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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
6-4-74
(Seattle) Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:
"There has been a refreshing emphasis at this Conference on the
renewed importance of states' rights. Ironically, however, there is
also a contradictory undercurrent tugging at the states to accept
so-called 'free' federal money, but with an undisclosed price tag.
I'm referring to federal land use legislation sponsored by Congressman
Udall (HR 10294).
"The bill does not mandate specific land use plans on the states,
but rather uses the classic 'carrot-and-stick' approach. It says, if
you will agree to develop land use planning in your state we will give
you some federal money, but you will have to let us approve and interpret
your plan in Washington.
"It sounds simple enough, but that 'stick' could turn out to be a
very large one. It is an example of what those who favor central planning
of our economy are these days calling 'incremental' legislation. That
means, get your toe in the door today, and tomorrow you can nudge the
door wide open.
"Land use planning is so intricately bound up with the question of
basic property rights that the only proper place to deal with it is at
the state level. And, a land use plan wich works well in one state may
not in another. Surely, it should be for the individual state to decide,
and not rest in the hands of a bureaucrat or social engineer in Washington.
"In the policy statement proposed for consideration by this Conference
there is only brief mention of local government participation in the land
use planning process. Yet, in California and in most states, this is the
most important level of government dealing with land use issues, for it is
the one closest and most responsive to the people.
"The states should discourage 'carrot-and-stick' legislation in
Washington and seek instead an approach that couples the concepts of
'opportunity' and 'responsiblity.' By this I mean that the states should
place the responsiblity for solving certain environmental problems on local
government and give it the means to do SO. By 'opportunity' I mean allowing
several local jurisdictions to band together to resolve conflicts and solve
common problems in an ad hoc basis.
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LAND USE - RR Statement (Seattle)
"In April, California advised Congressman Udall of its opposition
to his bill. Judging from his response, I must assume he misunderstood
our concerns. We have two:
"First, the potential damage to states' rights. Second, the pipe
dream nurtured by the bill that a centrally-direct economy is
somehow beneficial to the quality of our lives.
"Regarding states' rights, there is a difference between the United
States Constitution and California's. This may be true of other states,
too. Both constitutions address themselves to the protection of private
property from taking by government fiat. But California's also provides
for protection from damaging private property, directly or indirectly,
through government fiat.
"It was not a centrally-directed economy that led this nation to reach
the heights of productivity it has enjoyed. Productivity in California
and elsewhere is closely related to the land use issue because of the
importance of agriculture to our economy. Of California's productivity
25 percent is derived from agriculture. A land use policy dictated and
interpreted to us from Washington, D.C. will not aid the continuously
increasing efficiency of this industry in our state.
"In California we are addressing the question of land use policy
and decision-making right now in our legislature. The solution will
be a comprehensive balancing of social, economic and environmental
factors at the local level, with state overview where needed. One
example of this is included in a landmark 'energy' bill which I signed
in May. In addition to providing funds for energy research and development,
it creates a simplified mechanism for power plant siting something
which was badly needed. Such matters cannot be decided effectively on
a piecemeal basis, so our legislation allows for the fact that power
plant siting must be planned on a statewide basis.
"When all is said and done, we must ask ourselves: has the talk
about states' rights at this Conference been simply a rhetorical gesture
or will it usher in a new era when the states will say to the federal
government, 'No thanks. We'd rather do it ourselves.' I am convinced
it must be the latter if we are to control our destinies."
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E. Meese
C. Walthall
D. Livingston
P. Hannaford
SIMILAR LETTERS WENT TO KEY CONGRESSMEN AND
V. Orr
ALL GOVERNORS.
J. Stearns
J. Jenkins
F. Walton
N. Livermore
J. Lake
May 22, 1974
The Honorable Richard M. Nixon
President of the United States
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20201
Dear Mr. President:
I am writing to you to express California's concern regarding
legislation currently before the Congress regarding a federal
land use policy. It is our view that there is a need for federal,
state and local governments to specify environmental, social,
and economic objectives and to coordinate their efforts toward
the accomplishment of those objectives. We fully support the
sentiments expressed in your State of the Union message of
this past January wherein you stated that it the basic respon-
sibility for land use decisions rests with the states and
localities. *: We also believe that the focus of responsibility
for the development of land use decisions rests with the states
and local governments and is not appropriately a function of
the Federal Government.
Our position on this issue is based on the realization that a
single land use policy developed in Washington cannot be drafted
in a manner so comprehensive that it would meet the differing
needs of a diverse nation. In California we are taking steps to
develop environmental, social, and economic objectives through
a state and local planning partnership.
Recognizing these concerns, we have sent the attached letter to
Congressman Udall, author of HR 10294, other members of Congress
and the Governors explaining our position on the federal land
use legislation. We believe the environmental, social and
economic interests of the nation will not be served by its passage
and, therefore, strongly urge you to oppose this bill.
Sincerely,
RONALD REAGAN
Governor
Attachment
RONALD REAGAN
State of California
GOVERNOR
GREAT
STATE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE
SACRAMENTO 95814
CALIFORNIA
April 24, 1974
Mr. Morris K. Udall, Chairman
Sub-committee on the Environment
Committee on Interior and
Insular Affairs
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.
Dear Mr. Udall:
California recognizes the need for the nation and each state
and locality to develop a land use policy so that land--our
most valuable resource--is used wisely. State and local
agencies must develop balanced environmental, economic and
social objectives in order to meet this responsibility. This
process can best be accomplished by allowing the states and
localities to determine and solve their own land use and
environmental issues.
In attempting to accomplish environmental goals, federal
agency administrators frequently issue guidelines and regula-
tions which attempt to meet national as well as state objec-
tives. Often the effect of this action is that a "functional
feudalist", concerned with only one issue, dictates the land
use objectives of states and localities. A federally mandated
"guideline" on land use that might apply to a non-urban state
may not apply to a complex state like California that has
highly urbanized as well as non-urban, resource-oriented areas.
In California we are taking steps to develop a mechanism which
will provide for the establishment of statewide environmental,
social and economic objectives. This mechanism is attainable
at the state level by coordination of functional planning,
resolution of local jurisdictional conflicts while preserving
local authority, and respect for private property rights.
The federal government should recognize California's leadership
in this field and work to insure that state and local as well
as national environmental goals are balanced with economic and
social goals. In referring to the pending national land use
legislation in his State of the Union speech in January of this
year, President Mixon stated: "This legislation would reaffirm
that the basic responsibility for land use decisions rests with
state and localities, and would provide funds to encourage them
to meet their responsibility."
State of California
OF
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE
SACRAMENTO 95814
RONALD REAGAN
GOVERNOR
NATIONAL GOVERNORS CONFERENCE
Seattle
June 2-5, 1974
ENERGY ISSUE
(California Power Plant Siting)
Synopsis
Energy Resources Conservation and Development Act
AB 1575/Chapter 276 Public Resources Code
The Legislature has finally provided the power plant siting mechanism Governor
Reagan has sought for several years. With this statute we have assured adequate
electrical power to the people of the State of California by mandating the
siting of sufficient facilities to meet realistic demands. In addition, with
both funding and program direction, we have provided an opportunity to stimulate
research and development for the identification of new and more bountiful sources
of energy.
I. Streamlined power plant siting, resulting in a "one stop" approach
which requires adherence to a specific timetable resulting in decisive
action, and a mandate that sites for power plants be certified.
Present regulatory practices require at least 4 to 5 years for certifica-
tion of electric power facilities. These long lead times are due to
frequent litigation and protracted multiple agency reviews involving as
many as 30 state agencies. The uncertainty and long lead times for
certification make siting decisions unnecessarily costly and provide
no assurance that facilities will be available when required.
AB 1575 provides for a single permit from the Commission to replace the
many state and local agency permits now required for construction of
electric power facilities. The State and Regional Coastal Commissions
are not, however, preempted due to existing statutory limitations.
II. A siting mechanism for municipally-owned utilities.
The key to the siting decision for the Commission is the determination
that the plant is needed to accommodate forecast demand. This process
will insure both that all needed power plants are built and that all
power plants built are needed.
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III. Recognition of a state responsibility to resolve local jurisdictional
conflicts.
Relevant state/local laws or ordinances are not discarded by the state
preemption of power plant siting. In essence, the siting procedures
create a forum for all local and state concerns to be expressed in
order to bring the powerplant into as close a conformity with relevant
laws as possible. Open planning and public hearings are required at
each phase in the site certification process. Provisions are also
included for public as well as local governmental participation in the
Commission's assessment of supply and demand of energy.
IV. Coordination and stimulation of research and development, particularly
in new and more bountiful sources.
California has several unique energy problems associated with seismic
hazards, air pollution, marine and coastal resources, water availability,
and geothermal activity, which require expanded research and development
programs. Utilities and other energy suppliers in California are reluctant
to undertake such studies individually.
AB 1575 directs the Commission to develop and manage an integrated research
and development program into new and improved commercial sources of energy
in California including solar and geothermal energy, to investigate methods
to reduce adverse environmental impacts from energy development, and to
eliminate waste in the use of energy.
V. Expediting of judicial review to avoid litigation roadblocks.
The bill provides that the State Supreme Court shall have original juris-
diction over decisions of the State Energy Resources Conservation and
Development Commission regarding any application for certification of a
power plant site. Such provision will expedite the judicial review of
such decisions.
VI. Comprehensive planning to insure adequate energy resources.
The major new responsibilities of state government proposed in the bill
relate to developing strong conservation measures to avoid wasteful uses
of energy, and centralized approval and regulation of power facilities.
At present, policy and regulatory authority for energy resources is
dispersed among the Resources Agency, the Public Utilities Commission,
the Legislature, the Governor, and several other state and local agencies.
There is little coordination and no consistent energy conservation and
development policy which integrates environmental quality, energy conserva-
tion, transportation, land and water use, power facilities siting, and
state and regional planning.
By establishing energy planning, research and development functions and
centralized regulatory authority, AB 1575 provides the necessary tie
between energy conservation policy and regulation of power facilities.
Mr. Morris K. Udall
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April 24, 1974
HR 10294 does not meet this objective. We believe that the
states and localities must develop a balanced approach to
land use needs and must maintain a process in order to conserve
limited resources. We believe it is impossible to centralize
land use decision making at the federal level without: (1)
establishing an arbitrary bureaucratic machinery that would
almost guarantee administrative chaos, or (2) seriously
infringing on the constitutionally guaranteed concept of pri-
vate ownership of property. It appears to us that the legis-
lative approach contained in these measures would inevitably
raise such constitutional issues.
A year ago, in outlining principles to be used on guidelines
for land use legislation in California, I stated that California
would be pleased to implement sound legislation, but HR 10294
as written does not meet California's criteria. While we appre-
ciate the interest in establishing a federal land use policy,
such a policy should not require federal infringement in an
area of responsibility reserved to the states and localities.
Sincerely,
Governor
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RON ) REAGAN
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
6-3-74
(SEATTLE) Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:
"We have heard a great deal today about the quality and quantity
Bationa
of health care in America. Senator Kennedy, for example, has told us
that 'the debate on health care is about a very simple principle
whether decent health care is to be a basic right for all, or whether
it is to be just another expensive privilege for the few. 1
"The 'debate' the Senator refers to is one of his own invention.
Noone seriously questions the importance of providing access for all
Americans to health care. The fact is that virtually all Americans have
such access today.
"There are an estimated 182 million persons 90 percent of the
population who have medical insur ance. More than three million
military personnel have full government coverage. In fiscal 1971,
19 million received Medicaid benefits, and, in January, 1972, more
than 20 million were eligible for Medicare. This adds up to more than
our total population because millions benefit from more than one of the
four categories.
"These figures say a lot about the so-called 'need' for compulsory
government health insurance. They also help to explain medical inflation.
In fiscal 1928-29, well before the trend to private insurance began, nearly
80 percent of all medical spending represented out-of-pocket payments
by patients, Today, less than one-third of all spending is in this
category ($24.2 billion). The rest represents government spending
($28.5 billion) and insurance benefits ($22.3 billion). With the bulk
of the payment coming in a seemingly painless manner from either government
or insurance benefits, inflation has been great.
"Naturally, any further major move toward either government funding
or prepayment will fuel medical inflation even further. Three-to-one
employer contributions, as proposed by Senator Kennedy, will inevitably
add to the cost of goods and services in the economy generally.
"There is no great popular demand for national health insurance.
In fact, in a recent Louis Harris survey, a cross-section of the American
people ranked health as #15 out of 16 national problems.
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NATIONAL HEALTH - RR St tement cont. (Seattle)
"Senator Ribicoff, himself a former Secretary of Health, Education
and Welfare, has said, 'Imposing a giant new federal health program
would only disillusion many by promising more than it can deliver.
Nor does out health care system have the capacity to deliver all
the increased demand for services which fully federalized national
health insurance will induce.'
"What we need, I believe, is augmentation of current programs to
provide for catastrophic illnesses that could otherwise wipe out a
family's assets, and modification of Medicaid to make sure that the
small percentage of our people not now covered by public or private
health programs will have access to good health care. What we
definitely do not need is a massive $55 billion-a-year inflationary
national health scheme that will deliver very little more than smiles
to the faces of the bureaucrats in Washington."
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
6-5-74
#323
Governor Ronald Reagan said Republican voters
selected an outstanding team of nominees for office
in Tuesday's primary election and predicted they will
have the support of a united party in the November
general elections.
"I am delighted with the caliber of nominees our
party will offer to the people of California this fall,"
the governor said in a prepared statement. "They are
all men of unquestioned integrity and principle, and
they have the experience and vitality needed to provide
California the leadership it will require during the
difficult times ahead."
The governor said he personally knew all of the
nominees, "and I have no hesitation in offering each
of them my wholehearted support in the general election.
"We had a spirited primary," he said, "but the
Republican Party could not lose in Tuesday's election
because it had such an outstanding slate of candidates.
We can be proud of the way our candidates conducted their
campaigns. There will be no difficulty in the party
uniting behind Tuesday's winners to keep California moving
ahead."
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
6-7-74
#324
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
June 10, 1974
through
June 16, 1974
Monday, June 10
No public appointments scheduled
Tuesday, June 11
11:30 a.m.
NEWS CONFERENCE
Wednesday, June 12
9:30 a.m.
California State Sheriff's Association State
Conference, Richey's Hyatt House, Palo Alto.
RR speaker.
11:15 a.m.
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Mid-Year
Conference, L.A. Hilton Hotel.
11:30 Reception Honoring RR
Noon Luncheon
12:45 Keynote Address (RR)
1:10 0 & A session
2:30 p.m.
KNXT-TV, Los Angeles, taping of "Newsmakers"
television program.
Thursday, June 13
No public appointments scheduled
Friday, June 14
a.m.
U.C. Regents' Meeting, San Francisco, Lecture
Hall, U.C. San Francisco Extension Center
(55 Laguna Street).
Saturday, June 15
3:00 p.m.
California Polytechnic State University
Commencement, San Luis Obispo. RR speaker.
Sunday, June 16
No public appointments scheduled
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
6-7-74
#325
District Attorney Edwin L. Miller, Jr., of San Diego County today
was appointed by Governor Ronald Reagan to the board of directors of the
California Crime Technological Research Foundation.
Miller, 48, also is the governor's designee as chairman of the
board. He replaces D. Lowell Jensen of Castro Valley, who resigned.
The appointment requires Senate confirmation.
Miller, a Democrat and Los Angeles native, was elected San Diego's
district attorney in 1970. Prior to that he had been in private practice,
served as deputy city attorney and assistant city attorney in San Diego,
and as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of California.
As U.S. attorney, he participated in the formation of the Omnibus
Criminal Discovery Hearing Program, the installation of computers at the
International Border and prosecuted one of the largest narcotics rings in
the country.
As district attorney, Miller has created a special division concerned
with consumer and major frauds and has been involved in the Economic
Crime Project, an organization of 15 district attorneys throughout the
nation attacking consumer fraud nationwide.
He created the first Organized Crime Unit in San Diego, which has
been highly successful in prosecuting nationally recognized criminals,
He appointed the county district attorney's first law enforcement minority
liaison officer and established a youth advisory board to keep his office
in tune with high school and college students.
Miller received his bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College and
his law degree from UCLA. He was in the Navy during World War II.
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McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR Rt ALD REAGAN
RELEASE. Immediate
Sacramento, California, 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
6-7-74
#326
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Inglewood Municipal Court
Commissioner Desmond J. Bourke to the municipal court bench in that city.
Bourke, a 54-year-old Irish-born Republican, replaces Judge Frank
Baffa, who was elevated to the Superior Court bench.
The new judge was for 20 years a deputy city attorney in Los Angeles.
He has been a court commissioner for three years, handling arraignments
of as many as 100 persons in a single day, small claims litigation and
various criminal and civil matters.
Bourke has been an arbitrator for the American Arbitrators
Association since 1958 and was national president of the American Board
of Trial Advocates in 1968.
He entered the United States in 1921, became a naturalized citizen
five years later, went on to attend Loyola High School and Loyola
University, both in Los Angeles, and earned his law degree from Loyola
School of Law in 1950.
He enlisted in the U.S. Army Signal Corps in 1942, attended special
army training in personnel psychology at Stanford University the following
year and served as aviation psychologist for the U.S. Air Force before
being discharged in 1945.
As a deputy city attorney Bourke supervised and coordinated the
disposition of 3,700 claims filed by Baldwin Hills residents following
the dam disaster of December 14, 1963. He also served as chief trial
deputy for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.
He will be paid $34,605 as a municipal court judge.
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McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
6-7-74
#327
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed William L. (Ted) Todd, Jr.,
to the Superior Court bench in San Diego County.
Todd, a 44-year-old Republican, is the senior partner in the San
Diego law firm of Todd, Wingert and Grebing. He fills a vacancy created
by the retirement of Judge William Mahedy and will receive an annual
salary of $37,615.
Born of U.S. citizens in Toronto, Canada, Todd received a certificate
of derivative citizenship in 1955, after having been discharged from the
U.S. Naval Reserve and during the time he was on active duty as a
lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps.
He was graduated from Pasadena City College and the University of
Southern California, returning to USC after his military service to earn
a law degree in 1957. He has been engaged in general law practice, with
emphasis on civil litigation.
For two years in the early 1960s he was prosecutor for the city of
National City.
Todd is a former president of the Barristers Club of San Diego, the
San Diego County Bar Association, San Diego chapter of the American
Board of Trial Advocates and was planning chairman of the State Bar's
1973 conference of local bar presidents in Newport Beach. He also has
been a director of the Legal Aid Society of San Diego and the Association
of Southern California Defense Counsel.
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McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONA
REAGAN
RELEAS
Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
6-11-74
#328
Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement after
the defeat in the U.S. House of Representatives of the Land Use Planning
Act of 1974, authored by Rep. Morris K. Udall, D-Arizona:
"I am extremely pleased that this legislation has been defeated,"
the governor said, "because it would have weakened local and state
control over the land use planning process.
"There is no question this process can best be accomplished by
allowing the states and localities to determine and solve their own
land use and environmental problems.
"The members of California's congressional delegation and the
other members of the Congress who opposed the bill are to be commended
for their wisdom."
On April 26, 1974, Governor Reagan sent the following telegram to the
California congressional delegation and other selected members of the
Congress:
"HR 10294 (the Land Use Planning Act of 1974) does not meet this
objective. We believe that the states and localities must develop a
balanced approach to land use needs and maintain a process in order to
conserve limited resources. We believe it is impossible to centralize
land use decision making at the federal level without: (1) establishing
an arbitrary bureaucratic machinery that would almost guarantee
administrative chaos, or (2) seriously infringing on the constitutionally
guaranteed concept of private ownership of property; it appears to us
that the legislative approach contained in these measures would
inevitably raise such constitutional issues.
"A year ago, in outlining principles to be used on guidelines for
land use legislation in California, I stated that California would be
pleased to implement sound legislation, but HR 10294 as written does
not meet our criteria. While we appreciate the interest in establishing
a federal land use policy, such a policy should not require a federal
infringement into an area of responsibility reserved to the states and
localities.
"Ronald Reagan."
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR R ALD REAGAN
RELEASE:
mmediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
6-12-74
#329
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced that he has signed the
following bills:
AB 375 - Miller
Provides that warrants in payment of benefit be
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mailed to bank, savings and loan association, or
credit union, in this state for deposit in member's
account upon request of person entitled to benefits.
Effective January 1, 1975.
AB 1291 - Keene
Revises provisions relating to the parole of persons
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committed to state hospital in criminal proceeding
to specify that approval or disapproval by the court
of the medical director's recommendation shall be
after hearing in open court. This bill specifies
that if approval is given for parole of the person on
terms and conditions specified by the medical director
such parole may include releasing the person to the custody of a local
mental health facility in the county from which the person was committed,
for oneor more periods not to exceed 30 days to facilitate
adjustment of person to community pending determina-
tion with regard to restoration of sanity. The bill
also specifies, in cases in which the offense alleged
to be committed by the person is punishable by death,
that if court disapproves parole, no further recom-
mendation shall be made by the medical director until
after six months, rather than one year. Effective
January 1, 1975.
AB 1732 - z'berg
Extends the deadline for filing senior citizens
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property tax assistance claims with respect to homes
in an area where a disaster occured during the normal
filing period for the 1971-72 fiscal year and the are
was declared to be in a state of disaster by the
governor or president. Effective immediately.
AB 2644 Greene
Would prohibit a private or public employer from
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requiring that a record of arrests be listed on an
initial application form. Questions regarding
convictions are permitted. Questions regarding
arrest records are permitted in the employment
process following receipt of the initial application
form. Violation of the prohibition is a misdemeanor
punishable by a fine not to exceed $500. The bill
does not apply to applicants for peace officers
positions. Effective January 1, 1975.
AB 2692 - Beverly
Provides that a Republican candidate nominated at
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a special primary election is a delegate to the
Republican State Convention. Present law provides
that candidates nominated at the direct primary
election are delegates to the state convention.
The changes made by the bill become effective
January 1, 1975.
AB 2763 - Mobley
Continues a pilot program by the Department of Health
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concerning controls of overutilization of Medi-Cal
benefits for an additional year in Fresno and other
representative geographical areas of the state.
Effective immediately.
AB 2830 - McAlister Establishes uniform procedures for the disposition
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of personal property left upon the premises of a
landlord after the tenancy has terminated. Effective
January 1, 1975.
AB 2831 - McAlister Provides a procedure for establishing that leased re:
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property has been abandoned by the lessee. Becomes
effective on January 1, 1975.
AB 3035 - Craven
Modifies provisions of the Vehicle Code relating to
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the driver's license reinstatement fee. Effective
January 1, 1975.
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AB 3052 - Burton
Provides that state peyments for foster care funeral
Chapter 334
expenses may be made directly to funeral services
providers. Effective immediately.
AB 3061 - Thurman
Changes the compensation of Modesto Municipal Court
Chapter 335
personnel. The changes become effective 1-1-75.
AB 3082 - Carter
Specifies that proceedings pursuant to a particular
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Education Code provision, authorizing the creation
of a school district governing board when the charter
of a city has been amended to no longer provide for
a board of education, may be conducted in conjunction
with proceedings for establishing trustee areas or
to increase the number of members of the governing
board of the school district from five to seven members
or both. It provides for terms of office of the
members of such successor school district governing
board. The bill also validates specified proceedings
regarding the appointment and election of successor
governing boards of the Stockton Unified School
District. Effective immediately.
SB 1367 - Robbins
Delays from May 20, 1974, to July 1, 1974, the date
Chapter 319
by which the legislature may enact a statute to
define the boundaries of the nine election districts
of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District.
SB 1594 - Nejedly
Authorizes the State Solid Waste Mangement Board
Chapter 320
to contract as necessary. The bill also extends
the time for filing of a financial assistant report
by the board from July 1, 1974, to January 15, 1975.
Effective immediately.
SB
1648
-
Carpenter Allows school districts to exclude State School
Chapter 321
Building Aid loans for site purchase, preparation,
and planning from the loans which must be repaid
in full in order that a new application can qualify
as a first apportionment under the State School
Building Aid Loan Program. Effective January 1, 1975.
SB 1662 - Walsh
Provides that a superior court district in Los Angeles
Chapter 322
County shall have a minimum population of 250,000
rather than 350,000. Effective January 1, 1975.
SB 1711 - Ayala
Permits county land use fees to be billed and
Chapter 323
collected by the county tax collector as part of
the regular billing system. Effective immediately.
SB 1754 - Grunsky
Authorizes a county committee on school district
Chapter 324
organization to propose a reduction from seven to
five, or an increase from five to seven, of the
number of members of a county board of education.
A countywide election is required to approve the
proposal. The bill also requires county board of
education elections to be consolidated with county-
wide elections when boundaries of county board of
education trustee areas are changed so as to be
coterminous with boundaries of supervisorial
districts of the county. Effective January 1, 1975.
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californi
95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
6-12-74
330
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the elevation of Municipal
Court Judge Harry V. Low to the Superior Court for the City and County
of San Francisco.
Low, who was elected to a full term beginning January 1, 1975,
will serve the remainder of Judge Byron Arnold's term beginning July
3, 1974. Judge Arnold has announced his retirement effective July 2.
Judge Low, 43, has served the Municipal Court since 1966; was
elected presiding judge in October of 1972 and reelected in January 1973.
He is a former deputy attorney general in the California Department
of Justice (1956-66); a commissioner with the State Workmen's Compensa-
tion Commission (1966); and was a teaching associate with the University
of California's Boalt Hall.
Low was graduated from the University of California at Berkeley
with an A.B. Degree in political science in 1952, and received his law
degree from the University's Boalt Hall in 1955.
A member of numerous groups and organizations, Low is chairman of
the board of the Education Center for Chinese in San Francisco. He
is also vice president of the Chinese American Citizens Alliance.
He will receive an annual salary of $37, 615.
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR R
LD REAGAN
RELEASE:
mediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
6-12-74
#331
Governor Ronald Reagan today offered a $5,000 reward to anyone
with information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or
persons responsible for the death of Los Angeles Police Officer Michael
Edwards.
On May 11, 1974, Officer Edwards was found shot to death in an
abandoned building in South Los Angeles. He was shot through the head
while his hands were handcuffed.
"In my opinion, there is no criminal offense more despicable to
society and the rule of law than that of killing a police officer."
Governor Reagan said. "Indeed, the murder of any law enforcement
officer amounts to nothing less than a cruel offense against society
itself and strikes at the heart of our free way of life."
The assailant or assailants of Officer Edwards have vanished
without a trace. so far, no solid leads have been uncovered in the
case.
The reward offered by the governor is in addition to the $10,000
already posted by the Los Angeles Police Protective League.
Anyone with information regarding the case should immediately
contact their nearest law enforcement agency or the Los Angeles Police
Department.
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
6-13-74
#332
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of Robert
L. Vickers as director of the Office of Emergency Services.
Vickers, a 55-year old Republican, has served as deputy director
of OES since 1971. He succeeds Herbert R. Temple, Jr., whose
resignation becomes effective Friday.
Temple, a colonel in the California National Guard and commander
of the 3rd Brigade, 40th Infantry Division, resigned to attend the
U.S. Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania.
A retired colonel in the U.S. Air Force, Vickers was director of
Military and Civil Law in the Office of the Staff Judge Advocate,
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, prior to joining OES in 1971.
In his new role, Vickers will serve as state director of
emergency planning and state director of civil defense, in addition
to directing OES which is responsible for coordinating the state's
response to major disasters.
Vickers, a native of Omaha, Texas, attended East Texas Baptist
College, Marshall, Texas, and the Meadows-Draughon Business College
in Shreveport, Louisiana, He received his law degree in 1949 from
Tulane University in New Orleans.
Vickers will receive an annual salary. of $29,532.
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
6-14-74
#333
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced that he has signed the
following bills:
SB 1668 - Biddle
Deletes the Elections Code requirement
Chapter 337
that the county clerk transmit a copy
of the general index of voter registration
affidavits to the State Librarian in
Sacramento.
SB 2173 - Moscone
Appropriates $1,036,200 to the Department
Chapter 338
of Justice to pay the State's share of the
settlement of actions brought against the
Metropolitan Water District of Southern
California, the State of California and
others for injuries and deaths sustained
in the San Fernando Tunnel explosions,
Sylmar, California on June 23rd and 24th,
1971. Effective Immediately,
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McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
6-14-74
#334
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
June 17, 1974
through
June 23, 1974
Monday, June 17
9:30 a.m.
Convention of U.S. Jaycees,
San Diego Sports Arena. Remarks.
11:30 a.m.
Annual Convention of Veterans of Foreign Wars,
Bakersfield Convention Center. Remarks.
Tuesday, June 18
10:00 a.m.
NEWS CONFERENCE
11:00 a.m.
Bicycle Seminar, Sacramento Inn. Remarks.
4:30 p.m.
Visit with uniformed Sacramento Horsemen's
Association Greenies, world's youngest mounted
drill team, East steps of the Capitol.
(PRESS COVERAGE INVITED. Drill team is
captained by Steve Krezman, a handicapped
youngster. Youngest rider is a 6-year-old girl.
The team will bring along two horses in a
trailer. Several parents who participate in
this family activity will be present).
Wednesday, June 19
7:30 p.m.
San Francisco Bay Area Council Annual Dinner
Meeting, St. Francis Hotel. Remarks.
Thursday, June 20
No public appointments scheduled
Friday, June 21
No public appointments scheduled
Saturday, June 22
11:00 a.m.
Western Winner Round-Up, Culver City,
Americana Hotel. RR photos with GOP fall
candidates and luncheon remarks.
Sunday, June 23
No public appointments scheduled
######
McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR
NALD REAGAN
RELEASE
Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
6-14-74
#335
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Dr. J. Alfred Rider of
San Francisco to the State Board of Medical Examiners in the Department
of Consumer Affairs.
Dr. Rider, 53, is a medical doctor and is director of the
gastrointestinal research laboratory of the Franklin Hospital
Foundation. He also holds a PhD. in phamacology.
He has been a contributing researcher to the U. S. Food and
Drug Administration and is a frequent contributor to such publications
as the Journal of the American Medical Association, the American Journal
OF Medicine and the Encyclopedia Britannica.
His many affiliations include being a fellow of the American
College of Physicians. life member of the Pan American Association,
president of the Children's Brain Diseases Association and fellow of
the American College of Gastroenterology.
Dr. Rider belongs to the San Francisco Press Club, Marin Golf
and Country Club, Corinthian Yacht Club and Mira Vista Country Club.
He is a Republican and will receive $25 per day while on duty
fulfilling the unexpired term of Dr. Julius Levine of Hayward, ending
June 1, 1975. Dr. Levine resigned.
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McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR
NALD REAGAN
RELEASE.
Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
6-14-74
#336
Robert F. Carter, general manager of the Imperial Irrigation
District in El Centro for the past 10 years, today was appointed by
Governor Ronald Reagan to the Colorado River Board of California.
Carter, a 57-year-old Republican, replaces the late Carl C.
Bevins of Holtville and will serve at the governor's pleasure.
He will receive his necessary and travel expenses.
Carter has been with the district for 20 years and now is in
charge of its overall operations. Prior to being promoted he was
manager of the operations service department and had served in the
past as purchasing agent, contract materials supervisor, superintendent
of stores and transportation and storekeeper.
In addition to having served as a technical adviser to the
Colorado River Board, Carter is president of the California Reclamation
Association and holds memberships on the legislative committee of the
Colorado River Water Users Association and the water use committee of the
California Municipal Utilities Association.
Among his other activities in thir regard, he is a director of
the California Water Resources Association and a member of the Salton
Sea Advisory Committee.
He is a native Californian who was educated in El Centro and
Los Angeles schools and has lived in the Imperial Valley for more than
45 years.
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McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
6-17-74
#337
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced Alex R. Cunningham has
been appointed deputy director of the State Office of Emergency
Services.
Cunningham, 37, has served as OES assistant director for two
years. He was formerly assistant secretary of the Human Relations
Agency, in charge of internal and external communications for the
agency's eight departments.
Prior to joining the Reagan administration in 1970, Cunningham was
an engineer and later information officer for the State Division of
Highways in San Diego.
As deputy director he will have responsibility for all functions
of the agency which is charged with coordinating the state's emergency
response system.
A native of Pennsylvania, Cunningham is a graduate of Villanova
University with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering. He is a
major in the Army National Guard and a graduate of the U.S. Army Command
and General Staff College.
Cunningham will receive an annual salary of $25,392.
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
6-18-74
#338
Governor Ronald Reagan today sent the following telegrams to
John Gardner and Joyce Koupal, urging Common Cause and People's Lobby
to support the governor's legislative campaign reform proposals to
strengthen the Political Reform Act of 1974 passed by the voters June 4:
"The people of California made their will known clearly by their
massive vote for Proposition 9.
Early this year I proposed a series of
campaign reforms also. Some go beyond the provisions of Proposition 9.
All have been introduced as bills in the legislature. Despite the mood
of the people, a few legislators last week killed in committee reform
bills that would have moved the primary election from June to September,
would prohibit public employees from campaigning during working hours,
would make the office of secretary of state non-partisan and would limit
campaign contributions to those from individuals, thus eliminating special
interest contributions from corporations, unions and trade associations.
Some legislators continue to resist real reform, giving it only lip
service. Under separate cover I am sending you copies of each of my
bills and ask that your organization consider helping to get these
additional needed reforms passed into law. Ronald Reagan, Governor."
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McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
6-19-74
#339
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced that he has signed the
following bills:
AB 2985 - Dixon
Provides increased service retirement allowances for
Chapter 344
members of retirement systems established under the
County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 if the
provisions are adopted by resolution of the board of
supervisors.
AB 3232 - Fenton
Permits county board of supervisors to enact an
Chapter 343
ordinance increasing the maximum amount of the cost-
of-living adjustment for retired members of a
retirement system established pursuant to the County
Employees Retirement Law of 1937 to 4, 5, or 6 percent.
Current law provides for a 3 percent maximum. Becomes
effective January 1, 1975.
SB 129 - Collier
Provides that whenever a state officer or employee is
Chapter 339
required to move because of reason related to duties
and the move requires a residence sale or lease
settlement, the state may reimburse the employee for
specified expenses related to settlement of lease or
sale of property. The bill also changes various
maximum allowances in connection with such moves.
Becomes effective on January 1, 1975.
SB 1338 - Song
Provides that the parents of a minor who defaces
Chapter 340
property with paint shall be civilly liable for up to
$2,000 in damages including court costs and attorneys
fees. The bill also creates a specific misdemeanor
for those who deface property by paint or similar
substances. The misdemeanor is punishable by $500 or
30 days. It further specifically provides that the
court may order the defendant to repair the damage
he has created as a condition of probation.
SB 1426 - Robbins
Requires the course in social science given pupils
Chapter 341
in secondary schools to include instruction in our
American legal system, the operation of our juvenile
and adult criminal justice systems, and the rights and
duties of citizens under the criminal and civil law
and the State and Federal Constitutions. Becomes
effective January 1, 1975.
SB 1595 - Deukmejian
Requires members of the State Teachers' Retirement
Chapter 342
System who enter the system after January 1, 1975,
to submit proof of their date of birth after they
attain five or more years of service credit. The
bill requires proof of date of birth of current
members only under certain circumstances.
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McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: 9:00 P.M. WEDNESDAY
Sacramento, California 95814
JUNE 19, 1974
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
6-19-74
PLEASE GUARD AGAINST PREMATURE
RELEASE
#340
Governor Ronald Reagan tonight in San Francisco announced the
posting of a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and
conviction of the person or persons responsible for the June 11 shooting
of Union City Police Chief William Cann and three others.
Cann was wounded twice in the neck by .30 caliber rifle fire
and is in serious condition at a hospital in Alameda County. The other
three, all private citizens, suffered less serious wounds.
There was little evidence discovered at the scene and there are
no leads to the identity of the culprits, according to investigating
officers.
The city council of Union City has offered a $5,000 reward, but
has received no leads, the governor said, and the police officers
associations of San Jose and Union City have offered $1,550 in rewards.
"I was asked by Senator John Holmdahl (Democrat-Oakland) to
supplement the rewards and the acting police chief of Union City concurred
in that request, Governor Reagan said. "By law, I am able to offer
reward money for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any
person who kills, assaults with a deadly weapon or inflicts serious
bodily harm upon a police officer. An offense like this amounts to a
cruel blow against society itself and strikes at the heart of our basic
freedoms."
Last Wednesday the governor offered a $5,000 reward for
information leading to the arrest and conviction of the killers of off-
duty Los Angeles Police Officer Michael Edwards.
Anyone with information about the Union City shootings should
immediately contact their nearest law enforcement agency or the Union
City Police Department.
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McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
Sacramento, California 95814
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
6-19-74
Governor Ronald Reagan will be visited by senior military
officers from 17 countries Thursday (June 20) at 10:15 a.m. in the
cabinet room of his office as part of the group's orientation to high
level management and life in America.
More than 50 persons are expected to receive the governor's
greeting, including some wives. The officers are attending the three-
week Senior International Defense Management Course at Monterey.
While in Sacramento, they will receive an orientation on state
government by Herbert E. Ellingwood, the governor's legal affairs
secretary, and will have lunch with Ellingwood and several members of
the legislature.
A roster of officers is attached.
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McKelvey
NAME
U. S. ESCORTS:
Argentina
Dr. H. Paul ECKER (+ Wife)
BG Jose Antonio NOSEDA, Argentine Air Force + Wife
Executive Director, NMSC
RADM Aldo A. PEYRONEL, Argentine Marine Corps + Wife
Capt A. W. RILLING
Australia
International Program Mgr, NMSC
AIR COMO Neville P. McNAMARA, C.B.E., A.F.C.
Dr. Robert vonPAGENHARDT
Cermany
Professor, NMSC
; Bernhard K. GRUBER, German Army
Dr. Robert BOYNTON
Honduras
Professor, NMSC
COL Cecilio CASTRO, Honduran Army
Indonesia
BG JOES Adipoermono, Indonesian Army
MGEN GOERBADA, Indonesian National Police
First Marshal ISKANDAR, Indonesian Air Force
RADM Raden Mochamad MOECHTAR, Indonesian Navy
MGEN SOEMARKO, Inonesian National Police
RADM MOHAMAD Suud, Indonesian Navy
Iran
RADM Seyfollah ANOUSHIRVANY, Imperial Iranian Navy
RADM Dariush FARZANEH, Imperial Iranian Navy
LTG Nasser FIROOZMAND, Imperial Iranian Army
BG Mahmoud VAZIRI Hamadani, Imperial Iranian Army
BG Reza NAJI, Imperial Iranian Army
MGEN Amir Hossien RABII, Imperial Iranian Air Force
BG Ozair SALEHIPOUR Imperial Iranian Army
Israel
BG Yaakov AKNIN, Israeli Army
Jordan
BG Ghazi Fahed ARABIYYAT, Jordanian Army
G Mamoun Khalil Imadeddin MOABBASH, Jordanian Army
Liberia
Mr. Alfred B. CURTIS, Deputy Minister of National Defense - SENIOR MEMBER
Pakistan
BRIG SAEED Qadir, Pakistani Army + Wife
Peru
MG Jorge CHAVEZ Quelopana, Peruvian Army
Singapore
Malaysia
Mr. CHIA Cheong Fook, Ministry of Defense
Spain
VADM Juan Carlos MUNOZ-DELGADO y Pinto, Spanish Navy
BG Constantina ORTIN Gil, Spanish Army
ailand
Air Marshal PANIENG Kantorat, Royal Thai Air Force
LTG PRASARN Amatayakul, Royal Thai Army
RADM SAKDI Talerngsuk, Royal Thai Navy
LTC SITTHI Chirarochana, Royal Thai Army
SPEC COL SOMPUN Ruangvaidya, Royal Thai Army will not go on field trip
LTG VITOON Hansavesa, Royal Thai Army - SENIOR MILITARY OFFICER
Turkey
MG Mehmet Talat CETINELLI, Turkish Army
BG Yunus GUCEL, Turkish Army + Wife
DM Orhan KARABULUT, Turkish Navy
MG Vecdi OZGUL, Turkish Air Force + Wife
Venezuela
RADM Augusto S. BRITO Ascanio, Venezuelan Navy
BG Gustavo ZAMORA Torres, Venezuelan Army
Vietnam
BG Vo DINH, Vietnamese Air Force
COMO Dinh Manh HUNG, Vietnamese Navy
'DM Lan Nguon TANH, Vietnamese Navy
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
6-20-74
#341
Governor Ronald Reagan today signed the following bills:
AB
1086
-
Miller Permits redeposit of withdrawn contributions in the
Chapter 353
Public Employees' Retirement System for purposes of
concurrent retirement by persons who retired under the
retirement system of the University of California after
January 1, 1972, and prior to the effective date of this
bill. The bill further provides that compensation
earnable while a member of the State Teachers' Retire-
ment System shall, under specified circumstances, be taken
into consideration when determining final compensation
for purposes of retirement under the Public Employees'
Retirement System.
AB 2836 -Z'berg
Requires landscape architects to indicate their certi-
Chapter 354
ficate number on all plans, specifications and other
instruments of service and contracts, prepared for
others. Effective January 1, 1975.
AB 3124-Duffy
This bill would redefine the practice of nursing and
Chapter 355
includes in such definition the planning and performance
of various services related to direct and indirect
patient care and acts of basic health care, testing,
and prevention procedures.
AB 3344-Russell
Authorizes school district governing boards to delegate
Chapter 356
to a district officer or employee the authority to enter
into leases of district real property with respect to
which the district has received only one sealed proposal
which conforms with existing standard rate or rates, and
no qualified oral bid has been received. Effective 1-1-75.
SB 238 - Collier
Makes certain state park land acquisitions authorized by
Chapter 346
specified 1973 legislation subject to the Property
Acquisition Law, The bill also provides that regarding
certain other acquisitions and exchanges, the responsi-
bility for appraisals, appraisal reviews, negotiations,
and all related matters is vested in the Department of
General Services. Effective immediately.
SB 397 -Petris
Amends the Corporations Code to require that dividends
Chapter 347
be paid, voting rights be retained, and transfer rights
be retained in the shares of a corporation held by a
married person in the same manner as if the person were
unmarried. The bill makes it unlawful for a securities
broker-dealer or agent to require, as a condition of
purchase or sale of securities of a married person, that
the prior consent or authorization of the spouse of that
person be obtained. Effective January 1, 1975.
SB 1506 - Petris
Requires specified persons to report cases of suspected
Chapter 348
sexual molestation of minors and suspected cases of
infliction of designated physical or mental suffering
on minors, in addition to cases of suspected physical
injury of minors, to local authorities. The bill
includes suspected sexual molestation of minors within
the category of cases required to be reported to local
police and juvenile probation department by the
director of a county welfare or health department. The
bill also raises the ages of minors who are covered by
the child abuse reporting law from 12 to 18.
SB 1571 -Lagomarsino Permits swordfish to be taken for commercial pur-
Chapter 349
poses only under a revocable, nontransferable permit
issued by the Department of Fish and Game subject to
regulations of the Fish and Game Commission. The bill
also deleted a Fish and Game Code provision specifically
authorizing swordfish to be taken with hook and line
and harpoon. Effective January 1, 1975.
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#341
SB 1738 - Collier Appropriates $10.9 million in augmentation of the
Chapter 345
Emergency Fund (Item 90) of the Budget Act of 1973.
Effective Immediately.
SB 1752 - Biddle
Postpones for two years (from the 1975 to the 1977
Chapter 350
model year) the requirement that emissions from each
vehicle be posted on a window sticker following
assembly line testing of that vehicle. Effective
immediately.
SB 1838 - Collier Authorizes certain conditional apportionments made
Chapter 351
pursuant to the State School Building Aid Law of 1952
to become final if specified conditions are met. The
bill is operative only until August 15, 1974.
SB 1840 - Berryhill
Extends the jursidiction of the Department of Fish
Chapter 352
and Game on the Tuolumne River after state
ownership has been determined. The purpose of the
extension is the protection of newly discovered salmon
spawning areas. Effective January 1, 1975.
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Mckelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
6-21-74
#342
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Salinas Municipal Court
Judge William L. Stewart to the Superior Court bench in Monterey County
and Salinas Attorney Raymond H. Simmons as Stewart's successor.
Stewart, a 56-year-old Democrat, succeeds retired Superior Court
Judge Elmer L. Machado in the $37,615 post.
A Municipal Court judge for the past 91/2 years, Stewart was in
private law practice for 18 years in Salinas.
The Ohio native was graduated from Ohio State University with a
bachelor's degree in 1941 and a law degree in 1943. He was admitted to
the Ohio Bar in 1943 and entered military service for three years, serving
in field artillery before becoming legal counsel for the Judge Advocate
General, U.S. Army.
Stewart is a past president and director of the Salinas Valley
Memorial Hospital District Board, a past secretary and director of the
Salinas Library Board and a former public member of the Local Agency
Formation Commission of Monterey County.
Simmons, a 43-year-old Republican, is a former deputy district
attorney in Monterey County who joined a private law firm in 1962 and
then became a partner in Muller, Pia and Simmons two years later.
Born in San Francisco, he was educated at City College of San
Francisco, the University of California at Berkeley and the University
of San Francisco, receiving his law degree from the latter school in
1955. He was admitted to the California Bar later that year.
Simmons formerly instructed police officers in criminal law at
Hartnell College and California Highway Patrolmen at the Salinas Adult
High School.
As a Municipal Court judge, Simmons will receive $34,605 annually.
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McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
6-21-74
#343
Governor Ronald Reagan today reappointed Walter L. Palmer of
(cq)
San Diego and Salvin Swanson of Sacramento to new four-year terms on the
State Board of Fabric Care, Department of Consumer Affairs.
Both appointments are subject to Senate confirmation.
Palmer, 47, is president of Palmer Advertising Agency and has
served on the board since March 1970. Born in El Centro, he attended
high school in National City and was graduated from San Diego State
College in 1947. He served in the U.S. Army in the early 1950s and is
a former national director of the National Management Association.
Swanson, 62, is the owner of Swanson's Cleaners and has been
on the board since May 1971. He was born in North Dakota, graduated
from high school in Michigan and attended LaSalle Institute of
Accounting in Chicago. He belongs to the National Laundrymen's
Association, Sacramento County Sheriff's Air Squadron, Lions, Ambassadors
and Grandfathers clubs and Del Paso County Club.
Both appointees are Republicans and will receive $25 per diem
for their services.
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McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
6-21-74
#344
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
June 24, 1974
through
June 30, 1974
Monday, June 24
10:00 a.m.
U. S. Conference of Mayors, Community
Concourse, San Diego. Speech.
4:00 p.m.
Presentation of 1972 California Medals for
Bravery and Service, Governor's Office.
(Press coverage invited)
Tuesday, June 25
10:00 a.m.
NEWS CONFERENCE
5:30 p.m.
Fundraiser for Assemblyman Don MacGillivray,
Danish Inn, 1547 Mission Drive, Solvang
(near Santa Barbara)
Wednesday, June 26
7:30 p.m.
Republican Central Committee of California
Dinner ("Tribute to Governor and Mrs. Reagan"),
Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles
Thursday, June 27
11:30 a.m.
Boys' State, Cal-Expo. Speech; Q & A.
7:30 p.m.
Fundraiser (Reception) for Guy Puccio,
Candidate for the Assembly, Centennial Hall,
Hayward
Friday, June 28
9:30 a.m.
Design Awards Presentation for Bicentennial
Medallion, West Steps of Capitol
(Press coverage invited)
Saturday, June 29
No appointments scheduled
Sunday, June 30
No appointments scheduled
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
6-21-74
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Madine Carpenter of Newport Beach today was appointed by
Governor Ronald Reagan to the California Aeronautics Board to fill an
unexpired term ending December 31, 1975.
The wife of state Senator Dennis E. Carpenter replaces Charles
A. Soderstrom of San Pedro, who resigned. Senate confirmation of the
appointment is required. She will receive $25 per day while serving.
Mrs. Carpenter, a Republican, was educated in Northeastern
Oklahoma elementary schools before coming to California, where she was
graduated from Roseville High School and Sierra College.
In the past she was a hostess for Trans-World and Air California
airlines, a flight instructor at Orange County airport, an aviation ground
school instructor at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, owned and
operated her own flying business and transported air cargo for Air
Parcel Delivery.
She competed in four transcontinental air races between 1964 and
1972, placing three times. She has approximately 2,000 flight hours.
She is a past chairman and still is a member of the Orange County chapter
of "The Ninety-Nines, Inc., " an international association of women pilots,
and the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association'a Baja Bush Pilots.
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McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
6-21-74
#346
Governor Ronald Reagan today elevated Alhambra Municipal Court
Judge Ronald E. Swearinger to the Los Angeles County Superior Court
bench and named Los Angeles attorney Robert B. Lopez as Judge
Swearinger's replacement.
Swearinger, 47, takes the post of retired Judge Howard Schmidt.
It pays $37,615 annually.
A Municipal Court judge since April 1972, Swearinger was in the
U.S. Air Force during both World War II and the Korean Conflict and was
once the Los Angeles area representative of the Air Force Judge Advocate
General. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of
Washington and his law degree from the University of Southern California.
He was general counsel for the Nortronics Division of the Northrop
Corporation prior to entering private practice with Hollywood and Los
Angeles legal firms.
Lopez, 41, will receive $34,605 yearly as Swearinger's successor.
He has been in private law practice in downtown Los Angeles since 1968
and earned his law degree at USC in 1964. He was associated with the
law firm of Hanna and Morton for nine years. His bachelor of science
degree was earned at UCLA.
The native of Kansas City, Missouri, was on active duty with the
U.S. Army for two years.
Lopez has served on the boards of directors of the Council of
Mexican-American Affairs, Variety Boys Club, United Community Efforts
and Mas Facil, a Mexican-American scholarship foundation.
Both appointees are Republicans.
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McKelvey
GOVERNOR
RONALD
REAGAN
RELEASE
:
eae
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press ecretary
916-445-4571
6-25-74
#347
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced that he has signed the
following bills:
AB 661 - Lanterman
Prohibits the Department of Motor Vehicles from
Chapter 359
registering any new off-highway vehicle or new
motor vehicle which produces a maximum noise
exceeding specified noise limits. Current law
prohibits any person from selling or offering for
sale any new motor vehicle or new off-highway vehicle
which exceeds certain noise standards. Effective
January 1, 1975.
AB 2892 H.Johnson
Requires a local agency formation commission to adopt,
Chapter 360
amend or revise spheres of influence after public
hearing. The bill also requires a local agency
formation commission to conduct a public hearing to
consider a request by a local agency for an amendment
or revision of an adopted sphere of influence, with
reimbursement by the local agency to the commission
for costs, not to exceed $500, incurred by the
commission, unless reimbursement is waived by the
commission. Effective January 1, 1975.
AB
3224 - McAlister Requires county clerks, when renewing process servers
Chapter 361
registration certificates, to issue the registrant
the same registration number as originally assigned.
The bill permits an entity composed of one or more
registrants to transfer to a successor entity its
registration numbers. The bill also provides that
the registrant and county clerk shall have the right
to subpoena witnesses in hearing for the suspension
or revocation of a process server's certificate.
Effective immediately.
AB 3389 - Bannai
Directs the Department of General Services to super-
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vise the design and construction of school uildings
to insure that plans and specifications comply with
the earthquake safety provisions of the Education
Code and that the work of construction has been
performed in accordance with such plans and specifi-
cations. The bill also authorizes, until August 16,
1974, school districts in which the tax rate for the
1973-74 fiscal year was $0.003 less than the
requisite tax rate for specified purposes to file an
application with the State Allocation Board in order
to increase the basic computed state matching ratio
of assistance for purposes of state building aid
assistance. Effective immediately.
SB 1651 -Berryhill
Authorizes the board of directors of a county water
Chapter 357
district to divide the aggregate principal amount of
any issue of bonds into two or more series and to fix
different maturity dates for the bonds of each series
Effective January 1, 1975.
SB 1769 - Stiern
Amends the County Employees' Retirement Law of 1937
Chapter 358
to provide with respect to specified lump-sum death
benefits that only one such payment shall be made and
shall be made by the system where a member rendered
his last active service. Effective January 1, 1975.
Governor Reagan also announced that he has vetoed the following bills:
SB 688 - Petris
Allows recipients of public assistance to receive
the homeowners' property tax exemption beginning
with the 1975-76 fiscal year.
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REASON FOR VETO
"E
ending the homeowners' ext otion to welfare
OF SB 688, Petris
recipients will place California taxpayers in the
position of funding overlapping benefits for many
recipients. Currently welfare recipients receive an
allowance for the payment of property taxes within
their public assistance grant. This was recently
supplemented by the provisions of the Senior Citizens'
Property Tax Assistance Law and would be further sup-
plemented by the homeowners' exemption.
"The recent extension of the Senior Citizens Property
Tax Assistance Law to include welfare recipients was
an integral part of AB 134 and also increased general
grant levels substantially. Considering this recent
expansion of tax supported property tax assistance
for welfare recipients and the duplication of benefits
that would result from extending the homeowners'
exemption, there is no justification for this addition-
al benefit at this time.
"There are 120,000 homeowners receiving public
assistance. Granting the exemption to these home-
owners, will increase state General Fund expenditures
by $18.6 million during the first year of operation
and $12.3 million annually thereafter.
"The Welfare Reform Act of 1971 provided a flat grant
for Aid to Families With Dependent Children and
established the policy that the state would not
participate financially in uncommon special needs for
this category. The need for assistance to pay
property taxes in not common to a majority of AFDC
recipients (31,000 homeowners out of 440,000 cases).
Thus, having the state provide the property tax
exemption to this group is inconsistent with the
direction set in Welfare Reform.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
SB 1486 - Gregorio
Would require that seven of the 15 members of the
California Arts Commission be representatives of
specified groups (two officers of unions or guilds
which represent creative or performing artists; two
members representing ethnic minority cultural groups;
one full-time professional arts administrator; one
member who shall be a creative or performing artist;
and one member who shall be an arts educator). The
bill also limits the authority of a commission member
to act on a grant application when he is a member,
officer or director of the organization making the
grant application.
REASON FOR VETO:
"At the present time, 15 members of the Arts Commis-
sion are appointed by the governor with the consent
of the Senate. The Government Code requires that
such members of the Commission 'shall be broadly
representative of all fields of the performing and
visual arts and shall be appointed from among private
citizens who are widely known for their professional
competence and experience in connection with the
performing and visual arts.'
"I am not convinced that providing representation for
a variety of specific factions will enhance the
Commission's ability to provide quality art programs
in California.
"The present membership of the Commission is well
qualified to meet its responsibilities under the law.
A recent peport of the Auditor General dated March
26, 1974, attests to the high qualifications of
Commission members.
"I will not support changes in the qualifications for
members of the California Arts Commission unless
there is some demonstrated evidence of a need for
change. There has not been such a showing with
respect to the changes proposed by SB 1486.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
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Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Pres: Secretary
916-445-4571
6-25-74
#348
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed three new members of the
California Hospital Commission.
They are Samuel J. Tibbits, 49, president of the Lutheran Hospital
(CQ)
Society of Southern California; John E. Smits, 68, former vice president
and regional administrator for Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and a
Glendale resident; and Stoddard P. Johnston, 49, president of Monterey-
Salinas Television, which operates KMST, Channel 46.
Tibbits and Smits replace commissioners Everett Southard of Berkeley
and Henry B. Dunlap of Glendale, whose terms expired in March. Both are
Republicans and their new terms run through March 4, 1978.
Johnston, a Democrat, fills the unexpired term ending March 4, 1976,
of Theodore E. Cummings of Beverly Hills, who resigned.
All three appointments require the advice and consent of a Senate
majority. Commissioners receive $100 per day for their services.
Tibbits was appointed last fall by Governor Reagan to the Advisory
Health Council which advises the state Department of Health. He is a
graduate of UCLA in public health and holds a master's from the University
of California at Berkeley.
Smits was with Kaiser during the 1960s and was administrator of Los
Angeles Children's Hospital during the 1950s. He developed teaching
programs in the four years he was at Harbor General Hospital in Torrance
that led to an affiliation with the UCLA School of Medicine. He earned
a bachelor's degree at UC Berkeley and did post-graduate work at the
University of Southern California.
Johnston has been chairman of the commission's advisory council.
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McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR R ALD REAGAN
RELEA.
"
Immediate
Sacramento, Californ_ 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
6-26-74
#349
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the resignation of Robert
W. Sigg as a member of the state Workmen's Compensation Appeals Board
effective August 31, 1974.
Sigg's appointment to the $37, , 615-a-year post was subject to
confirmation by the state Senate. However, the Senate has refused its
approval.
In resigning, Sigg said he "could not understand the Senate's
criticism of my nomination because they had earlier approved my
appointment twice to the state Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board."
"However," he said, "in deference to you and the work that must be
done by the Workmen's Compensation Appeals Board, I believe further
delay in considering my nomination would be detrimental. I therefore
submit my resignation.
"I appreciate your confidence in my ability and thank you for
giving me the opportunity to serve the people of California."
Governor Reagan said he felt Sigg was highly qualified for the
position on the board. "There is no question in my mind that by any
measure integrity, intelligence, ability, fairness and judicial
termperament he was the right man for this important post.
"For apparently their own partisan political ends, certain senators
have deprived the state of the services of this talented and dedicated
man. =
Sigg, 52, was nominated for the post in March of this year. He had
served for six years as chairman of the state Unemployment Insurance
Appeals Board and had been a member since November of 1967.
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
6-26-74
#350
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed an Auburn savings and loan
executive and reappointed two others to the state Repair Services
Advisory Board in the Department of Consumer Affairs.
The appointments require Senate confirmation and pay $25 per diem.
The new appointee, 45-year-old Donald R. Walker, replaces
Dr. J. Alfred Rider of Mill Valley, whose term expired.
Walker, a Republican, is senior vice president and a director of
Central California Federal Savings and Loan Association. He has lived
in Placer County since 1934 and was graduated from Placer High School,
Placer College and the University of Washington. He served as Auburn's
city manager from 1956 to 1960.
Reappointed were Charles R. English, 36, of Los Angeles, a board
member since August, 1972; and Donald A. Jackson, Jr., 37, of Fresno,
who has served since last July.
English, a Republican, is chief of the Municipal Court trials
division of the Los Angeles County Public Defender's Office. He obtained
an associate in arts degree at Santa Monica City College and bachelor's
and law degrees at UCLA.
Jackson, a Republican, is a partner in the Fresno legal firm of
Kimble, MacMichael, Jackson and Margarian. A Stanford law school
graduate, he also holds a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering
from the University of Arizona. He has been chairman and vice chairman
of the Fresno City Redevelopment Agency and a director of the Fresno
Arts Center.
Terms of Walker and English will expire June 1, 1978 while Jackson's
term concludes January 15, 1978.
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McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RC ALD REAGAN
RELEASE:
Immediate
Sacramento, Californi 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
6-26-74
#351
Governor Ronald Reagan today reappointed three members of the
state Board of Behavioral Science Examiners in the Department of
Consumer Affairs.
Receiving terms expiring June 1, 1978 subject to Senate
confirmation were Connor G. Cole of El Centro, Rev. Lloyd S. Saatjian
of Palm Springs and Konrad Fischer of San Jose. They will be paid $25
per diem for their services.
Cole, 58, has been a conciliator in the Imperial County Court of
Conciliation for the past 9 years. He earned his bachelor's degree from
Chapman College and his master's and doctorates at the University of
Chicago. He was first appointed by Governor Reagan last November.
Saatjian, 40, has been minister of the Palm Springs United Methodist
Church for the past 7½ years after entering the ministry in 1960. He
graduated from Long Beach Poly High School and earned a bachelor of arts
at the University of Southern California. His master of theology degree
was granted by the Claremont College School of Theology. He has been on
the board since January 1969.
Fischer, 47, is a co-founder of and chief clinical social worker at
Valley Psychiatric Medical Clinic in San Jose. His undergraduate and
master of social work degrees were earned at the University of California
at Berkeley. During 1945-46 he was in the U.S. Army Air Force and was a
member of the 502 Army Air Force Band. He has been on the board since
April 1973.
Cole and Saatjian are Republicans, Fischer is a Democrat
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McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE
Immediate
Sacramento, Californi 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
6-26-74
#352
Governor Ronald Reagan today reappointed George H. Shellenberger
of Beverly Hills to the state Cemetery Board in the Department of
Consumer Affairs.
Shellenberger, 74, has been on the board since March 1971 and has
been retired since 1965. For nearly 20 years he was executive vice
president of the Merchants and Manufacturers Association.
He moved to Los Angeles in 1923 after working for two years in the
San Francisco office of Theo. H. Davies and Company, Ltd. He helped
organize the Los Angeles Community Chest in 1924.
He was in the stock brokerage business for four years and was an
insurance broker for five years. In 1934 he helped organize and finance
the first "United for California" effort to defeat Upton Sinclair, the
Socialist candidate for governor.
A Republican, Shellenberger is a member of numerous organizations
and serves as trustee of the University of Redlands and the California
College of Medicine at the University of California, Irvine. He was the
recipient of Pepperdine College's "Distinguished Citizen Award" in 1965
and the Los Angeles Realty Board's "Service Watch Award" in 1967.
The appointment, requiring Senate confirmation, expires June 1, 1978
and pays $25 per diem.
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McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
6-26-74
#353
Robert S. Butler, a San Diego attorney, today was reappointed by
Governor Ronald Reagan to the Certified Shorthand Reporters Board in
the Department of Consumer Affairs.
Butler, 35, has served on the board since February 1973. His new
term, for which he will receive $25 per diem, expires June 1, 1978. The
appointment requires Senate confirmation.
Butler is a San Diego native who attended San Diego High School and
obtained his bachelor's degree from San Diego State University, where he
was president of the Alumni Association and a member of the University
/in 1972-73.
president's advisory board His law degree was earned at the University
of California's Hastings College of Law in San Francisco.
He has been a partner in the law firm of Butler, Ruff and Harrigan
since 1970, and is a former chairman of the juvenile court committee of
the San Diego County Bar Association. He was a deputy district attorney
for San Diego County for two years.
Butler is a Republican.
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McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR R ALD REAGAN
RELEASF
Immediate
Sacramento, Californ.
95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
6-26-74
#354
Los Angeles insurance agent Ernest S. Wong today was reappointed
by Governor Ronald Reagan to the state Board of Barber Examiners in the
Department of Consumer Affairs.
Wong, 59, has been a board member since January 1972. He will
receive $25 per day while on duty during a term expiring June 1, 1978.
The appointment is subject to Senate confirmation.
A native of Canton, China, who became a naturalized citizen in
1946, Wong has been self-employed under the business name Ernest Wong
and Associates for more than 22 years. He served 3½ years in the U.S.
Army between 1942 and 1946.
He attended Polytechnic High School, Wiggins Trade School and
Sawyer College of Business in Los Angeles. He belongs to the Wong
Family Benevolent Association and the Trojan Club and is a Republican.
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McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
6-26-74
#355
Governor Ronald Reagan today reappointed four members of the
Contractors' State License Board in the Department of Consumer Affairs.
They are W. Reed Sprinkel of Fontana, Roads "Dusty" Veale of Santa
Rosa, Charles W. Hostler, Sr., of Newport Beach, and Norman T. R.
Heathorn of Oakland.
Their terms, subject to Senate confirmation, will expire June 1,
1978. They will receive $25 per diem. All are Republicans.
Sprinkel, 51, is president of Fontana Paving Company, Inc. and has
been on the board since May 1967. He holds a bachelor's degree in
business administration from the University of Southern California.
Veale, 34, has been president and co-owner of a Volkswagen agency in
Santa Rosa for 11 years and has been a board member since August 1971.
He was educated in Santa Rosa schools, including the junior college, and
attended Golden Gate College in San Francisco. He has been active in the
YMCA, Rotary, Chamber of Commerce and Sonoma County Trail Blazers.
Hostler, 54, has been president of Hostler Investment Company since
1969 and a member of the board since May 1973. Before opening his own
firm he was involved in international activities for McDonnell Douglas
Corporation, including a time based in Beirut as director of operations
in Middle East and North Africa. He retired from the U.S. Air Force in
1963 after 20 years as a permanent colonel.
Heathorn, 38, is president of N. V. Heathorn, Inc. in Oakland.
He has been on the board since February 1968. Educated at Piedmont High
School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he spent two years in
the U.S. Army as an assistant mechanical engineer at the Electronic
Proving Grounds, Fort Huachuca, Arizona.
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McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEAS
Immediate
Sacramento, Californ. 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
6-26-74
#356
Governor Ronald Reagan today reappointed three members of the
Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board to terms expiring
June 1, 1978.
Included are Albert W. Turner, 65, supervisor of employee relations
for the Southern California Gas Company in Los Angeles; Gerald P. O'Hara,
38, assistant director of the California Teamsters Legislative Council
in Sacramento; and Dr. Patrick J. Clancy, 45, also of Sacramento. All
three have served since last December.
Board members receive $100 per day while on official duty.
Turner was appointed by Governor Reagan to the Industrial Safety
Board in 1967 and today was redesignated by the governor as chairman of
the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board. He has served in
the past as a member of the U.S. Secretary of Labor's Advisory Board on
Occupational Safety and Health. He is a Republican.
O'Hara's duties as a Teamsters' representative have included
advocacy on legislation in the areas of unemployment insurance, workmen's
compensation, labor law and transportation. He is a graduate of the
University of San Francisco and is a Democrat.
Dr. Clancy has been self-employed in occupational medicine in
Sacramento since 1967. Prior to entering his own practice, he was for
nearly nine years Aerojet-General's medical director for its Sacramento
plants. Licensed in three states, Dr. Clancy took his pre-med course
at Canisius College, earned his medical degree at the University of
Buffalo and his master's in occupational medicine at the University of
Rochester. He declines to state a political party preference.
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McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE
Immediate
Sacramento, Californ. 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
6-26-74
#357
Mayor Jack B. Cummings of Redlands today was appointed by Governor
Ronald Reagan to the Council on Intergovernment al Relations.
The 45-year-old Republican replaces Howard Wiefels of Palm Springs,
who resigned at the expiration of his term.
Cummings, who has been a mayor since 1970, is director of university
relations at the University of Redlands. He has been at the university
since 1954, entering as director of alumni relations and placement. He
obtained his bachelor's degree from that university in 1951, then
graduated from the California College of Mortuary Science, took graduate
study at Los Angeles State College and earned a master's at the
University of Redlands in 1965.
Besides his duties as mayor, Cummings has been chairman of the
Redlands Redevelopment Agency and chairman of the Parking Authority.
He is on the executive committee of San Bernardino Associated
Governments. This year he was awarded an honorary life membership by
the Redlands Jaycees and is listed in "Who's Who in Government."
During his term on the council, running through November 21, 1977,
Cummings will be paid his necessary expenses.
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McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
6-26-74
#358
Governor Ronald Reagan today named an El Cerrito plumbing company
owner to fill a vacancy on the California Apprenticeship Council.
Appointed was John A. Olivero, 59, who owns a firm bearing his name
in the Contra Costa County community. He replaces Jerald L. Antrim of
Napa, who resigned and whose term would have ended next January 15.
Olivero opened his business in 1951 after having been employed as
a journeyman plumber at Albany Plumbing. He and his wife ran the firm
for several years and then were joined by their two sons, one of whom
is the office manager and estimator and the other a journeyman plumber.
Olivero has been on the Contra Costa County Joint Apprenticeship
Training Committee since 1958 and is its current secretary, a position
he has held for 12 years. He also was chairman of the committee for two
years.
In 1966, he was appointed to the state Apprenticeship Committee.
He also has served on the California State Pipe Trade Committee.
As a council member, he will receive $25 per day. He is a
Republican.
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McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RC ALD REAGAN
RELEA
:
Immediate
Sacramento, Californi 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
6-26-74
#359
Manson F. Wong of San Francisco today was appointed by Governor
Ronald Reagan to the California Advisory Board to the Bureau of
Employment Agencies, Department of Consumer Affairs.
Wong, a 31-year-old native of Canton, China, is in financial
service sales for M. H. Deckard, Inc. and Insurance Concepts, Inc.
He replaces William L. Lyon, Jr., of El Macero, who was ineligible
for reappointment when his term on the board expired. Wong's term will
expire June 1, 1977, and he will receive per diem and expenses.
The graduate of Lowell High School and San Jose State University
served last year as president of the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent
Association, the Sue Hing Benevolent Association and as chairman of the
Advisory Committee to English as a Second Language Program of the San
Francisco Community College District.
He is a member of the Sunnyvale Lodge of Chinese American Citizens
Alliance and is a Republican.
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McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR R ALD REAGAN
MEMO 7.
THE PRESS
Sacramento, Californ. 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
9/6-445-4571
6-27-74
C-O-R-R-E-C-T-I-O-N
Governor's Schedule:
Governor Reagan will address Boy's State delegates
at 11:30 a.m. today in the Boys' Gym, California
State University at Sacramento (instead of Cal-Expo).
A question and answer period will follow his address.
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McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RO LD REAGAN
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, Californi 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
6-28-74
At 11:00 a.m. this morning, Governor Reagan will
sign Senate Bill 1764 (employee benefits package) in
the Governor's Office.
Press coverage is invited.
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
6-28-74
#360
Governor Ronald Reagan today signed legislation (SB 1764, Berryhill,
R-Ceres) boosting benefits for state employees by $62 million.
The increases, in both take-home pay and benefits, become effective
July 1, 1974.
In commenting on the Berryhill Total Compensation Act, Governor
Reagan said:
"On February 7 of this year, in a message to members of the
legislature, I promised state employees that I would present a major
employee benefits bill to the legislature that would provide them with
a balanced and integrated total compensation program.
"With the full cooperation and talents of Senator Berryhill, we
now have a total compensation package that I think is fair to the
employees and the taxpayers who, after all, must provide the revenue.
"In signing the bill, I have committed California to a sound and
innovative policy of considering prevailing practice in both salaries
and benefits in setting employee compensation.
"This will make benefits as visible as salaries, both as a dollar
income to the employees and as a cost to the taxpayers. It also will
enable state employees to measure the real value of the benefits they
receive as part of their total compensation."
The seven major provisions of the bill are:
--Establishes guidelines within the total compensation concept for
achievement of future benefit adjustments utilizing the meet and confer
process.
--Increases to $19 the state's contribution for the employee's
coverage under basic and major medical plans if the employee is
single; $33 for the employee and one dependent; $41 for the employee
and two or more dependents.
--Reduces by two percent the employee's contribution to the
retirement system, if the employee is covered by Social Security.
Reduces the employee's contribution by one percent for employees not
covered by Social Security (including all safety members).
--Provides one-half continuance of retirement allowance to survivors
of employees not covered by Social Security who retire after July 1,
1974.
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--Provides a fully paid $5,000 group term life insurance program
in addition to the six months' salary now provided by the retirement
system and reduces the eligibility requirement from six years to date
of employment.
--Provides a one-time 15 percent catch up adjustment in retirement
allowance for employees who retired prior to July 1, 1971.
--Provides Industrial Disability Leave to all state employees
which amounts to full pay for one month and two-thirds pay for 11
months.
"I believe this bill is a fine example of the type of cooperative
spirit that can exist between the state government and its employees
in a successful application of the meet and confer process.
"My compliments to each of you and again my thanks to Senator
Berryhill for a job well done," the governor concluded.
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
6-28-74
#361
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed a retired San Bernardino
physician to the California Veterans Board for an unexpired term ending
January 15, 1976.
Dr. Ben D. A. Miano, 67, replaces Alfonso L. Romero of Campbell,
who resigned. The position, paying $20 per day, requires Senate
confirmation.
Dr. Miano, a past president of the San Bernardino County Medical
Society, served in the U.S. Navy during both World War II and the Korean
Conflict. He was president of the Board of Health in the city of San
Bernardino for five years.
He was involved in veterans' affairs for the San Bernardino Chamber
of Commerce and his distinguished medical career included service as
chief of staff at both St. Bernardin's and San Bernardino County
hospitals.
Dr. Miano took his pre-med course at the University of Southern
California, attended the USC School of Medicine for two years and
obtained his medical degree at Creighton University. He began practicing
medicine and surgery in California in 1937.
He is a Republican.
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McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RO₁ LD REAGAN
RELEASE. Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
6-28-74
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PSA Board Chairman J. Floyd Andrews and yacht broker Stanley B.
Williams were reappointed today by Governor Ronald Reagan to the
Navigation and Ocean Development Commission for terms expiring
January 15, 1978. Both appointments require Senate confirmation.
Andrews, of San Diego, has served on the commission since March
1972 while Williams, of Bethel Island, has been a commissioner since
December 1969. Commissioners receive their actual and necessary expenses.
Andrews, 54, was elected chairman of 23-year-old Pacific Southwest
Airlines in February 1973 after 11 years as president of the intrastate
carrier, which also now is involved with hotels and broadcasting. He
was born in Wichita, Kansas, and attended Wichita State University and
Friends University, which also is in Wichita.
He was in the Royal Air Force for three years during World War II
and was with the U.S. Air Force Air Transport Command, based at Love
Field, Dallas, Texas, between 1943 and 1947.
He is a director of San Diego Urban Coalition, a board member of
the Economic Development Corporation, chairman for Multiple Sclerosis
and a director of San Diego Gas and Electric Co. He is not registered
with a political party.
Williams, a 60-year-old Republican, formerly served on the Yacht
and Ship Brokers Commission which was abolished by the 1968 legislature
and the state Harbors and Watercraft Commission, which has since been
renamed. He has been a member of the U.S. Power Squadrons and the
Bethel Island Fire Commission.
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McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RC ALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
6-28-74
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Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Municipal Court Judge
Michael J. Virga and Sacramento attorney Hugh A. Evans to fill Superior
Court bench vacancies in Sacramento resulting from the April 25
elevation of Judges George Paras and Robert Puglia to the District Court
of Appeals.
Both appointees are Republicans and will receive $37,615 annually.
Judge Virga, 42, was appointed to the Municipal Court bench in
December 1969 after having been a partner in the law firm of Virga,
Fields and Klein for 5½¹₂ years.
He obtained his bachelor's and law degrees from the University of
Santa Clara, was a deputy district attorney for Sacramento County for
two years and Sacramento city prosecutor for 1½1/2 years.
Evans, 51, has been in Sacramento law practice as a senior partner
of Evans, Jackson and Kennedy since 1967. Prior to that he was in
partnership with Arthur E. Eissinger for nine years before Eissinger
was elected a municipal judge. Like Judge Virga, he was at one time a
deputy district attorney in Sacramento County.
He obtained his law degree from the University of California's
Hastings College of Law, after having attended Salinas and Hartnell
Colleges and having served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
6-28-74
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GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
July 1, 1974
through
July 7, 1974
Monday, July 1
No public appointments scheduled
Tuesday, July 2
No public appointments scheduled
Wednesday, July 3
10:00 a.m.
International Convention of Lions, Civic
Auditorium, San Francisco. Brief remarks.
10:30 a.m.
Press Availability - (room to be determined)
Thursday, July 4
HOLIDAY
Friday, July 5
No public appointments scheduled
Saturday, July 6
No appointments scheduled
Sunday, July 7
No appointments scheduled
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McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RO' LD REAGAN
RELEASE
Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
6-30-74
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Budger Item 17
The following items have been blue-pencilled by Governor Reagan.
For support of Supreme Court of California, Courts of Appeal,
Judicial Council of California, Commission on Judicial
Qualifications. I reduce this item from $12,132,750 to
$11,932,444.
409, 806
12,209.500
I am eliminating from this item $200,306 which included eight
new positions and operating expenses for the Supreme and
Appellate Courts pending receipt and review of the final
report of the National Center for State Courts regarding
organization, operations and staffing of the courts.
Item 33
For support of Office of Emergency Services. I reduce this
item from $1,980,843 to $1,735,130.
I am reducing the legislative augmentation which provided for
the purchase of 10 additional fire trucks. The budget
submitted to the legislature in January provides for the
purchase of five fire trucks in accordance with the annual
replacement program. The legislative augmentation provided
for the purchase of 10 additional fire trucks, which I believe
is an undesirable acceleration in the replacement program.
Therefore, I am reducing this item to eliminate five of the
10 additional fire trucks provided by the legislature.
Item 37G
For support of the Department of Justice. I reduce this item
from $36,923,678 to
I am reducing this item to its budgeted level by eliminating
the augmentations provided by the legislature for antitrust
and consumer protection activities in the amount of $1,016,225
Sufficient funds were budgeted for the Department of Justice
to meet its responsibilities in these areas.
Item 40
For support of the Commission on Peace Officers Standards and
Training. I reduce this item from $1,864,439 to $1,657,510.
I am eliminating $206,929 from this item. $81,827 was added
for the Penal Code Section 832 Program which has been
established and existing staff is capable of maintaining the
program. $115,102 for added staff in the Education and
Training Division is not needed because existing vacant
positions can be utilized without the necessity of adding new
positions. $10,000 was added for a feasibility study of
computerizing the present record system. The use of local
assistance funds to study the feasibility of possibly
mechanizing records would reduce the funds available for
reimbursement of local agencies and would be detrimental to
the objectives of the program.
Item 46G
For support of Assistance to Counties for Public Defenders.
I reduce this item from $1,500,000 to $775,000.
I am reducing this item to the budgeted amount of $775,000,
which will provide for the traditional level of support to
counties for legal assistance to indigents. The enactment of
SB 90 and federal revenue sharing have provided a much greater
level of assistance to counties than that which existed at
the time this program was begun.
Item 57
For support of State Board of Equalization. I reduce this
item from $32,891,260 to $32,743,110.
I am eliminating from this item $148,150 which was added by
the legislature to increase the board's intercounty
equalization program. There remains in this item sufficient
funds for the board to meet its responsibilities.
Item 62
For support of Heritage Preservation Commission. I reduce
this item from $10,800 to $800.
I am reducing this item by $10,000 to the level originally
submitted since the records maintenance schedule and manual
is properly a function of local government and, as such,
should be funded at the local level.
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Item 62.1
For support of Heritage Preservation Commission, Earl Warren
Oral History Project. I eliminate this item.
I am eliminating this item because the University of
California did not consider it to be of sufficient priority
to be included in its 1974-75 budget request.
Item 70
For support of Public Utilities Commission. I reduce this
item from $8,907,541 to $8,825,998.
I am eliminating the funds added for four additional
financial examiner positions to conduct biennial audits of the
49 major California utilities. The budget, as submitted,
contains sufficient funds to provide an adequate audit of the
utilities. Further, I am eliminating the language related
to the examiner positions which was added to amplify the
duties of the added financial examiner positions.
Item 74
For support of California Arts Commission. I reduce this item
from $2,090,000 to $1,000,000.
I am reducing this item to the amount proposed in the budget
I submitted in January. It will be adequate for the state to
continue to stimulate interest and innovation in the arts.
Item 82
For providing open space reimbursement to local taxing
authorities. I reduce this item from $20,000,000 to
$16,000,000.
I am reducing this item to the amount required to carry out
the program under current law.
Item 90.1
For support of Augmentation for salary increase and employee
benefits civil service and related---salary compaction
relief funds. I eliminate this item.
Salary compaction at the upper executive, management and
professional levels cannot be dealt with effectively until
legislation is implemented to realign the salaries of
statutory officers. Such legislation should contain the
required funds.
Item 91.1
For support of Augmentation for salary increase and employee
benefits civil service and related---salary compaction
relief funds. I eliminate this item.
Salary compaction at the upper executive, management and
professional levels cannot be dealt with effectively until
legislation is implemented to realign the salaries of
statutory officers. Such legislation should contain the
required funds.
Item 92.1
For support of augmentation for salary increase and employee
benefits---civil service and related---salary compaction
relief funds. I eliminate this item.
Salary compaction at the upper executive, management and
professional levels cannot be dealt with effectively until
legislation is implemented to realign the salaries of
statutory officers. Such legislation should contain the
required funds.
Item 111
For support of Department of Food and Agriculture. I reduce
this item from $17,052,247 to $17,044,447.
I am reducing this item because the Fairs and Exposition Study
report prepared in August 1973 has not demonstrated that ic
will be of material assistance to the management of the fairs.
Further, no evidence has been provided to warrant expenditure
of state funds to update a report completed so recently.
Item 118.1 For support of loan to 1A District Agricultural Association
(Cow Palace). I eliminate this item.
I have eliminated the loan provisions because this fair is
receiving, through item 118, funds to accomplish essential
repairs. The proposed work can be deferred until operating
revenues become available.
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Item 122
For support of Department of Commerce.
I reduce this item
from $922,005 to $822,005.
I am eliminating the augmentation of $100,000 provided by the
legislature for an expansion of tourism activities within
the Department of Commerce and removing the restrictive
language related to the augmentation. According to the
department, there are sufficient funds to conduct an adequate
statewide tourism program.
Item 123.2 For support of Division of Consumer Services. I reduce this
item by $580,038 to $445,922.
This augmentation establishes a new policy that consumer
service activities be partially funded from the General Fund.
The item is being reduced because the Division of Consumer
Services serves special fund constituent boards, bureaus, and
commissions of the department and should be supported by
special fund assessments rather than by the General Fund.
The funds provided from the special fund sources are
sufficient to carry out the program responsibilities.
Item 127
For support of Bureau of Automotive Repair, Department of
Consumer Affairs. I reduce this item from $1,728,529 to
$1,671,877.
I am reducing this item to the level originally proposed in
the budget since there are sufficient resources for the
bureau to meet its responsibilities.
Item
166.1 For support of Department of General Services. I eliminate
this item.
I am eliminating this item for maintenance of tree and plant
growth in Capitol Park. I am asking the director of General
Services to develop a plan addressing the planting, pruning,
trimming, and surgical needs in Capitol Park for evaluation
during development of the 1975-76 budget.
Item 178
For support of the Department of Industrial Relations. I
reduce this item from $30,187,217 to $29,531,686.
I am reducing this item to a level that I am assured is
adequate for handling the workload of the department's various
divisions. I am also eliminating language authorizing
additional Fair Employment Practices Commission field offices
because staffing for these offices is included in the
reduction.
Item 178.1 For support of Uninsured Employers Fund. Eliminated.
$1,366,600.
I am eliminating this appropriation from the General Fund for
transfer to the Uninsured Employers Fund. Legislation
establishing the latter fund was enacted with the anticipation
that the Uninsured Employers Fund would be self-supporting.
The Department of Industrial Relations is sponsoring legis-
lation which will make possible the original concept of a
totally self-supporting activity.
Item 181
For support of State Personnel Board. I reduce this item
from $13,920,196 to $10,420,196.
I am eliminating from this item $3,500,000 which was added
by the legislature to increase the board's Career Opportuni-
ties Development Program. Although there has been a
reduction in the amount of federal funds available to this
program for 1974-75, there exists a sufficient backlog of
unfilled job slots in the program to enable the board to
meet its responsibilities.
Item 185
For support of Public Employees' Retirement System. I reduce
this item from $6,247,378 to $6,193,345.
I am reducing this item by the $54,033 which was added by the
legislature to provide increased services to Public Employees'
Retirement System members. There remains in this item
sufficient funds to enable the system to meet its
responsibilities.
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Item 191
For support of Veterans Home of California. I reduce this
item from $5,455,730 to $5,365,986.
I am reducing the amount of the augmentation made to this item
by the legislature from $199,744 to $110,000. The change
will provide a staff increase at the veterans' home of 13 new
positions of higher level skills which will provide better
treatment for patients than the 29 "aid and worker" positions
added by the legislature. This action results from a recent
study at the veterans' home by the Department of Finance. I
am requesting the director of Veterans Affairs to determine
the proper job classification of the 13 new positions.
Item 199
For support of Department of Housing and Community Development
I reduce this item from $2,751,046 to $2,207,036.
I am eliminating the $500,000 provided to continue the Low-
Income Home Management Training Program pending the completion
of a statutorily required evaluation report from the
department. The evaluation will include the program's
accomplishments and recommendations concerning state
participation. I have also eliminated $44,010 of the
augmentation for the Division of Research and Assistance
since the reduction in workload resulting from the termination
of several projects requires that the staff support be
correspondingly reduced.
Item 200.1 For support of Department of Insurance. I eliminate this item
This $10,000 augmentation by the legislature to allow the
Insurance Commissioner to facilitate consumer comparisons of
disability insurance policies is unnecessary. The cost of
this project is expected to be minimal and can be absorbed
within existing resources.
Item 225
For support of Department of Motor Vehicles. I reduce this
item from $82,169,270 to $80,134,991.
I am eliminating the $67,405 augmentation in the Division of
Compliance, which would have provided for four additional
positions, because the budget I submitted in January contains
sufficient resources to staff this function.
I have also eliminated the $1,000,000 augmentation for
reflectorized license plates. The legislation authorizing
this program required that it not be implemented "unless bids
are received from at least two independent, responsible
bidders
The Department of Motor Vehicles has not received
the required bids and I have no reason to believe this
situation will change during the 1974-75 fiscal year.
I have also eliminated the funds budgeted for the implementa-
tion of year-round vehicle registration. It has now become
apparent that January 1, 1976, will be the earliest date that
the transition can be accomplished.
I have also eliminated the $60,000 augmentation for the post-
licensing control program. The Department of Motor Vehicles
believes the federal government will continue to fund the
project.
Item 225.1 For support of Department of Motor Vehicles. I eliminate
this item.
I have eliminated this item because the proposed study of an
integrated vehicle registration-inspection program should be
funded by the Motor Vehicle Account, State Transportation
Fund, rather than the General Fund.
Item 239
For reimbursement of mandates related to Resources Agency
programs under provisions of Chapter 1165, Statutes of 1973.
I eliminate this item.
I am eliminating this item because the reimbursement of
property tax revenues for wildlife habitat land under pro-
visions of Chapter 1165, Statutes of 1973, should be financed
by a special fund appropriately related to this program
rather than by the General Fund.
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Item 245.1 For the purposes of Chapter 1154, Statutes of 1973, to be
allocated by the Department of Finance as loans to the state
Air Resources Board. I reduce this item from $5,589,000 to
$2,600,000.
I am reducing this item to a level that the departments
responsible for administering Chapter 1154, Statutes of 1973,
have agreed is sufficient to support the program during
1974-75.
Item 250
For support of Department of Conservation. I reduce this
item from $58,814,025 to $58,790,025.
I am reducing this item because it is not proper for the stat
to build a bridge that is totally a local responsibility.
Item 261.5 For support of Department of Fish and Game. I eliminate
this item. Eliminated---$105,000.
I am eliminating this item because the preparation of plans
for the protection of estuarine and wetlands should continue
to be funded from the Fish and Game Preservation Fund, as
they are now, rather than from the General Fund.
Item 269
For grants for construction and development of small craft
launching facilities- Department of Navigation and Ocean
Development. I reduce this item from $5,922,000 to
$2,922,000.
I am reducing this item by the amount provided for the
Department of Navigation and Ocean Development's share of the
Candlestick Park Marina. This project is eliminated because
the major acquisition program for the marina is still being
completed. Substantial master planning for the new area
should be completed before any development program is under-
taken. In addition, this project would not appear to qualify
as a grant under Section 72.5 of the Harbor and Navigation
Code which provides funding for launching facilities.
Item 273
For support of Department of Parks and Recreation. I reduce
this item from $29,632,294 to $29,572,294.
I am eliminating funds in the amount of $40,000 which were
added for a feasibility study for takeover of operation at
Lake Berryessa. This project, as it has developed and is
currently being operated, would appear to be appropriately a
concession-type operation under county control.
Item 290
For support of Department of Health. I reduce this item from
$30,893,234 to $30,624,491.
I am deleting the legislative augmentations of $101,943 for
regional offices for local mental health programs and $66,800
for regional center staffing because sufficient funds were
initially budgeted to meet the needs of these programs. I am
also deleting $100,000 added for state administration of a
fluoride program. There is no evidence that current resources
are inadequate to meet the state's responsibility.
Item 293
For support of assistance to local agencies in the establish-
ment and operation of Mental Health Services. I reduce this
item from $200,140,719 to 740,
I have eliminated sub-item (c) because this section, together
with the funds reappropriated by Section 10.10, would have
increased the total state funding of local mental health
services above the budgeted level. This reduction, together
with the reappropriation of Section 10.10, will provide the
proper level of state support. I have also eliminated the
language related to sub-item (c).
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Item 293.2 For assistance to local agencies in the establishment and
operation of mental health services. I eliminate this item.
I am eliminating this item because the amount requested in
the budget for local assistance formental health funds this
year is sufficient to meet anticipated costs for the mental
health programs.
In some respects this program represents a fiscal anomaly.
While local mental health officials are pressing annually for
additional funding, actual experience indicates that from 10
to 20 million dollars in state funds has not been expended in
each of the last three fiscal years.
The mechanism for distribution of state funds may be a
contributing factor in this inability to fully utilize state
resources. Accordingly, I am directing that a state-local
task force be established to examine the process and recommend
such changes as may be necessary to facilitate local mental
health program funding.
Item 296
For local assistance for narcotics and drug abuse program,
Department of Health. I reduce this item from $7,755,748 to
$5,255,748.
I have reduced this appropriation to the amount proposed in
the initial budget which, with available federal funds, is
sufficient to meet anticipated caseload and costs for the
narcotics and drug abuse program.
Item 297
For local assistance for the developmental disabilities
program, Department of Health. I reduce this item from
$188,093,821 to $182,093,821.
I have reduced this item because the amount proposed in the
original budget for regional center operations is sufficient
to meet anticipated caseload and costs for the program.
Item
298.1
For transfer to the Health Care Deposit Fund to provide for
medical assistance programs fiscal intermediary services. I
reduce this item from $20,698,800 to $17,371,200.
I have eliminated $3,327,600 to initiate a new two-county
prototype project. The objectives of the project, already
completed in two counties, have been achieved. Differences
between the two systems were relatively small, if any.
Therefore, operation of a new prototype project, or continua-
tion of the old one, could only result in additional and
unnecessary expenditures.
Item 299
For support of Department of Health-Special Social Services
Program. I reduce this item from $29,342,500 to $29,148,750.
I am eliminating the augmentation of $193,750 to the counties
without public adoption agencies because I have already re-
directed the basic adoptions staff to assist these counties
in developing programs to meet their adoption requirements.
My augmented 1974-75 budget provides additional funds for this
purpose.
Item 300
For support of Department of Health-Health Financing Systems.
I reduce this item from $42,127,655 to $37,127,655.
I am reducing the augmentation to the child health disability
screening program by $5,000,000, thus leaving the original
amount of $4,362,000 for the first year of the program. This
will be sufficient for its initial stages.
Item
300.1
For support of Department of Health-Decompression Chamber.
I eliminate this item.
I have eliminated this item because it would be an inappro-
priate expenditure of state funds. The responsibility for this
item rests with local entities.
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Item 301.2 For support of Department of Employment Development. I
reduce this item from $250,000 to $200,000.
I have reduced this item to $200,000, the amount required to
administer Chapter 122, Statutes of 1974, which authorized
employment programs for Vietnam veterans. By thus providing
for administrative funding, the full $1 million for programs
is made available.
Item 313.1 For support of Department of Corrections. I eliminate this
item.
I am eliminating the augmentation for establishing additional
state-operated community residential centers because there
are currently four state-supported and one federally-supporte
centers in operation. There is no evidence that expansion of
the current program is needed.
Item 313.2 For support of Department of Corrections. I eliminate this
item.
I am eliminating this augmentation for contracting with
private agencies for services to inmates and parolees because
there is $100,000 budgeted for this purpose. There is no
evidence, based upon the prior year's experience, to support
the need for additional services.
Item 313.3 For support of Department of Corrections. I eliminate this
item. Eliminated---$400,000.
I have eliminated this item because a reduction of the parole
caseload can be achieved by administrative action that does
not require an additional appropriation.
Item 317.1 For support of Department of the Youth Authority. I eliminate
this item.
I am eliminating this augmentation of $600,000 for estab-
lishing state-operated residential programs. With the
declining parole caseload and utilization of private
community residential facilities, establishing state-operated
residential facilities is not necessary.
Item 317.2 For support of Department of the Youth Authority. I
eliminate this item.
I am eliminating this augmentation of $400,000 for contracting
with private agencies to provide services to wards and
parolees in community-based programs. Last year, the budget
provided $100,000 for this purpose and a similar amount is
available for 1974-75. Until the ffectiveness of this
approach can be better evaluated, I am unwilling to expand
the program.
Item 317.4 For support of Department of the Youth Authority. I reduce
this item from $400,000 to $200,000.
I am reducing this appropriation to $200,000, an amount
sufficient to permit the operation of one pilot project. The
results will be closely monitored to evaluate the effective-
ness of this community-based approach to delinquency
prevention.
Item 328
For support of Department of Education. I reduce this item
from $9,665,906 to $9,592,906.
I am reducing this item for the following reasons:
Performance study
$23,000
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Item 328
The Department of Education originall, estimated that this
(Cont 'd.)
two-year study to determine why some schools' students
scored exceptionally high or low on achievement tests would
cost $100,000 in total. Funds of $146,800 were provided for
1973-74 and 1974-75; therefore, further augmentation is not
needed.
Administration for Early Childhood Education
$50,000
The budget provides three additional professional positions
which will meet this program's projected workload increases.
Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962:
Federal funding has been reduced by $202,061, requiring a
corresponding decrease in personal services, operating
expenses, and equipment.
Item 328.1 For support of the Department of Education for state
operations matching requirements for the federal manpower
development and training act. I reduce this item from
$80,000 to $60,000.
This reduction will not prevent the state from meeting 1974-
75 federal grant matching requirements for the manpower
development and training act. The additional funds are
unnecessary.
Item 328.2 For support of Joint Committee on Educational Goals and
Evaluation, State Department of Education. I eliminate this
item. Eliminated $76,000.
I am eliminating this item for the Joint Committee on
Educational Goals and Evaluation because publication and
dissemination costs, for which the legislative augmentation
was intended, can be funded through Federal Title V. This
has been done for previous Joint Committee reports.
Item 331,1 For support of Mentally Gifted Minors Program, Department of
Education. I eliminate this item. Eliminated $4,200,000.
In 1974-75, this program is estimated to receive a 10.4 percen
increase in state apportionments over 1973-74. The increase
will fund the program at three percent of statewide enroll-
ment, as established by law. Since there is some question
about the equity of present distribution to districts, because
some certify more than three percent of their enrollment as
mentally gifted, I am working with the legislature in an
effort to correct these problems.
Item 335
For support of Bilingual programs, Department of Education.
I reduce this item from $8,000,000 to $4,000,000.
I am reducing this item because I oppose any expansion of the
bilingual programs established by Chapter 1259, Statutes of
1972, until these programs, first operational in 1973-74, can
be evaluated to determine their effectiveness.
Item 335.1 For support of the Bilingual Teacher Development Program,
Department of Education. I eliminate this item. Eliminated--
$145,000.
I have eliminated this item because existing grant award
systems provide sufficient funds for the program.
Item 338
For support of Compensatory Education Programs, Department of
Education. I reduce this item from $4,363,000 to $3,187,000.
The professional development center and the research and
teacher education programs were designed as models to be
adopted and funded by districts after testing. After several
years of experimentation, both have proved too expensive to accomplish
this goal. Therefore, I am eliminating all funds for the professional
development center program, the more costly of the two. I am retaining
$142, 000 for three months support of the RATE program in order to allow
sufficient time for the legislature and the administration to further
review the program and take appropriate action.
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Item 338.1 For support of grants to local districts for programs for
educationally disadvantaged youth, Department of Education.
I eliminate this item. Eliminated $6,500,000.
I oppose any augmentation or expansion of the educationally
disadvantaged youth program, which was established in 1973-
74, until district use of these funds is clearly determined
and an evaluation of their effectiveness is made.
Since there is some question regarding the equity of the
present statutory distribution of funds to districts for the
EDY program, I will work with the legislature in an effort
to correct any inequities.
Item 338.3 For support of Project SHARE, Department of Education.
I eliminate this item. Eliminated $250,000.
This item was added by the Free Conference Committee without
testimony and without referral to the appropriate committees
of either the Senate or Assembly. Further, it would provide
state funding of the Operation SHARE Pilot Project beyond
its intended June 30, 1974, termination date under current
law. The pilot project has had ample time to demonstrate its
desirability to local school districts. If they wish to
implement or continue this program, they should now assume
its funding.
Item 339.1 For support of the special elementary school reading
instruction program. I reduce this item from $17, 605, 425
to $15,349,625.
I am reducing the amount payable for the special elementary
school reading instruction program by $2,255,800. This is an
unwarranted duplication and overlap of program services with
the Early Childhood Education Program, which is expanding
by $15,000,000 in 1974-75.
Item 341.1 For support of the state Preschool Program, Department of
Education, an augmentation to existing appropriation.
Eliminated $429,000.
I have eliminated this augmentation for an additional cost of
living allowance to the preschool program because sufficient
augmented funds have been provided in Section 10.4 to
maintain this program until the report required by Chapter
1005, Statutes of 1973, is received and further policy
decisions formulated.
Item 341.2 For support of Children's Centers, Department of Education,
an augmentation to Item 341 (a). Eliminated $2,000,000.
I have eliminated this augmentation because it is based upon
the continuation of a "one-time bonus" granted to the
Children's Centers program during fiscal year 1973-74. The
funds provided in Item 341 (a) meet all of our commitments to
this program and insure that the program will continue to be
implemented in an orderly fashion. In addition, various
school districts under the provisions of SB 90 have the
authority to utilize a permissive tax override if they desire
to continue the program level established as a result of the
"one-time" bonus.
Item 341.3 For support of Department of Education for Child Care
Services. Eliminated---$800,000.
I have eliminated this augmentation which sets up a
contingency amount for possible use in funding county child
care centers because it was added by Free Conference Committee
without testimony and without referral to the appropriate
committees of either the Senate or Assembly. The funds
provided in Item 341 (a) and the carryover funds contained in
Sections 10.4 and 10.6 meet all of our commitments to this
program.
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Item 349
For support of University of Californ
I reduce this
item from $465, 710, 851 to $461,497,701.
I am reducing this item for the following reasons:
Instructional use of computers
$906,000
The budget as originally submitted maintained the
1973-74 level of instructional support. These
monies are appropriated without regard to specific
use. If the University finds that the need for
instructional computing is of a high priority, it
may reallocate its budget to satisfy that need.
Instructional equipment
$1,000,000
My rationale for this reduction is identical to
that used for instructional use of computers.
Libraries, reference-circulation staff
$974,150
The budget as originally submitted provided for
increased workload in this area associated with
the anticipated enrollment growth at the University.
Administration and services, personnel staff
$300,000
I feel that current staff, if property organized
to reflect University priority needs in the
personnel area, is sufficient.
Administration and services, affirmative action
$833,000
The budget, as originally submitted, continued
the 1973-74 appropriation of $250,000 for
affirmative action. This, in addition to the
possibility of the University reallocating other
existing resources to reflect priority needs, is
sufficient.
Administration and services, management date
processing
$200,000
The budget, as submitted, included a substantial
augmentation for administrative EDP systems.
The University should fund the physical plant
management information system from within
this augmentation.
Item
349.4 For support of University of California (research
capabilities). I eliminate this item. Eliminated
$100,000.
I am eliminating this item because the University can and
should perform the functions proposed within the current
level of state support for organized and departmental
research.
Item 349.5
For support of University of California (Media Community
Film Project). I eliminate this item. Eliminated $12,500.
I am eliminating this item at the request of the University
and on the basis that it was added by the Free Conference
Committee without testimony and without referral to the
appropriate committees of either the Senate or Assembly.
Further, I object to the item on the basis that it would be
an improper use of state funds. The program could be
financed by the allocation of non-state, University funds
or by the use of a nominal fee for program participants.
Item 352
For support of Augmentation for Salary Increase and Employee
Benefits-University of California. I reduce this item from
$24,479,900 to $24,139,900.
The $340,000 included to eliminate red circle rates for
certain nonfaculty personnel is deleted at the request of
the University of California.
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Item 352.1 For support of Augmentation for Salary Increase and Employee
Benefits-University of California. I eliminated this item.
Eliminated---$191,167.
I am eliminating this item because Item 94.1 includes funds
to improve benefits for active and retired nonfaculty members
of the University of California Retirement System. Benefit
improvement for retired non-faculty members should be
considered and funded as a part of the benefit program to be
implemented under item 94.1.
Item 354
For support of University of California (Charles R. Drew
Post-graduate Medical School). I reduce this item from
$1,680,000 to $1,200,000.
Until the state level of financial responsibility for this
program is more clearly identified, I am reluctant to increase
the level of its support by the state. Accordingly, I am
reducing this item because the budget, as submitted, con-
tained sufficient funds to carry out the programs of the
Charles Drew Postgraduate Medical School.
Item 358
For support of Hastings College of Law. I reduce this item
from $2,567,766 to $2,549,916.
I reduced this item from $2,567,766 to $2,549,916 by reducing
paragraph (b) operating expenses and equipment from
$1,632,470 to $1,614,620. The budget as originally submitted
continues the 1973-74 level of support for LEOP grants.
Item 359
For support of trustees of the California State University
and Colleges and the California State University and Colleges.
I reduce this item from $441,083,497 to $438,003,019.
I am reducing this item for the following reasons:
1. Affirmative Action
$519,955
The budget I presented to the legislature continued the
1973-74 funding of $250,000, which provides for an
Affirmative Action program on every campus. In addition to
this amount, the 1974-75 budget included funding for a
system-wide Affirmative Action program coordinator. This
level of funding is sufficient to operate an effective
program.
2. Associated Clinics
$114,491
This project was not contained in the proposed budget on
the basis that sufficient funds are available within the
existing CSUC budget to fund it, if it has a high enough
priority.
3. New Administrative Charges
$260,000
All state budgets were based on the premise that new
administrative charges would be absorbed or that administra-
tive changes would be implemented to reduce costs. Funding
CSUC for this purpose would be contrary to that statewide
policy.
4. M & S Fee Adjustment
$2,186,032
The M & S fees were increased according to a traditional
agreement that there should be periodic adjustments to insure
that the General Fund is not subsidizing the M & S fee
expenditure program. The General Fund is still subsidizing
the M & S fee to some extent even after considering the fee
increase. To support the legislative action regarding the
M & S fee would result in an even greater amount of General
Fund subsidy and upset long-standing policy.
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Item 359.1 For support of California State Unive ity and Colleges to
reduce student-faculty ratio and provide funds to avoid any
layoffs or dismissals due to a downturn in FTE students.
I eliminate this item. Eliminated---$1,341,000.
I eliminated this item because it was added by Free Conference
Committee without testimony and without referral to the
appropriate committees of either the Senate or Assembly.
The 1974-75 budget contains sufficient funds to support the
California State University and Colleges. Sufficient
flexibility to avoid layoffs or dismissals of faculty has
been provided in Section 28.9 of this act.
Item 364
For support of the Educational Opportunity Program, Trustees
of the California State University and Colleges. I reduce
this item from $5,727,176 to $5,556,628.
I reduced this item by $170, 548 because the increase in
federal financial aid programs due to the basic educational
occupational grants will make additional funds available to
insure that the grant levels to EOP students will reflect
full adjustments for cost of living.
Item 366
For capital outlay, Board of Governors of the California
Community Colleges. I reduce this item from $1,238,690 to
$1,218,690.
The workload of this unit does not justify the addition of
one architecturally-related position $20,000). Capabilities
already exist to meet the systemwide planning objectives.
Item 367
For support of extended opportunity programs and services of
the community colleges. I reduce this item from $6,639,000
to $6,170,500.
I reduced this item $468,500 because the increase in federal
financial aid programs due to the basic educational
opportunity grants will make additional funds available to
insure that the grant level to EOP students will reflect full
adjustments for cost of living.
Item 375.1 For capital outlay, Department of General Services. I reduce
this item from $7,975,000 to $6,475,000.
It is premature to proceed with this project until the
reevaluation of the master plan has been completed.
Item 377
For capital outlay, Department of Motor Vehicles. I reduce
this item from $4,102,300 to $3,682,300.
This project is not of the highest priority and can be
deferred until more critical projects are funded.
Item 381.1 For land acquisition, Department of Parks and Recreation.
I eliminate this item. Eliminated---$1,300,000.
I am eliminating this item, which provides for the
acquisition of a new recreation area at Gold Run, because the
General Fund should not be used in view of the resources
available in either the Off-Highway Vehicle Fund or in the
1974 Park Bond program. A bill is currently before the
legislature to provide for this acquisition proposal.
Item 381.3 For acquisition of 116.349 acres of beach property, including
Fort Funston in the City and County of San Francisco,
Department of Parks and Recreation. I eliminate this item.
Eliminated---$1,100,000.
I am eliminating this item because the property already is in
public ownership and is reported to be under consideration
for inclusion in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
Item 383.1 For capital outlay, Department of Parks and Recreation for
recreational development and improvements at Wharf J-3 and
Warm Water Cove, San Francisco. I eliminate this item.
Eliminated---$54,450.
I have eliminated this item because these proposed improve-
ments should be financed from the local share of the 1974
Park Bond Program.
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Item 389.1 For capital outlay, to the Department of Education for grants
to public educational television stations for the purpose of
establishing a microwave television link between San
Francisco and Sacramento. I eliminate this item.
Eliminated $145,196.
I am eliminating this item because it was added by the Free
Conference Committee without testimony and without referral
to the appropriate committees of either the Senate or
Assembly. There has been inadequate study and discussion of
this precedent-setting proposed state policy change to make
state grants to public educational television stations.
Item 390
For capital outlay, University of California. I reduce this
item from $10,514,000 to $10,120,000.
I am reducing this item for the following reasons:
Working drawings, construction, relocation of
vegetable crops headquarters, Davis campus
$336,000
I am eliminating this subitem because this project
is necessitated by the planned expansion of the
Davis Medical School. The Health Science Bond Act
or the Highway Fund would be the appropriate
source of funds rather than the Capital Outlay
Fund for Public Higher Education.
Equip Fourth College, San Diego Campus
$58,000
I am eliminating this project on the basis that
the support budget for the university, Item 349,
contains sufficient equipment funds to accommodate
an increase in university enrollments.
Item 394
For capital outlay, University of California. I reduce this
item from $15,513,000 to $15,393,000.
I am eliminating this project because it is not of sufficient
ly high priority in the building program as specified by
the University of California Regents.
Item 395
For capital outlay, Trustees of the California State
University and Colleges. I reduce this item from
$23,719,000 to $23,284,000.
I am eliminating this item because it is not considered to
be of high priority in view of the greater system-wide need
for general classroom and laboratory space.
Item 399
For capital outlay, Board of Governors of the California
Community Colleges. I reduce this item from $45,587,618 to
$44,585,250 by reducing paragraphs:
(71)
Construct social science and language arts building $51,300
(73)
Construct classroom and laboratory building
$13,000
(76)
Construct classroom. counseling and administration
bldg.
$136,800
(78)
Construct vocational-technical building
$135,400
(84)
Working drawings and construct administration
remodeling Phase II
$32,300
(87)
Working drawings, construct, and equip remodeling
of old library, engineering, industrial arts
building
$34,800
(96)
Working drawings, construct, and equip science
building
$64,700
(98)
Working drawings and construct science building
addition
$23,100
(100)
Working drawings, construct, and equip automotive
addition
$31,200
(108)
Working drawings, construct, and equip social
science bldg.
$187,100
(117)
Working drawings and construct student personnel
services building
$1,945
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Item 399
(Cont 'd.)
(121)
Working drawings and construct remodeling and
$57,100
air conditioning of science building "E"
(122)
Working drawings and construct remodeling and
air conditioning of science building "D"
$11,900
(126)
Working drawings, construct, and equip Phillips
Hall addition and alterations
$7,000
(145)
Construct drama and music facilities
$135,100
(151)
Construct dining facility
$78,000
(153)
Working drawings and construct maintenance and
warehouses building
$1,623
Net Reduction $1,002,368
I am reducing these projects on the basis that they do not
conform to the classroom utilization standard of 53 hours per
week as adopted in ACR 151 of May 1970, and confirmed in the
legislative counsel's opinion number 5104, dated May 20,
1974. Uncertainties regarding future enrollments also make
it unwise to expand capacity space at this time.
Item 409
For capital outlay, University of California. I reduce this
item from $74,401,000 to $74,352,000.
I am eliminating paragraph 11.3 because insufficient
information is available to justify inclusion of this project
Item 410.7 For capital outlay, Department of Parks and Recreation. I
eliminate this item. Eliminated---$3,200,000.
I am eliminating this item, which provides for the acquisition
of beach area adjacent to Channel Island Harbor in Ventura
County, because the area does not meet the criteria of state-
wide interest established for state-sponsored projects under
the 1974 Park Bond program. Other areas of high statewide
interest in Ventura County have been recommended by the state
Park and Recreation Commission. The Channel Island Harbor
beach project might better be considered as a local project
under the grant program established by the park bond
legislation.
Item 411.1 For grants to counties, cities, or cities and counties,
pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 5096.85 of the Public
Resources Code, Department of Parks and Recreation. I
eliminate this item. Eliminated $3,000,000.
I am eliminating this item because the provisions of the state
Beach, Park, Recreational, and Historical Facilities Bond Act
of 1974 have not been fulfilled. Section 5096.89 of the
Public Resources Code defines a series of procedural steps
that must be complied with prior to inclusion of a proposal
in the budget act.
Sec, 10.5
For reappropriation of unexpended child development funds to
replace potential loss of federal matching funds. I eliminate
this section and delete the following language:
"Notwithstanding any other provision of law, $2,400,000 of
the unexpended balances of child development funds appro-
priated to replace potential loss of federal matching funds
authorized by Chapter 1191, Statutes of 1973 (AB 1244) are
hereby appropriated for expenditure in 1974-75 to replace loss
of federal matching funds in 1974-75 as authorized by Chapter
1191, Statutes of 1973 for 1973-74." Eliminated $2,400,000.
I have eliminated this reappropriation based upon pending
federal legislation which would eliminate the potential loss
of federal matching funds for child development programs.
Current federal law precludes any change before January 1,
1975, and, if new federal legislation is not enacted,
appropriate state legislation to deal with this potential
problem could be acted upon in the 1975 legislative session.
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Sec. 10.7
For capital outlay. I eliminate this section.
Eliminated $417,000.
Because I have vetoed item 390 (g) which relates to the
relocation of the vegetable crops headquarters at Davis, I
am eliminating this section because there will be insufficien
funds to accomplish this project. I believe the total
funding should be from the Health Science Bond Fund or the
state Highway Fund.
Sec. 11.9
For reappropriation of unexpended 1973-74 educationally
disadvantaged youth program funds. I eliminate this section.
I oppose any augmentation or expansion, including
reappropriation of unexpended 1973-74 funds, for the
educationally disadvantaged youth programs, established in
1973-74. District use of these funds must first be more
clearly determined and an evaluation conducted of the
programs' effectiveness.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEA
Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
6-30-74
#366
After reducing the 1974-75 state budget sent to him by the
legislature late Friday by more than $107 million, Governor Reagan
today signed the bulky document into law.
The new budget, which becomes effective midnight tonight, totals
$10.133 billion.
Speaking from his home in Pacific Palisades, Governor Reagan said:
"Once again the democratic leadership of the legislature has
displayed its contempt for the budget process by failing to act in
an orderly and proper fashion. As a result, we have been forced to
review the budget on nearly a 'round-the clock basis since it was
approved by the legislature nearly two weeks late.
"I consider this irresponsible and unstatesmanlike conduct. The
people of California deserve better treatment, particularly when one
considers the magnitude and the chance for error in developing the
state budget.
"Still we were able to trim the budget by more than $107 million
without doing violence to any worthwhile and necessary program
dependent upon state revenues for its support.
"I am happy that we were able to increase funding of our local
schools by nearly $170 million, and to increase support of the
University and State Colleges by $85 million. Almost half of the
general fund budget is devoted to support of education in California.
In fact, two-thirds of the budgeted revenues were returned to cities
and counties to support local programs and schools.
"I am also pleased that funds were available to provide
$1.1 billion in tax relief for homeowners, renters, senior citizens
and to reduce personal property taxes."
Governor Reagan expressed his disappointment that the legislature
failed to include funds to fully repair and restore the state's
historic Capitol.
"I am hopeful the people of California will not permit the
legislature to turn its back on this beautiful old building in lieu
of an expensive new structure," the governor said. "I would prefer
that money be provided now to save the Capitol." =
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The governor's original proposed budget for 1974-75, submitted in
January, totaled $9.812 billion. Augmentations totalling $352 million
were made in May bringing the total to $10.164 billion.
The budget approved by the legislature and sent to the governor
Friday evening totaled $10.240 billion.
Governor Reagan, exercising his right to blue-pencil spending
programs, vetoed or reduced more than 100 items.
The budget contains $170 million in increased support for
elementary and secondary education. New money for California's
Community Colleges totals $47 million.
On June 30, 1975, it is currently estimated the state will have
more than $200 million in surplus in addition to $200 million in
federal revenue sharing funds that have not been allocated by the
legislature.
The 1974-75 budget fits within the provisions of Proposition 1,
the governor's tax limitation proposal, voted on last November.
"This reflects additional light on the 'big lie' technique used
by some of the opponents to defeat Proposition 1," the governor said.
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