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    "ocrText": "Ronald Reagan Presidential Library\nDigital Library Collections\nThis is a PDF of a folder from our textual\ncollections.\nCollection: Reagan, Ronald: Gubernatorial Papers,\n1966-74: Press Unit\nFolder Title: Press Releases - October 1969\nBox: P10\nTo see more digitized collections visit:\nhttps://reaganlibrary.gov/archives/digital-library\nTo see all Ronald Reagan Presidential Library inventories visit:\nhttps://reaganlibrary.gov/document-collection\nContact a reference archivist at: [email protected]\nCitation Guidelines: https://reaganlibrary.gov/citing\nNational Archives Catalogue: https://catalog.archives.gov/\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immed.\ne\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n10-1-69\n#558\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today issued the following proclamation:\n\"WHEREAS, California is celebrating the bicentennial of wine\ngrowing in the Golden State in 1969 and enjoys preeminence in this,\nthe 200th anniversay of the planting of the first grapes; and\n\"WHEREAS, It is appropriate that we officially recognize the\ngrowth and acceptance of an industry which first began in the most\nrudimentary fashion in the old Mission at San Diego in 1769; and\n\"WHEREAS, Today, two centuries later, the California wine industry\nhas won increasing recognition throughout the world for the quality\nand general excellence of its wine; and\n\"WHEREAS, Today, three-fourths of the wine enjoyed in the United\nStates comes from the sunny vineyards of California; and\n\"WHEREAS, The grape and wine industry of this state leads all\nother cultivated fruit crops in acreage, capital investment, and value\nof product; and\n\"WHEREAS, The National Wine Festival, October 1 through 31, will\nhonor the wines of California and the bicentennial observance,\nNOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, do\nhereby proclaim October, 1969, as NATIONAL WINE FESTIVAL MONTH in\nCalifornia, and urge California citizens to toast the new vintage\nand the entering upon of the third century of wine growing in this\nstate.\"\n########\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE:\nImmediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n10-1-69\n#559\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today nominated Thomas G. Daugherty,\nSacramento attorney, to a four-year term on the State Social Welfare\nBoard.\nThe position, which requires senate confirmation, pays $25 per\nday and necessary expenses.\nDaugherty, a former Los Angeles school teacher, received his\nlaw degree from Southwestern University in Los Angeles.\nActive in numerous Sacramento area service, civic and legal\ngroups, he is a member of the California State Bar, the Sacramento\nCounty Bar Association, the American Trial Lawyers Association, Sacramento\nBusinessmen's Advisory Council and the Legal Aid Society.\nA Republican, he has also been active in the National Association\nfor the Advancement of Colored People, the Sacramento Area Economic\nOpportunity Council and the Oak Park Neighborhood Council.\nDaugherty and his wife, Mildred, have two children. The family\nhome is at 5321 Pleasant Drive, Sacramento.\n# # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: 8 P M. (PDT) THURSDAY\nSacramento, California\nOct er 2, 1969\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n10-1-69\nPLEASE GUARD AGAINST PREMATURE\nRELEASE.\n#560\nGovernor Ronald Reagan issued the following statement upon\nannouncement that Caspar W. Weinberger will be appointed by the President\nas Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission.\n\"I would like to publicly take this opportunity to express my\ngratitude on behalf of the citizens of California to Cap Weinberger for\nthe tremendous job he has done for them. To that I also would like to\nadd my personal thanks and admiration.\n\"Cap has served this administration and the citizens of our state\nexceedingly well. His judgment and keen insight into the intricacies\nof government have been of immeasurable value to me as we have sought\nto make state government more efficient and more economical. He has\nbeen a most trusted advisor.\n\"I am very pleased that the President has recognized his talents\nand will appoint him Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission. As such,\nhe will continue to be of service, not only to his fellow Californians,\nbut also to all Americans.\n\"I am also very pleased that Cap has agreed to remain as Director\nof Finance during the next few critical months as this administration\nprepares next year's budget. As you know, we have instituted a new\nmethod of preparing the state's spending program and Cap's invaluable\nassistance in helping make this process work will eventually benefit\nevery taxpayer as all of us work together to make state government more\nresponsive and less costly.\"\n########\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: In ediate\nSacramento, Californi\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n10-2-69\n# 561\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:\n\"California joins the nation for observances during \"National\nEmploy the Physically Handicapped Week,\" October 5-11, 1969\n\"As we move forward with plans to develop and upgrade the latent\ntalents of the disadvantaged, it is appropriate that we should stop and\nremind ourselves of the skills of the handicapped and pledge to utilize\nthem to the fullest possible extent in the economic growth of\nCalifornia's future.\n\"Toward this objective, I urge all citizens of this state, and\nemployers in particular, to cooperate with the California Governor's\nCommittee for Employment of the Handicapped in programs and activities\ndesigned to rehabilitate, train and hire all qualified handicapped\nworkers who need a job--the physically handicapped and the mentally\nhandicapped.\"\n######\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Califorr\nContact:\nPaul Bt\n445-4571\n10-2-69\n#562\nGovernor Ronald Reagan has signed a proclamation declaring the\nweek of October 5-11, 1969, as NEWSPAPER WEEK.\nText of the proclamation is as follows:\n\"WHEREAS, Walter Colton issued the first California newspaper at\nMonterey on August 15, 1846, printed on an ancient Ramage\npress which had originally been brought to California in\n1829 by Spanish Governor Echeandia to print proclamations;\nand\n\"WHEREAS, California newspapers have been increasing in number,\nscope and size ever since, until the Golden State is served with\nhundreds of daily, weekly and monthly newspapers;\nand\n\"WHEREAS, Newspapers throughout the world have recorded this year's\nhistorical events, including America's extraordinary Apollo 11\nmoon landing;\nand\n\"WHEREAS, The free press has played a significant part in the course\nof this State's history, remaining our freedom's sentinel\nfrom the first issue in 1846 with their importance increasing\nduring the 200 years of California's existence;\nand\n\"WHEREAS, In the finest tradition of the free press, California's\nnewspapers continue the dissemination of news, education and\nentertainment, always mindful that Freedom of the Press is one\nof America's most precious freedoms,\nNOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, in\nrecognition of the unique role that newspapers play in our Golden State,\ndo hereby proclaim October 5-11, 1969, as NEWSPAPER WEEK, and urge all\nCalifornians to join in paying tribute to the outstanding newspapers\nserving them.\"\n# # #\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Califo\nia\nContact:\nPaul beck\n445-4571\n10-3-69\n#563\nCampbell City Councilman Homer H. Hyde today was reappointed\nto a four-year term on the Regional Water Quality Control Board, San\nFrancisco Bay Region, by Governor Ronald Reagan.\nA Republican, Hyde is secretary and general manager of the\nCampbell Water Company and a veteran of 23 years in the domestic water\nservice business.\nHe has served on the Santa Clara County Water Advisory\nCommittee and the water subcommittee of the Santa Clara Valley Flood\nControl and Water District.\nHis home is at 1279 East Campbell Avenue, Campbell.\nThe position pays necessary expenses.\n####\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Californ\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n10-5-69\n#564\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today issued the following proclamation:\n\"WHEREAS, Since the founding of the first Spanish settlement on\nCalifornia soil in 1769, the exploration of this state was led by the\nteaching padres, whose task it was to build colonies and bring education\nand agriculture to California; and\n\"WHEREAS, California's early mission buildings and vast ranches\nwere the start of our present day agricultural and ranching industries;\nand\n\"WHEREAS, California's excellence in education is an outgrowth of\nearly mission schools, and California's map abounds with Spanish place\nnames; and\n\"WHEREAS, There has been a steady migration of Mexican bloodlines\nfrom south of the border so that Mexican-Americans now comprise more\nthan 10 percent of California's population as an integral part of our\nrich heritage; and\n\"WHEREAS, Mexican-Americans do not participate to the extent their\nnumbers and abilities warrant and Californians have a special obligation\nto involve them in the social, economic, political and cultural life\nof this state; and\n\"WHEREAS, Cultural awareness includes informing all Californians\nof the contributions of Mexican-Americans to our heritage and of\nCalifornia's role in improving and enhancing the betterment of this\ngroup from early childhood through higher education; and\n\"WHEREAS, Unlimited possibilities in California's future, through\nbroadened and expanded educational opportunities, are being opened to\nCalifornians of Mexican descent, who should be encouraged to take\nadvantage of these opportunities,\n\"NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, do hereby\nproclaim the week of October 12-18, 1969, as MEXICAN-AMERICAN EDUCATION\nWEEK, and urge all Californians to participate in this significant\noccasion.\"\n#########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVEP\nR\nRELEASE:\nmediate\nSacramento, Califor La\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n10-3-69\n#565\nGOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE\nOctober 6, 1969\nthrough\nOctober 12, 1969\nMonday, October 6\na.m.\nDepart Los Angeles for Sacramento.\nOvernight - Sacramento\nTuesday, October 7\n3:45 p.m.\nSigning of Aerospace Education Week proclamation.\nGovernor's Office.\np.m.\nDepart Sacramento for Los Angeles.\nOvernight - Los Angeles\nWednesday, October 8\nNoon\nNational Association of Certified Public Accountants\nLuncheon, Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles. Speech.\np.m.\nDepart Los Angeles for Sacramento.\nOvernight - Sacramento\nThursday, October 9\nOffice appointments.\nOvernight - Sacramento\nFriday, October 10\np.m.\nDepart Sacramento for Los Angeles.\nOvernight - Los Angeles\nSaturday, October 11\nNo appointments scheduled.\nOvernight - Los Angeles\nSunday, October 12\nNo appointments scheduled.\np.m.\nDepart Los Angeles for Sacramento.\nOvernight - Sacramento\n# # #\nEG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, Californ\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n10-6-69\nMrs. Dorothy Andrews Elston, Treasurer of the United States,\nwill pay a brief courtesy call on Governor Reagan and Lt. Governor\nReinecke this afternoon at 4:30 in the governor's office. She will\nbe presented an engraved gold miner's pan.\nPhoto coverage is invited.\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVEN\nR\nRELEASE:\nImmediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n10-8-69\n#566\nRiverside County Sheriff Bernard J. Clark and South San\nFrancisco Police Chief John P. Fabbri were reappointed to three-year\nterms on the Commission On Peace Officer Standards and Training today\nby Governor Ronald Reagan.\nBoth men are Republicans. Their reappointments are subject to\nconfirmation by the Senate. The positions pay necessary expenses.\n###\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOV.\nRELEASE:\n:\nediate\nSacramento, Califo lld\nContact:\nPaul\neck\n445-4571\n10-8-69\n#567\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today appointed 14 new members to the\nDistrict Review Committee of the Board of Medical Examiners and\nreappointed six other members.\nThe new members are:\nDr. Bertrand A. Vipond, physician, 418 9th Street, Crescent City;\ncounty medical association representative, first district committee.\nHe is a Republican and succeeds Dr. Joseph G. F. Gulyash of Ukiah,\nwhose term expired.\nDr. Edwin E. Boldrey, 924 Haynes Road, Hillsborough, professor of\nneurosurgery, University of California Hospital, San Francisco; medical\nschools representative, first district. A Republican, he succeeds Dr.\nEdward B. Shaw of San Francisco, whose term has expired.\nDr. Frederick P. Shidler, 1840 White Oak Drive, Menlo Park, Menlo\nMedical Clinic; board of medical examiners representative, first district\nA Republican, he succeeds Dr. David J. Dugan of Piedmont, whose term\nhas expired.\nDr. James W. Moore, 318 Glen Ellen Drive, Ventura, Ventura Medical\nGroup; county medical association representative second district. A\nRepublican, he will fill the unexpired term of Dr. Richard W. Eells of\nSan Iuis Obispo, who has resigned.\nDr. Paul D. Yates, physician, 1180 Duncan Drive, Manhattan Beach;\nmedical board representative, second district. A Republican, he succeeds\nDr. A. Allan Witlin of Downey, whose term has expired.\nDr. William Nilssen, Jr., physician and surgeon, 105 Court Street\nWeaverville; county medical association representative, second district.\nHe is a Republican and succeeds Dr. Lee D. Fulton of Redding, whose\nterm has expired.\nDr. Julian R. Youmans, 913 Plum Lane, Davis, chairman of the\nDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of California at Davis; medical\nschools representative, third district. A Republican, he succeeds\nDr. Stanley R. Beard of Stanford, whose term has expired.\nDr. Jay O. Gibson, physician, Route 2, Box 374 A, Chico; county\nmedical association representative, third district. A Republican,\nhe succeeds Dr. David L. Green Jr. of Stockton, whose term has expired.\nDr. Arthur F. Thompson, physician, 2320 East 22nd Street, Newport\nBeach; county medical association representative, fourth district. A\nDemocrat, he succeeds Dr. Frederick P. Heald of El Centro, whose term has\nexpired.\n-1-\n#567\nDr. Frederick\nTurnbull, Jr., 1997 Korn\nDrive, Costa Mesa,\nacting chief of otolaryngology, University of California at Irvine;\nmedical schools representative, fourth district. A Republican, he\nsucceeds Dr. W. Phillip Corr of Riverside, whose term has expired.\nDr. Edward A. Jackson, physician, 291 East 21st Street, Merced;\nboard of medical examiners representative, fifth district. A Republican,\nhe fills the unexpired term of Dr. Norman Nichols of Mariposa, who has\nresigned.\nDr. James F. Donovan, general practice, 23 Panorama Gardens,\nBakersfield; county medical association, fifth district. A Republican,\nhe succeeds Dr. John W. Cawley of Bakersfield, whose term has expired.\nDr. Robert J. Rife, physician, 5209 North Sequoia Drive, Fresno;\ncounty medical association representative, fifth district. A Republican,\nhe succeeds Dr. Ralph N. Miller of Porterville, whose term has expired.\nDr. Lester T. Hibbard, physician, 142 South Windsor Boulevard,\nLos Angeles; medical schools representative, fifth district. He is\nregistered non-partisan, and succeeds Dr. James F. Regan of Glendale,\nwhose term has expired.\nReappointed were:\nDr. Henry A. Brown, physician, 121 Pepper Avenue, Burlingame;\ncounty medical association representative, first district. He is a\nRepublican.\nDr. Alfred J. Murrieta, Jr., physician, 223 South Irving Boulevard,\nLos Angeles; county medical association representative, second district.\nHe is a Republican.\nDr. John B. Dillon, 1071 Somera Road, Los Angeles, University\nof California at Los Angeles Medical Center; medical schools representative\nsecond district. He is a Republican.\nDr. Robert H. Quillinan, physician, 471 Crocker Road, Sacramento;\nboard of medical examiners representative, third district. He is a\nRepublican.\nDr. Clarence T. Halburg, Jr., physician, 1804 Valle Vista Drive,\nRedlands; county medical association representative, fourth district.\nHe is a Republican.\nDr. Ralph M. King, physician, 862 Sharon Way, El Cajon; county\nmedical association representative, fourth district. He is a Republican.\nMembers of the board serve four year terms and receive necessary\nexpenses.\n# # #\nWAS\n-2-\nOFFICE OF THER GOVE' OR\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\n445-4571\n10-8-69\nCORRECTION\nOn Press Release #567, the last sentence in paragraph 5 should\nread:\nA Republican, he will fill the unexpired term of Dr. Richard W.\nEells of San Luis Obispo, who has resigned.\n# # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n10-8-69\n#568\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named George R. Steffes, an aide\nsince early 1967, to a newly-created post in his office--that of\nlegislative secretary to the Senate and Assembly.\nSteffes, 34, has served as the governor's legislative secretary\nto the Assembly for the past two years. Liaison between the governor\nand the Senate was headed by former Senator Vernon L. Sturgeon until\nhis recent appointment to the California Public Utilities Commission.\nIn his new assignment, Steffes will be responsible for the\ncoordination of all legislative liaison activities between the Reagan\nadministration and the legislature. He also will serve as the\ngovernor's personal representative with legislators.\nA 1959 graduate of the University of Southern California, Steffes\nwas manager of news and information for Tidewater Oil Company prior to\njoining the Reagan administration.\nDuring the Korean War, he served in the security-intelligence\nbranch of the U.S. Air Force.\nHe is a director of the Sacramento Catholic Youth Organization,\nis a former director of the Breakfast Optimist Club of Los Angeles,\nand is a past chairman of the Metropolitan Agencies Committee of the\nLos Angeles Junior Chamber of Commerce.\nHe and his wife, Carol, have three children and live at\n2683 Coleman Way, Sacramento.\n########\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE:\nnmediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n10-9-69\n#569\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today he has urged California's\nrepresentatives in Congress to support an amended version of the Nixon\nadministration program for federal assistance to urban public mass\ntransportation.\nThe amendment, proposed by Senator Harrison Williams of New Jersey,\n\"would permit mounting a long-range program to improve public\ntransportation and thus upgrade the mobility of our urban populations,\"\nthe governor said in a letter of endorsement to members of the California\ncongressional delegation.\nWhile there is general agreement over the urgent need for\nencouraging the development of mass transportation systems, there has\nbeen considerable discussion over the form this aid should take. Some\nhave urged use of a transit trust fund, pointing to the success of the\nFederal Highway Trust Fund.\nPresident Nixon's proposal, now pending in Congress, provides $10\nbillion over a 12-year period and would give the secretary of\ntransportation \"contract authority\" to approve local proposals.\nInterpretations of the scope of this \"contract authority\" have varied.\nMost interpretations have indicated it could only provide a firm\ncommitment for one year and Congress would have to appropriate funds\nannually.\nAs a result, urban areas such as Los Angeles, San Diego and\nSan Francisco would have no assurance of receiving funds for long-term\ncapital outlay projects. The Harrison amendment would cure this\ndeficiency.\n#######\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nSacramento, California\n#569\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571 10-10-69\nIn endorsing the Harrison amendment, the governor said:\n\"California needs a program on which our urban area transit\noperators can base their longer range plans. My Business and\nTransportation Agency has been working to develop more choices in\ntransportation for the people who live in urban areas.\n\"We have assisted in enabling local government to levy sales\ntaxes for transit purposes, removing the diesel fuel tax from bus\ntransit operators, and establishing a State Transportation Board.\n\"I think the state government must play a part in encouraging\nadequate public transportation plans at the local level and President\nNixon's program recognizes this.\"\nState Business and Transportation Secretary Gordon Luce stated\nthere are many needs in California right now that could be eligible\nfor Federal participation if this bill were passed. He specifically\npointed to a special rapid bus lane using existing rail right-of-way\non the San Bernardino Freeway in Los Angeles; an airport to downtown\nrapid transit proposal in San Francisco; an air cushion vehicle proposal\nfrom Las Vegas to Palmdale to Los Angeles; and a recreation-commuter\noriented aerial transport system for San Diego.\n#########\nEJG\nThis page was inadvertently omitted in the original distribution of\nPress Release #569 dated October 9, 1969. Please attach to page 1\nof this release on receipt.\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nMEMO TO The PRESS\nSacramento, California 95814\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n10-10-69\nLieutenant Governor Reinecke will make a major announcement at\n10 a.m. in the Press Conference room regarding Operation Intercept.\"\n##########\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Californ\n95814\nContact:\nPaul Bec.\n445-4571\n10-10-69\n#570\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today appointed Brea attorney John H.\nSmith, Jr., to the Central Orange County Judicial District Municipal\nCourt bench.\nSmith, a Republican, succeeds Judge Leonard McBride who\nhas resigned. He will receive an annual salary of $28,126.\nA decorated Marine Corps veteran of the Korean conflict,\nSmith received his law degree from Southwestern University in Los\nAngeles. He also holds a degree in business administration from\nSan Diego State College and attended St. Mary's College at Moraga\nand Los Angeles State College prior to his enlistment in the Marine\nCorps.\nActive in civic affairs, he is a past chairman of the\nBrea Civil Service Commission, has served as chairman of the city's\nwater bond committee, is a director of the Brea Chamber of Commerce\nand has served as judge pro tempore of the North Orange County Municipal\nCourt.\nSmith is also a member of the California State Bar Association\nthe Orange County Bar Association and the North Orange County Bar\nAssociation.\nHe and his wife Adrienne have seven children, The family\nhome is in Brea.\n# # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER1\nRELEASE:\nNDAY A.Ms. October 13\nSacramento, California 95814\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n10-10-69\nPLEASE GUARD AGAINST PREMATURE\nRELEASE\n#571\nAstronaut William Anders and Secretary of Interior Walter J. Hickel\nwill be among the featured speakers in Los Angeles at a November 17-18\nConference at the Ambassador Hotel called by Governor Ronald Reagan to\nexamine \"California's Changing Environment.\"\nMore than 1,000 concerned citizens, scientists, industrialists,\neducators, and conservationists are expected to attend the event.\nColonel Anders, lunar module pilot for the historic Apollo 8 mission\nand newly appointed space advisor to Vice President Spiro Agnew, will\naddress the conferees.\nGovernor Reagan, in setting the tone for the conference, observed\nthat \"We as citizens can no longer ignore our own impact on the overall\nenvironment in which we live. Men must begin to weigh this impact in\nevery area that affects the purity of the air we breathe, the quality\nand clarity of the water we drink and the living space we inhabit.\"\nThe governor emphasized the urgent need to reconcile and coordinate the\npaths of progress and conservation in California.\nApproximately 75 speakers with expertise on selected topics will\ndiscuss many environmental problems including air, water, land and noise\npollution, as well as California's population squeeze and mass\ntransportation. The major environmental topics will be broken down into\nfour \"people oriented\" categories air, water, land and society.\nParticipants at the conference will take part in four panels\nsimultaneously to look for workable solutions to be submitted later to\nthe entire conference.\nThe conference is designed as an exemplary venture in finding\nanswers to civilization's most crucial needs the conservation and\nenhancement of our environment while meeting the needs of modern man.\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERI\nRelease:\nmediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n10-10-69\n#572\nCalling attention to the fact that California is leading\nthe nation in efforts to control air pollution, Governor Ronald Reagan\ntoday proclaimed the week of October 19 through 25 as \"Cleaner Air\nWeek,\" thrc ughout California.\n\"One of the primary aims of this Administration is to\npreserve :he quality of life in California for this generation and\nfuture generations, and I'm proud that many of our programs to control\npollution have become models for other states in the union to follow,'\nthe Governor said in signing the proclamation.\n\"But despite the fact that we have the toughest air\npollution control law in the nation, the preservation of our\nenvironment is--and must continue to be--the concern of every citizen,\"\nGovernor Reagan said.\nThe text of the proclamation follows:\n\"WHEREAS, Air pollution is a serious problem in California\ncities, brought about by industrial expansion, increasing population\nand automobile travel, which has become hazardous to the health and\nwelfare of all Californians, as well as a source of economic waste; and\nWHEREAS, Air pollution abatement assumes increasing\nimportance in its prevention of waste of materials, energy and human\nhealth; and\n\"WHEREAS, The hazard of air pollution can be greatly\ndiminished through intelligent action involving engineering, equipment,\nresearch and education; and\n\"WHEREAS, With some of the mechanical means already available\nand others in the planning stage, combined with the enlightened\nattitude of industry, air pollution control is moving ahead; and\n\"WHEREAS, the abatement of air pollution in all its forms\nis of utmost concern to California cities and citizens,\n\"NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA,\ndo hereby proclaim the week of October 19 through 25, 1969, as\nCLEANER AIR WEEK, and urge all Californians to cooperate in a year-\nround campaign to lessen and eventually eliminate air pollution.\"\n# # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nRELEASE: I ediate\nSacramento, Californ.\n95814\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n10-10-69\n#573\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today commended U. S. Interior\nSecretary Walter J. Hickel and the Interior Department's Fish and\nWildlife Service for their cooperation in helping California contain\na potentially disastrous outbreak of waterfowl botulism in the San\nJoaquin Valley.\nThe Governor said he considered the joint operation deserving\nof\n/special commendation \"as an outstanding example of the ability of\nstate and federal agencies to apply their combined efforts in a\ncoordinated and efficient manner to solve a special problem.\n\"My compliments and appreciation are extended to you and\nthe personnel of your Fish and Wildlife Service for the exemplary\nmanner in which the program has been carried out and for the fine\ncoordination of your efforts with ours,\" Governor Reagan said in a letter\nto\n/Secretary Hickel.\nThe Governor noted that the Tulare Lake Basin long has\nbeen associated with serious waterfowl losses from avian botulism,\nparticularly in heavy water years. Record-breaking flood waters of\nthe past winter expanded the usually dry Tulare Lake to more than\n100,000 acres, and predictions were for one of the most severe\nbotulism years in history, exceeding even the 250,000 bird loss of 1941.\n\"Our state game officials met with your Fish and Wildlife\nService people and developed a joint coordinated program aimed at\nminimizing these losses,\" the governor wrote.\n\"The results to date have been most gratifying, with only\n28,000 birds lost to date this year.\n\"Of course, the danger period is not yet over, but our\npeople are optimistic that it will result in keeping the losses at\ncurrent rates.\"\nThe state Fish and Game Department and U. S. Bureau of\nSport Fisheries and Wildlife, with assistance from the Department of\nDefense, are using helicopters, aircraft and shallow-draft airboats in\na program of surveillance and cleanup of infected areas to hold losses\nto a minimum. Carcasses of dead birds, an important medium for\ntransmitting the disease, are picked up and burned. Sick birds are\ntaken to a \"duck hospital\" at the Kern National Wildlife Refuge for\ninoculation and recovery.\nFish and Game officials emphasize that there is no way to\nprevent botulism, which is caused by a common bacteria that lives in the\nsoil. But outbreaks can be controlled by concentrated programs like the\none now in operation in the Tulare Lake Basin.\n# # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nSacramento, California 95814\nContact:\nPaul Beck\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\n445-4571\n10-10-69\nSince the inauguration in January of 1966, Governor and\nMrs. Reagan have spent many weekends and holidays visiting military\nhospitals and talking at length with wounded Vietnam veterans.\nThese visits include several trips to each of the following;\nTravis Air Force Base Hospital, Oak Knoll Naval Hospital in Oakland,\nLetterman General Hospital in San Francisco, San Diego Naval Hospital,\nand the Naval Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland.\nMany times during the week, Mrs. Reagan makes these trips\nwithout the Governor and when time permits during out of state trips,\nshe always tries to visit military hospitals where she can spend\nsome time with California veterans.\nNo press has ever been present during these visits at the\nrequest of the Reagans.\nHowever, on October 15, Mrs. Reagan is inviting the press to\naccompany her when she visits Letterman General Hospital in San\nFrancisco. She will arrive there about 11:00 a.m., visit several\nof the wards, eat lunch with patients, and then will continue to\nmake other ward rounds from 1:00 p.m. until 2:30 p.m. As you know,\nOctober 15 has been scheduled as a day of protest by those opposing\nthe Vietnam War and those who support the North Vietnamese and\nViet Cong. Mrs. Reagan therefore feels it is particularly appropriate\nfor her to visit the wounded on October 15 and to express her and\nthe Governor's support and appreciation for what members of the\nU.S. Armed Forces are doing for their country.\nIf you have any further questions, please contact Nancy Reynolds\nat 445-5430.\n######\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE: inmediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n10-10-69\n#574\nGOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE\nOctober 13, 1969\nthrough\nOctober 19, 1969\nMonday, October 13\nNo public appointments scheduled.\nOvernight - Sacramento\nTuesday, October 14\na.m.\nDepart for Washington, D.C.\n7:45 p.m.\nEisenhower College fundraiser dinner,\nWashington Hilton Hotel\nOvernight - Washington\nWednesday, October 15\na.m.\nDepart Washington for Los Angeles\n8 p.m.\nSenator Murphy Testimonial Dinner,\nCentury Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles\nOvernight - Los Angeles\nThursday, October 16\nNo public appointments scheduled\nOvernight - Los Angeles\nFriday, October 17\nRegents Meeting, UC\nExtension Center, Los Angeles\np.m.\nReturn to Sacramento\nOvernight - Sacramento\nSaturday, October 18\nNo appointments scheduled\nOvernight - Sacramento\nSunday, October 19\nNo appointments scheduled\nOvernight - Sacramento\n#######\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERI\nSacramento, California\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n10-13-69\nDr. Frank B. Gigliotti of the International Supreme Council,\nOrder of DeMolay, will present the council's Medal of Appreciation to\nGovernor Reagan today at 1:30 p.m. in the Governor's office.\nThe medal is presented to that citizen who has done the most to\nadvance the ideals and the principles of God and country.\nAlso attending the ceremony will be Homer Rathbun, executive\nofficer of DeMolay for Southern California and Henry Clausen, deputy\nsovereign grand commander for the Scottish Rite.\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE:\nmediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n10-13-69\n#575\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:\n\"I was very disappointed to learn of today's action by CSEA\ndelegates to eliminate the no-strike pledge from their constitution\n\"Over the years, the no-strike pledge has represented a determination\non the part of state employees to put the people's business first and\nforemost---ahead of all other considerations. The pledge was a\ncontinuing affirmation of the high degree of dedication and sense of\nresponsibility that state employees have so faithfully brought to their\ndaily tasks as servants of the people of this state.\n\"While I deeply regret the decision, I am nevertheless confident\nthat the vast and overwhelming majority of CSEA's members will continue\nto uphold their commitment to the smooth functioning of state government\nand the vital public trust vested in them. I am sure that most state\nemployees agree with the long-established legal and moral principle that\npublic employees cannot and will not engage in a strike against the\npeople.\n\"The action of the delegates nothwithstanding, I am confident that\nthe best interests of our citizens will continue to be the first interest\nof the vast majority of state employees.\n\"At the same time, I want to reiterate my pledge that this\nadministration will continue its efforts to work with state employee\norganizations on matters relating to wages and working conditions.\"\n#######\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Calif\nia\n95814\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571 10-15-69\n#576\nThomas Carr Howe, director emeritus of the California Palace\nof the Legion of Honor, was appointed today to the California Arts\nCommission by Governor Ronald Reagan.\nHowe, whose appointment is subject to Senate confirmation, will\nfill the unexpired term of Mortimer Fleishhacker Jr., who has\nresigned. The term ends July 1, 1971.\nInternationally known for his work in the arts, Howe holds\ndecorations from France and the Netherlands for his work during\nWorld War II in recovering looted art treasures.\nHe holds several degrees from Harvard University and has served\nas Cultural Affairs Adviser to the High Commissioner of Germany and\nwas a member of the United States Committee for the Brussels\nInternational Exposition in 1956.\nIn addition he is a member of the White House Fine Arts Advisory\nCommittee, a trustee of the American Federation of Arts, an honorary\nmember of the Advisory Council of the Art Museum at Princeton\nUniversity, is an art adviser to the San Simeon Hearst Castle and\nis a former member of the Smithsonian Art Commission.\nHis home is at 2709 Larkin Street, San Francisco.\nHowe is a Republican. The position pays necessary expenses.\n#####\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Calif ia 95814\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571 10-15-69\n#577\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today nominated Ventura County Superior\nCourt Judge Roy A. Gustafson as an Associate Justice of the Court\nof Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division One. His nomination\nmust be confirmed by the Commission on Judicial Appointments.\nJudge Gustafson, a Republican, will succeed Justice Walter\nFourt who has retired. The position pays $39,132.\nA graduate of the University of Minnesota Law School, Judge\nGustafson is a former District Attorney of Ventura County.\nHe is a Fellow of the American College of Trail Lawyers, a\nformer Governor of the State Bar of California, and a member of the\nOxnard Bar Association, Ventura County Association, the American\nBar Association and the American Judicature Society.\nJudge Gustafson and his wife Edna live in in Oxnard.\n# # # # # # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE:\n:\ndiate\nSac:amento, California 95814\nCortact:\nPaul Beck\n443-4571\n10-15-69\n#578\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today appointed William R. Johnston\nof Fresno to a four-year-term on the Regional Water Quality Control\nBoard, Central Valley Region.\nJohnston, irrigation drainage specialist of the Westland\nWater District, is a recognized authority on water and irrigation\nproblems and the author of numerous technical works on the subjects.\nA Republican, he succeeds Marion S. Walker of Red Bluff\nwhose term has expired. The position pays necessary expenses.\nJohnston holds degrees from Oregon State College and the\nUniversity of California at Davis.\nHe is a member of the American Society of Agricultural\nEngineers, the American Society of Civil Engineers, the U. S. Committee\non Irrigation, Drainage and Flood Control, the Western Society of\nSoil Science, the California Irrigation Institute and the California\nIrrigation Districts Association Underground Water Committee.\nHe is married and has two children. The family home is at\n3620 North Angus Street, Fresno.\n# # # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE:\nediate\nSacramento, Californ..\n95814\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n10-15-69\n#579\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today appointed Mrs. Ruth A. Green of\nSan Diego to the Council on Intergovernmental Relations.\nMrs. Green, Deputy Probation Officer of San Diego County, will\nfill the unexpired term of Thomas W. Sefton of San Diego, who has\nresigned. She will serve as the public representative on the council.\nA Republican, Mrs. Green is a past president and executive\nboard member of the San Diego Branch of the National Association for\nthe Advancement of Colored People. She is also a past member of the\nboard of the San Diego YMCA, the Homemakers Service and the San Diego\nPark and Recreation Committee.\nAt present she is a member of the Southeast YMCA board and\nthe San Diego Urban League.\nShe is also an organizer of the San Diego Chapter of Links,\nInc., a national group of professional women involved in volunteer\ncommunity service and the Southeast San Diego Women, Inc..\nIn addition to her professional and civic duties, Mrs. Green\nis a part-time columnist for the San Diego Independent and the\nSan Diego Voice.\nShe holds a degree from Howard University and has attended the\nUniversity of California, the LaSalle University Law School, San Diego\nState College and the Chicago University School of Social Administration.\nHer home is at 5415 Bonita Avenue, San Diego, California.\n# # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVEP\nRELEASE:\nediate\nSacramento, California\n95814\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n10-15069\n#580\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today appointed Carney J. Campion,\ngeneral manager of the Redwood Empire Association, to the Tourism and\nVisitor Services Commission.\nCampion, a Republican, will succeed Paul Hanson, Jr., of\nSan Francisco. The appointment, which requires Senate confirmation,\npays necessary expenses.\nA native of California, Campion was graduated from the\nUniversity of California.\nActive in numerous civic, service and travel organizations,\nhe is chairman of the board of the Western America Convention and\nTravel Institute and is a member of the American Chamber of Commerce\nExecutives, the American Society of Association Executives, the American\nSociety of Travel Agents, the California Chamber of Commerce Executives,\nthe Western Council for Travel Research, the San Francisco Press Club\nand the San Francisco Advertising Club.\nCampion and his wife, Kathryn, have six children. The family\nhome is at 810 Butternut Drive, San Rafael.\n####\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE:\nmmediate\nSacramento, Californ_a\n95814\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n10-15-69\n#581\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today appointed William P. Burgess,\nTulelake bu ;inessman, to the board of directors of the 10a District\nAgricultural Association.\nBurgess, a Republican, will fill the unexpired term of C. J.\nMain of Tilelake, who has resigned.\nThe post pays necessary expenses.\n# # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER\nRELEASE:\nmmediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n10-16069\n#582\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement\non the death of James C. Anderson, Editor of the Sacramento Union:\n\"The death of Jim Anderson is a loss not only to his profession,\nand to those who knew him, but to the people of California as well.\nJim fought the disease that claimed his life with the same courage\nthat was a hallmark of his career as a journalist. He was one of the\nbest. #\n#####\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE:\nmediate\nSacramento, * California 95814\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n10-17-69\n#583\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today appointed Edward J. Rathjen\nof Santa Clara and Donald N. Christensen of Camarillo to four-year\nterms on the Physical Therapy Examining Committee.\nThe positions pay $25 per day of official duty and necessary\nexpenses.\nRathjen, a registered physical therapist with offices in San\nJose, succeeds John G. Piper of Richmond, whose term has expired.\nRathjen, who lives at 2385 Glendenning Avenue, Santa Clara,\nwill represent licensed physical therapists on the committee.\nChristensen, president of a moving and storage firm and a\nVentura civic leader, will succeed Anthony J. Guida of Redwood City.\nHe will represent the public on the committee. His home is\nat 1577 Calle Aurora, Camarillo.\nBoth appointees are Republicans.\n# # #\nWAS\nSacramento, Californ\nContact:\nPaul BE\n445-4571\n10-17-69\n#584\nGOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE\nOctober 20, 1969\nthrough\nOctober 26, 1969\nMonday, October 20\na.m.\nDepart Los Angeles for Knoxville, Tennessee\n7:45 p.m.\nRepublican Fundraising Dinner for Congressman\nJohn J. Duncan and local GOP candidates at\nKnoxville Civic Auditorium-Coliseum. Speech.\nDepart for Detroit, Michigan\nOvernight Detroit, Michigan\nTuesday, October 21\nnoon\nAmerican Chamber of Commerce Annual Management\nConference luncheon. Speech.\nDepart for Flint, Michigan.\n8 p.m.\nMichigan Republican State Central Committee\nFundraising dinner, I.M.A. Auditorium, Flint.\nSpeech.\nDepart for Chicago\nOvernight Chicago\nWednesday, October 22\nnoon\n\"All-Illinois Salute to Reagan\" Fundraising\nluncheon for Eureka College at Sheraton Hotel,\nChicago. Speech.\n(event is sponsored by friends and alumni of\nEureka College where Governor Reagan graduated\nin 1932.\nDepart for Newark, New Jersey.\n7:30 p.m.\nFundraising reception and dinner for GOP\ngubernatorial candidate Wm. Cahill, Chanticler\nRestaurant, Milburn, New Jersey. Speech.\nOvernight Washington, D.C.\nThursday, October 23\nOfficial office appointments in Washington, D.C.\nduring day.\np.m.\nDepart for Norfolk, Virginia\n7:30 p.m.\nHolton-for-Governor Fundraising dinner,\nLakewright Motel, Norfolk, Virginia. Speech.\nDepart for Washington, D.C.\nOvernight Washington, D.C.\nFriday, October 24\na.m.\nDepart for Denver, Colorado\n7:30 p.m.\nColorado Republican State Central Committee\nFundraising dinner, Denver Hilton Hotel. Speech.\nDepart for Lcs Angeles\nOvernight Los Angeles\nSaturday, October 25\nNo appointments scheduled\nOvernight Los Angeles\nSunday, October 26\n12:30 p.m.\nJewish National Fund luncheon\np.m.\nDepart Los Angeles for Sacramento\nOvernight Sacramento\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nRELEASE: Ir ediate\nSacramento, Californ\n95814\nContact:\nPaul Bec.\n445-4571\n10-20-69\n#585\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today vetoed a $234,800 OEO demonstration\ngrant to the Oakland Economic Development Council Inc. because of\n\"major weaknesses and \"violation of OEO guidelines\" in the administratics\nof programs under its authority.\nThe governor also announced he will soon name a task force to look\ninto all OEO funded programs in the Oakland area to determine whether\nfederal tax monies are, in fact, helping those persons they are intended\nto benefit. The task force will work closely with local civic leaders\nand federal OEO officials.\nIn a telegram to Frank C. Carlucci, director of operations of the\nOffice of Economic Opportunity in Washington, D.C., the governor's\nexecutive secretary, Edwin Meese III, said Governor Reagan was\ndisapproving the grant because of \"major weaknesses in the existing\nprogram\" under the OEDCI.\n\"There is ample evidence,' \" the telegram said, \"that the program\nsponsors are in violation of OEO guidelines which require that all\neconomic opportunity funds are expended in a manner consistent with such\nguidelines; that they have departed from sound administrative procedures;\nthat they are unable to function as a governing body because of threats\nand intimidation of board members; and that their implementation of plans\nwould not benefit the disadvantaged citizens by removing them from the\ncycle of poverty.\"\nThe grant, to fund OEDCI programs from September 1, 1969 - August\n31, 1970, would be administered by the East Oakland-Fruitvale Planning\nCouncil.\nMeese said that \"persons associated with OEDCI programs are, and\nhave been, using their position and certain federal funds to set up a kind\nof shadow government designed to thwart the efforts of public officials\nand OEO groups in the Oakland area in meeting legitimate community\nneeds.\"\nOne component of the OEDCI grant would establish a parallel board\nof education to control and administer the public education system in the\nEast Oakland area. Another would seek to set up a separate police system\nto operate in certain areas of the community.\nMeese said an independent investigation conducted by representatives\nof the State Office of Economic Opportunity showed that the OEDCI is split\nby serious internal dissention caused by threats of intimidation and\ncoercion against a majority of OEDCI board members.\nTwenty three members of the board recently signed a resolution\nexpressing \"grave concern about threats to community welfare resulting\nfrom improper or illegal activities of persons unlawfully exercising\ncontrol over the OEO program and its funds in Oakland.'\nThe resolution also said: \"It is not possible to hold a lawful\nmeeting of the OEDCI board in accordance with democratic processes because\nof coercion, intimidation, threats of force and inducements by persons,\nincluding employees of OEDCI staff members whose unlawful activities in\nviolation of OEO regulations are well known to the Regional Office of\nEconomic Opportunity.\"\nThe resolution demanded a thorough investigation into the charges.\nMeese said that he will confer with federal OEO officials in\nWashington this week on the Oakland situation.\nHe concluded his telegram to Carlucci by saying: \"Our office is\nwilling and interested in providing whatever assistance is needed and\ndesired to modify and upgrade this (the OEDCI) project in such a way that\nour approval would be warranted.'\n#\n#\n#\n#\nEJG\nCaspar W. Weinberger\nRELEASE: I diate\nDirector of Finance\nState of California\nOctober 21, 1969\nSacramento, California\n916-445-4141\n\"Mr. Jesse M. Unruh's latest press release about alleged errors in\nschool bills is a familiar field for him, State Director of Finance\nCaspar W. Weinberger said today.\n\"Two years ago, Mr. Unruh's school bill had an undoubted error\nrequiring over $154 million additional cost to the state over a two-year\nperiod in addition to $50 million which had to be corrected in a special\nsession by the legislature,\n\"Apparently smarting ever since under the disclosure of this error,\nhe has now issued a press release claiming an error in another school\nbill passed by the legislature, of which he was a member, but about which\nhe did not bother to advise the legislature during its consideration of\nthe bill. In trying to support his allegation, Mr. Unruh relied on an\nopinion of the legislative counsel.\n\"What Mr. Unruh apparently forgot to tell the press and the public\nis that the legislative counsel's opinion actually said that one highly\ntechnical section of the 1969 school aid bill, dealing with supplemental\naid for low wealth districts might possibly be construed in two ways.\nOne would provide state aid on the traditional pattern- that is, the\nless the assessed valuation in the district, the more state funds will\nbe provided.\n\"Under the interpretation Mr. Unruh apparently wishes to have placed\non this section, more state aid than is now the case would be given to\nthe wealthier of the poorer districts.\n\"The legislative counsel, in that part of his letter to Mr. Unruh\nwhich Mr. Unruh did not bother to give to the press says: 'We do not\nbelieve that this circumstance is one which would constrain a court to\ninterpret the section' so as to produce the error Mr. Unruh so ardently\ndesires to find.\n\"The legislative counsel says it is 'possible' the courts might\ninterpret the section this way, but that courts would naturally give\ngreat weight to the way in which the section is actually administered,\nand we are advised by the state department of education that the section\nwill be administered exactly as it has been in the past.\n- 1 -\n\"It seems to me, \" Weinberger continued, \"that Assemblyman Unruh\nmight much better serve the public if he would pay sufficient attention\nto his legislative duties by raising points of this kind at the time the\nlegislation is being considered rather than attempting to frighten school\ndistricts all over the state with such a far-fetched interpretation.\nIt might also be more helpful if Mr. Unruh would give the press the\ntext of the entire legislative counsel opinion which he received, a\ncopy of which is attached to this press release.\n\"Mr. Unruh's suggestion of a special session is totally unwarranted\nand would result in another unnecessary expense to the taxpayer. While\nMr. Unruh may not be concerned with such an expense, the governor\ncertainly is.\"\nWeinberger pointed out that the provisions of the legislation do\nnot become operative until February, 1970.\n########\nU.A\nMARTINEL\nj\nCAPL M. ARNOLD\n1. Grein\nJAMES L. Asureno\nKIINA\nLegislative Commer\nJENNY L. HARGETT\nRAY H. WHITAKER\nCOWARD\nJOHN CONTINE\nKENT L. DECHANDEAU\nCLINTON J. DOWNT\nSUNEST H. KUNTI\nROMERT CULLEN DURTY\nSTANLEY M. LOURIMORE\nCARL A. ERIKSON, 111\nSHERWIN C. MA KENZIC, JR.\nof California\nALBERTO V. ESILVA\nEDWARD F. NOWAR\nLAWSENCE H. FUN\nEDWARD K. PURCELL\nJOHN F. FOSSETTE\nPRINCIPAL DEPUTIES\nHARVEY J. FOSTER\nBION M. GREGORY\nANN M. MACKEY\nROBERT D. GRONKE\nDEPUTY IN CHARGE\nL. DOUGLAS KINNEY\nLos ANGELES OFFICE\nGEORGE H. MURPHY\nVICTOR KOZIELSKI\nALLEN R. LINK\nEUGENE W. McCABE\n3021 STATE CAPITOL\nROSE CLIVER\nSACRAMENTO 95314\nTRACY O. POWELL, !!\nMARCUERITE ROTH\n110 STATE BUILDING\nSacramento, California\nCAREY W. ROYSTER\nINCELES 90012\nMARY SHAW\nOctober 15, 1969\nROY K. SIMMONS\nRUSSELL L. SPARLING\nJOHN T. STUDEBAKER\nJAMES E. WADLEIGH\nBRIAN L. WALKUP\nTHOMAS D. WHELAN\nJIMMIE WING\nHonorable Jesse M. Unruh\nDEPUTIES\n4112 State Capitol\nSchool Finance - #17495\nDear Mr. Unruh:\nQUESTION\nYou have asked whether, in computing the amount\nof supplemental support to be allowed a school district,\nthe tax rates utilized for purposes of the computation\nprescribed by Section 17926 of the Education Code should\ncorrespond to the rates utilized for purposes of Sections\n17924 and 17925 when the latter rates have been modified\nwith respect to districts levying taxes at specified\nhigher levels.\nOPINION AND ANALYSIS\nArticle 7.1 (commencing with Section 17920) of\nChapter 3 of Division 14 of the Education Code* provides\nfor the determination and apportionment of the State School\nFund allowance to school districts maintaining elementary\nschools and high schools known as \"supplemental support.\n\"\nallowance is afforded to districts having\na comparatively low level of assessed valuation of tax-\nable property per pupil, namely $12,500 or less at the\nelementary level and $24,000 or less at the high school\nlevel. The amount of the allowance for an eligible dis-\ntrict is determined by a three step computation: (1) an\nAll references to code sections are to sections of the\nEducation Code.\nHonorable Jesse M. Unruh - p. 2 - 1/17495\noverall gross amount is computed by multiplying a speci-\nfied money amount ($1.25 for the elementary level and\n$2.40 for the high school level) by a factor which may be\ndenoted the \"tax rate\" factor; (2) a second amount is com-\nputed by multiplying the \"tax rate\" factor by the district's\nassessed valuation; and (3) the amount computed under (2) is\nsubtracted from the amount computed under (1) **\nAmendments to the statutory provisions dealing\nwith these allowances made by Chapter 784 (A.B. 606) of\nthe Statutes of 1969 give rise to the question posed.\nAmendments to Sections 17924 and 17925 dealing with com-\nputation (1), described above, require the \"tax rate\"\nfactor to be modified in certain instances for purposes.\"\nof computation (1). The question presented is whether,\nin those instances where the factor is modified for pur-\nposes of computation (1), a comparable modification should\nbe made for purposes of computation (2) to maintain the\nparticular relationship between the elements in the overall\nformula. Section 17926, dealing with computation (2), was\nnot amended to require such a comparable modification of\nthe factor for that purpose. Thus, such a comparable\nmodification in the \"tax rate\" factor for purposes of\ncomputation (2) is, in our opinion, legally permissable\nonly if Section 17926, dealing with computation (2), is\nto be deemed amended by necessary implication.\nThe \"tax rate\" factor for the elementary level\nis determined pursuant to Section 17921 and for the high\nschool level pursuant to Section 17922. In each instance\nthe factor is based upon the rate at which property taxes\nare actually being levied and collected in the districts.\nComputation (1), described above, is dealt with\nby Section 17924 for the elementary level and by Section\n17925 for the high school level. The particular changes\nmade by the 1969 amendments which give rise to the present\nquestion involve provisions specifying, in effect, that if\nthe \"tax rate\" factor for a district at the elementary level\nequals or exceeds 60 cents it will be deemed to be 100 cents\nfor purposes of computation (1), and that if the \"tax rate\"\nfactor for a district at the high school level equals or ex-\nceeds 20 cents it shall be deemed to be 30 cents for purposes\n** The formula is structured so that for districts with an\nassessed valuation per pupil of less than. $12,500 at the\nelementary level and less than $24,000 at the high school\nlevel, computation (2) will always be less than computa-\ntion (1), to yield a positive difference in the subtrac-\ntion.\nHonorable Jenifie M. Unruh - 11. 3 - #17495\nof computation (1). The factor amounts of 100 cents and\n30 cents are the maximums to be utilized for the respective\ncomputations. The new innovation is accomplished by the\nfollowing language of Sections 17924 and 17925:\n\"17924.\n\"If the applicable tax rate of the\ndistrict pursuant to Section 17921 equals\nor exceeds sixty cents ($0.60), he shall\ndetermine, for each unit of average daily\nattendance under this section, an amount\nequal to one dollar and twenty-five cents\n($1.25) for each cent of such applicable\nrate. For such purposes, the applicable\nrate determined pursuant to Section 17921\nshall be deemed to be no less than one\ndollar ($1)\n\"If the applicable tax rate of the\ndistrict pursuant to Section 17921 is less\nthan sixty cents ($0.60), he shall deter-\nmine, for each unit of average daily\nattendance under this section, an amount\nequal to one dollar and twenty-five cents\n($1.25) for each cent of such applicable\ntax rate.\n(Emphasis added. )\n\"17925.\n\"If the applicable tax rate of the\ndistrict pursuant to Section 17922 equals\nor exceeds twenty cents ($0.20), he shall\ndetermine, for each unit of average daily\nattendance under this section, an amount equal\nto two dollars and forty cents ($2.40) for\neach cent of such applicable rate. For\nsuch purposes, the applicable rate deter-\nmined pursuant to Section 17922 shall be\ndeemed to be no less than thirty cents\n$0.30)\nHonorable Jesse M. Unruh - 2. 4 - #17495\n\"If the applicable tax rate of the dis-\ntrict pursuant to Section 17922 is less than\ntwenty cents ($0.20), he shall determine, for\neach unit of average daily attendance under\nthis section, an amount equal to two dollars\nand forty cents ($2.40) for each cent of such\napplicable tax rate.\n***\"\n(Emphasis added. )\nTurning to Section 17926, which was not amended\nby the 1969 legislation, and which deals with computation\n(2) and provides that it shall be subtracted from compu-\ntation (1), we find no provisions expressly incorporating\nor otherwise requiring modification of \"tax rate\" factors\nas provided in Sections 17924 and 17925. The section\nreads as follows:\n\"17926. The Superintendent of Public\nInstruction shall apportion to each elemen-\ntary school district and to each high school\ndistrict the difference between the amount\ncomputed under Section 17924 or Section 17925,\nas the case may be, and the revenue which would\nbe produced (1) for elementary school districts,\ndetermined by multiplying the tax rate under\nSection 17921. and (2) for high school districts,\ndetermined by multiplying the tax rate under\nSection 17922, by the assessed valuation of\nsuch district. This amount shall be known as\nsupplemental support to school districts. \"\n(Emphasis added.)\nThe only tax rate factors referred to in this\nsection are those determined pursuant to Sections 17921\nand 17922. no related statutory provision\nor other evidence of legislative intent to indicate that\nSection 17926 should be interpreted and applied as re-\nquiring tax rate factors for purposes of that section to\nbe modified in accordance with modifications which may be\nrequired by Sections 17924 and 17925.\nHonorable Jesse M. Unruh - D. 5 - //17495\nIt has been held that a court is not justified\nin ignoring the plain words of a statute unless it clearly\nappears that the language used is contrary to what, beyond\nquestion, was the intent of the Legislature (Breshears V.\nIndiana Lumbermens Mutual Ins. Co., 256 Cal. App. 2d 245,\n250; People ex rel Public Utilities Commission v. City of\nFresno, 254 Cal. App. 2d 70, 82).\nWe are unaware of any extrinsic factors connected\nwith the operation of the formula, with Section 17926 being\nstrictly construed, which would clearly constrain a court\nto interpret the section as requiring modification of tax\nrate factors to accord with the modifications required by\nSections 17924 and 17925. The formula, with Section 17926\nstrictly construed, is workable. It provides allowances\nsystematically varying inversely in amount with the level\nof assessed valuation per pupil, which is in accord with\nthe established scheme under which the supplemental support\nprogram is conducted.\nAs we see it, the intent and purpose of the Legis-\nlature, under the language of Sections 17924 and 17925 set\nout above, in affording across-the-board increases in \"tax\nrate\" factors for computation (1) purposes to school dis-\ntricts taxing at or above the 60-cent amount at the ele-\nmentary level and at or above the 20-cent amount at the\nhigh school level, is to give such districts what might\nbe denoted as \"bonus\" increases in allowances. If the\nprovisions of Section 17926 dealing with computation (2)\nare strictly construed as not requiring comparable adjust-\nment of tax rate factors for purposes of that computation,\nthe result is merely that greater differences and larger\nallowance amounts are produced by the subtraction of com-\nputation (2) from computation (1).\nConstruing Section 17926 strictly and as not\nrequiring modification of tax rate factors for purposes\nof the computations therein prescribed, will produce a\nschedule of allowance amounts which varies somewhat in\noverall form from that established by prior law. We have\nformulated and appended hereto a chart comparing allowance\namounts at the elementary level which would be computed at\nselected levels of assessed valuation per pupil for dis-\ntricts taxing at a rate of $1.60 under the alternative\ninterpretations of Section 17926. Also set out for com-\nparison are the allowance amounts which were computed\nHonorable Jesse M. Unruh - p. 6 - #17495\nunder the provisions in question as they read prior to\nthe 1969 amendments. While only the elementary level\ncomputations are shown, it should be noted that the high\nschool level computations involve a comparable problem.\nIt will be observed that for a district having\nan assessed valuation per pupil of the maximum for which\na computation is to be made (now $12,500), an allowance\nof $50 per pupil is produced by a literal interpretation\nand application of Section 17926. From this $50 minimum\nthe allowance amounts increase progressively, varying in-\nversely with levels of assessed valuation per pupil, to\nthe maximum amount of $125. If Section 17926 were con-\nstrued as requiring tax rate factor modifications corre-\nsponding to those required by Section 17924, the allow-\nances computed would range from zero to the maximum amount.\nSuch a system would be comparable to that in effect under\nprior law.\nWhile a strict or literal interpretation of Sec-\ntion 17926 will, thus, produce allowance computations vary-\ning in overall form from those produced under prior law, we\ndo not believe that this circumstance is one which would\nconstrain a court to interpret Section 17926 to require\nmodification of tax factors. The system resulting from a\nliteral application of Section 17926 is workable and pro-\nduces allowance computations following a logical pattern.\nNo complete departure from the established system is in-\nvolved.\nIt is apparent from a comparison of the allowances\nwhich would be produced under the alternative interpretations\nof Section 17926, that those resulting from a literal inter-\npretation of the section will be higher for the comparatively\nwealthier of the eligible districts and will entail a greater\nexpense to the state.\nWe are informed that the allowances for supple-\nmental support will be provided from the amount allocated\npursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 17303.5 for founda-\ntion program support and related purposes. As amended by\nChapter 784 (A.B. 606) of the Statutes of 1969, the total\nthere allocated is $249.82 for each unit of average daily\nattendance in the state. It seems likely that the total of\nMonorable Jesse M. Unron - D. 7 - #17495\nthe higher allowance amounts computed under 2 literal\ninterpretation of Section 17926 for the low wealth school\ndistricts eligible for supplemental support will comprise\na comparatively minor portion of this amount.\nOn this basis we conclude that the courts would\nin all probability hold that Section 17926 should be inter-\npreted as not requiring modification of tax rate factors\nto correspond with modifications required by Sections 17924\nand 17925.\nHowever, it must be recognized that it is possible\nto argue, reasonably, that the provisions in question should\nbe construed as requiring the modifications in applying Sec-\ntion 17926 on the theory that the law must be read as a\nwhole and that such a construction would provide a harmoni-\nous construction of the law. In this regard, if the provi-\nsions were so construed administratively, the courts would\ngive great weight to such a construction (Misasi V. Jacobsen\n(1961), 55 Cal. 2d 303, 308). The fiscal impact of the\napplication of the provisions might well tend to support or\ndefeat such an interpretation.\nVery truly yours,\nGeorge H. Murphy\nLegislative Counsel\nErnest\nH.\nKanzi\nBy\nErnest H. Kunzi\nPrincipal Deputy\nEHK:rt\nAPPENDIX\nComparison C Elementary School District Supplement\nReq. 17495\nSupport Allowances at $1.60 Tax Rate at Selected\nLevels of Assessed Valuation Per Pupil (Ed.C., Secs.\n17921, 17924, 17926)\nUnder Present Law (State. 1969. Ch. 784):\nUnder Law in Effect in 1968-1969 Fiscal Year:\nMaximum assessed valuation per a.d.a.-- --\nMaximum assessed valuation per a.d.a.--\n$12,500.\n$10,000.\nMaximum tax rate factor-- 100 cents\nMaximum tax rate factor 60 cents.\n(with any factor of 60 cents or\nmore to be deemed 100 cents).\nMonotary factor to be applied to each\nMonetary factor to DC applied to each\ncent of tax rate factor $1.25.\ncent of tax rate factor--$1.00.\nMaximum allowance per a.d.a.4-$125.\nMaximum allowance per\n$60.\nSection 17926\nSection\nConstrued\nAssessed\n17926\nAs Requiring\nValuation\nStrictly\nModification\nPair A.D.A.\nConstrued\nor Rates\n$12,500\n----\n$50\n----\n30\nNo computation\n12,000\n---\n53\n,\nNo commitation\n11,000\n----\n59\n15\nNo computation\n10,000\n-----\n65\n25\n$0\n9,000\n-------\n71\n35\nor\n8,000\n----\n77\n45\n12\n7,000\n---\nS3\n55\n28\n6,000\n----\n89\n65\n24\n5,000\n-\n95\n75\n30\n4,000\n-----\n101\n85\n36\n3,000\n----\n107\n-\n95\n42\n2,000\n----\n113\n105\n48\n1,000\n-\n119\n115\n54\n0\n----\n125\n125\n60\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE :\nSacramento, Califor a 95814\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571 10-22-69\n#586\nGovernor Ronald Reagan tdoay named Daniel P. Lopez of\nHacienda Heights as deputy director of the manpower :vision of\nCalifornia's new Department of Human Resources Development.\nLopez, 51, a Republican, will assume directorship of HRD's Job\nTraining Development and Placement Division.\nThe newly-created position calls for an annual salary range\nof $21,500 to $26,100, and requires senate confirmation.\nFor the past three years, Lopez has headed the East L's Angeles\nService Center, one of eight centers in California established to\nprovide a variety of government services to residents of disadvantaged\nareas.\nThe announcement of his appointment completes the staffing\nof directors for the new key California manpower division.\nIn August, Governor Reagan appointed Benjamin Hargrave, an\nOakland Democrat, to head the division's Northern California region.\nHargrave, 51, had been serving as Education and Training Officer for\nthe Economic Opportunity Council of San Francisco. He is a member\nof the Northern California Industry-Education Council, the Oakland\nNAACP and the Alameda County Negro Leadership Conference.\nIn September, Governor Reagan appointed Louis Johnson, 43,\na Los Angeles Democrat, to head the Southern California region.\nA teacher and administrator with the Los Angeles City Schools\nsince 1954, Johnson was principal of Jefferson High School in\nLos Angeles. He assumed the post in March, 1968, after several weeks\nof disturbances at the predominently Negro school.\nThe Department of HRD, headed by Gilbert L. Sheffield, was\nestablished by the 1968 Human Resources Development Act. It will\nbe activated formally on October 31.\nThe Department was created to form a total, single system of\nmanpower services for the hardcore unemployed. Its components\ninclude the State Department of Employment, the Service Center Program,\nthe State Office of Economic Opportunity and the California Commission\non Aging.\nLopez, a native of Oxnard, has been in state service since 1948.\nA veteran of 18 years with the Department of Corrections, he began\nhis career as a correctional officer at the California Institution\nfor Men at Chino.\nPrior to joining the Service Center Program in 1966, he was\na special agent coordinating departmental activities and programs\nwith state and federal judicial and law enforcement agencies.\nWhile directing the East Los Angeles Service Center, he pioneered\nand developed a model volunteer tutoring and career guidance program\nin cooperation with private industry.\nLopez also hosts the biweekly \"Naevos Conceptos\" television\nprogram on KMEX-TV in Los Angeles and is a frequent guest on the\n\"Ahora\" program on KCET-TV, the Los Angeles educational station.\nLopez attended Vallejo Junior College, the University of California\nat Berkeley and the University of Southern California.\nHe and his wife Lorraine have three daughters. The family\nhome is at 2432 Kiska Avenue, Hacienda Heights.\n#####\n-2-\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Califorr\n95814\nContact:\nPaul BE\n445-4571\n10-24-69\n#587\nGOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE\nOctober 27, 1969\nthrough\nNovember 1, 1969\nMonday, October 27\nOffice appointments\nTuesday, October 28\nOvernight Sacramento\n11:00 a.m.\nCeremony to officially activate new Department\nof Human Resources Development. Room 1190,\nState Capitol.\nOvernight - Sacramento\nWednesday, October 29\na.m.\nDepart Sacramento for Los Angeles\nTrustees' meeting at State Colleges headquarters,\nLos Angeles.\nOvernight Los Angeles\nThursday, October 30\nNoon\nTown Hall West, Beverly Hilton Hotel,\nLos Angeles. Speech\nOvernight Los Angeles\nFriday, October 31\nEvening\nOrange County 1969 Celebrity Ball sponsored by\nthe Orange County and Republican State Central\nCommittees, Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim.\nOvernight Los Angeles\nSaturday, November 1\n10:00 a.m.\nRepublican State Central Committee, Orange\nCounty Convention Center. Speech\n#####\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Califo ia 95814\nSunday I i.'s\nContact; Paul Beck\n445-4571 10-24-69\nBLEASE GUARD AGAINST PREMATURE\nRELEASE\n#588\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced his support for a\ntender\nproposed National Forest Timber Supply Act of 1969 (HR 12025 and\n/\nS 1832) which would protect recreation and wilderness uses and\nencourage increased timber yield on the National Forests.\nIn a letter to S enator James O. Eastland, Chairman of the\nSubcommittee on Soil Conservation and Forestry of the Senate\nAgriculture Committee, the governor said:\n\"Increasing the level of timber management on the National\nForests will assist in meeting the steadily growing national demand\nfor wood products.\n\"This increase can be accomplished in conjunction with fulfilling\nthe need for improved public recreation opportunities, including the\nconsideration of additions to the wilderness system. The proposed\nlegislation will attain these objectives.\"\nGovernor Reagan noted that the Western Governor's Conference\nhas endorsed the general policies contained in the legislation.\nNearly 60 percent of the nation's softwood timber inventory is in\nthe National Forests and concentrated in the western states.\n\"Increasing timber yield without sacrificing other values will\nbe possible through the balanced multiple-use concepts contained\nin the National Forest Timber Supply Act,\" he concluded.\n#####\nEIG\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Bec.\n445-4571\n10-27-69\n#589\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today appointed Bill D. Horne of Walnut\nCreek and reappointed George J. Gmelch of San Mateo to four year terms\non the Pilotage Rate Committee for San Francisco, San Pablo and Suisun\nBays\nHorne, executive vice president of the Contra Costa Taxpayers\nAssociation, will serve as public representative on the committee which\nqualifies, appoints, licenses and regulates bar pilots who guide vessels\nto and from the high seas and the inland bays.\nAs a public member of the committee, he will receive a per diem\nof $50 per day.\nA Republican, Horne will succeed Francis J. Carr of Sausalito,\nwhose term has expired.\nHorne lives with his wife and three children at 1083 Springfield\nDrive, Walnut Creek.\nGmelch, vice president-operations of Pacific Far East Lines Inc.\nof San Francisco, is the dry cargo representative on the committee.\nHe receives no salary.\nA Republican, he lives at 707 Linda Court, San Mateo.\n# # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nSacramento, Califor\nMEMO TO T\nPRESS\nContact:\nPaul BECK\n445-4571\n10-28-69\nThis is a reminder that at 11 a.m. today in Room 1190 Governor\nReagan will participate in a ceremony officially activating the new\nDepartment of Human Resources Development.\nAt this ceremony the governor, Human Relations Secretary Spencer\nWilliams, and HRD Director Gilbert Sheffield will make formal statements\nand sign the activation papers.\nFollowing the signing of the papers Williams and Sheffield will\nanswer press questions.\nAt 4:15 p.m. today, in the governor's office, Governor Reagan will\nformally announce the establishment of the California State Park\nFoundation, a non-profit organization, incorporated under the laws of\nthe state, to solicit and accept gifts, legacies, and real and personal\nproperty for the betterment of the state parks system.\nThe foundation was organized by Parks and Recreation Director\nWilliam Penn Mott, Jr.\nDuring the ceremony the governor will accept receipt of the first\ngift to the foundation by Hollywood personality Ken Murray, who is also\none of the foundation's directors. The gift, a short sound film put\ntogether by Murray from his \"home movies\" and showing the late William\nRandolph Hearst and many of the Hollywood stars who congregated at his\nestate during the 1920s and 1930s will be shown during the ceremony.\nSixty-second excerpts of the film will be available to television stations\ncovering the ceremony, on request.\nIncidentally, the film will be shown to visitors at the theater at\nHearst San Simeon State Historical Monument on a regular basis beginning\nin 1970.\nFollowing the showing of the film Mr. Mott will answer press\nquestions.\n#########\nEJG\nOF\nTHE\nGOVERNOR\nRELEASE:\nImmediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Be\n445-4571\n10-28-69\n#590\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:\n\"Today, I would like to talk briefly about history, red tape, a\ntalent search and a helping hand.\n\"Let us begin with the history.\n\"Before we came to Sacramento we promised the people of California\nthat we intended to 6 our best to make jobs--not welfare--an accepted\nway of life for the less fortunate citizens of this state.\n\"We were convinced that the majority of the hardcore unemployed\nand the disadvantaged wanted a helping hand---not a handout.\n\"When we arrived in Sacramento we took a close look at the\nprograms that were supposed to be helping the unemployed and disadvantaged\nget back on their feet.\n\"We found a maze of overlapping, expensive and often competing\nmanpower programs that simply were not doing this job.\nBy executive order, we created the Job Training and Placement\nCouncil and asked it to clear a path through the maze of red tape.\n\"The Council did its work well. It reviewed and evaluated the\npublic-funded training programs in existence, chopped away the red tape\nand came up with specific recommendations on how to get the disadvantaged\noff their knees and on to their feet.\n\"One of the first facts that became obvious was the need to gather\nthe proliferation of manpower programs together into a single agency.\n\"In our reorganization plan, we proposed the creation of a\ndepartment of Human Resources Development to accomplish this.\n\"The result was the Human Resources Development Act which passed\nboth houses with bi-partisan support and was signed into law last fall.\n\"That is the history. Now to the talent search. To direct this\nnew department, it was obvious that we needed a man with the executive\nability and the creativity to administer a department that would be\nresponsive to our state's needs.\n\"But we needed another talent--a feeling for people and a sensitive\nunderstanding of their needs. We found those qualities in Gil Sheffield\nand those who will be working with him.\n\"I am very proud of Gil's accomplishments in bringing HRD to life\nwell in advance of the legislative deadline for its activation.\n\"Now I would like our Human Relations Agency Secretary, Spencer\nWilliams, who has been working closely with Gil Sheffield and the HRD\nstaff to bring the new department to life, to introduce Gil.\"\nWAS\n###\nOFFICE or inc GOVERNOR\nRELEASE:\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Be\n10-28-69\n#591\n445-4571\nAnder\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today formally activated California's new\nmanpower arm, the Department of Human Resources Development, as a major\nstep towards getting \"the disadvantaged off their knees and on to their\nfeet. \"\nCreated by the 1968 Human Resources Development Act, the department\nwill formally join the state's Human Relations Agency on Friday,\nOctober 31.\nHeaded by Gilbert L. Sheffield, it unites the state's Department\nof Employment, Service Center Program, Commission on Aging and Office\nof Economic Opportunity.\nWhile continuing the services presently provided by its components,\nHRD will focus greater attention on the special employment needs of\nthe state's disadvantaged areas.\nWithin the next few months, it will introduce HRD Centers to\n18 communities throughout the state. A \"new breed\" of civil servant--\nthe job agent--will be working out of these centers and California's\neight established Service Centers to give individual attention to\nspecified caseloads of clients with long histories of unemployment.\nA major goal of the new department, according to Governor Reagan,\nis to \"make jobs, not welfare, the accepted way of life for the less\nfortunate citizens of this state.\"\nSigning the official HRD effectuation document with the Governor\nwere Sheffield and Spencer Williams, Human Relations Agency secretary.\nSheffield, was named by Governor Reagan to direct HRD last February.\nTargeting on a January 1, 1970, activation deadline set by the\nlegislature, Sheffield brought the department into existence two months\nahead of schedule.\nSheffield described HRD as a department which \"will aim to get\nmaximum use out of our manpower dollars, without losing sight of our\nreal objective: To provide every Californian with an opportunity to\nshare in the affluence of our state\"\nHe said that HRD is operating with the same funding sources which\nits components had, and that the department's total staffing has not\nbeen increased by new programs or new positions such as the job agent.\nA total of 140 job agents will be at work by the first of the year,\nSheffield said. These were selected from a list of more than 4,000\ncandidates recruited in a campaign which centered in disadvantaged areas.\n\"The job agent will be the focal point of our new thrust, Sheffield\nadded.\n\"Our success will be measured by his ability to communicate\neffectively with his clients and to work in harmony with the employer\ncommunity,\" continued Sheffield, and added, \"Only with the full\nparticipation of the business community will our department be able to\nreach its goals.\"\n###\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE:\nImmediate\nSacramento, Californi\nContact:\nPaul Bec\n445-4571\n10-28-69\n#592\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement\non the formation of the California State Park Foundation:\n\"I am certain it is no secret to you that this administration\nactively encourages citizen participation in government.\n\"We believe that citizens who volunteer their creative talents\nas working partners of government can find the answers to many questions\nthat often baffle bureaucrats. And they can find these answers without\nsending another bill to the taxpayer.\n\"The California State Park Foundation which is opening for business\ntoday is a prime example of how citizens can become working partners\nwith government in a creative society.\n\"Until now, there have been many times when generous citizens\nhave wanted to contribute property to the Department of Parks and\nRecreation to expand our park system, to protect a wilderness area or\nto preserve a historical place. But under the law these gifts were\nlost because there was no machinery to handle them.\n\"Today, thanks to this foundation, we are taking a major step\ntoward preserving the things that God and man have given to this state.\n\"The foundation will be able to receive gifts of land, stocks and\nbonds, real and personal property--and even movie film--and use them to\nacquire and develop state parks.\n\"The foundation will have the flexibility to act in a matter of\ndays or weeks when previously, because of normal governmental procedures,\nit might have taken years.\n\"Through the foundation these gifts will provide funds for\ninterpretation, publications, research, planning and experimentation.\n\"It is a pleasure to welcome you--the directors of the California\nState Parks Foundation here today. And it is also a pleasure to announce\nthat the foundation has received its first gift.\n\"Appropriately the gift is film--some priceless footage from the\nold days at Hearst Castle in San Simeon, which will be shown to visitors\nat the Hearst San Simeon State Historical Monument.\n\"This film was taken by my old friend, Ken Murray, who has probably\ntaken more movies of Hollywood personalities than any major studio.\n\"Ken also has written a book on the early days at Hearst Castle.\nA portion of the money from the sale of his book will go to the foundation\n\"On behalf of the people of California, I thank you Ken.\"\n# # #\nWAS\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul B\n<\n445-4571\n10-28-69\n#593\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today formally announced the formation\nof the California State Park Foundation as \"a major step toward protecting\nthe things that God and man have given this state.\"\nThe Foundation, incorporated as a non-profit organization, is\nempowered to solicit and receive gifts for further development of the\nState Park System.\nAddressing the Board of Directors which held an organization\nmeeting in the Governor's office today to elect officers and adopt\nby-laws, Governor Reagan said, \"The Foundation is a prime example of\nhow citizens can become working partners with government in a creative\nsociety.\"\nThe Governor explained that in the past, there have been a number\nof occasions where people wished to contribute property to the\nDepartment of Parks and Recreation, bet because of present laws, the\nDepartment was unable to accept these gifts.\n\"Now, through the Foundation, it will be possible to receive\ngifts of land, stocks and bonds, real and personal property--and even\nmovie film--and use them to acquire and develop state parks.\"\nGovernor Reagan also acknowledged receipt of the first gift to\nthe Foundation, some priceless movie !footage taken in the early days of\nthe Hearst San Simeon State Historical Monument. The film was put\ntogether from home movies and shows the late William Randolph Hearst and\nmany of the early day Hollywood stars. The film will be used in the\nmovie theatre at Hearst so that people touring the Monument can see it.\nKen Murray, actor, Hollywood producer and a Director of the\nFoundation, contributed the movie. Murray also will be publishing a\nbook soon on the early days at Hearst Monument with many never-before-\npublished pictures. He has provided for a portion of the money from\nthe sale of the book to go into the Foundation.\nServing OR the Board of Directors are John P. Elsbach, Beverly\nHills; Arthur J. Kates, Pacific Palisades; Joseph Long, Orinda; Carl\nMcConnell, Redding; Ken Murray, Beverly Hills; Robert Nahas, Fiedmont;\nW. Allen Perry, San Diego; Robert H. Power, Nut Tree; and Mrs. Marlin H.\nShirley, Pomona.\n####\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVEP OR\nRELE E: Immediate\nSacramento, Californ 3 95814\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571 10-28-69\n#594\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of\nFrank R. Coit of Fresno to a four year term on the State Reclamation\nBoard.\nCoit, owner of Coit Ranch, Inc., of Mendota, will receive a\nsalary of $20 per meeting and necessary expenses.\nHe succeeds Kenneth Groefsema of El Nido, who has resigned.\nCoit lives at 1095 West Roberts Avenue, Fresno. He is a\nRepublican.\n#####\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Califr nia 95814\nContact: Paul Bec\n445-4571 10-28-69\n#595\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of\nRonzo D. (Bud) Hawley of Adelanto to a four year term on the\nRegional Water Quality Control Board, Lahontan Region.\nHawley, a Republican, is coordinator of production and safety\nfor a Riverside cement company.\nHe will serve as industrial waste representative on the board.\nThe post pays no salary.\nHawley succeeds Emmett D. Lemon of Boron whose term has\nexpired.\nActive in civic affairs, Hawley has served as a member of\nAdelanto Elementary School Board, the Advisory Board of the San\nBernardino County Water Works and as a coordinator for the Junior\nAchievement program in the Victor Valley area.\nHe attended Whittier College, the University of Southern\nCalifornia, the University of California at Los Angeles and\nU.C. at Riverside.\nHawley and his wife live at 11280 Crippen Street, Adelanto.\nThey have two daughters.\n#### ###\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Californ\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n10-29-69\n#596\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointments of\nNorman H. Caldwell of Santa Barbara and Willard T. Branson of Carmel\nValley to four year terms on the Regional Water Quality Control Board,\nCentral Coastal Region.\nCaldwell, director of Public Works for Santa Barbara County and\nSanta Barbara County Water Agency Engineer, will serve as municipalities\nrepresentative on the board. He succeeds William B. Cater of Santa\nBarbara, whose term has expired.\nA graduate of the University of California, Caldwell holds a\nMaster of Science degree from the California Institute of Technology.\nHe and his wife Ruth have two daughters. The family home is\nat 1750 Hillcrest Road, Santa Barbara.\nBranson, manager of a Monterey insurance firm, has served as\nchairman of the Monterey County Probation Department and is a member\nof the Monterey County Planning Commission. He will represent counties\non the board, succeeding Anthony J. Greich of Saratoga, who has resigned.\nBranson received his education at Hartnell College in Salinas and\nthe University of Nevada at Reno.\nBoth men are Republicans. They will receive necessary expenses.\n# # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Noon - October 30, 1969\nSacramento, Californi\nContact:\nPaul Bec\nPLEASE GUARD GAINST PREMATURE\n445-4571\n10-30-69\nRELEASE.\n#597\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today that his administration will\nreach its goal of putting fully into effect an ambitious program of\nstaffing standards at California institutions for the mentally ill by\nnext June 30--four years ahead of schedule.\nThe program, begun early last year, uses a set of staffing standards\ndrawn up by a blue-ribbon committee headed by Dr. Stuart Knox, chairman\nof the Mental Health Committee of the California Medical Association.\nThe committee, representing medical, nursing, psychological, and other\nprofessional citizens' organizations, presented their recommendations to\nthe State Senate in 1967.\nIn remarks prepared for delivery before a luncheon meeting of Town\nHall West in Los Angeles, Governor Reagan noted that the new standards\nwere \"praised highly by the health professions and by members of both\npolitical parties, Even so,\" he said, \"some, letting bias be their\nguide, predicted we would never adopt those standards, let alone even\ntry to meet them.\n\"But, in February of last year, he continued, \"after a careful\nstudy of the new standards, California Director of Mental Hygiene,\nDr. James Lowry, began the development of a new program which would\nachieve the standards within five years---100 percent of standard by 1974.\n\"Today, I can announce to you that we will reach the 100 percent\nmark in our hospitals for the mentally ill by June 30, 1970 four years\nahead of schedule.\"\nGovernor Reagan said, \"When we took office, the same staffing\nstandards which had been adopted back in 1952 for the mentally ill were\nin effect. Yet even those had never been achieved, despite the fact they\nhad been criticized consistently by professional and lay advisory groups\nin the field of mental hygiene.\"\nHe recalled that for 100 years, floor space per patient in the state\nsystem had been allocated on a basis of 55 square feet or less. \"This\nisn't much when you realize that the bed itself takes up 30 square feet,\nand a one-foot aisle around the bed takes up another 15 square feet. In\n1967 we asked Dr. Lowry to establish a 70-square feet per bed patient\nallocation, as recommended by organizations such as the American Hospital\nAssociation and American Medical Association. The 70-square feet\nallocation is now in effect in all of our state mental hospitals.\"\n- 1 -\n#597\nThe Governor said that California is now \"a recognized leader\nin the field of mental hygiene\nnumber one in all the 50 states.\"\nHe noted that \"experts from all over the world and from other states\ncome here to see what we are doing. For example, just recently, a\ndelegation of mental hygiene experts from Japan visited our facility,\nincluding the world-famous Neuro-Psychiatric Institute at U.C.L.A.\nThey came because they regard California's program as a model.\"\nGovernor Reagan pointed out that during the last year of the\nprevious state administration, California was spending an average of\n$14.64 a day on each mentally ill patient.\n\"That level has been raised and, during the current fiscal year,\nit is $18.73 for each patient. This is more than any other major\nstate spends per patient in hospitals for the mentally ill.\"\nThe following are additional excerpts of the governor's address:\n\"It is not easy to be dispassionate about mental health. It deals\nwith human misery and personal anguish unhappy people and unfortunate\ncircumstances.\n- la -\n#597\n\"One thing is sure: those who would use it for whatever partisan\nadvantage they can hope to gain hit more than their political target.\nThey do a disservice to the afflicted and the helpless, to their families\nand friends, and to the public.\n\"The 18 thousand state employees who daily go far beyond the call\nof duty to give the best possible care to those who are mentally ill or\nretarded deserve much better than the discouragement of hearing their\nefforts belittled by those who either don't know or don't care.\n\"For our administration, mental hygiene is a high priority area.\nSince we took office in 1967 during the same period that we have been\ncutting costs in most of the operations under the control of the\nexecutive branch we have increased the state's spending on mental\nhealth programs in both mental illness and mental retardation. The total\nbudget for the department of mental hygiene has increased from $213\nmillion the year our administration arrived to $275 million for the\npresent year.\n\"Some years ago the Short-Doyle Act marked a great forward step in\nthe treatment of the mentally ill. Though we called our institutions\nhospitals, they served more as warehouses where we stored the victims of\nmental illness, usually for life. The Short-Doyle Act was designed to\nmake them truly hospitals with a healing mission.\n\"Very simply, they were to accept and diagnose patients, give\ntreatment and where possible return them to their homes. To facilitate\nthis, local or regional health care centers were to be established where\nthese returnees from the hospitals would be treated as outpatients while\nliving a reasonably normal and useful life. Several state supported\nlocal centers were established but they were only to serve until the\ncounties could take over with the state providing 75 percent of the costs.\n\"In January of 1967 when this administration assumed office, we found\nthat the hospital population had gone down from 37,500 in 1959 to 22,000.\nNo effort had been made to readjust the hospital personnel and the state\nstill was maintaining its outpatient clinics while supporting the county\ncenters in many instances on a 50-50 basis instead of the promised 75-25.\nThere was no question but that the Short-Doyle program was a success but\ncould be even more so with full implementation. For one thing the cost\nof treating the outpatients was only a fraction of the hospital costs.\n- 2 -\n#597\n\"We ordered a freeze on the ratio of patients to staff and the\nelimination of the state centers. In Los Angeles, for example, the state\ncenter was treating 1200 patients; the county 18,000. It was time to\ncarry out the original intent of the program.\n\"From the first moment we started to speed up the implementation\nof Short-Doyle Act, the hysterical charge that we were simple carrying\non an economy program at the expense of the mentally ill was raised and\ncontinues to this day.\nEven incidents occurring at the hospitals for the mentally retarded\nare hailed as examples of the cruelty of our misguided economies. This,\nin spite of the fact that the treatment staff for the mentally retarded\nwas never reduced and, in fact, has been substantially increased.\n\"Let's set the record straight about the supposed economies in\nmental health.\n\"In January, 1967, there were 41 local mental health care centers\ntreating 128,000 patients with the state paying $15 million of the cost.\nToday, there are 53 treating 158,000 patients and the state is providing\n$53 million. Last year the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act was added to\nShort-Doyle and the state is now paying 90 percent of the cost of the\ncounty clinics. The figure of 22,000 hospitalized patients we had two\nyears ago is now down to 14,000--the lowest since 1928. And, by June\nof 1970, it will be 12,300.\n\"By contrast, New York has 66,000 hospitalized patients in this\ncategory.\n\"Indeed, the Short-Doyle and the Lanterman-Petris-Short acts are\nbeing copied throughout the nation.\n\"The decline in the patient population has had a beneficial impact\non those patients who have remained in the hospitals and those who are\nbeing admitted, It has meant that the staff-patient ratio has been\nincreased and thus the staff time for patient care has also been\nincreased. For example, in July of 1966 there were 3.3 patients for each\nemployee on the ward nursing staff at the state hospitals for the mentally\nill. Today, this has improved so that now there are only 2.7 patients\nfor each treatment employee.\n\"There has been some speculation that the Lanterman-Petris-Short\nAct will eventually mean the end of a state hospital system for the\nmentally ill. The state hospitals will not cease to exist. But, there\nwill be fewer of them and those which continue will provide for those\npatients who do require institutionalized treatment on a more or less\npermanent basis. They will be an integral part of a single, and effective\nstatewide mental health care system.\n- 3 -\n#597\n\"We inherited a Ludget which provided $50.9 million for care of the\nretarded; our current budget provides $62.5 million. We have increased\nby 933 the number of authorized treatment positions (doctors, nurses,\ntherapists).\n\"Five years ago, the waiting list for admissions to the hospitals\nfor the retardedtotalled 815. By October 1, of this year, the waiting\nlist had dropped to 261.\n\"There are two basic reasons for this progress:\n\"First, the emphasis on community, non-institutional programs of\ntreatment and rehabilitation.\n\"And second, the outstanding new programs for more than 1,000\nmentally retarded patients at Agnew, Camarillo and Napa State hospitals\nwhich once were facilities only for the mentally ill. These advanced\nprograms will enable us to relieve some overcrowded situations at other\nmental retardation facilities.\n\"But, perhaps the most exciting development in the field of mental\nretardation is one which will not help those who are presently in our\nhospitals but which will eventually develop the way to diminish the\nincidence of mental retardation, if not eliminate it entirely. This is\nthe establishment of the state department of mental hygiene's research\ncenter on the U.C.L.A. campus. It was just dedicated on October 15.\nIt is under the direction of Dr. George Tarjan, world renowned leader\nin this field.\n\"There are still gaps in our knowledge about retardation and without\nresearch we will lose in the long run. We are committed to a strong,\ncontinuing research program which will, we hope, within not too many\nyears help us reach the goal of eliminating retardation.\n\"Back in 1968, while some were making loud noises about what was and\nwas not being done, we issued a 14-point master program for mental hygiene\nin California. We didn't really intend to keep it a secret but it turned\nout that way. We called for two new mental retardation regional centers\n(four were actually authorized, three are now in full operation and six\nmore are being organized). We also created a Board of Medical Visitors\nfor each state mental hospital to insure on-going surveys and streamlined\nthe administrative functions of the department of mental hygiene.\n- 4 -\n#597\n\"Now let me touch briefly on the 12,000 patients in our state\nhospitals for the mentally retarded. For, irresponsible attacks have\nbeen disturbing to the parents and family particularly of retarded\nyoungsters.\n\" When we took office, the hospitals for the mentally retarded were\nstill on the obsolete 1952 standards which, as I mentioned, we replaced\nwith the professionally acceptable 1967 standards. In August of this\nyear we reached 81 percent of those higher staffing standards and we\nexpect to reach our target of 100 percent of those new standards by 1973.\nStandards of care for the mentally retarded in state hospitals are at\nan all-time high in California.\n\"Our goal has always been and continues to be to reduce the\nincidence of mental retardation through research; to increase the quality\nof care for the severely handicapped who must remain in state facilities,\nand to greatly expand regional diagnostic, counselling and service centers\nfor mentally retarded patients. The record of progress during the past\nthree years reflects that commitment.\n\"It is not easy to find and keep employees to fill the budgeted\npositions. Our hospitals are far from the cities usually and it takes\na special kind of person with a great love of humanity. Yes, we get\npeople who don't fill that requirement and as a result there are\nsometimes unfortunate incidents but in the main those who have chosen\nthis work are dedicated people and they have been doing a truly wonderful\nwork here in our state. That is why my impatience becomes downright\nanger when someone tries to belittle or ignore the progress being made\nby them, as well as the volunteer groups, and the taxpayers who foot the\nbill.\n\"Why do they do it? Why do they give of themselves and their time\nand their love---far beyond the call of duty? Perhaps it is their deep\ndesire to alleviate suffering and to care for those who would not otherwis\nbe cared for. Perhaps it is their way of returning the love that others\nhave given them. And perhaps it is the thrill of seeing someone pull\nhimself back from the brink of destruction and climb back to a normal\nhappy life.\n- 5 -\n#597\n\"Now let me touch briefly on the 12,000 patients in our state\nhospitals for the mentally retarded. For, irresponsible attacks have\nbeen disturbing to the parents and family particularly of retarded\nyoungsters.\n\" When we took office, the hospitals for the mentally retarded were\nstill on the obsolete 1952 standards which, as I mentioned, we replaced\nwith the professionally acceptable 1967 standards. In August of this\nyear we reached 81 percent of those higher staffing standards and we\nexpect to reach our target of 100 percent of those new standards by 1973.\nStandards of care for the mentally retarded in state hospitals are at\nan all-time high in California.\n\"Our goal has always been and continues to be to reduce the\nincidence of mental retardation through research; to increase the quality\nof care for the severely handicapped who must remain in state facilities,\nand to greatly expand regional diagnostic, counselling and service centers\nfor mentally retarded patients. The record of progress during the past\nthree years reflects that commitment.\n\"It is not easy to find and keep employees to fill the budgeted\npositions. Our hospitals are far from the cities usually and it takes\na special kind of person with a great love of humanity. Yes, we get\npeople who don't fill that requirement and as a result there are\nsometimes unfortunate incidents but in the main those who have chosen\nthis work are dedicated people and they have been doing a truly wonderful\nwork here in our state. That is why my impatience becomes downright\nanger when someone tries to belittle or ignore the progress being made\nby them, as well as the volunteer groups, and the taxpayers who foot the\nbill.\n\"Why do they do it? Why do they give of themselves and their time\nand their love far beyond the call of duty? Perhaps it is their deep\ndesire to alleviate suffering and to care for those who would not otherwis\nbe cared for. Perhaps it is their way of returning the love that others\nhave given them. And perhaps it is the thrill of seeing someone pull\nhimself back from the brink of destruction and climb back to a normal\nhappy life.\n- 5 -\n#597\n\"In\nall\nof\nour\nprograms\nat both the hospitals for the mentally\nill and the retarded, there are thousands of volunteers. Last year,\nat Pacific State hospital, volunteers gave more than 25,000 hours to\nthe patients; at Sonoma, more than 50,000. Men and women of all ages\ngrandparents, housewives, college and high school students are giving\ntender loving care which is, perhaps, the most important gift of all\nespecially to those who live in darkness and feel uncertain and unwanted.\n\"We have come a long way since 1851 when the California state\nlegislature appropriated the funds for the establishment of Stockton\nState hospital the first institution for the mentally ill west of the\nRocky Mountains. We have come a long way from the warehouses and the\nsnake pits, and the public attitudes which shunned the mentally ill and\nretarded as something evil, possessed and diseased. We are making\nprogress never as much as we'd like, but we can see the light at the\nend of the tunnel.\nAnd much of this has been because we did save money on typewriter\nribbons so we could use it to help human beings.\"\n#########\nn,\nEJG\n- 6 -\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE:\nmate\nSacramento, Californ\na\nContact:\nPaul B k\n445-4571\n10-31-69\n#598\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of\nSan Diego attorney Ross G. Tharp to the San Diego Judicial District\nMunicipal Court bench.\nTharp, a Republican, will receive an annual salary of $28,126.\nHe succeeds Judge Luther Hussey, who has retired.\nA former San Diego City Councilman, Tharp is active in numerous\ncivic, service and legal organizations.\nHe is a graduate of the Loyola University Law School in Los\nAngeles.\nTharp and his wife Charlotte have five children. The family\nhome is in San Diego.\n# # # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nMEMO TO THE\n<ESS\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n10-31-69\n#599\nFor your information, Governor Reagan will leave\nLos Angeles Saturday afternoon, November 1, for New York\nwhere he will stay overnight before departing for London.\nA tentative press conference is scheduled for\nNovember 3 in London.\nOn November 6, he will speak before the Institute\nof Directors at Albert Hall in London.\nHe also will speak on November 10 to the British\nNational Export Council for the purpose of expanding\ntrade between California and England.\nThe governor will spend November 7, 8 and 9 in\nParis. Mrs. Reagan will accompany him on the trip.\n# # #\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVE\nOR\nRELEASE: ATURDAY, P.Ms.\nSacramento, California\nNovember 1, 1969\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n10-31-69\n#600\nGovernor Ronald Reagan, ticking off a long list of accomplishments\nby his administration through \"good management and common sense, said\ntoday that California taxpayers have received direct and indirect tax\nrelief totaling $1.28 billion since 1967.\nIn remarks prepared for delivery before the Republican State Central\nCommittee's annual convention at Anaheim, the governor said California\nwas \"the only state in the nation to reduce state income taxes this\nyear\nand the only state of major size that did not increase taxes in\n1968 or 1969.\n\"And, there will be no tax increase in 1970,\" he promised. \"The\ntaxpayers have had it up to here. They've been forgotten too long.\nIt's time somebody started thinking about their interests too.\"\nHe said that since he has been in office, \"I've vetoed more than\n$330 million in bills which would have required an increase in taxes to\npay for them.\"\nReferring to \"all the political noise the opposition is making as\nit tries to crank up its machine for next year, he said:\n\"It's not just that the Democrats are troublemakers. It's just that\nfor so long they've been used to having their own way that they can't\nunderstand it when somebody comes along and says we've got to stop\nspending so much of the taxpayers' money.\n\"When something comes along which has savings on it, instead of a\ntax tag, they get all confused.\"\nThe governor said that as a result of efforts by his administration\nand Republican legislators in Sacramento during the past two and one half\nyears, the California taxpayer has received:\n--A $70 cash refund on his property taxes\n--A permanent $750 per dwelling property tax exemption.\n--Double standard state income tax deductions to provide tax relief\nfor renters.\n--A special program of property tax relief for low income older\ncitizens, and reduced rates in the lowest state income tax bracket.\n--Abolition of the personal property tax on household effects.\n--A 30 percent reduction in the business inventory tax.\n--A 10 percent one-time rebate on individual income taxes next April.\n- 1 -\n#600\n\"All this, = he said, \"adds up to $633 million in direct tax relief,\nplus another $651 million in indirect tax relief, including increased\nschool aid which otherwise would have had to be raised at the local level.\n\"That comes to a total direct and indirect tax relief of $1.28\nbillion!\"\nHe noted that even though the Republican majority in the legislature\nis very slim, \"We've been able to get things done this year with our\nmajority which were killed in committee or on the floor in 1967 and 1968\nwhen the Democrats were at the reins.\n\"While we haven't done everything we want to do, and we haven't done\neverything we're going to do, we have made real progress in getting the\nstate pointed in the right direction, despite the two-year opposition\ncontrol of the legislature I've already mentioned.\"\nThe governor said, \"If we had continued the growth of state employees\nwhich we found when we arrived, there would today\nbe 15,000 more\nemployees than in 1967.\n\"Yet, at the start of this fiscal year, there were only 657 more\nstate employees than three years ago.\n\"And, by next year at this time, we believe that the number of\nemployees will be less than when we started without any reduction in\nthe quality of state services and during a period when California's\npopulation will have grown by well over a million.\"\nHe cited as an example, a 30 percent workload increase in the\nDepartment of Motor Vehicles, \"and, yet the department still has the same\nnumber of employees as when we started. It used to take 39 days to\nprocess a driver's license, after you applied for it. Now, you get it in\n10 days.\" he said.\nHe told his audience that by applying private sector standards for\noffice space, \"we have reduced the amount of floor space occupied by\nstate government by 22 percent.\n\"Using competitive bidding in the purchasing of state supplies,\nCalifornia is now buying some of the same supplies as the federal\ngovernment at 30 to 42 percent less than the federal government is paying.\n\"Modernization of the state's filing system has saved $275,000.\nConsolidating most of the state's telephone switchboards has saved\nanother $121,000 \" he said.\n- 2 -\n#600\n\"While such items may not sound like much, when you put them all\ntogether they mean that we have been able to shave the annual cost of\ngovernment by $187 million---and made one-time savings of $24 million,\"\nhe added.\nGovernor Reagan disputed \"charges by some who charge that all we're\ninterested in is economy\nthat we've neglected the human side of\ngovernment\nthat we lack compassion.\n\"Last year,\" he said, \"California moved up from eleventh to second\namong the states in the rehabilitation of the physically handicapped.\nThose who have been rehabilitated during the course of this administratior\nare now earning $66 million a year. In seven years their income taxes\nalone will pay back the entire cost of their rehabilitation.\n\"In the field of mental hygiene, the state's budget was $213 million\nthree years ago. Today it's $275 million. We have increased the state's\nshare of the community mental health program by 300 percent during the\nsame period from $15 to $53 million.\n\"Just two days ago, I was proud to announce that our administration\nwill reach the goal of putting fully into effect an ambitious program of\nstaffing standards at California institutions for the mentally ill by\nnext June 30---four years ahead of schedule.\n\"As you may know, last year we junked the obsolete staffing standards\nwe inherited from the previous state administration in our hospitals\nfor the mentally ill and mentally retarded. During the 16 years of their\nexistence, even these obsolete standards had never been achieved. Our\nopponents said we would never adopt the new standards, let alone implement\nthem. Well, they were wrong. Incidentally, the new standards have\nbrought high praise from both the nursing and medical professions.\n\"We have opened or authorized nine regional diagnostic and\ncounselling centers for the mentally retarded, doubled to $5 million the\nstate appropriation for community clinics, and increased the medical staffs\nat the state hospitals for the retarded by 933 positions.\"\nIn the area of consumer protection, Governor Reagan said that more\nthan a dozen Republican-sponsored laws were enacted this year to help\nthe buying public---ranging from protecting the citizen whose credit cards\nwere stolen to attacking the problem of unsolicited junk-mail advertising.\nHe also called the \"quality of our environment\none of our most\nimportant challenges. Talk is fine, but we have been doing something\nabout it.\"\n- 3 -\n#600\nHe cited the establishment of the State Air Resources Board as an\nexample. \"We gave the board new powers to enforce the air pollution\nregulations we passed. Those regulations are the toughest in the nation--\nso tough we had to fight the federal government to get them. Senator\nGeorge Murphy led that fight for the waiver that let us go ahead with\nour tougher laws, and now Detroit is manufacturing their cars to\nCalifornia standards,\" he said.\nThe governor also pointed to:\n-Administration experiments with motor vehicles powered by steam\nand propane gas \"to see if we can find a satisfactory substitute for the\ninternal combustion engine.\"\n--Adoption of \"the nation's first program to control air pollution\nfrom jet aircraft.\"\n\"The first complete revision of California's water quality control\nlaws in 20 years.\"\n--Formation of a Joint Transportation-Resources Agency committee\n\"to protect esthetic and ecological values in planning all types of\npublic works from highways to reservoirs.\"\n--Creation of an Environmental Quality Study Council \"to find ways\nto protect the natural environment.\"\n--Establishment of a bi-state agency to protect Lake Tahoe.\nHe said, \"We were one of the first to call for passage of the bill\nto extend the protection and preservation of San Francisco Bay (BCDC). \"\nThe governor also noted his administration's 20-year plan to make\nsure that every Californian will be in easy driving distance of a state\npark. \"Between 1967 and 1969, we added 24,693 acres of new park land to\nthe system, he said.\nReferring to traffic safety, he said, \"We now have one of the best\nhighway safety programs in the country. Between 1967 and 1968,\nCalifornia's total traffic fatalities declined while the national rate\nwas going up five percent.\n\"This year, with Republican majorities in the legislature, we passed\na 'presumptive limits' law which sets the level of blood alcohol to help\napprehend drunk drivers,\" he said.\n\"And, in two years, we have increased the freeways and expressways\nby almost 500 miles while, at the same time, constantly increasing the\nnumber of highway patrolmen to man them, \" he added.\n- 4 -\n#600\nIn the area of crime, Governor Reagan said, \"This year, we\nRepublicans passed the most significant anti-crime legislation in more\nthan a decade.\n\"We passed two anti-pornography laws the first anti-smut laws to\nbe enacted in California in eight years\njust about the length of time\nthat Jesse Unruh was Speaker of the Assembly.\n\"We sought and supported tougher laws to crack down on the dope\npeddler and narcotics pusher. Working with the Republican leadership,\nwe passed laws increasing penalties for possession and sale of dangerous\ndrugs, laws that permit a school principal to expel or suspend students\ncaught selling narcotics on school grounds, and laws which prohibit\njuveniles under 18 from going to Mexico without the written consent of\ntheir parents or guardian.\"\nHe noted the establishment of the Interagency Council on Drug Abuse\nand the organization of a major Creative Society program on drug abuse\n\"which would have cost us $2 million---except that the private sector is\ncontributing the talent and the money to prepare the advertisements and\npublish the pamphlets.\n\"We also passed laws giving local authorities the power to control\ntopless and bottomless entertainment, laws to protect witnesses willing\nto testify on the activities of organized crime such as the Mafia, laws\nto add from five to 25 years to the prison sentences of persons convicted\nof specific crimes in which a deadly weapon was used, laws to increase\nthe penalties for rape, robbery and burglary if the victim suffers bodily\nharm, and laws making it illegal for unauthorized persons to carry loaded\nfirearms into schools or other public places, \" he said.\n\"In less than three years, we have passed more effective anti-crime\nlegislation than our predecessor did in all of his eight, \" he added.\nTurning to yet another subject, the governor said, \"Despite what\nyou may have heard, under this Republican administration, we are spending\nmore money for education in California than ever before.\n\"This year, in state subventions and other programs, we are spending\nalmost $1.6 million for local schools (Kindergarten through grade 14)\nincluding an increase of $120 million which we voluntarily included in\nthe budgets we presented to the legislature the first time a governor\nhad ever done such a thing.\n\"Ours is an all-time record increase in state support of elementary\nand high schools, and junior colleges, in a single year, \" he said.\n- 5 -\n#600\nOn public higher education, the governor pointed out that general\nfund support for the University of California and the state colleges has\nincreased from $414 million in 1967 to $638 million in the current\nfiscal year.\n\"Higher education has received an overall 54 percent increase over\nthe past three years, while all other state agencies have gone up only\n18 percent.\n\"While some may ask why we have increased state support for higher\neducation in the face of problems on certain campuses, I must answer that\nwe just don't believe it would be fair to penalize the thousands upon\nthousands of industrious, sincere students because of the anarchy and\nvandalism of those few teachers, students, and non-students, who seem\nintent on wrecking a system which has taken the taxpayers of the state\nyears of sacrifice and billions of dollars to build.\n\"Our record is clear: we will not put up with violence, or\ndestruction, or anarchy on our campuses. We will protect the rights and\nprovide the support for those who go to college to learn, and those who\nare there to teach.\n\"At the same time, we expect the administrators on those campuses---\nthe chancellors and the presidents and their staffs to see that the\nmaximum education is provided for the dollars spent, just as we expect\nfrom every other agency of government. The students should be their\nfirst priority, not their last, \" he said.\n########\nEJG\n-6-\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n10-31-69\n#601\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of Santa\nMonica attorney Edward Rafeedie to the Santa Monica Judicial District\nMunicipal Court bench.\nRafeedie, a Republican, will recieve an annual salary of $28,126.\nHe succeeds Judge Hector P. Baida, who retired in August.\nActive in numerous civic, service and legal organizations, Rafeedie\nis a member of the State Bar of California, the Santa Monica Bay\nDistrict Bar Association, the Los Angeles County Bar Association,\nDelta Theta Phi Law Fraternity, the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce,\nthe Ocean Park Association of Commerce, the Malibu Chamber of Commerce,\nthe Santa Monica Veterans' Service League, the Salvation Army and the\nCommunity Chest.\nHe attended Los Angeles City College and Santa Monica City\nCollege and received his law degree from the University of Southern\nCalifornia.\nRafeedie and his wife Ruth have two children. The family home is\nin Santa Monica.\n####\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Califor\na\nContact:\nPaul b sk\n445-4571\n10-31-69\n#602\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today commended the California Association of\nHighway Patrolmen for their no strike pledge and promised, \"as long\nas I am governor of this state, I will not permit any citizen of\nCalifornia at any time to be denied the vital police protection he\ndeserves.\"\nThe commendation by the governor was contained in a letter to the\nCalifornia Association of Highway Patrolmen following their pledge of\nsupport in a resolution adopted at the 48th Annual Traffic Safety\nConference.\nIn their resolution, the CAHP said:\n\"We the members of the CAHP do hereby affirm our position of\nsupport to the Governor of the State of California recognizing as\nprofessional police officers the needs of the citizens of California,\nand the position of Governor Reagan as Chief Administrative Officer.\n\"Therefore we pledge our support that no citizen will be without\npolice protection and we will continue to respond to the directions\nof the Governor.\"\nThe text of the governor's letter follows:\n\"I want to express my gratitude and commend the California\nAssociation of Highway Patrolmen for the responsibility and\nhigh sense of duty reflected in its recent Resolution which\nrejects a strike as contrary to the oath of a highway patrol-\nman and promises continued police protection to our citizens.\n\"The residents of Montreal unfortunately found out three weeks\nago what it means to be without police protection. Mobs of\nvandals, bank robbers, and hoodlums took advantage of a\npolice strike to create virtual chaos in the city. Even more\ndisturbing, \"good citizens\" participated in the looting and\nignored traffic regulations.\n\"As long as I am Governor of this State, I will not permit any\ncitizen of California at any time to be denied the vital police\nprotection he deserves. No one has the right to strike against\nthe public safety.\n\"The California Highway Patrol has long been recognized as one\nof the most professional law enforcement agencies in this\ncountry, and it enjoys the trust of all in California. Your\nResolution affirms this reputation and justifies that trust.'\n# # #\nVAS"
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