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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE:
mmediate
Sacramento, Califori
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
5-1-70
#236
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Howard J. Volz, San Diego labor official, to fill an unexpired term on
the Apprenticeship Council.
Volz, 55, business manager and financial secretary of Local 569 of
the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, succeeds George W.
Smith of Los Angeles, who has resigned. Smith's term ends January 15,
1972.
Volz, a Democrat, will represent employees on the council.
He will receive a salary of $25 each day while on official duty.
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WAS
OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE: Im diate
Sacramento, Californ.
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
5-1-70
# 237
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Robert A. Thacker,
a Hemet businessman, to a four-year-term on the 46th District Agricultura
Association (Farmers Fair of Riverside County) and reappointed
directors James W. Dilworth and Philip Van Norman to four-year-terms.
Thacker, 55, of 615 East Calhoun Street, Hemet, succeeds
Theodore Eggen of Hemet whose term has expired.
Dilworth, an attorney, of 3549 Dwight Street, Riverside, has
served on the board since 1967.
Van Norman, owner of a heating and air conditioning business,
of 38610 Seventh Street, San Jacinto, has served as a director since 1956
All three are Republicans.
Board members are paid necessary expenses.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVER
RELEASE:
mediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
5-1-70
#238
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointments of
Kenneth J. Bourguignon, president of a Van Nuys engineering and
construction firm, and Edward M. Curran, a program controller for a
Canoga Park aircraft company, to four-year-terms on the Industrial
Welfare Commission.
Bourguignon, 51, of 8942 Oak Park Avenue, Northridge, is president
of Dotken Engineering Inc., and succeeds J. J. Rodriguez of Monterey
Park, whose term has expired.
Curran, 47, of 20326 Stagg Street, Canoga Park, is employed by
North American Rockwell Corporation. He succeeds Mrs. Dorothy Colton
of Beverly Hills, whose term has expired.
Both men are Republicans.
Commission members are paid $25 per day while on official duty.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVER
R
RELEASE:
mmediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
5-1-70
#239
Governor Ronald Reagan today urged all Californians to join in the
observance of a national day of prayer on Sunday for the humane treatment
and safe return of American prisoners of war and servicemen missing in
action in Southeast Asia.
President Richard M. Nixon, in a proclamation issued today in
Washington, D.C., designated May 3 as a day of prayer across the nation.
The governor also praised the efforts of a congressionally-sponsored
Appea.. for International Justice Tribute Committee (AIJTC) to focus
worldwide attention on the plight of American military personnel missing
in action or held prisoner by the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese.
In a letter to Senator Robert J. Dole (R-Kansas), chairman of the
bi-partisan committee, Governor Reagan said:
"The heartless refusal of the government of Hanoi to announce
complete prisoner lists, negotiate exchange of incapacitated prisoners
and to approve continuous Red Cross supervision of prisoner camps is an
indication to the world of the kind of value which the savage and
totalitarian Honoi government places on human life, family, love and
civilized conduct."
The letter was hand-carried to Senator Dole's office in Washington,
D.C., by Mr. E. C. Mills, principal of the East Bakersfield High School.
Mills, whose son James, a Navy jet pilot, has been missing in action
since being shot down over North Vietnam four years ago, will be among
hundreds of wives and families of such servicemen expected to be on hand
for the convocation from throughout the nation.
Some 325 persons, who are "primary next of kin" to U.S. prisoners of
war or personnel missing in action, make their homes in California.
They were offered free transportation to Washington for the event by the
Air Force on a space available basis.
In his letter to Senator Dole, the governor expressed his "personal
support of the Committee's efforts to bring to the attention of the
American people and the freedom-loving people of the world the plight of
U.S. military personnel who are missing in action and prisoners of the
Viet Cong and North Vietnamese.
"I am hopeful that your efforts on behalf of our men being held
prisoner will provide the impetus that is needed to focus worldwide
attention on this matter.
"Mrs. Reagan joins me in extending our most sincere best wishes to
the families of our men missing in action and being held prisoner in
Southeast Asia," the governor said.
Serving with Senator Dole on the AIJTC are senators Murphy, Muskie,
Dominick, Stennis, Goldwater and Mansfield; Congresswoman May and
Congressmen McKneally, Daniel, Roudebush and Sykes.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVEPNOR
MEMO TO THF RESS
Sacramento, Califo. ia
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
5-1-70
#240
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
May 4, 1970
through
May 10, 1970
Monday, May 4
No public appointments scheduled.
Overnight - - Sacramento
Tuesday, May 5
10:00 a.m. PRESS CONFERENCE
11:00 a.m.
Meeting with Treasurer Ivy Baker Priest to pull
bonds, Governor's Office.
Overnight - Sacramento
Wednesday, May 6
No public appointments scheduled.
Overnight - - Sacramento
Thursday, May 7 No public appointments scheduled.
Overnight - - Sacramento
Friday, May 8
Evening
Fundraising dinner for Senator Coombs, Regina Winery,
Etiwanda.
Overnight Los Angeles
Saturday, May 9 No public appointments scheduled.
Overnight - - Los Angeles
Sunday, May 10 No public appointments scheduled.
Overnight - Sacramento
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PB
OFFICE OF THE GOVER OR
RELEASE:
mmediate
Sacramento, Califo,
ia
Contact:
Paul Beck
#241
445-4571
5-1-70
The State of California today held up approval for refunding the
Berkeley Economic Opportunity Organization pending consultations with
state, federal and Berkeley city, authorities to correct program
deficiencies including staff misconduct and misuse of federal funds.
Edwin Meese III, executive secretary to Governor Ronald Reagan,
said the action was taken "to assure that programs are responsibly
administered for the benefit of the poor, but that there would be no
objection to interim funding of existing programs for a period of up
to 60 days.
However, he emphasized that during this time, consultations
intended to secure appropriate remedial action must be held between
federal and state OEO officials, representatives of the City of Berkeley
and members of the Berkeley Economic Opportunity Organization.
In a letter to H. Rodger Betts, regional director of the Office
of Economic Opportunity (federal), San Francisco, Meese said, "Members
of the Berkeley community and city officials have expressed interest in
a review of the Berkeley Economic Opportunity Program with the hope
that a program will be developed that will be acceptable to all the
people of Berkeley.
"The State of California shares this position.
"Therefore, the State Office of Economic Opportunity is ready and
available to engage in immediate consultations toward remedial action
leading to consideration of rescinding the disapproval, Meese's letter
said.
The $390,000 grant would fund the Berkeley Economic Opportunity
Program for the coming year.
Meese said disapproval was based primarily on the following:
"Failure by the Berkeley Economic Opportunity Organization to
enforce proper administrative procedures in connection with misconduct
and misuse of federal funds by members of its staff, such as involvement
in TORCH (so-called 'Tenants on Radical Change in Housing') and the
so-called rent strike.
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-"Evidence that members of the Berkeley Economic Opportunity
Organization board and staff engaged in activities prohibited by OEO
guidelines and directives regarding political activities, such as
resolutions and support of the Black Panther Party.
"Evidence that elements of the poor in West Berkeley question
the continuation of the programs in their present form. The Berkeley
Economic Opportunity Organization-sponsored programs caused polarization
in the disadvantaged community, resulting in de facto exclusion of
significant segments of qualified poor from meaningful participation.
"Failure of the Berkeley Economic Opportunity Organization to
obtain the effective and supportive participation of elected govern-
mental officials, or the endorsement of the Berkeley City Council on
Community Action Form 46. "
Meese also said further review is required on a number of issues,
including the following:
"Conditions leading to the resignation of the executive director
of the Berkeley Economic Opportunity Organization.
"Involvement and participation in the organization and conduct
of the TORCH project and the related rent strike.
"Lack of staff representation in ratio to the ethnic community
served by the Berkeley Economic Opportunity Organization.
"Comprehensive review of board member selection and composition,
alienation of segments of the poor in West Berkeley, program
effectiveness for qualified recipients, and many other issues affecting
optimum operation of the Berkeley Economic Opportunity Organization and
its programs. "
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OFFICE OF THE GOVE
DR
RELEASE:
mediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
5-4-70
#242
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Long Beach attorney Reed M.
Williams to a four-year-term on the board of governors of the
California Maritime Academy.
Williams, 43, succeeds Rodney M. Elden of Palos Verdes Estates,
whose term has expired.
A graduate of the California Maritime Academy and the University
of California's Hastings College of the Law, Williams is an associate
in the firm of Graham and James of Long Beach and is a specialist
in admiralty law and foreign trade. He is a Democrat.
He and his wife Harriet have five children. The family home
is at 259 Granada Avenue, Long Beach.
Governors of the academy are paid necessary expenses.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVE
DR
RELEASE:
mediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
5-4-70
#243
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Mrs. Laura J.
Schreiber of Santa Susana to a four year term on the board of the
31st District Agricultural Association ( Ventura County Fair) and
reappointed directors Ruben Castro and Fred C. Ferro to four-year-terms.
Mrs. Schreiber of 3941 Walnut Avenue, Santa Susana, and her
husband John operate a Simi Valley orchard. She is active in civic
and youth affairs.
A Democrat, she succeeds Jack W. Wood of Ventura, whose term
has expired.
Castro, of 273 High Street, Moorpark, operates a grocery store.
A Democrat, he has served on the board since 1966.
Ferro, of 315 Valley Vista Drive, Camarillo, a farmer and
land developer, has served on the board since 1967. He is a
Republican.
Board members are paid necessary expenses.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVE. OR
RELEASE:
mediate
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
5-4-70
#244
Governor Ronald Reagan today proclaimed Napa and Contra Costa
Counties disaster areas to enable the two counties to re-assess
damaged property and return a portion of the property taxes to the
owners.
Napa County was declared an agricultural disaster area because
of frost damage to crops on March 10, while Contra Costa County
received the designation as a result of storm and flood damage in
December.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVI
OR
RELEASE:
mmediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
5-4-70
#245
Governor Ronald Reagan today named three members to the
State Contractors License Board, subject to Senate confirmation.
They are J. Frank Park, president of Western Air and Refrigeratio
Inc., of Compton, Edward D. Weyand, president of Roofers, Inc., of
Sacramento, and Ralph T. Viola, president of Ralph T. Viola General
Contactors of Oxnard.
Park, 64, will succeed Robert W. Bolster of La Canada, whose
term has expired, as air conditioning representative on the board.
He lives at 2160 Kenilworth Avenue, Los Angeles.
Weyand, 64, will succeed Richard Gardner of Los Banos, whose
term has expired, as roofing specialist on the board. He lives at
2765 - 14th Street, Sacramento.
Viola, 53, will replace Norman P. Van Valkenburg of Pasadena,
whose term has expired, as general contractor representative. He
lives at 836 North F Street, Oxnard.
All three appointees are Republicans.
Members of the board are paid $25 per diem while on official
duty.
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OFFICE OF THE GOV NOR
RELEASE:
mmediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
5-4-70
#246
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointments of
three new directors to the board of the 22nd District Agricultural
Association (Southern California Exposition Fair).
They are Chaffee C. Young, 1230 Avocado Avenue, Escondido;
Dr. Donald W. Thiel, 820 Belair Court, El Cajon, and Charles E.
Badger, 1634 Glasgow Avenue, Cardiff-by-the-Sea.
Young, an avocado farmer, succeeds Lewis Lipton of San Diego,
whose term has expired.
Thiel, an industrial arts professor at San Diego State College
and an Arabian horse breeder and judge, succeeds Frank M. Laswell
of El Cajon, whose term has expired.
Badger, vice president of a citrus grove development and
irrigation company at Rancho Santa Fe, succeeds Howard McCormick
of La Jolla, whose term has expired.
All three men are Republicans
Board members are paid necessary expenses.
# # #
WAS
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE:
Sacramento, Californ a
Contact:
Paul B.
K
445-4571
4-5-70
#247
The following telegram was sent today by Governor Ronald
Reagan to Senator Russell Long, chairman of the Senate Finance
Committee, regarding the welfare bill now pending before the U. S. Senate
"In response to your recent telegram regarding HR 16311, I
am sending you these data as to the potential fiscal impact of the bill
on the State of California. These data are based on what are probably
the most sophisticated welfare records of any state in the nation and
therefore they have a certain measure of validity.
"At the outset, may I commend you and the members of your
committee for requesting more hard facts and information and revisions
of this so-called welfare reform bill as adopted by the House. Your
committee in its wisdom, has served the people and the President well;
for, the bill as it was drawn up and amended would not have accomplished
the reforms and pruposes set forth by the President in his August 11,
1969 message to the people and the Congress of the United States.
"My strong reservations on the bill stem from both financial
anxiety and philosophical antipathy. I am strongly opposed to any
government-guaranteed income, and firmly against increased federal
intervention and control of state operations. I have a real apprehension
that the federal, state and local costs of the bill would be excessive
and perhaps unbearable at a time when the taxpayer is already struggling
under inflation and an enervating tax burden. And, the fact that this
open-ended welfare extension should come at this time when there are
other vital demands for tax-funds--in areas such as education; law
enforcement and environment, for example--would seem to lock our
priorities into a sequence of events which would preclude or at least
delay attending to pressing and productive programs.
"The President in his 1969 message called for provisions that
would increase family solidarity and end financial incentives to
desertion. The bill as passed out by the House includes substantial
incentives for desertion; in some cases, it could encourage the dissolu-
tion of families.
"The bill carries all the hallmarks of those open-ended welfare
programs of the 60s--such as Medicare and Medicaid--which are now
causing both the federal and state governments such serious, virtually
insoluble financial problems.
"The President said that he was opposed to a government-
guaranteed annual income; proponents of the new Act, as adopted by the
House, claim the bill does not provide such a government-guaranteed
income. But under its provisions, no work-qualified head of household
need actually work. This is, in fact, a government-guaranteed income
which does not increase payrolls but would increase the welfare rolls.
"A great part of the strength of this Republic, as recognized
in the President's call for a "New Federalism", is the strength of the
several states. Yet this program as now drawn would weaken the role
of the states. In fact, as now constituted, it would penalize those
states which are determined to continue to carry their responsibilities
for their citizens.
"The proposal originally set forth by the President seeks to
reduce the welfare rolls. At the present time, one out of every twelve
people in California is on welfare; if the provisions of HR 16311 were
allowed to remain as is and were enacted, one out of every seven persons
in our state will be eventually on the welfare rolls. This would be
a most serious development; it would further weaken the moral fiber and
fiscal integrity of the nation; it would drain the productive wellspring
of America. Many individuals who are now being encouraged to break loose
from welfare would, under the provisions of the Act, find it more
comfortable to sink back into a state of federal dependency. For, the
sorry record of welfare programs over the past years underscores the
observation that when we pay people to be poor, there is bound to be more
poor people.
"I hope that the experience, the apprehensions and the
aspirations of the people of this great state of California would be
fully considered in your deliberations. I stand ready to assist you and
your committee in this important matter.
"Following is the statistical and financial data you request:
#247
"(1) What is year estimate of the total and state cost of and
mber of persons eligible for aid to families with dependent children
in your state in fiscal year 1972?
"(A) Assuming no Family Assistance Program is in effect, AFDC
costs for fiscal 1972 estimated as $1,115,800,000 in total, and
587,000,000 non-federal (state plus county). Average number of
recipients estimated as 1,559,700.
"(2) HR 16311 requires that states aid families whose father is
unemployed. How many persons will this add to the AFDC rolls in your
state in fiscal 1972 and what do you estimate will be the additional
total and state cost?
"(A) California has an unemployed parent component in AFDC, there-
fore no persons will be added to caseloads as a result of this provision.
"(3) HR 16311 generally requires that states disregard the first
$60 earned monthly plus one third of additional earnings in determining
eligibility for families receiving state welfare payments. How many
persons in families whose father is either dead, absent, incapacitated,
or unemployed will this add to the welfare rolls in your state in fiscal
1972 and at what cost, both total and state?
"(A) Estimate for this element is combined with estimate of case
finding effect attributable to Family Assistance Plan of HR 16311.
Case finding effects on family aid, including earning exemptions,
are estimated to cost $66,800,000 in total and $24,500,000 non-federal
(state plus county) Average number of recipients estimated as
103,000. This estimate must be considered rough are
difficult to substantiate (i.e., publicity factor).
"(4) HR 16311 requires states to guarantee aged, blind, and
disabled persons a monthly income of $110 per person ($220 for a
couple). How many persons do you estimate this will add to your cash
assistance rolls in fiscal 1972 and at what total and state cost?
(A) California currently pays aged, blind, and disabled recip-
ients in excess of guaranteed minimum income of $110, therefore no
caseload increase is attributable to this provision.
(5) How much do you estimate total and state Medicaid costs
will be increased in your state in fiscal 1972 by the addition of these
persons to the cash assistance rolls?
" (A) Estimates of increased Medicaid costs for California are
based on assumption that persons added to the caseloads by effects of
all provisions of HR 16311 will receive coverage under Medicaid- except
for the estimated 416,600 persons in families of the working poor. The
increased number of persons covered by Medicaid as a result of HR 16311
are 109,900 aged, blind, and disabled; and 144,200 persons under the
Family Assistance Plan. Increased Medicaid costs total $125,000,000
of which $62,500,000 is non-federal.
" (6) HR 16311 contemplates a broad expansion of work training,
with an increase in federal matching from 80 percent to 90 percent.
What were state costs of the work incentive program in fiscal year 1969,
and what would state costs be in fiscal year 1972 if the number of
trainees is tripled?
" (A) State costs of the Work Incentive Program in fiscal year
1968-69 were $354,654 and the total state and county costs for that
year were $525,412. If the number of trainees is tripled, and federal
matching increases from 80 percent to 90 percent, the estimated state
costs for fiscal year 1971-72 will be $15,578,640 with the estimated
costs for combined state and county at $19,742,000. However,
California's WIN program was initiated in 1968-69 so that the costs
indicated are not representative of a full year's program, resulting
in the 1971-72 estimate appearing disproportionately large. The 1971-72
estimate is based on a tripling of 16,800 WIN slots, which is the
authorized level in the 1970-71 governor's budget.
"Assuming Family Assistance Program in effect, Family Assistance
Program total costs for fiscal 1972 estimated as $1,222,300,000 in
total and $429,300,000 non-federal (state plus county). Average number
of recipients estimated as 2,120,500.
"Sincerely, Ronald Reagan.'
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californi
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
5-5-70
#248
Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:
"Good morning!
"After careful and extensive study, I have decided to oppose
HR 16311 the so-called Family Assistance Plan, or welfare reform bill
passed by the House of Representatives.
"In advising the President of my position I have made it clear that
my opposition is not directed at the basic concepts which he set forth
last August, but rather toward the provisions of the bill developed
and adopted in the House.
"On August 13, 1969, members of my staff and I met with the
President at San Clemente and we were encouraged by his views on
welfare reform.
"We expected real reform of the existing costly and unworkable
welfare system. Unfortunately, what came out of the House was just a
series of additional programs piled on top of what already exists.
simply
"The House bill would/give more money to more people.
"At present, about one out of every 12 persons in California
receives some form of welfare assistance. The bill adopted by the House
would add 12 million persons to the rolls; 2,800,000 of these would be
here in California. This would put one out of every seven of our
citizens on welfare.
"The cost of the program could increase federal welfare spending
by as much as $15 billion a year. This means an average increase of
$275 a year for every taxpayer---either in higher taxes, increased
inflation, or both. Since Californians pay at least 11 percent of the
costs of federal government our share would be $1.65 billion. This does
not take into account the increased costs at both the state and county
level; over the long haul, it could bankrupt us.
"Philosophically, I simply must be opposed to a government-
guaranteed income. President Nixon has also stated such opposition.
Yet, the House bill contains such provisions. Rather, it says no able-
bodied head-of-household recipient need actually work to be eligible
for the annual income floor.
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"The President has called for increased incentives and opportunities
to encourage welfare recipients to seek job training and job placement.
I repeatedly have called for these. But, the bill actually contains
work dis-incentives which make it possible for a recipient to have a
higher income by remaining on welfare.
"Here are some other provisions of the House bill that we strongly
oppose:
--It extends the guaranteed income coverage to the 'working poor.
This would add about $416,000 to California's welfare rolls at a federal
cost of $52 million a year.
--It broadens the definition of 'disability' and would add an
estimated 61,000 to our state's rolls, at a total cost of $89 million
a year---$31 million to be paid by the state and $5 million by the
counties.
--It increases to $1,500 the property allowance a recipient may own.
In California this would add about 99,000 to the eligible lists and
cost the state $22 million and the counties another $8 million.
--It provides greater exemptions for earned income and this could
add another 16,700 persons to the caseload in California at a cost of
$24 million a year---$9 million from the state, $1.5 million from the
counties and the balance from the federal treasury.
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--It contains the seeds of a giant new federal bureaucracy which
would stultify, if not destroy, innovation and creative solutions at
the state and local level, and in the public and private sectors,
"Claims have been made that many of these costs would be borne by
increases in federal payments and that California would benefit by some
$173 million. Our figures indicate that, at first, California could
receive an additional $143 million to pay for the expanded programs.
But, whether it is $170 or $140 million, the point is fallacious.
Washington would be 'buying' us with our own money; those federal monies
come, in the first place, from the California taxpayer. The money would
be returned with increased federal controls and regulations and more and
more pressure on the state and counties to conform, and match, and spend
and tax.
"Late last week, just before he postponed hearings of the bill in
Senate finance, Chairman Russell Long telegraphed me requesting
information about the bill's impact on California. We have responded
to Senator Long; a copy of that telegram has been made available to the
press.
"We will continue to cooperate with President Nixon in an attempt
to achieve necessary and effective welfare reforms and we hope to take
an important part in rewriting the bill during the weeks ahead."
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"--It gives the Secretary of HEW and the Secretary of Labor such
wide latitude and unprecedent discretion that it is almost impossible
to determine just how certain sections of the new law would be
administered. "
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californ
Contact:
Paul Be
445-4571
5-4-70
#249
Governor Ronald Reagan tonight expressed "deep disappointment"
and "overwhelming disillusionment that Democratic leaders in the
Assembly refused to give the citizens of California meaningful
property tax relief.
"It is almost beyond belief that the leadership of the Democratic
Party in the Assembly would engage in such blatant partisanship over
an issue which the people of this State have repeatedly made clear
they wanted.
"There can be no question but that the Democratic leadership's
refusal to permit this meaningful tax reform program to proceed through
the legislature is based on the worst type of partisanship.
"At one point during voting on the tax reform bill, a sufficient
number of Democrats had joined with all the Assembly Republicans to
give the measure the votes necessary for passage.
"But it should be obvious to all that the Democratic leadership
was not interested in property tax relief because for whatever reasons,
they
/ persuaded some of their colleagues to switch votes.
"I am confident the taxpayers of California will recognize today's
action for exactly what it is--a total abdication of responsibility
by the Democratic leaders and a slap in the face to hundreds of
thousands of citizens who are faced with an intolerable tax burden on
their homes.
"The tax reform measures were given full and complete study by
two committees of the legislature and received support from both
Democrats and Republicans when they were sent to the floor. In fact,
Democratic members of both houses helped draft this legislation.
"These same Democratic leaders have repeatedly told the people of
California they support property tax relief.
"But by their action today they have proven that they have no
regard for their previous promises and, in fact, are only interested
in cheap political demagoguery."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Califo ia
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
5-6-70
#250
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Municipal Judge Julius M.
Title to the Los Angeles County Superior Court bench.
Judge Title, 54, a Democrat, succeeds Judge Walter Allen, who
has retired. He will receive an annual salary of $31,816.
Appointed as judge of the Los Angeles Judicial District
Municipal Court in 1966, Judge Title began his practice of law in
Southern California in 1941, after receiving his law degree from the
University of Southern California. He also attended Los Angeles
Junior College and Compton College.
He is a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association,
the Los Angeles Lawyers' Club, the Beverly Hills Bar Association,
the Administrative Law Association, the Financial Lawyers' Conference,
the Criminal Courts Bar Association and has served as a faculty
member of the California College of Trial Judges at Boalt Hall,
Berkeley.
Judge Title is married and has three children. He lives in
Cheviot Hills.
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Contact:
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#251
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Miss Marion L. Obera,
a Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney, to the Los Angeles
Judicial District Municipal Court bench.
Miss Obera, 39, a Democrat will succeed Judge Donald Redwine,
who has retired. She will receive an annual salary of $29,270.
A native of San Bernardino, Miss Obera was graduated from
San Bernardino Valley College in 1949, and joined the Women's Air
Force.
In 1954, she was discharged with the rank of staff sergeant
and went to work as a clerk in the Internal Revenue Service to earn
money for continued education.
In 1956, she was graduated from the University of California at
Los Angeles with a degree in pre-social welfare and went to work with
the Los Angeles County Bureau of Public Assistance as a social worker.
While she was employed as a social worker, she attended the
University of Southern California Law School at night, earning her
law degree in June of 1962.
She practiced law in San Bernardino for eight months and joined
the District Attorney's office in Los Angeles in August of 1963.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
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Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
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#252
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today that he has asked that all
University of California and California State Colleges be closed,
effective Thursday and continuing through Sunday.
He said UC President Charles Hitch and State College Chancellor
Glenn Dumke strongly concurred in his request.
"It is essential for our college and university faculty, students
and administrators to reflect on the grave sequence of current events
and to consider their responsibilities to themselves and to our society.
"In order to afford them this opportunity, away from the highly
emotional conditions now prevailing on most campuses, I have today asked
President Hitch and Chancellor Dumke to close the University and
and
State College campuses for two days/over the weekend.
"President Hitch and Chancellor Dumke strongly concurred in my
recommendation, and accordingly have taken the necessary action for
implementation.
"All campus facilities will be closed during this period.
"I hope that this period will allow time for rational reflection
away from the emotional turmoil, and encourage all to disavow violence
and mob action.
"I have requested California radio and television broadcasters to
make time available to me this evening in order that I may give all
Californians a full report on this situation."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVER
RELEASE: 5 r.m., May 6
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
5-6-70
#253
Following is the text of a message by Governor Reagan on May 6,
1970, to the people of California regarding closure of the University
and State Colleges:
"On colleges and universities throughout the nation emotions are
running high. One hundred eighty campuses are already facing violence
and disruption triggered by the tragedy at an Ohio school. Our own
information, as of this morning, is that deliberate violence and
disruption is planned for a number of institutions here in California.
"I have therefore called President Charles Hitch of the University
of California and Chancellor Glenn Dumke of our State Colleges and
have asked them to close all the state universities and colleges
tomorrow (Thursday) and Friday---and, of course, Santurday and Sunday.
I have also by wire asked the private colleges and universities and the
community colleges in California to consider doing the same thing.
"I am grateful to the California Broadcast Pool for making it
possible to come before you to explain when this unprecedented action
is necessary.
"The time has come for responsible citizens of all political per-
suasions and all ages to pause long enough to take inventory. The
area of immediate concern is the academic community---but what is
happening there is happening to all of us.
"Over a period of more than five years we have seen marches,
demonstrations and sit-ins escalate and lead to vandalism, window-
breaking and--eventually--bombings and arson and, inevitably, to death.
As dissent became disorder beyond the ability of campus police to
control, local and state enforcement agencies were called upon. Those
who deal in violence seized upon even this as cause for more violence
blaming the authorities for escalation.
"They know better. Indeed, they know that in most cases their
violence was instigated for the very purpose of causing confrontation
with the law and hopefully to bring about injury to non-involved students
so as to cause the radicalization of the moderates.
"And, they have been all too successful. In our state, a half
dozen have died from bomb and gun--others have been maimed and blinded.
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"And so it was in Ohio; and, four young people are dead. It is
possible they were not even participants in the trouble but, death
is not very selective when the violence of a mob is confronted by the
force necessary to contain it.
"I suggest that those across our land and here in our state who
would use this tragedy to further their own cause whether it be
disagreement with national policy or hatred of the establishment
are
contemptible in their hypocrisy.
"I realize there is little to be gained by appealing to the hard
core who are capable of such hypocrisy. So, my words are directed to
you
the great majority of students and faculty who believe there is
a better way.
"I know you, too, have grievances perhaps with the University or
college, or with the shortcomings you see in our society. Many of you
find the war repugnant and, as a result, are inclined to listen to those
who advocate violence in the name of peace.
"It is because of this, and because you are our best hope for
restoring the kind of atmosphere in which we can meet and find solutions
to these problems that I have asked the universities and state colleges
be closed.
"Go to your homes; take the next four days to review all that has
happened. See if there is not a better way than going on with the
torch and the club until, as surely as the sun rises, there are more
Kent Universities.
"Whatever happens in the rest of the nation, let us here in
California have a pause in the rallies and the noise of the bullhorns.
Let us take these four days to review both our aspirations and our
responsibilities.
"We can have a new beginning. Monday can be the first day of the
new time---a time of dissent without disorder, of dialogue and discussion
without destruction. Of an honest, non-violent search for answers
and solutions.
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"The pursu of education is a personal value which not only
permits a student to improve his knowledge, but also permits him or
her an opportunity to improve society for the knowledge gained. A
student has a responsibility to fellow students in order to protect
the rights of all to this opportunity for an education and we all have
an obligation and duty to support a nation whose goals and objectives
are set by centuries of efforts, tradition, and culture and yet to see
that tradition does not become a stultifying adherence to the past and
a rejection of proper change.
"Faculties, too, have a grave obligation. No single class of
people have such opportunities. The wisdom which faculties possess
are the treasury of a society. The ability to transmit this wisdom
is the art of ages. The failure to lead the inquiring hungry minds
of students in the pursuit of knowledge and truth is the supreme crime
of an age and the loss of a generation. It is time faculties ascended
again to their role of helping maturing minds to achieve their
ultimate goals.
"Administrators are those charged with the fateful role of
insuring that the freedom of students and faculty to inter-relate takes
place. Let us all assess our roles and return Monday, May 11,
determined to make academic freedom a meaningful thing and not a cloak
to serve those who would destroy it even while they used it.
"During this period of reflection, I would hope that you who are
parents would have an opportunity to exchange views with your sons and
daughters and to express the hope that they will have faith in those
endeavoring to lead man to a better way of life and to reject those who
are attempting to divide, to deny and to destroy.
"I want to make it very clear that closing the campuses for this
four-day period is not--in any way--giving in to those who preach and
practice violence. As a matter of fact, this is support for those who
believe in non-violence.
"Lest there be any who would mis-read the meaning and prupose
of this four-day period, let me assure you that any resort to violence or
destruction, any illegal individual or mob action, will be dealt with--
firmly and immediately. Surely it should be obvious by now that this
state has the collective law enforcement strength to deal with such
disturbances. And, those who engage in such acts will now be fully
exposed for who and what they are. They will not be able to fade away
into the crowds of curious; they will not be able to hide behind the
innocent.
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I believe the time has come for the academic community, students
and faculty to at last admit that whatever grievances, whatever
legitimate complaints they have had with regard to the University, its
purposes, goals or functions, they are in no way related to the causes
of the real radicals.
I realize there are limitations on the capacity of the University
administrators with regard to identifying participants on the larger
campuses and, thus, being able to utilize swift and certain punishment.
The missing factor in this equation is to be found among the students
and faculty members. And I believe the time has come for them to make
some decisions namely that a number of duly authorized campus
organizations, consistent instigators of the violence, and participants
in violence should no longer be entitled to campus recognition or
acceptance. Also that students and faculty repudiate those who have
brought violence to the campus and the community, and take every step
possible to separate themselves from those individuals and groups.
Should you not review your policy with regard to campus speakers who
have no truly educational value but who are invited on some unfounded
assumption that to refuse to hear them is in some way a denial of free
speech? Haven't many of these speakers demeaned and degraded the
University?
Then, if the University is indeed engaged in a search for truth,
isn't it time to have a real review and critique of all that has taken
place in the name of protest to determine once and for all the true
nature of these several years of disorder and whether there was not
indeed a pattern and a meaning beyond just the first assumptions that
this was evidence of youthful ferment, and an expression of youthful
idealism? Have the causes for which the protestors marched been truly
the causes they pronounced, or did they march simply in the name of
disruption, borrowing causes as justification for their violence?
Hasn't the time come in a real atmosphere of academic freedom and the
spirit of good will
when administrators, educators, students, the
public and government can find the answers to the problems of
impersonality in the University, proper support of education, the goals
of education, and the business of improving the process of learning?
I make these only as suggestions as some of the things that have
not been done and perhaps could be done.
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"They are matte. properly to be settled wi in the academic
community. I will simply say there must be an end to the violent
disruption of the campus beginning now.
"I know these are troubled times. Many of us are anxious about the
future. About the economic situation. About Vietnam. About the
problems of the campus. In the stillness of the night, most of us ask
ourselves upon occasion 'what has happened? What has gone wrong?'
"We do have some problems. And it is important that we face them
with candor and frankness. But it is also important that we face them
with faith, and with a knowledge that we have ample strength within
ourselves and among ourselves to solve our problems.
"This nation has had problems before
we
have
met
them
and
the
American system has prevailed. That system works; it is working now.
There is no need for despair; what is needed now is clarity of reason,
common sense, and the power of prayer.
"Several weeks ago this state this nation was united in an
outpouring of faith and prayer that the crew of Apollo 13 be returned
safely to earth. For four days we were one one with the men in that
tiny craft, one with each other.
"If, in these four days ahead we would embark on that same oneness,
if we would use that same power of prayer and put some faith to work
in each other, in ourselves, and in our nation we can continue the
American journey in brightness, and hope, with courage and promise.
"During a dinner at Mt. Vernon, Lafayette turned to his host, General
Washington, and said 'General, you Americans even in war and desperate
times have a superb spirit. You are happy and you are confident. Why
is it?'
"Washington, it is said, was quiet for a moment and then he replied,
'There is freedom. There is space for a man to be alone and think
and, there are friends who owe each other nothing but affection.'
"This isstill true in this land and especially so in California.
"We have accomplished so much and yet we have no time to be idle
or misdirected because we know there is still so much to be done
such
a bright future to be won by work and courage, together.
"Whatever the name for it, man has always had a dream of Camelot.
That mythical place of truth and justice and brotherhood where all men
will live in peace.
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"No one has ever ome closer to the realizat on of that dream than
we have here in this favored land. For 200 years our national purpose
has been to defend and enhance every man's right to chart his own way
follow his own star. We have fallen short and failed that dream at
times but, the dream has never failed us.
"This is Camelot
man's last and best chance to make the myth
a reality.
"But, Camelot can be lost if we fail even for an instant in time
to remember the lasting values the treasures of true worth the things
to be preserved and handed on are the things for which men have always
been willing to give their all.
"Camelots are not built by shouting slogans or holding sit-ins or
expressing hatred for some mysterious 'they' whom we can blame for
whatever cause we are protesting.
"Camelots are made by building building men and building
institutions; by giving every man his right to dream and be whatever his
manhood can make him.
"Camelots are made by having common courtesy as well as compassion
for one another by loving even those who seem unlovely. By realizing
sometimes when we are arguing with someone stupid that he may be doing
the same thing.
"All of this may sound mundane and unexciting compared to a riot
but, it is where the real action is.
"And you of the 'now' generation are very much needed in that
constructive action. We need your youth, your strength and yes, your
idealism to put lustre back in our dreams.
"And, you should discover or perhaps, rediscover something about
us of the older generation
those of us who left so many of our best on
the fields and beaches and hills of World War II and Korea:
"We love peace, too.
"Together, in a new beginning, perhaps we can find it."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
5-6-70
CORRECTION - Press Release #253 dated today:
Paragraph 4 - - "I am grateful to the California Broadcast
Pool for making it possible to come before you to explain
why (not when) this unprecedented action is necessary.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
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#254
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the following bills have
been signed:
AB 52 - Chappie
Appropriates $425,000 from the Harbors and
(Chapter 71)
Watercraft Revolving Fund to the Department of
Navigation and Ocean Development to acquire land
and develop recreational facilities at Kings Beach,
Lake Tahoe.
AB 62 - Chappie
Requires the state printer to print the number of
(Chapter 72)
copies of statutes deemed necessary by the Joint
Rules Committee of the legislature rather than at
least 1,200 copies. The bill also provides that
the number of bound statutes shall be only that
number determined by the Department of General
Services to be necessary to meet demand.
AB 90 - Schabarum
Eliminates the requirement that an air pollution
(Chapter 73)
control district allege inadequate remedy at law
or show irreparable damage or loss in actions to
enjoin alleged violations of air pollution laws,
rules or regulations. The bill also authorizes
nuisance actions against air polluters.
AB 117 - Deddeh
Requires vehicles loaded so as to obstruct the view
(Chapter 74)
of the driver to the rear of the vehicle to be
equipped with the prescribed side mirrors. The
bill specifies that such equipment requirements are
not to apply to a passenger vehicle when the load
obstructing the driver's view consists of passengers.
AB 127 - Hayes
Revises provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure
(Chapter 75)
relating to determination of the proper court for th
trial of prescribed actions.
AB 171 - Hayes
Provides for specified remedies relating to leases
(Chapter 89)
of real property. The changes made by the bill
become operative on July 1, 1971.
AB 225 - Chappie
Requires the designation of lode and placer claims
(Chapter 90)
and tunnel rights or locations by means of
conspicuous and substantial monuments and defines
such monuments. It provides that when a claim is
surveyed and a plat of survey is recorded, such
shall constitute valid location work. The bill
also makes it a misdemeanor to take down, remove,
alter or destroy any stake, post, monument or notice
of location upon any mining claim.
AB 233 - Berryhill
Deletes the maximum speed limit of 30 miles per hour
(Chapter 76)
for implements of husbandry which exceed 96 inches
in width when transported or moved as a load on
another vehicle over an interstate highway, or
when such implements of husbandry exceed 120 inches
in width when transported or moved over any other
highway.
AB 270 - Fenton
Authorizes the appointment of a traffic referee in
(Chapter 85)
municipal courts with more than two judges to perform
specified judicial duties.
AB 291 - Wakefield
Repeals obsolete provisions of the Education Code
(Chapter 82)
relating to the establishment and operation of
California Academies.
AB 293 - Vasconcellos Deletes the statutory termination date of the
(Chapter 83)
Elections Code provisions authorizing school
districts to provide bus transportation for students
to and from summer employment.
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AB 310 - Chappie
Extends the time local agencies can apply for
(Chapter 77)
emergency flood relief or snow removal funds in
connection with the 1968-69 floods and storms.
The bill also excludes the 1968-69 fiscal years
from the five-year period for calculating the
distribution of snow removal funds.
AB 354 - Murphy
Allows publication of city ordinances in a
(Chapter 91)
newspaper of general circulation printed and
published in the county and circulated in the
city as an alternative to posting where there
is no newspaper of general circulation published
and circulated in the city.
AB 361 - Belotti
Authorizes the Director of General Services, with
(Chapter 78)
the consent of the Director of Conservation, to
lease certain property known as the Mendocino
Woodlands for a period not to exceed 30 years
to a nonprofit corporation for recreational
purposes.
AB 386 - Russell
Authorizes any regularly employed and salaried
(Chapter 66)
employee, who is engaged in the direction of
traffic or enforcement of parking regulations,
when designated by the sheriff of any county or
the chief of police of any city, to remove a
vehicle from a highway, except a freeway, when
such vehicle is left parked or standing on a
highway so as to obstruct normal movement of
traffic.
AB 422 - Ketchum
Makes it a felony or misdemeanor, rather than a
(Chapter 79)
misdemeanor only, to wilfully assist in the
escape of a judicially committed or remanded
state hospital patient or to assist him in
resisting return from leave. The bill makes
escape or attempted escape by a person committed
to a state hospital as unable to stand trial
because of mental illness a felony or misdemeanor
if the escape or attempt occurs after the patient
is certified sane by the hospital director. The
bill also makes it a felony or misdemeanor,
instead of a misdemeanor only, to furnish deadly
weapons to a mental patient.
AB 466 - Hayes
(Chapter 93)
Specifies that the suspension, expiration, or
cancellation of a vehicle salesman's license shall
not prevent the filing of accusation for
revocation or suspension of the suspended,
expired, or cancelled license and the Department
of Motor Vehicle's decision that such license be
suspended or revoked.
AB 441 - Beverly
Authorizes the use of a facsimile signature of the
(Chapter 92)
chairman of the county board of supervisors on
copies of
contracts and minutes of the board.
AB 502 - Stacey
Provides that the Board of Medical Examiners
(Chapter 94)
may delegate to its executive secretary or other
board officer or employee its authority to
process applications for medical corporation
certificates of registration and specified
permits, and to issue such certificates of
registration and permits.
AB 653 - Fenton
Permits a declaration of homestead by the head
(Chapter 80)
of a family or by any person 65 years of age or
older to include a statement that the present
declaration is an augmentation of a former claim
of homestead and is within the statutory limit
for value of such homestead.
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AB 677 - Milias
Corrects a reference contained in Section 3507 of
(Chapter 81)
the Elections Code.
SB 21 - Nejedly
Requires the general plans of counties and
(Chapter 65)
cities to identify areas which are to be
designated as solid and liquid waste disposal
facilities.
SB 28 - Nejedly
Specifies that if a local health officer
(Chapter 67)
establishes strict or modified isolation (rather
than isolation only) all persons shall obey
his rules, orders, and regulations. The bill
also authorizes local health officers to issue
a strict isolation order where there has been
noncompliance with a prior modified isolation
order.
SB 51 - Alquist
Changes the date for newspaper publication of
(Chapter 86)
school district budgets from the first week
in June to last week in July of each year and
sets the time for the accompanying public
hearing from a period between June 10 and
June 25 to a period during the first week in
August.
SB 96 - Lagomarsino
Declares the policy of the state to encourage
(Chapter 88)
conservation, maintenance, and utilization of
living resources of oceans and other waters under
the jurisdiction and influence of the state to
benefit citizens of the state and to promote
development of local and distant water fisheries.
The bill includes specified objectives of such
policy.
SB 99 - Cologne
Deletes the reference to guardianship under the
(Chapter 68)
Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, and provides for
appointment of an existing guardian or
conservator or another person as conservator
of a gravely disabled person under the Act.
SB 129 - Song
Provides that the judicial doctrine of res ipsa
(Chapter 69)
loquitur is a presumption affecting the burden
of producing evidence. The bill specifies
when the jury is to be instructed concerning
the presumption and the contents of such
instruction.
SB 140 - Stiern
Requires licenses for dogs once every two
(Chapter 70)
years, rather than annually.
SB 159 - Marler
Changes the boundary of Fish and Game District
(Chapter 87)
2A in Glenn, Lake and Mendocino counties.
SB 255 - Bradley
Includes in the pooled collateral law bank deposits
(Chapter 84)
received from a county advanced or apportioned
pursuant to Agriculture Code Section 4481. The
bill allows agents of a depository to place
securities for safekeeping with California
trust companies (as well as federal reserve
banks or branches, or banks located in a city
designated as a reserve city by the Federal
Reserve Board of Governors); and exempts from
the pooled collateral law deposits belonging to
a local agency and under the control of its
officers or employees other than treasurers which
are less than the amount insured under federal
law.
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RELEASE:
TUNDAY A.Ms.
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ay 10, 1970
Contact:
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445-4571
5-8-70
#255
Governor Ronald Reagan today ahnounced the first meeting of
California's new State Transportation Board.
The inaugural meeting will be held Monday, May 11, beginning at
11:30 a.m. in the Garden Room of the El MiradorHotel, 13th and N Streets,
Sacramento. Following lunch the meeting will convene for a business
session in the Governor's Council Room, State Capitol at 2 p.m.
Invited to attend the first session are members of the California
Highway Commission, the State Aeronautics Board, the Public Utilities
Commission and the Governor's Task Force on Transportation. The Trans-
portation Task Force developed the concept of the California
Transportation Board and assisted in drafting the legislation which
created it.
Addressing the luncheon session will be Los Angeles Architect
William Pereira, chairman of the 24-member Governor's Task Force on
Transportation. Also attending and remarking on the legislative view
of transportation in California will be Senator Randolph Collier,
chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee, and Assemblyman John F.
Foran, chairman of the Assembly Transportation Committee.
The Transportation Board serves in an advisory capacity to
James M. Hall, State Secretary of Business and Transportation, and to
the legislature.
The Board initially will review master plans for existing
transportation systems as part of a total transportation network. It
will make recommendations concerning the need for increased or reduced
state participation in financing, regulating, operating, and developing
components of the total system.
In all future activities, close coordination with city and county
government programs, regional councils, transit districts, and private
enterprise in the transportation field would be essential, Hall said.
In announcing appointment of the Board members, Governor Reagan
said, "California must have the best transportation system obtainable.
"Our transportation needs are growing much faster than the
population, particularly as California's urban concentration continues.
Transportation modes must be coordinated in a way to assure overall
transportation development compatible with our environmental and
community goals. The efforts of these men will be an important step
forward toward this end."
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Appointed by Governor Reagan in mid-March, the Transportation
Board consists of Richard R. Brown, El Cajon, president of Brown Tool
Engineering Company and member of the El Cajon City Council; Hornsby
Wasson, San Francisco, retired chairman of the board and president of
Pacific Telephone; George Bous, Redding, west coast manager of
Transportation Services Division of U.S. Plywood; Knox Bourne, Los
Angeles, regional vice president of McGraw Hill, president of Merchants
and Manufacturers Association and past chairman of Los Angeles Chamber
of Commerce Transportation Committee; Jonathan Gibson, San Diego,
retired chief counsel, Santa Fe Railroad; James Folger, San Francisco,
president of Folger Coffee Company; and Aubrey Austin, Santa Monica,
chairman of the board and president of Santa Monica Bank.
Senator Collier and Assemblyman Foran serve as ex-officio members.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
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#256
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
May 11, 1970
through
May 17, 1970
Monday, May 11
Meeting at White House
p.m.
Depart for Sacramento
Overnight - Sacramento
Tuesday, May 12
10:00 a.m.
Attend ceremony establishing the operation of
California Law Enforcement Telecommunications
System, Department of Justice, 33rd and C Streets.
Sacramento.
12:30 p.m.
American Society of Newspaper Editors Luncheon,
Hilton Hotel, San Francisco.
Overnight - - Sacramento
Wednesday, May 13
10:00 a.m.
PRESS CONFERENCE
Noon
State Women's and Men's Club Luncheon, Elks Club.
Speech.
Overnight - Sacramento
Thursday, May 14
5:40 p.m.
Willow Park Golf Course for Senator Shelman
Fundraiser.
8:00 p.m.
Fundraising dinner at Hyatt House, San Jose, for
Assemblyman Crandall.
Overnight - San Francisco
Friday, May 15
Regents Meeting, San Francisco
Overnight - Los Angeles
Saturday, May 16
6:15 p.m.
Remarks to the State Jaycee Convention, Palm Springs.
Overnight - Los Angeles
Sunday, May 17
Afternoon
Return to Sacramento
Overnight - Sacramento
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: MONDAY A.Ms.
Sacramento, Californi
Mi
11, 1970
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
5-8-70
#257
Governor Ronald Reagan Sunday endorsed Proposition One on the
June 2 ballot.
He said passage of the $246 million bond issue "will help relieve
a critical shortage of doctors, dentists and nurses in the state."
At the same time, he said, it "holds the promise of enabling
California to become the health care capital of the world."
Proposition One will make possible the completion of three new
medical schools at the University of California's San Diego, Irvine and
Davis campuses. It also will help finance the expansion of existing
medical, dental, and nursing schools in the university system.
"With these new facilities, we will have eight schools of medicine
each a center for research, development of new medical techniques and
training professionals to adequately meet the health needs of
Californians," the governor said.
He noted that all Californians are deeply disturbed by the troubles
that have plagued our campuses, and added:
"It would be a tragedy and an unjust punishment of the majority---
indeed, a setback for the state as a whole---if we let our unhappiness
about the troublemaking minority on our campuses influence our vote on
this critically important bond issue.
"I believe support for Proposition One will help us in our efforts
to enlist support from those students who are opposed to violence.
"By taking affirmative action, we can reassure all responsible young
people that California has not retreated from its purpose and goal of
maintaining a truly great system of public higher education,' the
governor said.
Governor Reagan warned that "for every three new doctors we produce
in California, we are losing four.
"In California last year alone, our medical schools graduated only
445 physicians. During the same period 597 died, and still others
retired.
"We are being forced to recruit 70 percent of all our physicians
from out of state.
"The need is clear and undeniable. We haven't enough doctors today.
And we do not have the facilities to train enough for tomorrow.
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"There is no she age of eager, qualified an dedicated young
people who are ready to undertake training. But, because there was
not enough space, our medical schools were forced to reject 95 percent
of all the applications they received last year.
"The question each of us must ask ourselves is: 'Who will be
our doctor in 20 years?'
"We cannot continue to depend on recruiting graduates trained in
other states because the health manpower shortage is already nationwide, "
the governor said.
Proposition One will cost each Californian an average of only 70
cents a year, for a maximum of 25 years. "Certainly, this is not too
much for us to invest to make sure we have sufficient doctors, dentists
and nurses to treat the sick.
"Passage of Proposition One also will enable expansion of the
capacity to train veterinarians, pharmacists, optometrists and other
public health specialists all of whom are badly needed.
"It is obvious that the shortage of physicians and trained medical
personnel means at the very least a continual rise in health care
costs as demands press even harder on the limited supply we have now."
Governor Reagan also pointed out that "it is in the schools of
medicine that fundamental research takes place where cures for dread
diseases are found, and where scientists seek knowledge about the effects
of environmental pollution on human health.
Governor Reagan said "Passage of Proposition One can pave the way
toward making California the health care capital of the world.
"Health care will rapidly become the nation's largest industry.
Health care spending approaches $60 billion a year nationally and in
California is about $7 billion a year. Never before has so much of our
total wealth more than 6 percent of the gross national product been
devoted to health.
"There is evidence that by 1975 the health care industry, which
already employs almost 4 million people, will become the nation's largest
source of jobs.
"All of the indicators are clear. Health care can become a potent
force in California's economic security. "By making California the center
of the health care industry in the United States, we can provide the jobs
and the income we need for our large and growing population.
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"Many of the complex and sophisticated new devices being applied
in medicine already are being produced by California's electronics
industries, The technology of the aerospace industry, and the
tremendous research capability of our defense industries and our
universities are an ideal resource for the further development of the
tools and instruments of modern medicine.
"All of these resources, which have been so valuable in attracting
business to California, can help make California the heart of the
health care industry."
The governor said Proposition One has received the support of the
State Chamber of Commerce, the California Taxpayers' Association and
many other organizations and leading public figures in the state.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today named Liston A. Witherill, 44, chief
deputy director of the Los Angeles County Department of Hospitals, to
a four-year-term on the Health Review and Program Council.
Witherill, of 30 Latimer Road, Santa Monica, succeeds Beatrice A.
Dumlao, R.. N., of Monterey Park, who has resigned. He will represent
health OF the council. He is a Democrat.
A graduate of Harvard, where he earned a degree in economics,
Witherill is active in national, state and local health groups and
has served as a professor in public health at the University of Southern
California School of Medicine.
He is married and has eight children.
Council members are paid expenses.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointments of
Leroy E. McChesney of San Luis Obispo and Robert C. Arnold of Madera,
both licensed pilots, to the California Aeronautics Board, subject to
Senate confirmation.
McChesney, president of the San Luis Obispo County Farm Bureau,
is active in numerous agricultural and flying organizations. He
succeeds Albert Bayer of Palos Verdes Estates, whose term has expired.
Arnold, owner of a real estate agency and a rancher, is active
in numerous civic, agricultural and flying groups. He succeeds Forest
Fiorini of Delhi, whose term has expired.
McChesney lives at Route 3, Box 155c, San Luis Obispo, and
Arnold lives at 11525 North Highway 41, Fresno.
Both are Republicans.
Board members are paid $25 per day and expenses while on official
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Governor Ronald Reagan today reappointed three directors of the
14th District Agricultural Association (Santa Cruz County Fair) to four-
year-terms.
They are Karl A. Lamb, associate professor of government at the
University of California at Santa Cruz, Robert C. Johnston, a Watsonville
food broker, and Charles W. Spencer, Aptos postmaster.
Lamb, a Republican of 215 Sheldon Avenue, Santa Cruz, has served
on the board since 1968.
Johnston, a Democrat, of 308 Manor Avenue, Watsonville, has been
a board member since 1962.
Spencer, a Democrat, of 113 Santa Clara, Aptos, has served as a
director since 1960.
Board members are paid necessary expenses.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today ramed Robert McKever, Jr., a Monterey
banker, to a four-year-term on the board of the Seventh District
Agricultural Association (Monterey County Fair) and reappointed directors
Mrs. Virginia Barton and Leslie E. Dixon to four-year-terms.
McKever, vice president of the Crocker-Citizens National Bank,
succeeds Edward F. Burke of King City, whose term has expired. McKever
lives at 1078 Franklin Street, Monterey. He is a Republican.
Mrs. Barton, superintendent of the Alisal Union School District in
Salinas, has served on the board since 1960. She lives at 27 Santa
Barbara, Salinas. She is a Democrat.
Dixon, a Monterey attorney, has served as a director since 1966.
He lives at 211 Herrmann Drive, Monterey. He is a Democrat.
Directors are paid necessary expenses.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of Joy G.
Jameson, Jr., a Corona citrus grower and agricultural leader, to a
four-year-term as a director of the State Compensation Insurance Fund.
Jameson, 55, a Republican, succeeds the late Roy R. McLain of
Visalia.
In addition to managing several citrus ranches and water companies,
Jameson is a director and member of the executive committee of the
Agricultural producers Labor Committee and a governor and member of
the executive committee of the Council of California growers.
He lives at 2850 Garretson, Corona.
Directors of the fund are paid $25 per day and expenses when on
official business.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Richard G. Murray, Carmel
landscape architect and developer to the State Board of Landscape
Architects.
He succeeds Richard B. Taylor of Montecito, whose term has expired,
on the board which operates through the Department of Professional and
Vocational Standards.
Murray is a Republican.
Board members are paid $25 per diem.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today named Miss Bette W. Swann of Modesto
to a three-year-term on the California Board of Nursing Education and
Nurse Registration Advisory Council.
She succeeds Mrs. Nan Daley of San Francisco, whose term has
expired, on the council which is attached to the Department of
Professional and Vocational Standards.
A bail agent, Miss Swann was active for more than 16 years in the
Stanislaus County Medical Assistance Association, the California Medical
Association and the American Association of Medical Assistants.
She lives at 3408 Westport Drive, Modesto. She is a Republican.
Council members receive necessary expenses.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Robert J. Runnings of Potter
Valley to fill an unexpired term on the board of the 12th District
Agricultural Association (Redwood Empire Fair at Ukiah) and
reappointed three directors to four-year-terms.
Runnings, a district representative for an oil company and a
breeder of quarter horses, fills the unexpired term of James L. Rice
of Potter Valley, who has resigned. The term ends January 15, 1973.
Runnings, a Republican, is active in the Redwood Empire Quarter
Horse Association and, as a member of the Martinez Horsemen's Association
and the California State Horsemen's Association, helped to develop
the State Riding and Hiking Trail through Contra Costa County. He
lives in Potter Valley and his address is P. O. Box 38.
The three directors reappointed by the governor are:
Earl W. Fullerton of 401 West Mill Street, Ukiah, a farm
equipment company owner and board member since 1958.
William N. Smith of 426 West Church Street, Ukiah, vice president
of a bank and a director since 1958.
George O. Hunter of 22 Highland Drive, Ukiah, managing editor
of the Ukiah Daily Journal and a board member since 1960.
Fullerton and Smith are Republicans. Hunter is a Democrat.
Directors are paid necessary expenses.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Dr. Lawrence A. Bennett,
chief of the Division of Research of the State Department of
Corrections to a four-year-term on the board of the California Crime
Technological Research Foundation, subject to Senate confirmation.
Dr. Bennett, 46, a Democrat, succeeds Milton Burdman of Sacramento
who has resigned. He will represent the Department of Corrections on
the board.
He began his career as a parole officer in Los Angeles in 1952,
and has held several positions in the correctional field including
those of departmental supervisor of clinical psychology and supervising
psychologist at the California Medical Facility at Vacaville.
The author of numerous works on criminal psychology, he is a
consultant to several national agencies and is active in numerous
professional groups.
He lives at 908 Oak Avenue, Davis.
Board members receive necessary expenses.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Donald E. Pearson, 40,
a Los Angeles attorney, as State Superintendent of Banks, subject to
Senate confirmation.
He succeeds James M. Hall in the $30,000 per year post. Hall
resigned in January to become Secretary of Business and Transportation.
Pearson, a partner in the Los Angeles firm of Adams, Duque and
Hazeltine since 1964, is a specialist in business and real estate law.
He is a Republican.
A native of California, he attended schools in South Pasadena, was
graduated with honors from Swarthmore College with a degree in
political science and economics, and earned his law degree from Harvard
Law School.
He is a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the
American Bar Association, the American Judicature Society, and is
a trustee of the California Friends Home at Stanton. He is a member of
the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association, the Town Hall of Los
Angeles and the University Club of Los Angeles.
Married and the father of a daughter, Pearson lives with his
family at 665 Winthrop Road, San Marino.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today nominated Associate Justice Robert
Gardner as Presiding Justice of the Fourth Appellate District Court
of Appeals (Division 2) and recommended that Riverside County Superior
Court Judge John G. Gabbert be appointed to succeed him.
Justice Gardner, 58, would succeed Justice Hilton McCabe, who
has retired.
Both Justice Gardner and Judge Gabbert are Republicans. Their
nominations have been submitted to the Commission on Judicial
Appointments for confirmation. Each would receive an annual salary
of $38,179.
Justice Gardner was named to the Appellate Court in January
after 23 years on the ORAnge County Superior Court bench.
He previously had practiced law in Balboa, served as a Deputy
District Attorney of Orange County and a municipal judge in the
City of Newport Beach.
During World War II, he served as a Naval Intelligence officer
in the South Pacific.
Justice Gardner earned his law degree from the University of
Southern California.
He has been active in numerous legal, civic and service organization
He and his wife Kathryn have two daughters. The family home is at
Corona Del Mar.
Judge Gabbert, 60, a native of Oxnard, has served on the Riverside
County Superior Court since 1949. He previously practiced law in
Riverside, served as a Riverside Municipal Court Judge and a Deputy
District Attorney of Riverside County.
During World War II, he served with the Criminal Investigation
Division of the U. S. Army in South Pacific and Far East.
He is a graduate of Occidental College in Los Angeles and earned
his law degree from the University of California (Boalt Hall) in
Berkeley.
He also is active in numerous legal, civic, service and
educational organizations.
Judge Gabbert and his wife Katherine have three children. Their
home is in Riverside.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the following bills have
been signed:
AB 44 - Davis
Specifies, with respect to the mutilation or
(Chapter 113)
destruction of obsolete textbooks 30 days after a
specified notice is given to the Department of
Education that such action may be taken unless the
Department provides for other disposition of such
books within 30 days of the date of notice.
AB 60 - Chappie
Removes the requirement of board of supervisor
(Chapter 103)
approval of travel by county officers to meetings
called by any civil executive officer of the state
pursuant to state law, and instead authorizes such
travel if funds have been appropriated by the board
of supervisors.
AB 89 - Subcommittee
Amends the Penal Code to provide that the term
on Air Pollution
"ordinance" authorizing public officers and
(Chapter 114)
employees to make arrests for misdemeanors shall
include an order, rule or regulation of an air
pollution control district.
AB 118 - Duffy
Authorizes drainage districts to construct, maintain,
(Chapter 115)
and operate recreational facilities in connection
with any dam, reservoir, or other work owned or
controlled by the district.
AB 126 - Moorhead
Requires that public entities give a prescribed
(Chapter 104)
notice to claimants whose claims have been denied
or rejected that they have only six months to file
court actions on their claims. A similar bill
(SB 100) was vetoed last year because it also made
provision for late filing of claims. AB 126 does
not contain any provisions relating to late filing
of claims.
AB 157 - Ketchum
Appropriates the net proceeds from the sale of
(Chapter 116)
certain state-owned lands to the Capital Outlay Fund
for Higher Education in turn to be expended for
relocatable faculty office buildings at California
State Polytechnic College at San Luis Obispo.
AB 213 - MacGillivray Requires the State Oil and Gas Supervisor to
(Chapter 117)
supervise the drilling and operations of geothermal
wells so as to prevent damage to life, health,
property and natural resources.
AB 300 - Veysey
Validates certain final apportionments of state
(Chapter 118)
school building aid based on conditional apportion-
ments made prior to the 61st day after final
adjournment of the 1970 Regular Session,
AB 308 - Mobley
Makes nonsubstantive amendments to Government Code
(Chapter 119)
provisions relating to annexations by cities,
AB 475 - Ketchum
Requires all containers of potatoes holding less than
(Chapter 120)
50 pounds to be marked with one of the grade markings
established by the United States Department of
Agriculture. The bill also provides that open
containers need not be so marked when they are part of
an open display which is. marked with one of the grade
markings.
AB 616 - Knox
Declares that the state has no financial interest
(Chapter 121)
in an annuity purchased for an employee where the
premium is paid from a deduction or reduction in
the employee's salary. It prohibits negotiation or
requiring the placement of such annuity through a
particular agent, broker, or company.
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AB 617 - Knox
Includes spouses and dependents of students, teachers
(Chapter 98)
and employees of educational institutions within the
benefit coverage of a policy of blanket insurance
issued to such educational institutions.
AB 630 - Z'berg
Removes the requirement that the affidavit stating
(Chapter 105)
that an application for a default judgment was
mailed to the defendant be made only by the
plaintiff or his attorney.
AB 708 - Wilson
Deletes the requirement that the secretary of the
(Chapter 122)
Board of Dental Examiners give written notice of
the suspension of revocation of a license to the
county clerk of each county in which the license is
registered.
AB 864 - Duffy
Authorizes the Director of General Services to
(Chapter 106)
exchange, with the concurrence of the commanding
general of the state military forces, a specified
armory site and facilities in the City of Visalia
with the City of Visalia for equal facilities.
AB 877 - Thomas
Authorizes county boards of supervisors in an area
(Chapter 99)
or region declared by the governor to be in a state
of disaster by reason of cleavages opening in the
earth and damaging property between the lien dates
in 1969 and 1970 to provide for the reassessment of
such property and to base part of the taxes on such
property for the 1969-70 fiscal year on the assessed
value of property in its damaged or destroyed
condition.
AB 901 - Knox
Provides that winegrowers and brandy manufacturers
(Chapter 100)
may hold and obtain off-sale beer and wine licenses
for their licensed premises.
AB 956 - Briggs
Provides that the six-month period in which to file
(Chapter 101)
claims with the Insurance Commissioner against an
insurer ordered to liquidate its business shall not
apply to the California Insurance Guarantee
Association under specified conditions.
AB 1277 - Ryan
Authorizes the governing board of any school district
(Chapter 123)
to provide for a field trip during the school year
to Washington, D.C., for pupils enrolled in any of
grades 1 through 8, inclusive, and employees
essential to activities of such pupils. The bill
provides that no travel or maintenance expenses of
pupils or school district employees making the field
trip shall be paid with school district funds and
prohibits governing board from charging any fee of
persons making the trip. The bill was sponsored by
the South San Francisco School District.
AB 1654 - Wilson
Increases the maximum rate of interest payable on
(Chapter 107)
bonds issued by a housing authority from 6 percent
to 7 percent. A 7 percent bond ceiling was authorized
for redevelopment agencies in 1969.
EB 117 - Collier
Revises the information required to appear on the
(Chapter 95)
tax bill for property sold for delinquent taxes.
SB 164 - Coombs
Authorizes any agency which institutes an action or
(Chapter 96)
proceeding to enforce zoning regulations to file a
notice of pendency of the action or proceeding in
the county recorder's office.
SB 171 - Grunsky
Redesignates all public junior colleges in California
(Chapter 102)
as community colleges, and junior college districts
as community college districts. The bill does not
mandate name changes on existing junior colleges or
junior college districts.
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SB 211 - Lagomarsino
Provides that a soil conservation district shall
(Chapter 108)
be declared to be organized when the board of
directors of such district select the date, time,
and place of regular monthly meetings of such
directors.
SB 212 - Lagomarsino
Deletes the requirement for submitting copies to
(Chapter 109)
the Chief, Division of Soil Conservation, of
proposals for, and filing copies of reports and
resolutions on formation of soil conservation
districts. The bill specifically provides that
inclusions of land, transfers of land,
consolidations, partitions, and dissolution of
such districts are to be pursuant to District
Reorganization Act of 1965.
SB 213 - Lagomarsino
Makes soil conservation districts subject to the
(Chapter 110)
District Reorganization Act of 1965.
SB 215 - Marler
Removes the requirement that deer hunters must
(Chapter 111)
retain deer hides and increases the period hunters
must retain deer antlers or that portion of the
head normally bearing antlers from ten days to
fifteen days following the close of the deer season.
SB 216 - Mills
Clarifies the Education Code provisions regarding
(Chapter 112)
the maximum rate of school district tax for certain
districts having expiring voted overrides to specify
that the maximum tax rate shall, upon expiration of
the period of such voted increase, revert to
applicable rates fixed under present law, rather
than pre-1964 law.
SB 309 - Marler
Excludes the value of any motor vehicle in
(Chapter 97)
determining the $3,000 limit under which a probate
proceeding is not required.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today nominated Lynn D. Compton,
Chief Deputy District Attorney of Los Angeles County, as Associate
Justice of the Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District.
Compton, 48, would succeed Justice Donald Wright, who has
been appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California.
The nomination has been submitted to the Commission on
Judicial Appointments for confirmation.
Compton, a Republican, would receive an annual salary of
$38,179.
He joined the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office
in 1951 after serving for four years as a detective in the Los Angeles
Police Department.
A decorated veteran of World War II, Compton served as a
paratrooper during the Normandy Invasion and the European campaign.
In 1951, he transferred from the Army to the Air Force to
serve in the Office of Special Investigations and the Judge Advocate
General's Corps.
He is a graduate of the University of California at Los
Angeles and holds law degrees from Loyola School of Law and the
University of Southern California School of Law.
Compton is active in numerous legal and law enforcement
associations. He is married and has two children. The family home is
in Palos Verdes Estates.
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CORRECTION
On Press Release #268, dated today, Paragraph 4 should
be changed to read:
Justice Gardner was named to the Appellate Court in
January after 23 years on the Orange (not Riverside) County Superior
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Governor Ronald Reagan today named Raymond K. Liner of
Bakersfield and Eugene R. Scheffer of Carmel to three year terms
on the Department of Professional and Vocational Standards' Structural
Pest Control Board.
Liner, president of a Bakersfield pest control company, is
a Democrat. He succeeds Reginald H. Barden of Long Beach, whose term
has expired. Liner lives at 120 Western Drive, Bakersfield.
Scheffer, a Republican, is a partner in a pest control
firm. He succeeds Herbert W. Pencille of Reseda, whose term has
expired. Scheffer's address is P. O. Box 2618, Carmel.
Board members are paid $25 per diem for each day on
official duty.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Lawrence A. Ford, Jr.,
an Arcata sheep and cattle rancher, to a four-year-term on the board
of the Ninth District Agricultural Association (Redwood Acres Fair,
Eureka) and reappointed directors Earl J. Ambrosini and Wayne Vickers to
four-year-terms.
Ford, 35, of 1700 Charles Avenue, Arcata, succeeds Bernard T.
Anderson of Fortuna, whose term has expired.
Ambrosini, a dairyman, of Route 1, Box 402 Ferndale, has
served on the board since 1962 and Vickers, an insurance agent, cattle
rancher and horse breeder, has served as a director since 1946. He lives
in Eureka and his address is Box 380 Ocean Avenue.
Ford and Vickers are Republicans. Ambrosini is a Democrat.
Directors are paid necessary expenses.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment
of attorney Albert C. Wollenberg, Jr., to the San Francisco Municipal
Court bench
Wollenberg, 40, a partner in the San Francisco firm
of Halley, Cornell and Wallenberg, succeeds Judge Emmet Daly, who
has retired. He will receive an annual salary of $29,270.
A native San Franciscan, Wollenberg was educated in
local schools, was graduated from San Francisco State College and
earned his law degree from the University of California (Boalt Hall).
He is a member of the California State Bar, the San Francisc
Bar Association, and is a past director and vice president of the
San Francisco Recreation Center for the Handicapped. Also, he is
Jewish Community Relations Counsel for Temple Emanuel.
He and his wife Lorraine have three children
Wollenberg is a Republican.
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GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
May 18, 1970
through
May 24, 1970
Monday, May 18
No public appointments scheduled.
Overnight - Sacramento
Tuesday, May 19
1:30 p.m.
PRESS CONFERENCE
7:30 p.m.
Fundraising Dinner for Assemblyman Clare Berryhill,
Elks Club, Modesto.
Overnight - Sacramento
Wednesday, May 20
No public appointments scheduled.
Overnight - Sacramento
Thursday, May 21
No public appointments scheduled.
Overnight - Sacramento
Friday, May 22
Noon
Town Hall, Anaheim Convention Center. Speech.
8:00 p.m.
Los Angeles Philanthropic Foundation Dinner, Beverly
Hilton Hotel. Remarks.
Overnight - Los Angeles
Saturday, May 23
No public appointments scheduled
Overnight - Los Angeles
Sunday, May 24
Afternoon
Return to Sacramento
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Governor Ronald Reagan today named Daniel R. Lopez, deputy director
of the Department of Human Resources Development to a four-year-term on
the California Adult Authority, subject to Senate confirmation.
In announcing the appointment, Governor Reagan paid tribute to
Lopez for his handling of employment service offices throughout the
state, including 18 HRD centers and eight service centers in economically
disadvantaged areas.
"His expertise in dealing with the disadvantaged and his
understanding of the problems of the ethnic minorities in California
will be invaluable to the work of the Adult Authority," the governor said
Lopez, 51, will succeed Dr. Thomas Flinn of San Francisco in the
$25,000 a year post.
He will be succeeded June 15, as deputy director of HRD and head
of its Job Training, Development and Placement Center by Norman Blacher,
44, who has served as executive secretary of the Ventura County Taxpayers
Association since 1961.
Blacher, a Democrat, will receive an annual salary of $21,500.
Lopez, a Republican, was named to his HRD post by Governor Reagan
in 1969, after three years as manager of the East Los Angeles Service
Center. He previously spent 18 years in correctional work, working his
way up through the ranks from sergeant to captain at the California
Institution for Men at Chino, as captain at the California Rehabilitation
Center in Corona and as a special agent coordinating departmental
activities and programs with judicial and law enforcement agencies at
the state and federal level.
Lopez was lauded by HRD Director Gilbert L. Sheffield for his
role in reorganizing the old Department of Employment into the Department
of Human Resources.
"His knowledge of the problems of the ghettos and barrios, which
came from face-to-face contact, was of tremendous help to the department
in meeting its legislative mandate for improved service to the
disadvantaged, Sheffield said. "We are going to miss him but I am please(
at this promotion that will enhance the important relationship between
the departments of HRD and Corrections."
Lopez lives at 2788 13th Street, Sacramento.
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is a former city manager of Sea Gate, New York and served as an
instructor at the University of Southern California's School of Public
Administration from 1967 to 1969.
He holds degrees from Colorado University and Stanford University
in political science and public administration.
Blacher is a member of the American Academy of Political and
Social Science, the American Public Works Association, the Society for
Public Administration, the National Municipal League and the National
Safety Council.
He lives at 2738 Pierpont Boulevard, Ventura.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Kenneth C. Gonsalves of
Healdsburg and David H. Garfield of La Jolla, to four-year-terms on the
California State Board of Pharmacy.
Gonsalves, 49, a Sonoma County civic leader and partner in the
operation of several drug stores, succeeds Leonard R. Parsons of Solvang,
whose term has expired.
Garfield, 61, president of a San Diego area chain of pharmacies,
succeeds John W. Berger of Hermosa Beach, whose term has expired.
Gonsalves lives at 1224 North Fitch Mountain Road, Healdsburg.
Garfield lives at 1722 Colgate Circle, La Jolla. Both are Republicans.
Members of the pharmacy board are paid $25 per diem while on
official duty.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVE .OR
RELEASE:
imediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
5-19-70
#277
Governor Ronald Reagan today opened his Capitol press conference
with the following statement:
"As you know, I have warned repeatedly in recent months that
Proposition 8 on the June ballot is an attempt to perpetrate a gigantic
tax increase on the people of California under the pretense that it
is in some way a property tax relief measure which will also solve the
basic problems of school finance.
"Sponsors of this ill-conceived proposal have placed paid political
announcements on radio stations throughout the state which clearly
associate my name with their campaign.
"These spots--which incorporate recorded excerpts of statements
I have made in the past relating to the need for property tax relief
and additional state aid to schools--imply that Proposition 8 will meet
the needs I have outlined responsibly and equitably. Nothing could be
further from the truth.
"I have asked my attorneys to take whatever legal action is
appropriate to halt the use of all radio spots which can possibly confuse
the public by associating my name with the Proposition 8 campaign.
"My views on Proposition 8 are instead that it will actually amount
to a $1.13 billion tax increase.
"Rather than cutting taxes, Proposition 8 could well mean a net
tax increase of $200 per year for the average family of four.
"This massive spending scheme offers nothing in the way of tax
relief for renters who represent roughly a third of all the taxpayers
in the state.
"Proposition 8 will not solve the basic inequities of educational
finance. Indeed, their measure will actually widen the existing fiscal
inequities between school districts.
"Close scrutiny of the measure has already led more than dozen
major statewide organizations to go on record against Proposition 8.
Included are: the California School Boards Association, the League of
Women Voters, the California AFL-CIO, California Taxpayers' Association,
State Chamber of Commerce, California Real Estate Association, California
State Employees' Association, State Board of Education, California Farm
Bureau Federation, California Retailers' Association, and the California
Manufacturers' Association.
"One other organization, which actually helped circulate petitions to
qualify this measure for the June ballot the California School
Employees Association--is now urging its members to vote against
Proposition 8 because it does not and cannot guarantee lower property
taxes.
"I am confident that as California voters come to realize that
Proposition 8 will raise--not lower--everyone's total tax bill, they
will resoundinaly vote NO on
OFFICE OF THE GOVER
is
RELEASE:
mmediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
5-19-70
#278
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Timothy L. Strader, Newport
Beach attorney, to a four-year-term on the board of the 32nd District
Agricultural Association (Orange County Fair, Costa Mesa). .
Strader, 32, of 1930 Port Albans Place, Newport Beach, succeeds
Alexander Bowie of Santa Ana, who has resigned. He is a Republican.
Association directors are paid necessary expenses.
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OFFICE OF THE GOV. No.
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
5-20-70
#279
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed three new directors to
four year terms on the board of the 36th District Agricultural
Association (Dixon May Fair).
They are Walter O. Sunderman, a Vacaville bank manager; George H
Vogel, a Dixon meat company plant manager, and Richard M. Emigh, a
Rio Vista rancher.
Sunderman, 29, of 568 Willis Court, Vacaville, succeeds Howard I.
Burton of Vacaville, who declined reappointment to the board.
Vogel, 49, of 890 Sievers Way, Dixon, succeeds Harry E. Petersen
of Dixon, whose term has expired.
Emigh, 40, of 832 Laurel Way, Rio Vista, succeeds Achilles E.
Panizza of Dixon, whose term has expired.
The three new board members are Republicans.
They will receive necessary expenses.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE: In diate
Sac ramento, Californ.
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
5-20-70
#280
Governor Ronald Reagan today filed suit in Sacramento Superior
Court seeking a restraining order against use of paid political radio
announcements which the complaint alleged "corruptly and cunningly"
made it appear the governor supported Proposition 8.
The complaint asked the court to enjoin and restrain use of the
radio commercials because:
"Such fraudulent and deceitful practices have caused and will
continue to cause irreparable damage to plaintiff (Gov. Reagan) and to
the public
"
The lawsuit said the restraining order should be issued "...not
only for the protection of the public interest in free and fair elections
by an informed electorate, but also in the protection of plaintiff's
(Gov. Reagan's) personal right to be free from the insult of devious
efforts to make use of his voice and excerpts of his public utterances
in such a way that it is made to appear that he supports measures and
propositions which he, in fact, opposes."
The governor announced Tuesday he would take legal action to halt
the use of the radio announcements which "can possibly confuse the
public by associating my name with the Proposition 8 campaign."
He pointed out at that time that he has repeatedly warned that
passage of Proposition 8 on the June 2 ballot "is an attempt to
perpetrate a gigantic tax increase on the people of California" and
that it "will actually amount to a $1.13 billion tax increase" without
guaranteeing property tax reflief as supporters of the proposition claim.
Named as defendants in the lawsuit were Whitaker & Baxter;
Campaigns, Inc.; Clem Whitaker Jr., James Dorais, Michell Abramson Jr. #
Robert M. Smally, individually and doing business as Whitaker & Baxter;
Ray King; Harry Lerner; California Teachers Assn.; Californians for
Responsible Tax Reform and 100 John Does.
The complaint noted that as plaintiff, Gov. Reagan was a citizen
of California and "the duly elected governor thereof."
It pointed out that the defendants were "actively engaged. as
sponsors, advocates and proponents of the passage of Proposition No. 8..."
and that Whitaker & Baxter, Campaigns, Inc., Ray King and Harry Lerner
"were professional political campaign managers employed by the other
defendants to direct and supervise efforts designed to procure the
successful passage" of the proposition.
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It noted that "since the inception of this initiative measure,
plaintiff (Gov. Reagan), as a private citizen and public figure, has
been vigorous and outspoken in his public criticism and objection to
the proposition which is nothing more than a concealed attempt to
perpetrate a gigantic tax increase on the people of California under
the guise of a purported property tax relief measure."
The lawsuit said excerpted remarks by the governor in the radio
commercials "are followed in each instance by a cleverly paraphrased
statement in favor of Proposition No. 8 which craftily and deceitfully
suggests to the listener that plaintiff's (Gov. Reagan) views and
position with regard to education and finance are consonant with the
view of those who support" the proposition.
It then added that the result of the commercials is that "it is
corruptly and cunningly made to appear that plaintiff is publicly
supporting a measure of which he is an outspoken opponent."
The lawsuit noted that "no permission was ever asked of plaintiff
for the use of these recordings of his voice, nor was any permission
for such use ever granted by plaintiff (Gov. Reagan) to anyone.
"By reason of the foregoing deceitful device and contrivance," the
suit said, "the defendants
are exercising a corrupt influence on the
elective franchise of the voters of the State of California by publicly
misleading and misinforming said voters in suggesting to them that
plaintiff, as governor
favors the passage of Proposition No. 8 while
in truth and in fact plaintiff has and will continue to actively oppose
it."
The lawsuit was filed by Henry J. Broderick of the firm of
Barbagelata, Broderick, Carmazzi & Arnold, San Francisco.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO
MEMO TO THE
ESS
Sacramento, Californ.
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
5-21-70
The governor will issue a statement in the
Council Room at 2 p.m. today regarding property
tax reform.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO
RELEASE: Imm
iate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
5-21-70
# 284
Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:
"I am extremely pleased that a sizeable majority of the members of
the Assembly have voted approval of the property tax relief program.
"I want to commend them highly for showing that it is possible to
rise above narrow, partisan considerations in the interests of the
taxpayers.
"At the same time, I wantto urge the members of the Senate to give
speedy action on this very meaningful property tax relief program.
"Unlike other proposals, this program will not only significantly
reduce the homeowners' property taxes, but guarantees to keep them down.
In addition, it will provide tax relief for millions of renters, and
will reduce the welfare cost burden on the property owner.
"It will increase jobs, by reducing the discriminatory business
inventory tax.
"It will help to preserve our badly needed open space.
"And, it will close the loopholes which some citizens have used to
escape paying taxes.
"Responsible and equitable tax reform is long overdue. The taxpayer
has been patient long enough.
"The time to provide him with the relief he wants and needs is now.
"Today's action by the Assembly is not only a hopeful sign---but
also should show the citizens of California that the legislature can
and will provide real property tax relief and that ill-conceived
measures such as Proposition 8 which, in fact, raise the taxes of
Californians by more than $1 billion are not the way to go."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE: immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
5-22-70
#282
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
May 25, 1970
through
May 31, 1970
Monday, May 25
Office appointments.
Overnight - San Francisco
Tuesday, May 26
9:10 a.m.
KPIX TV Mid-morning Show 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., San
Francisco.
3:30 p.m.
Press Availability 3:30 to 3:50 p.m., Del Monte Lodge,
Main Building, Pebble Beach.
Overnight - Los Angeles
Wednesday, May 27
Trustees meeting, Los Angeles.
Overnight - Los Angeles
Thursday, May 28
11:00 a.m.
KHJ (RKO-General Radio Network) Interview, Campaign
Headquarters, Los Angeles.
8:00 p.m.
ABC TV "Press Conference" 8:30 to 9:00 p.m. taping,
4151 Prospect, Hollywood. (Air Sunday, May 31,
2-2:30 p.m.)
Overnight - Los Angeles
Friday, May 29
11:00 a.m.
KUSC (FM station operated by Associated Students, USC)
11:00 to 11:30 a.m. Interview, Campaign Headquarters,
Los Angeles.
2:15 p.m.
NBC TV "News Conference" 2:30 to 3:00 p.m. taping,
3000 W. Alameda, Burbank (Studio #5)
Overnight - Los Angeles
Saturday, May 30
No public appointments scheduled.
Overnight - Los Angeles
Sunday, May 31
2:00 p.m.
KNXT TV (CBS) "Newsmakers" taping, 6121 Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles. (Air Sunday, May 31, 4:30-5:00 p.m.)
p.m.
Return to Sacramento.
Overnight - Sacramento
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
5-22-70
#283
Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement on
learning of the death of former Governor Goodwin Knight.
"Nancy and I were saddened to hear of the death of Goodwin Knight.
"As both a lieutenant governor and then governor of California,
he served the people long and well, with dedication and integrity.
"We extend our deepest sympathies to Mrs. Knight and the family
and pray that God will grant them comfort in this hour of need."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Imme
late
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
5-22-70
#284
Governor Ronald Reagan today sent the following telegram to Dennis
Carpenter, Chairman of the California Republican State Central Committee,
and Leon Cooper, Chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee:
"As you know, the backers of Proposition 8 on the June ballot have
launched a massive propaganda campaign across the state aimed at
deceiving the people into thinking that this measure will guarantee lower
property taxes and solve the basic problems of school finance.
"Masquerading as the Committee for Responsible Property Tax Reform,
they have left no stone unturned in their attempts to fool the people
including an expensive radio advertising campaign which falsely implies
that I support Proposition 8.
"Nothing could be further from the truth.
"The fact is, I have spoken out strongly against Proposition 8 on
numerous occasions in recent months. I have done so because I firmly
believe that the people must be made aware of the staggering new tax
burden which the passage of Proposition 8 will impose on them not
to
mention the bewildering fiscal chaos it will cause the state.
"Indeed, this very frightening measure will foist off on the people
of California a gigantic $1.13 billion tax increase.
"Instead of cutting taxes, Proposition 8 could well mean a net tax
increase of $200 per year for the average California family of four.
"Proposition 8 offers absolutely nothing in the way of tax relief
for renters
who represent roughly a third of all the taxpayers in the
state.
"And, as you already know, it will not solve the basic inequities of
educational finance. On the contrary, it will only widen the existing
fiscal inequities between school districts.
"Above all, Proposition 8 does not and cannot guarantee lower property
taxes despite all the misleading claims of its backers.
"Because passage of this ill-conceived measure will hit all
Californians, of both political parties, equally hard, I am urging you to
actively assist in making the people of California fully aware of the
fraudulent nature of the Proposition 8 campaign.
"I believe that we have a responsibility to make sure that the
citizens of California realize full well that if Proposition 8 passes, it
can only raise not lower everyone's total tax bill, Republicans and
Democrats alike.
"I am confident that when the taxpayers are armed with the facts
when they know the serious consequences which will befall them if
Proposition 8 is successful they will register a resounding NO ON 8
June 2.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
5-22-70
#285
Governor Ronald Reagan today joined State Forester Francis Raymond
in declaring the fire season to be in effect throughout California.
The declaration came about a month earlier than normal because
of extreme dryness caused by heat, northwest winds and a lack of
rainfall.
In reminding Californians of the potentially explosive fire
conditions in California's wildlands, Governor Reagan said, "every
citizen must make it his personal responsibility to protect our precious
natural resources.
"All pollution begins with a single act of carelessness and we
can ill afford the loss of our precious resources through forest fires.
"Every year thousands of acres of valuable forest and watershed
lands are lost to fires that in turn cause air pollution, water
and
pollution, soil displacement /downstream flooding. These fires cost
millions of dollars to control and are responsible for the loss of human
life and untold suffering," the governor said.
State Forester Raymond joined the governor in asking all citizens
to follow fire safety rules by using common sense.
He offered the following suggestions to prevent fires:
1. Obtain a burning permit from your local fire agency.
2. Burn your incinerator only when it is safe to do so and provide
a clearance of 10' around it with a 1/4" mesh screen covering
to keep burning debris from flying onto dry flammable vegetation
(in counties where incinerator burning is allowed).
3. Clear flammable vegetation from around your home or cabin for
a distance of at least 30 feet.
4. Do not use fire on hot, dry and windy days.
5. Make sure internal combustion engines working in wildland areas
are equipped with spark arresters.
6. Contact your local fire protection agency if you are in doubt
on any fire laws or regulations.
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Department of Finance
RELEASE: MGNDAY A.Ms.
State of California
May 25, 1970
Verne Orr, Director
May 22, 1970
PLEASE GUARD AGAINST PREMATURE
RELEASE.
State Finance Director Verne Orr warning that "passage of
Proposition 8 would impose a staggering new tax burden on the citizens
of California" today listed eight misleading arguments being used by
the proponents of the June 2 ballot measure to deceive the voters.
1) "The sponsor's official pamphlet argument blatantly misleads the
voters as to amount of property tax relief. Their statement claims
'an immediate saving of $1.17 per $100 assessed valuation on his next
tax bill ($117 on a $10,000 assessed home); an immediate saving of $109
on a $10,000 home in Alameda County; an immediate saving of $171 on a
$10,000 home in Fresno County.' These '$10,000 homes' they are referring
to are, in fact, $45,000 homes. Homes with a market value of $10,000
would receive a maximum of about $35 in relief if, and I repeat if, any
relief were passed on to the homeowners. The wording on the official
ballot is clearly intended to deceive, Orr said.
2) "The sponsors of Proposition 8 claim in their literature that
the state has a $537 million surplus which is available to finance the
$1.13 billion tax increase. This is totally false and they know it. We
projected an available surplus of only $28 million in the governor's
1970-71 budget last January.
3) "The sponsors of Proposition 8 claim immediate property tax relie:
of $445 million for local property taxes for welfare. Neither this
relief nor any other relief in this proposition is mandated. Two-thirds
of any relief that is passed on by local government will go to the
commercial property taxpayer, not the homeowner.
4
"The sponsors of Proposition 8 claim that state support for the
schools has declined to about 35 percent of the total. The state school
fund was 36.6 percent of the total school costs in 1968-69, (it was
35.5 percent in 1966-67) but the total state subventions to education was
an estimated 41.92 percent in 1968-59. The parcentage for the 1969-70
would probably be higher since $187 million was added to the school
subventions.
5) "The sponsors of Proposition 8 are misleading the public on the
value of $600 million in new school funds. Since 85 percent of current
expenses for education are used for salaries and since California ranks
second in the United States in school salaries, it is difficult to see
how this massive outpouring of tax monies will improve education.
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Schools do need additional money, but this proposal is nothing more than
a salary grab in the name of tax relief.
6) "The sponsors of Proposition 8 have claimed that their proposal
is well-drafted. Nothing could be further from the truth. There is no
description of what constitutes state and local costs in the proposition.
About $250 million in added taxes rests on legal interpretation of the
proposition. It is unclear whether or not the aid for the disadvantaged
pupils is limited by the wording of the proposition. There are many othe
ambiguities in this proposition.
7) "The sponsors of Proposition 8 claim in their official ballot
argument that their proposal can be financed by 'modest increases in
existing tax sources,' when, in fact, it would require an 85 percent
increase in the personal income tax or at least a 2.5¢---or 50 percent
increase in the sales tax to raise the $1.13 billion. The cost of the
proposition will increase rapidly each year requiring future tax
increases.
8) "The sponsors of the proposal clearly intended to deceive the
voters by their use of Governor Reagan's voice in their radio commercials
The governor is opposed to Proposition 8 because it would impose a
staggering new tax burden on the citizens of California rather than
providing honest tax reform, as its proponents claim," Orr said.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
5-26-70
#286
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointments
of two new members to four-year-terms on the Board of Vocational Nurse
and Psychiatric Technician Examiners of the Department of Professional
and Vocational Standards and appointed a third to fill an unexpired
term.
John P. Preston, executive vice president of the
Inter-Community Hospital at Covina and Dr. Thomas B. Merson, dean of
instruction at Bakersfield College, were named to four-year-terms.
Gerald P. Mayo, psychiatric technician at Napa State Hospital was
appointed to fill an unexpired term ending January 15, 1971.
Preston of 18210 East Vine Street, West Covina, will
represent hospital administrators on the board. A Republican, he
succeeds Joseph L. Zem of Hillsborough, whose term has expired.
Dr. Merson of 2516 Parkway, Bakersfield, will
represent public school administrators. A Democrat, he succeeds
Mrs. Alice J. Greenough, R. N. of Downey, whose term has expired.
Mayo of 2280 Pine Street, Napa, will fill the
unexpired term of Mrs. Buna Mae Springer of Modesto who has resigned.
A Democrat, Mayo will represent certified psychiatric
technicians on the board.
Board members are paid $25 per diem while on official
duty.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO
RELEASE: Ii diate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
5-27-70
#287
Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement
upon learning of the death of Assemblyman Patrick McGee:
"Patrick McGee served his district, his state and his
nation with bravery, dedication and honor. I am saddened by his
death as are all those who knew him and worked with him. Nancy and
I extend our deepest sympathy to his family, who demonstrated the
same courage that he exemplified, as he fought against the disease
that claimed his life."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
MEMO TO THE PRESS
445-4571
27-70
Governor Reagan will hold a special press conference at the
Greater Los Angeles Press Club, 600 North Vermont, Los Angeles,
Friday, May 29, at 10 a.m.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO
RELEASE:
Im.
diate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
5-28-70
#288
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the following bills have been
signed:
AB 141 - Milias
Extends from 1972 to 1975 permit conditions for the
(Chapter 136)
release and recapture of domestically reared
anadromous fish in Waddell Creek, Santa Cruz County.
At the same time it extends the date for the Fish
and Game Commission report and recommendations to
the legislature regarding such permits from 1971 to
1972.
AB 195 - Thomas
Defines a midwater trawl as a trawl net and makes
(Chapter 137)
provisions for the Fish and Game Commission to
regulate its use.
AB 303 - Barnes
Increases retirement benefits for Division of
(Chapter 131)
Forestry members of the Public Employees' Retirement
System.
AB 305 - Barnes &
Provides that the maximum age of a candidate for any
Belotti
examination for firefighting positions with the
(Chapter 138)
State Division of Forestry shall be 31 years. The
bill becomes operative September 1, 1970.
AB 420 - Greene, L.
Broadens the authority of a county board of
(Chapter 125)
education to require reporting of severance of attend-
ance by public or private school pupils who are
subject to the compulsory education law.
AB 459 - Chappie
Exempts from the prohibition against signs of
(Chapter 139)
specified size and content at on-sale licensed
premises buildings located within state parks on
which signs depicting or reproducing historical
conditions and usage may be placed. The bill also
allows the use of the word "saloon" on on-sale
premises in areas registered by the Department of
Parks and Recreation as historical landmarks.
AB 519 - Milias
Authorizes the State Commission on Voting Machines
(Chapter 147)
and Vote Tabulating Devices to study and adopt
regulations governing the use of voting machines
and vote tabulating devices and to investigate any
alleged violation of its regulations.
AB 595 - Greene, L.
Specifically authorizes the governing board of a
(Chapter 126)
school district to delegate the power to contract
to persons, rather than a person, designated by
the district superintendent. The bill also gives
governing boards power to delegate to a designated
employee the authority to make certain purchases of
less than $10,000. Such authority has been limited
in application to the Los Angeles City School District
AB 628 - Belotti
Revises applicability of certain provisions relating
(Chapter 140)
to sales of petroleum products. The bill also exempts
portable dispensing devices for aircraft fuels from
the requirements relating to price indications on
petroleum dispensing apparatus.
AB 645 - Badham
Includes among the various specified powers of the
(Chapter 141)
Orange County Water District, the power to protect
the quality of common water supplies, to inject and
extract ground water, to improve and protect the
quality of ground water supplies, to provide for
protection and enhancement of the environment in
connection with the district's water activities, and
to make agreements for recreational use of the
district's facilities.
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870 - Ketchum
Repeals the Agricultural Code provision that permits
(Chapter 142)
any registered manufacturer of ant poison to
manufacture and sell, and any dealer in ant poison
to sell ant poison which contains not more than a
specified percentage of thallium prepared, packaged,
and sold in accordance with regulations of the
Director of Agriculture.
AB 896 - Chappie
Makes clarifying amendments to the Health and
(Chapter 127)
Safety Code provisions relating to mobilehomes.
AB 1023 - McCarthy
Permits correction of the assessment role for errors
(Chapter 143)
with respect to taxable tangible property rather
than only personal property.
AB 1024 - McCarthy
Requires an assessor to assess all property subject
(Chapter 144)
property taxation according to its value on the
lien date.
AB 1346 - Wood
Repeals an obsolete section of the Milk Stabilization
(Chapter 145)
Law relating to stabilization and marketing plans
for fluid cream.
AB
2518 - MacDonald Requires the Director of Health Care Services to
(Chapter 132)
bring payment within the total amount scheduled
for the 1969-70 fiscal year for any category of
service budgeted for less than 100 million dollars
when the amounts paid exceed by 15 percent, rather
than 10 percent, the amount scheduled.
AB
2521
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Greene, L. Provides that any presently employed secondary
(Chapter 124)
level teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School
District may be permitted to teach in grades 4 to
8, inclusive, for a period to be determined by the
governing school board, but not to exceed two years.
SB 33 - Nejedly
Provides that all meetings conducted by a board of
(Chapter 146)
supervisors pertaining to salaries of county
employees shall be open and public except those
held with the board's designated bargaining
representatives on such matters. The bill also
provides for notice of such meetings.
SB 60 - Grunsky
Authorizes boards of commissioners of harbor districts
(Chapter 128)
to pass ordinances for the protection and safety of
persons and property. The bill makes the violation
of such ordinances a misdemeanor.
SB 232 - Lagomarsino
Provides that when property is acquired after
(Chapter 129)
the lien date by a public entity and becomes tax
exempt, unpaid taxes on the property shall be paid
through escrow at the close of escrow or if unpaid,
collected like any other taxes on the unsecured roll.
The bill also provides for the transfer of tax-
delinquent property from the secured to the unsecured
roll in certain cases and for the manner of
correcting errors with respect to additional taxes
due on delinquent property.
SB 317 - Schrade
Permits boards of supervisors in counties having an
(Chapter 133)
industrial farm, road camp or honor camp to authorize
by ordinance, the person in charge of such facility
to permit the removal of persons confined therein for
private medical, vision, dental, psychobgical care,
vocational and educational services and funerals
without a court order. The bill also authorizes the
board of supervisors to designate a facility other
than the county Jail for work furlough programs.
SB 354 - Short
Provides that the period of more than 90 days
(Chapter 134)
between active memberships shall not affect the
computation of final compensation of a member of
more than one system established pursuant to the
County Employees' Retirement Law of 1937, if he
is precluded by law from becoming a member of the
second system.
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SB 406 - Lagomarsino
Authorizes the board of supervisors of any county
(Chapter 135)
to establish reasonable fees to cover the costs
incurred by county agricultural commissioners in
the enforcement of the Agricultural Code provisions
relating to lettuce used for chopping or shredding.
SB 448 - McCarthy
Allows board of supervisors to dispose of county
(Chapter 130)
property not required for public use by leasing,
in addition to selling outright, pursuant to the
same procedures and requirements which now govern
the sale of such property.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: 10 A.M.
Sacramento, California
May 29, 1970
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
5-29-70
#289
Governor Ronald Reagan today made the following statement. at the
opening of his press conference at the Los Angeles Press Club.
"With the election only four days off I would like to draw your
attention to two of the most critical ballot propositions to face
California voters in many years. They are Propositions 7 and 8.
"I have chosen to discuss both of them together because if
Proposition 7 fails and Proposition 8 passes, California taxpayers will
dou
suffer a multi-billion dollar, disaster without precedent in the state's
history.
"As you know, I have warned repeatedly that passage of Proposition 8
would raise taxes by $1.13 billion in the first year alone and even more
in succeeding years.
"Failure to approve Proposition 7 could increase that burden yet
another billion dollars.
"I have asked you to come here today because, as Governor of
California, I would be derelict in my duty to the taxpayers if I did not
point out this frightening possibility.
"Californians must be made aware of the fiscal consequences should
such a catastrophe occur.
"The reason a YES vote on Proposition 7 is so important is that it
vill make possible the sale of a huge backlog of state bonds which,
so far, have gone unsold due to the low 5 percent interest ceiling
currently imposed on them by the State Constitution. Proposition 7
would enable the state to adjust that ceiling up to 7 percent, where
necessary, to compete for investors' dollars in today's tight money marke
I want to emphasize that these are not new state bonds. They are
bonds that the taxpayers of California have already voted for in past
elections.
If we fail to sell our state bonds to finance completion of the wate
project, taxpayers throughout the state will be forced to assume the
xisting $1 billion debt for the project a burden which would otherwi:
be borne by water project users.
"Failure to pass Proposition 7 will also cripple the state's
veterans' home loan program. Funds for our wounded and disabled Vietnar
:ervicemen were exhausted three months ago, because bonds could not be
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"But this is not all!
"Today the development of $75 million worth of state and local
parks and recreation projects stretching through every county in
California is at a complete standstill because of the state's
inability to sell bonds.
"And, unless we approve Proposition 7, $266 million worth of school
building aid bonds will remain unsold forcing double and even triple
sessions in many school districts.
"As I have already pointed out, this double disaster to California's
financial health could, indeed, occur if the taxpayers are not made
fully aware of what Proposition 8 would actually do.
"If Proposition 8 should pass, the average family of four in
California could be saddled with a net tax increase of $200 the first
year alone.
"Proposition 8 does not and cannot guarantee lower property taxes.
Nor can it offer anything in the way of tax relief for renters.
"Proposition 8 will not solve the basic inequities of educational
finance. In fact, it will actually widen the existing fiscal
inequities between school districts.
"It is nothing more than a massive spending scheme tax
increase disguised as property tax reform.
"Careful scrutiny of Proposition 8 can only lead to the conclusion
that Proposition 8 is a fraud on the already overburdened taxpayers of
the state.
"I am confident that as the voters come to realize that Proposition
8 will raise not lower everyone's total tax bill they will register
a resounding NO vote on it June 2.
"And that is why I urge all California voters to look at the facts
and then vote YES on 7 and NO on 8."
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EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
5-29-70
CORRECTION
In Press Release #289, sent to you today (Governor's opening
statement to his Press Conference at the Los Angeles Press Club),
line 3 of the second paragraph of the statement should read:
MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR DOUBLE DISASTER.
The word DOUBLE was inadvertently left out of the statement.
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EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVE:
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MEMO TO T
PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
5-29-70
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SUBJECT: GOVERNOR REAGAN'S SCHEDULE FOR NEXT WEEK
The governor will vote Tuesday morning and will be at the
Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, election night.
Wednesday evening, he will attend the Greater Los Angeles
Press Club's Headliner of the Year Award Dinner at the Beverly Hilton
Hotel.
No other public appointments are scheduled for the
remainder of the week.
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EJG
May 13, 1970
R.R. Statement on L.A. School strike ends:
"I am pleased that those teachers in Los Angeles who
have been on strike are returning to their classrooms
and their students. It is now incumbent on all those
in the Los Angeles City School District to make sure
that the children and their education will not have
suffered from the strike."
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