maximum education is provided for the dollars spent, just as we expect
from every other agency of government. The students should be their
first priority, not their last, " he said.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
10-31-69
#601
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of Santa
Monica attorney Edward Rafeedie to the Santa Monica Judicial District
Municipal Court bench.
Rafeedie, a Republican, will recieve an annual salary of $28,126.
He succeeds Judge Hector P. Baida, who retired in August.
Active in numerous civic, service and legal organizations, Rafeedie
is a member of the State Bar of California, the Santa Monica Bay
District Bar Association, the Los Angeles County Bar Association,
Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity, the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce,
the Ocean Park Association of Commerce, the Malibu Chamber of Commerce,
the Santa Monica Veterans' Service League, the Salvation Army and the
Community Chest.
He attended Los Angeles City College and Santa Monica City
College and received his law degree from the University of Southern
California.
Rafeedie and his wife Ruth have two children. The family home is
in Santa Monica.
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RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Califor
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Contact:
Paul b sk
445-4571
10-31-69
#602
Governor Ronald Reagan today commended the California Association of
Highway Patrolmen for their no strike pledge and promised, "as long
as I am governor of this state, I will not permit any citizen of
California at any time to be denied the vital police protection he
deserves."
The commendation by the governor was contained in a letter to the
California Association of Highway Patrolmen following their pledge of
support in a resolution adopted at the 48th Annual Traffic Safety
Conference.
In their resolution, the CAHP said:
"We the members of the CAHP do hereby affirm our position of
support to the Governor of the State of California recognizing as
professional police officers the needs of the citizens of California,
and the position of Governor Reagan as Chief Administrative Officer.
"Therefore we pledge our support that no citizen will be without
police protection and we will continue to respond to the directions
of the Governor."
The text of the governor's letter follows:
"I want to express my gratitude and commend the California
Association of Highway Patrolmen for the responsibility and
high sense of duty reflected in its recent Resolution which
rejects a strike as contrary to the oath of a highway patrol-
man and promises continued police protection to our citizens.
"The residents of Montreal unfortunately found out three weeks
ago what it means to be without police protection. Mobs of
vandals, bank robbers, and hoodlums took advantage of a
police strike to create virtual chaos in the city. Even more
disturbing, "good citizens" participated in the looting and
ignored traffic regulations.
"As long as I am Governor of this State, I will not permit any
citizen of California at any time to be denied the vital police
protection he deserves. No one has the right to strike against
the public safety.
"The California Highway Patrol has long been recognized as one
of the most professional law enforcement agencies in this
country, and it enjoys the trust of all in California. Your
Resolution affirms this reputation and justifies that trust.'
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