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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
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Collection: Reagan, Ronald: Gubernatorial Papers,
1966-74: Press Unit
Folder Title: Press Releases - June 1968
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN(
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
6.3.68
374
Governor Ronald Reagan today called on members of both political
parties to turn out "in massive numbers" tomorrow so there can be no
doubt on where the people stand on "issues of vital concern to all of
us."
At the same time Lieutenant Governor Robert Finch urged Republicans
to vote for the favorite son delegation headed by Governor Reagan.
Finch pointed out that "the Reagan delegation is broadly representa-
tive of all segments of our party. It has been endorsed by all
Republican constitutional officers as well as by Senator Thomas Kuchel
and his primary rival, State Superintendent of Schools Max Rafferty.
It also has the support of our congressional and legislative delegations
and our state central committee. The delegation also is endorsed by
former Vice President Richard M. Nixon and Governor Nelson Rockefeller.
"The Reagan 'favorite son delegation' will give California
Republicans a major voice at the GOP National Convention in Miami
Beach," Finch said. "It assures us that California's voice will be
heard in the party and, after next November, in the federal government.
In urging citizens to vote tomorrow, Governor Reagan said:
"Tomorrow is one of the most important primary elections in our state's
history. Issues of vital concern to all of us will be affected by the
way Californians vote. It is imperative that Californians turn out in
massive numbers in order to make it clear to the nation where the
largest state stands regarding candidates for office, as well as
policies and issues."
The Reagan delegation, only Republican delegation on the state
ballot, includes in its membership Lieutenant Governor Finch; State
Controller Houston Flournoy; State Treasurer Ivy Baker Priest and
Secretary of State Frank Jordan. Other members are Assembly Minority
Leader Robert Monagan; Senate Republican Leader Don Grunsky; California
legislative leaders; the Chairman of the California Republican Congress-
ional Delegation, Glenard Lipscomb, and members of both the 1964 Goldwat
and Rockefeller delegations.
Finch urged voters to examine the list of delegates on their sample
ballot because it shows "This is probably the broadest-based delegation
in our state's history. I urge California Republicans to support it
heavily in tomorrow's election and make their wishes known to the dele-
gates who will represent them in Miami Beach."
PB
OFFICE OF THE GOVER'
R
MEMO TO THF RESS
Sacramento, Californ.a
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
5.5.68
Governor Reagan will hold a brief press conference in his
office this morning at 10 a.m. It will be confined to the shooting
of Senator Kennedy.
# # #
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
6.5.68
#375
Governor Ronald Reagan announced that the following bills have
been signed:
AB 160 - Z'Berg
Imposes on the husband the duty to support a child
(Chapter 235)
born as a result of artificial insemination of his
wife, where he has consented thereto in writing.
AB 296 - Ray E. Johnson
(Chapter 236)
Deletes the requirement that fruit trees, nut trees,
and grapevines be held "in storage" to qualify for
exemption from personal property taxation.
AB 326 - Fong
Amends the Bank and Corporation Tax Law to provide,
(Chapter 237)
with respect to a credit for overpayment of
estimated tax, that interest shall be allowed and
paid from the due date or date of payment to date
of allowance of credit rather than due date of
amount against which credit is taken. This bill
would reduce the amount of interest paid for over-
payments applied against subsequent year's taxes
by an estimated $20,000.
AB 335 - Russell
Revises provisions of the Vehicle Code relating
(Chapter 238)
to the possession of alcoholic beverages. It
eliminates the exemption granted to all common
carriers and publicly-owned vehicles and makes
specific exemptions for passengers in taxicabs,
buses and the living quarters of a housecar or
camper.
AB 349 - Barnes
Makes the provisions defining "final compensation"
(Chapter 239)
as the highest average annual compensation earnable
during a period of 3 consecutive years for purposes
of determining retirement allowances under the
Public Employees' Retirement System, mandatorily
applicable to all contracting agencies under this
system. The bill also requires that contracting
agencies give credit for service for the period
of time during which a member was in military
service,
AB 350 - Barnes
Provides that with respect to actions by the Public
(Chapter 240)
Employees' Retirement System against retired mem-
bers, or surviving beneficiaries based on erroneous
payment, the statute of limitations begins to run
from the date of payment, rather than from the
date of discovery of the error in payment.
AB 489 - Veneman
Provides that a retailer may within 15 days of
(Chapter 241)
delivery return wine to a seller when the wine
delivered was other than that ordered by the retailer
or was in a quantity other than that ordered.
The bill includes, among wine which may be returned
in exchange for the identical quantity, brand, and
item of wine, wine which has deteriorated in quality
or the container of which has been damaged or the
label or container of which has been changed.
AB 621 - Moorhead
Specifies that in the deduction from charitable
(Chapter 242)
bequests and devises to reduce the total of such
dispositions to the statutory maximum of one-third
of the estate, where there are both specific and
residuary charitable dispositions, the residuary
dispositions must be reduced entirely before the
specific dispositions must be reduced,
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#375
AB 646 - Moorhead
Requires that notice of the sale of personal proper-
(Chapter 243)
ty on execution be posted for not less than 10
days, rather than for not less than 5 days nor more
than 10 days. The bill requires mailing of a
notice of the time and place of the sale to the
judgment debtor at his business or residence address
last known to the judgment creditor or his attorney
or delivery of such notice to the judgment debtor.
AB 851 - Ray E. Johnson
(Chapter 244)
Defines "principal county" in irrigation district
consolidation or reorganization proceedings to mean
the county in which the greatest portion of the
total combined acreage of the districts to be con-
solidated or reorganized is located.
AB 938 - Veysey
Extends the period in which certain charter-party
(Chapter 245)
carriers of passengers must have applied to the
URGENCY
Public Utilities Commission for an initial annual
certificate to operate.
AB 1027 - Ray E. Johnson
(Chapter 246)
Provides that in any irrigation district with 15
URGENCY
or less qualified voters, no general district elec-
tion shall be held, and all offices shall be
filled by appointment by the board of supervisors.
The bill further provides that in any district
having no more than 15 freeholders who are voters
in the district, a person need not be a voter but
shall be qualified to be a director if he is a
freeholder of the district.
SB 64 - Mills
Makes it a misdemeanor on and after January 1, 1970,
(Chapter 232)
to sell a new refrigerator, icebox, or deep-freeze
locker, not equipped with an integral lock, which
cannot be opened from the inside by the exertion
of 15 pounds of force against the latch edge of
the closed door.
The bill applies to refrigerators, iceboxes, and
deep freezes having a capacity of two cubic feet
or more.
SB 291 - Danielson
(Chapter 233)
Provides that vehicles of charter-party carriers
shall display an identifying symbol, in a form
prescribed by the Public Utilities Commission,
showing the classification to which the carrier
belongs. Carriers subject to the Interstate Com-
merce Commission may use symbols required by that
commission.
SB 311 - Sherman
Authorizes the local registrar of birthsand deaths,
(Chapter 234)
with the approval and under the supervision of the
state registrar, to dispose of the local registrar's
copies of records, under certain conditions, after
one year, rather than five years.
# # #
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EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVER
OR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Califor
a
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
6.5.68
#376
Governor Reagan today made the following statement at a brief
press conference in his office this morning:
"Speaking for all the people of California, I would like to express
our deepest sympathy to Mrs. Kennedy and the family. Our prayers are
with them and with the senator and I hope that they will call upon us,
any and all of us, for anything that we might possibly be able to do
to help in this time of their great need.
"I'm sure also that the people of this nation feel as we do here
in California that
there is no place in America for the atmosphere
of violence that seems to pervade our land. We are determined to
replace this with sanity and order.
"And, I hope that all who are praying for the Kennedys, Senator
Kennedy, as we all are will add a vow, a pledge, that we are not
going to rest--any of us, in or out of government--until we end this
lawlessness that seems to be so prevalent in our society today."
# # #
(Edited slightly for purposes of clarity)
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERN'
RELEASE: Im diate
Sacramento, Californ
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
6.5.68
#377
Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:
"Tragedy hangs over our state and nation and our prayers are
for those who lie wounded. We pray also for Senator Kennedy's family
and for the families of those others who were also victims of this
senseless, savage act.
"I have already expressed my sorrow and indignation publicly
and have also left a message of condolences for Mrs. Kennedy.
"But even in the midst of our shock and our horror at this
deed, we must stop and ask ourselves why.
"The average man, decent, law-abiding, God-fearing, is as
disturbed and worried as you and I about what happened.
"He, and all of us, are the victims of an attitude that has
been growing in our land for nearly a decade--an attitude that says a
man can choose the laws he must obey, that he can take the law into his
own hands for a cause, that crime does not necessarily mean punishment.
This attitude has been spurred by demogogic and irresponsible
of so-called leaders
/words in and out of public office and it has been helped along by some
in places of authority who are fearful of the wrong, but timid about
standing for what is right.
"In so doing they have thrown our nation into chaos and confusion
and have bred a climate that permits this ultimate tragedy.
"This nation can no longer tolerate the spirit of permissiveness
that pervades our courts and other institutions.
"In California we do not intend to tolerate this.
"This administration will lend aid and support to our local
governments and to all those who need it and request it. We will not
stand by and see the institution of a free people destroyed by those who
claim it is being done in the name of freedom. This is not a sick
society, but it is a society that is sick of what has been going on in
this nation.
"Gentlemen, I don't believe there would be any point in
discussing either the political situation or the normal business of
government, If any of you have any questions that must be answered
about related matters, the press secretary will handle them.
# # #
PB
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
6.5.68
#378
Governor Ronald Reagan today elevated Municipal Court Judge
Paul Egly of Covina to the Los Angeles County Superior Court bench.
The new post pays $25,000 annually.
Egly, 47, replaces Judge George Dockweiler whose retirement is
effective June 7.
Egly, a Democrat, is a 1942 graduate of U.C.L.A. and received
his law degree in 1949 from the George Washington University School
of Law in Washington, D.C.
He practiced law in the Pomona-Covina area from 1953-63 when
he was appointed to the municipal court bench in the Citrus Judicial
District of Los Angeles.
After his graduation from law school, he practiced for two years
in the American Occupation courts in Germany as private counsel.
He is a past president of the Pomona Valley Bar Association
and is a member of the American Judicature Society and the California
Conference of Judges.
Egly served in the U.S. Army during World War II, participating
in five campaigns in Europe.
He was born in Fullerton and received his elementary and high
school education in Covina.
He is married, has three children and lives at 225 North Cedar
Avenue, Covina.
# # #
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
MEMO TO THE PORSS
Sacramento, Californ
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
6.5.68
For your information, Governor Reagan
will join in a discussion with Joey Bishop concern-
ing the current situation in the country because of
the attempted assassination of Senator Kennedy.
The special program will be broadcast by ABC
tonight.
The governor will participate in the program
through the facilities of KOVR in Sacramento at
9:30 p.m.
# # #
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
6.6.68
379
The following is a statement issued by Governor Reagan on the
death of Senator Kennedy:
"The tragic, senseless death of Senator Kennedy affects all
all
Californians and/Americans. My sympathies go out to Mrs. Kennedy
and the Senator's children, as well as to his parents and the other
members of his family. The prayers of all Americans are with them.
"I have proclaimed a state of mourning for' California to extend
through the national day of mourning on Sunday, and I have directed
that all flags in California be flown at half staff during this
period of mourning."
PB
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, California
Memo to the Press
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571 6.6.68
#380
The helicopter tour of the Cal Expo site which
was scheduled for 9:30 this morning has been cancelled.
At 11:30 am today Governor Reagan will present
Governor's Scholars Awards to 16 Sacramento area graduating
high school seniors in his office. The students are from
Foothill, Galt, Highlands, Le Sierra, El Camino, James Marshall,
and Elk Grove High Schools. Throughout the state a total of
1,443 students will receive these awards during the next several
weeks at high school commencement exercises for their respective
schools. The awards are presented to students who have achieved
academic excellence in high school, while demonstrating high
moral character, good citizenship, and dedication to American
ideals.
At 2 pm today, the Governor will sign AB 7 at a
brief ceremony in his office.
# # #
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
6.6.68
The bill signing ceremony scheduled for
2 p.m. this afternoon has been cancelled.
# # #
OFFICE OF THE GOVER R
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
6.6.68
#381
Governor Reagan today issued the following statement:
"I am greatly saddened to hear of the death of Ed Capps.
"While I did not know him long, I knew him always as a gentleman,
and as one of the ablest and most highly respected members of his craft.
"His work, as both a political reporter and outdoor sports
writer, has long been a credit to the field of journalism, and I know
that I share the feelings of his many colleagues and friends that his
presence will be sorely missed.
"I have already extended my deepest sympathies to Mrs. Capps
and the family."
# # #
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
Sacramento, California
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
6.6.68
The governor will sign AB-7 in a brief ceremony at 2 p.m. in
his office today. This rescinds an earlier memo which said the
ceremony had been cancelled.
# # #
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE: Imr diate
Sacramento, Californ
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
6.6.68
#382
Governor Ronald Reagan today signed into law a bill designed
to enable more than one half million physicially handicapped
Californians to better help themselves.
The bill (AB-7, Chappie) requires that all new public buildings
constructed with state, city and county funds, be both accessible to,
and usable by, the handicapped.
At present a number of physical and architectural barriers
discriminate against the handicapped, the aged, those suffering from
heart and respiratory conditions, and mothers with strollers and baby
carriages. Such barriers include narrow doorways into buildings, stairs,
doors that are difficult to open, high drinking fountains, inaccessible
telephones and toilets.
Under terms of the new law, these kinds of barriers will be
eliminated and compensated for.
The bill was authored by Assemblyman Eugene A. Chappie (R-Cool),
and coauthored by State Senator Clair E. Burgener (R-San Diego).
In signing the legislation, Governor Reagan "praised the many
organizations and individuals who have worked with the State Department
of Rehabilitation, the State Health and Welfare Agency and the
legislature in helping to make this important piece of legislation a
reality.
"This is the kind of effort which benefits so many of our
citizens," he said. "It means that eventually everyone in California,
regardless of their physical disabilities or impairments, will be able
to enter, use and leave our public buildings with ease, without
embarrassment and with the dignity that all of us, as citizens, are
entitled to."
"I am pleased to sign the bill and proud of the lawmakers,
private citizens, organizations and state agencies who have made the
legislation possible," " he said.
Assemblyman Chappie said the legislation "also opens new areas
of public participation, education and employment for disabled and other-
wise handicapped citizens who, in the past, have been prevented by these
discriminatory barriers from fully participating in the many activities
which so many of us take for granted."
Governor Reagan cited the following individuals and organizations
for making major contributions toward the drafting, amending and final
emergence of the legislation:
The American Institute of Architects; the California Easter
Seal Society; the California Council for the Elimination of Architectural
Barriers; the Governor's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped;
Richard C. Wooten, Department of Rehabilitation (himself a handicapped
person); the State Department of Rehabilitation and its director,
Robert E. Howard; and the California Health and Welfare Agency and its
administrator, Spencer Williams.
# # #
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571 6.6.68
#383
Governor Ronald Reagan today presented 16 Sacramento area
high school seniors with the first of some 1,440 "Governor's Scholars"
awards to be given to outstanding high school graduates during the
next several weeks at commencement exercises throughout the state.
The award--first of its kind to be presented on a uniform,
statewide basis by a California governor--honors a total of 1,443
graduating seniors from 344 high schools who have achieved scholastic
excellence in academic subjects during their sophomore, junior and
senior years of study.
In addition to its stiff scholastic requirements, the award
requires that the recipient must have demonstrated high moral character,
good citizenship and dedication to American ideals. The graduate also
must have received all A grades, or no more than one B per year during
the final three years of high school in a planned academic curriculum.
At a brief presentation ceremony in his office, Governor Reagan
congratulated the Sacramento area graduates for their "excellence in
student citizenship and academic achievement." The 16 students
included:
Foothill High School - Carolyn Schleber
Ilsa Schmelzinger
Deborah Westover
Kathryn Kavooras
Galt High School - Peggy Ann Adams
Highlands High School - Andrew W. Chow
Susan M. Wenzek
La Sierra High School - Joseph Allan Archer
El Camino High School - Joan Ervin
James Marshall High School - Mils Ohlson
Elk Grove Senior High School - Gail Goo
Peggy Kellogg
Donna Kinser
Patrick Martin
Joy Umeda
Linda Umeda
# # #
EJC
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
6.6.68
#384
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Grant E. Bare, a Modesto
physician, to a four-year term on the board of trustees of the
Modesto State Hospital.
The post pays necessary expenses and requires Senate confirmation.
Bare, a 42-year old Republican, replaces Anne B. Sharyon of
Modesto whose term expired.
Bare is a member of the Advisory Commission for Doctors' Hospital
in Modesto and has served as a trustee of the Yosemite Junior College
District since it was formed several years ago.
He is a past president of the Modesto City Hospital Staff, and
is a former president of the Stanislaus County Cancer Society, and
the Stanislaus County and Central California heart associations.
He lives at 958 Wellesley Street, Modesto.
# # #
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
6.6.68
#385
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Sarah E. Rowen, a San Rafael
housewife, to a four-year term on the board of trustees of Napa State
Hospital.
The post pays necessary expenses and requires Senate confirmation.
Mrs. Rowen, a Republican, replaces Sally M. Woodard of Suisun
who resigned.
Mrs. Rowen is the wife of James A. Rowen. They live at 360
Johnstone Drive, San Rafael.
She is a former member of the Marin Girl Scout Board and the
Marin County Rainbow Board. She is a member of the American Business
Women's Association which elected her as Woman of the Year.
# # #
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOV. NOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
6.7.68
#386
Governor Ronald Reagan announced that the following bills have
been signed:
AB 7 - Chappie
Requires that buildings intended for the use of
(Chapter 261)
the public and reasonably available to physically
handicapped persons and built by state, county,
city or political subdivisions thereof, be designed
for accessibility and use of physically handicapped
persons according to certain American Standards
Association specifications.
The bill exempts from this requirement all except
one floor of the buildings and facilities of an
elementary, high school, or unified school district
if the district provides special buildings and
facilities for the physically handicapped.
AB 22 - Gonsalves
Increases the number of judges in the Whittier
(Chapter 262)
Municipal Court from three to four.
AB 78 - Crandall
Revises the definition of class A transferees for
(Chapter 263)
purposes of the inheritance tax and class A
donees for purposes of the gift tax to include
persons adopted by stepparents and the lineal
issue of such persons, even though such persons
were adopted at the age of 21 or older, provided
that such relationship existed for at least 10
years prior to the date of transfer.
AB 97 - Burton
Provides for a cancellation or refund of taxes
(Chapter 264)
if an organization eligible for the orphanage
exemption acquired property after the lien date
in 1967 but prior to the commencement of the
1967-68 fiscal year.
The bill also provides for a refund or cancellation
of the tax on church property if the church failed
to make a timely application for an exemption in
1968, as well as in prior years.
AB 185 - Mobley
Deletes the requirement that county special road
(Chapter 265)
fund tax be used only for the construction and
maintenance of main county highways.
AB 510 - Chappie
Authorizes a county waterworks district to fix a
(Chapter 255)
water standby charge or immediate availability
URGENCY
charge on land within district to which water is
made available. The bill exempts land used pri-
marily for commercial extraction or processing of
minerals from such charges.
AB 563 - Brown
Declares that in actions on a contract where the
(Chapter 266)
contract specifically provides that attorney's
fees and costs, which are incurred to enforce the
provisions of such contract, shall be awarded to
one of the parties; the prevailing party, whether
he is the party specified in the contract or not,
shall be entitled to reasonable attorney's fees.
It bars waiver of such fees by parties to any
contract entered into after the effective date of
the bill.
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#386
AB 585 - McMillan
Includes within funeral expenses of decedent,
(Chapter 267)
interest from 60 days after the date of death,
rather than interest from date of interment, on
the reasonable costs of interment and certain
expenses connected therewith. The bill also
includes interest on the reasonable cost of
funeral services from 60 days after the date of
death, rather than 90 days after the filing of the
notice to the creditors by the executor or adminis-
trator of the estate.
AB 605 - Por'.er
Makes various changes in election procedures under
(Chapter 268,
the Uniform District Election Law.
AB 614 - Le :oy F. Greene
(Chapter 256)
Increases the number of members of the county
committee on school district organization required
to be elected from among the qualified electors
of each county supervisorial district from one
to two.
AB 780 - Shoemaker
Provides that a conveyance of land to a public
(Chapter 269)
agency, public entity, or public utility shall
not be considered a division of land for pur-
poses of the Subdivision Map Act.
AB 809 - Meyers
Ratifies acts of the Public Employees' Retirement
(Chapter 257)
System with respect to social security system.
It permits the PERS to obtain coverage for employees
of an agency which ceased to exist and had paid
taxes in mistaken belief that such action estab-
lished coverage for its employees.
The bill further permits the PERS upon proper
guarantee to enter into agreement with federal
government to extend period of limitation of
assessment of federal government in order to correct
wages erroneously reported.
AB 852 - Vasconcellos
(Chapter 258)
Provides that when existing school districts are
URGENCY
included as a whole in a unified district, any
authorized but unsold bonds of such school district
may be issued in the name of the unified district.
AB 875 - Campbell
Clarifies Water Code provisions regarding the
(Chapter 270)
alternative method for the levy, collection and
URGENCY
enforcement of California water district assessments
AB 984 - Pattee
Increases the maximum charges allowed on loans
(Chapter 271)
made pursuant to the Personal Property Brokers
Law. The rates for loans under $500 are not
changed.
A3 1273 - Ketchum
Amends the Standard Container provisions for
(Chapter 272)
grapes. The bill also designates the 1967 Table
Grape Commission Act as the "Ketchum Act".
SB 61 - Song
Revises the rules by which estates of decedents
(Chapter 247)
escheat to the state.
SB 141 - Rodda
Validates certain final apportionments of state
(Chapter 259)
school building aid based on conditional apportion-
ments made prior to the 61st day after final
adjournment of the 1968 regular session.
SB 227 - Lagomarsino
(Chapter 248)
Makes a correction in the description of the
boundaries of Santa Barbara County.
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#386
SB 242 - Marler
Authorizes a public utility district to exercise
(Chapter 249)
any of the powers, functions, and duties of a fire
protection district pursuant to the Fire Protection
District Law of 1961.
The bill further provides that if the district
includes any part of a city, fire district, or
other local agency which provides fire protection
service, the district shall have no authority to
provide for protection service to such territory
unless consent is obtained from the local agency.
SB 391 - Marler
Repeals provisions regulating and licensing
(Chapter 250)
purchasers of gold or silver ores, concentrates,
or amalgams.
SB 402 - Schrade
Specifies that each zone representative within
(Chapter 251)
San Diego County Flood Control District receive
compensation not exceeding $10 for each zone
commission meeting attended, not exceeding two
meetings in a calendar month.
SB 426 - Whetmore
Increases the salaries of the Orange County Board
(Chapter 252)
of Supervisors from $13,200 to $15,000 per year.
Such increases become effective when a board
member enters into a new term.
SB 449 - Lagomarsino
(Chapter 253)
Authorizes annexation and detachment of territory
to and from established special fire protection
zones within fire protection districts formed
pursuant to the Fire Protection District Law of
1961.
SB 577 - Short
Permits boards of supervisors to establish $5,000
(Chapter 254)
revolving fund for county departments in counties
with a population of at least 200,000 rather than
235,000, according to the 1950 federal census.
SB 605 - Stiern
Authorizes a water storage district to fix tolls
(Chapter 260)
or charges for the use of ground water.
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Governor Ronald Reagan said today he has been informed that
AFL-CIO officials have threatened chain stores with boycotts and
stoppage of delivery of foods if the chains continue to handle
California table grapes.
"I deplore these tactics and am hopeful that the chain stores
will not be intimidated by these threats," the governor said.
Governor Reagan received a telegram from the California Grape and
Tree Fruit League urging him to use his power to prevent the boycott
and protect California agriculture, the grape industry and the food
of the nation.
The league represents most growers and shippers of fresh deciduous
fruits shipped interstate from California to the nation's markets.
In its telegram to the governor, the league said it was their
information that beginning June 10, chain store operators in New York
City will refuse to buy and handle California table grapes.
The Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, which is seeking
to organize farm workers in California, is a member of the AFL-CIO.
The governor has asked all state agencies and departments involved
to gather all the facts in the case so that steps may be taken to stop
what is alleged to be an illegal boycott of California products.
"Irresponsible tactics such as this not only will help destroy an
important segment of California's great agricultural industry, but will
have a severe impact on the state's economy with resultant hardships
on workers, including thousands not directly involved in farm labor,
producers, the transportation industry and many other related industries,'
the governor said.
"It is difficult to understand the motives behind this alleged
boycott because it would be extremely harmful to the very labor claims
they are trying to help--the worker who would lose his job and go on
the welfare rolls," he said.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today designated Senator Thomas Kuchel
and Senator George Murphy as his and the State of California's official
representatives at the funeral of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today commended action by the Senate
Governmental Efficiency Committee in restoring the administration's
property tax relief bill to its original form.
In a statement, the governor said:
"I am very pleased that the Governmental Efficiency Committee
has taken this action. And, I hope, in fact I strongly urge, that
members of the Senate Finance Committee add their approval to the
measure.
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"It is imperative that/overburdened middle income taxpayer who
supports a large family receive the income tax relief he needs and
deserves. The administration bill makes this possible, while, at the
same time, providing vital property tax relief for the people of
California."
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GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
June 10, 1968
through
June 15, 1968
Monday, June 10
1:15 p.m.
Picture with Service Center Program Director
Robert E. Collins, Jaycee outstanding man of
the year.
2:00 p.m.
Meeting to receive the State "Father of the
Year Award," Governor's Office
2:15 p.m.
Picture with California Dairy Princess,
Governor's Office
2:30 p.m.
Tentative: Greetings to the governor of Chihuahua
and his party, Governor's Office
Tuesday, June 11
9:30 a.m.
PRESS CONFERENCE
11:45 a.m.
Picture with the Begonia Queen, Governor's Office
Wednesday, June 12
3:30 p.m.
Greetings to Long Beach Chamber of Commerce and
Senator Deukmejian, Governor's Council Room
Thursday, June 13
Depart for Indianapolis
evening
Indiana State Republican Fundraiser
Proceed to Tulsa, Oklahoma for Republican
Governors' Conference
Overnight - Tulsa
Friday, June 14
Republican Governors' Conference - Tulsa
Overnight - Tulsa
Saturday, June 15
Republican Governors' Conference - Tulsa
afternoon
Taping - Face the Nation - Tulsa
Depart for Los Angeles
Overnight - Los Angeles
(NOTE: Detailed schedule of Republican Governors' Conference in Tulsa
will follow next week.)
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GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
June 13, 1968
through
June 15, 1968
Thursday, June 13
8:30 a.m.
Depart Sacramento Municipal Airport, Charter Jet
(PDT)
3:00 p.m.
Arrive Indianapolis, Indiana, Roscoe Turner
(EST)
Aviation, Standifer Field
3:40 p.m.
Arrive Marott Hotel
3:50 -
Press availability
4:20 p.m.
Grand Ballroom, First Floor
(Nancy Reagan to arrive, approximately 3:43 p.m.
via American Air Lines #190)
(Press Room - Stouffers Indianapolis Inn across
street, Windsor Ballroom open 5:30 to 8:00,
buffet served)
6:45 p.m.
Depart Marott Hotel for Indiana State Fairgrounds,
Manufacturers Building
7:00 p.m.
Arrive Fairgrounds for RSCC fund-raising dinner
8:30 p.m.
Address by Governor Reagan
9:25 p.m.
Depart Fairgrounds for airport
9:50 p.m.
Arrive at Airport, Roscoe Turner Aviation,
Standifer Field
10:00 p.m.
Depart for Tulsa, Charter Jet
11:30 p.m.
Arrive Tulsa, Oklahoma for Republican Governors'
(CDT)
Conference
Overnight - Camelot Inn, Tulsa
Friday, June 14
9:00 -
1st Business Session, Republican Governors'
10:00 a.m.
Conference
11:30 a.m.
Press Conference (Republican Governors' Assn.)
12:15 -
Governors' Luncheon, Summit Club,
1:30 p.m.
Downtown Tulsa
2:00 -
2nd Business Session, Republican Governors'
3:00 p.m.
Conference
3:00 p.m.
Press Conference (RGA)
3:30 p.m.
Governor Reagan press availability, same room
6:00 p.m.
RGA Dinner at Blue Star Island, Grand Lake 0' the
Cherokees
Overnight - Camelot Inn, Tulsa
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Saturday, June 15
9:00 a.m.
Final Business Session
11:30 a.m.
Press Conference (RGA)
1:30 p.m.
"Face the Nation" taping, CBS, Tulsa
3:45 p.m.
Depart Tulsa for Cheyenne, Wyoming, Charter Jet
(CDT)
4:15 p.m.
Arrive Cheyenne Municipal Airport
(MDT)
4:30 p.m.
Press availability in private hangar at airport
5:00 p.m.
Depart airport for RSCC barbeque
5:15 p.m.
Arrive Hitching Post Inn, Cheyenne for RSCC fund-
raising barbeque
6:45 p.m.
Speech
7:30 p.m.
Depart Hitching Post for airport
8:00 p.m.
Depart for Sacramento
(MDT)
9:30 p.m.
Arrive Sacramento Municipal Airport
(PDT)
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CO R-R-E-C-T-I-O-N - Governor's Schedule
June 15
Governor Reagan will leave Cheyenne, Wyoming
for Los Angeles International Airport, instead
of Sacramento Municipal Airport.
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Governor Ronald Reagan announced today he has nominated seven
California young people for the nation's 1968 Young American Medals
for Bravery and Service.
In a letter to U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, the governor
said, "The youthful spirit and supreme contribution of our nominees
to their fellow man deserve your careful consideration."
Winners of the national awards will be selected from among the
nominees of all 50 states by the Young American Medals Committee,
chaired by J. Edgar Hoover.
The governor noted that in order to have a representative cross-
section of acts of heroism and service, mayors, chairmen of county
boards of supervisors and California legislators were contacted for
their recommendations.
Out of more than 50 nominations from California, seven young
people were chosen.
Five of the nominees are cited for bravery. They are:
Louis R, Ellis, Jr, and David G. Coffey. Both are 16 years of
age.
They reside in Norwalk.
While walking to school, the boys disregarded their own safety
when they entered a blazing home and saved the life of a four-year
old girl. They spotted the child crying at the window of the smoke-
filled house. Ellis broke the window and the two youths pulled the
little girl to safety.
Gary Logoteta, 10, of Clearlake Highlands.
He rescued a 68-year old man from drowning. The man dove into
the waters of Clear Lake at the youth's parents' resort. When the
man failed to come to the surface, Gary dove in after him, held his
head and brought him to shore.
William Herrera, 17, of Bakersfield.
He rescued a 14-year old fisherman who was being battered against
the rocks along the San Francisco coastline. Herrera jumped 12 feet
from a rock ledge into the water and pulled the struggling youngster
to safety.
Francis A. Nick, Jr., 15, of El Portal.
Nick rescued his 5-year old brother John from the swift waters
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of the Merced River. As they were fishing together, Francis turned
to untangle John's fishing line. When the five-year old fell into
the water, Francis dove in and swam after the small boy. He was
finally able to set his brother on a rock and hold him there until
help came.
Two youngsters are cited for service. They are:
--Linda Jenette Lowry, 17, of San Bernardino.
She was selected to attend the Iowa Academy of Science Symposium
where she will present her research on Staphylococcus Aureus. The
research has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Experi-
mental Medicine. She has also been active in many school activities.
Janette Ann Litten, 17, of Alhambra.
She was chairman of the Christmas Committee in support of the
Oraibi Gospel Mission, Arizona. Miss Litten directed more than
2,000 students in collecting two large truckloads of canned goods,
warm clothes and toys for the gospel school. She was also instrumental
in organizing a collection of $500 for the support of two orphans
who were designated through her high school.
Governor Reagan lauded the acts of bravery and service performed
by the more than 50 youngsters whose names were submitted to him
for the California selection.
"Surely their quick thinking, courage and consideration for
others bodes well for the nation's future, he said.
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#392
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Ray J. Peters of Lafayette
to a four-year term on the State Board of Registration for Civil and
Professional Engineers.
The governor also reappointed Charles R. Wilke, a member of the
chemical engineering department of the University of California at
Berkeley since 1946, to a second four-year term. Wilke, a 51-year
old Republican, was first appointed to the board in 1964. He lives
at 1327 Contra Costa Drive, El Cerrito.
The posts pay $25 per diem plus expenses.
Peters, 37, replaces Donald E. Kister of Richmond whose term
expired. A Republican, Peters has been a partner in the Lafayette
engineering firm of Peters and Verdugo for the past eight years.
He is a graduate of the Missouri School of Mines and worked for
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, State
Division of Bay Toll Crossings and the State Division of Highways
prior to entering private practice.
He is a past chairman of the East Bay Council on Surveying and
Mapping and serves as a part-time surveying instructor at Peralta
College and San Francisco City College.
He resides at 744 Duke Circle, Pleasant Hill.
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#393
The following is the text of a letter sent to members of the
University of California Board of Regents and the State College
Trustees on June 7:
"I am writing to you today, not as a Trustee (or Regent) but as
governor of our state of California. I am sending identical letters
to each regent and trustee. As governor, my first responsibility
is for the safety and welfare of all Californians.
"We have just experienced a terrible tragedy in the assassination of
Senator Robert F. Kennedy. The ramifications of this violent and
destructive act extend beyond the death of one of the significant
figures of our time and the deep hurt to loved ones, The confidence
of millions of people in their society, in justice, and in orderly
processes as the only civilized means to obtain human goals has
been shaken.
"But here we come to the critical point--it was the erosion over
recent years of just such confidence that has led to today's climate
of violence. We do not need to be reminded that our educational
institutions are among the most valued and the most influential of
all the institutions which make up our society and which represent
it to our youth.
"I must ask you, then, do you believe for one minute that a captured
police car and an imprisoned representative of law at Berkeley has
had no effect on our citizens? This was an act of violence which
was claimed as a victory by those who broke the law, and which was
for them a victory in fact.
"Do you believe that breaking and entering campus buildings by
force and stopping the processes of an institution of American
society has had no effect on our youth?
"Do you believe that a "Viet Cong Rally" with armed militants
standing on the stage of a student union was without influence?
And was the fact that a student was shot that night on the campus
of no relation whatsoever to that event?
"Do you see the constant resistance on the part of members of the
faculty and of the administration to the rightful place of law
enforcement in a democratic society as insignificant?
"Do you find that conducting a "dignified" university ceremony
honoring those who refuse to serve their country, with faculty
pledging all support, including financial, regardless of the law,
is helpful and encouraging to youth to work for change through due
process? Does such an event give youth confidence in working within
a society based on the principle of majority decision?
"Do you think that constant appeasement of those who coerce, and
ignoring those who are fearful and silent but apparently without
power, is likely to strengthen confidence in society, in leadership,
in fair play?
"Is freedom of speech, but only for some, what America is really
all about? On some campuses faculty members and students tell us
over and over again that that is the way it is.
"Is it not true that the people of our society have delegated to
the Board of Regents and to the Board of Trustees the authority
to govern their institutions of higher education? In their desire
to ensure the unfettered pursuit of truth, the people have in the
past demanded minimal accountability of these boards to them. For
that reason, these boards carry a high public trust. Their
responsibility to education and to the health of a democratic
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"I suggest that it is time for these boards to reassess their
own goals, their pattern of only reacting to crisis meeting by
meeting, and the degree to which they have delegated away responsi-
bility and abandoned principle.
"A sick campus community in California in many ways is responsible
for a sick community around those campuses. Long have we heard
that we should yield to the ideas and the leadership of these
institutions. Let these campuses then be models for what is good
for our society. It is our responsibility, and we have it in our
authority to see to it that they are.
"On Wednesday at noon, while Robert Kennedy was fighting for his
life, I penned the statement I enclose; today as I reread these
words I am even more convinced that I am describing where our
problems lie."
Sincerely,
RONALD REAGAN
Governor
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Good morning. Before taking up your questions, I want to read
a brief statement on several subjects.
First--This weekend, citizens living in a wide 21-county area
around Sacramento will be able to take part in an exciting non-partisan
community project designed to provide better employment opportunities
for low income families.
I have used the word "exciting" to describe it. More than that,
I am enthusiastic about it. It brings together the private, independent
and governmental sectors in a joint and dramatic effort to improve the
life of the community.
The project--known as the Northern California Work-A-Thon--will
use the facilities of all four local television stations to conduct a
massive on-the-air effort to generate job offers for low income persons
of all ages. The 12-hour-long telecast, which is scheduled to begin
at 1 p.m. Saturday, will also solicit pledges of financial assistance
to pay the salaries of young people placed in summer jobs with local
community service agencies such as the Red Cross.
In addition to the exemplary commitment of the broadcasters, the
project is fully supported by the Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of
Commerce, the Sacramento Area Economic Opportunity Council, the
Sacramento State College Community Study and Service Center, city and
county governmental bodies and a host of forward-looking individuals,
groups and businesses.
I am pleased to add that the State Department of Employment is
also playing a key role in the effort.
I congratulate those who have demonstrated the imagination and
courage to spearhead the Work-A-Thon project. I urge that all who are
able to participate will lend it their full support.
Second--The Assembly Criminal Procedures Committee this evening
will take up SB 124, the Lagomarsino pornography bill which already has
passed the Senate.
Once again this year we have a chance to tighten our anti-smut
laws, especially in the area of protecting our children.
There are 31 co-sponsors of this measure in the Assembly.
I am hopeful the Criminal Procedures Committee will recognize the
interest in and the need for this important measure and act speedily
to bring it before the entire Assembly.
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#395
Governor Ronald Reagan today praised the Assembly for passing a
bill which would enable the State of California to assist in the
relocation of low-income families displaced by freeway land acquisi-
tion and construction.
He described the legislation as "a milestone because it represents
a new and effective approach to problems bearing on the relocation of
low-income families.
"I now urge the Senate to give the bill the support it needs
to be written into law, # he said.
The bill (AB-1072) is authored by Assemblymen Leon Ralph,
Paul Priolo, Willie Brown and Bill Greene.
The program embodied in the legislation is the first of its
type in the United States and was conceived by the State Division
of Highways. The bill greatly expands the authority of the Depart-
ment of Public Works, which is currently limited to paying the
owner of property condemned for highway use its fair market value.
The legislation would permit the Department of Public Works
to acquire certain specified types of property outside of freeway
rights-of-way for the purpose of developing optional replacement
housing for individuals and families from economically depressed
areas who are displaced as a result of the purchase or clearance of
land for use as part of the state highway system.
"Such a program can be particularly effective in community
redevelopment and can also reduce family disruptions and the social
problems and pressures which accompany such disruptions, the
governor said.
Gordon C. Luce, secretary of Business and Transportation, and
Samuel Nelson, director of the Department of Public Works, joined
Governor Reagan in lauding the Assembly action. They emphasized
the importance of the state's highway and freeway system and called
attention to the important role which California's highways play in
building and maintaining the economy of the state.
California's highway system has enabled the people of our state
to become the most mobile people on earth, " Governor Reagan noted.
"However," he said, "it has become increasingly apparent that
certain social problems can and do develop from the location and
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construction of highways and freeways. Great numbers of families
are too often displaced when their homes are purchased and then
demolished. And it can be nearly impossible for them to find suitable
replacement housing at comparable prices.
"We have found that as a result of large freeway land purchases,
a tremendous demand is created for low-cost housing with almost no
market or supply to meet that demand.
"The inevitable result, " the governor said, "is often an increase
in pressures forcing prices even higher on the limited housing that
is available on the perimoter of the areas affected. With replacement
housing not available often enough, at least through conventional
means, serious disruptions occur. They, in turn, create added social
problems and increased frustrations.
"Something had to be done quickly to resolve the problem. This
bill, then, provides a logical answer, This is true, not only in
California but, if adopted by other states, or even at the federal
level, the concept could benefit millions of displaced families
throughout the country, especially during the time the vital but
nonetheless disruptive federal highway construction program continues.
"If government is responsible for the displacement of families,
then responsible government should see to it that adequate replace-
ment housing is, or can become, available, " the governor said.
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Members of the U.S. Olympic track and field team will train for
the Mexico City Olympic Games this summer and fall in the high
Sierras near Echo Summit, Governor Reagan has announced,
The athletes will live at a State Division of Highways maintenance
station near the summit and train in an area just across the highway
from the station at an altitude approximately comparable to that of
Mexico City.
The governor said that as many as 180 members of the Olympic
team will prepare themselves for the Games at the site. He noted
level,
that Echo Summit is 7,382 feet above sea/ 32 feet higher than
Mexico City.
He noted that no state funds will be required for the project
and called it "an example of outstanding cooperation between federal,
state and municipal agencies."
The California Division of Highways, the State Department of
Public Works and the U.S. Forest Service offered their support to
the City of South Lake Tahoe after it was named project sponsor by
the U.S. Olympic Committee.
The governor praised South Lake Tahoe for its initiative in
calling to the committee's attention the definite environmental
advantages the area offers as a training site.
The Division of Highways station includes a dormitory that in
winter houses a 35-man highway snow removal crew and is normally
vacant in summer. The Olympic Committee intends to supplement existing
bed space with large house trailers.
The athletes and their coaches will travel to nearby cafeteria
facilities in Tahoe Paradise.
Water supplies, sewage and garbage disposal facilities will be
augmented on a temporary basis by South Lake Tahoe.
The proposed training area itself is on U.S. Forest Service land.
It will include space for approximately 500 spectators but any over-
flow can watch from nearby hillsides.
Steps have been taken by the Department of Public Works to over-
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traffic accidents.
Signs alerting drivers to the unusual activity will be posted on
both sides of the maintenance station and the California Highway
Patrol will increase its vigilance throughout the area during the
training period.
Many of the athletes will be present throughout much of the
summer and all are expected to be present by September when final
trials will be conducted.
Governor Reagan indicated that Division of Highways equipment
required for summer maintenance will continue to be serviced as
usual at the station.
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#397
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Atascadero businessman
Chris N. Jespersen, Jr. to a four-year term on the board of trustees
of the Atascadero State Hospital.
The post pays necessary expenses.
Jespersen, 40, replaces Willard S. Osibin of Atascadero whose
term expired.
A Republican, Jespersen is a former member of the San Luis Obispo
County Grand Jury and served as president of the Atascadero Junior
Chamber of Commerce in 1955. Two years later he was elected vice
president of the state Junior Chamber of Commerce.
He served for three years as a member of the Atascadero School
Board and is currently vice president of the Atascadero Rotary Club.
He owns and operates the Chris N. Jespersen, Jr. Tire Store in
Atascadero.
He lives at 7405 River Road, Atascadero.
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#398
Governor Ronald Reagan announced that the following bills have
been signed:
AB 303 - Stacey
Increases the number of judges in the Bakersfield
(Chapter 295)
Municipal Court from four to five, and from five
to six on July 1, 1969.
AB 511 - Chappie
Authorizes a county to fix a water standby charge
(Chapter 275)
on all land within a county service area to which
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water is made available whether water is actually
used or not.
AB 806 - Bagley
Permits a winegrower or beer manufacturer to
(Chapter 296)
serve food and alcoholic beverages to any person,
including a licensee and his employees and repre-
sentatives, who is attending a meeting held upon
or who is visiting the premises of the winegrower
or beer manufacturer.
AB 978 - Bagley
Provides that in a two-judge superior or municipal
(Chapter 297)
court the presiding judge shall be selected on the
basis of administrative qualifications and interest,
but if no selection can be agreed upon, the pre-
siding judgeship shall rotate each calendar year
between the two judges.
AB 992 - Duffy
Increases the number and compensation of various
(Chapter 298)
attaches of the Visalia Municipal Court.
AB 1094 - Dent
Requires the board of directors of a county water
(Chapter 299)
district to meet and elect a president within 30
days after taking office, instead of requiring
such board to meet and organize on the last Friday
in December following the election. The bill
authorizes a board to elect one of their number
vice president.
AB 1491 - Moorhead Permits the Los Angeles County Flood Control District
(Chapter 300)
to set up a revolving fund for the purchase of
rights of way or other interests in real property.
SB 27 - Teale
Authorizes the governing board of a junior college
(Chapter 276)
district to designate any motor vehicle, operated
by the district, as a schoolbus when used to trans-
port junior college pupils to and from school and
school activities. Provides that such notice is
effective when filed with the superintendent of
public instruction.
SB 149 - Deukmejian
(Chapter 273)
Transfers provisions in the Penal Code dealing with
crimes involving fire alarms, from the portion of
that code relating to malicious mischief to the
portion relating to crimes against the public justice
The bill makes no substantive changes in the law.
SB 163 - Dymally
Makes nonsubstantive amendments to the Insurance
(Chapter 277)
Code.
SB 164 - Dymally
Makes nonsubstantive amendments to the Financial
(Chapter 278)
Code.
SB 173 - Cologne
Makes nonsubstantive amendments to the Revenue and
(Chapter 279)
Taxation Code.
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SB 174 - Cologne
Makes nonsubstantive amendments to the Unemployment
(Chapter 280)
Insurance Code.
SB 190 - Burgener
Provides that the governing board of a high school
(Chapter 274)
district having the same boundaries with a junior
college district shall not constitute the junior
college governing board.
SB 247 - Mills
Deletes the statutory requirement that Imperial
(Chapter 281)
County maintain a section of State Highway Route 78
between the easterly junction of Route 115 and the
Imperial-Riverside county line.
SB 248 - Collier
Makes technical changes in the Streets and Highways
(Chapter 282)
Code relating to the description of routes in the
California Freeway and Expressway System, the State
Scenic Highway System, and the State Highway System.
SB 278 - Collier
Increases the annual salary of the Sonoma County
(Chapter 283)
district attorney from $20,000 to $21,500.
SB 294 - Coombs
Permits the sale of certain Patton State Hospital
(Chapter 284)
land to the city of San Bernardino.
SB 322 - Alquist
Eliminates the city of Alviso from the San Jose-
(Chapter 285)
Milpitas-Alviso Judicial District. The bill also
increases the number of, and salaries of, various
court attaches of certain municipal and superior
courts in Santa Clara County.
SB 324 - Whetmore
Makes a nonsubstantive amendment to the Education
(Chapter 286)
Code.
SB 374 - Cologne
Prescribes the procedure by which a personal repre-
(Chapter 287)
sentative may be authorized to invest any surplus
moneys in any manner provided for in the will,
after the time for presenting claims has expired
and all uncontested claims have been paid or secured
by mortgage or otherwise.
SB 383 - Richardson
(Chapter 288)
Simplifies the procedures to be followed with
respect to the movement of nursery stock and seed
within the state,
SB 395 - Way
Raises the salary of the Mono County board of
(Chapter 289)
supervisors from $3,600 to $4,300 per year. The
bill provides that the raise shall not go into
effect until a supervisor enters upon a new term
of office.
SB 439 - Teale
Requires all daily reports by pawnbrokers, relating
(Chapter 290)
to specified transactions, to be on forms prescribed
by the chief of the Bureau of Criminal Identification
and Investigation, rather than requiring reports
on approved forms in the absence of local ordinances
requiring such reports.
SB 505 - Harmer
Increases the filing fees for applications to
(Chapter 291)
purchase or lease state lands from $5 to $25.
SB 514 - Marler
Authorizes, rather than requires, the Department of
(Chepter 292)
Harbors and Watercraft to cooperate with the federal
government regarding harbor development with respect
to non-revenne producing portions of small craft
harbors.
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SB 736 - Schrade
Establishes the general design and details of the
(Chapter 293)
Seal of the Senate of the State of California, The
bill provides that use of Seal of the Senate shall
be as prescribed by Senate rules and makes it a
misdemeanor to use or allow use of copy of such
seal maliciously, for commercial purposes, or
contrary to Senate rule.
SB 1107 - Alquist
Provides that any change of boundaries of any city
(Chapter 294)
which was completed after March 1, 1968, but prior
URGENCY
to the effective date of the bill shall be effective
for assessment and taxation purposes in 1968, if
the required statement and map or plat are filed
by the city with the county assessor and with the
Board of Equalization on or before June 30, 1968.
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#399
Governor Reagan has vetoed SB 192,
This measure declares a moratorium on interest payments until
fiscal year 1970-71 on state loans to the North Tahoe and Tahoe City
Public Utility Districts and the Truckee Sanitary District for con-
struction of sewage and storm drainage facilities to prevent and
control water pollution The bill further provides that no interest
shall be charged on the interest amounts accruing during the
moratorium.
Governor Reagan said he is not opposed to a moratorium on interest
payments in this case, since the North Tahoe and Tahoe City Public
Utility Districts and the Truckee Sanitary District need additional
time to provide revenue-producing services.
However, he said he does object to the provision in the bill
which provides that no interest shall be charged on the interest
accruing during the moratorium period.
The governor also said
/the affected districts should be required to pay interest on
the deferred interest.
Accordingly, the governor returned the bill unsigned,
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# 400
Governor Ronald Reagan today urged the Assembly Criminal
Procedure Committee to reconsider its action and give Administration-
sponsored legislation to control pornography the support necessary to
bring it to a vote of the full house.
"I am disappointed that the legislation did not move out of the
committee, " he said, pointing out that the Senate "recognized the
merits of this legislation and expressed its overwhelming support.
"I am confident that if these bills (SB124 and SB134-Lagomarsino)
they also
were to reach the Assembly floor, / would meet with similar approval.
The governor added:
"As you know, I have expressed a deep concern about the permissive
attitude which seems to increasingly pervade our society.
"We cannot continue to indulge in any further extension of this
atmosphere through acts of legislative omission on the critical issue
of pornography, particularly as it affects the well-being of our
children.
"Passage by the legislature will rightly return to parents much
greater control over what their children read by stiffening the
punishment against smut peddlers who show absolutely no concern for
the best interests of our youth but are guided solely by the enormous
profits such material can bring.
"The decision we make here in Sacramento will be of lasting
importance, for it can. guarantee that the will of the people is truly
reflected in the lawbooks of our state.
finally
"If the legislation is/ killed, it will be a tragic victory
for the purveyors of pornography. It will add up to a shirking of
responsibility to the youth of California who look to us for moral
leadership.'
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#401
Governor Ronald Reagan today signed into law a bill which will
require the completion of college level courses in real estate law
and real estate practice beginning in 1970 for admission to the
practice of real estate brokerage. The bill adds an additional course
requirement in appraisal and finance, beginning in 1972.
In signing the new piece of legislation, the governor complimented
the bill's author, Senator Walter Stiern (D-Bakersfield) and the
real estate industry for their efforts to raise the standards for
admission to the practice of real estate brokerage.
The bill--SB 253--was sponsored by California Real Estate
Commissioner Burton E. Smith. His department is within the Business
and Transportation Agency headed by Gordon C. Luce. The bill had the
active support of the California Real Estate Commission and the
Reagan administration.
In signing SB 253, Governor Reagan emphasized that the ultimate
benefactor from the bill would be the public. "The increased com-
petence of those in the real estate profession as a result of this
legislation will in turn contribute to the protection of the public
in real estate transactions,' Reagan said.
"This is a field of growing complexity," the governor said,
adding, "transactions handled by brokers frequently involve the life
savings of the individuals for whom these brokers act,
"It is only right and proper that these individuals possess a
knowledge of the law and a skill in the management of these
transactions that will provide the degree of protection to which
everyone is entitled when entrusting his life savings to another's care.
"I am pleased to sign this bill and I compliment the author, the
state departments and agencies involved and the California Real Estate
Association for its active support of this legislation." =
Both Smith and Stiern emphasized that the addition of the pre-
requisites contained in SB 253 will not deter qualified individuals
from entering the real estate field because the courses are available
at 76 junior colleges throughout the state, at 13 state colleges, at
private colleges and through university extension programs.
They also pointed out that the courses could be completed easily
within the period of two years in which an individual must perform as
a real estate salesman before becoming eligible for a broker's license.
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402
Governor Ronald Reagan today urged the Assembly to reject efforts
by Assemblyman Winifield Shoemaker, D., Santa Barbara, to emasculate
the University of California's agricultural research program.
"Assemblyman Shoemaker, either through ignorance or animosity, has
taken action that not only will severely and adversely affect the
University, but also will have harmful long-range effects on California's
most important industry, agriculture," Governor Reagan said.
Governor Reagan referred to action by the Assembly Ways and Means
Subcommittee on Higher Education, headed by Shoemaker, which deleted
$9.3 million from the University's agricultural research and extension
budgets.
"Republicans and Democrats alike, who are interested in maintaining
the University's role in building California agriculture as well as
California's role as the predominant agricultural state in the
nation, should be shocked by the action," Governor Reagan said.
He noted that the action was taken on a straight party-line vote.
Assemblyman Don Mulford of Oakland led the fight against
Shoemaker's efforts to destroy the agricultural research program.
Governor
Reagan also said "Shoemaker should be ashamed of himself for a
blatant powerplay aimed at killing increased fees at the University
but which in all probability will result in reduced financial aid to
poor and minority students."
The governor said he was referring to Shoemaker's bid to put all
receipts from increased fees into the general fund instead of leaving
some to finance grants and loans for needy students. "Shoemaker pays
lip service to the idea of helping worthy students and building the
University, but he plays cheap politics when he has a chance to make a
meaningful contribution," Governor Reagan said.
Governor Reagan contrasted the actions of the Assembly Ways and
Means Committee to that of the Senate Finance Committee in handling the
budget.
"The Cenate, acting as a responsible public body, has passed an
essentially sensible, basically reasonable budget," Governor Reagan said.
"At the same time the Assembly Democratic leadership has shown no
regard for the people's treasure, increasing the budget by $25.9 million
with no consideration for who must pay.
Governor Reagan expressed confidence that a conference committee
would accept "a more reasonable budget" and that "the legislature as a
whole will right the grievous wrong Mr. Shoemaker has inflicted on the
University and on California agriculture."
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#403
Governor Ronald Reagan today strongly urged President Lyndon
B. Johnson to sign the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
of 1968.
In a telegram to the president, Governor Reagan said:
"On behalf of the State of California, I strongly urge you to
approve H.R. 5037, the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
of 1968.
"Greatly increasing crime rates and the growing incidence of
lawlessness throughout the United States demonstrate the need for
such legislation.
"The provisions of this bill, which emphasize retention of
primary authority and responsibility for law enforcement by state and
local governments, make this an effective vehicle for combatting the
crime menace.
"Your approval of this measure will greatly benefit the adminis-
tration of criminal justice in our country, and will help to improve
the public safety of all our citizens."
Copies of the telegram were sent to all the nation's governors
urging their support of this action.
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# 404
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today that he has named 24
Californians to serve on his newly-formed Advisory Committee on
Mental Health.
Creation of the committee is part of the governor's 14-point
program aimed at continued improvement in the level of care for
patients at state hospitals for the mentally ill.
"I am pleased to announce that Justice John B. Molinari of the
District Court of Appeal in San Francisco has agreed to chair the
committee and that Dr. Louis R. Nash, superintendent of Camarillo
State Hospital will serve as vice-chairman, y Governor Reagan said.
He emphasized that "the committee has been structured to pro-
vide broadly-based representation so that a well-rounded approach
to mental health problems will be assured."
Seven of the appointees, including Dr. Nash, will serve as pro-
fessional members of the committee. They are:
John A. Stroud, M.D., Sacramento.
Louis A. Noltimier, M.D., San Francisco.
Robert Buckley, M.D., Santa Monica
--J. C. Fikes, Ph. D., a Santa Ana psychologist.
Harrison Gough, Ph. D., chairman of the Department of
Psychology, University of California.
Harry F. Dietrich, M.D., Camarillo State Hospital pedia-
trician.
Dr. Nash.
Other committee members are:
Ross P. Game, managing editor of the Napa Register and a
trustee of Napa State Hospital.
Rudolph A. Castro, a member of the Los Angeles County
Probation Department and a trustee of the Metropolitan
State Hospital, Norwalk.
Mrs. Gerda M. Faye, a Winters housewife.
Mrs. Phyllis R. Smith of Van Nuys, a housewife.
Walter Rappaport, M.D., of Oakland.
Mrs. Ada Schick Wing, a Santa Barbara housewife.
Justice Molinari.
W. Frazier Overpeck, a Malibu architect.
Richard C. Honer, a Santa Ana contractor.
C. S. Nicolas, a Placerville accountant.
Fred Kimball, a San Luis Cbispo County supervisor.
LeRoy Knutsen, La Mesa deputy city attorney.
Leslie Rothstein, a Los Angeles electrical engineer.
Robert W. Aisthorpe, a Chico attorney.
DuBois McGee, city councilman and former mayor of El Centro.
Sidney B. Cox, a Fresno public relations executive.
Father Raymond Rolf, pastor of St. John the Baptist
Catholic Church, Chico.
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Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
6.14.68
#405
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
June 16, 1968
through
June 23, 1968
Sunday, June 16
Afternoon
Arrive Sacramento from Los Angeles
Evening
State Fair Horse Show Reception, Merchandise Mart,
Fairgrounds
Monday, June 17
2:00 p.m.
Presentation of Creative Citizenship Awards,
Governor's Council Room
Tuesday, June 18
Noon
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Luncheon, Mark Hopkins
Hotel, San Francisco. Speech.
Depart for Sacramento
Wednesday, June 19
1:30 p.m.
PRESS CONFERENCE
2:45 p.m.
Greetings to Pomona Chamber and Assemblyman Pete
Schabaram, Governor's Council Room
Thursday, June 20
11:00 a.m.
Arrive Fairgrounds for remarks to Boys' State
Friday, June 21
Morning
Milberry Union, San Francisco Medical Center,
Regents Meeting
Noon
GI Forum Luncheon, Hotel Claremont, Berkeley.
Speech.
Afternoon
Depart for Santa Barbara Biltmore
6:30 p.m.
RSCC reception for Santa Barbara County, home of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Alexander. Depart for
Los Angeles after reception.
Overnight - Los Angeles
Saturday, June 22
9:30 a.m.
Favorite Son Delegation meeting, Airport Marina
Hotel. Afterwards, depart for Topeka, Kansas
for Republican State Central Committee fundraising
barbecue.
Proceed to Washington, D. C.
Overnight - Washington, D. C.
Sunday, June 23
Morning
Remarks in Washington, D. C. to Republican Con-
gressional candidates campaign school, Marriott Hotel
Afternoon
Depart for Los Angeles. Later, depart for Santa
Barbara for speech at Coral Casino for Investment
Bankers Association.
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#406
Governor Ronald Reagan today named C. M. "Dutch" Maaskant of
Hanford as a member of the Kings County Board of Supervisors, Fifth
District.
Maaskant, a 49-year old Democrat, will fill the unexpired term
of the late Leonard R. Close of Hanford. The term will end December 31,
1968. Maaskant will be succeeded by the winner of a November run-off
election for the post.
Maaskant operates a Hanford landleveling business and farms
fruit and grain crops.
He is a former mayor of Hanford and served as a member of the
city council for eight years. He is also a past president of the
Hanford Navy League, the Kings County Sheriff's Posse and the Hanford
Junior Chamber of Commerce.
He lives at 1601 North Kaweah, Hanford.
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DEPARTMENT OF GENERA services
Andrew R. Lolli, Director
445-3441
June 17, 1968
Andrew R. Lolli, Director of General Services, today sent the
following telegram to Jack Ortega of Fresno, a leader of a march to
Sacramento:
(Poor People's March)
"Pursuant to telephone conversations between you and members of
the Department of General Services, it is my understanding that
you plan to lead a group of citizens who will arrive in Sacramento
on Tuesday evening, 18 June 1968, and plan to march to the State
Capitol. I also understand that you wish to conduct a rally on
the west steps of the Capitol at 9:00 am on Wednesday morning,
19 June 1968.
"It is our desire to accommodate your group and to provide facili-
ties in the same manner normally afforded all citizens and groups
visiting the Capitol.
"Accordingly, an area for camping will be made available to your
group at the State Fairgrounds, located at Broadway and Stockton
Boulevard in Sacramento. A representative of the Department of
General Services will be present at the main entrance to the
Fairgrounds to provide assistance. Likewise, permission will be
granted to your group to use the west/of steps the Capitol between the
hours of 8:30 am and 12 noon on Wednesday, 19 June.
"Please be advised that pursuant to Section 1210 of the Administra-
tive Code of California, loitering or remaining within Capitol
Park between the hours of 11 pm and 6 am is prohibited by law.
"If there are any questions concerning these arrangements, or if
you desire further information, please contact my office
(Telephone: Area Code 916, 445-3441) or Mr. Guy Cates, Chief of
the State Police Division of the Department of General Services
(Telephone: Area Code 916, 445-1150).
"The Office of the Department of General Services is located on
the 5th floor of State Office Building No. 1, 915 Capitol Mall,
Sacramento. During non-business hours, you may contact the
Division of State Police Office, Room 134, State Capitol,
(Telephone: Area Code 916, 445-2895).
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# 407
A Seaside Negro leader, a Fresno radio-tv station and an
organization for blind persons in Santa Ana have been chosen to
receive the first annual Governor's Awards for Creative Citizenship.
Governor Reagan presented the awards today at a special cere-
mony in his office.
The three winners were selected from among 150 nominees through
an elaborate screening process by a panel of 14 prominent
Californians, The panel is headed by Dr. John R. Ford of San Diego.
The award honors Californians who have worked imaginatively and
effectively with private resources to attack important social prob-
lems in the state, It is presented in three categories to: (1) an
individual citizen, (2) a profit making organization, - (3) a non-
profit organization.
In presenting the awards, Governor Reagan lauded the recipients
for their "outstanding accomplishments at a time when such leader-
ship and dedication are so desperately needed."
He noted that the Creative Citizenship Awards program excludes
any activity receiving direct assistance from federal, state or
local government. Key factors taken into account by the screening
panel included (a) the seriousness and difficulty of the public prob-
lem, (b) the extent of good accomplished for the public, (c) the
degree of difficulty, and (d) the handicaps which had to be overcome
by the nominee.
"On behalf of the people of California, 11 the governor told the
award winners, "I want to express my great admiration and deep
gratitude to you for these acts of truly creative citizenship.
"We are all very much in your debt.
"I hope that your example will now stimulate and encourage many
more of our fellow citizens throughout California to undertake pro-
jects such as these.
"Community involvement must begin with the personal commitment
of individuals who are willing to contribute their time and effort
toward solving the pressing social problems of today. You typify
the success which is possible through this kind of a commitment,"
the governor said.
The winners are, by category:
Individual -- Lee Toler, Seaside.
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The selection panel said:
"The nominee, a Negro, created the organization called Young
Adults for Action, in Seaside, California, in order to accomplish by
private means the improvement of economic and social conditions among
the young adults, including dropouts, including youths with 'records,
in that locality.
"Not only did Lee Toler create this organization, he solicited
support of a small number of people on the Monterey Peninsula, so
that he could resign his job as custodian of Portola Junior High
School in order to give full time to the assistance of young Negroes.
He solicited jobs personally for many young men and young women and
helped them to secure jobs.
"He moved into the streets when disorders began to take place,
and he caused those disorders to be abated, often before the police
needed to be called, He goes to court with young Negroes who have
gotten into trouble and befriends them so that he can help to salvage
them after they get out of jail. He visits them in jail and tries
to induce them to return to school and complete their education.
"He is personally closely in touch with school officials, police
officials, newspapers, the courts, the business people, in a con-
stant endeavor to improve the lot of the Negroes of Seaside who com-
pose 25 percent of the population of that city, the largest aggrega-
tion of Negroes between San Jose and Los Angeles.
"The results were the successful formation of a privately
operated opportunity center that gives free service, free assistance
and free training for all who apply and for many who are solicited
by Lee Toler and his assistants to apply. Results include the
creation of jobs that formerly did not exist for Negroes, and accept-
ance by the police and by the courts of this individual's personal
efforts to help black people who are in trouble. Many of those with
whom he has worked have returned to school to pick up the education
they dropped.
"Another result has been in the continued financial assistance
he receives from a group of citizens who believe this is the best
method to approach such a serious problem, as well as the most
economical method.
"Lee Toler is, by his own description, a 'lower class Negro.
He has unique capacity to work effectively with those young people
who are potentially the most troublesome people in the community. He
has human sympathy and also a sense of balance. His work has been
demonstrably constructive. He has won the respect of local law
authorities as well as the Negro community. He has shown unique
devotion, and to his sponsors he has shown the utmost integrity and
responsibility.
Profit-Making Organization -- KFRE AM-FM-TV, Fresno.
The selection panel said:
"KFRE created Dropouts, Anonymous, an ongoing project that has
put would-be dropouts in direct contact with men and women who have
faced and conquered the same problems.
"Citizens were organized to aid youth and persuade them to stay
in school or return to school. Adults were encouraged to seek addi-
tional schooling.
"As a result of the program, hundreds of persons have decided
to resume their education.
"Over 1, 000 potential high school dropouts have been successfully
conseled since 1966.
"In addition, the KFRE program provides an outline for other
California broadcasters to follow in the event they desire to under-
take similar efforts.'
The award was accepted by Guy Farnsworth, director of special
broadcasting services and a key figure in the KFRE program.
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Non-Profit Organization -- Services for the Blind, Inc., Santa
Ana.
The selection panel said:
"There was no organizational source to help the blind of the
area help themselves in learning skills and securing employment
until Services for the Blind, Inc., was founded in 1962. Built on
the motto, 'Dedicated to Helping the Blind Help Themselves, the
organization went to work to assist blind persons in overcoming their
handicap in order to live more useful and happy lives.
"It was not a case of charitable sighted persons dropping into
the office occasionally to read books to their less fortunate
fellows--or to string a few beads or play chess or even apply for
a guide dog. In this organization, the blind do lead the blind, and
the leadership is remarkable.
"The organization's facilities have grown from a small bungalow
to a good-size training center.
"It has served over 300 blind residents of Orange County.
Extensive counseling and training of sighted relatives and friends
is also undertaken in order to improve their understanding of the
challenges associated with blindness.
"New services provided by the organization include home teach-
ing, mobility training in public schools, enlargement of staff and
teachers, new efforts to improve public acceptance in hiring more
blind people, recreation for pre-teenage and senior citizens, and
home teaching.
"Assistance is provided to college students who write term
papers on the subject of blindness in order to increase understand-
ing about the handicap of blindness, including its possibilities and
limitations."
Dr Wilhelm de Nijs, executive director of Services for the Blind.
Inc. since 1964, accepted the award.
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Contact:
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445-4571
6.18.68
Bill signing ceremonies have been scheduled for tomorrow in
the governor's office:
11:00 a.m., SB 202 (Mills), exempts fuel used by transit
districts, passenger stage corporations, or any common
carriers of passengers operating within cities from the
diesel fuel tax. The bill will make over two million
dollars a year available to those districts and carriers
providing such transit services. The bill is a part of
the governor's legislative program.
11:15 a.m., SB 466, (Marks), continues the McAteer
Alcoholism Act for another year. It appropriates
$751,249 to carry out the operations of the Division
of Alcoholism,
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6.19.68
#408
Governor Ronald Reagan today signed legislation designed to
assist local transit operations in metropolitan areas of California.
The bill (SB-202) will help to relieve the financial burden on
property tarpayers in these areas and will also assist minorities, the
aged and low-income families by providing better transit service to
and from work, particularly within the core areas of major cities.
The legislation was authored by Senator James R. Mills of
San Diego and coauthored by Assemblyman James A. Hayes of Long Beach.
The bill had strong support from the Business and Transportation
Agency and the California Division of Highways, even though the bill
at first appears contrary to administration policies which generally
oppose any measure which would divert fuel taxes--or other such
transportation-related revenues--from highway construction.
A special exception was made in this case, with the legislative
intent specifically written into the bill, to assure that the funds
saved in fuel tax relief would be used exclusively to improve commute
and local transit services.
Governor Reagan emphasized that the bill will prove especially
beneficial in major urban areas with large minority commuter and aged
residents living in "core cities" within the metropolitan areas.
Specificially, the legislation relieves from paying the normal
fuel taxes:
a) transit districts, transit authorities and/or cities
which own and operate a local transit system itself
or through a wholly owned non-profit corporation.
b) passenger stage corporations subject to the jurisdiction
of the Public Utilities Commission when the motor vehicles
of such passenger stage corporations are exclusively oper-
ated in urban and suburban areas as defined by the Revenue
and Taxation Code.
c) common carriers of passengers operating exclusively on
any line or lines within the limits of a single city
between fixed termini or over a regular route, providing
that 98% of these operations are exclusively within the
limits of a single city and, who by reason of the above,
are therefore not considered a passenger stage corporation
subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission.
The governor commended the two authors and Business and Transpor-
tation Secretary Gordon Luce for the months of work that went into
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making passage of the bill possible.
"The movement of industry to the suburbs has greatly increased
the distance between home and job opportunities, making it more
difficult for the unemployed to make their way to the door of potential
employers or to training centers, resulting in severe social and
economic problems," the governor said.
"Studies of Watts and other areas indicate that congestion and
the lack of adequate mass transportation in the inner city increases
the difficulty of our minority groups and senior citizens.
"These are the problems which this bill deals with. I am
pleased to sign it."
The estimated overall savings in fuel tax payments is estimated
at about $2 million statewide.
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# 409
Poor People's March
The following are remarks by Governor Ronald Reagan made from
the west steps of the State Capitol this afternoon:
"I understand that you have been told, perhaps by some of our
legislators that you had an appointment with me and that I did not
keep the appointment and refused to see you...and that is a lie.
I said that I would be available at 9:00 A.M. this morning on being
told you were planning on holding your meeting at 9:00 A.M. My
schedule was cleared accordingly.
"Now I have read your demands and I understand some of your points.
You are entitled to hear some of our philosophy and some of the things
that we are trying to do in this administration. These things meet
a number of the points that you have come up on this trip about. I
happen to believe that the answer to the problem that besets so many
of our people in this state has to do with jobs.
"We have done everything we can, but we are not going to make the
kind of promises that you have been fed by government for the last
eight years--promises that could not be kept. We are going to stop
escalating the promises.
"We have formed, with private enterprise, a management council
that is in 16 urban areas in our state to provide employment. Thous-
ands of jobs have been provided this way so far. It isn't an instant
cure and it can't be done easily.
"At the same time, we have appealed to the poverty program in
Washington to grant us the seed money for a program in the Valley that
will combine the volunteer services of labor, educators and of manage-
ment for providing construction and machinery in order to start a
program which will not only provide migrant farm housing, but which,
will
at the same time, a combination program of education and training
for those who are building that particular migrant housing.
"I have for a number of weeks been going into various communities
and meeting with some of your own leaders, some of whom are here, in
an effort to try and find out what we can do. I have called meetings
here and have held them with our industrialists, with our labor leaders,
with our school boards, and with our superintendents. I have passed on
to them the complaints your leaders told me about.
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"We have asked for a survey of civil service in the state to take
away some of the requirements for employment that have made some of
you ineligible for such jobs. We are seeking to find out how many
state classifications we can free from the necessity of having to have
a diploma.
"We have launched a summer jobs-for-youth program. We are going to
continue doing everything we can to create a business climate that
will make jobs available for the people of this state and to provide
the training that will provide them the skills they need to have for
those jobs. We intend to represent all of the people of this state.
"Now, the fact that we have not been able to have an instant
Utopia just happens to be because there is no such thing. There is
no way it can be done. But we will gladly receive any suggestions,
any complaints that you have about failures in our own system. We
have heard many already and WE have taken steps to correct them.
"And, that's about all I can say to you, except to repeat that
those who told you that I had no intention of dealing with your pro-
blems, that I had no intention of seeing you and that I had refused
to see you did not tell you the truth. I would suggest that when
someone doesn't tell you the truth once, you ought to be prepared to
ask him the next time whether he is telling the truth.
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#410
Governor Ronald Reagan has signed the following bills:
AB 781 - Shoemaker
Increases the number of clerical positions and
(Chapter 311)
establishes the salary range for the position of
intermediate typist-clerk for the municipal court
in the Santa Barbara-Goleta Judicial District.
AB 1123 - Elliott
Corrects obsolete references to the state consti-
(Chapter 312)
tution, and repeals statutory provisions rendered
obsolete by the amendments to the constitution
adopted in 1966.
AB 1152 - Briggs
Broadens the authority of county sealers of weights
(Chapter 313)
and measures to test any non-commercial weighing
and measuring devices.
AB 1175 - Biddle
Extends to March 15, 1968, the time in which the
(Chapter 317)
statement, map or plat regarding annexation to a
city may be filed with the State Board of Equali-
zation for the annexation to be effective for
assessment and tax purposes for the 1963-69 fiscal
year. The bill applies to cities completing annex-
ations batween January 17 and January 27, 1967.
SB 55 - Stiern
Increases the annual salary of court reporters in
(Chapter 314)
Kern County from $9,600 to $12,000 a year.
SB 104 - Marks
Increases the number and salary of certain person-
(Chapter 301)
nel of the San Francisco Superior Court.
SB 116 - Collier
Permits boards of directors of resort improvement
(Chapter 302)
districts to authorize the payment of specified
amounts of compensation to board members for
attendance at board meetings. The bill specifies
that secretary of district may be member of dis-
trict board of directors and authorizes board to
fix his compensation. It also specifically
authorizes such districts to hold, use, enjoy,
lease, or dispose of, any of its property.
SB 170 - Cologne
Revises the maximum aggregate amount for which a
(Chapter 303)
municipal water district may issue negotiable
promissory notes for general district purposes.
The bill further provides that any person represent-
ing a municipal water district on board of direc-
tors of a metropolitan water district may receive
compensation and expenses from the water district
for such service.
SB 188 - Lagomarsino
(Chapter 304)
Authorizes the entry of the fact and date of proper-
ty sold for taxes on the reproduced roll where a
machine-prepared assessment roll is used.
SB 224 - Grunsky
Provides that an indeterminate commitment of a
(Chapter 315)
defendant as a mentally disordered sex offender,
a commitment for insanity, and a commitment for
narcotics addiction, 90 days after such commitment
shall be deemed a final judgment for purposes of
allowing an appeal by a defendant from final judg-
ment of conviction.
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SB 253 - Stiern
Establishes new educational requirements for
(Chapter 305)
applicants for a real estate broker's license,
Beginning January 2, 1970, applicants for a
broker's license must have completed courses in
real estate law and real estate practice and take
examinations or courses in real estate financing
and real estate appraisal. The bill requires
applicants for a broker's license to take courses
in each of the four above-named subjects after
January 2, 1972. The real estate commissioner is
to waive these requirements if an applicant for
a broker's license has been admitted to the Cali-
fornia State Bar or has completed a course of
study equivalent to that required by SB 253.
SB 302 - Way
Provides that a community service district may be
(Chapter 306)
formed without an election upon the consent of
all registered voters of the proposed district.
The bill does not apply to community service dis-
tricts situated in more than one county.
SB 326 - Sherman
Permits a defendant to demur to a complaint when
(Chapter 307)
it appears, from any matter of which court must
or may take judicial notice, as well as when it
appears on the face of the complaint, that ground
for demurrer exists.
SB 455 - Marks
Increases the salaries of certain of the San Fran-
(Chapter 308)
cisco Superior Court administrative personnel.
SB 466 - Marks
Extends the termination date of the state's
(Chapter 319)
alcoholism program (McAteer Alcoholism Act) to
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the 61st day after adjournment of the 1969 Regular
Session of the legislature. The bill appropriates
$751, 294 to the Department of Public Health to
carry out the operations of the Division of
Alcoholism.
SB 533 - Whetmore
Revises the number of and salaries of personnel
(Chapter 309)
in specified Orange County Municipal Courts.
SB 603 - Marks
Increases the number and compensation of various
(Chapter 310)
attaches of the San Francisco Municipal Court.
SB 844 - Stevens
Specifies that certain tidelands granted in trust
(Chapter 316)
to the City of Palos Verdes Estates may be used
for various conservation and recreation purposes.
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#411
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today that estimates by the
State Finance Department of the deficit in the school funding bill
have been confirmed by the second apportionment figures.
"The second apportionment figures given today by the Department
of Education unfortunately confirm the correctness of the estimate
made by the Department of Finance last March that there would be a
$70 million deficit in the school bill," the governor said.
He pointed out that when the bill (AB 272-Unruh) was presented
to him for signature following the 1967 Legislative Session, Unruh
assured him the bill would cost the amount which the legislature
provided for state aid to the public school system.
In March, after the first apportionment figures were released,
the Finance Department said Unruh's estimate was wrong by $70 million.
"The Finance Department estimate has now been confirmed,"
Governor Reagan said, adding:
"This means that the 1968-69 budget now being considered by the
Joint Conference Committee will be as drastically affected by the
speaker's so-called mistake as we feared.
"Last spring, several persons, including lobbyists for various
school groups, advised the public that our estimate of a $70 million
deficiency could not be right.
"But, unfortunately, the $70 million figure is no longer an
estimate but a proven statistic.
"This obviously means that the economies, about which we warned
all of the schools in March, are still essential if we are to maintain
the fiscal stability of the state," the governor said,
"I want to commend Finance Director Caspar W. Weinberger and
his staff for their fine work in correctly estimating the deficiency
and thereby alerting the taxpayers of California about a very serious
fiscal problem," the governor added.
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# 412
Governor Ronald Reagan today urged "California's decent needy
with legitimate grievances" to rid themselves of "self-appointed
leaders who are more interested in inciting riots than in making
meaningful progress.
"This administration and the legislature do not have to be con-
vinced of the need to solve the problems of those Californians who
are unemployed or unable to provide a proper standard of living for
themselves or their families. No problem receives more attention
in Sacramento, and a number of programs evidence the fact that com-
passion and understanding are not lacking in government.
"Self-appointed leaders of the so-called poor are in fact
betraying the people they profess to represent when they promote
unnecessary marches and demonstrations which have no real purpose
other than to stir up violence and trouble.
"Some of the self-appointed leaders of Wednesday's 'poor march 1
can be questioned as to motive and sincerity on the basis of their
past record of lawbreaking., " Governor Reagan said.
Governor Reagan also criticized those "who sought to inflame
passions rather than find solutions and who would have been directly
responsible if any serious violence had occurred."
The governor pointed out that he had cleared his calendar
yesterday morning for those leaders of the needy who wished to see
him. However, those who made the request never appeared. No formal
request was made for a later meeting.
Governor Reagan said he talked with the group on the west steps
of the Capitol because, "I did not want those who were threatening
violence to think that they could intimidate the governor of
California."
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#413
Governor Ronald Reagan announced that he has signed the
following bills:
AB 57 - Priolo
Allows a holder of an off-sale beer and wine license
(Chapter 336)
to sell alcoholic beverages outside of a one-half
mile radius of the Sawtelle Veterans Home in
Los Angeles County. Present law allows the holder
of an off-sale general license to sell alcoholic
beverages outside of the one-half mile radius while
those holding an off-sale beer and wine license can
operate 1½ miles from the home.
AB 153 - Barnes
Expands definition of "forestry member," for pur-
(Chapter 337)
poses of Public Employees' Retirement System, to
include advisors and recreation specialists in
forestry job corps conservation centers.
AB 168 - Badham
Provides that community services districts may pro-
(Chapter 338)
vide for the conversion of existing overhead electric
and communication facilities of a public agency or
public utility, with its consent, to underground
locations and for financing such conversion pursuant
to the Improvement Act of 1911.
AB 339 - Porter
Increases number of judges in the Compton Municipal
(Chapter 339)
Court District from four to five.
AB 403 - Knox
Authorizes the California Districts Securities Com-
(Chapter 340)
mission to collect fees to cover costs incurred in
performing any commission function rather than limit-
ing the fees to functions. The bill also transfers
from Department of Water Resources to California
Districts Securities Commission responsibility for
inspecting progress of any work financed from pro-
ceeds of any certified bond issue and for determining
whether project has been satisfactorily completed.
AB 450 - Porter
Increases the number of judges in the Los Cerritos
(Chapter 341)
Municipal Court District of Los Angeles County from
2 to 3.
AB 546 - Biddle
Limits the rehabilitation period in cases of multi-
(Chapter 342)
ple convictions with consecutive sentences to a
maximum period of 50 months. The superior court
to which the application for rehabilitation is made
has authority to extend the period of rehabilitation.
AB 547 - Biddle
Provides that persons confined in a county jail,
(Chapter 343)
whether under sentence of imprisonment or as a con-
dition of probation, may request and receive a prompt
disposition of outstanding and unresolved criminal
charges in the courts of this state in the same
manner in which the disposition of such charges may
be obtained by inmates of state prisons or
institutions.
AB 548 - Biddle
Requires persons who are not specifically authorized
(Chapter 344)
by statute to inspect the record of juvenile court
proceedings to petition the juvenile court for an
order permitting their inspection of such records.
AB
597 - Moorhead Provides that where an executor or administrator of
(Chapter 345)
an estate doubts a creditor's claim, the claimant
and the personal representative may enter an agree-
ment to refer the matter in controversy to a com-
missioner, or referee, some disinterested person,
or the judge for settlement by way of summary
procedure.
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AB 623 - Burke
Provides that the county from which a patient of a
(Chapter 346)
state hospital or institution was admitted shall be
liable for public assistance received by patient
up to three years after release on leave of absence
of patient from the hospital or institution.
AB 629 - Knox
Broadens the definition of "mortgage guarantee
(Chapter 347)
insurance" contained in the Insurance Code to include
residential apartment houses, buildings occupied for
industrial purposes, and leases on buildings occu-
pied for industrial or commercial purposes.
AB 777 - Fong
Adds to the definition of "professional nurse, " for
(Chapter 348)
purposes of the Nursing Practice Act, the require-
ment that such person be licensed by the state as a
registered nurse.
AB 838 - Cory
Requires that a ballot pamphlet be sent with each
(Chapter 349)
absentee ballot.
AB 853 - Belotti
Permits a winegrower as to wine and a beer manufac-
(Chapter 350)
turer as to beer, to give or sell such alcoholic
beverages below established prices to (a) a non-
profit charitable corporation or association exempt
from federal income taxes, or (b) a nonprofit incor-
porated trade association exempt from federal income
taxes, the members of which are alcoholic beverage
licensees. In the latter instance, the wine or
beer shall be used solely for an association con-
vention or meeting.
AB 904 - Badham
Requires the Public Utilities Commission to prescribe
(Chapter 351)
installation of stop signs at unprotected railroad
crossings unless the commission finds that they
would create an additional danger.
AB 1011 - Powers
Increases the maximum fees the Division of Indus-
(Chapter 352)
trial Safety may charge for elevator inspections.
AB 1016 - Crandall
(Chapter 353)
Extends the inspection interval for installed tanks
from three to five years.
SB 115 - Collier
Increases the annual salary of the Siskiyou County
(Chapter 320)
district attorney from $7,200 to $15,000. The bill
also prohibits the district attorney from engaging
in private practice during his term of office.
SB 138 - Rodda
Provides that
an employee in a position requir-
(Chapter 321)
ing certification requirements who serves less time
than the minimum schoolday, rather than one who
serves less time than the majority of employees in
same grades, may specifically contract with school
district governing board to serve as a part-time
employee. The bill also alters the method for
establishing the rate of compensation for such part-
time employees as a ratio to amount paid full-time
employees.
SB 153 - Dymally
Makes nonsubstantive amendments to the Business and
(Chapter 322)
Professions Code.
SB 162 - Dymally
Makes nonsubstantive amendments to the Health and
(Chapter 323)
Safety Code.
SB 175 - Cologne
Makes nonsubstantive amendments to the Public
(Chapter 324)
Resources Code.
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SB 232 - Grunsky
Extends the provisions of California's Equal Pay
(Chapter 325)
Law to all employees in a business establishment,
rather than limiting its applicatinn to women. The
bill is intended to prevent discrimination on the
basis of sex where employees are doing work on jobs
requiring equal skill, effort and responsibility
performed under similar working conditions in the
same establishment.
SB 292 - Moscone
Provides that every measure submitted to the people
(Chapter 326)
by the legislature shall appear on the ballot of
the first general election occurring after 150
days after the adoption of the proposal by the legis-
lature. The bill provides that constitutional
amendments of the current legislative session shall
be placed on the ballot of the 1968 general election
if adopted on or before July 7, 1968.
SB 304 - Moscone
Provides that where a minor has no guardian of his
(Chapter 327)
estate but has money exceeding $2,000 but not more
than $10,000, the person holding such money may
petition the court to take jurisdiction over the
disposition of such money. The court may order
that such money be deposited in a bank or trust
company, or invested in an insured account in a
savings and loan association, or that a guardian
be appointed to care for the money.
SB 349 - Short
Permits the use of funds from override taxes to
(Chapter 328)
purchase land, buildings, and furniture for develop-
ment centers for handicapped minors.
SB 386 - Sherman
Increases fees paid by subdividers to the Division
(Chapter 329)
of Real Estate in connection with the filing of ap-
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plications by subdividers for investigations and
issuance of public reports.
SB 421 - Sherman
Makes several technical and clarifying amendments
(Chapter 330)
to provisions of the Business and Professions Code
relating to the Real Estate Recovery Fund.
SB 435 - Coombs
Provides that land zoned for commercial development
(Chapter 331)
with approved access to a city street and approval
of interior street alignment would be excluded from
the definition of a subdivision. Land zoned for
industrial development is presently exempted.
SB 473 - Lagomarsino
(Chapter 332)
Repeals an obsolete provision of the Public Resources
Code relating to the use of explosives.
SB 480 - Collier
Permits retired members of the Public Employees'
(Chapter 333)
Retirement System to vote for members of, and to
hold office on, the board of administration of that
system.
SB 802 - Lagomarsino
(Chapter 334)
Appropriates $200,000 to augment the Budget Act of
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1967 to provide funds for claims against the state.
SB 910 - Stevens
Permits a board of directors of a nonprofit corpor-
(Chapter 335)
ation to act, if the articles of incorporation or
bylaws of such corporation so provide, without a
meeting if all members of the board consent in
writing to such action. Business corporations al-
ready have this authority.
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# 414
Governor Ronald Reagan has accepted the resignation of James M.
Shumway from the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board.
Shumway, formerly chief aide to Health and Welfare Secretary
Spencer Williams, was named to the board May 2.
He is the Republican candidate for the 4th Congressional Dis-
trict Seat in California.
In a letter to Shumway, Governor Reagan said he accepted
Shumway's resignation with "mixed feelings.
"You have been a valued member of this administration, and
although your service on the board has been of short duration, it
is greatly appreciated,
"At the same time I am well aware of your obligations as a
candidate for Congress. I want you to know that you have my very
best wishes for success in November and in all your future endeavors, "
the governor's letter said.
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# 415
Governor Ronald Reagan has asked members of the California
Congressional Delegation in Washington to take legislative action
aimed at securing $7.5 million in Civil War claims--owed, but never
paid to California by the federal government.
In a letter to Congressman Glenard P. Lipscomb, the governor
said that although the war claims payment has been authorized, it has
never been paid.
"California is the only state which the federal government has
failed to pay for Civil War claims, " his letter said.
The governor noted that the $7,537,248.15 due California is
"for funds expended and indebtedness assumed by the federal govern-
ment during the Civil War.
He said "it is my strong recommendation that (appropriate
legislation) be introduced by the whole delegation as soon as
possible.
"This seems to my administration to be a matter of simple
justice, in view of the fact that all of the other states' claims
have been paid."
Governor Reagan noted that "the Congress has no special duty
to perform, as such, except to authorize an appropriation to pay the
claim."
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#416
Governor Ronald Reagan today reappointed Fullerton businessman
George E. Delahanty to a four-year term on the California Advisory
Board of Collection Agencies.
The job pays necessary expenses.
Delahanty, a 51-year old Republican, was first appointed to the
board last September.
He is president of the Transcontinental Credit Service Company
of Fullerton and has long been active in community affairs, He is
a former president of the Fullerton Chamber of Commerce; is a past
director of the Orange County Chamber of Commerce; and served as
president of the Orange County Federation of Community Chests, Inc.,
from 1955-56.
Delahanty resides at 2500 Coronado Drive, Fullerton.
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#417
Governor Ronald Reagan has named King H. Harger of Valley Center
to a three-year term on the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners.
Harger, a 57-year old Republican, replaces Eldo C. Sprecher
of Sacramento whose term expired.
The governor also reappointed Herbert C. Templeman of Oxnard
to the board. Templeman, 44, was first appointed in 1965. He is a
Republican.
The posts pay necessary traveling expenses and not more than
$10 per diem.
Harger has been in private practice since 1943 and is a graduate
of the College of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons in Los Angeles.
His address is P.O. Box 722, Valley Center.
Templeman has been engaged in private practice for 11 years.
He lives at 811 East Myrna Drive, Port Hueneme.
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GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
June 24, 1968
through
June 29, 1968
Monday, June 24
7:30 a.m.
Arrive ABC Studios, Hollywood, for taping of live
Morning Show
Morning
Depart Los Angeles for Sacramento
Tuesday, June 25
9:30 a.m.
PRESS CONFERENCE
1:30 p.m.
Brief meeting with Chico State College Board of
Trustees (Governor's Office)
Wednesday, June 26 No Public Appointments Scheduled
Thursday, June 27
3:00 p.m.
Council Meeting (Governor's Council Room)
Friday, June 28
9:00 a.m.
Arrive UC Davis Campus for remarks to Girls State
Saturday, June 29
Evening
State-Wide Republican Candidates' School Dinner
(Tentative)
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#419
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Los Angeles Harbor Commissioner
Robert A. Day to a four-year term on the Southern California World
Trade Center Authority.
The post was created by the 1967 legislature and pays necessary
expenses.
Day, a 52-year old Republican, is a former vice president and
director of the Superior Oil Company in Los Angeles. He is a
director of the Crescent Wharf and Warehouse Company; is on the
Board of Counsellors of the University of Southern California School
of Medicine and the President's Council of Loyola University.
He is on the Advisory Committee of Robert Louis Stevenson
School at Pebble Beach and is a former chairman of the Parents'
Committee of Claremont Men's College.
In addition, he is an active supporter of the Los Angeles Civic
Light Opera Association and is a fire commissioner.
He lives at 501 Bellagio Terrace, Los Angeles.
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#420
Governor Ronald Reagan today called on all Californians to
take unusual precautions to prevent fires in the forest and wild-
lands of the state during what promises to be a severe fire occurrence
year.
In issuing the appeal, the governor noted that a fire which
apparently started just yesterday in the Los Padres National Forest
had already blackened at least 1,200 acres by this afternoon and
was still raging out of control.
James G. Stearns, Director of the Department of Conservation,
and State Forester Francis Raymond informed the governor that moisture
and forest fuel conditions during the early summer are about the
same as normally expected in mid-summer--a week to six weeks ahead
of schedule.
Lack of rain and weeks of drying north winds during April and
early June brought about the current critical conditions. During this
period there have been more than three times as many forest fires
as last year--922 versus 286. This compares with a five-year average
of 500.
Fire weather meteorologists report that ground moisture supplies
have been exhausted in much of the lower elevation wildlands. This
condition in the past has led to extraordinary and costly fire occur-
rence. Similarly, in the higher elevations, below normal precipita-
tion and low existing snowpack indicate that all wildland areas in
the state face severe wildfire problems this year.
The fire season was officially declared May 1. At that time,
the Division of Forestry began staffing its 235 forest fire stations
and 32 ranger units with firefighters to respond 24 hours a day,
seven days a week, to fire calls on some 28,000,000 acres of wild-
lands for which the Division of Forestry is responsible.
Governor Reagan urged every citizen and all civic and business
enterprises, such as waste dump operators, utility companies, rail-
roads, resort operators, equipment operators and others who frequent
the state's dry wildlands to make every effort to prevent fires.
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#421
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed three persons to the
State Board of Architectural Examiners.
The posts pay $25 per diem plus expenses.
Named to four-year terms were:
Mary K. Hosking, a Bakersfield newspaper woman. Mrs. Hosking,
a Republican, replaces Edwin F. Self of La Jolla whose term expired.
She is assistant editor of the Bakersfield News Bulletin, a
semi-weekly newspaper. Mrs. Hosking is the wife of Richard Hosking,
a member of the Bakersfield City Council. She is on the City Board
of Charity Appeals and Solicitations and is a member of the Greater
Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce - Women's Division.
Mrs. Hosking lives at 2900 19th Street, Bakersfield.
John R. Ross, a 44-year old Republican and San Luis Obispo
architect. He replaces Worley K. Wong of Oakland whose term expired.
Ross is a 1949 graduate of the University of Southern California
and operates the San Luis Obispo architectural firm of John R. Ross
and Associates, Inc.
He lives at 580 Serrano Drive, San Luis Obispo.
Named to a term ending in 1971 was:
-Clifford L. Burgess, 47, a Los Angeles building designer.
A Republican, Burgess is a former president of the Los Angeles chapter
of the American Institute of Building Design and currently serves as
its vice president.
He operates the Los Angeles building design firm of Cliff Burgess
and Associates and resides at 11931 Dorothy Street, Los Angeles.
Burgess will fill the unexpired term of Robert Van Roekel of
Redlands who resigned. The term will end January 15, 1971.
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#422
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Bette O. Cooper of Stockton
and Patricia Ann Kirkegaard of Fresno to four-year terms on the
Stockton State Hospital Board of Trustees.
The posts pay necessary expenses.
Both appointments will expire four years from the date of
Senate confirmation.
Mrs. Cooper, a Republican, replaces Eileen Rue of Stockton
whose term expired. Mrs. Kirkegaard succeeds Judge Priscilla Haynes
of Manteca who resigned.
Mrs. Cooper is the wife of J. Victor Cooper of Stockton and is
a 1940 graduate of Mills College. She served as co-chairman of the
Stockton Area Volunteer Cancer Drive two years ago. She is vice
president of the National Mills College Alumnae and serves as its
national student referral chairman.
She lives at 1015 Elmwood Avenue, Stockton.
Mrs. Kirkegaard, a Republican, is the wife of Dale D. Kirkegaard,
a Fresno physician. She is a graduate of the State University of
Iowa and has participated actively in Fresno civic affairs.
She is a member of the Fresno County Medical Auxiliary, the
St. Agnes Hospital Service Guild, Women's Symphony League and the
Women's Board of the Fresno Art Center.
She is a past director of the Fresno Mental Health Association
and is a former area chairman of the American Cancer Society.
She resides at 5477 North Millbrook Avenue, Fresno.
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#423
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed three Bay Area business
leaders as members of the San Francisco World Trade Center Authority.
The posts pay necessary expenses and are for four-year terms.
Named were:
Jack L. Ashby, 56, president and chief executive officer of
Kaiser Steel Corporation, Oakland. Ashby, a Republican, replaces
Joseph S. Quan of San Francisco whose term expired.
Ashby is a director of the American Iron and Steel Institute,
serves on the National Industrial Conference Board, and is a member
of a number of other leading trade organizations.
He lives at 1000 Mason Street, San Francisco.
Frank F. Walker, 71, a partner in the San Francisco investment
firm of Dean Witter & Company. A Republican, he is a 1917 Stanford
graduate and is a former trustee of the University. He succeeds
Morris Weisberger of San Mateo whose term expired.
Walker is a director of the Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Cor-
poration, the California Water Service Company, San Jose Water Works
and Varian Associates. He is a past director of the Fireman's Fund
and Blyth & Company of New York.
He lives at 1000 Mason Street, San Francisco.
William W. Morison, a 55-year old Republican and president of
Foremost Foods Company, San Francisco. Morison has served in his
corporate post since 1945. He is also a director and executive vice
president of Foremost-McKesson, Inc., of San Francisco.
He replaces Stockton physician Joseph A. Barkett who resigned.
Morison is a director of the Milk Industry Foundation and is a
former director of the International Association of Ice Cream Manu-
facturers, National Dairy Council, California Dairy Council, and the
Dairy Institute.
He lives at 40 Jennifer Lane, Alamo.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today urged members of the State Senate
to take "decisive action on an issue of vital importance to all
Californians" by passing a bill which would take the appointment of
judges out of partisan politics.
He said:
"I am extremely pleased that a majority of our lawmakers in the
upper house have already demonstrated their support for the measure.
I now urge other senators to join with them in taking decisive action
on an issue of vital importance to all Californians."
In emphasizing the "strongly bi-partisan nature of the effort,"
the governor complimented Senate Pro Tempore Hugh Burns (D-Fresno),
Donald Grunsky (R-Watsonville) and"those other legislators in the
Senate who have lent their support to the bill on the basis of merit
alone, and not political considerations."
Governor Reagan also pointed to the "truly overwhelming support
the legislation has received from virtually every major segment of
the life of the state." He noted that in addition to the strong back-
ing of the administration, the State Bar and the Judicial Council of
California, the bill is endorsed by:
--Roger J. Traynor, chief justice of the California Supreme Court.
--38 local and county bar associations in California--including
the Los Angeles and San Francisco Bar Associations--representing a
total of nearly 19,000 members.
In contrast, opposition to the plan has been registered by only
six bar associations in the state, representing just over 2,800 mem-
bers, or roughly only one-seventh of the state's lawyers.
--64 California newspapers, including virtually every major
metropolitan daily in the state.
--The California State Chamber of Commerce.
--The California Taxpayers' Association
The California State Grange
The California State American Legion
--The California State Sheriffs' Association
--The California Peace Officers' Association
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--The chambers of commerce of San Francisco, Los Angeles,
Oakland, San Diego and 40 others.
Individual state leaders who have endorsed the legislation
include: Jack Rees, executive secretary of the California Teachers'
Association; Alan Grant, president of the California Farm Bureau
Federation; Harry Holt, president of the California State Automobile
Association; Carl Livingston, president of the California Retailers'
Association; Edward Rademacher, president of the California Peace
Officers' Association; Frank Madigan, president of the State Sheriffs'
Association; Harold Heinly, California state commander of the American
Legion; Chester Deaver, master of the California State Grange;
Dudley Brown, president of the California Taxpayers' Association;
and Arnold Beckman, president of the California State Chamber of
Commerce.
Governor Reagan noted that at least 10 city councils and four
county boards of supervisors support the measure.
In addition, a number of labor leaders from around the state
have endorsed the bill, he said.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today named Long Beach mobile home manu-
facturer Arnold J. Romeyn to the State Commission on Housing and
Community Development.
The job pays $25 per diem plus travel expenses.
Romeyn, a 52-year old Republican, is vice president and
secretary-treasurer of the Kit Manufacturing Company of Long Beach,
a mobile home and trailer builder.
He will fill out the unexpired term of Morgan Flagg of
San Luis Obispo who resigned. The term will end October 10, 1968.
Romeyn is a past president and currently serves as a director
of the National Trailer Coach Association. He has also been active
in other community organizations. He lives at 1000 Bryant Road,
Long Beach.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today named Yolo County Agricultural
Commissioner Herbert W. Chandler to the 40th District Agricultural
Association's board of directors.
The association operates the Yolo County Fair.
The post pays necessary expenses.
Chandler, 45, succeeds the late John T. Rogers of Davis. Chandler
will fill out Rogers' unexpired term which ends January 15, 1969.
Chandler, a Republican, is a former president of the Sacramento
Valley Agricultural Commissioner's Association; is a director of
the California Crop Improvement Association; is a director of the
Yolo County Federal Credit Union; is chairman of the Yolo County
Employees' Community Chest Drive; and is a member of the American
Legion and Woodland Rotary Club.
He lives at 70 Cottonwood Street, Woodland.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today named Norwalk attorney
Robert E. Mitchell and Dorothy D. Natland, a Rolling Hills housewife,
to the State Social Welfare Board.
Both appointees will serve at the pleasure of the governor. The
posts pay $25 per diem plus necessary expenses.
Mitchell, 39, replaces Nelson A. Howard of Pasadena. Mrs. Natland,
a Republican, succeeds Raymond E. Lee of Los Angeles. Both outgoing
members resigned.
Mitchell, a Republican, is a graduate of the University of
Southern California Law School. He has practiced law in Norwalk
since 1963.
He serves as a director of the Mexican-American Service Center
in East Los Angeles; was on the board of directors of the La Mirada
Chamber of Commerce for five years and is currently a director of
the Norwalk Chamber of Commerce; is a sustaining member of the
La Mirada Boy Scouts of America; and is a member of the English-
Speaking Union of Los Angeles.
He lives at 15622 Olive Branch Drive, La Mirada.
Mrs. Natland is the wife of Manley L. Natland. They reside at
18 Crest Road East, Rolling Hills.
She has served on the advisory boards of both Marymount College
and Palos Verdes College. She is also a former director of the
Long Beach Junior League and was Palos Verdes Peninsula chairman of
the American Cancer Society for six years.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today signed into law a bill which will
local
permit ideal governments in California to receive an estimated
$560,000 a year in interstate highway right-of-way rental money that
previously had to be forwarded to the federal government.
The bill--AB 607, authored by Assemblyman Frank Lanterman (R-La
Canada) was drafted after extensive negotiations with federal
authorities by representatives of the Business and Transportation
Agency, the Department of Public Works and State Division of Highways.
The legislation had the strong support of the Reagan
administration.
In signing the bill, Governor Reagan explained that under present
law, the state is permitted to rent homes and other buildings on
rights-of-way purchased for the highway program until such time as
the right-of-way is actually needed for construction.
The governor said that on non-interstate right-of-way construc-
tion rentals, 24 per cent of the rental funds, or about $730,000 a
year, is returned to local government to offset the loss of property
tax revenues but that such was not the case with interstate projects.
"Prior to the passage of AB 607, 92 per cent of these rental
funds had to be forwarded to the federal government with the 8 per cent
which
remaining at the state level. It was this inequity/
the negotia-
tions and this enabling legislation will correct," Governor Reagan
said.
He commended Assemblyman Frank Lanterman and those state agencies
and departments involved for the many months of work that went into
the effort.
"This is another example of the policy of this administration to
assist local government and the property taxpayer." He pointed out
that local governments will now receive a total of roughly $1,290,000
annually in combined interstate and non-interstate right-of-way rental
funds for the next several years.
The governor said that these funds would gradually taper off as
the interstate program nears completion in 1974. "As long as the
revenues are available, it is proper that they be returned to our
communities and property taxpayers through local government rather
than being siphoned off to Washington," he added.
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Governor Reagan will sign AB 461 and AB 617 this afternoon at
3 p.m. at a ceremony in his office.
AB 461 (Veysey) creates the Salton Sea Advisory Committee.
AB 617 (Veysey) authorizes the director of agriculture to enter
into cooperative agreements with the federal government concerning
red meat and poultry meat inspection. The bill could produce sub-
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Governor Ronald Reagan announced today that the following bills
have been signed:
AB 198 - Stacey
Authorizes the Kern County Agency to levy ground
(Chapter 369)
water production charges within improvement districts
URGENCY
within the agency which will benefit from the re-
charge of underground water supplies or the distribu-
tion of imported water.
AB 268 - MacDonald
(Chapter 370)
Appropriates $2.7 million in augmentation of the
URGENCY
1967 Budget Act relating to the support of hospitals
for the mentally ill and the Short-Doyle local mental
health program.
AB
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Russell Authorizes a minor 15 years of age or older living
(Chapter 371)
separate and apart from his parents or legal guardian,
and who is managing his own financial affairs regard-
less of the source of his income, to consent to
certain medical, dental or hospital care.
AB 441 - Murphy
Directs the superintendent of public instruction to
(Chapter 372)
apportion state supplemental support funds to certain
URGENCY
elementary and high school districts which are
ineligible for such support because of an insufficient
tax rate due solely to a fluctuation in the units of
average daily attendance in the district.
AB 543 - Pattee
Provides that Franchise Tax Board may waive the
(Chapter 373)
10 percent penalty for underpayment of estimated
tax in case of a showing of good cause.
AB 607 - Lanterman
(Chapter 354)
Provides that 24 percent of the rent received by the
URGENCY
Division of Highways on properties rented prior to
interstate highway construction projects shall be
distributed to local revenue and taxing districts,
Under present law, 24 percent of rentals on non-
interstate projects are distributed to local taxing
bodies. It is estimated that the bill will result
in an additional $560,000 being distributed to local
government each year.
AB 674 - Knox
Authorizes the insurance commissioner to suspend the
(Chapter 388)
right of an insurer to obtain life certificates of
convenience for its new agents if, during a calendar
year, more than 66 2/3 percent of its appointees fail
to qualify for permanent licenses within six months
after obtaining such certificate. Suspension may be
terminated if the commissioner is satisfied that the
insurer has established procedures for the proper
training of prospective agents.
AB 719 - Moorhead
(Chapter 374)
Requires the court clerk, immediately after judgment
in a criminal case, to mail a copy of any statement
of views respecting the defendant that is filed with
the court and submitted by the court, district attor-
ney, or law enforcement agency, to the attorney for
the defendant, and to the defendant. The bill also
requires that a copy of any statement submitted in
behalf of the defendant be mailed to the district
attorney.
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AB 830 - Veysey
Provides that jurisdiction of a county superintendent
(Chapter 375)
over a joint school district shall not be changed
from one county superintendent to another except by
a majority vote of the electorate in the district.
Present law automatically changes the jurisdiction
to the county in which the greatest area of the dis-
trict lies, if a schoolhouse is constructed in the
portion of the district in that county.
AB 859 - Bagley
Extends the exemption from civil and criminal liability
(Chapter 376)
to a hospital, laboratory or clinic employing or
utilizing the services of, physicians, registered
nurses, licensed laboratory technologists or clinical
laboratory bioanalysts who properly administer a
blood test when requested to do so in writing by
a peace officer. The bill also requires the Depart-
ment of the California Highway Patrol, in cooperation
with the Department of Public Health, to adopt
uniform standards for the withdrawal, handling and
preservation of blood samples prior to analysis,
rather than uniform standards for the giving of blood
alcohol tests.
AB 876 - Ketchum Requires that the first agency to book a person after
(Chapter 377)
arrest shall furnish fingerprints and a description
of persons arrested for specified offenses to the
Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation.
AB 914 - Knox
Transfers a section of the Revenue and Taxation Code
(Chapter 378)
relating to the cancellation of certain penalties to
another chapter of that code. The bill also adds
the requirement that to receive the cancellation of
such penalties, the payment of the corrected amount
must be made within 30 days from the date the correc-
tion is entered on the roll.
AB 939 - Beverly Allows a probation officer to invest moneys he is
(Chapter 379)
authorized to received in federally-insured savings
and loan associations doing business in this state,
which are approved by the board of supervisors, as
an alternative to depositing such moneys in the
county treasury or approved commercial bank accounts.
AB 985 - Chappie Requires irrigation districts which, prior to
(Chapter 380)
November 8, 1967, by either resolution or written
agreement with a district landowner, have provided
a different basis for levying district assessments
against such landowner, to utilize such basis for
levying district assessments against such landowners,
rather than the county assessment roll.
AB 1056 - Moretti
(Chapter 381)
Authorizes investments in securities of the Asian
Development Bank by savings bank and incorporated
insurers.
AB 1473 - Badham Authorizes the Orange County Water District to deter-
(Chapter 382)
mine the amount and percentage of water extracted
from district's ground water supplies, to require
producers to use more or less than their allotted
percentage and to levy a basin equity assessment upon
producers who are required to use more than their
allotted percentage share for the purpose of reim-
bursing those producers who are required to use less
than their allotted percentage share, so as to equalize
the per-acre-foot cost of water to producers through-
out the district.
AB 1634 - Russell
(Chapter 383)
Specifies range of amounts of bond which the treasurer,
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auditor, secretary, directors and other employees
must give to the Upper Santa Clara Valley Water
Agency. The bill also increases the maximum interest
rate on Agency bonds from five to six percent.
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SB 6 - Stiern
Provides that the Board of Governors of the California
(Chapter 355)
Community Colleges succeeds to the powers and duties
of the superintendent of public instruction, as well
as those of the State Board of Education, the direc-
tor of Education, and the Department of Education, in
the administration of junior colleges.
SB 63 - Song
Revises the California law relating to the disposition
(Chapter 356)
of unclaimed property. The new law will become
operative on January 1, 1969.
SB 112 - Collier
(Chapter 357)
Amends the Health and Safety Code provisions relating
to the withdrawal of fire protection districts from
cities.
SB 308 - Sherman Prohibits a person who has had his sport hunting or
(Chapter 358)
fishing license revoked from purchasing another one
during the period of revocation, and permits further
periods of revocation for any additional violations.
SB 313 - Whetmore
(Chapter 359)
Increases the additional fee for court reporters
in Orange County from $6 to $10.
SB 316 - Danielson
(Chapter 384)
Eliminates the $50 minimum on costs which a public
entity, including the state, may collect against a
plaintiff when the plaintiff fails to recover a
judgment.
SB 347 - Burgener
(Chapter 360)
Adopts and authorizes the San Diego River (Mission
Valley) and Tahquitz Creek flood control projects in
accordance with congressional action and at such
estimated costs for state cooperation as may be
appropriated by the legislature upon recommendation
by the Department of Water Resources.
SB 375 - Cusanovich
(Chapter 361)
Exempts an employer engaged in the operation of a
licensed hospital from the Labor Code provisions
limiting maximum working hours of women, if he adopts,
pursuant to an agreement or understanding voluntarily
arrived at between the employer and employee, a work
period of 14 consecutive days instead of seven con-
secutive days for purposes of overtime compensation
and maximum hours limitations.
SB 389 - Cusanovich
(Chapter 362)
Provides that a National Guardsman who is federalized
during a civil disturbance may be defended by the
State of California in the event he is sued for an
act performed while on federal duty.
SB 442 - Moscone
(Chapter 385)
Revises and recodifies the law relating to appeals
in civil actions and proceedings.
SB 529 - Marks
Allows boards of supervisors to establish and operate
(Chapter 386)
a ferry across a bay subject to any restrictions con-
tained in the Toll Bridge Authority Act or contained
in any bond resolution of the California Toll Bridge
Authority.
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Exempts administrative offices of a junior college
(Chapter 363)
district from the Field Act when such offices are
located on a site separate from a junior college
campus and when pupils are not required to enter the
building. The Field Act requires strict standards in
the construction of school buildings to protect stu-
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SB 607 - Moscone
Adds a section to the Code of Civil Procedure which
(Chapter 387)
cross-references authorization for new trials to the
provisions relating to new trials ordered on appeals
in civil cases.
SB 639 - Deukmejian
(Chapter 364)
Provides that when certain attaches of municipal
court are assigned to serve a municipal court judge
sitting as a superior court judge, they shall
receive same salary as comparable personnel of the
superior court.
SB 680 - Lagomarsino
(Chapter 365)
Increases the annual salary of court reporters in
Santa Barbara County from $6,000 to $13,500. The
bill also provides for a $45 per diem for reporters
pro tempore and for a $10 filing fee in Santa
Barbara County.
SB 688 - Marler
Authorizes the governing board of a school district
(Chapter 366)
to donate obsolete textbooks to children and other
persons who reside in the school district in order
to promote general literacy of the citizenry, in-
stead of allowing the donations of such textbooks
to only pupils of the district or destroying the
books.
SB 699 - Coombs
Clarifies the Health and Safety Code provisions
(Chapter 367)
relating to earthquake safety requirements for
certain rural buildings.
SB 882 - Marler
Makes clarifying amendments to provisions of the
(Chapter 368)
Public Resources Code relating to the use of
incinerators within specified state and federal
forest areas.
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Governor Ronald Reagan has vetoed the following bill:
AB 257 - Burton The measure would allow boards of supervisors to
establish and operate a ferry across a bay subject
to any restrictions contained in the Toll Bridge
Authority Act or contained in any bond resolution
of the California Toll Bridge Authority.
The governor said he has already approved an identical
bill (Chapter 386, Statutes of 1968). Approval of
AB 257 would result in duplicate provisions being
added to the Streets and Highways Code.
He, therefore, returned the bill unsigned.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today signed legislation creating a
California Salton Sea Advisory Committee to assist public agencies
in attacking major problems facing one of California's most unique
recreational areas.
The bill--AB 461--was authored by Assemblyman Victor Veysey
(R-Brawley) and strongly supported by the State Resources Agency,
the Imperial Irrigation District and the Coachella Valley County
Water District.
In signing the bill, Governor Reagan pointed out that the Salton
Sea is the largest body of water within the State of California.
He also noted that because of its proximity to heavily populated
areas in Southern California, the Salton Sea has an enormous
recreational potential.
Governor Reagan said that the sea currently faces several
potentially critical problems, such as fluctuating water levels, a
high concentration of nutrients and increasing salinity. A high
evaporation loss and lack of outlet further compound these complex
problems.
"We must move quickly to analyze these problems and develop
realistic solutions to them before the beneficial uses, including
recreation, are impaired," the governor said.
He was joined in the bill-signing ceremony by Assemblyman
Veysey and Norman Livermore, secretary of the State Resources Agency.
Veysey and Livermore indicated their concern over the problems facing
the Salton Sea, including the possible loss of the sports fishery
established in the sea by the California Department of Fish and Game
during the 1950's. The excellent Sargo and Orange Mouth Corvina
fishing the sea provides plays a major role in Southern California's
outdoor recreational activities.
Veysey and Livermore also indicated that AB 461 contains an
urgency clause permitting it to become effective immediately upon
signing by the governor.
This allows the Salton Sea Advisory Committee to cooperate with
a joint federal (Department of the Interior) and state (Resources
Agency) study team, currently conducting a reconnaissance level
investigation of the Salton Sea problems.
Veysey explained that the committee created by his bill will
represent local governments and will be developed from local resi-
dents of the Salton Sea area.
"We hope this combined effort will expedite solutions to the
problems in the Salton Sea area before the potential benefits for the
people of this state are impaired," Livermore said.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today signed into law a bill which will
strengthen the California meat inspection program and provide better
consumer protection while saving California taxpayers more than a
half-million dollars annually in inspection costs.
The bill--AB617--was authored by Assemblyman Victor Veysey
(R-Brawley) and had the strong support of the State Department of
Agriculture, the Department of Finance and the California livestock
and meat packing industry.
The bill enables the State Department of Agriculture to take
full advantage of the provisions in the new Wholesome Meat Act
recently passed by Congress. This act provides for joint state-
federal cooperative meat inspection programs. A federal poultry
inspection bill is now pending along similar lines.
In signing the bill, Governor Reagan said that the State Director
of Agriculture Earl Coke is now authorized to establish standards and
requirements for meat inspection that are equal to, or stronger than,
the Federal Meat Inspection Act. The state, however, may not adopt
regulations which are less stringent than those written into new
federal law.
The governor was joined in the bill signing ceremony by Veysey
and Coke.
The Department of Agriculture, the legislature and the respon-
sible members of the California meat
industry who supported
the bill were commended by the governor for their action.
In addition to emphasizing the added safeguards which the new
bill provides to the consumer, Governor Reagan cited the specific sav-
ings to the General Fund under joint state-federal inspection pro-
cedures.
Governor Reagan said that while the cooperative program will
initially increase the total cost of meat inspection some $324,850 to
approximately $2,000,000 per year, 50 percent of this total amount
will be reimbursed to the state by the U.S. Department of Agriculture,
thus representing an overall savings of over a half million dollars
($682,128) to the State General Fund.
Coke and the governor both indicated that a nearly comparable
amount could be saved in the future if pending poultry inspection
legislation is enacted,
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Governor Ronald Reagan today praised "The statesmanship
and responsibility" of the Senate for its action in passing a
bill which will permit the State Water Project to continue on
schedule.
"The Senate acted with statesmanship and responsibility today
in recognizing the urgent and vital need to keep this tremendous
project on schedule," the Governor said.
"I also want to commend the members of the Assembly who
earlier passed the bill which will have a significant impact on
all Californians."
Gov. Reagan noted that he called for this legislation in his
State of the State Message last January, saying then that "Water
is of constant importance to our economy, to our agriculture and
industrial growth. 11
The Governor said the legislation "Will enable us to build all
the essential facilities of the project on schedule--not only for
the delivery of water, but also for the most efficient operation
of the water project.
"It will therefore enable the state to effect long-range
savings and keep the cost of water to a minimum.
"It will provide the money for construction of nine individual
projects in the system, including two power plants and the Perris
Reservoir in Riverside County, which would have been delayed
without this legislation.
"But most importantly, it will furnish water on schedule to
millions of Californians and will result in vast economic and
recreational benefits for all our citizens," the Governor said.
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Governor Ronald Reagan announced today he has chosen his new
director of public health from the ranks of the California Public
Health Department--Dr. Louis F. Saylor, a state employee for the past
eight years.
Saylor, assistant chief of the department's division of research
since 1960, succeeds Dr. Lester Breslow who left the post last
December. Dr. Hamlet C. Pulley, assistant director, has served as
acting director of the department since Breslow's resignation.
Saylor is a 1937 graduate of the University of Nebraska School
of Medicine and received a master's degree in public health, magna cum
laude, from the Harvard University School of Public Health in 1957.
Governor Reagan said:
"I am highly pleased that a man of Dr. Saylor's ability and
stature is assuming this important position of leadership and respon-
sibility in our state.
"He is truly a professional in the field of public health, a man
of proven competence and ability whose background and experience
eminently qualify him for the job.
"Dr. Saylor is also highly respected by those who have worked for
him and with him through the years, not only as a state employee but
as a U.S. Army medical officer for 21 years.
"He is the holder of the American Campaign Medal, the American
Defense Service Medal, the Army Commendation Ribbon with Two Oak Leaf
the
Clusters, and the Bronze Star--all excellent indications of/dedication
he has brought to his tasks and to the service of his fellow citizens."
Saylor was an Army doctor from 1939-60. He joined the service as
a 1st lieutenant in the Army Medical Corps, and was chief of the
Preventive Medicine Division and Deputy Surgeon at 6th Army Headquarters
in San Francisco when he retired.
During his military career, he served as:
--Division Surgeon, 8th Armored Division, in the U.S. and Europe,
during the latter part of World War II.
--Corps Surgeon, Headquarters 15th Army Corps., Bamberg, Germany,
1946.
--Chief of Hospitalization; Office of the Army Surgeon, 1st Army,
New York, 1947.
--Area Surgeon and Commander, 110th U.S. Army Station Hospital,
and 450th U.S. Army General Dispensary, Vienna Area Command, U.S.
Forces, Austria, 1947-50.
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--Chief, Research and Development Division, Office of the Surgeon,
Headquarters, U.S. Continental Army Command, Fort Monroe, Virginia,
1950-52.
--Assistant Chief, Education and Training Division, Office of the
Surgeon General, Department of the Army, Washington, D.C., 1952-56.
--Harvard University School of Public Health, Cambridge, Mass.,
1957.
-Chief Medical Officer, Eighth U.S. Army, Korea, 1958.
--Chief, Preventive Medicine Division and Deputy Surgeon, Head-
quarters 6th Army, Presidio of San Francisco, 1958-60.
Saylor, 55, has also served on the Commission on Military Accidents
of the Armed Forces Epidemiological Board since 1964, and was a member
of the Subcommittee on Medical Care of the President's Committee for
Traffic Safety in 1963.
In 1960, he was named a diplomate by the American Board of
Preventive Medicine.
As assistant chief of the Public Health Department's Division of
Research, Saylor has served as the principal line deputy to the chief
of the division and has assisted in planning, organizing and directing
the work of the division.
He was responsible for the planning and the eventual establishment
of the department's data processing center.
He has served as Acting Director Pully's principal assistant over
the past few months.
He and his wife, Cecilia, have a son who is an architect in
Albany, California.
Saylor, a Democrat, is a native of Omaha, Nebraska.
He and his wife reside at 1961 Drake Drive, Oakland.
The appointment, which pays $26,000 per year, is for a term
ending January 1, 1972.
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Contact:
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445-4571
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Governor Reagan will introduce Dr. Louis F. Saylor, the state's
new Public Health Director, during the Governor's Council Meeting, at
3:00 P.M. today in the Governor's Council Room.
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Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
6.27.68
SB 261 (Cologne) is scheduled to be signed by the governor at
a special ceremony in the governor's office tomorrow, Friday, at
11:00 A.M.
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Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
6.28.68
# 435
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Montebello attorney Pat
Mullendore to the municipal court bench, Los Angeles Judicial
District.
The post was created through legislation enacted in 1966, and
becomes effective on July 1. It pays $23,000 annually.
Mullendore, a 50-year old Republican, is a 1950 graduate of the
University of Southern California Law School. He worked as an
insurance adjuster from 1950-53 handling personal injury claims.
He was admitted to the State Bar in 1953 and has been engaged
in private practice since then.
During World War II, Mullendore served as an artillery-forward-
observer and liaison officer with the U.S. Army in Europe and par-
ticipated in such military operations as the Invasion of Normandy on
"D Day", the "Battle of the Bulge," "Ardennes Forest,' " "Saint Lo
Breakthrough" and the "Battle of the Rhine." He earned such honors
as the Arrowhead for Invasion, Bronze Star, Purple Heart and five
combat stars, and was discharged with the rank of 1st lieutenant.
Mullendore is active in numerous professional and community
organizations.
His wife, Mary, is a graduate of Long Beach State College and
Nazareth College for Women in Louisville, Kentucky. She is currently
a junior high school teacher in the Long Beach Unified School
District.
A son, Roger, is a student at Long Beach City College.
The Mullendores reside at 4045 Los Feliz Boulevard, Los Angeles.
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# 436
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Karl G. Schwab, a Whittier
investment manager, as a member of the Southern California World
Trade Center Authority.
The post pays necessary expenses.
Schwab, a 45-year old Republican, will serve as an "at-large"
member of the authority and will fill the unexpired term of H. E.
Ridings Jr. of Long Beach. The term ends November 18, 1969.
Ridings recently relinquished the "at-large" position he held
since 1964 to accept an appointment to the authority as the repre-
sentative of the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners.
A bill enacted by the 1967 legislature expanded the authority
from seven to eleven members: five at-large members; four commis-
sioners each representing one of the four major ports in Southern
California; and two ex-officio members. The ex-officio members include
the state directors of finance and public works.
Schwab, a 1949 graduate of Bowling Green State University,
manages investments for the Reilly Holdings Company of Whittier. In
this capacity, he serves as a director and officer of a number of
related firms.
Following graduation from college he worked in the accounting
departments of General Motors' Chevrolet Division and the DeVilbiss
Company.
He became executive director of the Whittier Area Chamber of
Commerce in 1957, a post he held until 1959.
He is a former president of the Whittier Rotary Club and has been
1967-68 chairman of the Whittier Salvation Army Advisory Board. He
is a past director of the Whittier YMCA and is a former community
chairman of the Whittier United Fund.
Schwab is vice chairman of the Whittier Park and Recreation
Commission. He also serves on the Brea Industrial Development
Committee.
He lives at 16313 East Janine Drive, Whittier.
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Caspar W. Weinbergt_, Director
Jr : 30, 1968
June 28, 1968
Contact: Walter P. Hollmann
Chief of Population Unit
Telephone: 445-9537
A Department of Finance study shows that California has added
477, 000 persons to its population over the past year, and that by
next July 1 the state's population will have passed the 20 million
mark by 154,000 persons.
The study, released today, projects that if net migration to
California continues at the average level of the past five years,
the state's population will double by the year 2,000 to a total of
38,571,000 persons.
In fact, the report indicates that under a higher birth rate
assumption, and with the same migration, California's population
could rise as high as 41,321,000 persons by the turn of the century.
It says the state's current civilian population has reached
19,662,000 persons (July 1, 1968) and, that of this figure, there are
620,000 more women than men.
The study foresees a gain in California of some two and one half
million persons over the next five years, and that by 1980, there
will be some 26 million persons living within the confines of the
state.
The report, published in a 49-page bulletin titled, Estimated
and Projected Population of California, 1960-2000, presents a myriad
of details relating to California's population growth, and projections
for the future. The study deals in projections, not predictions,
and notes that the figures it contains permit a comparison of differ-
ing patterns of births and migration.
For example, it shows that the median age in the level-migration,
low-birth, series will decline to 28.0 years in 1973 but will increase
to 31.0 by 2000.
Also presented are probable future proportions of the U.S. popu-
lation residing in California, which will rise from 8.7 percent in
1960 to 13.8 percent in the year 2000 under the conditions of con-
stant migration and low birth rates. Under the same assumption,
elementary school-age children, ages 5-13 will increase 76.9 percent;
high school-age youths, 14-17, will increase 93.1 percent; and that
part of the college age population between 18 and 21 years, inclusive,
will increase by 126 percent, from 1965.
Other data of interest to educators, economists, businessmen,
planners, and government officials are also included in the
report consisting of text, charts, and tables.
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Sacramento, Califoi a
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
6.28.68
# 437
Governor Ronald Reagan today commended the State Chamber of
commerce for a statement issued by the chamber on "law and order. "
"The State Chamber of Commerce has issued a statement stressing
the need for an end to violence and the restoration of law and order,
he said. "The chamber and its president, Dr. Arnold Beckman, are to
be commended for their forthright stand on this major issue of our
times, " the governor added.
The chamber's statement follows:
"Whether we return to being a nation of law and order or continue
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course and become a nation of violence will be determined
by our ideals and attitudes as citizens.
"For nearly a decade, the attitude has been developing that a
man can choose the laws he must obey; that he can take the law into
his own hands for a cause; that crime does not necessarily mean punish-
ment. Today, lawlessness is rampant in America.
"Crime continues to increase faster than population; juvenile
delinquency increases at an even faster rate; campus after campus is
wracked with disorder; universities are used as staging areas for
insurrection and mass violation of the law; and mob violence increas-
ingly threatens our communities in the guise of 'civil disobedience.'
"In order to regain our soundness as a nation, it is essential
we restore the American precept that each individual is responsible
and accountable for his actions. We must reject the idea that every
time a law is broken society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker.
"It is the basic commitment of government that every citizen
should be safe-safe on the street, safe in his home, safe in school,
safe in the park. But it is also a part of this commitment that each
individual is responsible for his own actions--that each citizen must
accept his full share of responsibility for law and order.
"While society can have law and order without freedom, no society
can long remain free without law and order."
Ten large state organizations have already endorsed the chamber's
action. They are:
Association of California Life Insurance Co., California Confer-
ence of Employers' Association, California Cattlemens' Association,
California Farm Bureau Federation, California Hay, Grain and Feed
Dealers' Association, California Medical Association, California State
Grange, California Nurserymans' Association, California Woolgrowers'
Association, and County Supervisors' Association of California.
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Contact:
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445-4571
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#438
Governor Ronald Reagan said today he is happy the legislature
has submitted the new state budget in time to allow careful scrutiny
of it before taking final action.
signed
He also announced he has /
SB 142 which extends the present
state sales tax rate for another 90 days,
The governor said:
"I am happy that the lawmakers have submitted a budget in time
to allow careful scrutiny of it prior to taking final action. The
time we have been provided will now enable us to take a close look
at the increases which have been inserted and to see where such items
can be reduced or eliminated.
"I am also pleased to say that a bill (SB 142) extending the
present sales tax for another 90 days has just been signed. This
action ensures that the legislature will have additional time to
consider the vital issue of property tax relief and take positive
action on it."
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Sacramento, Califo. ia
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Paul Beck
445-4571
6,28.68
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Governor Ronald Reagan announced today he has rescinded a veto
of a Merced County poverty program following agreement with Laurence
P. Horan, director, *Western Regional Office of Economic Opportunity,
to conduct a joint review of concerns the governor expressed about
these programs.
The agreement followed discussions between state and federal
officials over concerns raised by both the state and local officials.
The governor announced he would veto the program on May 17.
The Economic Opportunity Commission of Merced County, Inc. had
sought renewal of a $176,499 grant by the federal OEO.
In addition, the Western Regional Office assured the governor
that it will review efforts by the Economic Opportunity Commission in
Merced County to implement restructuring of the board to include one-
third public officials as required by recent Congressional action of
the Green amendments.
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Sacramento, California
Contact:
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GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
June 29, 1968
Through
July 7, 1968
Saturday and Sunday,
July 29 and 30
Note: Governor Reagan will remain in Sacramento
Saturday and Sunday. It is possible that the
budget signing may not occur before Sunday,
depending on how quickly the mechanical procedures
necessary can be completed. We will advise as
soon as we can determine the time.
Monday, July 1
12:45 p.m.
Arrive Cal Expo site for dedication ceremonies
Tuesday, July 2
1:30 p.m.
PRESS CONFERENCE
Wednesday, July 3
1:30 p.m.
Picture for Northern California Babe Ruth League
(Governor's Office)
2:00 p.m.
Picture for Powder Puff Derby (Governor's Office)
Thursday, July 4
Morning
Depart Sacramento Municipal Airport for Columbia
Airport
Noon
Reception and lunch for dignitaries participating
in Fourth of July celebration - Angelo's Hall
1:00 p.m.
Parade through streets of Columbia
2:00 p.m.
Governor's Speech
p.m.
Depart for Los Angeles
Friday, July 5 - Sunday, July 7
No public appointments scheduled
(Los Angeles)
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RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
#441
6.27.68
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today that the following bills
have been signed:
AB 192 - Fong
Permits the board of directors of a municipal utility
(Chapter 401)
district to declare that when a holiday falls on a
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Saturday it will be observed on the preceding Friday.
The bill specifies that the district may close its
office and excuse its employees from work on a Friday
holiday so declared.
AB 369 - Duffy
Revises provisions governing officers and employees of
(Chapter 402)
state hospitals. The bill provides for positions of
medical director, medical program director, and
hospital administrator.
AB 463 - Cory
Increases from five to ten years the permissible term
(Chapter 403)
of a school district contract for transportation of
pupils, renewal at the option of the district if the
rate is not increased by more than five percent.
AB 580 - Fong
Authorizes school boards to execute a contract with
(Chapter 404)
any California teacher-training institution whereby
certificated personnel of the school district, or the
county, may be assigned to the teacher-training
institution for full-time duty for a period not to
exceed one year.
AB 628 - Milias
Provides that a nominee for an office having more than
(Chapter 405)
a two-year term is a delegate to succeeding state
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conventions until the one after the district primary
at which nominations for the office are again made.
The bill further provides that where a person qualifies
as a delegate to the same state convention more than
once, he is a delegate by virtue of the most recent
election by which he becomes a delegate.
AB 682 - Sieroty
(Chapter 406)
Permits a local agency to insure its officers and
agents for death or injury incurred in any aircraft.
Presently such authority is limited to coverage for
nonscheduled flights.
AB 1369 - Milias
(Chapter 407)
Adds the national committeeman and committeewoman,
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chairman and vice chairman of state central committee,
and 20 chairmen of county central committees to the
Republican State Convention.
SB 114 - Collier
(Chapter 394)
Raises the salary of the Sonoma County district attorne
from $20,000 to $21,500, and that of members of the
board of supervisors from $10,000 to $13,200. The
bill provides that raises for supervisors shall not be
effective until a supervisor enters upon a new term
of office on the board after the effective date of
the bill.
SB 323 - Marler Requires competitive bidding on all fire district
(Chapter 395)
building contracts, where cost is in excess of $3,000.
SB 399 - Sherman
(Chapter 396)
Raises the compensation for court reporters in the
Alameda County Municipal Courts from $35 to $45 per
day. The bill also increases compensation of the
clerk of the Fremont-Newark-Union City Municipal Court.
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SB 420 - Sherman
Simplifies procedures for real estate license
(Chapter 397)
application and transfer. The bill also clarifies
a provision relating to exemption from the licensing
requirement.
SB 496 - Cusanovich
(Chapter 389)
Provides that the Department of Finance shall file a
certified copy of the population estimate of a city
made for gas tax funds allocation purposes only if
requested to do so by such city. Authorizes one
such estimate per fiscal year, instead of one per
calendar year.
SB
537
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Burgener Authorizes school districts to lease property for
(Chapter 398)
not to exceed 99 years from the state, and any city,
county, or district, for the purpose of constructing
school buildings and facilities. School districts
presently may make such leases with the federal
government.
SB 376 - Rodda
Exempts motion picture machine operators, under cer-
(Chapter 399)
tain specified conditions, from liability for the
exhibition, or the possession with intent to exhibit,
any obscene matter.
SB 788 - McCarthy Requires all cranes with cabled controlled booms and
(Chapter 390)
a lifting capacity of 10 tons and over to be equipped
with telescopic ram boomstops mounted to the gantry
or "A" frame and to be secured to the boom. The
bill further requires boomstops to have specified
gradual buildup pressure for cranes of specified
tonnage.
SB 824 - Stevens
Authorizes a corporation to pay, in whole or in part,
(Chapter 400)
the premium or other charge for any type of indemnity
insurance in which any officer, director, or employee
of such corporation is indemnified or insured against
liability or loss arising out of such person's
specified acts in connection with such corporation.
SB 890 - Stevens
States that notice must be given before the execu-
(Chapter 391)
tion on a judgment or exercise of a power of sale
in a mortgage or deed of trust of a leasehold estate.
The bill requires a copy of the notice to be placed
in some conspicuous place on the real property 20
days before date of sale of leasehold under a power
of sale or an execution on a judgment. The bill
further declares that these amendments are merely
declaratory of existing law.
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Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
6.28.68
442
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today that the following bills
have been signed:
AB 467 - Stacey Requires that audiometric testing meet standards estab-
(Chapter 416)
lished by the State Board of Public Health and specifies
that the Board shall issue certificates of registration
in audiometry to qualified supervisors of health as
well as to school audiometrists. The registration fee
for candidates for the audiometrist certificate is
raised from $3 to $10.
AB 656 - Sieroty
(Chapter 417)
Permits a minor 12 years of age and older who may have
come into contact with any infectious, contagious, or
communicable disease, required by law to be reported to
the local health officer, to give consent, to the
furnishing of hospital, medical and surgical care
related to the diagnosis or treatment of such disease.
The bill also makes parental consent unnecessary to
authorize such care and declares that parents or
guardians shall not be liable for payment for any such
care.
AB 899 - Conrad Provides that Attorney General approval is required for
(Chapter 418)
discharge from accountability by the State Board of
Control when an item exceeds $300, rather than $100,
as provided under current law.
AB 942 - Z'berg Establishes a Delta Water Agency for the purpose of
(Chapter 419)
negotiating and entering into one or more agreements
with the United States and the State of California to
protect the water supply of the lands within the Agency
against the intrusion of ocean salinity and to assure
the lands within the Agency a dependable supply of water
of suitable quality sufficient to meet present and
future needs. The bill provides that no agreement can
be entered into by the Agency unless such agreement
is first approved by a majority of the votes cast at
an election held within its boundaries.
AB 957 - Veneman
(Chapter 420)
Provides that unredeemed pledged goods possessed by a
pawnbroker, but not owned by him to hold and dispose of,
shall not be assessed to him for property tax purposes.
AB 1026 - Wilson
(Chapter 421)
Makes person eligible to be elected or appointed judge
of a municipal court of a judicial district in San Diego
County if he is a resident eligible to vote in the
county in which the judicial district is located, rather
than in the judicial district itself, for at least 54
days prior to his election or appointment.
AB 1033 - Badham
(Chapter 422)
Specifies that property otherwise eligible for assess-
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ment as open-space lands shall be so assessed for the
1968-1969 fiscal year if the instrument reflecting the
fact the property is enforceably restricted to open-
space uses is signed and recorded on or before
June 15, 1968.
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AB 1059 - Beverly
(Chapter 423)
Conforms the Government Code section dealing with
leases of city property with a similar Civil Code
section permitting leases of city property for 55 years.
AB 1076 - Wilson
(Chapter 424)
Amends the County Water Authority Act by revising the
formula for determining preference to authority water,
and the basis for appointing representatives to the
board of the authority by each member agency.
AB 1095 - Dent
Authorizes a county water district improvement district
(Chapter 425)
to annex territory, whether or not contiguous, within
the water district which is not part of any other
improvement district constituted for a similar purpose,
rather than not part of specified improvement district.
AB 1164 - Cory
Specifies the time when an assessment roll may be
(Chapter 426)
considered complete for purposes of establishing a limit
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for bonded indebtedness.
AB 1163 - Leroy F. Greene
(Chapter 427)
Requires the State Board of Education to adopt minimum
academic standards for grades 6, 8 and 12 to include
minimum level of student competence, and to adopt
achievement tests to adequately evaluate the minimum
level of student competence required by the Board.
AB 1535 - Dent
Includes the United States government within the
(Chapter 429)
Revenue and Taxation Code provision relating to
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partial refunds of taxes paid on property acquired by
public entities,
AB 1453 - Schabarum
(Chapter 428)
Provides for computations of bonding capacity of certain
unified school districts by the last equalized assessment
of the county without modification by the "Collier
factor"
SB 189 - Lagomarsino
(Chapter 409)
Provides that on or after July 1, 1960, redumption
penalties on tax sold property and tax deeded property
shall remain at one percent per month rather than
dropping to one-half percent per month after the first
year to the time of redemption.
SB 239 - Short
Requires the superintendent maintaining a development
(Chapter 410)
center for handicapped minors to designate a supervising
head teacher who shall be required to hold a credential
to teach exceptional children. Such a person shall be
entitled to all benefits of teachers employed in the
school district maintaining the center.
SB 261 - Cologne
(Chapter 411)
Makes Long Beach tideland revenues available for
construction of the State Water Project.
SB 275 - Grunsky
(Chapter 412)
Increases the number of judges in the Monterey County
Superior Court from 3 to 4 on January 1, 1969.
SB 339 - Bradley
(Chapter 413)
Provides that in establishing an agricultural preserve
a county must give written notice to the Local Agency
Formation Commission and cities within one mile of the
proposed boundaries of the preserve two weeks before
the hearing. If a city has protested a county contract
with respect to land within one mile of its boundaries
it may upon annexation of such land, elect not to
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SB 625 - Bradley
(Chapter 414)
Extends the Savings and Loan Commissioner's jurisdiction
with respect to loans to members of the immediate family
of an officer of a savings and loan association.
SB 823 - Sherman
(Chapter 415)
Deletes use for residential purposes as an authorized
use of the City of Emeryville tidelands. The bill also
extends the deadline for substantial improvement of
the grant.
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MEMO TO THE
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Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
7.1.68
C-O-R-R-E-C-T-I-O-N
In press release #442 issued June 28, AB 942 (Delta
Water Agency) was authored by Monagan, instead of
Z'berg.
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MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
6.28.68
#443
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Modesto attorney
Gerald V. Underwood to the municipal court bench, Modesto Judicial
District.
Underwood, a 42-year old Republican, replaces Judge Clarence M.
Hanson who retired.
The post pays $23,000 annually.
Underwood is a 1949 graduate of the Stanford University Law
School.
After serving as a special agent for the FBI from 1950-51, he
entered private law practice in Modesto. A Republican, he is a
partner in the legal firm of Jensen, Underwood and Pendergrass.
He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and has been a
member of Modesto Draft Board 55 since February, 1967.
Underwood was chairman of the Modesto City Board of Zoning Ad-
justment from 1964-67, and is a former director of the local Cancer
Society, Heart Fund and Lions Club.
He is married, has two children. and lives at 306 Northgate
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RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
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The following items have been blue-pencilled by Governor Reagan:
Item 52 -- Support of Commission on California State Government
Organization and Economy; reduced $35,000 from
$37,472 to $52,472.
- It was proposed to spend this for contract services
to study recommendations of the Governor's Survey on
Efficiency and Cost Control that should be submitted
to the legislature. However, the legislature has
ample resources, through its normal committee struc-
ture, to review these proposals.
Item
59.1 -- Support of Department of Agriculture; reduced $40,000
from $51,290 to $11,290.
It lowers appropriation to level necessary to provide
new market reports on matching basis with federal
funds.
Item 93 -- Support of University of California. Reduced
$5,399,949 from $12,882,293 to $7,482,344.
Approved increase of 7 new full-time faculty posts
over original budget, which provided for workload
increases while moving toward ratio established by
university.
Reduced proposed relocation expense and administrative
services for California College of Medicine as
non-essential requirement this year.
Approved augmentation of 17.5 faculty positions as
added assistance to California College of Medicine
in meeting accreditation standards. Related augmen-
tation items have not been adequately justified on a
priority basis; however, university has flexibility
to adjust its appropriations in keeping with changing
priorities.
Augmentation for the purchase of equipment at the
teaching hospitals eliminated because university should
meet cost by adjusting charges to patients who bene-
fit from the services provided in hospitals and who
have ability to pay.
Eliminated an unessential $1,200,000 augmentation for
plant maintenance.
Eliminated $2,933,000 augmentation labeled "for merit
increases." University can finance these merit
increases by use of salary savings included in budget
in keeping with guidelines applied across board to all
agencies of state government.
Item 94 -- Support of University of California. Reduced $614,593
from $269,604,365 to $263,989,772. Reduced in keeping
with most recent enrollment projections by university
for summer quarter at Berkeley campus.
Item 94.3 -- Support of University of California. Eliminate this
item and $3,725,000 appropriation.
All financing for Educational Opportuntity Awards
Program will be fully available from student registra-
tion fees approved by Regents in April, 1963. This
action of Regents parallels my publicly expressed
position that those students who are receiving benefits
of university education in public institution have
basic responsibility to share in cost of providing
that educational opportunity.
Furthermore, restrictive language added to this item
by Legislature would start dangerous, and possibly
unconstitutional practice, of attempting to influence
decisions of the Regents by offering financial induce-
ments to the University in return for regental action
desired by some members of the Legislature.
Item 100 -- Support of California State Colleges reduced $952,103
from $15,305,151 to $14,353,048.
Eliminate $60,000 augmentation for proposed research
project at Fresno State College. Augmentation was to
support type of proposal which can be accomplished
within budgeted funds and by using authorized faculty
However, should project require additional support,
and if of high prioxity, there exists sufficient
flexibility within State College System to transfer
necessary resources to accomplish stated objectives.
Eliminate proposed $144,718 augmentation for support
of computer-assisted instruction and instructional
television at California State College at Los Angeles.
Augmentation for computer-assisted instruction, coupled
with instructional television is premature at this
time, because no realistic program for economic utili-
zation and evaluation of benefits has been prepared.
Eliminate $396,241 augmentation for paanning funds
for year-round operations at four colleges. Coordina-
ting Council for Higher Education has been directed
by Legislature to study economic feasibility of
year-round operations. Approval of additional planning
funds at four State College campuses withheld pending
completion of study.
Reduce augmentation from $192,693 to $25,170 for
support of Relations with Schools program. That
amount sufficient to initiate this new program, at
the Chancellor's Office level, and to provide planning
and implementation on trial basis.
Reduce from $205,801 to $109,180 augmentation for
support of out-of-state travel for faculty. This
will provide approximate 60% increase in available
funds for out-of-state travel. Approval of this
reduced augmentation provides for justifiable increase
in ability of State College System to retain and
attract new faculty members.
Action also permits elimination of $87,000 augmentation
for support of interview expense for recruitment of
faculty.
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Item 108.5-Sup rt of Department of Employ nt. Eliminate
item and $250,000 appropriation. Restrictive language
provides funds may be expended only to maintain pro-
gram level existing during May, June, July, August and
September, 1966. Augmentation funds not required, nor
would they accomplish stated purpose.
The department has redirected the effort of job place-
ment and counseling. This legislation will not accom-
plish the goals claimed for it and in fact would
duplicate existing services and programs for summer
employment.
Item 140 Support of Service Center Program; reduced $125,000
from $4,358,566 to $4,233,566.
Delay in occupancy of permanent facilities for two
centers resulted in reduction of $125,000 in funds
required for rent. Support establishment of new
Fresno Service Center added by Legislature. Reduc-
tion for rent does not affect new center in Fresno.
Item 140.5--For support of Service Center Program. Eliminate item
and $105,889 appropriation.
Services which were to be funded from item will be
provided by transfer of presently authorized and
vacant positions from other Service Centers. No
reduction in level of service will occur.
Item 204.1-Support of Department of Conservation for state's
share of expenses of Pleasanton Plant-Materials
Center. Iliminate item and $32,230 appropriation.
This is federal facility, currently operating without
state support. Facility performs worthwhile service
which should continue to be supported without state
General Fund assistance.
Item 258.5 University salary increases for faculty positions.
Reduced $505,300 from $5,553,090 to $5,052,790.
All salary appropriations are at level set forth in
original budget, which provided 5 percent salary
increase for University personnel.
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Item 259.5 -- California State Colleges' salary increases for
instructional positions reduced $3,385,127 from
$13,540,510 to $10,155,383. All salary appro-
priations are at level set forth in original
budget, which provided 7.5% salary increase for
State College personnel.
Item 286 -- Support of Assistance to Public Libraries, Division
of Libraries, Department of Education reduced $400,000
from $1,600,000 to $1,200,000. This level of expend-
iture increases existing level of service by 50%
and is $200,000 above maximum heretofore provided
by State.
Item 301.1 -- Grants to soil conservation districts, Division of
Soil Conservation, Department of Conservation
eliminate item and $150,000 appropriation.
Appropriation appears to fund projects local in
nature, and difficult to justify in terms of state-
wide benefits. Have recommended to Legislature
that program be handled at local level or be a
loan program.
Item 310 -- Capital outlay, Department of General Services re-
duced $300,000 from $1,198,375 to $98,375 by elimin-
ating working drawings for office building - San Jose.
Recently completed survey by Department of General
Services indicated lack of economic justification
for construction of state building in San Jose at
this time. As result, expenditure for working draw-
ings can hardly be justified.
Item 312.1 -- Capital outlay, Department of General Services,
Site Clearance - Van Nuys reduced $50,000 from $75,-
000 to $25,000. Revised estimates indicate remain-
ing amount left in budget should be sufficient to
accomplish this necessary project.
Item 358 -- Capital outlay, Department of Parks and Recreation
reduced $118,800 from $5,361,645 to $5,242,845 by
eliminating San Juan Bautista State Historic
Park -- restoration of Plaza Hotel, and Benicia State
Park, for preliminary plans and working drawings.
Restoration of the state historical monument will
continue to be financed in fiscal year 1968 - 69
from existing appropriations. Design funds for
additional facilities at Benicia State Park premature
natil existing aucommodations more fully utilized.
Item 378.6 -- Capital outlay, Department of Parks and Recreation,
eliminate item. Would have appropriated $448,000
to be expended for work at the Santa Barbara Royal
Presidio in 1969-70. It is bad budget practice
to attempt to establish a priority for fiscal
year 1969-70 prior to time when regular budget review
for all recreation projects that may be scheduled
during that period is started.
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The following augmentations by the conference committee
were retained by the Governor:
Item 204
Retain $175,113 to strengthen fire protection services
in Department of Conservation. Action provides 176.7
personnel to augment fire fighting crews in this crucial
year. Personnel will perform housekeeping : duties and
assist in manning communication links of fire fighting
service.
Item 220
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Retain $44,000/Westside Crop Adaptability Study. Intended
to determine potential irrigable areas along westside of
San Joaquin Valley.
Item 295.5
Retain total of $1,755,245 for three top priority general
hospitals in state. Hospitals are:
Eastern District Plumas Hospital, Portola
$368,291.
Amador County Hospital, Jackson
$519,865.
Madera Community Hospital, Madera
$867,089
Retained $1,236,710 to help fund construction of Central
City Community Mental Health Center, Watts.
Item 296
Retained $1,546,911 for the statewide pre-school education
level of
program. Will allow continuation of existing/program
without requiring local support. However, Governor feels
that local funding participation of this program should
be provided in future years.
Item 358
Retained $100,000 to complete restoration of Estudillo
House at San Diego Old Town and $250,000 for restoration
work at Pueblo De Los Angeles State Historical Monument.
Item 359.1
Retained $65,000 for installation of sewage treatment
facilities at Avila State Park.
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