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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 -January 1970\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/\nRELEASE: su )AY A.Ms.\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nJanuary 4, 1970\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\nPLEASE GUARD AGAINST PREMATURE\n445-4571\n1-2-70\nRELEASE.\n#1\nA nine year old Palo Alto boy who wrote Governor Ronald Reagan that\nhe \"doesn't like what is going on around the state water project,\" is\ngoing to get a first-hand inspection of the project.\nThe boy, Kenny Fried of 707 De Soto Drive, Palo Alto, has been\ninvited by the governor to meet with him on Tuesday, January 27.\nState Resources Secretary Norman B. Livermore and State Water Project\nDirector William P. Gianelli will explain the water project to Kenny.\nKenny, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Fried, and his sister,\nSuzanne, 12, will meet briefly with the governor and his cabinet at\n10 a.m. and then be taken on a tour of some of the project facilities.\nIn his letter, dated November 25, Kenny wrote:\n\"Dear Governor Reagan, im nine years old and i do not like what is\ngoing on around the state water project. Sincerely, Kenny Fried.\"\nHere is the text of the governor's reply to Kenny:\n\"I have given a great deal of thought to the letter you wrote me,\nsaying that you did not like what was going on around the State Water\nProject. Although you are only nine years old, your thoughts are\nimportant to me because I try very hard to be the Governor of all the\npeople of California regardless of age.\n\"The boys and girls of your generation will, one day, be the men\nand women entrusted with the care of this state and dedicated, as we ar\nto making it a better place to live for all the generations to follow.\n\"I am very pleased to know that you are already aware of this f'\nresponsibility and that you are preparing yourself to be ready for :\n\"To help you in this effort, Kenny, I would like to invite you\nyour parents to come and see me in my office on Tuesday, January 27\n10 a.m. We could talk about your concerns for the state water proje\nand I will arrange to take you on a tour of some of the project\nfacilities. You will better understand the full benefits of our grea\nwater project if you see it in action.\"\n#######\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nMEMO TO THE\nESS\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n1-2-70\n#2\nGOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE\nJanuary 5, 1970\nthrough\nJanuary 11, 1970\nMonday, January 5\n11:45 a.m.\nSwearing-in of Verne Orr as Finance Director,\nGovernor's Council Room\nOvernight - Sacramento\nTuesday, January 6\n11:00 a.m.\nState of the State Message to Joint Session of\nLegislature, Assembly Chambers\nOvernight - Sacramento\nWednesday, January 7\nNo public appointments scheduled\nOvernight - Sacramento\nThursday, January 8\n10:00 a.m.\nPRESS CONFERENCE\nOvernight - Sacramento\nFriday, January 9\n9:00 a.m.\nArrive Resources Building for Fish and Game\nCommission meeting (Governor to receive\nfishing license No. 1)\nOvernight - Sacramento\nSaturday, January 10 - No public appointments scheduled\nSunday, January 11\nOvernight - Sacramento\n# # #\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE: Im diate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-2-70\n#3\nGovernor Ronald Reagan has announced the appointments of four new\nmembers to four-year terms on the California Council on Criminal Justice.\nThe new posts, created by the 1969 legislature to provide additional\nrepresentation by counties and cities on the council, pay actual and\nnecessary expenses.\nThe appointees are Ventura County Supervisor John T. Conlan, Compton\nMayor Douglas F. Dollarhide, Shasta County Supervisor Patrick G. LaPointe\nand Modesto City Councilman Raymond C. Simon.\nConlan, 45, a Republican, was appointed to the Ventura County Board\nof Supervisors in 1967 and re-elected in 1968. He has served as chairman\nof the Sub-Regional Criminal Justice Advisory Board and as a member of the\nsix county Regional Council on Criminal Justice Advisory Board. He lives\nat 1476 Suffolk Avenue, Thousand Oaks. He will represent supervisors on\nthe council.\nDollarhide, 46, a Democrat, was first elected to the Compton City\nCouncil in 1963. He served the previous administration as a member of\nthe State Planning Advisory Committee and the Area Coordinating Committee\nof Los Angeles Regional Transportation Committee.\nActive in numerous civic and service organizations, he is a past\npresident of the Compton N.A.A.C.P., and served as a member of the Compton\nCouncil on Human Relations and the Welfare Planning Council of the South\nBay Area.\nDollarhide will represent cities on the council. He lives at 201\nNorth Willbrook Avenue, Compton.\nLaPointe, 48, a Democrat, was elected to the Shasta County Board of\nSupervisors in 1969. He has served as chairman of Region 11 of the\nCalifornia Council on Criminal Justice, is a member of the Redding Police\nAuxiliary and the Shasta County Sheriff's Posse and is County Coordinator\nof the Governor's Conference on Youth and Children. LaPointe, who will\nrepresent supervisors, lives at 2199 Oxford Road, Redding.\nSimon, 38, a Republican, has served on the Modesto City Council since\n1967. Active in numerous civic and service organizations, he is vice\nchairman of the Regional Advisory Board on Criminal Justice and is a\nmember of the Professional Criminologists Association.\nIn 1966, he was named Modesto's \"Outstanding Young Man\" and the\nfollowing year was named to the Outstanding Young Men. of America by the\nAdvisory Board of Editors.\nSimon, who lives at 2816 Hampshire Lane, Modesto, will represent\ncity councilmen on the council.\n#######\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOP\nRELEASE: Imr diate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-2-70\n#4\nGovernor Ronald Reagan has announced the appointment of Jerome W.\nKomes, 58, of San Francisco, to a four-year term on the Commission on\nJudicial Qualifications.\nKomes, whose appointment requires Senate confirmation, is executive\nvice president of the Bechtel Corporation. He will succeed Benjamin\nSwig, who has resigned. The post pays necessary expenses.\nA Republican, Komes is active in numerous civic, service and\nprofessional groups, including the Middle East Institute, the American\nWelding Society, the World Affairs Council of Northern California, the\nSociety for Asian Art and the Bay Area Regional Council of the Near East\nFoundation.\nHe and his wife Flora live at 2006 Washington Street, San Francisco.\nThey have two sons and a daughter.\n#######\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nRELEASE: It....ediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-2-70\n#5\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced a major breakthrough in his\nadministration's efforts to obtain 1,200 acres of U.S. Forest Service\nland at the Squaw Valley ski lift complex near Lake Tahoe.\nHe said the acquisition will enable the state to move toward\nsatisfying a legislative mandate which called for divestiture of property\nand facilities paid for by the state to stage the 1960 Winter Olympics.\nThe legislation, authored by Assemblyman Eugene Chappie (R-Cool), was\npassed by the 1967 legislature.\nIn order to obtain the Squaw Valley property, as well as additional\nacreage at Plumas-Eureka State Park and at three Upper Feather River\nReservoirs, the state will transfer a portion of its submerged and upland\nproperty at Davis, Antelope and Frenchman lakes to the U.S. Forest Service\nThe lands being exchanged are of comparable value.\nDeeds to the new state property will be presented to Governor Reagan\nby Regional Forester Jack Dienema and Deputy Regional Forester Joe Flynn\nof the U.S. Forest Service January 7 at 11:30 a.m. in the governor's\noffice (press coverage is invited).\nThe governor noted that in order for the administration to be in a\nposition to comply with the legislative mandate on Squaw Valley, it was\nnecessary for the state to gain control of Forest Service land on which\nmost of the state's ski lifts and facilities are located. Heretofore,\nthe lifts have been operated on lands under a special land use permit\ngranted by the Forest Service.\nThe state already owns 15 acres and has a permanent lease on 30\nmore at Squaw Valley, immediately adjacent to the Forest Service property,\nAcquisition of the additional Squaw Valley property will permit the\nstate to consolidate its holdings, providing a saleable package for\ninterested investors.\nGovernor Reagan said the administration will soon send to the\nlegislature a full report on the status of the state's interests at Squaw\nValley, and details of the U.S. Forest Service-State land transfer.\nThe property exchange includes:\n1) Forest Service land transferred to the state:\n--1,204 acres at Squaw Valley\n--2,119 acres at Plumas-Eureka State Park\n--41 acres underlying dams at Davis, Antelope and Frenchman lakes\nfor use by the Department of Water Resources in operating these reservoirs.\n2) State land transferred to the Forest Service\n--7,000 acres of submerged and upland property at Frenchman,\nAntelope and Davis reservoirs.\n######\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-5-70\nCORRECTION\nRe Press Release #677, dated 12-17-69:\nThe name of the second appointee listed should be\nDr. Wheeler James North instead of Dr. James N.\nWheeler.\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER\nR\nRELEASE: 1 ediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-5-70\n#6\nGovernor Ronald Reagan has announced the reappointments of\nEarnest M. Smith of Glen Ellen and Herbert G. Osborne of Fullerton to\nfour-year-terms on the Water Quality Advisory Committee.\nSmith, a Democrat, is county government representative on the\ncommittee and Osborne, a Republican, is public sewage disposal\nrepresentative. The posts pay actual and necessary expenses.\nSmith, a retired businessman and rancher, lives in Glen Ellen.\nHis address is P. O. Box 418.\nOsborne, Orange County Water Pollution Engineer, lives\nat 1225 Crestview Drive, Fullerton.\n# # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE: I ediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-5-70\n#7\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of\ntwo new members to the non-statutory Educational Radio and Television\nAdvisory Committee for California.\nUnder a reorganization plan, proposed by the Reagan administrat\nand approved by the 1969 legislature, the new committee replaces the\nstatutory Television Advisory Committee.\nUnder the plan, the office of Television Coordinator was\neliminated at a saving to taxpayers of $50,322 on the recommendation\nof Raymond Reid, the committee's former executive secretary.\nThe new committee will continue to serve the educational\nneeds of the state under the Department of General Services and will\nmake recommendations to the federal government on allocations of federal\nfunds to the educational television and radio stations in Califomia.\nThe new members are Dr. James Loper, General Manager of\nCommunity Television of Southern California, KCET-TV, Los Angeles,\nand Dr. Warren Wade, manager of the Santa Clara County Educational\nStation, KTEH-TV.\nOther committee members are:\nDr. Gary N. Hess, coordinator of educational TV at the\nUniversity of California at Santa Barbara;\nDr. Herman J. Sheffield, superintendent of the Ventura City\nJunior College District;\nDr. Robert A. Thornton, dean of natural sciences of San\nFrancisco State College;\nHarry Diner of Corte Madera, account executive with KPIX,\nSan Francisco;\nPercy Holliday, Napa County Superintendent of Schools; and\nNorman C. Cissna. Eureka attorney.\n# # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE:\nTUESDAY, P.Ms.\nSacramento, California\nJanuary 6, 1970\nContact:\nPaul Beck\nPLEASE GUARD AGAINST PREMATURE\n445-4571\n1-5-70\nRELEASE.\n#8\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today called on the people of California to\nhelp him \"make the decade of the seventies a benchmark in man's search\nfor a better world- a return to the original purpose and spirit of\nAmerica.'\nIn his annual \"State-of-the-State Message\" to a joint session of\nthe legislature, the governor said \"The 'Spirit of the 70s' must be on\nquality rather than quantity.\n\"Our task for the seventies is not more government, but better\ngovernment\nmore responsive to the citizenry, so that once again the\nindividual citizen can exercise control over the affairs of state.\n\"The new decade, he said, \"introduces its own imperatives, and\nstirs our souls for a new spirit. Dare we imagine what the 1970s could\nbe if the spirit of those first American seventies\nthe\n1770s\ncould\nbe reawakened in our land?\"\nHe challenged the young people of our society\n\"those who want to\nserve and become meaningfully involved, those who are really looking for\naction to seek it \"by working within the system, reforming it, making\nit more responsive to the citizenry, and helping to get it out of our\npockets and off our backs.\"\nThe governor cited \"the need, indeed the absolute necessity, to hold\ndown\nthe\ncost\nof\ngovernment\nthe need to bring government to heel.'\nRecalling the words of a former president at the beginning of the\nlast decade, the governor said: \"Now on the threshold of a new decade\nwe might well add, 'Ask also what we can do for ourselves. Ask what we\ncan do to solve the problems of human misery without waiting for another\ngovernment program.'\n\"The imperatives of the seventies, he said, \"should bind us\ntogether in a common effort. They demand a common commitment greater\nthan any personal ambition and stronger than any partisanship.\"\nGovernor Reagan emphasized \"the absolute necessity of waging an\nall-out war against the debauching of our environment,\" and committed\nhis administration to a continuing program \"to preserve the magic of\nCalifornia,\"\n- 1 -\n#8\nYet, he said, \"We must avoid those extremes on either end which\ncould destroy our state, Progress and preservation are compatible; it\nis the refusal to work together for the proper balance that is\nincompatible with the spirit of the seventies.\n\"We must be concerned about the quality of our environment; we must\nalso be concerned with the quality of government, and the integrity of\nthose who serve in it.\"\nHe promised that again this year he will propose conflict-of-\ninterest legislation which will give California \"the most comprehensive\nlaws of any state.\"\nIn the consumer protection field, he said his administration will\n\"accelerate programs to protect the consumer from the possibility of\nthe unscrupulous entrepreneur,\" including a reorganization proposal\nwhich would create within state government a Department of Consumer\nAffairs, \"the first of its kind in the nation.\"\nTo fight the growing problems caused by drug abuse and narcotics,\nhe said he will create a State Office of Narcotics and Drug Abuse\nCoordination. He noted that his administration has \"already embarked\non a widescale public education campaign to bring the facts of the horrors\nof drug abuse to our young people. This is a war we intend to escalate\nand win, \" he said.\nAs a part of \"a new strategy\" against crime and violence, he said\nhe will propose \"an immediate major in-depth study of all correctional\nprocesses in California.\"\nHe said the state \"must be permitted to develop and implement a new\napproach\" to public assistance- \"for welfare's purpose should be to\neliminate, as far as possible, the need for its own existence.\" He cited\nthe newly created Department of Human Resources Development as \"a good\nstart in that direction.\"\nThe governor also said he will propose the organization of a new,\nstreamlined Department of Health ''so that we can more effectively administe.\nand control the Medi-Cal program which, like welfare, is one of the major\nand fastest rising costs of state government.\"\nHe said \"education is still the high priority, and called for a\n\"tax reform package, this session to help finance schools and at the\nsame time provide relief from the far-too-heavy property tax burden.\"\nReferring to higher education, he said, \"We must achieve a greater\nmeasure of accountability from these public institutions a greater\neffectiveness in the management and priority of expenditures.\n\"Faculty members and administrators must continually remind\nthemselves---or be reminded---that their fundamental purpose is to provide\nthe conditions for effective learning, and to give the students the\nfirst priority. The student must not be forgotten in the competition\nfor the academic establishment's drive for prestige and power\" he said.\n#######\nEJG\n- 2 -\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Im mediate\nSacramento, Californi\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-7-70\n#9\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of\nRichard H. Houts, chief engineer of the Los Angeles County Fire\nDepartment and County Forester and Fire Warden, to a four-year-term\non the California State Disaster Council.\nHouts, 45, a Republican, will represent fire services on the\ncouncil, which advises the Governor on policy determinations on civil\ndefense and disaster programs.\nHe succeeds Keith Klinger of San Gabriel who has resigned.\nThe post pays actual and necessary expenses.\nA native of Los Angeles, Houts joined the department in\n1942 as a forest fireman and, after World War II service with the\nAir Force, returned to duty and advanced through the ranks to his\npresent position.\nIn addition to serving as Los Angeles County Fire Department\nEngineer, County Forester and Fire Warden, he holds the post of Chief\nEngineer of Fire Protection Districts of Los Angeles County.\nHis duties make him responsible for the fire protection of\na total population of nearly two million who live in a 2,161 square\nmile area.\nHe is a member of the California Fire Chiefs Association, the\nCalifornia Rural Fire Association, the California State Firemen's\nAssociation, the International Association of Fire Chiefs and the\nWestern Fire Chiefs Association.\nHouts and his wife Audrey have three children. The family\nhome is at 642 North Morris Avenue, West Covina.\n# # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRelease: Immediate\nSacramento, Califor 3\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-8-70\n#10\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced plans for an intensive study\nof California's overall correctional system under auspices of the State\nBoard of Corrections.\nHe will issue an executive order establishing a special commission\nto carry out the study, which is expected to be completed within a year.\nThe special commission will be composed of the State Board of Corrections\naugmented by the Corrections and Juvenile Delinquency task forces of the\nCalifornia Council on Criminal Justice.\nThe Governor proposed the in-depth study in his State-of-the-State\nmessage.\nGovernor Reagan said the $266,000, one-year study is being financed\nby federal funds under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of\n1968. The allocation was made by the California Council on Criminal\nJustice at its meeting today.\nThe objective of the study, the governor said, will be to find ways\nof increasing the effectiveness of the state's correctional system in\nreducing crime and delinquency. He noted that there has never been a\ndetailed study of California's fragmented correctional system.\n\"California is recognized nationally as a leader in the field of\ncorrections,' the governor said. \"This state and the county correctional\nagencies have traditionally pioneered innovative methods of rehabilitation\nwhich are aimed at reducing crime and delinquency by helping the offender\ntake his place as a productive member of society.\"\nThe study, he said, represents another effort by the state to find\nways to improve its total correctional system. The study will focus on\nthe jails, camps, juvenile institutions, prisons and systems of probation\nand parole.\nGovernor Reagan noted that the vast majority of crimes in the state\nare being committed by persons who already have been through some part\nof the correctional system.\n\"For our own part, Governor Reagan said, \"we simply must become\nmore effective in rehabilitating those who break the law so that they do\nnot repeat their offenses. Society as a whole will benefit immensely\nif these offenders can become law-abiding and productive citizens.\"\n- 1 -\n#10\nHe noted that recent efforts to improve the state's correctional\nsystem including legislation which has been enacted. have tended to\nmeet specific problems rather than provide for a more effective system\nof criminal justice.\n\"The problem requires a unified and well-planned approach to\nincrease the effectiveness of the entire system,\" Governor Reagan said,\nMembers of the Board of Corrections include the secretary of the\nHuman Relations Agency, who is the chairman, the directors of the\nCalifornia Youth Authority and Department of Corrections, other state\nleaders in the field of corrections, and two public members.\nGovernor Reagan said he was referring the study to the Board of\nCorrections because it is established by statute to consider the entire\nsubject of crime, including causes, prevention, methods of detection and\nprosecution of criminals.\nThe two task forces of the California Council on Criminal Justice\n/officials,\nare composed of county probation officers, judges, law enforcement\neducators and state correctional officials, as well as representatives\nof the public.\n#######\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Califor a\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-8-70\n#11\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of\nState Superintendent of Banks James M. Hall, 35, to succeed Gordon C.\nLuce as Secretary of Business and Transportation.\n\"Jim Hall, who has been a valued member of this administration\nsince we took office, has demonstrated through his service to the\npeople of California and his devotion to good government that he is a\nworthy successor to Gordon Luce,\" the governor said.\n\"He has brought vitality, sensitivity, creativity and\nprofessional expertise to the office he has held and I'm proud to\nappoint him to this new job that is so essential to our state's\ncontinued progress.\"\nAs State Superintendent of Banks, Hall has had jurisdiction\nover all state chartered banks and trust companies with more than\n$12 billion in aggregate assets.\nA Republican, Hall will take over the $35,000 a year post\non January 26.\nIn accepting the new position, Hall said, \"It is an honor and\na challenge to attempt to follow in Gordon Luce's footsteps. He has\nprovided a quality of leadership and inspiration that will be difficult\nto duplicate but I will do my best.\"\nHe is also first vice president and a board member of the\nNational Association of Supervisors of State Banks and a member of the\nBoard of Councilors of the University of Southern California Center for\nUrban Affairs.\nA native of San Diego, he holds an AB in economics from the\nUniversity of California at Berkeley and a law degree from University\nof California's School of Law (Boalt Hall).\nHe is a member of the Order of the Coif, an honor granted to\nthe top 10 percent of law graduates and a member of the American, State\nand San Diego Bar Associations.\nHall and his wife Margaret have two children.\n####\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELE'\n:\nImmediate\nSacramento, Califo .ia\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-8-70\n#12\nGovernor Ronald Reagan said today his administration will\nsponsor legislation authorizing each county of the state to set up\nan Office of Consumer Affairs to be conducted by the County Sealer of\nWeights and Measures.\n\"This is one of the innovative programs we are proposing to\nenhance the role of government in solving consumer problems,\" Governor\nReagan said. \"The primary area of concern to a consumer is usually the\nmarketplace near where he lives. We believe he needs a local\nauthority to turn to with his questions or complaints.\"\nThe bill will be carried by Assemblyman Don Mulford, (R-\nPiedmont).\nThe state would assist the counties by providing direction,\ninformation and coordination of the new county operation, he added.\nCoordination of county weights and measures activities is through the\nState Bureau of Weights and Measures in the California Department of\nAgriculture.\nUnder the proposed Consumer Affairs bill, each county would\nhave the option of designating its County Sealer as also a Director\nof Consumer Affairs with the authority to receive complaints and\nconduct investigations relating to illegal, fraudulent or deceptive\npractices and misrepresentation of quantity or quality of merchandise and\nservices.\nAs County Consumer Affairs Director, the Sealer would\ncooperate with local, state and federal agencies to protect and\npromote the interest of consumers, and would refer to the appropriate\nagency any consumer complaint that does not fall within the duties of\nthe Office of Weights and Measures.\nAt the direction of his County Board of Supervisors, he\ncould also develop and conduct programs of consumer education, and\nprograms to inform local business and industry of their responsibilities\nunder consumer protection laws.\n\"Many counties are in the process of developing consumer\naffairs activities, and many others would like to,\" Governor\nReagan said. \"The legislation we are proposing would enable them to\ndo this on an orderly, statewide basis.\"\n-1-\n#12\nPlacing of the Consumer Affairs function in the Office of Weights\nand Measures at the county level was dictated by logic, the governor\nsaid.\n\"Every county has such an office, \" he said. \"It is most logical\nthat an arm of government already in existence, with very little\nadditional support required, should perform this function rather than\nestablish an entirely new governmental body to handle the job. The\nexisting office of County Sealer is the county service that the consumer\nhas most frequently turned to for help.\"\nHe noted that county weights and measures officials are presently\nresponsible for the enforcement of laws covering the sale of all\ncommodities sold on the basis of weight, measure or count, and that\nweights and measures inspectors call upon the entire business community\nin their normal day-to-day operations.\n\"In most counties, no other department or agency is as directly\ninvolved with so wide a range of consumer affairs,\" he said.\nIn his recent \"State-of-the-State\" message to the legislature,\nGovernor Reagan announced that his administration will place great\nemphasis on solving consumer problems, including the creation of a\nDepartment of Consumer Affairs within the structure of state government.\n#######\nPB\n-2-\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Califory\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-8-70\n#13\nEdwin Meese III, executive secretary to Governor Ronald Reagan,\ntoday announced approval of a one-year $1.6 million 0E0 grant to\n/Rural\nCalifornia Legal Assistance, Inc. of San Francisco based on the\n\"anticipated enforcement\" of four conditions.\nIn making the announcement, Meese said \"the program should be\nclosely monitored by State and Federal OEO to insure compliance with all\nconditions imposed during the funding period Jan. 1-December 31, 1970.\nThe conditions were:\n1) Multiple suits should not be filed in the same judicial district\nin cases of multiple plaintiffs if the legal issue or issues are identical\nor so similar, that the issue can be decided by the filing of a single\nsuit, or by the joinder of all plaintiffs.\n2) Prior to the filing of court actions against governmental agencies\nattempts, in good faith, should be made to negotiate and settle cases\nwithout court action, but with due regard for the protection of the\nclients' rights and the Canons of Professional Ethics.\n3) No action should be filed where the dominant purpose is\nharassment of the defendant or defendants or to unreasonably delay the\nexecution of a judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction.\n4) Full consideration of the rights of the other party, the effect\nupon society as a whole and the justice of the action shall be given\nprior to filing any legal action.\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: MONDAY A.Ms.\nSacramento, Californ\nJai ry 13, 1970\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-9-70\nPLEASE GUARD AGAINST PREMATURE\nRELEASE.\n#14\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today that a Spanish translation\nof the California Driver's Handbook is now available on request at all\noffices of the State Department of Motor Vehicles.\nHe said the booklet entitled California, Guia Para El Motorista\n\"will enable hundreds of thousands of Spanish-speaking Californians to\nbetter acquaint themselves with the state's driving laws and highway\nsafety procedures,\"\nThis is the first time that a Spanish version of the familiar\nhandbook has been printed in California.\nState Motor Vehicle Director Robert C. Cozens joined the governor\nin welcoming publication of the multi-colored booklet \"as another step\ntoward greater safety on our roads and highways.\"\nCozens pointed out that \"getting a driver's license is a bigger\nhurdle to many of our Spanish-speaking citizens than to most of the\nrest of us. Not only must they be familiar enough with the rules of the\nroad to pass the standard 36-question test, but they must also take a\nsecond test to prove that they can read and understand highway signs\nprinted in English.\"\nThe 48-page handbook explains in Spanish the meaning of a variety\nof road signs and symbols.\nCozens expressed thanks for assistance given during translation of\nthe booklet by the University of California at Davis and the Driving\nSchool Association of California.\n######\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Californi\nContact:\nPaul Bec...\n445-4571\n1-9-70\n#15\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of\nAssistant Secretary Lucian B. Vandegrift, 43, as Secretary of the\nHuman Relations Agency, effective January 16, 1970.\nA member of the administration since 1968, he succeeds Spencer\nWilliams in the $35,000 per year post. Williams has resigned to seek\nthe Republican nomination for Attorney General.\nIn announcing Vandegrift's appointment, Governor Reagan called\nhim \"a dedicated public servant who has demonstrated the leadership and\nprofessional qualities necessary to handle the complex problems of the\nHuman Relations Agency.\"\nIn accepting the promotion, Vandegrift said, \"I'm proud of the\nturst that Governor Reagan has placed in me and I pledge that I will\ncontinue the work I began two years ago to the best of my ability.\"\nThe Governor also thanked Williams for his three years of\nservice to the people of California which \"have been executed with\ndedication, loyalty and ability.\"\nIn addition to his service as Assistant Secretary of the\nagency he will now head, Vandegrift served as acting director of the\nDepartment of Human Resources Development and chairman of the State Health\nPlanning Council.\nHe joined the administration after serving six years as Butte\nCounty District Attorney and previous service as a deputy attorney\ngeneral in Macramento.\nA native Californian, Vandegrift is a graduate of the\nUniversity of California at Berkeley and the Boalt Hall law school.\nDuring World War II, he served in the U. S. Navy.\n######\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Californ\nContact:\nPaul BECK\n445-4571\n1-9-70\n#16\nGovernor Ronald Reagan's executive secretary, Edwin Meese III,\ntoday announced disapproval of a request by Berkeley Neighborhood\nLegal Services that it be assigned up to 10 VISTA volunteers.\nIn a letter to Carl N. Shaw, acting director of the Regional\nOffice of Economic Opportunity, San Francisco, Meese said that while\nthere is a need for many types of helpful programs in the Berkeley\ncommunity, \"it is our belief that VISTAs assigned to this organization\nwould be used for activities of a destructive nature.\n\"We have grave doubts about the type of programs to which these\nVISTAs would be assigned and the type of supervision they would receive\nat this time,\" Meese's letter said.\n\"While we have other concerns,\" he continued, \"our major\nobjection is the philosophy as represented by the action in a\nresolution of December, 1969, which was adopted by the board of\ndirectors of the Berkeley organization.\"\nThe resolution recommended:\n--The release of Huey P. Newton, convicted of manslaughter in\nthe killing of an Oakland policeman.\n--The release of David Hilliard, recently convicted of a fire-\narms law violation and also pending trial on federal charges of\nthreatening the life of President Nixon.\n--Amnesty for Eldridge Cleaver, a current fugitive from justice.\n\"From these examples, it is obvious that the activities of such\nvolunteers would heighten community tensions rather than achieve any\nconstructive benefits,\" Meese said.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nSacramento, California\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-9-70\n#17\nGOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE\nJanuary 12, 1970\nthrough\nJanuary 18, 1970\nMonday, January 12\n4 p.m.\nPresentation of plaque by Butte County Peace\nOfficers Association for Governor's strong\nsupport of law enforcement (Governor's office).\nOvernight - Sacramento\nTuesday, January 13\n1:30 p.m.\nPRESS CONFERENCE\nOvernight - Sacramento\nWednesday, January 14\nNo public appointments scheduled\nOvernight - Sacramento\nThursday, January 15\na.m.\nDepart for Los Angeles\nOvernight - Los Angeles\nFriday, January 16\nMeeting of Board of Regents\nLos Angeles Extension Center\nOvernight - Los Angeles\nSaturday, January 17\np.m.\nDepart for Sacramento\nOvernight - Sacramento\nSunday, January 18\nNo appointments scheduled\nOvernight - Sacramento\n########\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-9-70\n#18\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of\nDonald G. Livingston, a member of the administration since May, 1967,\nas deputy director of the State Department of General Services.\nLivingston, 31, has served as chief of the Division of Consumer\nAffairs in the Department of Professional and Vocational Standards for\nthe past three months. He previously was chief of the Bureau of\nFurniture and Bedding Inspection prior to the formation, last September,\nof the Consumer Affairs Division.\nThe governor also said he is naming Raymond M. Reid of Sacramento\nto replace Livingston. As head of the Division of Consumer Affairs,\nReid also will have responsibility for the bureaus of Furniture and\nBedding Inspection, Electronic Repair Dealer Registration, and\nEmployment Agencies.\nA Republican, Livingston served as an administrative assistant to\nthe Republican Assembly Caucus from March, 1965, until his appointment\nwith the administration.\nHe was associated with Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Sales, Inc.,\nOakland from 1961-64.\nA former student body president and graduate of San Francisco State\nCollege, he worked as an intern for the Coro Foundation, San Francisco,\nfrom 1960-61.\nHe was a member and vice chairman of the Oakland Planning Commission\nfrom 1962-65. He and his family reside in Carmichael.\nReid, 42, served as executive secretary of the State (Educational)\nTelevision Advisory Committee from October 1967 until recently when, on\nReid's own recommendation, the office of Television Coordinator which\nhe headed was eliminated at a savings to the taxpayers of $50,322.\nUnder a reorganization plan, proposed by the Reagan administration\nand approved by the 1969 legislature, the Television Advisory Committee\nwas eliminated and replaced by a non-statutory Educational Radio and\nTelevision Advisory Committee of California.\nReid, worked on the sales staff of the Kelly Broadcasting Corporatic\nSacramento, from 1960 until joining the Reagan administration. He was\npreviously associated with the William Zinsser Company, Inc., New York,\na shellac importing and manufacturing firm, from 1956-60.\nA 1951 graduate of Yale University, he helped found the Yale\nAlumni Association of Sacramento in 1960.\nHe was a member of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve from 1946-47 and\nfrom 1951-53.\nReid and his wife, Joan, have four children and reside in Sacrament\n#####\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n1-12-70\nFor your information, Governor Reagan is meeting\nwith student body presidents at 11 a.m. in the\nGovernor's Office. The meeting will be closed although\nit is anticipated the Governor will meet briefly with\nthe press following the meeting.\n# # #\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: IMMEDIATE\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-12-70\n#19\nGovernor Reagan today presented the following memorandum at a\nmeeting with student leaders held in his office. The memorandum, which\nalso will be sent to other students and student groups throughout\nCalifornia, is a follow-up to previous meetings held with students and\nto his State-of-the-State message in which he asked for meaningful\ninvolvement by students in state government.\n\"MEMORANDUM TO:\nStudents of the State of California\n\"FROM:\nGovernor Reagan\n\"SUBJECT:\nStudent Involvement in State Government.\n\"I would like to involve students in the decision-making process, in\nthe government of our state.\n\"To begin with particular projects, I would like to request nominations\nfor possible appointment to major boards and commissions in the area of\nEnvironment and the Quality of Life. I would also like your help in the\nspecific areas of the State Exposition and Fair (of direct interest to our\nagricultural students) and the Veterans Board (affecting many returning\nGIs who are now enrolling as students). Some of the Commissions involved\nare:\n\"1. Environment and Quality of Life\nState Park and Recreation Commission\nState Air Resources Board\nScenic Highway Advisory Committee\nAdvisory Committee, California Highway Safety Program\nCalifornia Arts Commission\nCalifornia Design Awards Committee\n\"2. California Exposition and State Fair\nExecutive Committee (Board of Directors)\nAdvisory Committee\n\"3. California Veterans Board\n\"The appointive power is one of any governor's most difficult burdens.\nIn attempting to pick qualified men and women to serve on the boards and\ncommissions which govern our state we must, as a matter of practical fact,\npass over dozens of candidates who might do equally well. As such, I can\nnly guarantee that your nominations will receive careful consideration.\n\"Nominations for appointment in the above areas should be forwarded to\nMiss Sue Sullivan, at 14431 Chase Street, Suite 3, Panorama City,\nCalifornia. Or if you wish, you may send your suggestions to my\nAppointments Secretary, Mr. Ned Hutchinson, at the State Capital,\nSacramento.\n\"I look forward to hearing from you on this subject before the end of\nthe month.\"\n#######\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Californi a\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-12-70\n#20\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of\nKarl A. Guntermann of Santa Barbara and the reappointment of Harry T.\nMagill of Novato to four year terms on the State Board of Accountancy.\nGurtermann, 49, a partner in the Santa Barbara CPA firm of\nGuntermann, Johnston, Ball and Thompson, is a former Santa Barbara City\nCouncilman and Harbor Commissioner. He is a Republican.\nActive in numerous civic, service and youth organizations,\nhe is a director-at-large of the Californoa CPA Society and a past\npresident of the Society's Channel Counties Chapter.\nHe is a native Californian and a graduate of Stanford University\nGuntermann and his wife Marian have three children. The\nfamily home is at 1610 Las Canoas Road, Santa Barbara.\nGuntermann succeeds Joseph F. Spilberg of Sherman Oaks\nwhose term has expired.\nMagill, 48, is a member of the Arthur Anderson and Company\nCPA firm in San Francisco. He has served on the board since 1966.\nHe is a Republican.\nMagill and his wife Marjorie have four children. The family\nhome is at 450 Ridge Road, Novato.\nBoard members are paid $25.00 per diem while on official duty.\n# # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-12-70\n#21\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointment\nof Dr. Richard H. Jahns, Dean of the School of Mineral Sciences at\nStanford University, to a four-year-term on the State Mining and\nGeology Board.\nDr. Jahns, 54, lives at 2312 Branner Drive, Menlo Park. He\nis a Republican and has served on the board since 1966. The post pays\nnecessary expenses.\n#####\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO..\nRELEASE: Imm liate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-13-70\n#22\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of three\nmembers to four-year-terms on the State Board of Agriculture.\nThey are: Howard H. Leach, president of a Salinas food\ncompany; Alfred Tisch, managing partner of a Hamilton City orchards\ncompany; and Paul Ames, owner of an Indio farm management service.\nAll are Republicans. They will receive necessary expenses.\nLeach, 40, of Box 146, Pebble Beach, is president of Fresh\nPict Foods, Inc. Active in agricultural and civic circles, he is\nchairman of the Traffic Committee of the Grower Shipper Vegetable\nAssociation at Salinas and is a director of the Monterey Boy Scout\nCouncil.\nHe succeeds Joseph J. Corsetti of Watsonville, whose term\nhas expired, as vegetables representative on the board.\nTisch, 64, of 1698 Park Vista Drive, Chico, is a managing\npartner of James Mills Orchards Company. He has been a member of the\nGovernor's Advisory Committee on Agricultural Foreign Trade since\n1967 and served as a member of President Eisenhower's Latin American\nAgricultural Trade Mission and the U. S. Fruit Industry Trade Mission\nto Europe. He will serve as representative-at-large, succeeding\nErnest E. Hatch of Oroville whose term has expired.\nAmes, 45, of 81485 Date Palm Avenue, Indio, is owner of the\nPaul Ames Management Service. A member of a pioneer Cochella Valley\nranching family, he is a member of the Citrus Research Committee of the\nUniversity of California, is a past president of the Cochella Valley\nFarm Bureau and is active in civic affairs.\nHe succeeds Lionel Steinberg of Thermal, whose term has\nexpired, as diversified crops representative on the board.\n#######\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-13-70\n#23\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of\nLaurence G. Warner of Lower Lake to a four-year-term on the 49th\nDistrict Agricultural Association Board of Directors and reappointed\ntwo other board members.\nReappointed were Richard Miller of 105 North Tunis, Lakeport,\nSTeRbenk\nassistant manager of a farm supply company, and William D. Sternek,\n320 Lakeshore Boulevard, Lakeport, a cashier for Pacific Gas and Electric\nCompany. Both are Republicans.\nWarner, 53, a realtor and rancher, is a member of the\nLake County Chamber of Commerce, the 1969 Lake County Grand Jury, the\nAdvisory Committee to the California State Exposition and Fair Committee\nand a founding director of the Redbud Community Hospital.\nHe succeeds the late Carl J. Kettwig of Lucerne.\nWarner and his wife, Hazel, live in Lower Lake, Their address\nis P. O. Box 127, Lower Lake. He is a Republican.\nThe post pays necessary expenses.\n# # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-13-70\n#24\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:\nLast September, as you know, I signed legislation authorizing the\nstate to finance a $500,000 pilot project designed to develop a truly\nequitable school lunch program for needy children which would be\navailable in not just some, but all school districts in California.\nI immediately directed members of my staff and the cabinet to\nexplore ways in which this could best be accomplished to guarantee\nthat matching funds would really be available to feed more hungry\nchildren in all parts of the state.\nBecause the legislation which reached my desk contained a number\nof serious technical defects flaws which had to be corrected before\nthe program could be expanded on a fair and equitable basis I was\nforced to scale down the original appropriation.\nFor, had the full $5 million as called for in the bill been\nappropriated, the money would have had to be used in only those school\ndistricts which were participating in lunch subsidy programs the\nprevious year. It would have provided no help at all to needy children\nin those districts which did not already have locally-funded school lunch\nprograms.\nLos Angeles, for example, with its heavy concentration of poverty\nchildren, would not have been eligible for any of the state aid.\nIn calling for the pilot program, I emphasized that I fully endorsed\nthe goal of providing meals for more of our hungry children.\nOn the basis of the findings of that pilot study, I am pleased to\nannounce that we will soon be proposing legislation, on an urgency basis,\nto overcome the defects of the previous bill in line with our stated\ngoal.\nThe legislation would cover the balance of the current year and\nfiscal 1970-71. It will not only assure that all school districts in the\nstate are covered, but it could mean up to $20 million for school lunch\nprograms, including federal, state and local matching funds.\nWe will recommend that up to $6 million of the $22.5 million in\nunallocated surplus from the 1968-69 fiscal year be appropriated to help\nfinance this vastly improved school lunch program.\n- 1 -\n#24\nTo this state appropriation, we expect the federal department of\nHEW to add at least $6 million in matching funds. In addition, we\nanticipate the U.S. Department of Agriculture will provide some $5\nmillion to the program. Three million dollars is already being\ncontributed to lunch subsidy programs through some local school\ndistricts in California.\nWithout the social welfare orientation to needy children- which\nour proposal will contain---the program could not qualify for matching\nfunds from HEW. Incidentally, last year's poorly drafted legislation\ndid not qualify for such matching.\nThe measure we are proposing is the result of a thorough study of\nall the alternatives available to us, as well as extensive consultation\n/the\nwith leadership of both houses of the legislature, and federal\nagriculture and HEW officials.\nI am confident that adoption of these recommendations by the\nlegislature can overcome the defects of last year's bill and go a long\nway toward meeting the nutritional needs of many more needy California\nschool children.\n#######\nEJG\n- 2 -\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-14-70\n#25\nGovernor Ronald Reagan emphasizing \"our solemn obligation to\nassure the citizens of this state that government in California will be\nbeholden only to the people' today asked \"every member of the\nlegislature to join together in unanimous approval \"of a landmark\nmeasure which will give California the toughest, most comprehensive\nconflict-of-interest law ever enacted in the United States.\nDetails of the legislation proposed jointly by the governor and\nthe legislative leadership of both houses was outlined today in a\npress conference called by Assembly Speaker Robert Monagan and Senate\nPresident Pro Tem Howard Way.\n\"Is it too much to ask, even in an election year, that every member\nof our legislature join together in unanimous approval of this landmark\nlegislation which can affirm, once and for all, our solemn obligation\nto assure the citizens of this state that government in California will\nbe beholden only to the people?\" the governor asked.\n\"I call upon every member of the Senate and Assembly, without regard\nto party affiliation, to demonstrate to the people of California their\nbi-partisan commitment to the important code of ethics set forth in this\nlandmark legislation. Such a commitment must concern each of us as\nindividuals if we are to maintain the people's confidence in their\ngovernment.\n\"While last year's partial disclosure law, which the legislature\npassed and I signed, was a step in the right direction, it failed to go\nnearly far enough in protecting against conflict of interest.\n\"At that time, I stated that the many gaps left open in the 1969\nmeasure 'must be closed in 1970.' You may recall that another bill, which\nwas introduced on behalf of the administration last year by Assemblyman\nNewton Russell would have closed such gaps but it failed to get out of\ncommittee.\n\"Disclosure is only one of several necessary approaches to conflict\nof interest. Unlike last year's partial disclosure law, this new\nlegislation will cover all state employees, including civil service and\nelective and appointive officials.\n- 1 -\n#25\n\"The investigative powers of the two separate commissions, as\nproposed in our new legislation, will put teeth into the efforts of both\nthe executive and legislative branches to root out instances where\nconflict of interest may exist.\n\"In addition, the new measure would clarify many of the ambiguities\nwhich are contained in the partial disclosure law, and consolidate into a\nsingle section those provisions now scattered throughout the government\ncode.\n\"Finally, while hitting at the dishonest individual, and detecting\nand punishing the guilty, the proposed law will also protect innocent\npersons serving the public from unfounded and malicious attacks on their\ncharacter and reputation,\" the governor said.\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-14-70\n#26\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today proposed the sale of personalized.\nvehicle license plates to help finance the war against air pollution.\nUnder the plan, a $25 fee would be charged for the special plates\nwith the bulk of the proceeds to be placed in a special environmental\nprotection fund. Legislation will be introduced to create the\nenvironmental fund and authorize sale of the plates.\n\"If only two per cent of the owners of registered motor vehicles\nin California apply for the plates, revenue for the fund would amount to\nnearly $3.8 million annually,\" the governor said.\n\"This plan would provide every motorist with the opportunity to\nhelp solve the problem he has helped to create,\" the governor pointed\nout.\n\"The special plates would serve as a symbol of concern about the\npollution problem and identify the motorist as one who is doing something\nto correct the problem.\"\nThe proposal would permit the Department of Motor Vehicles to sell\nthe plates, deduct the actual amount of the cost (approximately $6.80\nper plate) and earmark the remaining amount for the campaign against air\npollution. The Resources Agency would supervise the dispersement of\nthe fund.\n########\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\n.\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-14-70\n#27\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of\nJohn E. Bennett of San Diego to fill the recently created post of\ndeputy director of the Department of Navigation and Ocean Development.\nIn his post, Bennett will report directly to Robert C. Walker,\ndirector of the department.\nBennett, a retired Navy Captain with extensive experience in ocean\nengineering, was manager of the Lockheed Ocean Laboratory in San Diego\nfrom 1966 to late 1969.\nGovernor Reagan said Bennett's technical and management background\nwill be a valuable asset to the state in our coastal zone preservation\nand development efforts, and to the department of navigation and ocean\ndevelopment which was created in 1969 to coordinate all of California's\nocean-oriented activities.\nIn the Navy, Captain Bennett won the Navy Cross aboard the\nillustrious cruiser SAN FRANCISCO in the Battle of Guadalcanal. Later,\nshifting to submarine duty, he became the first program director of the\nNavy's Deep Submergence Program.\nBennett, a 51-year-old Republican, was a 1941 graduate of the U.S.\nNaval Academy. He has been a frequent public speaker on ocean-related\nsubjects and recently served as chairman of the Oceanography Committee\nof the San Diego Chamber of Commerce,\nHe will be joined in Sacramento by his wife and teenage daughter.\nHis salary will be $21,516 per year.\n#######\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE:\nImmediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-14-70\n#28\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointments of\nJoseph F. Sinnott of San Diego and Winston R. Fuller of San Marino\nto four year terms on the California Highway Commission, subject to\nSenate confirmation.\nSinnott, 64, president of the San Diego Gas and Electric Company,\nwill succeed V. Earl Roberts of San Diego, whose term has expired.\nFuller, 59, a business executive and civic leader, will succeed\nAlexander Pope of Los Angeles, whose term has also expired.\nBoth appointees are Republicans. The will be paid actual and\nnecessary expenses.\nSinott, who lives at 2265 Juan Street, San Diego, is a former\npresident of the San Diego Chamber of Commerce, San Diegans, Inc.\nand a member of the Governor's Judicial Selection Advisory Board for\nSan Diego County.\nFuller, who lives at 30 Kewen Place, San Marino, is a trustee of\nthe Rose Hills Memorial Park Association, a trustee of the Desert\nCharities (Bob Hope Desert Classic), a member of the Associated General\nContractors, a member of the Orthopaedic Council of the Orthopaedic\nHospital, a past president of the University of Southern California\nGeneral Alumni Association and a past alumni member of the USC Board\nof Trustees and a past president of the Trojan Club.\n# # # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-14-70\n#29\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today that for the third straight\nyear he is reappointing Ralph Nissen of Williams as chairman of the\nCalifornia Exposition and Fair Executive Committee.\nNissen, who was first appointed chairman February 1, 1968, will\ncontinue to serve in that capacity during the coming year, until\nFebruary 1, 1971. The post is non-salaried.\nA veteran Colusa County rancher, Nissen, 58, was first named to\nthe fair board for a four-year term February 1, 1967.\nHe was regional director of the California Farm Bureau for five\nyears and served as a vice president of the organization for four years.\nHe is a Republican.\n#########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: IMMED LATE\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-15-70\n#30\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of\nDr. L. H. Larson of Ventura and the reappointment of Dr. Herbert K. Yee\nof Sacramento to four year terms on the Board of Dental Examiners of\nCalifornia.\nBoth men are Republicans. They will be paid $25 per diem each\nday they spend on official duty.\nDr. Larson, 53, who lives at 347 Dorothy Street, Ventura, is a\nmember of the Southern California Dental Association Legislative Council,\na former member of the Ventura City Council, a member of the Ventura-Santa\nBarbara Dental Association and is active in civic groups.\nHe is a graduate of the State University of Iowa Dental School.\nDr. Yee, 46, has served on the board oince 1966. He is active\nin the Sacramento, California and American Dental Associations and\nSacramento civic affairs. He received his degree from the College of\nPhysicians and Surgeons of the University of the Pacific.\nHis home is at 1301 Normandy Lane, Sacramento.\n####\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-15-70\n#31\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointments of Dr\nR. Scott Jackson of Chino and Maxwell C. Pellish of Santa Barbara to the\nBoard of Examiners in Veterinary Medicine.\nDr. Jackson, 55, a political independent, was named to a three\nyear term succeeding Dr. Joseph E. Giambroni of Red Bluff, whose term\nhas expired. He will serve as veterinarians' representative on the\nboard.\nPellish, 70, a Republican, was named to fill the unexpired term\nof Richard D. Moon of Hemet, which expires on January 15, 1971. Hemet\nhas resigned, Pellish will represent the public on the board.\nThe post pays $25 per diem while on official duty and necessary\nexpenses.\nDr. Jackson, a graduate of Howard Payne College and Colorado\nState University, is active in numerous veterinary associations and\nthoroughbred horse breeding groups. He lives at 14909 Archibald Avenue,\nChino.\nPellish, a retired army officer and graduate engineer and a\nfaculty member of the University of California at Santa Barbara, is\nchairman of the Santa Barbara Board of Water Commissions.\nHis home address is 1502 Francheschi Road, Santa Barbara.\n###\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: FRIDAY A.Ms.\nSacramento, California\nJanuary 16, 1970\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-15-70\n#32\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today proposed a sweeping plan \"to improve\nthe quality and hold down the cost of a wide array of state health-\nrelated programs\" by consolidating them into a single Department of Health\nThe plan, which the governor called \"a whole new concept in the\nfield of health,' willbe presented to California's \"Little Hoover\nCommission\" today the first in a series of formal steps leading to\nimplementation by July 1, 1971, subject to legislative approval.\nUnder the proposal, the departments of Mental Hygiene, Public Health\nand Health Care Services would be transferred to the new department, with\nthe exception of Mental Hygiene's two neuropsychiatric institutes whose\nprimary functions are teaching and research.\nThe neuropsychiatric institutes would be assigned to the University\nof California.\nThe new department also would include the social service functions\nof the Department of Social Welfare, such as the placement of persons\ndischarged from state hospitals in out-of-home care facilities,\nsupervision of county adoption programs, identification of medical\ntreatment needs, promotion of adequate child nutrition, family planning\ncounseling, and provision of home health aides or homemakers.\nSocial Welfare would retain its money payment responsibilities.\nIn addition, the Department of Rehabilitation's alcoholism clinic\nprogram, and 10 \"healing arts\" and social work licensing boards, now in\nthe Department of Professional and Vocational Standards, would be\ntransferred to the new department.\nIn carrying out his responsibilities, the person chosen to be the\ndirector of the new department would be assisted in formulating policies\nand programs by an Advisory Health Council which would replace the State\nBoard of Public Health, Health Planning Council and the Health Review and\nPlanning Council. Insofar as possible, the members of the new council\nwould be selected from the membership of the three discontinued boards.\nCivil service employees performing the functions which would come\nunder the new department would be transferred, and their status, rights,\nand positions would be protected. Should personnel reductions become\nnecessary, they would be accomplished through attrition.\n1 I I\n#32\nGovernor Reagan emphasized that the purpose for creating the new\ndepartment is not to effect personnel reductions, but to provide a more\neffective and efficient delivery of health care services to the people\nof California.\n\"In fact, he said, \"the change will provide even greater career\nopportunities to those working in the health field as we move to meet\nthe pressing challenges of the seventies.\n\"This plan represents our determination to move forward under a\nwhole new concept in the field of health.\"\nHe noted that \"the need for a major change in the organization of\nthe state's health-oriented departments has grown increasingly more\napparent during the past several years as the demands for more\nexpenditures and services often fragmented between departments have\nbeen undertaken by the state,\" the governor said.\n\"Due to the compounding of our already difficult problems of\nadministration, this administration activated the first of a series of\ntask forces in November, 1968, to examine the present system and make\nrecommendations for possible changes.\n\"These efforts have led to the development of the sweeping plan we\nare proposing reorganization designed, in essence, to improve the\nquality, while holding down the cost, of those health-related programs\nwhich are administered or supervised by the state.\n\"Creation of the new department will enable the state to do a better\njob in both evaluating the total health needs of our population and\ndeveloping effective programs to meet them.\n\"Besides providing much greater coordination of programs currently\nsplit among departments, the plan will also enable the administration to\nview health needs comprehensively so that we can increase program\neffectiveness while making more efficient use of the taxpayers' money.\"\nGovernor Reagan said his plan transfers Health Care Services to the\nnew department because the Medi-Cal program, which it now administers,\n\"is aimed primarily at health restoration. Medi-Cal expenditures should\nbe viewed and analyzed alongside other health expenditures.\"\n\"In addition, he explained, \"the state's Medi-Cal purchasing power,\nwhich by its very nature will have an impact on the total health care\ndelivery system, should be used to improve the quality and lower the cost\nof such services.\"\n- 2 -\n#32\nThe governor noted that the state is currently spending more than\none billion dollars a year on Medi-Cal, of which $454 million comes from\nthe federal government, $219 million from the counties, and $387 million\nfrom the state general fund.\n\"An expenditure program of this magnitude requires that we cooperate\nclosely with the private sector to seek alternative ways of providing\nquality care at lower cost.\n\"It is essential, in evaluating total health needs and priorities,\nthat we view this program in conjunction with other health programs, and\nthis can best be accomplished by placing the responsibility for Medi-Cal\nin the new department.\"\nGovernor Reagan emphasized that \"establishment of the Department of\nHealth is not going to be a panacea for all the state's problems related\nto health.\n\"It will, however, improve substantially our ability to solve these\nproblems. It will permit us to do a more effective job of evaluating\ntotal health needs and develop programs to meet them.\n\"It will enable us to fix responsibility and accountability for\nprogram results, and provide an atmosphere which encourages innovation\nin these important areas.\n\"The State of California has a vital role to play in meeting the\nhealth needs of our citizens. Creation of a Department of Health is an\nessential first step if we are to fulfill this role, \" the governor said.\n(The \"healing arts\" and social work licensing boards referred to on\npage 1 of this release are:)\nBoard of Chiropractic Examiners\nBoard of Dental Examiners\nBoard of Medical Examiners\nBoard of Nursing Education and Nurse Registration\nBoard of Optometry\nBoard of Osteopathic Examiners\nBoard of Pharmacy\nBoard of Examiners in Veterinarian Medicine\nBoard of Vocational Nurse and Psychiatric Technician Examiners\nSocial Worker and Marriage Counselor Qualifications Board\n#######\n- 3 -\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-15-70\n#33\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today proposed creation of the first\nstate Department of Consumer Affairs in the nation to provide \"a direct\nlink between the consumer and those state agencies which work for his\nprotection.\"\nThe plan, which will be submitted to California's \"Little Hoover\nCommission\" tomorrow, also calls for the appointment of public members\nto agencies which are most directly concerned with consumer protection\nand places investigative agencies into a single unit to eliminate\noverlapping jurisdiction and duplication.\nThe proposal is being submitted under the governor's reorganization\nauthority and is subject to legislative approval.\n\"Under our proposal a citizen with a consumer complaint will be\nable to call the new department and know that his complaint will be\nprocessed by or referred to the proper agency,\" the governor said.\n\"We are providing a direct link between the consumer and those\nstate agencies which work for his protection and whether the citizen\nhas a complaint about a rotten potato or a quack who claims he can\ncure baldness, he knows he can call a single number and the complaint\nwill be handled by the new department or other state departments\nconcerned with his protection.\"\nUnder the proposal\nthe Office of the Consumer Counsel will\nofficially be transferred to the new department to give the counsel\nadditional administrative support.\nThe office has been operating in the Department of Professional\nand Vocational Standards since October in anticipation of the\nreorganization plan.\nThe governor said that he also will announce other legislative\nprograms to further strengthen consumer protection and indicated that\nit will call for increased public membership on other regulatory boards\nand commissions in the state government and will include an educational\nprogram for consumers.\nOther proposals that will be included call for:\n--Establishment of an umbrella agency to handle other repair\nservice if needed under a new Bureau of Repair Services.\nConsolidation of the Collection Agency Licensing Bureau and the\nBureau of Private Investigators and Adjustors into the Bureau of\nCollection and Investigative Services, responsible to a single chief.\n#33\n--Establishment of the Department's Division of Investigation on\na statutory basis to bring all of the investigative, inspectional and audi\naudit services of the various boards into a single unit to provide\nmaximum service wiile reducing operating costs.\nThe plan ca lls for the substitution of a public member in the\nplace of a licensee member on the Board of Accountancy, Board of\nArchitectural Examiners, Board of Barber Examiners, Cemetery Board,\nCalifornia Advisory Board of Collection Agencies, Contractors State\nLicense Board, Board of Cosmetologh, Board of Registration for\nProfessional Engineers, Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers,\nCalifornia Advisory Board of Furniture and Bedding, Board of Landscape\nArchitects and Structural Pest Control Boards.\n\"With additional public members on these boards, the voice of the\naverage citizen will be heard,\" the governor said.\n#\n#\n#\n#\n#\nWAS\n-2-\nOFFICE OF THER GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-16-70\n# 34\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named William A. Evans, 31, as\nAssistant Legislative Secretary and announced the reassignment of two\nstaff members.\nTom McMurray, 30, Assistant Cabinet Secretary, was appointed a\nlegislative and\nSpecial Assistant, assigned to/program analysis, and Edwin Thomas, 38, wa\nnamed to succeed him as Assistant Cabinet Secretary.\nEvans, who will receive a salary of $20,700, has a background\nin sales, banking and business and has been active in Republican groups.\nHe is a graduate of Stanford University and attended the University of\nArizona Law School.\nHe and his wife Dorothy have one son. They live at 2212 Royal\nRoad, Sacramento.\nMcMurray, who joined the administration in 1968, is a graduate\nengineer and the former associate publisher and editor of an Illinois\nnewspaper. He and his wife have five children. They live at 5208 Galaxy\nParkway, Sacramento. McMurray will receive an annual salary of\n$20,000.\nThomas, who joined the administration in 1967, has served as\ncoordinator of the Governor's Survey on Efficiency and Cost Control\ntask force, which implemented savings of $200 million in the cost of\nstate government. He and his wife Gretchen have two children. They\nlive at 447 Fairhills Drive, San Rafael. Thomas will receive an annual\nsalary of $20,000.\n# ### #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-16-70\n#35\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of Thomas R.\nDolan of San Francisco to a four year term on the California Veterans\nBoard, subject to Senate confirmation.\nDolan, 44, a communications consultant with the Pacific Telephone\nCompany, is a Republican. He will succeed John Monaghan of San Francisco\nwhose term has expired. The post pays $20 per day, per meeting.\nA Navy veteran of World War II, he is a past commander of\nAmerican Legion Post 505, the Veterans' Political Council and the\nVeterans of Foreign Wars.\nDolan is also a past president of Golden Gate Parlor, Native Sons\nof the Golden West and is active in the Sons of Norway, the Norwegian\nClub and the Telephone Pioneers.\nHe and his wife Dolores have three sons. The family home is at\n2207 27th Street, San Francisco.\n####\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-16-70\n#36\nGOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE\nJanuary 19, 1970\nthrough\nJanuary 25, 1970\nMonday, January 19\n3:00 E .m.\nSwearing-in of Lucian Vandergrift,\nGovernor's Office\nOvernight - Sacramento\nTuesday, January 20\n10:00 a.m.\nPRESS CONFERENCE\nOvernight - Sacramento\nWednesday, January 21\nOffice appointments only\nOvernight - Sacramento\nThursday, January 22\n8:00 a.m.\nGovernor's Prayer Breakfast, Senator Hotel\n4:00 p.m.\nDepart for Los Angeles\n7:00 p.m.\nNinth Annual Dinner of the Archemedes Circle\nof the School of Engineering to commemorate the\ndedication of the Seaver Science Center,\nBeverly Hilton Hotel\nSpeech.\nOvernight - Los Angeles\nFriday, January 23\nNo appointments scheduled\nOvernight - Los Angeles\nSaturday, January 24\n10:00 a.m.\nArrive Biltmore Bowl for brief remarks to\nLos Angeles County Republican Precinct Workers\norganizing meeting.\nOvernight - Los Angeles\nSunday, January 25\nReturn to Sacramento\nOvernight - Sacramento\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nSacramento, California\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-19-70\nThe new Human Relations Secretary, Lucian Vandegrift, will be\nsworn in this afternoon at 3 p.m. in the Governor's Office.\nPress coverage is invited.\n#########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-19-70\n#37\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of ten\nmembers to four year terms on the newly-created TOPICS Advisory Committee\n(Urban Area Traffic Operations Improvement Committee).\nEstablished by the 1969 legislature with the support of Governor\nReagan, the committee was created to provide cities and counties with\na greater voice in determining how federal funds will be spent in the\nupgrading of local streets and county roads.\nThe committee members are:\nmontclair\nMayor Harold montclair M. Hayes of the City of Claremont. A Democrat, he has\nserved on the Clarement City Council since 1956, including two terms as\nmayor, is a member of the Board of Directors of the League of\nCalifornia Cities and served as chairman of its Transportation Committee\nfor five years. He lives at 4574 Orchard Street, Montclair, with his\nwife Doris. They have two sons. Hayes will represent cities.\nCity Manager Jerome Keithley of Oakland. A Republican, Keithley\nhas served as City Manager of Stockton and Palo Alto and is a member of\nthe Advisory Committee to the California Highway Commission and the\nDirector of Public Works on freeway route adoption and design procedures.\nHe also served as secretary of the State Advisory Committee for Planning,\nStatewide System of Freeways and Expressways, and has held executive\nposts in the League of California Cities. Keithley will represent cities.\nPublic Works Director Richard F. Lovejoy of the City of Richmond.\nA Republican, he has served as Director of Public Works for the City of\nSan Leandro, is a past president of the Northern California chapter of\nthe American Public Works Association and a past president of the Public\nWorks Officers Department of the League of California Cities. He lives\nat 1475 Vista Road, El Cerrito. Lovejoy will represent city engineers.\nPublic Works Director Anthony R. Turturici of the City of San Jose.\nA Republican, he has headed San Jose's Public Works Department since\n1965. He is active in numerous state and national professional societies\nincluding the Institute of Traffic and Transportation Engineers, the\nAmerican Public Works Association, the American Society of Civil Engineers\nthe Water Pollution Control Federation and the American Water Works\nAssociation. He lives at 1836 Kenpark Court, San Jose with his wife\nBarbara. They have one son. Turturici will represent city engineers.\n-1-\n#37\nCity Manager John Wentz of the City of Riverside. A Republican, he\nhas served as assistant city manager of Long Beach and Administrative\nOfficer of the City of Beverly Hills. He is an immediate past president\nof the International City Management Association and has served two\nprevious state administrations as a member of the Regional Water\nPollution Control Board for the Los Angeles Region and the California\nRegional Land Use Information System Project Steering Committee. He and\nhis wife Mary Jo have five children. They live at 3620 Castle Reagh\nPlace, Riverside. Wentz will represent cities.\nCounty Executive Carl G. Johnson of Sacramento. A non-partisan,\nJohnson served as a county administrator and county manager in Michigan,\nNorth Carolina and Georgia before coming to Sacramento, He is a past\npresident of the National Association of County Administrators, a\nformer director of the National Association of Counties and a member of\nthe International City Managers Association. He lives at 6500 Greenhaven,\nSacramento. Johnson will represent counties.\nRoad Commissioner Irvin L. Morhar of Los Angeles County. A Democrat\nhe is a member of the National Association of County Engineers, the\nCounty Engineers Association of California, the Metropolitan\nTransportation Engineering Board, the Los Angeles Chapter of the American\nPublic Works Association and the Los Angeles County Watershed Commission.\nHis home is at 12405 Hortense Street, Studio City. He will represent\ncounty engineers.\nPublic Works Director James T. Pott of Santa Clara County. A\nRepublican, he is a member of the Advisory Committee to the California\nHighway Commission and the Director of Public Works on freeway route\nlocation and design procedures, project director for the Santa Clara\nCounty Technical Bus Study, and is a member of the County Supervisors\nAssociation of California, the County Highway Safety Organization, the\nCounty Engineers Association of California and other civic and professional\nassociations. His home is at 868 Richardson Court, Palo Alto. He will\nrepresent county engineers.\n-2-\n#37\nSupervisor Daniel D. Mikesell of San Bernardino County. A\nRepublican, he has been active in regional, local and state organizations\ninvolved with viation, highways, recreation, water and conservation,\nincluding the California Supervisors Association Aviation Committee,\nCalifornians For Modern Highways and the California Wildlife Association.\nHe also ser ved as coordinator of the Southern California Inter-County\nPlan of Highways. He lives at 811 West Granada Court, Ontario. He\nwill repres ent counties.\nPubl ic Works Director James L. Martin of the City of Fresno. A\nRepublican, he is a former Public Works Director for the City of\nBerkele - and a former Assistant City Engineer for the City of San\nLeandr,). He is a member of the Governor's Committee on Traffic Safety\nand the California Solid Waste Advisory Committee, a past president of\nthe Northern California Chapter of the American Public Works Association\nand vice president of the Public Works Officers Section of the League of\nCalifornia Cities. His home is at 4140 North Angus Street, Fresno. He\nwill represent city engineers.\nCommittee members receive no salary.\n# # #\n-3-\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n1-19-70\n#38\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today praised President Nixon's\nselection of Allan Oakley Hunter as president of the Federal National\nMortgage Association.\nHunter, Fresno attorney and former Congressman, was appointed\nchairman of the California Commission on Housing and Community Develop-\nment by Governor Reagan in 1967.\n\"We will miss the creative services that Oakley Hunter has\nprovided this administration,\" the governor said, \"but his appointment\nto this sensitive and most important post in Washington will benefit\nthe whole nation as well as California.\"\n# # #\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO.\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-19-70\n#39\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Earl W. Brian, Jr., a former\nArmy flight surgeon and winner of the Silver Star for gallantry in action,\nas director of the State Department of Health Care Services, succeeding\nCarel W. Mulder who is resigning the $30,000-a-year post April 1.\nBrian, who received his M.D. degree from Duke University, served\nfor two years with the Army Medical Corps, before being discharged last\nmonth.\nHe received the Silver Star for administering first aid, under heavy\nenemy fire, to his fellow soldiers on the battlefield last February 23\nin Vietnam.\nPrior to entering the service in January, 1968, Dr. Brian worked as\nexecutive secretary to the California State Welfare Board for six months.\nHe was assistant administrator, and a member of the Department of\nSurgery etaff, at the Stanford University Medical Center from July, 1966\nto June, 1967.\nHe previously served a year and a half as assistant director of the\nLipid Metabolism Study Program at the Durham, North Carolina, Veterans\nAdministration Hospital.\nHe and his wife, Jane, live in Sacramento. Brian, 28, is a\nRepublican. His appointment is effective April 1.\nMulder said he is resigning to enter private health care consultant\nwork.\nIn a letter to the governor, he noted that when he took on the\nresponsibility for administering the state's Medi-Cal program he did so\n\"with the mutual understanding that I might wish to relinquish the\nappointment upon becoming eligible for retirement in the Spring of 1970.\n\"It has been a distinct privilege to work with you and your\nassociates this past three years,\" Mulder said.\nGovernor Reagan said he accepted Mulder's resignation with \"deep\nregret.\n\"Your performance for this administration has been one of ability,\ndedication and hard work, and I thank you for your fine service to the\nstate.\n\"All of us wish you well in your future endeavors,\" the governor .\nadded.\nMulder joined the administration as director of the Medi-Cal program\nJanuary 31, 1967.\n#\n#\n#\n#\n#\n#\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-20-70\n#40\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Stanislaus County Chief\nAdministrative Officer Charles E. Dixon, a former chief deputy director\nof the State Department of Finance, as Director of the Department of\nGeneral Services.\nThe appointment becomes effective February 20.\nDixon, a 46 year-old Republican, will take over the $30,000-a-year\npost held by Verne Orr until Orr was named state director of finance late\nlast December.\nEarl Coke, secretary of Agriculture and Services, is serving as\nacting director of the department, in addition to his duties as head of\nthe agency, until Dixon assumes his new responsibilities.\nDixon has held his county post since 1962, except for a one-year\nperiod beginning in October, 1967, when he took a leave of absence to\nserve in the Reagan administration as chief deputy director of finance.\nBefore taking the Stanislaus County job, he was an assistant\nadministrative officer in Fresno County for six years.\nHe has been a member of the state's prestigious \"Little Hoover\nCommission\" since last May and the State Health Review and Program Council\nfor the past year.\nDixon also is a member of the California Functional Classification\nAdvisory Committee, the County Supervisors' Association legislative\ncommittee, and the State Chamber of Commerce Tax Committee.\nA 1948 graduate of UCLA in business administration, Dixon is an Army\nAir Corps veteran currently serving as a lieutenant colonel in the 115th\nGeneral Support Group, California National Guard, headquartered in\nRoseville.\nHis wife, Betty, is a graduate of the University of Southern\nCalifornia and teaches kindergarten in the Sylvan School District, near\nModesto.\nThey have three children.\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-20-70\n#41\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:\n\"Last week I outlined an administration plan to draw six million\n/dollars\ndollars from the state's unallocated surplus of 22.5 million to help\nfinance a vastly improved school lunch program totaling some 20 million\ndollars for hungry children in not just some, but all parts of\nCalifornia.\n\"Today, I am pleased to announce a proposal to the legislature which\nwill double the effectiveness of the remaining 16.5 million dollar\nsurplus by freeing a total of 33 million dollars for critically needed\nclassroom construction in the state.\n\"Here is how the plan works.\n/dollars\n\"First, we will ask that the 16.5 million be used as a loan to the\nState School Building Aid Bond Fund. The money would then be funneled\nthrough the state's Local Allocations Board into those 16 school districts\nwith the most pressing construction needs.\n\"Second, in order to make the money on hand go just as far as\npossible, we will recommend that the original 16.5 million dollar loan\nbe repaid from the first sale of school bonds next fall, and that these\nproceeds then be appropriated for the construction of additional class-\nrooms on a number of our community college campuses. Assuming an\nimprovement in the condition of the market for state bonds, such a sale\nshould occur in September.\n\"The classrooms which this money will help to build will go a long\nway toward relieving the need for double and triple sessions in those\nschool districts most critically affected.\n\"At the same time, the additional facilities required to meet the\nmushrooming enrollment needs of the community colleges are of equal\nimportance to the continued progress of our overall system of public\nhigher education in California.\n\"The plan we are proposing is an imaginative one which insures the\nabsolute maximum effectiveness of those dollars which are now available\nfor school purposes.\n\"I call on the legislature to give the proposal the strong and speedy\nbipartisan support it deserves.\"\nHere are the 16 school districts to which the governor makes\nreference in the statement:\nNapa Valley Unified\n$5,035,806.59\nWashington Union\n$ 47,629.79\nIgo-Ono Platina\n60,000.00\nOak Grove\n1,064,595.32\nGeyserville Unified\n861,565.04\nSan Joaquin\n53,081.78\nShaffer Union\n276,780.00\nSan Joaquin\n767,682.18\nOak Grove\n644,995.22\nMurray\n124,074.00\nHollister\n855,895.66\nNapa Valley Unified\n2,725,676.63\nHerlong\n289,402.00\nSan Ysidro\n239,524.31\nTustin Union High\n2,119,494.70\nCeres Unified\n1,540,440.37\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nSacramento, California\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-20-70\nCORRECTION\nPlease correct press release #41 (4th paragraph of statement)\nto read: 13 school districts (sted of 16).\nLast paragraph should also be corrected to read 13 (sted of 16)\nschool districts.\n(Here is a listing of these school districts itemized on the\nrelease, by county:\nNapa Valley Unified, Napa\nIgo-Ono Platina, Shasta\nGeyserville Unified, Sonoma\nShaffer Union, Lassen\nOak Grove, Santa Clara\nHollister, San Benito\nHerlong, Lassen\nTustin Union High, Orange\nWashington Union, Monterey\nOak Grove, Santa Clara\nSan Joaquin, Orange\nSan Joaquin, Orange\nMurray, Alameda\nNapa Valley Unified, Napa\nSan Ysidro, San Diego\nCeres Unified, Stanislaus\n#########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nR\nMEMO TO THE\nRESS\nSacramento, Califor\n1\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n1-20-70\n#42\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the\nsigning of his first bill passed by the 1970\nlegislative session.\nThe bill, AB 131, authored by Assemblyman\nFrank D. Lanterman (R-La Canada), validates the\nPasadena Area Junior College District Maximum\ntax rate election held October 21, 1969.\n# # #\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-20-70\n#43\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today expressed great pleasure at the\nannouncement from Washington that one and one-half miles of the\nMarine Corps' Southern California Beach is being offered to the state\nfor recreational use.\nThe ocean beach frontage lies immediately south of the San Onofre\nNuclear Power Plant in San Diego County, and is part of the Camp\nPendleton Marine Base.\n\"I am pleased that the federal government has joined us in\nmeeting the tremendous recreational needs of Southern California,\"\nthe governor said. \"This is the first breakthrough in several years\nof negotiations spearheaded by Norman B. Livermore, Jr., Secretary for\nResources, and William Penn Mott, Jr., Director of the Department of\nParks and Recreation\"\n\"We're hopeful that eventually several more miles of this\nmagnificent shoreline will be released to us for similar use.\"\nSouthern California ocean beaches have been given top priority\nfor acquisition and development, the governor noted.\nThe state will move immediately to make the new beach lands\navailable for public use, the governor said.\n\"We hope to have at least temporary facilities available for public\nuse by this summer,\" the governor said.\n#####\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-21-70\n#44\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointment of\nWilliam G. Maas, senior vice president of the First National Bank\nof San Diego, to a four-year-term as a member of the Board of\nAdministration of the Public Employees Retirement System.\nMaas, who has served on the board since 1967, will represent\nbank officers on the board. He will receive $25 per diem plus\nexpenses.\nMaas is a past president of the Financial Analysts Society of\nSan Diego and a member of the California Bankers Association's Committee\non Trust Investments. He is a Republican.\nHis address is Box 304, Rancho Santa Fe, San Diego.\n# # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-21-70\n#45\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of\nTimothy M. Doheny, Southern California rancher and sportsman, to a\nsix-year-term on the State Fish and Game Commission, subject to Senate\nconfirmation.\nDoheny, 43, a Republican, succeeds James Y. Camp of Los Angeles\nwhose term has expired. The post pays $10 per day, not to exceed\n$50 per member per month.\nA breeder of cattle and horses, Doheny is active in fish and\ngame stocking experiments and conservation work. He is a member\nof the Rodeo Cowboys Association, Ducks Unlimited and a governor\nand trustee of the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History.\nHis home is at 409 North Bristol Avenue, Los Angeles.\n####\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-21-70\n#46\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of\nHayward attorney Dallas S. Edgar to a newly-created San Leandro-\nHayward Judicial District Municipal Court bench.\nEdgar, 48, a Republican, will receive an annual salary of\n$29,270.\nA director of the Hayward Area Recreation District, Edgar is\nalso active in the Bay Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America\nand is an Associate Government Appeals Agent for Local Draft Board\n54 (Hayward).\nHe is also a director of the Southern Alameda County Bar Association\nand a member of the California and Alameda County Bar Associations,\nthe Hastings Alumni Association, the American Arbitration Association and\nPhi Alpha Delta legal fraternity.\nAn Air Force veteran of World War II, he attended the University\nof Hawaii, graduated from the University of California and received\nhis law degree from Hastings College of Law.\nHe and his wife Patricia Ann have two children. The family\nhome is in Hayward.\n###\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-21-70\n#47\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today appointed three members to four-year\nterms on the Board of Directors of the 21A District Agricultural\nAssociation (Madera District Fair).\nThey are:\nRobert A. Howe, a sales manager, of 19259 Raymond Road, Madera.\nA Republican, he succeeds Rita A. Forte of Madera, whose term has\nexpired.\nJoe D. Law, a farmer, 13431 Avenue 19, Chowchilla. A Republican,\nhe succeeds Mrs. Rosemary Boyle, whose term has expired.\nLloyd V. Taylor, businessman and farmer, 1701 West Fourth Street,\nMadera. A Republican, he succeeds Louis B. Shein of Madera, whose\nterm has expired.\nBoard members are paid necessary expenses.\n# # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO..\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-21-70\n#48\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of three\nnew members to four year terms on the Real Estate Commission and\nreappointed one member.\nThe new members are William P. Beachem, a West Los Angeles real\nestate broker; Grant B. Potter, president of a Dinuba forest products\ncompany, and Phil Saenz, director of Job Opportunities in Electronics,\nInc., San Diego.\nHarlan S. Geldermann, a Danville realtor, was reappointed\nBeachem, a Republican, is a member of the Los Angeles Urban League,\nthe Los Angeles Realty Board, Inc., the National Association of Real\nEstate Boards and the Educational Committee of the Consolidated Realty\nBoard. He succeeds Ralph H. Miller of Upland, whose term has expired,\nand will represent real estate on the board. He lives at 10242 South\nVan Ness Avenue, Los Angeles.\nPotter, a graduate of the University of Idaho at Moscow, served\nas Assistant State Forester of Idaho and as a member of the Idaho State\nLegislature before coming to California. Since 1959, he has served\nas president and general manager of Sequoia Forest Industries, Inc.\nA Republican, he will serve as a public member of the board. He lives\nat 785 Saginaw Street, Dinuba.\nSaenz, active in numerous civic groups, is an administrator of\na private industry sponsored program to hire and train the disadvantaged\nand unemployed. A Republican, he is a past director of the Economic\nOpportunity Commission of San Diego County, a past director of the\nCitizens Interracial Committee, a past chairman of the San Diego County\nAdvisory Committee of the Fair Employment Practice Commission, a\nmember of the San Diego Urban Coalition, and a member of the San Diego\nChapter of the Mexican American Political Association. He will represent\nthe public on the Commission. He lives at 4217 Spillman Drive, San\nDiego.\nGeldermann, a Republican, is a past president of the Contra Costa\nReal Estate Board and a past chairman of the Land Development Committee\nof the California Real Estate Association. His address is P. O. Box 415\nDanville.\nCommissioners are paid actual and necessary expenses.\n# # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContace:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-21-70\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nNew members of the State Real Estate Commission will be\nsworn in at 1 p.m. Thursday, January 22, by Governor Reagan in the\nGovernor's Office. Among them will be William P. Beachem of Los Angeles,\nthe first Negro to be appointed to the commission. Press coverage is\ninvited.\n# # #\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, Californi\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n1-21-70\nJudge MacBride, chairman of the Governor's\nPrayer Breakfast, has respectfully requested that\nno pictures be taken during the program at the\nSenator Hotel tomorrow morning.\n# # #\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n1-22-70\nGovernor Reagan is scheduled to sign a proclama-\ntion at 10:30 a.m. today in the Governor's Office\nproclaiming the city of Monterey the honorary\ncapital of California for 1970 in commemoration of\nthe Bicentennial Year.\nParticipating will be Senator Grunsky, Assembly-\nman Wood, Mayor Al Madden and Ernest Osuna, official\nambassador of the Monterey Bicentennial celebration.\nPress coverage is invited.\n# # #\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER.. JR\nRELEASE: immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n1-22-70\n#49\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today that his administration will\nsponsor legislation to establish an Office of Transportation Planning\nand Research to aid the state in charting a modern, coordinated network\nto move Californians and their goods by land, sea and air.\nThe legislation will be introduced by Assemblyman John Foran\n(D-San Francisco), chairman of the Assembly Transportation Committee,\nand co-authored by Senator Donald Grunsky (R-Watsonville), Finance\nCommittee Chairman, Assemblyman Frank Lanterman (R-Pasadena), Ways\nand Means Committee chairman, and Senator James Mills (D-San Diego),\nchairman of the Senate Transportation Committee.\nThe bill will implement a recommendation made by the Governor's\nTask Force on Transportation to coordinate the use of public funds\ndevoted to development of a balanced and economical statewide transpor-\ntation system.\nThe Office of Transportation Planning and Research, to be situated\nin the Business and Transportation Agency, will serve in an advisory\ncapacity to the Secretary of Business and Transportation and as the\nprincipal staff unit for the State Transportation Board, created by\nthe 1969 legislature upon recommendation of Governor Reagan and spon-\nsored by Assemblyman Foran.\nThe proposed office will be financed on a pro rata basis from the\nhighway users tax fund, the general fund, the aeronautics fund, and the\nharbors and watercraft revolving fund, and will consist of a small\nstaff of specialists in economics, planning, engineering, and statistics.\nAmong the duties and functions of the office would be the following:\n--To undertake special studies; recommend to the secretary and the\nState Transportation Board legislation, regulations and administrative\npolicies in the transportation field;\n--Coordinate planning for existing and future modes of transporta-\ntion in the interest of economy, safety, and welfare of the people of\nCalifornia;\n--Coordinate research, demonstration projects and development\nprograms to encourage maximum use of existing knowledge and to foster\ndevelopment of new knowledge in applicable fields;\n--Provide information to and cooperate with the legislature and its\ncommittees in connection with studies and matters relevant to the\ndevelopment of transportation in the state.\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-21-70\n#50\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today appointed three members to four-\nyear-terms on the Board of Directors of the 21st District Agricultural\nAssociation ( Fresno District Fair).\nThey are:\nFloyd A. Boyd, a Fresno farm equipment dealer; Harry S. Baker,\na Fresno cotton dealer, and Robert K. Kanagawa, a Sanger nursery owner.\nBoyd, who lives at 5641 North Thorne Street, is active in the\nBoy Scout movement, is a governor of the Fresno State College\nAgricultural Foundation, a director of the Tulelake-Butte Valley District\nFair and other civic and service groups. A Republican, he succeeds\nSam J. Heath of Clovis, whose term has expired.\nBaker, who lives at 945 South Clovis Street, is active in\nnumerous civic and agricultural associations, including the National\nCotton Council of America, the Westlands Water District, the National\nCottonseed Products Association, the Fresno State College Advisory\nBoard, the California State Chamber of Commerce, the California Taxpayers\nAssociation and the National Association of Manufacturere. A Democrat,\nhe succeeds Archie M. Mathson of Fresno, whose term has expired.\nKanagawa, who lives at 16156 East McKinley, Sanger, is a director\nof the Valley Children's Hospital, a former trustee of the Sanger\nHigh School, Fairmont School and Sanger Unified School boards, has\nserved as chairman of the Sanger Grape Bowl Festival, is a director\nof the Sanger Chamber of Commerce and is a past president of the\nJapanese American Citizens League. A Republican, he succeeds Beverly H.\nJones of Fresno, whose term has expired.\nBoard members are paid necessary expenses.\n#####\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n#51\n445-4571\n1-22-70\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today proclaimed the City of Monterey\nthe Honorary Capital of California for 1970.\nText of the proclamation follows:\n\"WHEREAS, In 1603 mass was said at the foot of an oak tree on\nthe beach of Monterey Bay by the reverend Carmelite fathers who were\nin the company of explorer Don Sebastian Vizcaino; and\n\"WHEREAS, On June 3, 1770, Don Gaspar de Portola, commander of\na land expedition, met with Fray Junipero Serra, a San Francisco priest,\non the beach of Monterey, and raised the flag of Spain to lay claim,\nin the name of their Catholic Majesties, Carlos III of Spain, to all\nAlta California, after which mass was celebrated near the same oak\ntree, and the Mission San Carlos de Borromeo was founded for the\nconversion of the Indians to Christianity; and\n\"WHEREAS, On April 11, 1822, news reached the town of Monterey\nthat Mexico had overthrown Spanish rule and gained its independence;\nand\n\"WHEREAS, In 1825 California acknowledged jurisdiction of and\npledged allegiance to the Republic of Mexico; and\n\"WHEREAS, in 1849 the California Bear Flag was raised over Colton\nHall in Monterey when a state constitutional convention declared in\nCalifornia, with its capital at Monterey, to be the first Pacific Coast\nstate of the United States of America; and\n\"WHEREAS, in 1850 California was admitted as a free state to the\nUnion under the Compromise of 1850,\n\"NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, do\nhereby proclaim the CITY OF MONTEREY THE HONORARY CAPITAL OF CALIFORNIA\nFOR 1970 in commemoration of its bicentennial year.\n####\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-22-70\n#52\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today appointed Walnut Creek attorney\nWilliam R. Channell as judge of a newly-created Contra Costa County\nSuperior Court.\nChannell, 47, a Republican, will receive an annual salary\nof $31,816. The court was established by the 1969 legislature.\nA partner in a Walnut Creek law firm since 1963, Channell is a\nformer Deputy District Attorney of Alameda County. He is a Fellow\nof the American College of Trial Lawyers, first vice president of\nthe Northern California Association of Defense Counsel, a member of\nthe American Arbitration Association and a member of the American,\nCalifornia and Contra Costa Bar Associations.\nHis civic service has included work with the Happy Valley\nImprovement Association, the Boy Scouts, the Lafayette-Moraga Youth\nAssociation and the Contra Costa County Home Visiting Nurses.\nChannell is a native of Oakland and an Army veteran of World\nWar II. He completed undergraduate work at Stanford University and\nobtained his law degree from Hastings College of Law.\nHe and his wife Patricia have two children. The family home is\nin Lafayette.\n####\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nSacramento, Californ.\nMEMO TO THE RESS\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-22-70\nFollowing is the text of a filmed Report to the People by\nGovernor Reagan which has been distributed to California television\nstations for use this evening.\nAn audiotape of the statement is available to radio stations by\ncalling 916-445-0101.\n\"Today, I asked the legislature to pass the most comprehensive and\nfar-reaching Omnibus Clean Air Law to battle smog ever proposed by any\nstate or nation.\n\"This progressive plan of action will further strengthen the state's\nalready tough controls on smog and provide the teeth needed to enforce\nthem.\n\"Our new program will crack down even harder on smog from cars and\ntrucks---and on stationary polluters like agricultural and industrial\nburning.\n\"It will give our Air Resources Board the authority to regulate\nthe chemical make-up of gasoline so that smog-causing gas evaporation\nand exhaust fumes from auto and truck engines can be cut significantly.\n\"It will require that smog controls on every new vehicle sold in\nCalifornia are properly adjusted before that vehicle can be registered.\nFalse certification will subject dealers to criminal prosecution.\n\"We are asking our Air Resources Board to come up with an assembly-\nline method of testing every 1972 model vehicle sold in California, and\nto find a workable device for roadside testing by the Highway Patrol.\n\"This program also will enable California to significantly reduce\nthe heavy volumes of smoke and fumes which pour into our atmosphere\ndaily---by restricting smokestack emission and open burning.\n\"In addition, the Clean Air Law will give us the necessary tools\nto prevent future air pollution caused by the over-concentration of\nfuel-burning power generating plants along the coast by providing a\n20-year master plan for the location of such facilities.\n\"As = have said before, we are committed to an all-out war on smog.\nThis legislative package will give us more of the ammunition we need to\ngain final victory.\"\n#########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-22-70\n#53\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of one\nmember and reappointment of two members to the Board of Directors of\nthe California Museum of Science and Industry.\nThe new board member is Ernest J. Loebbecke of 2000 East Braeburn\nRoad, Altadena, president of a Los Angeles title insurance and trust\ncompany.\nReappointed were J. Howard Edgerton, president of a Los Angeles\nsavings and loan association and Quentin W. Best, president of a\nSouthern California rock products company.\nAll are Republicans. They will be paid necessary expenses\nduring their four-year-terms on the board which shares management of\nthe Los Angeles Coliseum and Sports Arena with the City and County of\nLos Angeles and owns and manages Exposition Park and manages the\nmuseum.\nLoebbecke, who is active in civic affairs, has served as president\nof the California State Chamber of Commerce and is active in the\nLos Angeles Chamber of Commerce and the United States Chamber of\nCommerce.\nBoth Edgerton and Best are also active in Southern California\ncivic affairs.\nEdgerton lives at 1288 Lago Vista Drive, Beverly Hills and\nBest lives at 1655 Rancho Avenue, Glendale.\n# # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n1-23-70\n#54\nGOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE\nJanuary 26, 1970\nthrough\nFebruary 1, 1970\nMonday, January 26\nOffice Appointments.\nOvernight - Sacramento\nTuesday, January 27\n10:00 a.m.\nBrief meeting with 9-year old Kenny Fried,\nof Palo Alto, to discuss California Water\nProject. Cabinet members in attendance.\nGovernor's Office.\n11:30 a.m.\nPresentation to California National Guard\nGenerals Glenn C. Ames and Bernard A. Nurre\ncertificates of accomplishment from the\nPresident's Youth Opportunity Program,\nGovernor's Council Room.\n11:45 a.m.\nSwearing-in of James Hall as Secretary of\nBusiness and Transportation, Governor's Office.\n1:30 p.m.\nPRESS CONFERENCE\n3:15 p.m.\nSigning of Junior Achievement Proclamation,\nGovernor's Council Room.\nOvernight - Sacramento\nWednesday, January 28\na.m.\nTrustees' meeting, Woodlake Inn.\nOvernight - Sacramento\nThursday, January 29\n4:00 p.m.\nPresentation of awards to student winners of\nVoice of Democracy Contest sponsored by the\nVFW, Governor's Office.\nOvernight - Sacramento\nFriday, January 30\n10:00 a.m.\nRemarks to YMCA Model Legislature, Assembly\nChambers.\nOvernight - Sacramento\nSaturday, January 31 -\nSunday, February 1\nNo appointments scheduled\nOvernight - Sacramento\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVE, OR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-27-70\n#55\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today proclaimed a State of Disaster in the\ncounties of Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Lake, Lassen, Marin, Modoc, Plumas,\nShasta, Siskiyou, Tehama and Trinity as a result of heavy winds, storms,\nand flood damage during the past several weeks.\nThe governor's action paves the way for the Boards of Supervisors in\nthe affected areas to request assistance from state agencies to assist in\ntheir efforts to protect life and property.\n\"As a result of heavy winds, storms, flooding and other conditions\nwhich, by reason of their magnitude, were beyond the control of the\nservices, personnel, equipment and facilities (of the twelve counties),\nI, therefore, proclaim the existence of a State of Disaster in the\ncounties of Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Lake, Lassen, Marin, Modoc, Plumas,\nShasta, Siskiyou, Tehama and Trinity,\" the governor said.\nHis proclamation noted that the chairmen of the boards of\nsupervisors in the twelve counties requested the governor's action.\nIt also cited \"conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons\nand property\" in the counties since December 17, 1969.\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER\nR\nRELEASE: ....mediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-27-70\n#56\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today awarded certificates of appreciation\nsigned by Vice President Spiro T. Agnew to the State of California's two\ntop military leaders in recognition of the California National Guard's\nimportant role in President Nixon's Youth Opportunity Program.\nReceiving the awards at a special ceremony in the Governor's Office\nwere Major General Glenn C. Ames, commanding general of the state's\nmilitary forces, and Brigadier General Bernard A. Nurre, commanding\ngeneral of the California Army National Guard's 49th Infantry Brigade.\nGeneral Nurre's brigade was specifically cited for providing\nmeaningful experiences and exciting recreational opportunities for\ndisadvantaged youngsters in the Hunters Point area of San Francisco.\nGeneral Ames received his certificate in recognition of the\ncontributions made by National Guard units throughout the state in\nfurthering the President's program for youths over the past year.\nGovernor Reagan characterized the ceremony as having \"special\nsignificance\" because it calls to the attention of the public the\nGuard's participation in, and sponsorship of, community projects which\nmight not otherwise be available to disadvantaged youngsters in the state.\nOver 1,500 youngsters took part in the 49th Infantry Brigade's\nprogram for youngsters during the past summer. The National Guard\nprovided medical and transportation support as well as meals to the\nyoungsters during the ten outings which it conducted. Funds to support\nsuch projects were collected from individual guardsmen in the 49th\nInfantry Brigade.\nGovernor Reagan noted that the Guard will continue to support and\nexpand its role in the President's Youth Opportunity Program during the\ncoming year.\nAlso attending the ceremony were Brigadier General Thomas K. Turnage,\nDeputy Adjutant General, Army; Chaplain (Major) Charles H. Lee, Brigade\nChaplain; Mrs. Osceola Washington Means, a member of the community\nservice staff of the redevelopment agency of the Hunters Point-Bayview\narea; Ernest Oliver, director of the Southeast Community Commission of\nSan Francisco; and six youngsters who participated in the program,\nranging in age from 9 to 13 years.\nAlso in attendance were LTC Cooper K. Pitsker, Commanding Officer,\n49th Support Battalion and Lieutenant Patrick McGreevy, Commanding Officer\nof the Battalion's Company B, who provided a majority of the support for\nthis program.\n#########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE:\nmediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-27-70\n#57\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today suggested that the California Horse\nRacing Board immediately urge all parties to a labor-management dispute\nat two race tracks in the state to agree to the use of a secret ballot\nby union members and be guided by the results of the balloting.\nThe crippling dispute has halted thoroughbred racing at Santa Anita\nin Southern California, and harness racing at Bay Meadows in Northern\nCalifornia, since their current seasons opened last December 26. The\nstrike is causing an estimated $1,125,000 loss in revenues to the state\ngeneral fund each week.\nThe governor said he has been keeping close tabs on the dispute\nsince it began and noted that the California Horse Racing Board has\nworked diligently to bring about a solution between all the parties\nconcerned.\n\"However,\" he said, \"despite all the efforts which have been made,\nthere has been no progress toward resolving the strike.\n\"For this reason, I am suggesting that the Horse Racing Board\nimmediately urge all parties to the dispute to agree to the use of a\nsecret ballot by union members to determine if a majority of the workers\nthemselves can accept management's offer.\n\"To assure complete fairness in the conduct of the balloting, I am\nfurther recommending that the secret ballot be supervised by the State\nConciliation Service.\n\"It is imperative that this costly dispute be settled equitably and\nfairly, and as soon as possible. Use of the secret ballot would enable\nevery union member to express his own, individual preference as to the\nlatest wage and benefit offer, \" the governor said.\n########\nF.JG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n1-27-70\nThe attached pages represent a partial description of the\nfurniture and paintings which have been either loaned or permanently\ndonated to the State of California.\nThe first two pages show some of the antique furniture and\npaintings which grace the governor's office. (However, most of the\nitems in the governor's private study belong to the Reagans.)\nPages 3 and 4 of the attached represent items which have been\npermanently donated to the State of California and are presently\nhoused in the Sacramento executive residence.\nThose paintings and antique furniture items which have been\nloaned to the State of California and are located in either the\ngovernor's office or at the Reagan residence, have an approximate\nworth of $100,000.\nItems which have been permanently donated to the State of\nCalifornia, and currently located in the governor's residence, have\nan approximate. worth of $25,000.\n# # #\nEJG\nOffers of furniture, paintings and pictures both as gift\nto the State or as loan came from all over the State--\nSouthern California, Bay Area, Northern California and Central\nValleys. The items in addition to being \"antiques\" in their\nown right have special state historical significance. Some\nof the paintings or sketches have no value as works of \"art\"\nbut they are priceless mementos of our past history. Others\nrange in value to $25,000 as a work of art plus the subject\nmatter being \"Californian\"; such as, \"Pio Pico's Home\",\n\"Sutter's Fort\", \"Yosemite\", etc. Ninety-eight pictures,\npaintings and sketches on loan from Sutter's Fort estimated\nvalue $50,000.00. Eight paintings on loan from Mrs. Howard\nAhmanson are valued at $5,750.00.\nThree outstanding pieces of furniture in the Governor's\nOffice which are particularly interesting are:\n(1) The Rimpau Couch\nA handsome \"early California\" - 1840 - hand carved,\nleather covered couch from the Avila Adobe loaned to\nMrs. Reagan by Pueblo De Los Angeles. The couch was given\nto the Pueblo project through Judge Ferris by Mrs. Maurice\nSparling, widow of Judge Sparling. She was a member of the\nRimpau family and lived in the Avila Adobe during her early\nchildhood. (Antique value, $1,500.00.)\n(2) Banjo Clock\nOne day while poking around in the basement back rooms\nof Sutter's Fort Mrs. Reagan spotted a large musty old clock\nin which she expressed interest. After it was cleaned, it was\nfound to be an authentic Banjo Clock that was purchased in\n1849 by the California National and D. O. Mills Bank in\nSacramento where it hung until 1934 when it was donated to\nthe State and long since forgotten. It now hangs in the\nGovernor's Office where it can be seen and appreciated by\nall. As you know, the Banjo Clock is \"American\" both in\ndesign and construction. (Antique value, $750.00)\n(3) Columbia Grafonola, Deluxe 1890\nMany antiques or old pieces are so priceless or fragile\nthat they cannot be utilized or enjoyed to their fullest. A\ndelightful exception to this is an 1890 Deluxe Columbia\nGrafonola elaborately carved mahogany music box which stands\n55 inches high, loaned through the courtesy of John Rice,\nSacramento; though not old enough to be properly classed as\nan \"antique\" as the forerunner of the Juke Box, Record Player,\nHi Fi, it is true \"Americana\". It has to be hand wound, or\ncranked, and the records are large metal discs. Visitors\nand employees in the sedate Governor's Suite are frequently\nstartled by the discordant blasting of the Anvil Chorus or\nother equally interesting renditions. (Value $750.00 -\n$1,000.00 - Not for sale.)\n-2-\nFurniture donated to the State of California by Mr. and\nMrs. Reese Milner, 706 North Canon Drive, Beverly Hills,\nCalifornia 90210\n1 New flowered Spanish carpet, hand tuffted,\n11' X 14'\n$2,800.00\n1 Venetian painted secretary\n3,400.00\n1 Blue & white French wood frame bed, hand carved\n650.00\n1 French wood hand carved arm chair, upholstered\nin blue silk, Louis XV\n750.00\n1 Occasional imported French table, Louis XVI,\npainted blue and white\n285.00\n1 French imported wood & cane bench, Louis XVI,\npainted blue and white\n350.00\n1 Harpsichord, fruitwood (perfect condition)\n1,800.00\n1 Custom made 7' sofa, hand carved Louis XVI\nframe, upholstered in white Scalamandre silk,\n(perfect condition)\n875.00\n2 Custom upholstered - tuffted back arm chairs,\nyellow Scalamandre silk (perfect condition)\n$340.00 ea.\n680.00\n1 Custom made Credenza finished in Italian marbel-\nized top and paneling gold leaf moulding\n1,200.00\n6 Imported Louis XVI side chairs custom finished\nin pink and gold, upholstered in blue Scalamandre\nsilk velvet, loose cushion seats\n$350.00 ea.\n2,100.00\n1 Chinese teakwood arm chair, upholstered loose\nvelvet cushion\n175.00\n1 Antique French Regency secretary, fruitwood,\nwith black and grey marble top\n2,800.00\n$17,865.00\nFurniture donated to the State of California by Mr. and\nMrs. Alfred Bloomingdale, 131 North Delfern, Los Angeles,\nCalifornia\nOne specially designed mahogany table in the late\n18th century manner. The table is in 3 parts.\nEach reeded edge thick top rests upon a hand-\ncarved tripod base terminating with antiqued brass\nmembers. The size of each table is 4'0\" square\nplus two 2' leaves that match, making a table\nlength, when joined, of 16'0\".\n$3,500.00\nFurniture donated to the State of California by Mr. and\nMrs. Earle Jorgensen, 960 Bel-Air Road, Los Angeles,\nCalifornia 90024\nTwo Queen Anne style armchairs, special lacquer\n$3,000.00\nfinish, upholstered seats covered in top grain\nleather. Ten side chairs to match.\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nSacramento, California\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-28-70\nMrs. Ronald Reagan will hold a press conference at the residence\nat 1341 - 45th Street, Sacramento, tomorrow morning, January 29, at\n10 a.m.\nshe will conduct a tour of the executive residence and relate how\nCalifornia citizens have contributed furnishings and works of art to\nthe State of California.\nPress coverage is invited.\n#######\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nSacramento, California\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-28-70\nFollowing is the text of a filmed Report to the People by\nGovernor Reagan which has been distributed to California television\nstations for use this evening.\nAn audiotape of the statement embargoed for use after 5 p.m.\ntoday---is now available to radio stations by calling 916-445-0101.\n\"Today I have submitted to the legislature the most comprehensive\nbattle plan for an all-out war against narcotics and drug abuse that has\never been drawn in the nation's history.\n\"By executive order, I have created the State Office of Narcotics\nand Drug Abuse Coordination. This new office will spearhead our campaign\nby marshalling all public and private forces to concentrate on drug\nabuse prevention, treatment and educational programs.\n\"We are increasing the number of State narcotics agents. And I am\noffering specific suggestions to give law enforcement agencies the\nweapons to crack down on dope pushers.\n\"This fight must begin in the first grade classroom by making our\nchildren completely aware of the dangers they face through experimentation\nwith drugs. And it must be carried all the way to university research\ncenters where the scientific facts about drug usage can be assembled.\n\"I am proposing legislation that will enable us to account for\nevery shipment of dangerous drugs from the time it leaves the\nmanufacturer until it reaches the physician, pharmacy or hospital where\nit is used.\n\"I am also suggesting that all government and private agencies join\nforces to find the cures that will help us get the victims of drug\nabuse back on the road to useful, productive lives.\n\"Our children are the prime target of the dope pusher and I am\nproposing laws that will increase the penalties against those who pray\nupon them.\n\"Make no mistake about it. This is a war. It requires not only the\ncooperation of every local, state and federal agency concerned with drug\nabuse, but also the cooperation of every citizen as well. If we don't\nwork together, we run the risk of losing a generation.\"\n#######\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: mediate\nSacramento, Califon a\nConatact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-28-70\n#58\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of\nJudge Ronald M. Crookshank, 63, a veteran jurist, to a newly-created\nOrange County Superior Court bench.\nJudge Crookshank served as an Orange County Superior Court\njudge from 1957 until 1968, when he retired because of his wife's\nillness. Mrs. Crookshank died two months after he left the bench.\nPrior to his first appointment to the Superior Court,\nJudge Crookshank had served as city judge of Santa Ana and judge\nof the Santa Ana Municipal Court.\nHe is a native of Santa Ana, a graduate of local schools\nand Stanford University. He received his law degree from Harvard in\n1933.\nA Republican, he will receive an annual salary of $31,816.\n# # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVEL\nR\nRELEASE:\nediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-28-70\n#59\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today appointed Adrian W. Adams,\nNewhall Court Commissioner, to a newly-created Newhall Judicial District\nMunicipal Court bench.\nAdams, 46, a Republican, will receive an annual salary of\n$29,270. The court was created by the 1969 legislature.\nPrior to his appointment as Court Commissioner in 1968, Adams\nwas engaged in private law practice in Los Angeles and Newhall. He\nis also a former F. B. I. Agent.\nHis civic activities include service as a trustee of both\nthe William S. Hart High School District and the Newhall School District.\nA native Californian, Adams attended Occidental College and\nreceived his degree from Loyola Law School.\nHe is a member of the State Bar, the Los Angeles County Bar\nAssociation, the San Fernando Valley Bar Association, the American\nJudicature Society and the American Arbitration Association.\nAdams and his wife Jane have two children.\n# # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVE\nOR\nRELEASE:\nmediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n1-28-70\n#60\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment\nof Arthur E. Madrid, 35, of San Diego to a four-year-term on the\nCalifornia Veterans Board, subject to Senate confirmation.\nA Marine Corps veteran of the Korean conflict, Madrid is an\nUrban Affairs Representative of the Pacific Telephone Company. He will\nsucceed George Sinopoli of Fresno whose term has expired.\nA Republican, Madrid is a Member-at-Large of the G. I. Forum,\nan organization of veterans from the Mexican-American community, a\nmember of the University of California at San Diego Urban Affairs\nCommittee, the Mexican-American Advisory Council for the University\nof San Diego and the Chicano Federation of San Diego.\nHe and his wife Sally have three children. The family home\nis at 5308 Tufts Street, La Mesa.\nThe post pays $20 per day while on official duty.\n####\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOV' NOR\nRELEASE:\nmmediate\nSacramento, Calife nia\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-28-70\n#61\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointments of\nSan Francisco attorneys Charles E. Goff and Victor M. Campilongo\nas judges of two San Francisco Municipal Courts.\nGoff, 39, a Democrat, was named to succeed Judge Robert\nMerrill who has been elevated to the San Francisco County Superior\nCourt.\nCampilongo, 41, a Republican, will succeed Judge Donald\nConstine, who has also been elevated to the Superior Court.\nA partner in the firm of Gudmundson, Siggins, Stone and\nGoff since 1965, Goff received his degree from Stanford Law School\nand has attended the University of Minnesota, the University of\nMexico and the University of California.\nHe is a member of the State Bar, the San Francisco Bar\nAssociation, the Lawyers Club of San Francisco, the Association\nof Defense Counsel of Northern California, the Stanford Law Society\nof Northern California and Nevada and Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity.\nHe and his wife Sandra have two children.\nCampilongo, a partner in the firm of Davis, Campilongo and\nSchmidt since 1963, holds degrees from the University of San Francisco\nand the San Francisco Law School. He is a member of the Lawyers\nClub of San Francisco and the American Bar Association.\nCampilongo and his wife Lucille have three children.\nMunicipal court judges receive an annual salary of $29,270.\n# # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOV\nNOR\nRELEASE: immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-28-70\n#62\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the re-appointment\nof Edward Hageman, Jr., San Rafael architect, to a three-year-term on\nthe Designers' Qualifications Advisory Committee.\nA Republican, he will represent building designers on the\ncommittee. The post pays per diem and necessary expenses.\nHageman lives at 310 Hidden Valley Lane, San Anselmo.\n# # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE:\nImmediate\nSacramento, Calif hia\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n1-28-70\n#63\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today sent the following telegram to members\nof the California Horse Racing Board:\n\"Despite the diligent efforts which you and others have made to\nresolve the crippling labor-management dispute at the Santa Anita and\nBay Meadows tracks during the past month, there still appears virtually\nno prospect for a settlement of the strike---short of a new initiative\nwhich I hereby suggest for your consideration.\n\"To get the dispute off dead center and to assure renewed progress\ntoward a satisfactory solution, I am asking you to immediately urge all\nparties on both sides of the issue--to agree to the use of a secret\nballot by union members to determine if a majority of the workers them-\nselves feel the latest management offer is acceptable, or if they wish\nto continue the present strike.\n\"To guarantee complete fairness in the conduct of the balloting, I\nam further recommending that the secret ballot be supervised by the\nState Conciliation Service.\n\"Surely no party to the dispute--with a genuine desire to resolve\nit fairly and equitably--could quarrel with this kind of initiative.\nFor, it would result in making known the will of each individual union\nmember on a matter of personal, vital concern to him.\n\"It is absolutely imperative that this costly dispute be settled at\nthe earliest possible moment.\n\"I believe the initiative I have suggested would provide the forward\nstep necessary to resolve the impasse which continues to halt all\nprogress toward a settlement.\n\"Sincerely, Ronald Reagan, Governor of California\"\nCopies of the telegram also were sent to Leo Geffner, Service\nEmployees International Union, Los Angeles; George Hardy, Service\nEmployees International Union, Los Angeles; Max Richardson, Local 399,\nLos Angeles; Richard Trowbridge, Local 399, Los Angeles; George Ruehl,\nLocal 193, Los Angeles; Charles Mahoney, Local 280, Los Angeles;\nJames Haws, Local 102, San Diego; and Federation of California Racing\nAssociation, Inc. members: Sidney Korshak, Los Angeles; Charles G.\nBakaly, Jr., Los Angeles; Jack Speyer, Director, Labor Relations,\nSanta Anita Race Track; Dr. William J. Ward, Bay Meadows Race Track;\nRobert Strub, President, Santa Anita Race Track; Fred Ryan, Vice President\nand General Manager, Santa Anita Race Track; James E. Stewart, Hollywood\nPark Race Track; Phillip Shepherd, Los Angeles County Fair; Marvin\nShapiro, President, Western Harness Racing Association, Hollywood Park\nRace Track; Frank Vessells, Jr., Los Alamitos Race Course.\n#\n#\n#\n#\n#\n#\n#\n#\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n1-29-70\n#64\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced a cooperative agreement\nbetween two state agencies for the joint use of facilities that \"will\nestablish a pattern for increased efficiency and significant economies.\"\nUnder the agreement, the Departments of Water Resources and Public\nWorks will jointly operate and maintain facilities that were planned\nfor separate use by the California Aqueduct of the State Water Project\nand for Interstate 5, the Westside Freeway of the Division of Highways.\n\"Here is an example of good planning and a willingness on the part\nof state employees and their department heads to cooperate in a\ndetermination to give the people of California the best possible\nservice at the lowest possible cost,\" the governor said.\n\"Both agencies could have erected separate facilities but they got\ntogether and determined that a single location would operate just as\neffectively,\" the governor pointed out. \"This is the type of\ncooperation we have been encouraging. It will establish a pattern for\nincreased efficiency and significant economies.\"\nThe two facilities are the Lost Hills Operations and Maintenance\nCenter of the Water Project in Kern County and the Patterson Maintenance\nYard of the Division of Highways in Stanislaus County.\n\"Water Resources Director William R. Gianelli and Public Works\nDirector James A. Moe have informed me that they will also be happy to\nextend the facility-sharing arrangement with other state agencies which\nmay have the need for office or other space along the west side of the\nSan Joaquin Valley,\" the governor said.\n# # #\nwas\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Califor\na\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n1-29-70\n#65\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointments of\nattorneys Richard Amerian and Peter E. Giannini as Los Angeles County\nMunicipal Court judges.\nBoth are Republicans. They will receive annual salaries of\n$29,270.\nAmerian, 32, succeeds Judge Thomas Murphy who has been elevated\nto the Los Angeles County Superior Court, and Giannini, 48, succeeds\nJudge Kenneth Holaday who has retired.\nAssociated with the firm of Cox, Castle and Nicholson, Amerian\nholds a degree in political science, Magna Cum Laude from the\nUniversity of Southern California and received his law degree from\nthe U.S.C. Law School.\nHe is a member of the Los Angeles County, State and American Bar\nAssociations, Legion Lex, the American Judicature Society and is a\ntrustee of the U.S.C. Law Alumni Association, the Order of the Coif.\nGiannini, who attended the University of Santa Clara, received\nhis law degree from the University of California's Boalt Hall, and is\na member of the Order of the Coif.\nActive in numerous civic, cultural and youth groups, he is a past\npresident of the Wilshire and Brentwood Chambers of Commerce, a member\nof the Junipero Serra Society, the Federated Italo-Americans of Southern\nCalifornia and the Hollywood-Wilshire Symphony Orchestra Board.\nHe and his wife Mercedes have six children.\n# # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER OR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Califo:\nla\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n1-29-70\n#66\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointment of\nDr. George I. Dean Jr. of Merced to a four-year term on the State\nBoard of Optometry and the appointment of two new members.\nThe new members are Dr. Jack O. Pence of Arroyo Grande and\nattorney Eugene M. Azevedo of Modesto. The latter will represent the\npublic on the board.\nDr. Deane, active in civic affairs, is a past president of the\nMerced Community Welfare Council, the Merced Board of Education and\na member of numerous optometric associations. He is a Republican. He\nlives at 206 East 26th Street.\nDr. Pence, a former Arroyo Grande City Councilman, will succeed\nDr. Arthur B. Emmes of Castro Valley, whose term has expired.\nA Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry, Dr. Pence is active\nin the Tri-Counties Optometric Society, the California Optometric Asso-\nciation and the American Optometric Association. He and his wife Jerri\nand their four children live at 134 East Branch Street, Arroyo Grande.\nHe is a Republican.\nAzevedo, who is active in community, civic and youth affairs, is a\nmember of the American, California and Stanislaus County Bar\nAssociations, the American Trial Lawyers Association and the California\nTrial Lawyers Association. He succeeds Loann Eagan of Fair Oaks, whose\nterm has expired. He and his wife Marlene have four children. The\nfamily home is at 520 Greenwich Lane, Modesto. He is a Republican.\nBoard members are paid $25 per diem while on official duty.\n# # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n1-30-70\nThe 1970-71 budget will be available to the\npress in the press office beginning at 8:30 a.m.\nMonday, February 2.\nFinance Director Verne Orr and his staff will\nconduct a briefing on the budget in the press\nconference room (#1190) from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.,\nMonday.\nThe budget will be embargoed for release at\n5 p.m. Tuesday, February 3.\nAs has been done in the past, the briefing\nsession is off the record therefore, no sound\ncameras or recorders are allowed.\n# # #\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n1-30-70\n#67\nGovernor Reagan announced today that the Department of Defense\nhas approved plans for creation of a long sought small craft harbor of\nrefuge at Cojo Bay on the eastern shore of Point Conception.\n\"All California boating associations and the state itself have given\nthis location top priority for the first true harbor of refuge along\nthe coast. This project, so important to California boaters, represents\na breakthrough in some 20 years of effort to provide safe refuge on the\nhazardous passage between Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo,' the\ngovernor said.\n\"Mariners are well aware of the usually adverse weather encountered\nrounding Point Conception and the provision of a nearby safe anchorage\nwill gladden their hearts.\"\nCojo Bay is afforded natural protection from the wind and sea on\nthe north and west by Government Point but the eastern side of the\npeninsula is exposed to the weather.\nThe state's participation will be under the direction of Robert C.\nWalker, Director of the new Department of Navigation and Ocean\nDevelopment.\n\"This life-saving refuge was doubly important in view of the long\ndistances to the next closest harbors and because passage through the\nnearby Vandenberg test range was restricted from time to time. This is\na gratifying example of the new State-Federal cooperation being enjoyed\nby the people of California in increasing degree, # Walker said,\nThe state has adequately budgeted for the initiation of this\nproject and study proposals will be solicited in the immediate future.\nThe project would include sheltered water, navigation aids, fixed\nanchorages, a landing with telephone, and emergency medical and fueling\nfacilities.\nAdditionally, beach erosion studies are planned to ensure that no\nbeaches are adversely affected by the harbor development. The\nDepartment of Navigation and Ocean Development has assured the\nDepartment of Defense that no provisions for population are proposed\nat the point that might present an unreasonable risk or hazard to the\nAir Force missile launching program at Vandenberg.\nStrict rules will be prescribed for use of the water and adjacent\nland area. The harbor will be known as a \"bare\" harbor of refuge\nproviding safety from storms but not recreational facilities,\n######\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\n445-4571\n1-30-70\nGovernor Ronald Reagan will launch his Program to Reduce\nOccupational Injuries among the state's more than 100,000 employees\nduring a special program at noon Monday in the rotunda of the Capitol\nBuilding.\nAim of the program, which will be directed by Paul Cossaboon of the\nState Compensation Insurance Fund, will be to reduce the rate of\noccupational injuries by 10 percent a year at an annual savings of\nmore than $1 million.\nOther speakers during the ceremony will include Earl Coke,\nSecretary of Agriculture and Services; Jerome W. Hull, president of\nPacific Telephone Company; and Eldon B. Roseberry, vice president of\nthe California State Employees Association.\nThe program will also include selections by the East Guadaljara\nIron Works Band.\nPress coverage is invited.\n########\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n1-30-70\n#68\nGOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE\nFebruary 2, 1970\nthrough\nFebruary 8, 1970\nMonday, February 2\nNoon\nKick-off of Governor's Program to Reduce\nOccupational Injuries, Capitol Rotunda.\nBrief remarks.\nOvernight - Sacramento\nTuesday, February 3\n1:30 p.m.\nPRESS CONFERENCE\nOvernight - Sacramento\nWednesday, February 4\nNo public appointments scheduled.\nOvernight - Sacramento\nThursday, February 5\nNoon\nFull Gospel Business Men's Fellowship\nLuncheon, Sacramento Inn.\nOvernight - Sacramento\nFriday, February 6\na.m.\nDepart for Los Angeles\n7:30 p.m.\nCalifornia Newspaper Publishers Association\nAnnual Banquet, Century Plaza Hotel.\nOvernight - Los Angeles\nSaturday, February 7\n7:30 p.m.\nCalifornia Young Republican Convention\nDinner, Airport Marina. Speech.\nOvernight - Los Angeles\nSunday, February 8\nNo appointments scheduled.\n# # #\nPB"
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