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Oct 24 '90 14:40
LOS ANGELES STAFF OFFICE FAX 714-263-1953
P. 1
Carol
THE WHITE HOUSE
90 OCT 24 P5: 47
WASHINGTON
VISIT OF THE PRESIDENT
TO
IRVINE, CALIFORNIA
FAX COVER SHEET
DATE:
10/24
TO:
SPEECHWRITING
No:
( 202 ) 456-6218
FROM:
ANDY FOSTER
POLITICAL AFFAIRS
No. of Pages
2. , including this cover sheet.
Please contact
ANDY
immediately at
(714) 263-1910 if you do not receive this transmission in its
entirety.
Message:
Let me know of you
have question.
Thank!
- Oct:24 '90 14:41
LOS ANGELES STAFF OFFICE FAX 714-263-1953
P. 2
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
TO:
OFFICE OF SPEECHWRITING
FR:
ANDY FOSTER - POLITICAL AFFARIS
AMF
(IN IRVINE STAFF OFFICE
RE:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- IRVINE AND LOS ANGELES, CA
IRVINE. CA
Mrs. Pete Wilson (Gayle) - Wife of Sen. Wilson
Mr. Donald Bren - Event Co-Chairman
Mr. George Argyros - Event Co-Chair (AR-GEER-OS)
Hon. Marian Bergeson - Lt. Governor nominee
Hon. Tom Hayes - State Treasurer nominee
Mr. Frank Visco - California GOP Chairman
Mr. Tom Fuentes - Orange County GOP Chairman
LOS ANGELES. CA
Mrs. Pete Wilson (Gayle) - Wife of Sen. Wilson
Hon. and Mrs. George Deukmejian (Gloria) - Gov. of CA
Hon. Ross Johnson - Assembly Minority Leader
Hon. Ken Maddy - Senate Minority Leader
Mr./Mrs. Matt Fong (Paula) - Controller nominee
Hon. Marian Bergeson - Lt. Governor nominee
Hon. Joan Milkey Flores - Sec. of State nominee
Hon. Tom Hayes - Treasurer nominee
Mr. Mel Torme - Entertainer
Mr. Tom Selleck - Actor
Mr./Mrs. Donald O'Connor (Gloria) - Entertainer
as of 10/24/90 5:30 p.m. (EST)
10/24/90
11:54
808 477 6247
USCINCPAC PAU
WHOUSE SPEECH
LCDR PATTERSON, USN
J03220, 808-477-1351
24 OCTOBER 1990
INFORMATION PAPER
Subj: DIGEST OF HURRICANE OFA/MILITARY ACTIONS
Hurricane OFA struck American Samoa and several other South
Pacific Islands 4 February 1990. It wiped out over 95 percent of
American Samoa's crops and caused an estimated $19.5 million in
damage to schools, electric systems and roads. Three people were
killed, 200 left homeless and countless buildings damaged by high
winds and water. President Bush declared the U.S. territory a
disaster area 9 Feb 1990.
Relief efforts were coordinated by a joint U.S. task force
under the command of Army Colonel John Castleberry. The executive
agency was the Hawaii-based U.S. Army Western Command (now U.S.
Army Pacific). A C-5B Galaxy arrived at Faleolo International
Airport 8 Feb 1990 with two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, five
vehicles including a fully loaded two-and-a-half-ton truck, three
trailers, a generator, hundreds of pounds of food, medicine and
supplies, and 57 military personnel.
Members of the task force helped open rock quarries in
Western Samoa to produce gravel for repairing roads damaged by the
storm. The unit completed damage assessments on storm-torn roads,
harbors, government buildings and telecommunication systems.
During their 23-day stay on the island they flew 117 helicopter
resupply missions, delivering over 160 tons of food to villages on
the islands of Upolu and Savaii.
The disaster relief task force -- comprised of Army, Navy and
Air Force personnel -- included an engineer, an attorney, medical
staff, search and rescue teams, communication and supply groups
and Navy Seabees.
The people of Western Samoa are carrying on with their
customary graciousness. Crowds again pack the public markets in
Apia and Faleolo Airport is in operation.
Sen Wil not in Irvine
CK tomorrow AM
Tom Selleck not at CA
instead Self Baio
Chachi
could come on AFI w/POTUS
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 9, 1990
Dear
I would like to re-confirm the basic details of the President's
participation in a fundraising event for Senator Pete Wilson on
October 26, 1990. As you know, this is an ongoing process--some
of this information may be subject to change. However, you may
use this information for your planning purposes until further
notice.
EVENT:
Pete Wilson for Governor Presidential Lunch
DATE:
Friday, October 26, 1990
TIME:
12:00 p.m. - approximate Presidential arrival
time
(15 minutes - photo-op for $50,000 donors)
(15 minutes - major donor photo-op)
(15 minutes - remarks at dinner)
LOCATION:
Century Plaza Hotel
Los Angeles, California
STRUCTURE:
Three Tiers:
1.) Private $50,000 donor photo-op *
2.) Private major donor photo-op *
3.) Lunch - Remarks
*
No more than 100 photos maximum between
the two photo-ops
MEDIA:
Both receptions: closed press, no remarks
Dinner: open press, with remarks
COST:
TBD, deposit check due 24 hours before the
event (made payable to the Republican
National Committee)
Trip cordinator
Pass More Laws, Set More Limits? How I'd Help the Environment
admitted to the United States, they. like citizens
Put decision-making in hands of
Give regional governments the responsibility to
Manage growth with regional entities
from other states, have a right of travel that is
formulate growth management plans for their
local citizens, but within a framework
districts, including the ability to establish green-
and conserve water by storage and
guaranteed by the Constitution. States have tried
(Hawaii repeatedly) to impose residency require-
belts, protect recreation areas, protect agricultural
of statewide concerns and priorities.
recycling.
ments as a bar to eligibility for state benefits, but
land and decide which areas have the necessary
the Supreme Court has consistently held such
infrastructure to support new growth.
By PETE WILSON
efforts unconstitutional.
By DIANNE FEINSTEIN
Offer those regions whose plans comply with
Clean Air-The most dramatic way to clean
Clean water-California's problem is less a short-
We are fast approaching an environmental crisis
state policies a package of infrastructure benefits
polluted air is to move, as the state of California has
age of clean water than a shortage of water.
in California. A decade of environmental neglect
and other fiscal incentives.
has led to mounting problems. According to:
Lastly, give regional bodies the teeth they need
proposed, to alternative fueled vehicles beginning
Not that we have solved all our problems of
water quality. But conscientious implementation by
to enforce their growth management plans.
with model year 1994. Regrettably. the proposed
=The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin-
federal statute permits only California to impose
state and local water agencies of the provisions of
istration, more than 2 billion gallons of sewage are
In developing this growth management plan, we
consulted with organizations such as LA 2000 and
such a mandate and denies other states that same
Proposition 65 relating to clean drinking water and
dumped off California's coast each day.
authority.
those of the federal Clean Water Act will address
#A study at the University of Southern Call-
Bay Vision 2020. There
How much fairer it
most problems of quality.
fornia, children growing up in the Los Angeles
is regional government
bill pending in the Leg-
would be to spread the
The most important problem in terms of the
Basin suffer a 20% reduced lung capacity.
AN OP-ED DEBATE
cost burden of achieving
quality of drinking water is ensuring adequate
-The state Department of Food and Agriculture,
islature that could be the
600 million pounds of pesticides were sold for use in
vehicle for this growth-
Fourth In a five-part series
clean-car technology
freshwater flows into California's great "well," the
over the broad base of
Sacramento River Delta, to prevent saltwater
California in 1987-20 pounds for every man,
management proposal.
There are other steps
Recently The Times invited gubernatorial candi-
customers of the giant
intrusion and to ensure sufficient quality in the
woman and child in this state in a single year.
we must take to protect
dates Dianne Feinstein and Pete Wilson to partici-
auto makers and oil
delta and San Francisco Bay.
"A recent health study by the Natural Resources
ourselves against envi-
pate in a number of issue discussions on this page.
companies than to re-
Determining the amount of freshwater flows
Defense Council, between 5,000 and 6,000 children
ronmental disaster. Cali-
Today's question is: There's a shortage of clean
quire the operators of a
from the Sacramento River into the delta to ensure
who are preschoolers today may get cancer as a
fornians can't sit back
water and clean air. What would help more: more
mom-and-pop dry-
such quality is the task of an EPA study committee
result of their exposure before six years of age to
and wait for Washington
federal environmental laws, or regional kinds of
cleaning business to
whose work I have supported by securing a federal
pesticides commonly found in fruits and vegetables.
to solve our environ-
government? Limiting further immigration or
purchase a $80,000 piece
grant of $12 million. Their efforts must be consid-
The U.S. Department of the Interior, there is a
mental problems.
limiting real-estate development?
of equipment to reduce
ered by the state Water Resources Control Board.
94% chance of a major Valdez-size spill off the
The most important
The final topic, to appear next week, will be
their cleaning solvents
Conservation by off-stream storage of surplus
California coast in the next 30 years. A spill of that
education.
emissions.
water-California is suffering its fourth year of
size could cover the shoreline from Mendocino to
thing we can do to pro-
It would also be far
drought. In an average year we enjoy enough
San Diego.
tect our air and water
wiser to move to alter-
precipitation in the winter through snowfall and
California is already home to 30 million people.
quality is to elect an
activist governor who cares about protecting our
native fuels to reduce U.S. dependency on imported
storms to produce for a brief time what is surplus
Preservation
We are the largest and the fastest-growing state in
environment and is tough enough to do it.
oil.
water, the kind of runoff that in a matter of hours
the nation. And we are expected to grow by another
We have put forward a water policy for the state,
Regional government-Entities such as the South
or at best days, simply flows out to sea. Except for
one-third over the next 20 years.
Coast Air Quality Management District that are
the very temporary flushing condition that it
Everywhere I go throughout the state, I see
a plan that emphasizes water quality and conserva-
tion, water banking and reclamation. We have
exclusively concerned with clean air do serve a
provides in improving the water quality of the bay
evidence of our unmanaged growth. Freeways are
useful purpose. It makes sense to deal with clean air
and the delta, that surplus is lost.
in gridlock. Two weeks ago, the beaches were
pledged to quadruple the number of toxic waste
Superfund sites that are cleaned up. We have
problems by regulation and enforcement through a
What we must do instead is to so manage our
closed because of sewage pollution in Santa Monica
offered an energy policy that will increase our
local entity that conforms to geographic rather
resources to guarantee the year-round water
Bay:The air we breathe and the water we drink is
than political boundaries.
quality of the delta and the bay. We need greatly
increasingly contaminated. And all of this is due, in
energy independence and protect our environment.
It makes no sense to usurp local land use
expanded off-stream storage capacity. Two obvious
large part, to our tremendous population growth
And we have suggested needed steps to protect air
quality, by tightening automobile mileage stand-
jurisdiction, which should properly be reserved to
examples are the reservoir that has been autho-
and the fact that we have no way of managing it.
ards, promoting clean fuel alternatives and improv-
local governments, and transfer such authority to
rized at the Los Banos Grandes and the remarkable
Everywhere I go, people are putting growth-
ing our transportation system.
the state or newly created regional body. A local
natural underground storage capacity of the aqui-
control measures on the ballot. Most pass. But
decision that would threaten air or water quality
fer in Kern County.
growth can be stopped in one community only to
I am very proud to be the only candidate in this
overflow into another. Our schools are still over-
race who supports Proposition 128-Big Green-
can be prevented by imposing the checks contained
Conservation by recycling-We recycle less than
the environmental initiative sponsored by the
in existing law.
1% of the total supply of water that we use in
crowded, our sewers are still overburdened and our
Growth Management-Local governments have
California. The Tillman Reclamation Center is now
air gets worse. Piecemeal measures don't work.
Sierra Club and every other major environmental
an obligation to regulate land use within their
treating 40 million gallons of water a day to a
In this campaign, we have proposed a bold
organization in the state of California.
growth management program that will seek as its
Big Green takes some very simple, long-overdue
boundaries and to engage in coordinated planning
standard that is described as advanced secondary.
and cooperation with other local agencies on a
And what happens then? I watched it wash out to
goal not only a jobs/housing balance, also the
steps. It phases out the use of 20 cancer-causing
pesticides on our food in five to eight years and
regional basis.
sea through the Los Angeles River. We must
infrastructure necessary to sustain growth. This
replaces them with safer alternatives. It sets up
Proper growth management should include di-
recycle such water. That is why I have endorsed
program will integrate air quality, water quality,
recting residential development into areas where
Proposition 148, which authorizes a $380-million
transportation and business concerns into a com-
additional oil-spill prevention measures and would
prehensive statewide planning policy.
prohibit dumping of improperly treated sewage into
there are existing public facilities and services, or
bond issue.
our oceans. It would phase out the use of chemicals
where they can be provided without a premature,
There is no question about what the priorities
While this plan will leave most decision-making
inefficient and costly extension of them. It includes
are. People are the first priority. The users in the
in the hands of local citizens, these decisions will be
that are depleting our ozone layer and replace them
aggressive economic development. so that jobs
cities, in the suburbs come first and agriculture
made within a framework of statewide concerns
with alternatives that don't contribute to global
and priorities. Basically, the plan has four parts:
warming. And it would help save the remaining 5%
keep pace with population growth. It includes
comes second. But it makes more sense to conserve
a sufficient amount through recycling and through
of our ancient stands of old-growth redwoods.
taking actions to prevent congestion and other
Propose a California Growth Management Com-
activities that threaten the quality of air or water.
storage so that we do not have to artificially
mission to prepare for legislative adoption a
Clearly, California can't afford another decade of
environmental drift. We need to act now-by
Limiting immigration-A state cannot limit im-
constrict an industry important to all California.
statement of statewide policies aimed at creating a
migration. Though we should celebrate our diversi-
Agriculture is important to all of us because it
balance between jobs and housing to reduce
passing the Big Green initiative and electing a
governor who will make growth management a top
ty as a strength and distinct cultural asset, there is
provides employment to hundreds of thousands of
commute times, encouraging public transit, ensur-
priority-to ensure that the environmental legacy
a limit on the financial burden the federal govern-
Californians-all of those in the chain of marketing
ing adequate recreation areas and providing suffi-
ment can equitably impose through allocation of
and distribution from the fields, to the packing
cient infrastructure to support any new develop-
we pass on to our children is one of a healthy. clean
refugees. Once refugees or legal immigrants are
sheds, to the supermarkets.
ment.
and safe California.
A Tale of Two Cities May
Decide Governor's Race
Politics: Feinstein's and Wilson's mayoral records
could tell voters how they would govern California.
Wilson was elected mayor of San
By DANIEL M. WEINTRAUB
TIMES STAFF WRITER
Diego not long after seven of the
City Council's nine members were
Dianne Feinstein rose from trag-
indicted for corruption. He staked
edy to guide her city in troubled
out an ambitious agenda and creat-
times. Pete Wilson was elected in
ed his own power base to enact it,
scandal's wake and led his city to
presiding over the transformation
maturity.
of a backwater Navy town into a
Now, Democrat Feinstein of San
major metropolis.
Francisco and Republican Wilson
Both candidates probably take
of San Diego are battling to become
more credit than they deserve for
the first former mayor elected
their cities' successes and receive
governor of California since 1930.
more than their fair share of blame
Their records as mayors are as
for the foibles. But it seems clear
different as the cities themselves.
that their training as municipal
Feinstein took a city wrenched
leaders has given Wilson and Fein
by the assassination of her prede
stein a deep understanding of the
cessor and tried to soothe its
problems people face in California's
wounds. A centrist, she sought to
cities.
mediate disputes among the frac-
The issues that affect people's
tured city many factions.
Please see MAYORS, A22
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A22
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1990
MAYORS: Candidates'
the indictment of seven of the
city's nine council members on
charges of taking bribes from Yel-
Record Leading Cities
low Cab Co. Past mayors had been
little more than figureheads, and
Wilson proclaimed his intention to
Continued from A1
clique of conservative downtown
make the mayor the political leader
lives-their health and welfare,
power brokers.
of the city.
their safety-come at [a mayor]
Feinstein's San Francisco was a
He did so by declaring a set of
like heat-seeking missiles," said
multiethnic stewpot, a population
priorities, most of which would not
Art Agnos, who succeeded Fein-
then about the same as San Diego's
cost the city money, and pursuing
stein in San Francisco. "There's no
but stuffed into an area only one-
them doggedly. He succeeded in
ducking them the way you can as a
seventh the size. There was no
spurring the redevelopment of
U.S. senator or a state legislator or.
vacant land and any development
downtown San Diego, enacting a
ah attorney general."
would displace existing structures.
campaign finance law, slowing
Power flowed from the city's liber-
growth in the suburbs, and regu-
O
f the two candidates, Fein-
stein's experience was more
al Democratic majority and was
lating billboards. He tried, and
shared by the mayor and an inde-
failed, to move the city's airport
like that of a governor. The com-
and build a downtown convention
bined city and county government
pendent-minded Board of Supervi-
center.
she ran was responsible for the
sors.
complete range of public services,
In these different settings, the
When Pete came on, this city
records Feinstein and Wilson built
was like a large Santa Barbara. It
from police and fire and jails to
as. city leaders show how they
was just about to boom and ex-
health and welfare. She oversaw
the city's staff, introduced a budget
confronted challenges and solved
plode," said Louis Wolfsheimer, an
attorney and longtime Wilson ally.
each year and could veto actions of
problems. Their parallel experi-
"He was mayor during the most
the Board of Supervisors.
ences revealed their management
important part of the history of this
Wilson's power was more limit-
styles and may illustrate how they
community."
ed. He had one vote on the nine-
would run the state.
member City Council over which
If the difference between the
W
ilson asked San Diego voters
he presided. The city's department
two can be boiled down to a
to give him strong mayor"
heads were hired and fired by a
paragraph, it might be this:
powers, but the ballot measure was
professional city manager who an-
Wilson's first goal was to keep
defeated. Instead, he built a power
swered to the council majority. In
taxes low. He ranked the city's
base by helping to elect or appoint
San Diego, the county government,
services and funded those he could.
members of the City Council and
not the city, provides the region's
Lesser priorities were eliminated
calling on their loyalty to win votes
health and welfare services.
or cut back. Feinstein inventoried
for his programs. He created a
When Wilson took over, San
her city's needs and calculated the
committee system dominated by
Diego was like a child about to
cost of meeting them. Then she
the mayor's office to ride herd on
burst into robust adolescence. The
found the money to pay the bills,
the city manager.
city's population was almost all
raising taxes if necessary.
Former Councilman Mike Gotch,
white, and its vast undeveloped
The differences went deeper
a Wilson adversary, said the mayor
areas were giving way to tract
than that.
was a "masterful" politician.
homes filled with newcomers, most
When Wilson came into office in
"He was able to manipulate the
of them Republicans. Political in-
1971 after five years as an assem-
council," Gotch said. "They all got
fluence was concentrated in a
blyman, San Diego was fresh from
Please see MAYORS, A23
CHOP
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MAYORS: Different Styles
stein personally reviewed every
requisition to hire new employees,
keeping an eye out for positions
Continued from A22
hospital bed counts, number of
that could be left open.
there, either by appointment or
AIDS patients, and potholes filled.
After she left office, another
election, through his good graces.
She had a police radio on her
shortfall was projected, this one of
There were IOUs that were called
dashboard and a fire coat and boots
$172 million. Agnos closed the gap
in."
in the trunk of her car.
the same way she had, with a
In San Francisco, Feinstein, a
Said Roff: She would be driving
combination of spending cuts and
veteran member of the Board of
through the city and if she' see a
higher taxes and fees.
Supervisors, was on the verge of
discarded mattress on a corner or
Former Deputy Mayor James
quitting politics in 1978 when May-
an abandoned car, there would be a
Lazarus said the city "could not
or George Moscone and Supervisor
note taken and word relayed when
have functioned" after Proposition
Harvey Milk were shot and killed
she got to the office to the appro-
13 without tax increases to make
by former Supervisor Dan White.
priate department to take care of
up the loss of property tax money.
The killings came just days after
it."
"Fighting AIDS, hiring more po-
the Jonestown Massacre, in which
This attention to minutiae en-
lice officers, housing the home-
900 members of the San Francisco-
deared Feinstein to the voters but
less-these are programs the pub-
based People's Temple died in a
led some to conclude that the
lic demanded, the situation
mass suicide.
mayor had lost sight of the big
demanded, Lazarus said. "San
As president of the board, Fein
picture
Francisco's population requires a
"Her world view sometimes is
stein became the acting mayor.
high level of public service." By
obscured by her obsession with
the time Feinstein left office, the
"This was a city that was totally
detail," said Dick Sklar, a former
reeling in a sense of grief and
city was spending $17 million a
city public utilities director. "She
disaster and dismay, said Hadley
year to contain the AIDS epidemic,
tends to be more crisis-oriented
Roff, Feinstein's longtime chief of
a cost that could not have been
than systematic."
staff. "Through her kind of calm
contemplated when she became
After California voters passed
purposefulness, she reunified, she
mayor in 1978.
Proposition 13, throwing city fi-
brought the city back together."
nances into chaos, Feinstein sup-
W
ilson's city faced neither an
F
einstein completed Moscone's
ported increases in the hotel room
AIDS epidemic nor wide-
term and then won two more in
tax, the business päyroll tax and
spread homelessness, and he had
her own right. Incontrast to Wil-
city parking taxes. Later, she
no responsibility for social services
son, she was more reactive, ad-
pushed for new city taxes on gas,
or mental health programs. Under
dressing her city's many problems
water, electric and telephone bills.
his leadership, the city cut proper-
as they arose but never setting
The utility tax was approved by
ty tax rates 25% even before
much of a long-term agenda. Her
the Board of Supervisors but voters
Proposition 13. He pushed success-
style, said one former city official,
overturned it in a referendum.
fully for a local spending cap that
was the "squeaky wheel" approach
Still, the city ran short of funds.
was stricter than the statewide
to management.
Several years running, fiscal ana-
Gann limit passed by voters a year
Feinstein was known as a "mi-
lysts warned that the city was
later.
cro-manager" because of the way
headed for a deficit, and each year
During his tenure, city spending,
she demanded details from her
Feinstein's Administration took
adjusted for inflation and popula-
department heads. In weekly man-
steps to avert the shortfall by
tion growth, dropped, as did the
agement meetings, she would want
increasing taxes and fees or cutting
number of city employees. The per
to know the latest crime statistics,
spending. In 1986 and 1987, Fein-
Please see MAYORS, A24
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A24
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1990
MAYORS: Both Led Cities After Crises
Continued from A23
of Mission Bay for 27% of the time
cently to slap new fees on builders
capita tax burden also declined.
between 1980 and 1987.
citywide
After Proposition 13, the city cut
San Francisco's sewage system
Feinstein's problem was alto-
spending on libraries, parks and
was faced with similar problems,
gether different. With her encour-
recreation. The bus system, which
but the city handled it differently.
agement, developers built about 25
had been expanded to 45 routes,
As a supervisor, Feinstein support-
million square feet of office space
was chopped to 28. Maintenance
ed a $240-million bond measure
in the city, enough, by some esti-
was deferred.
approved by voters to repair the
mates, to generate 100,000 addi-
Here is a look at how the two
system and build treatment facili
tional office workers. Only, about
mayors handled other issues:
ties. Because San Francisco acted
1,000 housing units were built each
Crime. Both mayors put a pri-
quickly, the federal government
year in the city. The median-
grity on public safety-each boost-
paid the lion's share of the cost.
priced home jumped from $108,000
ed the police budgets and added
After Feinstein became mayor, she
to $262,000 during the 1980s.
hundreds of officers to the depart-
fought a ballot initiative that tried
Neighborhood groups demanded
ments-but with different results.
to halt the project in midstream.
limits on commercial growth. They
During Feinstein's tenure, seri-
Growth management. Both
urged the-city to require develop-
aus crimes in San Francisco-mur-
mayors governed during a time of
ers to help pay for new housing and
der, rape, robbery and others-de-
rapid development. Feinstein's San
parks and defray the cost of public
clined by more than 20%. Under
Francisco was a magnet for com-
transit that delivered workers to
Wilson, San Diego's crime rate
mercial growth; Wilson was San
their buildings.
soared 25.5%, after accounting for
Diego's leader during an unprece-
Calvin Welch, co-founder of a
the huge jump in the city's popula-
dented housing boom. Although
coalition of nonprofit developers of
tion. Despite the increase, San
both implemented some controls,
low-cost housing, said Feinstein
Diego's crime rate when Wilson
both were accused by critics of
refused to acknowledge that her
left office remained the lowest
catering to developers to maximize
policies were changing the charac-
among California's 10 largest cities.
their campaign contributions.
ter of the city for the worse-forc-
Sewage. Under the federal
Wilson calls himself one of the
ing middle-income workers to live
Glean Water Act, San Diego was
founders of growth management.
in distant suburbs and forcing the
required to upgrade its sewage
But the blueprint he drew did not
poor to live on the streets.
disposal to so-called secondary
prevent freeway traffic jams that
She never understood or re-
treatment, which would remove
are among the worst in California,
fused to understand that the prac-
about 90% of solids from waste
smog that exceeds state standards
tical impact of her economic devel-
water before it is dumped into the
one day out of every three, and an
opment policy was a housing
ocean. Wilson resisted the change,
inner-city area in need of nearly $1
crisis, Welch said. "We have gone
which at the time would have cost
billion in public works projects.
from San Francisco to Manhattan.
about $500 million, with much of
The city's population grew by 25%
Life on the streets has become
that paid by federal funds.
during Wilson's term, faster than
meaner and harder. It is not only
At Wilson's urging, the federal
the state as a whole.
more difficult to find a parking
government granted the city a
Wilson's plan divided the city
space, it is more difficult to find a
temporary waiver from the re-
into three tiers and sought to
neighbor."
quirement, but later denied a per-
channel most of the growth into
In 1983, Feinstein proposed a
manent exemption. Meantime, the
areas closest to the city's urban
"downtown plan" that sought to
city abandoned backup plans for a
core, where city services were in
direct development to an area of
new treatment plant. Now, San
place. Some development was al-
warehouses and industry. The plan
Diego is faced with a $2.8-billion
lowed on the city's edge, but build-
gave developers the right to build
tab for the new plant, and the
ers were assessed fees to pay for
taller buildings south of Market
federal government is no longer
much of the infrastructure their
Street in exchange for saving his-
willing to pitch in.
neighborhoods required. The third
torical structures elsewhere. Over
San Diego also neglected its
tier was to be left undeveloped for
time, Feinstein added elements to
existing sewage system during
future generations.
force developers to pay for hous-
Wilson's years at the helm, accord-
To entice developers to build in
ing, transit and parks, and to
ing to current city officials. One
the urban area, Wilson's plan ex-
provide child care. Under pressure
pumping station in the north part
empted such construction from the
from the Board of Supervisors, she
of town was so overwhelmed by
fees charged elsewhere to support
agreed to limit office development
the volume of effluent dumped into
public works projects. Now, the
to 950,000 square feet a year.
it by the rapidly growing city that
city is $900 million short of what is
A month after the plan was
it often shut down, spilling raw
required to pay for the infrastruc-
adopted in 1986, voters, over Fein-
sewage into a nearby lagoon 60
ture-parks, libraries, sewers and
stein's objections, approved a ballot
times in eight years. Other sewage
streets-needed by those new resi-
measure that cut the annual office
failures forced the closure of parts
dents. The City Council voted re-
limit in half.
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Jay Mathews
Separated at Birth?
Louis Country Day School and Yale for
near-obsession with detail, with finding
years about mediocre candidates and
LOS ANGELES-Sen. Pete Wilson
low-brow campaigns, why are we so
Wilson) and soon began careers in public
answers to searching questions about
and former San Francisco mayor
unmoved by this bipartisan success at
Dianne Feinstein say they have
service and government. Each has been
the issue at hand, even if that means
providing everything an intelligent,
divorced once (Feinstein has also been
appearing to publicly dawdle."
known each other only 20 years or so,
moderate voter might want? Is the
but I don't believe it. I think they are,
widowed). Each happily remarried in the
The Orange County Register, probing
golden mean, the goal of political phi-
in some mystical way, twins separat-
early 1980s to spouses younger and
their personal tastes, found both candi-
losophers for three millennia, a dead
ed at birth to use a phrase popularized
wealthier than themselves.
dates endorsed "hard work" as the se-
end? Is what we really want a race we
Most of these are superficial simi-
cret to their success; and both thought
can argue about with our neighbors?
by Spy magazine.
California Democratic gubernatori-
larities, I agree, but watch what hap-
an ideal day off included sleeping late
Feinstein and Wilson deny, with their
al candidate Feinstein and her Repub-
pened when the Los Angeles Times,
and watching movies on the VCR.
usual polite and well-chosen words, that
lican opponent, Wilson, were chosen
the West's largest and best endowed
Had enough? If American politics
they are that much alike. Feinstein is for
after extensive consultations and ex-
newspaper, tried to find contrasts in
did not have two parties and human
the Big Green environmental initiative;
pensive primary elections as the best
the basic Feinstein and Wilson ap-
reproduction did not require two sex-
Wilson is not. Wilson would support
representatives of their parties' dif-
proaches to life and work.
es, there might not be any fundamen-
limits on legislative terms; Feinstein
fering constituencies in the race for
The story on Feinstein by Cathleen
tal differences between them at all.
does not. Wilson is Methodist, Feinstein
Decker and the one on Wilson by Bill
Jewish. Feinstein drinks cranapple juice,
the most powerful state office in the
It is an assumption bordering on a
while Wilson sips Tab. But look closely
country. Yet they are the same age
Stall were models of depth, detail and
cliché that we Californians like to
(57), the same height (5-10), probably
aggressive reporting, but the habits
at those differences, and they turn
think ourselves ahead of the curve,
about the same weight (data in this
revealed were so similar that the
mushy-exceptions that prove the rule.
Times copy editor struggled to avoid
eager to show the rest of the country
I cannot think of any gubernatorial
category is heavily classified) and ap-
what it will be eating, drinking and
running the same headline on each
race in the past 30 years with two
parently agree on nearly every major
story: "Feinstein's Deliberative Style
voting for in a year or two. Califor-
candidates better equipped for office by
national and international issue.
Tempers Decisions" said one headline.
nians spend more money on polls,
ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOS
temperament, intellect and experience.
Feinstein and Wilson both estab-
alty for Feinstein, pro-abortion rights
"Deliberate Wilson Relies on Experts,
30-second television spots and consul-
Approaching the ballot box, I know the
lished their political reputations as
for Wilson) that clash with their party
tant fees than any other state. Per-
multiethnic electorate smoothly and
state will be well led whichever one wins.
mayors of major port cities (San Fran-
Longtime Aides" said the other. Wil-
organizations' innermost desires.
cisco and San Diego) with relatively
son, Stall said, "pursues a process that
haps all this money and effort has
efficiently into the next century.
I just wonder why the act of choosing no.
Both grew up in affluent homes, at-
is thorough, wide-ranging, painstaking
produced the formula for the ideal
Then why aren't we happier about
longer seems to be much fun.
high-income populations. Both have
in detail-and often frustrating to
candidate-the balanced personality
it? The primary turnout was low, and
long been at odds with activists in
tended prestigious private high schools
their own parties because they take
those who know him best." Feinstein,
the general election is not expected to
The writer is The Post's West Coast
and colleges (Convent of the Sacred
and cautious intellect guaranteed to
mainstream positions (pro-death pen-
Heart and Stanford for Feinstein; Saint
Decker said, is distinguished by "her
guide any multilayered economy and
be much better. After complaining for
correspondent.
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LOS ANGELES TIMES
October B 19:90
Wilson Misses Key
Senate Abortion
Vote to Campaign
Governor's race: His
committee members, Sen. John H.
Chafee (R-R.I.). Several critical
absence enables a
California issues are involved, in-
parental-notification
cluding the control of air emissions
from offshore oil rigs..
amendment, which he
opposes, to avoid being
A Working Group, an industry
n official of the Clean Air
lobby, said Wilson's absence does
killed. It now could
not matter much. A Sierra Club
become law.
expert on the Clean Air Act said
HSON: Senator Misses Abortion
Wilson's firsthand assistance
would be helpful: The club's Call-
By BILL STALL
fornia members have endorsed
Vote While Campaigning Back Home
and PAULHOUSTON
Feinstein for governor.
as
Continued from A28
TIMES STAFF WRITERS
After Friday's abortion vote,
tion the ad says.
Feinstein described Wilson as
critically needed anti crime legis-
It further praises Feinstein for
Sen. Pete Wilson, under growing
lation. But then he said there was
"missing in action."
balancing city, budgets, cutting
criticism for skipping U.S. Senate
no chance that Feinstein could
sessions while he campaigns for
He said he would vote on any
crime and building a modern sewer
wield that much influence over the
serious issue where his vote would
system.
governor in California, missed a
Speaker. since she was, in fact,
tie-breaking vote in Washington
tip the balance. Well, today he
There key change from a
"beholden" to him.
on Friday on a Senate amendment
missed just such a vote. A woman's
primary campaign version. A line
Feinstein, meanwhile, began air
that highlighted Feinstein's differ-
requiring parental notification in
right to choose is a serious issue,"
ing a 30-second television ad that
Feinstein said in a statement. "And
ence on the death penalty with
some abortions.
Pete Wilson's vote could have
closely resembles one that helped primary opponent John K. Van de
The provision, which Wilson op-
spark her victory in the Democrat
tipped the balance."
note
Kamp was changed to say: She's
poses, now could become law.
ic primary June 5. It opens with
Bos said Wilson would have
the only candidate for governor
The Senate failed on a 48-48 vote
live footage of a stricken Feinstein
another chance to vote on the
who will change California."
to kill the amendment by Sen.
announcing the Nov, 27,4 1978,
Stall reported from Los Angeles and
William L. Armstrong (R-Colo.),
Armstrong amendment when the
shooting deaths of San Francisco
Houston from Washington. Times po-
final version of the Labor. and
which would bar hospitals, doctors
Mayor George Moscone and Super
litical writer Cathleen Decker also
Health and Human Services appro-
and other health care providers
visor Harvey Milk-the event that
contributed to this story.
priations bill reaches. the Senate
from receiving federal funds unless
propelled her into the mayor's
floor. But the usual procedure in
they give 48 hours' notice to par-
office.
such a case is to vote to accept or
ents of minors seeking abortions.
'Forged from tragedy, this
For home delivery, call
reject the entire bill and not specif-
Otto Bos, Wilson's campaign di-
woman's leadership triumphed
ic provisions contained in it.
1-800-LA TIMES.
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12/90
rector, said the Republican senator
over the fiscal trauma of Proposi-
Wilson was "on standby to cast
would have voted to table, or kill,
important votes but we are
the amendment had he been on the
three time zones away, and on this
Senate floor.
one we were simply not able to see
After the effort to kill the Arm-
it coming so fast, Bos said.
strong provision failed, the Senate
Bos added: "With three weeks to
attached the amendment by voice
go in the campaign, I think people
vote, to an appropriations bill for
[in California] want a person who's
the departments. of: Labor and
going to lead the state for the next
Health and Human Services.
decade to lay out his vision on what
Lynda Schuler, Wilson's Senate
he wants to do with the state."
press secretary; said "This thing
Earlier in the week, Wilson said
came out of thin air. The senator
he was keeping up with the budget
has been told what happened, and
debate through telephone calls
he will work vigorously to have
with President Bush, White House
the bill killed in conference."
Chief of Staff John H. Sununu and
Wilson has missed 42 re-.
Sen. Bob Packwood of Oregon, the
corded Senate votes since the Au-
senior Republican member of the
gust recess because he has been
Senate Finance Committee.
to
campaigning full time in California.
On Friday, Wilson said he was
Until now, he has argued that most
"not enthused" about either Demo-
of the votes he missed were in-
cratic or Republican tax proposals
consequential or "pro forma." And
that were circulating Friday. He
he has called It unproductive to be
had not spoken to Bush in the last
in Washington on the budget issue
several days, he said.
X
at this point while it is being
Asked to comment on the Presi-
hammered out behind the scenes
dent's handling of the confusing
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by members of committees to
tax Issue, Wilson said: 'Well, II
which he does not belong.
would have to say that it's been
On Friday, Wilson said he very
"less than clear. All I know is what
likely would return to Washington:
in fact has been reported, and there
next week for a final budget vote
seems to be a good deal of Indect-
whether he supports or opposes
sion, which hope will change."
whatever compromise is reached.
Wilson went to the Los Angeles
Previously he said it would not be
County Sheriff's Academy on Frl-
necessary to go to Washington if
day to discuss anti-crime'legisla-
he decided to vote "no" on a budget
tion and to challenge Feinstein to
measure, since being absent from
use influence with state As-
the Senate floor is the same as
sembly Speaker Willie Brown (D-
casting negative vote.
San- Francisco) to change the
Also Friday, he said he is keep
makeup of the Assembly Public
ing posted on the negotiations for a
Safety Committee. Wilson called
new Clean Air Act by telephone
the committee "the graveyard" of
with one of the Senate conference
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