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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
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1966-74: Press Unit
Folder Title: Press Releases -
12/22/1971-12/31/1971
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE:
Immediate
Sacramento, Californi
Contact:
Paul Bec
445-4571
12-22-71
#716
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the following
bill has been signed:
AB 2015 - McAlister Provides for an experimental project in Santa Clara
(Chapter 1810)
County (until December 31, 1974) in which the County
Superintendent of Schools, with the approval of the
County Board of Education and the Board of
Supervisors, could establish and maintain classes
for prisoners in county jails.
The governor also announced the veto of the following bills:
AB 220 - Brown
Establishes the Division of Marine Traffic Control in
the Department of Navigation and Ocean Development.
REASON FOR VETO:
"AB 220 duplicates present efforts of the U. S. Coast
Guard toward the development of a navigational safety
system for California's waters. To mandate State
intervention in this area would confuse and retard
rather than accelerate the development of an
operational and practical system.
"Additionally, the bill does not identify the large
amount of capital expenditures that would be
required for radar positioning and tracking systems.
"I have directed the Department of Navigation and
Ocean Development to work closely with the Coast
Guard to develop an appropriate navigational
safety system, which can be developed and implemented
for all of California's waters at the earliest
possible date.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned," the
governor said.
AB 681 - McCarthy
Would require the Division of Industrial Safety of
the Department of Industrial Relations to investigate
all complaints on unsafe working conditions within
three working days, regardless of the severity or
location of the hazard involved.
REASON FOR VETO:
"There is no demonstrated need for this legislation
since the Division of Industrial Relations has always
placed high priority in the handling of complaints.
The three-day limit proposed by AB 681 is an
unnecessary restriction on the Division, limiting its
ability to apply its resources and skills at the
places of greatest need. A safety engineer, for
example, might be forced to travel many miles to
investigate a complaint involving nuisance dust
instead of responding immediately to a more serious
hazard, like an unshored trench, at another location.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned," the
governor said.
AB 1419 - Warren
Would establish the position of State Public Defender t
to be appointed by the Judicial Council.
REASON FOR VETO:
"I recently vetoed SB 24 which would have provided for
the appointment of a State Public Defender by the
Governor.
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REASON FOR VETO:
"AB 1419 is unacceptable for a number of reasons. It
AB 1419 - Warren
is contrary to progressive judicial administration
(Continued)
because it removes from the attorney who represents
the indigent criminal defendant at trial the
responsibility for his post-trial representation as
well. Chief Justice Warren E. Burger has expressed
his disapproval of this practice in his recent Report
on the State of the Judiciary: " (A) large factor in
the excessive cost and excessive delay in criminal
appeals is the tendency to appoint a new lawyer on
appeal
Requiring the trial lawyer to conduct the
appeal
will
save both time and money." (57 American
Bar Association Journal 855,858).
"I, too, am convinced that representation of the
indigent defendants is best performed by locally
appointed counsel, preferably the one who represented
him at trial. The bench and the Bar have a
professional responsibility, indeed obligation, to
represent the indigent criminal defendant at the
appellate level. Private attorneys, acting under
court appointment, are now able to represent adequate]
appellants in these cases. To spawn yet another
expensive governmental agency such as an office of
State Public Defender to handle these matters, when
they can and should be handled by the bench and bar,
would merely add an additional level of bureaucracy
which I believe is neither necessary nor appropriate.
"Although it is true that there is a backlog of
cases before the courts, there is no compelling
evidence to support the allegation that a public
defender would speed up the judicial process. To
the contrary, there is a very high probability that
more cases built on new strained theories would be
appealed as a new office holder sought to justify his
existence and performance.
"It is time that the bench and the bar face the issues
squarely and look to themselves for the answers which
this bill purportedly seeks. SB 24 is clearly not
the answer.
"As I have said before, I am vigorously opposed to
the concept of establishing an office of State Public
Defender and I will continue to strongly oppose
the enactment of such legislation. At the same
time, I want to emphasize that I favor judicial
reform and have supported Chief Justice Donald Wright
in establishing the Select Committee on Trial Court
Delay.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned," the
governor said.
AB 1661 - Brathwaite Would require that any psychiatrist or physician
employed by a prisoner or his attorney be
permitted to visit the prisoner.
REASON FOR VETO:
"I fully agree that the constitutional right of an
accused to prepare his defense must be protected.
A part of this protection should be access to
qualified medical practitioners.
"However, AB 1661 does not require that such persons
be licensed by the state to insure their qualification.
As written, it would permit unlimited access to any
prisoner after trial as well as before trial.
Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned," the
governor said.
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AB 2346 - Cullen
Would establish a formula for determining, under the
Medi-Cal program, reasonable costs of skilled nursing
home services and intermediate care facility services.
The formula is based primarily on using the mean
average of costs experienced within specified size
groupings and several other unacceptable factors.
REASON FOR VETO:
"The use of averages in rate computation tends to
skew the rate upward and discourages efficiency and
cost effectiveness. Application of the other
factors, such as the return on equity and the use
of Franchise Tax Board criteria, unrealistically
serves to increase General Fund expenditures for
nursing home care. Conservatively, such an increase
is estimated to be between $10 million and $20 million
dollars per year.
"Further, the bill's provision to have the Director
of Health Care Services consult with individuals
or organizations operating nursing homes in the
administration of the program and the funding of
changes in standards and requirements of the program
duplicate the work of the California Health Care
Commission created by AB 949 (Chapter 577, Stautes of
1971).
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned," the
governor said.
AB 3006 - Vasconcellos
Repeals the present law governing political
activities of local government employees. The
bill limits, with certain exceptions, the restrictions
on political activities of such employees.
REASON FOR VETO:
"AB 3006 would make possible a multitude of
differing regulations governing the political
activities of local public employees throughout the
state. The bill provides that local governing
bodies can establish rules and regulations limited
to three areas of political activity, but does not
provide that such rules and regulations be uniform in
their statewide application.
"If the public interest is to be served by clarifying
the political activities in which public employees
may be involved, then uniformity is essential.
This bill would result in confusion even within the
same community where different local jurisdictions
are present.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned, " the
governor said.
SB 565 - Stiern
Would increase the in lien tax on automobiles by an
average of 34 percent.
REASON FOR VETO:
"This is an additional tax on property. For the State
to impose yet another burden on our already beleagured
property taxpayers--especially at a time when home-
owners taxes at the local level continue to rise to
new heights--not only would ignore their plight, but
also would fly in the face of their earnest and
justifiable desire for real and lasting property tax
relief.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned," the
governor said.
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AB 1181 - Murphy
This bill would create a Joi
Committee on
( rections Administration and the Office of
Ombudsman for Corrections.
REASON FOR VETO:
"The Department, in keeping with the principles of
good administration, already has an effective
procedure for handling grievances. An ombudsman
outside the system with no operational responsibility
would be divisive, and would only increase the
problems of rehabilitation and control. At best,
this would be an expensive (at least $400, 000 per
year) duplication of existing services for which no
need has been demonstrated.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the governor said.
AB 1403 - Crown
Would require the Department of Health Care Services
to publish an annual compilation of certain
information relating to frequently prescribed
multiple-source drugs. It would require that the
listing be distributed to physicians, dentists,
pharmacists, consumer groups, and others.
REASON FOR VETO:
"The information required by AB 1403 is currently
published and available from a variety of sources,
including government agencies.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the governor said.
AB 1788 - Knox
Would create the California Archaeological Survey
within the Department of Conservation and the
California Archaeological Board within the Survey.
REASON FOR VETO:
"The creation of this new Survey is unnecessary to
meet the objectives of this measure. Senate Bill
215 (Chapter 827) requires a task force study of
the state's archaeological efforts, to be completed
by December 31, 1972. Since the study has been
requested by the legislature, it would seem advisable
to await the results of it before taking further
action.
"In addition, AB 1788 contains a number of technical
flaws, as well as serious questions regarding the
staffing and funding provisions contained in the bill
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the governor said.
AB 2087 - Burton
Would require California to convert food stamp
bonuses into cash benefits for recipients of Old Age
Security, Aid to the Blind, and Aid to the Totally
Disabled, if and when federal law is changed to
prohibit welfare recipients from purchasing food
stamps.
REASON FOR VETO:
"The bill is predicated on an anticipated change in
the federal law. No such change appears likely prior
to mid-1973, if at all.
"In view of the uncertainty presently surrounding
this subject, and the inflexible position which this
bill would impose upon the state, I do not feel that
AB 2087 is appropriate.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the governor said.
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AB 300 - Cory
Would permit those qualifying for the homeowners'
exemption but filing late without showing
reasonable cause for doing so---to receive 80
percent of the exemption by filing by December 10
of the year of a claim.
REASON FOR VETO:
"I already have approved SB 1006 (Chapter 1583)
which permits boards of supervisors to grant 80
percent of the homeowners' exemption to late
claimants who can show reasonable cause for failure
to file in a timely manner. I find no justification
to grant this exemption to those who fail to file
under the provisions of existing law without showing
reasonable cause for the late filing, as proposed by
this measure. In addition, legislation enacted in
1970 provided for the extension of the filing date
in two different types of situations. A maximum
6-month extension was allowed when a timely claim
was filed, but was defective because it lacked all
required information or the signature of the claimant
and a 15-day extension was allowed for those
individuals who filed a veterans' exemption which
was disallowed.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the governor said.
AB 732 - Brathwaite
Would provide that no public institution of higher
education may refuse admission to graduate programs
solely on the basis of sex. The bill would also
require governing boards of each segment of public
higher education to report annually to the legislatur
on the number and qualifications of male and female
applicants and enrollees in each graduate program.
REASON FOR VETO:
"I have no objections to the prohibition contained
in AB 732 relating to the refusal to admit students
to graduate programs solely on the basis of sex.
However, the requirement that public colleges and
universities report the qualifications of applicants
and enrollees in each graduate program is burdensome
and unnecessary.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the governor said.
AB 794 - Ralph
Would authorize the chief of the Division of Fair
Employment Practices or an attorney of the State Fair
Employment Practice Commission to file a verified
complaint, containing specified information concerning
unlawful employment practices, and would authorize an
employer whose employees refuse, or threaten to refuse
to cooperate with fair employment practice provisions
to file a verified complaint seeking assistance by
conciliation or other remedial action.
REASON FOR VETO:
"I find no compelling need to approve this measure.
Existing law already authorizes any person, including
employers, to file a complaint with the Commission.
Also the Commission, its Counsel, or Division Chief
can file complaints through the Attorney General's
office.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill ansigned," "
the governor said.
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AB 30 - Warren
Would extend the jurisdiction of the Industrial
Welfare Commission for the purpose of setting a
minimum wage for men.
REASON FOR VETO:
"The author has informed me that as a practical
matter the number of employees affected would be
small, as most employees are covered by federal
minimum wage provisions and those not covered by
federal law are generally covered by equal pay
statutes. In view of the bill's very limited
application, I question the merit of reopening wage
orders, which would result in an additional cost to
the state of approximately $150,000.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the governor said.
AB 55 - Greene, B.
Provides that a state scholarship award winner may
use the scholarship at specified postsecondary
institutions in California in addition to those
institutions which offer two-year community college
or four-year college courses with accreditation by
the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.
REASON FOR VETO:
"I agree that a need exists to provide financial
assistance for technical and vocational students.
However, permitting persons who win a "state
scholarship" to use his scholarship in postsecondary
institutions would raise a false promise of aid to
vocational students which, for all practical purposes
cannot be realized under the present academic
selection standards. Under present selection
standards for the State Scholarship Program, only
3 percent of high school graduates qualify for state
scholarships. The winners normally have a 3.5 grade
point average and are academically qualified for
four-year institutions of higher education.
Therefore, it is extremely unlikely that such winners
would use their awards in other than two and four-
year academic institutions.
"I have directed my staff to develop an approach
which will provide assistance to high school graduate
who desire occupational, technical, or vocational
education.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the governor said.
AB 232 - Dunlap
Would direct the Coordinating Council for Higher
Education, in cooperation with the Trustees of the
California State Colleges, to study the feasibility
and desirability of transferring the California
Maritime Academy to the State College System. The
measure would appropriate $65,000 to the Coordinating
Council for this purpose.
REASON FOR VETO:
"This bill is unnecessary. In vetoing AB 705, I
established a task force to study a number of
alternatives relating to the future of the California
Maritime Academy. The task force effort is now under
way. Its representation is broadly based and include
the director of the Coordinating Council for Higher
Education. The scope of the task force effort is not
limited to the single alternative which this bill
seeks.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the governor said.
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AB 2923 - Chacon
Would increase the minimum annual salary for
teachers.
REASON FOR VETO:
"California teachers are among the highest paid in
the country. The average California teacher's
salary in 1970-71 was $11,216 for ten months' work.
"This measure would mandate increased costs on local
school districts, without taking into consideration
the districts' ability to pay, or local cost of
living conditions, which vary throughout the state.
"In addition, this measure could have the effect of
causing an upward adjustment of teachers' salaries
statewide, regardless of whether or not a district
is already paying above the proposed minimum.
Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned," the
governor said.
SB 835 - Alquist
Would appropriate $3,350,000 to augment the Budget
Act of 1971 for the purposes of community college
extended opportunity programs.
REASON FOR VETO:
"This augmentation is unnecessary because additional
federal funds, which were anticipated in my original
1971-72 budget, have been made available for
community college extended opportunity programs in
the amount of approximately $3 million. In addition,
$1.2 million of federal national defense student loar
money has been made available for student loans by
the community colleges.
"Furthermore, this measure attempts to augment a
nonexistent item in the Budget Act of 1971.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the governor said.
SB 998 - Petris
Authorizes an increase in the existing permissive
school override tax to pay deficits incurred in any
prior year for school meals for needy children.
REASON FOR VETO:
"As I have said before, I strongly support local
decision making and local control of public education
in California. The constant pressure for additional
permissive school tax overrides or the extension of
such overrides erodes this control by taking from the
voters the right to participate directly in the
determination of spending priorities at the local
level.
"In addition, if this measure were approved it would
permit school districts to ignore the principles of
good management by disregarding budget ceilings.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the governor said,
SB 1196 - Zenovich
Would require, rather than authorize, school district
to provide specified programs for educationally
handicapped minors who reside within the district.
REASON FOR VETO:
"Existing law permits school districts and county
superintendents of schools to operate classes for
educationally handicapped minors. Parents and
guardians of educationally handicapped minors may
also receive tuition payments for educating such
minors in public or private nonsectarian schools when
no special educational facilities and services are
available through local and state programs. A
comprehensive review of the effectiveness of programs
already being operated by the various school district
should first be undertaken before mandating the
obligations this bill would impose on all local schoo
districts.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned," the
governor said.
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AB 275 - Burton
Wo
d establish a state progr of rental assistance
in private accommodations para iel to the federal
rent subsidy program established by Section 23 of
the United States Housing Act of 1937.
REASON FOR VETO:
"I question the wisdom of the state's entering into
a program of this type when the action taken by the
federal government since 1968 has been directed
toward assisting low income families in obtaining
new housing through home ownership and mortgage
financing for low-income rental projects.
"Further, I question the reality of approving a
measure which can only be implemented by the
expenditure of millions of dollars of taxpayers'
funds at a time when the state is faced with the
need to find additional revenues just to meet
current obligations.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the governor said.
AB 1098 - Z'berg
Makes provisions for increased retirement benefits
for local safety members of the Public Employees'
Retirement System applicable to all contracting
agencies on July 1, 1973.
REASON FOR VETO:
"Cities and counties already are authorized to
provide the level of retirement benefits proposed
by this bill. Each local entity is free to provide
such benefits based on local needs and financial
resources. The measure, in my opinion, tends to
negate the 'meet and confer' provisions of existing
law as they relate to local safety members.
"The bill would impose a substantial burden on the
local property taxpayer at a time when property
taxes have reached alltime highs. It is estimated
that this measure would result in increased property
taxes to city residents of more than $30 million
annually.
"The bill also commits the General Fund to an annual
expenditure of up to $10 million for at least 30
years, at a time when the state is experiencing
extreme difficulty in funding programs which command
a high priority.
"Finally, this legislation would cause interference
with local government employer-employee relations
and an imposition by the state of substantial
additional costs on local government. Any benefit
structure should be a result of the negotiation
process between the public employer and affected
employees. Employee benefits for employees of local
government should not be mandated by the state.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the governor said.
AB 1204 - Townsend
Would require contractors on a construction project
to maintain adequate emergency first aid medical
treatment for the employees.
REASON FOR VETO:
"The legislative counsel is of the opinion that the
phrase 'adequate emergency first aid medical
treatment' means having medical personnel and
equipment to administer emergency first aid. This
could mean having a doctor, nurse, or other medical
personnel trained to give medical treatment, and
having facilities equipped to permit emergency first
aid treatment by medical personnel. While this
result may not have been intended, it would impose
an unwarranted burden on contractors. The subject
of first aid and medical attention on job sites is
already covered by Construction Safety Order 1512.
I would suggest that the interested parties meet with representatives of
the Department of Industrial Relations to determine the need, if any,
for legislation in this subject area.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned, # the governor said.
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AB 1355 - Fenton
Would extend mandatory unemployment coverage to
agricultural workers.
REASON FOR VETO:
"While I actively support unemployment insurance for
farm workers on a national basis, I cannot approve
legislation that would further increase the
competitive disadvantages faced by California's
agricultural community.
"The benefits payable under AB 1355 will exceed farm
employer taxes by at least $37 million, which will
have to be financed from taxes paid by nonfarm
employers who already are among the highest taxes
in the country.
"The U.S. Department of Labor is presently drafting
legislation to provide unemployment insurance
coverage for farm workers on a nationwide basis.
I intend to support this proposal when it is
presented to the Congress.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the governor said.
AB 2177 - Brathwaite Would require the Director of Health Care Services
to establish authorization criteria for Medi-Cal
consultants to expedite the movement of long-term
care patients from hospitals to nursing homes.
REASON FOR VETO:
"This proposal is not necessary since current
regulations and guidelines concerning hospital
admissions, length-of-stay in a hospital, and
nursing home admissions already deal with the proble
set forth in the bill. The Department of Health
Care Services, as the single state agency for the
Medicaid program in California, is obligated by the
Federal Social Security Act to assure that payments
and services are at appropriate levels.
Authorizations of hospital stays beyond that
considered medically necessary by both the attending
physician and Medi-Cal consultant are not presently
granted.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the governor said.
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SB 57 - Lagomarsino W. Id increase retirement ber. its for those state
employees or their survivors who retired on or
before December 31, 1969.
REASON FOR VETO:
Retired members of the Public Employees' Retirement
System now have a permanent and automatic cost of
living program as a result of legislation I signed
into law. Under this law, retired members of the
System already are eligible for automatic and
continuous increases related to rises in the cost of
living in the future. Thes year covered retirees
received a 6 percent increase and in April of the
coming year will receive a 3.6 percent increase.
"I do not believe that one-time increases in
retirement allowances as proposed by this bill are
appropriate when a permanent program has been
instituted.
"The rdtirement allowance increase included in the bill
would have been operative only if legislation had
been enacted at the 1971 regular session to increase
General Fund revenues beyond that amount necessary
to maintain programs in dollar amounts allocated in
the 1971 Budget Act. General Fund revenues were
not increased as required by this bill.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned," the
governor said.
AB 2552 - Moretti
Creates a Victim Compensation Commission to investi-
gate and adjudicate claims of citizens who are
victims of violent crimes, raises the maximum
compensation to $25,000 per claim, and creates
a Victim Compensation Fund.
REASON FOR VETO:
"This measure proposes the creation of a new
commission to administer a program which is now
administered by the State Board of Control. I see
no reason to establish a new commission. The Board
of Control is currently performing this service in an
admirable manner.
"This measure also removes the test of need and
revises upward the awards limits. Liberalizing such a
program of indemnification will elicit potentially
thousands of new claims each year. There is serious
doubt that the proposed penalty assessment will
support such a program. I am convinced that the
present program best serves the total interests of
the State, as it indemnifies only those persons who
are truly in need of such indemnification.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned," " the
governor said.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE: Imme
ate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
12-22-71
#717
Governor Ronald Reagan has signed legislation designed to
control snowmobiles, motorcycles, dune buggies and other passenger-
carrying off-highway motor vehicles while it also provides for the
development of special recreational facilities for those who use them;
The measure, (AB 2342) by Assemblyman Gene Chappie, (R-Cool)
will require the registration and licensing of the vehicles with the
fees to go into a special Off-Highway Vehicle Fund for the development
of trails and other special recreational facilities by the Department
of Parks and Recreation and local governments.
"This legislation will provide controls to prevent depredation
by those few riders who have been responsible for destruction of the
environment; will provide public facilities for the more than three
million motoring enthusiasts who are concerned with the environment and
provide facilities for them to use," the governor said.
The law, which will become effective July 1, 1972, also requires
the vehicles to be equipped with adequate mufflers.
Under the law, a $15 fee will be required every two years. Of
the amount, $5 will go to the Department of Motor Vehicles for
certification and issuance of license plates; $6 will go to the
Department of Parks and Recreation's Off-Highway Vehicle Fund for
development of trails and other facilities, and $4 will go to the
counties of the state in lieu of other state and local funds, for
managing and maintaining off-highway facilities.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE: Imme ite
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
12-22-71
#718
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed five new members and
reappointed 11 members to the California Regional Water Quality Control
Board.
For the North Coastal Region, the governor named Gordon W. Miller
551 Wikiup Drive, Santa Rosa, to succeed George A. Dinsmore of Fortuna,
and reappointed Harry Crebbin of 610 Jackson Street, Yreka. Both are
Republicans.
Miller, chief engineer and manager for the Sonoma County Water
Agency, will represent water supply, and Crebbin, manager of the
Yreka Chamber of Commerce, a board member since 1967, represents
municipal government.
For the Central Coastal Region, William B. Burr, Jr., of
909 Foothill Road, Ojai, was appointed to replace Mrs. Jean Auer,
formerly of Santa Barbara, who now serves on the San Francisco Bay
Region Board.
Burr, president of Industrial Tools Inc., of Ojai, will
represent the public.
Reappointed were Eugene E. Brendlin, 5520 Vida Street,
Atascadero, retired manager of the California State Polytechnic
College Foundation, and Floyd M. Grigory, P. O. Box 173, San Ardo,
a farmer.
Brendlin, a board member since 1967, represents water supply,
while Grigory, who has served since 1971, represents irrigated agriculture
Both are Republicans.
For the Los Angeles Region, Allan Harris of 4250 Park Newport,
Newport Beach, was named to succeed Thomas H. Gaines, Jr., of Costa
Mesa, who has resigned.
Harris, manager of the In Plant Product Development Corporation
of Long Beach, will represent industrial waste. He is not registered
with a political party.
Reappointed was Arthur E. Bruington of 363 West Hermosa Drive,
San Gabriel, Chief Deputy Engineer for the Los Angeles County Flood
Control District. A member since 1968, he represents counties. He
is a Republican.
For the Central Valley Region. Clifford C. Wisdom of 1179 Elmwood
Avenue, Stockton, was named to replace Robert L. Wall of Madera.
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Wisdom, chairman of the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors,
will represent county government. He is a Republican.
Reappointed was Marvin E. Ray, 2317 Monticello Avenue, Modesto,
deputy city manager of Modesto. A member since 1971, he represents
municipal government. He is a Republican.
For the Colorado River Basin Region, Stuart W. Gummer of
82299 Sierra Avenue, Indio, was named to succeed E. F. Bevens of Blythe
who has resigned.
Gummer, an Indio civic leader and sporting goods shop owner,
will represent wildlife and recreation on the board. He is a
Republican.
Reappointed for the Colorado River Basin Region were Keith
H. Ainsworth, 81960 Lancer Way, Indio, and Harry Schmitz, 43900
Primrose Drive, Palm Desert.
Ainsworth, assistant general manager of the Coachella Valley
Water District, represents water users. He has served on the board
since 1968. He is a Republican.
Schmitz, senior planner for the Riverside County Planning
Department, has represented county government on the board since
1969. He is a Republican.
Reappointed for the Santa Ana Region were Everett L. Grubb,
6979 Palm Court, Riverside, and Everett C. Ross, 2529 Piedmont Drive,
Riverside.
Grubb, past president of the Elsinore Valley Municipal Water
District, has served on the board since 1971, representing county
government. He is a Republican.
Ross, public utilities director for the City of Riverside, has
represented municipal government on the board since 1964. He is a
Republican.
Reappointed for the San Diego Region were Einer A. May, 12448
Vaughan Road, Poway, and William S. Tellam, P. O. Box 615, Julian.
May, vice president of the Poway Municipal Water District, and
Tellman, a rancher, have served on the board since 1968. May has
represented municipal government while Tellam has represented irrigated
agriculture. Both are Republicans.
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Governor Ronald Reagan announced today that he has vetoed the
following bills:
AB 1970 - McCarthy
Authorizes a school district maintaining a com-
munity college to exempt from payment of all or
part of nonresident tuition fees, nonresidents
who are both citizens and residents of a foreign
country and hold "J" visas rather than non-
residents who are both citizens and residents of
a foreign country.
REASON FOR VETO:
"This bill, if approved, would chapter out the
provisions of SB 1607 (Chapter 629). SB 1607
modifies the formula for computation of nonresi-
dent tuition charges at the community colleges.
It is important to the community colleges that
the provisions of SB 1607 remain in effect.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the governor said.
AB 2018 - Chacon
Changes the observance of Admission Day from
the 9th day of September to the second Monday
in September.
REASON FOR VETO:
"I have no objections to AB 2018. However, it
would chapter out a significant provision of
the Bank Extraordinary Situation Closing Act
(Chapter 932). I have requested that repre-
sentatives of the banking industry work closely
with the author and the school administrators'
associations to insure that a bill containing
the provisions of AB 2018 is enacted early next
session.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the governor said.
AB 2456 - Hayes
Requires the retirement board of a retirement
system, established pursuant to the County
Employees' Retirement Law of 1937, to file a
disability retirement application for a safety
member who is also a department head under
specified circumstances.
REASON FOR VETO:
"AB 2456 is intended to affect only one county
employee. No compelling evidence has been
presented to me which supports the need for this
special legislation.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned, 11
the governor said.
AB 2716 - Warren
Requires a drastic restructuring of the Los
Angeles Unified School District's Board of
Education.
REASON FOR VETO:
"The need for meaningful public involvement in
the decision making process of the Los Angeles
Unified School District's Board of Education is
desirable. However, there are compelling
reasons why this particular measure should be vetoed. The last minute
amendment restructuring the Board of Education is not in the interest of
public involvement. The bill, as amended on December 1, would require
an election of all eleven board members in the Spring of 1973. This
election would not only include the four new members to be added, but
also the existing members who would have over half of their term yet to
run. Such a procedure constitutes poor public administration.
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AB 2716 (continued)
"Furthermore, AB 2716 violates the principle
of home rule. It runs counter to the California
Constitution, in that the Charter of the City
of Los Angeles, in accordance with the Constitu-
tion, provides for the number of board members
and for their manner of election.
"A shift to the election of board members by
districts would not guarantee the election of a
minority group representative, even though that
is the intent of the amendment. At the same
time, it would almost certainly guarantee the
creation of pressures which would tend to equal-
ize school expenditures by electoral districts,
rather than allowing for the expenditure of funds
to meet the most pressing student needs. This
result most certainly would work to the disad-
vantage of minority pupils.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the governor said.
AB 2971 - Miller
Allows a criminal under a life sentence to be
discharged from parole after five years.
REASON FOR VETO:
"The persons covered by this bill are first
degree murderers, habitual criminals and kidnap-
rape felons. The law requires now that these
persons remain on parole for life unless they
are pardoned or their sentences are commuted by
the governor.
"Under this bill, these serious offenders could
be released from parole supervision without the
governor's authorization.
"I believe that to remove this responsibility,
which the law has vested in the governor for
many years, would eliminate an important safe-
guard desired and expected by society.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the governor said.
AB 2987 - Z'berg
Creates the State Board of Registration for
Professional Foresters.
REASON FOR VETO:
"While I approve of the bill's stated objectives,
I believe the need for accomplishing them through
the licensing program, which this bill proposes,
has not been demonstrated. Alternative methods
should be explored which do not involve this
type of entry by the state into a new area of
regulation.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the governor said.
AB 3066 - Z'berg
Provides for submission to the voters at the
1972 General Election of the State Beach, Park,
Recreational, and Historical Facilities Bond Act of 1972, which, if
adopted, would authorize issuance of bonds in the amount of $250,000,000
to provide funds to acquire and establish beaches, parks, recreational
facilities, and historical resources.
REASON FOR VETO:
"I recognize the great need for more parks at
both the state and local level, and I support
the concept of acquiring and developing parks
through the issuance of bonds.
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AB 3066 (continued)
"The Director of Parks and Recreation informs me
ample funds are already available to carry on an
expansion of the State Park System for the next
two years. These monies consist of Federal Land
and Water Conservation funds of approximately
$20 million; an unexpended balance of the 1964
Bond Act of some $25 million; $60 million in
bonds voted in 1970 under Proposition 20; and
approximately $25 million for park and beach
acquisition from income tax withholding. These
funds total some $130 million.
"I intend to propose a new bond issue for parks
and recreation when the need warrants.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the governor said.
SB 60 - Moscone
Establishes a procedure for late registration
applicable to all statewide elections or special
elections to fill a congressional or state
legislative vacancy. It would provide that late
registration for such elections would begin on
the 53rd day before election and end on the 19th
day before election.
REASON FOR VETO:
"SB 60 would impose an unwarranted additional
burden on county clerks and registrars of voters.
The present Elections Code requirement that
registration be completed prior to 53 days
before an election facilitates the proper con-
duct of elections.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the governor said.
SB 108 - Mills
Requires that $60,000 per month from the newly
established Transportation Planning and Research
Account be made available to the Department of
Public Works for allocation to eligible bicycle
land and equestrian path projects by cities,
counties, and state agencies.
REASON FOR VETO:
"Such monies as prove to be available to the
fund established by SB 325 (Chapter 1400) will
represent for the first time an ability by this
state to fund transportation planning which is
genuinely multi-modal in its scope. It is my
belief that appropriations from this fund should
be preceded by a careful examination of all
competing claims on it. This measure prematurely
allocates a specific amount of money without the
benefit of the kind of examination, which I
believe should be undertaken first.
"I already have approved legislation (Chapter
1361) which authorizes local government to
establish exclusive paths for bicycles, and
authorizes the designing of such facilities into
freeway projects whenever the master plan of the
local agency requires it.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the governor said.
SB 1467 - Dymally
Establishes a commission to study the need for
and status of medical schools in this state and
appropriates $250,000 from the contingent fund of the Board of Medical
Examiners for this purpose.
REASON FOR VETO:
"The Board of Medical Examiners has informed me
that the intent of this measure can be accom-
plished under the auspices of AB 2427 (Chapter 1498, Statutes of 1971)
which authorizes the Board of Medical Examiners to evaluate medical
school curricula and appropriates $125,000 for that purpose. Approval
of this measure would result in two independent studies, duplicating a
substantial portion of the same subject matter.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned," the governor said.
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AB 728 - Brathwaite
Authorizes a surviving spouse to file a joint
state income tax return for two years following
the year of death of the husband or wife. It
It would have become operative only if a system
of payroll withholding had been enacted at the
1971 regular session of the legislature.
REASON FOR VETO:
"I have no objections to this proposal. However,
AB 728 has no legal effect since a system of
payroll withholding was not enacted at the 1971
regular session as required by Section 3 of the
bill. I will support this proposal if it is
introduced again next year.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the governor said.
AB 2037 - Greene (Bill) Establishes the Watts Industrial Fair in desig-
nated area of Los Angeles County.
REASON FOR VETO:
"The 48th District Agricultural Association, of
which the area of the proposed Watts Industrial
Fair is a part, is located in the urban area of
the City of Commerce. This district fair is in
the process of re-orienting its direction toward
consumer and industrial education. Thus, the
advantages proposed for the Watts fair would be
available through the 48th District Fair.
"This bill might also set a precedent of estab-
lishing new fairs at a time when a study is now
under way to improve the efficiency of all state
supported fairs.
"This bill will add an annual cost of $65,000 to
the fair program for operational support of the
new fair, thus reducing General Fund revenue in
the same amount. In addition, the undetermined
amount of money needed for acquisition of land
and the construction of facilities will reduce
the funds available to other fairs for capital
outlay purposes in the same amount.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the governor said.
AB 2282 - Thomas
Requires the Department of Navigation and Ocean
Development to enter into an agreement with the
City of Avalon for construction or modification
of a steamer pier within Avalon harbor, subject
to certification by the Director of Finance that
the city is financially capable of repaying a
specified loan.
REASON FOR VETO:
"There already are statutory authority and fiscal
resources available to construct feasible boat-
ing facilities within Avalon Harbor. The agree-
ment required by this bill is in derogation of
the department's statutory responsibility to
approve only those loans based on economic and
engineering feasibility considerations.
"The Department of Navigation and Ocean Develop-
ment already is working with the City of Avalon
to enhance the benefits of harbor improvement
projects constructed with $2.5 million in loans
from the State Harbors and Watercraft Revolving
Fund. Additionally, the department has offered
the city an emergency storm damage loan to repair
recent damage.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned," "
the governor said.
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SB 216 - Way
Increases the membership of the Adult Authority
from 9 to 12, and would specify qualifications
for membership.
REASON FOR VETO:
"The addition of three new members to the Adult
Authority, at an annual cost of more than
$145,000, cannot be justified at a time when
the number of inmates in California's correc-
tional institutions continues to decline. In
January, 1969, there were 28,600 inmates in the
state's prisons. Today, the total is less than
21,000.
"In addition, a governor should have the widest
latitude in considering appointments to the
Adult Authority. To restrict his discretion by
specifying qualifications for membership is
unwarranted and could lead to a diminution of
the board's effectiveness in considering inmates'
terms and their individual problems.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the governor said.
SB 433 - Collier
Authorizes the California State College Trustees,
upon approval of the student body, to establish
an activities fee to support instructionally
related programs at those state colleges where
a student body organization is not in effect.
REASON FOR VETO:
"Instructionally related activities on campus
have usually included art exhibits, dramatic
productions, concerts, journalism, creative writ-
ing activities, and intercollegiate athletics.
These activities are generally associated with
individual courses, or in some cases, blocks of
courses, and are considered by instructors to
be as central to meaningful education as chemis-
try laboratory classes are to chemistry. A part
of these activities are generally funded from
student body activity fees.
"This measure is an attempt to fund instruction-
ally-related activities at those state colleges
where student fees are not available because
student body organizations have been voted out
by the students.
"I am vetoing this measure at the request of the
Trustees of the California State Colleges who
feel that this measure does not present a work-
able solution. It provides that the trustees
may institute a fee only 'upon the approval of a
majority of the students who vote in a formally
constituted election.
"Such a provision solves nothing for the opera-
tion of instructionally related activities on a
campus, inasmuch as students already can estab-
lish student body organizations and student
activity fees under existing provisions of the
Education Code, 'upon the approval of a majority
of the students who vote in a formally constituted
election.
"Students at a college without a student govern-
ment in existence now, can by majority vote, re-
institute this approach to student body fees and
thus impose the fee. Therefore, such a change
to the code adds nothing to alleviate any current
hardships of funding these instructionally
related programs.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the governor said.
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Governor Reagan also announced today that he has signed the
following bills, with certain deletions or reductions in appropriations:
AB 792 - Ralph
Includes among the duties of the State Fair
(Chapter 1814)
Employment Practice Commission the duty to
investigate, approve, and certify equal employ-
ment opportunity programs submitted to it by
contractors on state-awarded public works con-
tracts in excess of $200,000, and to fix and
collect fees necessary for the cost thereof.
AB 1455 - Z'berg
Provides Unemployment Insurance benefits to
(Chapter 1815)
full-time employees of the University of Cali-
fornia and State Colleges who are laid off after
March 1, 1971, through December 31, 1971, for
reasons of economy.
(The governor deleted the $350,000 appropriation
contained in Section 4 of AB 1455 because the
unemployment insurance benefits provided by
the bill can be funded from existing appropria-
tions.)
AB 2647 - Lanterman
Provides special procedure for disposition of
(Chapter 1817)
mentally retarded criminal defendants found not
mentally competent to stand trial.
AB 3004 - Vasconcellos
Appropriates $80,000 to the Regents of the
(Chapter 1818)
University of California to be expended for the
drug abuse information project.
(The governor reduced the appropriation from
$80,000 to $10,000. The University of California
reports that all funds appropriated for the
drug abuse information project have been expended
and that $10,000 is necessary to continue the
program in 1971-72. The balance of the appro-
priation contained in AB 3004 is intended to
implement the evaluation phases of the project
during the current fiscal year. Financial
support for the evaluation phase of the project
can come from funds already appropriated for
public service or organized research programs
of the University.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointment of
Alfonso L. Romero, San Jose attorney, and Robert N. Rouch, Fresno
certified public accountant, to four-year-terms on the California
Veterans Board
Romero, who lives at 625 Sobrato Drive, Campbell, has served
on the board since 1968, while Rouch, who lives at 2165 18th Avenue,
Kingsburg, has served since 1969. Both men are Republicans.
The appointments are subject to Senate confirmation.
Members of the board receive $20 per day while on official
duty.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today named Paul J. Clifton, projects
coordinator for the Resources Agency, to the Western Interstate
Nuclear Board.
Created by 1968 legislation, the board considers and recommends
policies to be followed in nuclear opportunities and problems in the
13 western states.
Clifton, 51, who began his state career in the Department of
Water Resources in 1965, has served as Nuclear Coordinator for the
state since 1969 and has represented the secretary of Resources on the
State Environmental Quality Study Council.
He is married and has two children. The family lives at 3007
Sandhurst Court, Sacramento.
Clifton is a Republican.
The post pays necessary expenses.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Los Angeles County
Assistant Counsel Alexander R. Early III to the Los Angeles County
Superior Court.
Early, 54, a Republican, will receive an annual salary of
$33,396. He will succeed Judge John S. Frazer who has retired.
Prior to joining the Los Angeles County Counsel's office in
1957, Early served as an assistant United States attorney in
Los Angeles and as a senior attorney for the State Department of Public
Works in Los Angeles.
He previously had practiced law privately in Los Angeles since
1947.
A graduate of Cornell University, Early earned his law degree
from Harvard Law School.
He has served as a judge pro-tem of the Los Angeles County
Superior Court and is a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association,
the State Bar of California, the Federal Bar Association, the American
Society of Appraisers, the American Board of Trial Advocates, the
American Right of Way Association, the State Association of County
Appraisers and other professional, civic and service groups.
In addition, he is author of numerous works that have
appeared in legal publications.
He and his wife, Mary, have three children. The family lives
in La Canada.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today named one new member and reappointed
three other members of the State Scholarship and Loan Commission.
The new member is Dr. Edward Simonsen, superintendent of the Kern
Joint Junior College District. He will fill the unexpired term of
Charles F. Herndon of San Anselmo, who has resigned. The term ends in
October, 1973.
Dr. Simonsen, a Republican, will represent junior colleges on the
commission. He lives at 3801 Country Club Drive, Bakersfield.
Reappointed to four-year-terms were Dr. Fred L. Casmin, professor
of speech at Pepperdine College, Dr. Charles J. Dirksen, dean of the
Graduate School of Business at the University of Santa Clara, and
Erskine J. Sandys, manager of the Pacific Telephone Company at La
Jolla. All are Republicans and have served since 1967.
Dr. Casmir, a resident of Inglewood, represents private schools
while Dr. Dirksen, who lives at 1465 Calaveras Avenue, San Jose,
represents private universities and Sandys of 5928 Beaumont Avenue,
La Jolla, represents the public.
The appointments are subject to Senate confirmation.
Commissioners serve four-year terms and receive necessary
expenses.
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The following is the text of a letter from Governor Ronald
Reagan to Lawrence Robinson, Jr., Chairman of the Board of Control:
"I have just learned of the award of $5,000 approved by the
Board of Control for an employee of the Department of Water Resources,
for a suggestion which proposed a design change in the Oroville-
Thermalito power generating complex. This change, I understand, has
contributed to an anticipated increase of salable power of more than
$26,000,000 over the 31 year period of the contract.
"It is important to our continuing efforts to obtain, from all
sources, those constructive ideas which result in reducing the cost of
operating our state government. I have already taken note that the
state's Merit Award suggestion program plays an important part in the
orderly submission and evaluation of ideas, contributed by state
employees. Therefore, we must do everything possible to keep open this
channel for the flow of ideas.
"Recognizing that cash awards for adopted suggestions are not,
in themselves, the only incentives for the contribution of helpful
suggestions, I do feel that those employees who submit their ideas
through the suggestion program, and who meet all the standards for
award eligibility, should reasonably expect to receive the cash rewards
we offer as inducements for doing SO.
I hope that you and the other members of your board will agree
with this reasoning, and will wish to review your action on this award,
to determine if this level of recognition is in the best interests of
employee morale and employee willingness to continue to contribute their
valuable ideas."
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Here is the text of a letter from Governor Ronald Reagan in
response to a telegram from Governor William G. Milliken of Michigan
suggesting a wager on the outcome of the January 1, Rose Bowl Game
between the University of Michigan and Stanford University:
"I accept your wager on the outcome of the Rose Bowl Game,
although it is difficult to decide what to put up against your Michigan
wine and snowballs.
"At first, I considered wagering some oranges. (California, as
you know, abounds with oranges when your state is coated with snow).
"Then, I thought of offering a bouquet of fragrant California
roses. (You are aware, of course, that roses bloom in profusion in our
state when Michigan bushes are decorated with icicles).
"My problem, as you can well understand, is a matter of selection
since California is blessed with an overabundance of all of nature's
gifts.
"But now that you have offered a bottle of Michigan wine, packed
in Michigan snowballs, I will attempt to keep things more or less equal.
"In the highly unlikely event that Michigan beats Stanford, I
will send you a bottle of California wine packed in snowballs made from
the pure, pristine flakes that fall gently on the slopes of our high
Sierra. (California, I don't have to remind you, has the finest wines
and the best winter sports country in the world).
"If this meets with your approval, the bet is on. But, please
don't bring the Michigan snowballs to Pasadena on January 1...they will
melt in our warm, golden California sunshine!"
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Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointment
of Roy E. Reynolds of Long Beach and Roy E. Parker of San Diego to the
State Board of Accountancy in the Department of Consumer Affairs.
Reynolds, a Norwalk accountant, has served on the board since
1968. He lives at 3144 Val Verde, Long Beach. He is a Republican.
Parker, a San Diego accountant, has been a member of the board
since 1970. He lives at 2705 Granada, San Diego. He is a Republican.
Both men represent public accountants on the board.
Board members receive $25 per diem plus expenses and serve
four year terms.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Robert A. Houghton,
director of the Division of Law Enforcement in the State Department
of Justice, to the board of the Califo rnia Crime Technological Research
Foundation.
Houghton, 58, prior to his appointment to the justice department
post in July of this year, was assistant chief and director of operations
for the Los Angeles Police Department.
He will succeed Orville J. Hawkins of Sacramento, on the
foundation board, representing the justice department.
Houghton, a Republican, lives at 13305 Arminta Street, North
Hollywood.
The appointment is subject to Senate confirmation.
Members of the foundation serve at the pleasure of the governor
and receive necessary expenses.
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Governor Reagan will hold a press conference on the subject of
reapportionment tomorrow, Thursday, December 30, at 11 a.m., in
Los Angeles at the Century Plaza Hotel (Pacific Palisades Room).
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Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following New Year
Message:
"The New Year is a time for reflection and resolve. It is a
time to look back upon the road we traveled and to look forward to the
path we must follow.
"As we begin our journey into 1972, let us resolve that we
will continue to walk the path of peace with justice. And let us
remember that each of us, with every step we take, has the responsibility
to mark the trail toward a lasting peace, toward brotherhood and
toward harmony between man and nature."
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Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:
"When the legislature adjourned its regular session early this
month without complying with its constitutional mandate to reapportion
the Assembly, Senate and Congressional districts, I immediately called
them back. In doing so, I shared the hopes of all Californians that
cheir elected representatives would put aside strictly selfish, parti-
san interests and instead work out a fair plan putting the interests
of the people and their communities first.
"But our hopes quickly faded as once again the legislative process
deteriorated into blatant partisanship. The Democrats, who control
the legislature, were in a position to work out a good and fair plan
giving the highest priority to preserving community interests and fair
representation for ethnic minorities.
"Regrettably, the Democratic leadership ignored these and other
important factors. So they drew tortuous boundary lines around arti-
ficial and bizarre shaped districts aimed solely at perpetuating them-
selves in office.
"The Democrats made no secret of the fact that their bills were
totally partisan---and therefore unfair to their Republican colleagues.
Far worse, however, was the unfair way in which these gerrymandered
bills split communities throughout the state and minimized representa-
tion of minority groups who hoped that finally their particular concerns
might be met.
unsupportable
"These bills did such odd and
things as placing the same
people in two different districts at the same time through overlapping
boundaries, and using precinct boundaries instead of census tract lines.
That makes it impossible to prove a district has equal population
because precincts only show party registration.
"The U.S. Supreme Court has held that legislatures must prove that
they have made a good faith effort to achieve substantial equality
etween districts according to population. It has also been held by
other courts throughout the country that a reapportionment plan can or
should give attention to contiguity, compactness, preservation of
communities of interest, avoidance of partisan gerrymanders, protection
of the rights of minority groups, and access between different regions
within a district.
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"These bills clearly fall short of these standards.
"I would be derelict in my responsibility as governor to sign
these bills into law. I cannot take pleasure, however, in announcing
that I have today vetoed these three bills.
"Because of the seeming impasse of the legislature and its
inability to act, at least so far, I sincerely hope the Reapportionment
Commission under the leadership of the lieutenant governor, will con-
tinue its studies.
"Our goal is still a fair reapportionment something California
has not had for many years.
"Out of all our deliberations, including the work of the Reappor-
tionment Commission and the legislature, we can still make a new and
positive beginning toward preventing the difficulties we have experienced
on reapportionment difficulties which have cast the entire
governmental process into disrepute.
"But more important, we can seek to assure the people of
California that they will be fairly and honestly represented in the
legislature and the congress. "
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
12-30-71
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Enclosed are maps of various Assembly,
Senate and Congressional districts as proposed
by bills enacted by the Democratic-dominated
legislature. The following descriptions are
aimed at assisting you in seeing some of the
reasons for the governor's vetoes of these
bills. (The descriptions relate to maps that
are enclosed.)
(NOTE: For your information, special permission
has been granted for reproduction of
these maps. You will note that some of
the maps contain a copyright clause, but
special permission has been granted for
reproduction of them.)
(STATEWIDE MAP - CD 36)
The 36th district in Kings, Kern and San Luis Obispo counties has a
long arm with almost no population in it, and no road in it connecting
one end to the other, reaching all the way down the coastline to take
Goleta and Isla Vista out of Santa Barbara County. The people at the
end of this arm are effectively cut off from the rest of the district
and denied the opportunity for effective representation.
(ELOWUP OF CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 17 MAP)
The 17th district in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties has a heavily
Mexican-American area on the east side of San Jose connected like an
appendage to the bulk of the district by a narrow corridor that splits
the downtown area of San Jose. The people at the end of this corridor
are discriminated against because they have little common interest with
the main part of the district, and are unnecessarily far removed from
the main part of the district.
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(ORANGE COUNTY BLOWUP MAP)
Orange County and the communities within it are unnecessarily divided
into six different congressional districts, instead of the slightly
over three full districts to which its population entitles it. This
decreases the effective voice of this growing area by putting most
Orange County residents in districts dominated by population centers
sometimes far removed in distance and interests from their own area.
(STATEWIDE MAP - SD 15)
The 15th district contains two large areas at opposite sides of the
state
one bordering on the Pacific Ocean and the other on the Arizona-
Nevada border connected only by an extremely narrow corridor through
a sparsely populated area of the Central Valley. These virtually non-
contiguous parts of the 15th district make effective communication
within the district unlikely and make effective representation unneces-
sarily difficult.
(BLOWUP OF SD 10)
The San Mateo portion of the 10th district is only technically con-
nected to the San Francisco and Marin portions across the waters of
San Francisco Bay, where the county boundaries meet. The voters of the
San Mateo portion of the district are unnecessarily separated from the
San Francisco and Marin portions, making representation for them more
difficult and less effective.
(BLOWUP OF SD 25)
The 25th district stretches along the length of the coastline from
Oxnard in Ventura County in the north in a sometimes very narrow
corridor south to the Palos Verdes peninsula in Los Angeles County.
Voters at one end of the district have few common interests with voters
at the other end and are unnecessarily separated in distance.
(BLOWUP OF SD 27)
The 27th district wanders in a narrow corridor across the heart of
Los Angeles, arbitrarily splitting local communities from Santa Monica
on the coast, through Culver City, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Glendale
and Pasadena to the boundary of the Angeles National Forest. This
is a blatant gerrymander for partisan political purposes, dividing
the voice of these local communities and needlessly confusing the
voter.
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(SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY - PARTS OF ADs 9, 10, 12 and 30)
San Joaquin County's 290,000 citizens are entitled to 1.16 Assemblymen
under the court-required equality standards. AB 12 would carve the
county and its principal city, Stockton, into parts of four districts,
only one of the incumbents of which is likely to be a resident of
San Joaquin County.
(BLOWUP OF AD 10)
The 10th district stretches between three widely-separated centers of
population- Contra Costa County, San Joaquin County in the Central
Valley and in San Jose at the southern end of the Bay. All are con-
nected by sparsely populated or unpopulated corridors. The residents
of these areas have few interests in common, but are denied effective
representation because of the widely-dispersed portions of the district
wandering around Central California and the Bay Area.
(BLOWUP OF AD 18)
The 18th district is comprised of two virtually non-contiguous parts of
the city of San Francisco, connected only by a corridor the width of a
street in an obvious gerrymander for political advantage. This has the
effect of virtually separating the 19th AD into two separate parts.
This is confusing to the voters of each district, makes effective rep-
resentation unnecessarily difficult, and needlessly divides local
communities of interest.
(STATEWIDE MAP - AD 31)
The 31st district contains part or all of Santa Cruz, San Benito,
Monterey, Fresno, Madera, and Merced counties. Coastal Santa Cruz
County contains virtually half the district's population and would
dominate the election of the district's Assemblyman, leaving the dis-
parate Central Valley and Sierra constituents effectively voiceless in
influencing their representative on matters of regional concern.
(BLOWUP MAP OF AD 69)
The 69th district, currently wholly within Orange County, is represented
by Assembly Democratic Caucus Chairman Kenneth Cory. Its peculiar
shape, dubbed a "Cory-Dor," is a clear effort to include every
Democrat
available/in at least a dozen cities in two counties.
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MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
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12-30-71
#731
Following are the texts of the Assembly, Senate and Congressional
reapportionment bills vetoed by Governor Reagan:
AB 16 - Waxman
"This bill is defective in achieving equality of
representation in two ways, (1) the failure to achieve substantial
equality of population in every instance, and (2) the denial of effec-
tive equal representation for all voters due to the shapes of a number
of the districts.
Inequality of Population
In at least two districts (5 and 6) there has not been a good faith
effort to achieve equality of population with the other districts in
the state. These two districts were left entirely within the boundaries
of San Francisco and Marin Counties, with the result that each district
has a population of only some 461,000 persons, 3,000 short of the ideal
size of 464,026. (District 5 has 460,838; District 6 has 461,594).
As a result two other Northern California districts are left over-
populated, and under-represented by about the same number of persons.
(District 3 with 467,743, and District 4 with 468,560)
Lack of Effective Representation for Every Voter
The congressional plan has shortcomings in several other areas, all of
which tend to work to the disadvantage of a number of citizens in
achieving effective equality of representation. Underlying the concept
of 'one man - one vote' is the principle that all citizens should have
a voice in their government. That principle is vitiated when districts
are drawn so that the members of a constituency have little in common
or are confused by the vagaries of tortuously constructed lines.
Some of these shortcomings are as follows:
Difficulty of Access to All Parts of the District
Some districts have unnecessary appendages attached that are not
effectively contiguous to the rest of the district. An example is the
36th district in Kings, Kern, and San Luis Obispo counties, which has a
long arm with almost no population in it, and no road from one end to
the other, reaching all the way down the coastline to Goleta and Isla
Vista in Santa Barbara County. The 43rd district includes a portion
of San Diego County on the coastal side of the mountains that separates
these people unnecessarily from the bulk of the population in Riverside
and Imperial counties. The 42nd district has the bulk of its population
in central San Diego County, but includes voters as far up the coast
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as Newport Beach. In my view, to the extent possible, every part of a
district should be directly accessible to the rest of the district, to
facilitate ease of communication, to provide access to elected public
representatives and to achieve effective equal representation.
Lack of Geographical Compactness
Several districts are not as reasonably compact as they might be. The
28th district extends in a narrow strip along virtually the entire
western coast of Los Angeles County from Malibu to Palos Verdes. The
36th, 42nd, and 43rd districts already mentioned are other examples.
The 23rd and 34th districts both wind tortuously through Los Angeles
and Orange counties, and the 37th through central Los Angeles, for
obvious partisan purposes unrelated to effective representation. Dis-
tricts should be at least reasonably compact to facilitate ease of com-
munication between voter and representative.
Division of Communities of Interest
There is a random disregard for preservation of communities of interest
in this bill, with many communities arbitrarily divided---sometimes
solely for political purposes. The 17th district in Santa Clara County
includes a narrow corridor dividing downtown San Jose, and picking up
a predominately Mexican-American community on the east side, removed
from the bulk of the population on the west side of Santa Clara and
San Mateo counties. The 35th district arbitrarily takes a portion of
downtown Long Beach out of the 32nd District. The cities of San
Bernardino, Pomona, and Riverside are all split by the 38th district
for partisan advantage. Two adjacent Alameda County districts, the 7th
and 8th, arbitrarily pick up areas of Contra Costa County. Effective
representation should dictate that local political boundaries and com-
munities of interest be kept intact as much as possible to avoid
unnecessarily confusing voters with respect to whom his representative
may be.
The apportionment of California's seats in the House of Representatives
will have an extremely important impact on the nature and quality of
California's representation as a state in the federal system for at
least a decade to come.
The many deficiencies I have outlined show that a far better job of
Congressional reapportionment should have been done. These factors,
taken cumulatively, should leave no doubt in the mind of anyone truly
seeking a fair plan of Congressional apportionment that this legislation
is unacceptable and certainly not in the best interests of the people
of California.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned," the governor said.
AB 12 NP Waxman
"This bill is defective in at least six major ways.
First, it appears that there are several districts that deviate sub-
stantially from equality of population. This problem is exacerbated by
the way in which census unit boundaries have been ignored in construct-
ing some districts. Instead of census units, precincts have been used
in several cases as building blocks. It is well established, of course,
that districts must be created on the basis of population, not on the
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basis of the number of registered voters in precinct. The mixture of
the use of precinct lines, and census boundaries, is inappropriate for
the purposes of reapportionment and, in addition, makes it impossible
to perform an efficient verification of population totals.
Another associated flaw is the fact that there is at least one instance
in the bill in which the same voters are included in more than one
district.
A second major flaw is the failure to give due attention to compactness
as a standard for establishing the new districts. Compactness is one
of the chief requirements of a rational reapportionment policy, for
compact districts create constituencies that are more easily and
effectively represented, that allow the people more direct access to
their assemblymen, and that lighten the task of conducting elections.
The sole reason for the failure to establish compact districts in this
bill appears to have been the attempt of the majority party to obtain
partisan advantage. Examples of this flaw in the bill include the 10th
Assembly District which stretches from Concord to Stockton, south
150 miles to the southernmost tip of Santa Clara County, and thence
northward into the City of San Jose, and the 2nd, the 31st, the 16th,
the 29th, 65th, and the 69th Assembly Districts. I strongly believe
that in a rational plan the new districts should be at least as compact
as those in the present law, and that every effort should be made to
improve on existing standards of compactness.
A third flaw is the failure to establish districts that reflect the
ways in which the people of the state actually interact and communicate.
Districts should be established in such a way as to allow the people to
communicate easily with their representatives and to allow representa-
tives to travel without difficulty from one part of the district to
another. In this bill, however, districts are created that are cut by
mountain ranges and other natural obstacles and that join very different
areas by narrow corridors of unpopulated territory. In some districts
there are even no reasonable routes of highway travel between one part
of the district and another. Again, there is no rational purpose for
the creation of such districts, but simply an effort to make partisan
gains. Only political motivation explains the lines of the 4th and 29th
districts. The 4th Assembly District, traditionally a northern central
valley district, is needlessly extended westward over the coastal
mountains to include a portion of the City of Santa Rosa, whose
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residents have negligible commonality with the central valley citizens
who would undoubtedly dominate the selection of this district's repre-
sentative. In the proposed 29th district, I fail to see even the most
remote relationship between the interests of rural San Luis Obispo
County and southeastern Ventura County. What access to his representa-
tive would a resident of either end of this district have, in the event
the representative is elected from the opposite end, hundreds of miles
away? In addition, the 31st district, which would stretch from Santa
Cruz to the High Sierra, is totally indefensible, and an insult to the
very concept of participatory representation. Its effect upon its
proposed constituents would be to deny numerous communities any effec-
tive access to their representative, no matter how able he might be.
I believe that a rational redistricting plan would provide for districts
that avoid these problems and give both the people and their represent-
atives unrestricted opportunities for communication and access.
A fourth flaw in the bill is the blatant failure to pay due respect to
the needs and interests of the different communities and political
divisions in the state. The districts provided for in this bill cut
across county and city lines, fragment the established political
divisions of the state, and violate the identity of innumerable
communities. Again, the sole purpose seems to have been to achieve
partisan gains. Thus, Stockton is divided among four districts and
Santa Clara County is given similarly irrational treatment. The
southern boundary of the 2nd Assembly District divides virtually every
community of any size, throwing some citizens of each community into a
predominantly rural, north coast district, and others of the same com-
munities into the 7th District, whose interests are distinctly of a
metropolitan Bay Area nature. A rational apportionment of assembly
districts requires an effort to preserve the political identities of
the cities and other political divisions of the state and to establish
districts that add to rather than diminish that sense of community
which is one of the prime bases of our system of representative
government.
A fifth flaw in the bill is the apparent use of minority group popula-
tion data to construct districts that will remain safe for white incum-
bent Democrats through the decade of the 1970s. Reapportionment should
be conducted with an eye blind to color and race. But, in many areas,
this bill reflects what can only be a deliberate effort to establish
districts that will not permit the election of minority representatives.
This is the only explanation of the fragmentation of the Mexican-American
communities in Los Angeles and of lines drawn for the 45th, 51st and
65th Assembly Districts.
The collapse and reappearance of the 57th District merits special
attention. First, there is clearly no population pressure justification
for this change, inasmuch as the district reappears just a few miles
away from its current location. Second, once the decision is made to
create a new, non-incumbent district in Los Angeles, to place it in such
a location as to ensure the election of an Anglo at a time when respons-
ible, yet long-under-represented minorities are struggling to find ways
to work within our political system, is astounding and completely
indefensible. I am sure the great majority of Californians of all
races will agree.
Apportionment cannot be biased by an effort to keep incumbents of one
race in power, and the new districts should be established in such a
way that all the people of California are fairly and equally represented.
A sixth flaw in the bill is the failure to create districts that reflect
the shifts in population that have occurred in the state since the 1960
census. The data that was made available many months ago by the Bureau
of the Census reveals very clearly that some counties have dramatically
increased in population. In several cases, these counties deserve
additional new seats and the counties that lost in relative population
should lose seats. In this bill, however, deliberate efforts appear to
have been made to resist the impact of these shifts in population.
Again, the motive appears to be simply that of partisan advantage.
Obvious examples of this flaw in the bill include Alameda County.
Indeed, the manner in which this bill proposes to draw Assembly districts
in Alameda County is responsible for many of the principal failures of
this legislation throughout the state. Assembly districts 14, 15, 16
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and 17, as now composed, contain insufficient population for three
districts under the court's requirement of equality. The way in which
these districts were drawn clearly necessitated many of the misshapen
districts and divided communities throughout the balance of the state.
Thus, the County of Contra Costa, with a population entitlement of more
than two full Assembly Districts, is fragmented amongst four districts,
with total disregard for longstanding economic, social, and regional
and local governmental communities---all in a clear effort to preserve
the incumbents in four deficient Alameda districts. Similarly, the
County of San Joaquin, and specifically the City of Stockton, are
divided among four districts, when the county's population entitles it
to 1.16 Assembly districts. It is clear that, at a minimum, the rep-
resentatives elected from both the 9th and 10th districts could never
be expected to reside in or properly represent the citizens and legit-
imate interests of San Joaquin County.
Perhaps no one of these flaws alone would decisively debilitate this
plan, but taken together they point to an effort to subvert the repre-
sentative process for partisan advantage. Nowhere does this bill more
richly deserve the label of blatant, partisan gerrymander than in the
City and County of Fresno. The tortuous changes, inserted at the last
minute before passage, of the lines of the 32nd and 33rd districts may
or may not enhance the prospects of the election of a Mexican-American
from the 32nd district, though the bulk of evidence suggests such a
contention is a cruel hoax. Clearly, however, there was no motivation
save sheer heavy-handed partisan gain behind the decision to include the
incumbents from the two districts within the proposed new boundaries of
the 33rd district.
Other flaws in the bill could be cited, but the evidence is overwhelming
that a good faith effort has been lacking to develop a plan for Assembly
districting that is rational and fair. This bill serves only a narrow
partisan purpose. As was publicly admitted, it is a plan to maintain
and strengthen a Democratic majority in the Assembly. That majority
won power in 1970 with barely 50 percent of the two party vote, but
now seeks to establish districts so heavily biased in favor of Democratic
candidates that it is unlikely that Republicans could win more than 31
or 32 districts in the 1972 elections, even if Republican candidates
again secured 49 or 50 percent of the two-party vote. The whole
nature of the Democratic process depends on effective competition be-
tween the candidates of different parties, but this bill would seek to
eliminate competition from all but a handful of seats now held by
Republican incumbents. In effect, as a result of the efforts to meet
the single goal of partisan gain, all the standards that should go into
the elaboration of a rational state policy on Assembly reapportionment
have been jettisoned.
I cast this veto with the deepest disappointment. I had thought that
the lengthy legislative deliberations of the past year would have pro-
duced an Assembly apportionment that was fair and equitable. However,
I have been presented with a bill which violates every major standard
that should inform a rational state policy on reapportionment and
which, in a very real sense, jeopardizes the whole future of repre-
sentative government in this state.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned," the governor said.
SB 2 - Dymally
"The reapportionment of our state Senate districts,
which this bill would mandate, is replete with
misshapen and oddly drawn lines which not only stretch the imagination,
but which in many cases, stretch beyond the point of reason.
For example, the 15th District follows the California-Nevada border on
the East from Riverside County northward to above Bridgeport and stretches
across a narrow corridor of the San Joaquin Valley westward to Monterey
on the North and Arroyo Grande on the South. The ludicrousness of the
district's boundaries totally ignores the principle of compactness---
which should be fundamental to the drawing of boundaries around any
voting district. The virtually non-contiguous parts of the district
make effective communication and access within the district unlikely
and effective representation unnecessarily difficult.
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Another flaw in the bill is that the San Mateo portion of the 10th
District is only technically connected to the San Francisco and Marin
portions of the district across the waters of San Francisco Bay where
the county boundaries meet. The district was composed by hopping from
ship to ship along the eastern half of San Francisco in order to gain
access into San Mateo County. Four of these ships had no population
when the census was taken and the ships could move to another location
at any time. The fact that this ridiculous approach was used to justify
gerrymandering of the district once again disregards the principle of
compactness.
Another area of deep concern is Alameda County where districts 8 and 11
constitute the only multi-member districts in the state. This means
that voters in Alameda County would be in a single district represented
by two Senators with twice the population of an ordinary district.
Regrettably, it will have the effect of depriving racial minorities in
the district of the full weight of their voting strength, due to com-
bining the districts and making them twice as large as they otherwise
would be.
Finally, the problem of artifically splintering communities of interest
by dividing representation of cities and counties among Senate districts
is of grave concern, not only to me, but also to citizens and local
officials of many jurisdictions around the state. The problem is
especially acute in Los Angeles where 40 incorporated cities have been
split. For example, the City of Encino, with a population of 41, 579,
would be represented by four Senatorial districts (the 19th, the 22nd,
the 23rd, and the 25th). Orange County would be split into six sena-
torial districts (the 26th, the 34th, the 35th, the 36th, the 37th,
and the 38th). I realize, of course, that under the 'one man-one vote'
doctrine, it is inevitable that some cities and counties will be
divided. However, if local government is to survive, it is imperative
that such divisions be kept to a minimum.
This bill fails miserably in this regard, and in sum, falls far short
of those standards of fair and effective representation the people of
California have a right to expect from a reapportionment measure of
this consequence and magnitude.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned," the governor said.
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Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
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Governor Reagan will attend a Rose Bowl
Kick-Off Luncheon at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium,
300 East Green Street, Pasadena at noon Friday,
December 31 and attend the Rose Bowl Game on
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RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
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Governor Ronald Reagan announced today the following bills have
been vetoed:
AB 578 - Ryan
Increases the special registration fee for
snowmobiles by one dollar, and establishes noise
limits for snowmobiles.
REASON FOR VETO:
"I already have signed legislation during this
session which addresses itself to problems relating
to the operation of off-road vehicles, including
snowmobiles.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,'
the governor said.
AB 1229 - Waxman
Requires that an absentee ballot be sent with the
ballot pamphlet. The bill changes the deadline for
the receipt of absentee ballots by the clerk from
5:00 p.m. on the day before the day of election
to the time for the closing of the polls on election
day. Permits absentee ballots to be counted if
received by the precinct board of the absent voter's
regular polling place prior to the close of the polls
REASON FOR VETO:
"Rxisting law does not preclude local government from
issluding applications for absentee ballots in
sample ballots. In fact, many of California's larger
counties (including San Francisco, San Diego,
Alameda, Orange and Los Angeles) now include this
type of information with sample ballots. I can find
no justification to mandate on local government the
additional burden of including this material in over
8 million sample ballots, when absentee voters
consist of less than 5 percent of the total votes
cast.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,'
the governor said.
AB 1474 Ralph
Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to
select six school districts with an average daily
attendance of 5,000 or more for a pilot project to
provide for the establishment and operation of one
school-community council for one school within each
district. The bill authorizes the governing boards
of school districts so selected to establish
additional school-community councils for other
schools in the district.
REASON FOR VETO:
"The need for meaningful parent participation in the
educational process is not at issue. However, this
bill imposes an organizational structure on school
districts without taking into consideration the
wishes of parents or local school officials. For
the state to interfere in local school affairs in
this way would be inappropriate and contrary to this
administration's policy of local control of schools.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the governor said.
AB 2050 - Ralph
Provides that the Superintendent of Public Instruction
shall establish standards for qualification of
children's centers as instruction laboratories for
those children receiving day care services, and
on-the-job training facilities for community college
students, subject to approval by the State College
Trustees and the Board of Governors of the California
Community Colleges.
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AB 2050 - Ralph (Cont'd.)
REASON FOR VETO:
"Approval of this measure would re-establish
laboratory classrooms on these college campuses,
even though the legislature chose to remove from
last year's budget funding for similar undertakings
at four state colleges.
"These instructional laboratories are, and should be,
primarily research-oriented. I believe research is
properly a function of the University of California,
The legislative analyst has indicated that the type
and amount of research which has resulted from
laboratory schools operated by the University has
greatly exceeded that of parallel programs previously
run by the state colleges.
"In view of the University's accomplishments in this
field, and in line with the policy of this
administration that state-supported educational
research functions should be reserved to the
University, I do not believe it would be appropriate
for the state to mandate new functions of this type
on our already hard-pressed local school districts.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the governor said.
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AB
2089 - Chappie
Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to
apportion the high school foundation program amount
of $488 per average daily attendance for all
opportunity schools and classes and all continuation
schools and classes maintained by the county
superintendent of schools.
REASON FOR VETO:
"This measure would proliferate the direct services
being performed by county superintendents of schools.
In 1971, both the Governor's Commission on Education
Reform and the legislative analyst recommended that
direct services of county superintendents such as
responsibility for classroom teaching be reduced or
eliminated and that the county superintendent of
education's role be re-oriented toward such functions
as centralized services, instructional guidance and
curricula development. In this regard, I am in full
agreement with the conclusions of the Commission on
Education Reform and the legislative analyst.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the governor said.
AB 2554 - Lewis
Makes several clarifying amendments
to provisions relating to child care
education. The bill specifically requires the State
Department of Social Welfare to adopt regulations
which maximize federal financial participation. It
prescribes that services are to be provided to persons
classed as former and potential recipients under a
definition which includes, but is not limited to, all
groups enumerated in federal regulations. The bill
also requires that all child care programs involving
the expenditure of federal funds, including those
authorized by the Welfare Reform Act of 1971, to be
carried out under terms specified in the Social
Welfare/Education contract.
REASON FOR VETO:
"The bill places the state in a position of having to
mandate child care welfare services for large numbers
of people who are not now welfare recipients and could
not qualify to receive welfare grants. The
unrestricted definition would constitute a blank
check whereby the federal government could pressure
the state into allocating unlimited resources in
order to meet this commitment.
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AB 2554 - Lewis (Cont'd
REASON FOR VETO (Cont 'd.)
"The Welfare Reform Act of 1971 provided funds for
child care services and to that extent mandated child
care services to a defined group of former and
potential welfare recipients. The approach
authorized by the Welfare Reform Act provides the
flexibility needed to determine how child care
services can best be provided to meet local needs.
This approach should be adequately tested before
committing taxpayers to fund the unlimited kind of
services this bill would force on them.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the governor said.
AB 2578 - Waxman
Establishes the Secretary of State as the Chief
Elections Officer and requires that he insure the
laws pertaining to elections are uniformly and
adequately observed. He is also given the power
to prescribe the format and content of reports from
local election officials as he deems advisable.
The bill also repeals certain mandatory deadlines
for county clerks to file voter registration
information and allows the Secretary of State to
establish new deadlines. He will also control
dissemination of this information.
REASON FOR VETO:
"Existing law already provides the Secretary of State
with a method of obtaining statistical information
on voter registration and election results. Further,
to repeal mandatory deadlines for county clerks to
file voter registration information and to permit
reporting dates to be changed on an election-by-
election basis can only result in needless confusion
and unnecessary delays in reporting by local county
clerks.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the governor said.
SB 3 - Alquist
Provides that candidates on the ballot will be those
found by Secretary of State to be recognized
candidates throughout the nation or California for
office of President of United States if they have
properly formed a delegation no later than the 74th
day before the primary. The bill permits any such
candidate to withdraw by filing no later than the
74th day before the primary an affidavit that he is
not candidate.
REASON FOR VETO:
"This bill delegates to one elected official, the
Secretary of State, the authority and responsibility
for determining who is a generally recognized
candidate for his party's nomination for the
presidency, at least for purposes of gaining a place
on the ballot. I believe that this determination
should be made by the voters of each party, as it is
now, through the requirement that supporters of each
candidate gather a reasonable number of signatures
of registered voters.
"If a candidate is, indeed, generally recognized as to:
serious presidential contender, his supporters should have no difficulty
in gathering sufficient signatures to place his name on the California
ballot. If, on the other hand, they are unable to gather sufficient
signatures, that, in itself, would indicate a lack or broad-based appeal.
California's election system already provides for direct citizen involve-
ment. The present system in California in no way handicaps serious
candidates who are seeking presidential office and, contrary to what its
advocates contend, this measure does not change existing law with respect
to requiring a candidate to form a delegation.
"Accordingly. I am returning the bill unsigned,' the governor said.
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SB 1256 - Beilenson
Prohibits the Department of Public Works from
granting or leasing to the City of Los Angeles, any
interest in the right-of-way of, including the use
of areas above or below, Route 405 proposed by the
Los Angeles Department of Airports, without the
approval of the legislature.
REASON FOR VETO:
"As the result of 1970 legislation, the state made
available for lease portions of state rights-of-way
to local agencies for mass transit. That portion of
the 1970 legislation which specifically cited Route
405 as one route to be studied for mass transit
vehicles usage would be negated by SB 1256.
"As evidenced by the recent signing of Senate Bill
325, this administration is dedicated to the concept
of encouraging the development of balanced
transportation systems through decisions made at
the local level. The enactment of SB 1256 would
seriously curtail Los Angeles' efforts to improve
the critical problem of access to the Los Angeles
International Airport, and would interpose an
additional level of governmental decision making on
the usage of the right-of-way for this route.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the governor said.
SB 1391 - Way
Authorizes the committing court to suspend the
commitment of a person to the Director of Corrections
for placement in the California Rehabilitation
Center and place such person on probation under the
county probation department when the court concludes
such person is a fit subject for such suspension.
The bill establishes a formula to determine state
savings when such commitment is suspended and require
the state to reimburse counties at a rate of $4,000
for each numerical reduction in its annual commitment
rate to be used by the counties for drug treatment
and control programs. The bill also provides for a
termination date of December 31, 1975.
REASON FOR VETO.
"Many questions have been raised regarding the
probation subsidy program. Since this new concept
has been in effect now for several years, it deserves
a serious evaluation. Accordingly, several studies
are presently under way to determine its efficacy.
It would be premature, particularly in view of the
cost inherent in this measure, to create a new
subsidy program before the results of the studies
are known. The basic concepts contained in this
measure could conceivably become part of a
comprehensive drug abuse treatment program if the
studies were to show that an expansion of probation
subsidy would be warranted.
"Furthermore, the estimated additional state cost of
$1.2 to $1.9 million per year is prohibitive at this
time, This bill contemplates using savings at the
state level resulting from reductions in commitments
to the California Rehabilitation Center. Based on
1971-72 budget figures, the resulting savings per
inmate are not sufficient to meet the $4,000 subsidy
rate.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned, "
the governor said.
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SB 1400 - Way
Would provide a procedure whereby the Madera County
territory of the State Center Community College
District could transfer to another community college
district.
REASON FOR VETO:
"Recently approved legislation (Chapter 1100)
provides for an orderly process to transfer a portion
of a community college district to another district.
Furthermore, the Education Code already provides
for establishing new community college districts
or for the changing of district boundaries.
"This measure, if approved, would circumvent
existing law, by permitting an exception to it,
while bypassing the local community college board
of trustees, the county committee on school district
organization, and the Board of Governors of the
California Community Colleges.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the governor said.
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MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
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GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
January 3, 1971
through
January 9, 1971
Monday, January 3
Office Appointments
Overnight - Sacramento
Tuesday, January 4
Office Appointments
Afternoon
Depart for Los Angeles
Overnight - Los Angeles
Wednesday, January 5
1:00 P.M.
KCET Studios, 1313 North Vine Street - Taping
of program with William F. Buckley
Afternoon
Depart for Sacramento
Overnight - Sacramento
Thursday, January 6
11:00 a.m.
State of the State Message, Assembly Chambers
Overnight - Sacramento
Friday, January 7
Office Appointments
Overnight - Los Angeles
Saturday, January 8
No Appointments Scheduled
Overnight - Los Angeles
Sunday, January 9
No Appointments Scheduled
Overnight - Sacramento
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