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    "ocrText": "Ronald Reagan Presidential Library\nDigital Library Collections\nThis is a PDF of a folder from our textual\ncollections.\nCollection: Reagan, Ronald: Gubernatorial Papers,\n1966-74: Press Unit\nFolder Title: Press Releases - June 1968\nBox: P8\nTo see more digitized collections visit:\nhttps://reaganlibrary.gov/archives/digital-library\nTo see all Ronald Reagan Presidential Library inventories\nvisit: https://reaganlibrary.gov/document-collection\nContact a reference archivist at: [email protected]\nCitation Guidelines: https://reaganlibrary.gov/citing\nNational Archives Catalogue:\nhttps://catalog.archives.gov/\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN(\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.3.68\n374\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today called on members of both political\nparties to turn out \"in massive numbers\" tomorrow so there can be no\ndoubt on where the people stand on \"issues of vital concern to all of\nus.\"\nAt the same time Lieutenant Governor Robert Finch urged Republicans\nto vote for the favorite son delegation headed by Governor Reagan.\nFinch pointed out that \"the Reagan delegation is broadly representa-\ntive of all segments of our party. It has been endorsed by all\nRepublican constitutional officers as well as by Senator Thomas Kuchel\nand his primary rival, State Superintendent of Schools Max Rafferty.\nIt also has the support of our congressional and legislative delegations\nand our state central committee. The delegation also is endorsed by\nformer Vice President Richard M. Nixon and Governor Nelson Rockefeller.\n\"The Reagan 'favorite son delegation' will give California\nRepublicans a major voice at the GOP National Convention in Miami\nBeach,\" Finch said. \"It assures us that California's voice will be\nheard in the party and, after next November, in the federal government.\nIn urging citizens to vote tomorrow, Governor Reagan said:\n\"Tomorrow is one of the most important primary elections in our state's\nhistory. Issues of vital concern to all of us will be affected by the\nway Californians vote. It is imperative that Californians turn out in\nmassive numbers in order to make it clear to the nation where the\nlargest state stands regarding candidates for office, as well as\npolicies and issues.\"\nThe Reagan delegation, only Republican delegation on the state\nballot, includes in its membership Lieutenant Governor Finch; State\nController Houston Flournoy; State Treasurer Ivy Baker Priest and\nSecretary of State Frank Jordan. Other members are Assembly Minority\nLeader Robert Monagan; Senate Republican Leader Don Grunsky; California\nlegislative leaders; the Chairman of the California Republican Congress-\nional Delegation, Glenard Lipscomb, and members of both the 1964 Goldwat\nand Rockefeller delegations.\nFinch urged voters to examine the list of delegates on their sample\nballot because it shows \"This is probably the broadest-based delegation\nin our state's history. I urge California Republicans to support it\nheavily in tomorrow's election and make their wishes known to the dele-\ngates who will represent them in Miami Beach.\"\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER'\nR\nMEMO TO THF RESS\nSacramento, Californ.a\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n5.5.68\nGovernor Reagan will hold a brief press conference in his\noffice this morning at 10 a.m. It will be confined to the shooting\nof Senator Kennedy.\n# # #\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.5.68\n#375\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced that the following bills have\nbeen signed:\nAB 160 - Z'Berg\nImposes on the husband the duty to support a child\n(Chapter 235)\nborn as a result of artificial insemination of his\nwife, where he has consented thereto in writing.\nAB 296 - Ray E. Johnson\n(Chapter 236)\nDeletes the requirement that fruit trees, nut trees,\nand grapevines be held \"in storage\" to qualify for\nexemption from personal property taxation.\nAB 326 - Fong\nAmends the Bank and Corporation Tax Law to provide,\n(Chapter 237)\nwith respect to a credit for overpayment of\nestimated tax, that interest shall be allowed and\npaid from the due date or date of payment to date\nof allowance of credit rather than due date of\namount against which credit is taken. This bill\nwould reduce the amount of interest paid for over-\npayments applied against subsequent year's taxes\nby an estimated $20,000.\nAB 335 - Russell\nRevises provisions of the Vehicle Code relating\n(Chapter 238)\nto the possession of alcoholic beverages. It\neliminates the exemption granted to all common\ncarriers and publicly-owned vehicles and makes\nspecific exemptions for passengers in taxicabs,\nbuses and the living quarters of a housecar or\ncamper.\nAB 349 - Barnes\nMakes the provisions defining \"final compensation\"\n(Chapter 239)\nas the highest average annual compensation earnable\nduring a period of 3 consecutive years for purposes\nof determining retirement allowances under the\nPublic Employees' Retirement System, mandatorily\napplicable to all contracting agencies under this\nsystem. The bill also requires that contracting\nagencies give credit for service for the period\nof time during which a member was in military\nservice,\nAB 350 - Barnes\nProvides that with respect to actions by the Public\n(Chapter 240)\nEmployees' Retirement System against retired mem-\nbers, or surviving beneficiaries based on erroneous\npayment, the statute of limitations begins to run\nfrom the date of payment, rather than from the\ndate of discovery of the error in payment.\nAB 489 - Veneman\nProvides that a retailer may within 15 days of\n(Chapter 241)\ndelivery return wine to a seller when the wine\ndelivered was other than that ordered by the retailer\nor was in a quantity other than that ordered.\nThe bill includes, among wine which may be returned\nin exchange for the identical quantity, brand, and\nitem of wine, wine which has deteriorated in quality\nor the container of which has been damaged or the\nlabel or container of which has been changed.\nAB 621 - Moorhead\nSpecifies that in the deduction from charitable\n(Chapter 242)\nbequests and devises to reduce the total of such\ndispositions to the statutory maximum of one-third\nof the estate, where there are both specific and\nresiduary charitable dispositions, the residuary\ndispositions must be reduced entirely before the\nspecific dispositions must be reduced,\n-1-\n#375\nAB 646 - Moorhead\nRequires that notice of the sale of personal proper-\n(Chapter 243)\nty on execution be posted for not less than 10\ndays, rather than for not less than 5 days nor more\nthan 10 days. The bill requires mailing of a\nnotice of the time and place of the sale to the\njudgment debtor at his business or residence address\nlast known to the judgment creditor or his attorney\nor delivery of such notice to the judgment debtor.\nAB 851 - Ray E. Johnson\n(Chapter 244)\nDefines \"principal county\" in irrigation district\nconsolidation or reorganization proceedings to mean\nthe county in which the greatest portion of the\ntotal combined acreage of the districts to be con-\nsolidated or reorganized is located.\nAB 938 - Veysey\nExtends the period in which certain charter-party\n(Chapter 245)\ncarriers of passengers must have applied to the\nURGENCY\nPublic Utilities Commission for an initial annual\ncertificate to operate.\nAB 1027 - Ray E. Johnson\n(Chapter 246)\nProvides that in any irrigation district with 15\nURGENCY\nor less qualified voters, no general district elec-\ntion shall be held, and all offices shall be\nfilled by appointment by the board of supervisors.\nThe bill further provides that in any district\nhaving no more than 15 freeholders who are voters\nin the district, a person need not be a voter but\nshall be qualified to be a director if he is a\nfreeholder of the district.\nSB 64 - Mills\nMakes it a misdemeanor on and after January 1, 1970,\n(Chapter 232)\nto sell a new refrigerator, icebox, or deep-freeze\nlocker, not equipped with an integral lock, which\ncannot be opened from the inside by the exertion\nof 15 pounds of force against the latch edge of\nthe closed door.\nThe bill applies to refrigerators, iceboxes, and\ndeep freezes having a capacity of two cubic feet\nor more.\nSB 291 - Danielson\n(Chapter 233)\nProvides that vehicles of charter-party carriers\nshall display an identifying symbol, in a form\nprescribed by the Public Utilities Commission,\nshowing the classification to which the carrier\nbelongs. Carriers subject to the Interstate Com-\nmerce Commission may use symbols required by that\ncommission.\nSB 311 - Sherman\nAuthorizes the local registrar of birthsand deaths,\n(Chapter 234)\nwith the approval and under the supervision of the\nstate registrar, to dispose of the local registrar's\ncopies of records, under certain conditions, after\none year, rather than five years.\n# # #\n-2-\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER\nOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Califor\na\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n6.5.68\n#376\nGovernor Reagan today made the following statement at a brief\npress conference in his office this morning:\n\"Speaking for all the people of California, I would like to express\nour deepest sympathy to Mrs. Kennedy and the family. Our prayers are\nwith them and with the senator and I hope that they will call upon us,\nany and all of us, for anything that we might possibly be able to do\nto help in this time of their great need.\n\"I'm sure also that the people of this nation feel as we do here\nin California that\nthere is no place in America for the atmosphere\nof violence that seems to pervade our land. We are determined to\nreplace this with sanity and order.\n\"And, I hope that all who are praying for the Kennedys, Senator\nKennedy, as we all are will add a vow, a pledge, that we are not\ngoing to rest--any of us, in or out of government--until we end this\nlawlessness that seems to be so prevalent in our society today.\"\n# # #\n(Edited slightly for purposes of clarity)\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN'\nRELEASE: Im diate\nSacramento, Californ\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n6.5.68\n#377\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:\n\"Tragedy hangs over our state and nation and our prayers are\nfor those who lie wounded. We pray also for Senator Kennedy's family\nand for the families of those others who were also victims of this\nsenseless, savage act.\n\"I have already expressed my sorrow and indignation publicly\nand have also left a message of condolences for Mrs. Kennedy.\n\"But even in the midst of our shock and our horror at this\ndeed, we must stop and ask ourselves why.\n\"The average man, decent, law-abiding, God-fearing, is as\ndisturbed and worried as you and I about what happened.\n\"He, and all of us, are the victims of an attitude that has\nbeen growing in our land for nearly a decade--an attitude that says a\nman can choose the laws he must obey, that he can take the law into his\nown hands for a cause, that crime does not necessarily mean punishment.\nThis attitude has been spurred by demogogic and irresponsible\nof so-called leaders\n/words in and out of public office and it has been helped along by some\nin places of authority who are fearful of the wrong, but timid about\nstanding for what is right.\n\"In so doing they have thrown our nation into chaos and confusion\nand have bred a climate that permits this ultimate tragedy.\n\"This nation can no longer tolerate the spirit of permissiveness\nthat pervades our courts and other institutions.\n\"In California we do not intend to tolerate this.\n\"This administration will lend aid and support to our local\ngovernments and to all those who need it and request it. We will not\nstand by and see the institution of a free people destroyed by those who\nclaim it is being done in the name of freedom. This is not a sick\nsociety, but it is a society that is sick of what has been going on in\nthis nation.\n\"Gentlemen, I don't believe there would be any point in\ndiscussing either the political situation or the normal business of\ngovernment, If any of you have any questions that must be answered\nabout related matters, the press secretary will handle them.\n# # #\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.5.68\n#378\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today elevated Municipal Court Judge\nPaul Egly of Covina to the Los Angeles County Superior Court bench.\nThe new post pays $25,000 annually.\nEgly, 47, replaces Judge George Dockweiler whose retirement is\neffective June 7.\nEgly, a Democrat, is a 1942 graduate of U.C.L.A. and received\nhis law degree in 1949 from the George Washington University School\nof Law in Washington, D.C.\nHe practiced law in the Pomona-Covina area from 1953-63 when\nhe was appointed to the municipal court bench in the Citrus Judicial\nDistrict of Los Angeles.\nAfter his graduation from law school, he practiced for two years\nin the American Occupation courts in Germany as private counsel.\nHe is a past president of the Pomona Valley Bar Association\nand is a member of the American Judicature Society and the California\nConference of Judges.\nEgly served in the U.S. Army during World War II, participating\nin five campaigns in Europe.\nHe was born in Fullerton and received his elementary and high\nschool education in Covina.\nHe is married, has three children and lives at 225 North Cedar\nAvenue, Covina.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nMEMO TO THE PORSS\nSacramento, Californ\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n6.5.68\nFor your information, Governor Reagan\nwill join in a discussion with Joey Bishop concern-\ning the current situation in the country because of\nthe attempted assassination of Senator Kennedy.\nThe special program will be broadcast by ABC\ntonight.\nThe governor will participate in the program\nthrough the facilities of KOVR in Sacramento at\n9:30 p.m.\n# # #\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.6.68\n379\nThe following is a statement issued by Governor Reagan on the\ndeath of Senator Kennedy:\n\"The tragic, senseless death of Senator Kennedy affects all\nall\nCalifornians and/Americans. My sympathies go out to Mrs. Kennedy\nand the Senator's children, as well as to his parents and the other\nmembers of his family. The prayers of all Americans are with them.\n\"I have proclaimed a state of mourning for' California to extend\nthrough the national day of mourning on Sunday, and I have directed\nthat all flags in California be flown at half staff during this\nperiod of mourning.\"\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nSacramento, California\nMemo to the Press\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571 6.6.68\n#380\nThe helicopter tour of the Cal Expo site which\nwas scheduled for 9:30 this morning has been cancelled.\nAt 11:30 am today Governor Reagan will present\nGovernor's Scholars Awards to 16 Sacramento area graduating\nhigh school seniors in his office. The students are from\nFoothill, Galt, Highlands, Le Sierra, El Camino, James Marshall,\nand Elk Grove High Schools. Throughout the state a total of\n1,443 students will receive these awards during the next several\nweeks at high school commencement exercises for their respective\nschools. The awards are presented to students who have achieved\nacademic excellence in high school, while demonstrating high\nmoral character, good citizenship, and dedication to American\nideals.\nAt 2 pm today, the Governor will sign AB 7 at a\nbrief ceremony in his office.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n6.6.68\nThe bill signing ceremony scheduled for\n2 p.m. this afternoon has been cancelled.\n# # #\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER R\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.6.68\n#381\nGovernor Reagan today issued the following statement:\n\"I am greatly saddened to hear of the death of Ed Capps.\n\"While I did not know him long, I knew him always as a gentleman,\nand as one of the ablest and most highly respected members of his craft.\n\"His work, as both a political reporter and outdoor sports\nwriter, has long been a credit to the field of journalism, and I know\nthat I share the feelings of his many colleagues and friends that his\npresence will be sorely missed.\n\"I have already extended my deepest sympathies to Mrs. Capps\nand the family.\"\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nSacramento, California\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.6.68\nThe governor will sign AB-7 in a brief ceremony at 2 p.m. in\nhis office today. This rescinds an earlier memo which said the\nceremony had been cancelled.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE: Imr diate\nSacramento, Californ\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n6.6.68\n#382\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today signed into law a bill designed\nto enable more than one half million physicially handicapped\nCalifornians to better help themselves.\nThe bill (AB-7, Chappie) requires that all new public buildings\nconstructed with state, city and county funds, be both accessible to,\nand usable by, the handicapped.\nAt present a number of physical and architectural barriers\ndiscriminate against the handicapped, the aged, those suffering from\nheart and respiratory conditions, and mothers with strollers and baby\ncarriages. Such barriers include narrow doorways into buildings, stairs,\ndoors that are difficult to open, high drinking fountains, inaccessible\ntelephones and toilets.\nUnder terms of the new law, these kinds of barriers will be\neliminated and compensated for.\nThe bill was authored by Assemblyman Eugene A. Chappie (R-Cool),\nand coauthored by State Senator Clair E. Burgener (R-San Diego).\nIn signing the legislation, Governor Reagan \"praised the many\norganizations and individuals who have worked with the State Department\nof Rehabilitation, the State Health and Welfare Agency and the\nlegislature in helping to make this important piece of legislation a\nreality.\n\"This is the kind of effort which benefits so many of our\ncitizens,\" he said. \"It means that eventually everyone in California,\nregardless of their physical disabilities or impairments, will be able\nto enter, use and leave our public buildings with ease, without\nembarrassment and with the dignity that all of us, as citizens, are\nentitled to.\"\n\"I am pleased to sign the bill and proud of the lawmakers,\nprivate citizens, organizations and state agencies who have made the\nlegislation possible,\" \" he said.\nAssemblyman Chappie said the legislation \"also opens new areas\nof public participation, education and employment for disabled and other-\nwise handicapped citizens who, in the past, have been prevented by these\ndiscriminatory barriers from fully participating in the many activities\nwhich so many of us take for granted.\"\nGovernor Reagan cited the following individuals and organizations\nfor making major contributions toward the drafting, amending and final\nemergence of the legislation:\nThe American Institute of Architects; the California Easter\nSeal Society; the California Council for the Elimination of Architectural\nBarriers; the Governor's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped;\nRichard C. Wooten, Department of Rehabilitation (himself a handicapped\nperson); the State Department of Rehabilitation and its director,\nRobert E. Howard; and the California Health and Welfare Agency and its\nadministrator, Spencer Williams.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571 6.6.68\n#383\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today presented 16 Sacramento area\nhigh school seniors with the first of some 1,440 \"Governor's Scholars\"\nawards to be given to outstanding high school graduates during the\nnext several weeks at commencement exercises throughout the state.\nThe award--first of its kind to be presented on a uniform,\nstatewide basis by a California governor--honors a total of 1,443\ngraduating seniors from 344 high schools who have achieved scholastic\nexcellence in academic subjects during their sophomore, junior and\nsenior years of study.\nIn addition to its stiff scholastic requirements, the award\nrequires that the recipient must have demonstrated high moral character,\ngood citizenship and dedication to American ideals. The graduate also\nmust have received all A grades, or no more than one B per year during\nthe final three years of high school in a planned academic curriculum.\nAt a brief presentation ceremony in his office, Governor Reagan\ncongratulated the Sacramento area graduates for their \"excellence in\nstudent citizenship and academic achievement.\" The 16 students\nincluded:\nFoothill High School - Carolyn Schleber\nIlsa Schmelzinger\nDeborah Westover\nKathryn Kavooras\nGalt High School - Peggy Ann Adams\nHighlands High School - Andrew W. Chow\nSusan M. Wenzek\nLa Sierra High School - Joseph Allan Archer\nEl Camino High School - Joan Ervin\nJames Marshall High School - Mils Ohlson\nElk Grove Senior High School - Gail Goo\nPeggy Kellogg\nDonna Kinser\nPatrick Martin\nJoy Umeda\nLinda Umeda\n# # #\nEJC\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.6.68\n#384\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Grant E. Bare, a Modesto\nphysician, to a four-year term on the board of trustees of the\nModesto State Hospital.\nThe post pays necessary expenses and requires Senate confirmation.\nBare, a 42-year old Republican, replaces Anne B. Sharyon of\nModesto whose term expired.\nBare is a member of the Advisory Commission for Doctors' Hospital\nin Modesto and has served as a trustee of the Yosemite Junior College\nDistrict since it was formed several years ago.\nHe is a past president of the Modesto City Hospital Staff, and\nis a former president of the Stanislaus County Cancer Society, and\nthe Stanislaus County and Central California heart associations.\nHe lives at 958 Wellesley Street, Modesto.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.6.68\n#385\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Sarah E. Rowen, a San Rafael\nhousewife, to a four-year term on the board of trustees of Napa State\nHospital.\nThe post pays necessary expenses and requires Senate confirmation.\nMrs. Rowen, a Republican, replaces Sally M. Woodard of Suisun\nwho resigned.\nMrs. Rowen is the wife of James A. Rowen. They live at 360\nJohnstone Drive, San Rafael.\nShe is a former member of the Marin Girl Scout Board and the\nMarin County Rainbow Board. She is a member of the American Business\nWomen's Association which elected her as Woman of the Year.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOV. NOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.7.68\n#386\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced that the following bills have\nbeen signed:\nAB 7 - Chappie\nRequires that buildings intended for the use of\n(Chapter 261)\nthe public and reasonably available to physically\nhandicapped persons and built by state, county,\ncity or political subdivisions thereof, be designed\nfor accessibility and use of physically handicapped\npersons according to certain American Standards\nAssociation specifications.\nThe bill exempts from this requirement all except\none floor of the buildings and facilities of an\nelementary, high school, or unified school district\nif the district provides special buildings and\nfacilities for the physically handicapped.\nAB 22 - Gonsalves\nIncreases the number of judges in the Whittier\n(Chapter 262)\nMunicipal Court from three to four.\nAB 78 - Crandall\nRevises the definition of class A transferees for\n(Chapter 263)\npurposes of the inheritance tax and class A\ndonees for purposes of the gift tax to include\npersons adopted by stepparents and the lineal\nissue of such persons, even though such persons\nwere adopted at the age of 21 or older, provided\nthat such relationship existed for at least 10\nyears prior to the date of transfer.\nAB 97 - Burton\nProvides for a cancellation or refund of taxes\n(Chapter 264)\nif an organization eligible for the orphanage\nexemption acquired property after the lien date\nin 1967 but prior to the commencement of the\n1967-68 fiscal year.\nThe bill also provides for a refund or cancellation\nof the tax on church property if the church failed\nto make a timely application for an exemption in\n1968, as well as in prior years.\nAB 185 - Mobley\nDeletes the requirement that county special road\n(Chapter 265)\nfund tax be used only for the construction and\nmaintenance of main county highways.\nAB 510 - Chappie\nAuthorizes a county waterworks district to fix a\n(Chapter 255)\nwater standby charge or immediate availability\nURGENCY\ncharge on land within district to which water is\nmade available. The bill exempts land used pri-\nmarily for commercial extraction or processing of\nminerals from such charges.\nAB 563 - Brown\nDeclares that in actions on a contract where the\n(Chapter 266)\ncontract specifically provides that attorney's\nfees and costs, which are incurred to enforce the\nprovisions of such contract, shall be awarded to\none of the parties; the prevailing party, whether\nhe is the party specified in the contract or not,\nshall be entitled to reasonable attorney's fees.\nIt bars waiver of such fees by parties to any\ncontract entered into after the effective date of\nthe bill.\n-1-\n#386\nAB 585 - McMillan\nIncludes within funeral expenses of decedent,\n(Chapter 267)\ninterest from 60 days after the date of death,\nrather than interest from date of interment, on\nthe reasonable costs of interment and certain\nexpenses connected therewith. The bill also\nincludes interest on the reasonable cost of\nfuneral services from 60 days after the date of\ndeath, rather than 90 days after the filing of the\nnotice to the creditors by the executor or adminis-\ntrator of the estate.\nAB 605 - Por'.er\nMakes various changes in election procedures under\n(Chapter 268,\nthe Uniform District Election Law.\nAB 614 - Le :oy F. Greene\n(Chapter 256)\nIncreases the number of members of the county\ncommittee on school district organization required\nto be elected from among the qualified electors\nof each county supervisorial district from one\nto two.\nAB 780 - Shoemaker\nProvides that a conveyance of land to a public\n(Chapter 269)\nagency, public entity, or public utility shall\nnot be considered a division of land for pur-\nposes of the Subdivision Map Act.\nAB 809 - Meyers\nRatifies acts of the Public Employees' Retirement\n(Chapter 257)\nSystem with respect to social security system.\nIt permits the PERS to obtain coverage for employees\nof an agency which ceased to exist and had paid\ntaxes in mistaken belief that such action estab-\nlished coverage for its employees.\nThe bill further permits the PERS upon proper\nguarantee to enter into agreement with federal\ngovernment to extend period of limitation of\nassessment of federal government in order to correct\nwages erroneously reported.\nAB 852 - Vasconcellos\n(Chapter 258)\nProvides that when existing school districts are\nURGENCY\nincluded as a whole in a unified district, any\nauthorized but unsold bonds of such school district\nmay be issued in the name of the unified district.\nAB 875 - Campbell\nClarifies Water Code provisions regarding the\n(Chapter 270)\nalternative method for the levy, collection and\nURGENCY\nenforcement of California water district assessments\nAB 984 - Pattee\nIncreases the maximum charges allowed on loans\n(Chapter 271)\nmade pursuant to the Personal Property Brokers\nLaw. The rates for loans under $500 are not\nchanged.\nA3 1273 - Ketchum\nAmends the Standard Container provisions for\n(Chapter 272)\ngrapes. The bill also designates the 1967 Table\nGrape Commission Act as the \"Ketchum Act\".\nSB 61 - Song\nRevises the rules by which estates of decedents\n(Chapter 247)\nescheat to the state.\nSB 141 - Rodda\nValidates certain final apportionments of state\n(Chapter 259)\nschool building aid based on conditional apportion-\nments made prior to the 61st day after final\nadjournment of the 1968 regular session.\nSB 227 - Lagomarsino\n(Chapter 248)\nMakes a correction in the description of the\nboundaries of Santa Barbara County.\n-2-\n#386\nSB 242 - Marler\nAuthorizes a public utility district to exercise\n(Chapter 249)\nany of the powers, functions, and duties of a fire\nprotection district pursuant to the Fire Protection\nDistrict Law of 1961.\nThe bill further provides that if the district\nincludes any part of a city, fire district, or\nother local agency which provides fire protection\nservice, the district shall have no authority to\nprovide for protection service to such territory\nunless consent is obtained from the local agency.\nSB 391 - Marler\nRepeals provisions regulating and licensing\n(Chapter 250)\npurchasers of gold or silver ores, concentrates,\nor amalgams.\nSB 402 - Schrade\nSpecifies that each zone representative within\n(Chapter 251)\nSan Diego County Flood Control District receive\ncompensation not exceeding $10 for each zone\ncommission meeting attended, not exceeding two\nmeetings in a calendar month.\nSB 426 - Whetmore\nIncreases the salaries of the Orange County Board\n(Chapter 252)\nof Supervisors from $13,200 to $15,000 per year.\nSuch increases become effective when a board\nmember enters into a new term.\nSB 449 - Lagomarsino\n(Chapter 253)\nAuthorizes annexation and detachment of territory\nto and from established special fire protection\nzones within fire protection districts formed\npursuant to the Fire Protection District Law of\n1961.\nSB 577 - Short\nPermits boards of supervisors to establish $5,000\n(Chapter 254)\nrevolving fund for county departments in counties\nwith a population of at least 200,000 rather than\n235,000, according to the 1950 federal census.\nSB 605 - Stiern\nAuthorizes a water storage district to fix tolls\n(Chapter 260)\nor charges for the use of ground water.\nURGENCY\n# # #\n-3-\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nFOR IMMEDIA1 RELEASE\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.7.68\n387\nGovernor Ronald Reagan said today he has been informed that\nAFL-CIO officials have threatened chain stores with boycotts and\nstoppage of delivery of foods if the chains continue to handle\nCalifornia table grapes.\n\"I deplore these tactics and am hopeful that the chain stores\nwill not be intimidated by these threats,\" the governor said.\nGovernor Reagan received a telegram from the California Grape and\nTree Fruit League urging him to use his power to prevent the boycott\nand protect California agriculture, the grape industry and the food\nof the nation.\nThe league represents most growers and shippers of fresh deciduous\nfruits shipped interstate from California to the nation's markets.\nIn its telegram to the governor, the league said it was their\ninformation that beginning June 10, chain store operators in New York\nCity will refuse to buy and handle California table grapes.\nThe Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, which is seeking\nto organize farm workers in California, is a member of the AFL-CIO.\nThe governor has asked all state agencies and departments involved\nto gather all the facts in the case so that steps may be taken to stop\nwhat is alleged to be an illegal boycott of California products.\n\"Irresponsible tactics such as this not only will help destroy an\nimportant segment of California's great agricultural industry, but will\nhave a severe impact on the state's economy with resultant hardships\non workers, including thousands not directly involved in farm labor,\nproducers, the transportation industry and many other related industries,'\nthe governor said.\n\"It is difficult to understand the motives behind this alleged\nboycott because it would be extremely harmful to the very labor claims\nthey are trying to help--the worker who would lose his job and go on\nthe welfare rolls,\" he said.\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nMEMO TO TH PRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.7.68\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today designated Senator Thomas Kuchel\nand Senator George Murphy as his and the State of California's official\nrepresentatives at the funeral of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.\n#\n#\n#\n#\n#\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE: In ediate\nSacramento, Californ\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n6.7.68\n#388\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today commended action by the Senate\nGovernmental Efficiency Committee in restoring the administration's\nproperty tax relief bill to its original form.\nIn a statement, the governor said:\n\"I am very pleased that the Governmental Efficiency Committee\nhas taken this action. And, I hope, in fact I strongly urge, that\nmembers of the Senate Finance Committee add their approval to the\nmeasure.\nthe\n\"It is imperative that/overburdened middle income taxpayer who\nsupports a large family receive the income tax relief he needs and\ndeserves. The administration bill makes this possible, while, at the\nsame time, providing vital property tax relief for the people of\nCalifornia.\"\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nMEMO TO THE ASS\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n6.7.68\n#389\nGOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE\nJune 10, 1968\nthrough\nJune 15, 1968\nMonday, June 10\n1:15 p.m.\nPicture with Service Center Program Director\nRobert E. Collins, Jaycee outstanding man of\nthe year.\n2:00 p.m.\nMeeting to receive the State \"Father of the\nYear Award,\" Governor's Office\n2:15 p.m.\nPicture with California Dairy Princess,\nGovernor's Office\n2:30 p.m.\nTentative: Greetings to the governor of Chihuahua\nand his party, Governor's Office\nTuesday, June 11\n9:30 a.m.\nPRESS CONFERENCE\n11:45 a.m.\nPicture with the Begonia Queen, Governor's Office\nWednesday, June 12\n3:30 p.m.\nGreetings to Long Beach Chamber of Commerce and\nSenator Deukmejian, Governor's Council Room\nThursday, June 13\nDepart for Indianapolis\nevening\nIndiana State Republican Fundraiser\nProceed to Tulsa, Oklahoma for Republican\nGovernors' Conference\nOvernight - Tulsa\nFriday, June 14\nRepublican Governors' Conference - Tulsa\nOvernight - Tulsa\nSaturday, June 15\nRepublican Governors' Conference - Tulsa\nafternoon\nTaping - Face the Nation - Tulsa\nDepart for Los Angeles\nOvernight - Los Angeles\n(NOTE: Detailed schedule of Republican Governors' Conference in Tulsa\nwill follow next week.)\n# # #\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n6.10.68\n#390\nGOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE\nJune 13, 1968\nthrough\nJune 15, 1968\nThursday, June 13\n8:30 a.m.\nDepart Sacramento Municipal Airport, Charter Jet\n(PDT)\n3:00 p.m.\nArrive Indianapolis, Indiana, Roscoe Turner\n(EST)\nAviation, Standifer Field\n3:40 p.m.\nArrive Marott Hotel\n3:50 -\nPress availability\n4:20 p.m.\nGrand Ballroom, First Floor\n(Nancy Reagan to arrive, approximately 3:43 p.m.\nvia American Air Lines #190)\n(Press Room - Stouffers Indianapolis Inn across\nstreet, Windsor Ballroom open 5:30 to 8:00,\nbuffet served)\n6:45 p.m.\nDepart Marott Hotel for Indiana State Fairgrounds,\nManufacturers Building\n7:00 p.m.\nArrive Fairgrounds for RSCC fund-raising dinner\n8:30 p.m.\nAddress by Governor Reagan\n9:25 p.m.\nDepart Fairgrounds for airport\n9:50 p.m.\nArrive at Airport, Roscoe Turner Aviation,\nStandifer Field\n10:00 p.m.\nDepart for Tulsa, Charter Jet\n11:30 p.m.\nArrive Tulsa, Oklahoma for Republican Governors'\n(CDT)\nConference\nOvernight - Camelot Inn, Tulsa\nFriday, June 14\n9:00 -\n1st Business Session, Republican Governors'\n10:00 a.m.\nConference\n11:30 a.m.\nPress Conference (Republican Governors' Assn.)\n12:15 -\nGovernors' Luncheon, Summit Club,\n1:30 p.m.\nDowntown Tulsa\n2:00 -\n2nd Business Session, Republican Governors'\n3:00 p.m.\nConference\n3:00 p.m.\nPress Conference (RGA)\n3:30 p.m.\nGovernor Reagan press availability, same room\n6:00 p.m.\nRGA Dinner at Blue Star Island, Grand Lake 0' the\nCherokees\nOvernight - Camelot Inn, Tulsa\n-1-\n#390\nSaturday, June 15\n9:00 a.m.\nFinal Business Session\n11:30 a.m.\nPress Conference (RGA)\n1:30 p.m.\n\"Face the Nation\" taping, CBS, Tulsa\n3:45 p.m.\nDepart Tulsa for Cheyenne, Wyoming, Charter Jet\n(CDT)\n4:15 p.m.\nArrive Cheyenne Municipal Airport\n(MDT)\n4:30 p.m.\nPress availability in private hangar at airport\n5:00 p.m.\nDepart airport for RSCC barbeque\n5:15 p.m.\nArrive Hitching Post Inn, Cheyenne for RSCC fund-\nraising barbeque\n6:45 p.m.\nSpeech\n7:30 p.m.\nDepart Hitching Post for airport\n8:00 p.m.\nDepart for Sacramento\n(MDT)\n9:30 p.m.\nArrive Sacramento Municipal Airport\n(PDT)\n# # #\n-2-\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nMEMO TO THE ESS\nSacramento, Californ\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n6.13.68\nCO R-R-E-C-T-I-O-N - Governor's Schedule\nJune 15\nGovernor Reagan will leave Cheyenne, Wyoming\nfor Los Angeles International Airport, instead\nof Sacramento Municipal Airport.\n# # #\nOFFICE OF THE GOVE.\nOR\nRELEASE\nImmediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.10.68\n#391\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today he has nominated seven\nCalifornia young people for the nation's 1968 Young American Medals\nfor Bravery and Service.\nIn a letter to U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, the governor\nsaid, \"The youthful spirit and supreme contribution of our nominees\nto their fellow man deserve your careful consideration.\"\nWinners of the national awards will be selected from among the\nnominees of all 50 states by the Young American Medals Committee,\nchaired by J. Edgar Hoover.\nThe governor noted that in order to have a representative cross-\nsection of acts of heroism and service, mayors, chairmen of county\nboards of supervisors and California legislators were contacted for\ntheir recommendations.\nOut of more than 50 nominations from California, seven young\npeople were chosen.\nFive of the nominees are cited for bravery. They are:\nLouis R, Ellis, Jr, and David G. Coffey. Both are 16 years of\nage.\nThey reside in Norwalk.\nWhile walking to school, the boys disregarded their own safety\nwhen they entered a blazing home and saved the life of a four-year\nold girl. They spotted the child crying at the window of the smoke-\nfilled house. Ellis broke the window and the two youths pulled the\nlittle girl to safety.\nGary Logoteta, 10, of Clearlake Highlands.\nHe rescued a 68-year old man from drowning. The man dove into\nthe waters of Clear Lake at the youth's parents' resort. When the\nman failed to come to the surface, Gary dove in after him, held his\nhead and brought him to shore.\nWilliam Herrera, 17, of Bakersfield.\nHe rescued a 14-year old fisherman who was being battered against\nthe rocks along the San Francisco coastline. Herrera jumped 12 feet\nfrom a rock ledge into the water and pulled the struggling youngster\nto safety.\nFrancis A. Nick, Jr., 15, of El Portal.\nNick rescued his 5-year old brother John from the swift waters\n-1-\n#391\nof the Merced River. As they were fishing together, Francis turned\nto untangle John's fishing line. When the five-year old fell into\nthe water, Francis dove in and swam after the small boy. He was\nfinally able to set his brother on a rock and hold him there until\nhelp came.\nTwo youngsters are cited for service. They are:\n--Linda Jenette Lowry, 17, of San Bernardino.\nShe was selected to attend the Iowa Academy of Science Symposium\nwhere she will present her research on Staphylococcus Aureus. The\nresearch has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Experi-\nmental Medicine. She has also been active in many school activities.\nJanette Ann Litten, 17, of Alhambra.\nShe was chairman of the Christmas Committee in support of the\nOraibi Gospel Mission, Arizona. Miss Litten directed more than\n2,000 students in collecting two large truckloads of canned goods,\nwarm clothes and toys for the gospel school. She was also instrumental\nin organizing a collection of $500 for the support of two orphans\nwho were designated through her high school.\nGovernor Reagan lauded the acts of bravery and service performed\nby the more than 50 youngsters whose names were submitted to him\nfor the California selection.\n\"Surely their quick thinking, courage and consideration for\nothers bodes well for the nation's future, he said.\n# # #\n-2-\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.10.68\n#392\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Ray J. Peters of Lafayette\nto a four-year term on the State Board of Registration for Civil and\nProfessional Engineers.\nThe governor also reappointed Charles R. Wilke, a member of the\nchemical engineering department of the University of California at\nBerkeley since 1946, to a second four-year term. Wilke, a 51-year\nold Republican, was first appointed to the board in 1964. He lives\nat 1327 Contra Costa Drive, El Cerrito.\nThe posts pay $25 per diem plus expenses.\nPeters, 37, replaces Donald E. Kister of Richmond whose term\nexpired. A Republican, Peters has been a partner in the Lafayette\nengineering firm of Peters and Verdugo for the past eight years.\nHe is a graduate of the Missouri School of Mines and worked for\nthe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, State\nDivision of Bay Toll Crossings and the State Division of Highways\nprior to entering private practice.\nHe is a past chairman of the East Bay Council on Surveying and\nMapping and serves as a part-time surveying instructor at Peralta\nCollege and San Francisco City College.\nHe resides at 744 Duke Circle, Pleasant Hill.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER\nRELEASE:\nmediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.11.68\n#393\nThe following is the text of a letter sent to members of the\nUniversity of California Board of Regents and the State College\nTrustees on June 7:\n\"I am writing to you today, not as a Trustee (or Regent) but as\ngovernor of our state of California. I am sending identical letters\nto each regent and trustee. As governor, my first responsibility\nis for the safety and welfare of all Californians.\n\"We have just experienced a terrible tragedy in the assassination of\nSenator Robert F. Kennedy. The ramifications of this violent and\ndestructive act extend beyond the death of one of the significant\nfigures of our time and the deep hurt to loved ones, The confidence\nof millions of people in their society, in justice, and in orderly\nprocesses as the only civilized means to obtain human goals has\nbeen shaken.\n\"But here we come to the critical point--it was the erosion over\nrecent years of just such confidence that has led to today's climate\nof violence. We do not need to be reminded that our educational\ninstitutions are among the most valued and the most influential of\nall the institutions which make up our society and which represent\nit to our youth.\n\"I must ask you, then, do you believe for one minute that a captured\npolice car and an imprisoned representative of law at Berkeley has\nhad no effect on our citizens? This was an act of violence which\nwas claimed as a victory by those who broke the law, and which was\nfor them a victory in fact.\n\"Do you believe that breaking and entering campus buildings by\nforce and stopping the processes of an institution of American\nsociety has had no effect on our youth?\n\"Do you believe that a \"Viet Cong Rally\" with armed militants\nstanding on the stage of a student union was without influence?\nAnd was the fact that a student was shot that night on the campus\nof no relation whatsoever to that event?\n\"Do you see the constant resistance on the part of members of the\nfaculty and of the administration to the rightful place of law\nenforcement in a democratic society as insignificant?\n\"Do you find that conducting a \"dignified\" university ceremony\nhonoring those who refuse to serve their country, with faculty\npledging all support, including financial, regardless of the law,\nis helpful and encouraging to youth to work for change through due\nprocess? Does such an event give youth confidence in working within\na society based on the principle of majority decision?\n\"Do you think that constant appeasement of those who coerce, and\nignoring those who are fearful and silent but apparently without\npower, is likely to strengthen confidence in society, in leadership,\nin fair play?\n\"Is freedom of speech, but only for some, what America is really\nall about? On some campuses faculty members and students tell us\nover and over again that that is the way it is.\n\"Is it not true that the people of our society have delegated to\nthe Board of Regents and to the Board of Trustees the authority\nto govern their institutions of higher education? In their desire\nto ensure the unfettered pursuit of truth, the people have in the\npast demanded minimal accountability of these boards to them. For\nthat reason, these boards carry a high public trust. Their\nresponsibility to education and to the health of a democratic\nsociety is heavy indeed.\n-1-\n#393\n\"I suggest that it is time for these boards to reassess their\nown goals, their pattern of only reacting to crisis meeting by\nmeeting, and the degree to which they have delegated away responsi-\nbility and abandoned principle.\n\"A sick campus community in California in many ways is responsible\nfor a sick community around those campuses. Long have we heard\nthat we should yield to the ideas and the leadership of these\ninstitutions. Let these campuses then be models for what is good\nfor our society. It is our responsibility, and we have it in our\nauthority to see to it that they are.\n\"On Wednesday at noon, while Robert Kennedy was fighting for his\nlife, I penned the statement I enclose; today as I reread these\nwords I am even more convinced that I am describing where our\nproblems lie.\"\nSincerely,\nRONALD REAGAN\nGovernor\n# # #\n-2-\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVE\nDR\nRELEASE:\nI\nediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n6.11.68\n#394\nGood morning. Before taking up your questions, I want to read\na brief statement on several subjects.\nFirst--This weekend, citizens living in a wide 21-county area\naround Sacramento will be able to take part in an exciting non-partisan\ncommunity project designed to provide better employment opportunities\nfor low income families.\nI have used the word \"exciting\" to describe it. More than that,\nI am enthusiastic about it. It brings together the private, independent\nand governmental sectors in a joint and dramatic effort to improve the\nlife of the community.\nThe project--known as the Northern California Work-A-Thon--will\nuse the facilities of all four local television stations to conduct a\nmassive on-the-air effort to generate job offers for low income persons\nof all ages. The 12-hour-long telecast, which is scheduled to begin\nat 1 p.m. Saturday, will also solicit pledges of financial assistance\nto pay the salaries of young people placed in summer jobs with local\ncommunity service agencies such as the Red Cross.\nIn addition to the exemplary commitment of the broadcasters, the\nproject is fully supported by the Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of\nCommerce, the Sacramento Area Economic Opportunity Council, the\nSacramento State College Community Study and Service Center, city and\ncounty governmental bodies and a host of forward-looking individuals,\ngroups and businesses.\nI am pleased to add that the State Department of Employment is\nalso playing a key role in the effort.\nI congratulate those who have demonstrated the imagination and\ncourage to spearhead the Work-A-Thon project. I urge that all who are\nable to participate will lend it their full support.\nSecond--The Assembly Criminal Procedures Committee this evening\nwill take up SB 124, the Lagomarsino pornography bill which already has\npassed the Senate.\nOnce again this year we have a chance to tighten our anti-smut\nlaws, especially in the area of protecting our children.\nThere are 31 co-sponsors of this measure in the Assembly.\nI am hopeful the Criminal Procedures Committee will recognize the\ninterest in and the need for this important measure and act speedily\nto bring it before the entire Assembly.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE: Im' diate\nSacramento, Californ.a\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n6.11.68\n#395\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today praised the Assembly for passing a\nbill which would enable the State of California to assist in the\nrelocation of low-income families displaced by freeway land acquisi-\ntion and construction.\nHe described the legislation as \"a milestone because it represents\na new and effective approach to problems bearing on the relocation of\nlow-income families.\n\"I now urge the Senate to give the bill the support it needs\nto be written into law, # he said.\nThe bill (AB-1072) is authored by Assemblymen Leon Ralph,\nPaul Priolo, Willie Brown and Bill Greene.\nThe program embodied in the legislation is the first of its\ntype in the United States and was conceived by the State Division\nof Highways. The bill greatly expands the authority of the Depart-\nment of Public Works, which is currently limited to paying the\nowner of property condemned for highway use its fair market value.\nThe legislation would permit the Department of Public Works\nto acquire certain specified types of property outside of freeway\nrights-of-way for the purpose of developing optional replacement\nhousing for individuals and families from economically depressed\nareas who are displaced as a result of the purchase or clearance of\nland for use as part of the state highway system.\n\"Such a program can be particularly effective in community\nredevelopment and can also reduce family disruptions and the social\nproblems and pressures which accompany such disruptions, the\ngovernor said.\nGordon C. Luce, secretary of Business and Transportation, and\nSamuel Nelson, director of the Department of Public Works, joined\nGovernor Reagan in lauding the Assembly action. They emphasized\nthe importance of the state's highway and freeway system and called\nattention to the important role which California's highways play in\nbuilding and maintaining the economy of the state.\nCalifornia's highway system has enabled the people of our state\nto become the most mobile people on earth, \" Governor Reagan noted.\n\"However,\" he said, \"it has become increasingly apparent that\ncertain social problems can and do develop from the location and\n-1-\n#395\nconstruction of highways and freeways. Great numbers of families\nare too often displaced when their homes are purchased and then\ndemolished. And it can be nearly impossible for them to find suitable\nreplacement housing at comparable prices.\n\"We have found that as a result of large freeway land purchases,\na tremendous demand is created for low-cost housing with almost no\nmarket or supply to meet that demand.\n\"The inevitable result, \" the governor said, \"is often an increase\nin pressures forcing prices even higher on the limited housing that\nis available on the perimoter of the areas affected. With replacement\nhousing not available often enough, at least through conventional\nmeans, serious disruptions occur. They, in turn, create added social\nproblems and increased frustrations.\n\"Something had to be done quickly to resolve the problem. This\nbill, then, provides a logical answer, This is true, not only in\nCalifornia but, if adopted by other states, or even at the federal\nlevel, the concept could benefit millions of displaced families\nthroughout the country, especially during the time the vital but\nnonetheless disruptive federal highway construction program continues.\n\"If government is responsible for the displacement of families,\nthen responsible government should see to it that adequate replace-\nment housing is, or can become, available, \" the governor said.\n# # #\n-2-\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Sunday, June 16, A.M.'s\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.11.68\n#396\nMembers of the U.S. Olympic track and field team will train for\nthe Mexico City Olympic Games this summer and fall in the high\nSierras near Echo Summit, Governor Reagan has announced,\nThe athletes will live at a State Division of Highways maintenance\nstation near the summit and train in an area just across the highway\nfrom the station at an altitude approximately comparable to that of\nMexico City.\nThe governor said that as many as 180 members of the Olympic\nteam will prepare themselves for the Games at the site. He noted\nlevel,\nthat Echo Summit is 7,382 feet above sea/ 32 feet higher than\nMexico City.\nHe noted that no state funds will be required for the project\nand called it \"an example of outstanding cooperation between federal,\nstate and municipal agencies.\"\nThe California Division of Highways, the State Department of\nPublic Works and the U.S. Forest Service offered their support to\nthe City of South Lake Tahoe after it was named project sponsor by\nthe U.S. Olympic Committee.\nThe governor praised South Lake Tahoe for its initiative in\ncalling to the committee's attention the definite environmental\nadvantages the area offers as a training site.\nThe Division of Highways station includes a dormitory that in\nwinter houses a 35-man highway snow removal crew and is normally\nvacant in summer. The Olympic Committee intends to supplement existing\nbed space with large house trailers.\nThe athletes and their coaches will travel to nearby cafeteria\nfacilities in Tahoe Paradise.\nWater supplies, sewage and garbage disposal facilities will be\naugmented on a temporary basis by South Lake Tahoe.\nThe proposed training area itself is on U.S. Forest Service land.\nIt will include space for approximately 500 spectators but any over-\nflow can watch from nearby hillsides.\nSteps have been taken by the Department of Public Works to over-\ncome a potentially dangerous situation that otherwise could result in\n-1-\n#396\ntraffic accidents.\nSigns alerting drivers to the unusual activity will be posted on\nboth sides of the maintenance station and the California Highway\nPatrol will increase its vigilance throughout the area during the\ntraining period.\nMany of the athletes will be present throughout much of the\nsummer and all are expected to be present by September when final\ntrials will be conducted.\nGovernor Reagan indicated that Division of Highways equipment\nrequired for summer maintenance will continue to be serviced as\nusual at the station.\n# # #\n-2-\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.11.68\n#397\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Atascadero businessman\nChris N. Jespersen, Jr. to a four-year term on the board of trustees\nof the Atascadero State Hospital.\nThe post pays necessary expenses.\nJespersen, 40, replaces Willard S. Osibin of Atascadero whose\nterm expired.\nA Republican, Jespersen is a former member of the San Luis Obispo\nCounty Grand Jury and served as president of the Atascadero Junior\nChamber of Commerce in 1955. Two years later he was elected vice\npresident of the state Junior Chamber of Commerce.\nHe served for three years as a member of the Atascadero School\nBoard and is currently vice president of the Atascadero Rotary Club.\nHe owns and operates the Chris N. Jespersen, Jr. Tire Store in\nAtascadero.\nHe lives at 7405 River Road, Atascadero.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.12.68\n#398\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced that the following bills have\nbeen signed:\nAB 303 - Stacey\nIncreases the number of judges in the Bakersfield\n(Chapter 295)\nMunicipal Court from four to five, and from five\nto six on July 1, 1969.\nAB 511 - Chappie\nAuthorizes a county to fix a water standby charge\n(Chapter 275)\non all land within a county service area to which\nURGENCY\nwater is made available whether water is actually\nused or not.\nAB 806 - Bagley\nPermits a winegrower or beer manufacturer to\n(Chapter 296)\nserve food and alcoholic beverages to any person,\nincluding a licensee and his employees and repre-\nsentatives, who is attending a meeting held upon\nor who is visiting the premises of the winegrower\nor beer manufacturer.\nAB 978 - Bagley\nProvides that in a two-judge superior or municipal\n(Chapter 297)\ncourt the presiding judge shall be selected on the\nbasis of administrative qualifications and interest,\nbut if no selection can be agreed upon, the pre-\nsiding judgeship shall rotate each calendar year\nbetween the two judges.\nAB 992 - Duffy\nIncreases the number and compensation of various\n(Chapter 298)\nattaches of the Visalia Municipal Court.\nAB 1094 - Dent\nRequires the board of directors of a county water\n(Chapter 299)\ndistrict to meet and elect a president within 30\ndays after taking office, instead of requiring\nsuch board to meet and organize on the last Friday\nin December following the election. The bill\nauthorizes a board to elect one of their number\nvice president.\nAB 1491 - Moorhead Permits the Los Angeles County Flood Control District\n(Chapter 300)\nto set up a revolving fund for the purchase of\nrights of way or other interests in real property.\nSB 27 - Teale\nAuthorizes the governing board of a junior college\n(Chapter 276)\ndistrict to designate any motor vehicle, operated\nby the district, as a schoolbus when used to trans-\nport junior college pupils to and from school and\nschool activities. Provides that such notice is\neffective when filed with the superintendent of\npublic instruction.\nSB 149 - Deukmejian\n(Chapter 273)\nTransfers provisions in the Penal Code dealing with\ncrimes involving fire alarms, from the portion of\nthat code relating to malicious mischief to the\nportion relating to crimes against the public justice\nThe bill makes no substantive changes in the law.\nSB 163 - Dymally\nMakes nonsubstantive amendments to the Insurance\n(Chapter 277)\nCode.\nSB 164 - Dymally\nMakes nonsubstantive amendments to the Financial\n(Chapter 278)\nCode.\nSB 173 - Cologne\nMakes nonsubstantive amendments to the Revenue and\n(Chapter 279)\nTaxation Code.\n-1-\n#398\nSB 174 - Cologne\nMakes nonsubstantive amendments to the Unemployment\n(Chapter 280)\nInsurance Code.\nSB 190 - Burgener\nProvides that the governing board of a high school\n(Chapter 274)\ndistrict having the same boundaries with a junior\ncollege district shall not constitute the junior\ncollege governing board.\nSB 247 - Mills\nDeletes the statutory requirement that Imperial\n(Chapter 281)\nCounty maintain a section of State Highway Route 78\nbetween the easterly junction of Route 115 and the\nImperial-Riverside county line.\nSB 248 - Collier\nMakes technical changes in the Streets and Highways\n(Chapter 282)\nCode relating to the description of routes in the\nCalifornia Freeway and Expressway System, the State\nScenic Highway System, and the State Highway System.\nSB 278 - Collier\nIncreases the annual salary of the Sonoma County\n(Chapter 283)\ndistrict attorney from $20,000 to $21,500.\nSB 294 - Coombs\nPermits the sale of certain Patton State Hospital\n(Chapter 284)\nland to the city of San Bernardino.\nSB 322 - Alquist\nEliminates the city of Alviso from the San Jose-\n(Chapter 285)\nMilpitas-Alviso Judicial District. The bill also\nincreases the number of, and salaries of, various\ncourt attaches of certain municipal and superior\ncourts in Santa Clara County.\nSB 324 - Whetmore\nMakes a nonsubstantive amendment to the Education\n(Chapter 286)\nCode.\nSB 374 - Cologne\nPrescribes the procedure by which a personal repre-\n(Chapter 287)\nsentative may be authorized to invest any surplus\nmoneys in any manner provided for in the will,\nafter the time for presenting claims has expired\nand all uncontested claims have been paid or secured\nby mortgage or otherwise.\nSB 383 - Richardson\n(Chapter 288)\nSimplifies the procedures to be followed with\nrespect to the movement of nursery stock and seed\nwithin the state,\nSB 395 - Way\nRaises the salary of the Mono County board of\n(Chapter 289)\nsupervisors from $3,600 to $4,300 per year. The\nbill provides that the raise shall not go into\neffect until a supervisor enters upon a new term\nof office.\nSB 439 - Teale\nRequires all daily reports by pawnbrokers, relating\n(Chapter 290)\nto specified transactions, to be on forms prescribed\nby the chief of the Bureau of Criminal Identification\nand Investigation, rather than requiring reports\non approved forms in the absence of local ordinances\nrequiring such reports.\nSB 505 - Harmer\nIncreases the filing fees for applications to\n(Chapter 291)\npurchase or lease state lands from $5 to $25.\nSB 514 - Marler\nAuthorizes, rather than requires, the Department of\n(Chepter 292)\nHarbors and Watercraft to cooperate with the federal\ngovernment regarding harbor development with respect\nto non-revenne producing portions of small craft\nharbors.\n-2-\n#398\nSB 736 - Schrade\nEstablishes the general design and details of the\n(Chapter 293)\nSeal of the Senate of the State of California, The\nbill provides that use of Seal of the Senate shall\nbe as prescribed by Senate rules and makes it a\nmisdemeanor to use or allow use of copy of such\nseal maliciously, for commercial purposes, or\ncontrary to Senate rule.\nSB 1107 - Alquist\nProvides that any change of boundaries of any city\n(Chapter 294)\nwhich was completed after March 1, 1968, but prior\nURGENCY\nto the effective date of the bill shall be effective\nfor assessment and taxation purposes in 1968, if\nthe required statement and map or plat are filed\nby the city with the county assessor and with the\nBoard of Equalization on or before June 30, 1968.\n# # *\n-3-\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVE NOR\nMEMO TO PRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.12.68\n#399\nGovernor Reagan has vetoed SB 192,\nThis measure declares a moratorium on interest payments until\nfiscal year 1970-71 on state loans to the North Tahoe and Tahoe City\nPublic Utility Districts and the Truckee Sanitary District for con-\nstruction of sewage and storm drainage facilities to prevent and\ncontrol water pollution The bill further provides that no interest\nshall be charged on the interest amounts accruing during the\nmoratorium.\nGovernor Reagan said he is not opposed to a moratorium on interest\npayments in this case, since the North Tahoe and Tahoe City Public\nUtility Districts and the Truckee Sanitary District need additional\ntime to provide revenue-producing services.\nHowever, he said he does object to the provision in the bill\nwhich provides that no interest shall be charged on the interest\naccruing during the moratorium period.\nThe governor also said\n/the affected districts should be required to pay interest on\nthe deferred interest.\nAccordingly, the governor returned the bill unsigned,\n***\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.12.68\n# 400\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today urged the Assembly Criminal\nProcedure Committee to reconsider its action and give Administration-\nsponsored legislation to control pornography the support necessary to\nbring it to a vote of the full house.\n\"I am disappointed that the legislation did not move out of the\ncommittee, \" he said, pointing out that the Senate \"recognized the\nmerits of this legislation and expressed its overwhelming support.\n\"I am confident that if these bills (SB124 and SB134-Lagomarsino)\nthey also\nwere to reach the Assembly floor, / would meet with similar approval.\nThe governor added:\n\"As you know, I have expressed a deep concern about the permissive\nattitude which seems to increasingly pervade our society.\n\"We cannot continue to indulge in any further extension of this\natmosphere through acts of legislative omission on the critical issue\nof pornography, particularly as it affects the well-being of our\nchildren.\n\"Passage by the legislature will rightly return to parents much\ngreater control over what their children read by stiffening the\npunishment against smut peddlers who show absolutely no concern for\nthe best interests of our youth but are guided solely by the enormous\nprofits such material can bring.\n\"The decision we make here in Sacramento will be of lasting\nimportance, for it can. guarantee that the will of the people is truly\nreflected in the lawbooks of our state.\nfinally\n\"If the legislation is/ killed, it will be a tragic victory\nfor the purveyors of pornography. It will add up to a shirking of\nresponsibility to the youth of California who look to us for moral\nleadership.'\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.12.68\n#401\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today signed into law a bill which will\nrequire the completion of college level courses in real estate law\nand real estate practice beginning in 1970 for admission to the\npractice of real estate brokerage. The bill adds an additional course\nrequirement in appraisal and finance, beginning in 1972.\nIn signing the new piece of legislation, the governor complimented\nthe bill's author, Senator Walter Stiern (D-Bakersfield) and the\nreal estate industry for their efforts to raise the standards for\nadmission to the practice of real estate brokerage.\nThe bill--SB 253--was sponsored by California Real Estate\nCommissioner Burton E. Smith. His department is within the Business\nand Transportation Agency headed by Gordon C. Luce. The bill had the\nactive support of the California Real Estate Commission and the\nReagan administration.\nIn signing SB 253, Governor Reagan emphasized that the ultimate\nbenefactor from the bill would be the public. \"The increased com-\npetence of those in the real estate profession as a result of this\nlegislation will in turn contribute to the protection of the public\nin real estate transactions,' Reagan said.\n\"This is a field of growing complexity,\" the governor said,\nadding, \"transactions handled by brokers frequently involve the life\nsavings of the individuals for whom these brokers act,\n\"It is only right and proper that these individuals possess a\nknowledge of the law and a skill in the management of these\ntransactions that will provide the degree of protection to which\neveryone is entitled when entrusting his life savings to another's care.\n\"I am pleased to sign this bill and I compliment the author, the\nstate departments and agencies involved and the California Real Estate\nAssociation for its active support of this legislation.\" =\nBoth Smith and Stiern emphasized that the addition of the pre-\nrequisites contained in SB 253 will not deter qualified individuals\nfrom entering the real estate field because the courses are available\nat 76 junior colleges throughout the state, at 13 state colleges, at\nprivate colleges and through university extension programs.\nThey also pointed out that the courses could be completed easily\nwithin the period of two years in which an individual must perform as\na real estate salesman before becoming eligible for a broker's license.\n***\nPB\nOFFICE CF THE GOVERN\nFOR IMMED1..TE RELEASE\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.12.68\n402\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today urged the Assembly to reject efforts\nby Assemblyman Winifield Shoemaker, D., Santa Barbara, to emasculate\nthe University of California's agricultural research program.\n\"Assemblyman Shoemaker, either through ignorance or animosity, has\ntaken action that not only will severely and adversely affect the\nUniversity, but also will have harmful long-range effects on California's\nmost important industry, agriculture,\" Governor Reagan said.\nGovernor Reagan referred to action by the Assembly Ways and Means\nSubcommittee on Higher Education, headed by Shoemaker, which deleted\n$9.3 million from the University's agricultural research and extension\nbudgets.\n\"Republicans and Democrats alike, who are interested in maintaining\nthe University's role in building California agriculture as well as\nCalifornia's role as the predominant agricultural state in the\nnation, should be shocked by the action,\" Governor Reagan said.\nHe noted that the action was taken on a straight party-line vote.\nAssemblyman Don Mulford of Oakland led the fight against\nShoemaker's efforts to destroy the agricultural research program.\nGovernor\nReagan also said \"Shoemaker should be ashamed of himself for a\nblatant powerplay aimed at killing increased fees at the University\nbut which in all probability will result in reduced financial aid to\npoor and minority students.\"\nThe governor said he was referring to Shoemaker's bid to put all\nreceipts from increased fees into the general fund instead of leaving\nsome to finance grants and loans for needy students. \"Shoemaker pays\nlip service to the idea of helping worthy students and building the\nUniversity, but he plays cheap politics when he has a chance to make a\nmeaningful contribution,\" Governor Reagan said.\nGovernor Reagan contrasted the actions of the Assembly Ways and\nMeans Committee to that of the Senate Finance Committee in handling the\nbudget.\n\"The Cenate, acting as a responsible public body, has passed an\nessentially sensible, basically reasonable budget,\" Governor Reagan said.\n\"At the same time the Assembly Democratic leadership has shown no\nregard for the people's treasure, increasing the budget by $25.9 million\nwith no consideration for who must pay.\nGovernor Reagan expressed confidence that a conference committee\nwould accept \"a more reasonable budget\" and that \"the legislature as a\nwhole will right the grievous wrong Mr. Shoemaker has inflicted on the\nUniversity and on California agriculture.\"\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE: Imm iate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n6.13.68\n#403\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today strongly urged President Lyndon\nB. Johnson to sign the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act\nof 1968.\nIn a telegram to the president, Governor Reagan said:\n\"On behalf of the State of California, I strongly urge you to\napprove H.R. 5037, the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act\nof 1968.\n\"Greatly increasing crime rates and the growing incidence of\nlawlessness throughout the United States demonstrate the need for\nsuch legislation.\n\"The provisions of this bill, which emphasize retention of\nprimary authority and responsibility for law enforcement by state and\nlocal governments, make this an effective vehicle for combatting the\ncrime menace.\n\"Your approval of this measure will greatly benefit the adminis-\ntration of criminal justice in our country, and will help to improve\nthe public safety of all our citizens.\"\nCopies of the telegram were sent to all the nation's governors\nurging their support of this action.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER R\nRELEASE: Ir ediate\nSacramento, Califor a\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.13.68\n# 404\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today that he has named 24\nCalifornians to serve on his newly-formed Advisory Committee on\nMental Health.\nCreation of the committee is part of the governor's 14-point\nprogram aimed at continued improvement in the level of care for\npatients at state hospitals for the mentally ill.\n\"I am pleased to announce that Justice John B. Molinari of the\nDistrict Court of Appeal in San Francisco has agreed to chair the\ncommittee and that Dr. Louis R. Nash, superintendent of Camarillo\nState Hospital will serve as vice-chairman, y Governor Reagan said.\nHe emphasized that \"the committee has been structured to pro-\nvide broadly-based representation so that a well-rounded approach\nto mental health problems will be assured.\"\nSeven of the appointees, including Dr. Nash, will serve as pro-\nfessional members of the committee. They are:\nJohn A. Stroud, M.D., Sacramento.\nLouis A. Noltimier, M.D., San Francisco.\nRobert Buckley, M.D., Santa Monica\n--J. C. Fikes, Ph. D., a Santa Ana psychologist.\nHarrison Gough, Ph. D., chairman of the Department of\nPsychology, University of California.\nHarry F. Dietrich, M.D., Camarillo State Hospital pedia-\ntrician.\nDr. Nash.\nOther committee members are:\nRoss P. Game, managing editor of the Napa Register and a\ntrustee of Napa State Hospital.\nRudolph A. Castro, a member of the Los Angeles County\nProbation Department and a trustee of the Metropolitan\nState Hospital, Norwalk.\nMrs. Gerda M. Faye, a Winters housewife.\nMrs. Phyllis R. Smith of Van Nuys, a housewife.\nWalter Rappaport, M.D., of Oakland.\nMrs. Ada Schick Wing, a Santa Barbara housewife.\nJustice Molinari.\nW. Frazier Overpeck, a Malibu architect.\nRichard C. Honer, a Santa Ana contractor.\nC. S. Nicolas, a Placerville accountant.\nFred Kimball, a San Luis Cbispo County supervisor.\nLeRoy Knutsen, La Mesa deputy city attorney.\nLeslie Rothstein, a Los Angeles electrical engineer.\nRobert W. Aisthorpe, a Chico attorney.\nDuBois McGee, city councilman and former mayor of El Centro.\nSidney B. Cox, a Fresno public relations executive.\nFather Raymond Rolf, pastor of St. John the Baptist\nCatholic Church, Chico.\n#\n#\n#\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE F ESS\nSacramento, Californ\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n6.14.68\n#405\nGOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE\nJune 16, 1968\nthrough\nJune 23, 1968\nSunday, June 16\nAfternoon\nArrive Sacramento from Los Angeles\nEvening\nState Fair Horse Show Reception, Merchandise Mart,\nFairgrounds\nMonday, June 17\n2:00 p.m.\nPresentation of Creative Citizenship Awards,\nGovernor's Council Room\nTuesday, June 18\nNoon\nPharmaceutical Manufacturers Luncheon, Mark Hopkins\nHotel, San Francisco. Speech.\nDepart for Sacramento\nWednesday, June 19\n1:30 p.m.\nPRESS CONFERENCE\n2:45 p.m.\nGreetings to Pomona Chamber and Assemblyman Pete\nSchabaram, Governor's Council Room\nThursday, June 20\n11:00 a.m.\nArrive Fairgrounds for remarks to Boys' State\nFriday, June 21\nMorning\nMilberry Union, San Francisco Medical Center,\nRegents Meeting\nNoon\nGI Forum Luncheon, Hotel Claremont, Berkeley.\nSpeech.\nAfternoon\nDepart for Santa Barbara Biltmore\n6:30 p.m.\nRSCC reception for Santa Barbara County, home of\nMr. and Mrs. Robert D. Alexander. Depart for\nLos Angeles after reception.\nOvernight - Los Angeles\nSaturday, June 22\n9:30 a.m.\nFavorite Son Delegation meeting, Airport Marina\nHotel. Afterwards, depart for Topeka, Kansas\nfor Republican State Central Committee fundraising\nbarbecue.\nProceed to Washington, D. C.\nOvernight - Washington, D. C.\nSunday, June 23\nMorning\nRemarks in Washington, D. C. to Republican Con-\ngressional candidates campaign school, Marriott Hotel\nAfternoon\nDepart for Los Angeles. Later, depart for Santa\nBarbara for speech at Coral Casino for Investment\nBankers Association.\n# # #\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.17.68\n#406\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named C. M. \"Dutch\" Maaskant of\nHanford as a member of the Kings County Board of Supervisors, Fifth\nDistrict.\nMaaskant, a 49-year old Democrat, will fill the unexpired term\nof the late Leonard R. Close of Hanford. The term will end December 31,\n1968. Maaskant will be succeeded by the winner of a November run-off\nelection for the post.\nMaaskant operates a Hanford landleveling business and farms\nfruit and grain crops.\nHe is a former mayor of Hanford and served as a member of the\ncity council for eight years. He is also a past president of the\nHanford Navy League, the Kings County Sheriff's Posse and the Hanford\nJunior Chamber of Commerce.\nHe lives at 1601 North Kaweah, Hanford.\n# # #\nEJG\nDEPARTMENT OF GENERA services\nAndrew R. Lolli, Director\n445-3441\nJune 17, 1968\nAndrew R. Lolli, Director of General Services, today sent the\nfollowing telegram to Jack Ortega of Fresno, a leader of a march to\nSacramento:\n(Poor People's March)\n\"Pursuant to telephone conversations between you and members of\nthe Department of General Services, it is my understanding that\nyou plan to lead a group of citizens who will arrive in Sacramento\non Tuesday evening, 18 June 1968, and plan to march to the State\nCapitol. I also understand that you wish to conduct a rally on\nthe west steps of the Capitol at 9:00 am on Wednesday morning,\n19 June 1968.\n\"It is our desire to accommodate your group and to provide facili-\nties in the same manner normally afforded all citizens and groups\nvisiting the Capitol.\n\"Accordingly, an area for camping will be made available to your\ngroup at the State Fairgrounds, located at Broadway and Stockton\nBoulevard in Sacramento. A representative of the Department of\nGeneral Services will be present at the main entrance to the\nFairgrounds to provide assistance. Likewise, permission will be\ngranted to your group to use the west/of steps the Capitol between the\nhours of 8:30 am and 12 noon on Wednesday, 19 June.\n\"Please be advised that pursuant to Section 1210 of the Administra-\ntive Code of California, loitering or remaining within Capitol\nPark between the hours of 11 pm and 6 am is prohibited by law.\n\"If there are any questions concerning these arrangements, or if\nyou desire further information, please contact my office\n(Telephone: Area Code 916, 445-3441) or Mr. Guy Cates, Chief of\nthe State Police Division of the Department of General Services\n(Telephone: Area Code 916, 445-1150).\n\"The Office of the Department of General Services is located on\nthe 5th floor of State Office Building No. 1, 915 Capitol Mall,\nSacramento. During non-business hours, you may contact the\nDivision of State Police Office, Room 134, State Capitol,\n(Telephone: Area Code 916, 445-2895).\nOFFICE OF THE GOVE JR\nRELEASE: ediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.17.68\n# 407\nA Seaside Negro leader, a Fresno radio-tv station and an\norganization for blind persons in Santa Ana have been chosen to\nreceive the first annual Governor's Awards for Creative Citizenship.\nGovernor Reagan presented the awards today at a special cere-\nmony in his office.\nThe three winners were selected from among 150 nominees through\nan elaborate screening process by a panel of 14 prominent\nCalifornians, The panel is headed by Dr. John R. Ford of San Diego.\nThe award honors Californians who have worked imaginatively and\neffectively with private resources to attack important social prob-\nlems in the state, It is presented in three categories to: (1) an\nindividual citizen, (2) a profit making organization, - (3) a non-\nprofit organization.\nIn presenting the awards, Governor Reagan lauded the recipients\nfor their \"outstanding accomplishments at a time when such leader-\nship and dedication are so desperately needed.\"\nHe noted that the Creative Citizenship Awards program excludes\nany activity receiving direct assistance from federal, state or\nlocal government. Key factors taken into account by the screening\npanel included (a) the seriousness and difficulty of the public prob-\nlem, (b) the extent of good accomplished for the public, (c) the\ndegree of difficulty, and (d) the handicaps which had to be overcome\nby the nominee.\n\"On behalf of the people of California, 11 the governor told the\naward winners, \"I want to express my great admiration and deep\ngratitude to you for these acts of truly creative citizenship.\n\"We are all very much in your debt.\n\"I hope that your example will now stimulate and encourage many\nmore of our fellow citizens throughout California to undertake pro-\njects such as these.\n\"Community involvement must begin with the personal commitment\nof individuals who are willing to contribute their time and effort\ntoward solving the pressing social problems of today. You typify\nthe success which is possible through this kind of a commitment,\"\nthe governor said.\nThe winners are, by category:\nIndividual -- Lee Toler, Seaside.\n# 407\nThe selection panel said:\n\"The nominee, a Negro, created the organization called Young\nAdults for Action, in Seaside, California, in order to accomplish by\nprivate means the improvement of economic and social conditions among\nthe young adults, including dropouts, including youths with 'records,\nin that locality.\n\"Not only did Lee Toler create this organization, he solicited\nsupport of a small number of people on the Monterey Peninsula, so\nthat he could resign his job as custodian of Portola Junior High\nSchool in order to give full time to the assistance of young Negroes.\nHe solicited jobs personally for many young men and young women and\nhelped them to secure jobs.\n\"He moved into the streets when disorders began to take place,\nand he caused those disorders to be abated, often before the police\nneeded to be called, He goes to court with young Negroes who have\ngotten into trouble and befriends them so that he can help to salvage\nthem after they get out of jail. He visits them in jail and tries\nto induce them to return to school and complete their education.\n\"He is personally closely in touch with school officials, police\nofficials, newspapers, the courts, the business people, in a con-\nstant endeavor to improve the lot of the Negroes of Seaside who com-\npose 25 percent of the population of that city, the largest aggrega-\ntion of Negroes between San Jose and Los Angeles.\n\"The results were the successful formation of a privately\noperated opportunity center that gives free service, free assistance\nand free training for all who apply and for many who are solicited\nby Lee Toler and his assistants to apply. Results include the\ncreation of jobs that formerly did not exist for Negroes, and accept-\nance by the police and by the courts of this individual's personal\nefforts to help black people who are in trouble. Many of those with\nwhom he has worked have returned to school to pick up the education\nthey dropped.\n\"Another result has been in the continued financial assistance\nhe receives from a group of citizens who believe this is the best\nmethod to approach such a serious problem, as well as the most\neconomical method.\n\"Lee Toler is, by his own description, a 'lower class Negro.\nHe has unique capacity to work effectively with those young people\nwho are potentially the most troublesome people in the community. He\nhas human sympathy and also a sense of balance. His work has been\ndemonstrably constructive. He has won the respect of local law\nauthorities as well as the Negro community. He has shown unique\ndevotion, and to his sponsors he has shown the utmost integrity and\nresponsibility.\nProfit-Making Organization -- KFRE AM-FM-TV, Fresno.\nThe selection panel said:\n\"KFRE created Dropouts, Anonymous, an ongoing project that has\nput would-be dropouts in direct contact with men and women who have\nfaced and conquered the same problems.\n\"Citizens were organized to aid youth and persuade them to stay\nin school or return to school. Adults were encouraged to seek addi-\ntional schooling.\n\"As a result of the program, hundreds of persons have decided\nto resume their education.\n\"Over 1, 000 potential high school dropouts have been successfully\nconseled since 1966.\n\"In addition, the KFRE program provides an outline for other\nCalifornia broadcasters to follow in the event they desire to under-\ntake similar efforts.'\nThe award was accepted by Guy Farnsworth, director of special\nbroadcasting services and a key figure in the KFRE program.\n-2-\n# 407\nNon-Profit Organization -- Services for the Blind, Inc., Santa\nAna.\nThe selection panel said:\n\"There was no organizational source to help the blind of the\narea help themselves in learning skills and securing employment\nuntil Services for the Blind, Inc., was founded in 1962. Built on\nthe motto, 'Dedicated to Helping the Blind Help Themselves, the\norganization went to work to assist blind persons in overcoming their\nhandicap in order to live more useful and happy lives.\n\"It was not a case of charitable sighted persons dropping into\nthe office occasionally to read books to their less fortunate\nfellows--or to string a few beads or play chess or even apply for\na guide dog. In this organization, the blind do lead the blind, and\nthe leadership is remarkable.\n\"The organization's facilities have grown from a small bungalow\nto a good-size training center.\n\"It has served over 300 blind residents of Orange County.\nExtensive counseling and training of sighted relatives and friends\nis also undertaken in order to improve their understanding of the\nchallenges associated with blindness.\n\"New services provided by the organization include home teach-\ning, mobility training in public schools, enlargement of staff and\nteachers, new efforts to improve public acceptance in hiring more\nblind people, recreation for pre-teenage and senior citizens, and\nhome teaching.\n\"Assistance is provided to college students who write term\npapers on the subject of blindness in order to increase understand-\ning about the handicap of blindness, including its possibilities and\nlimitations.\"\nDr Wilhelm de Nijs, executive director of Services for the Blind.\nInc. since 1964, accepted the award.\n#\n#\n#\n#\nEJG\n-3-\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.18.68\nBill signing ceremonies have been scheduled for tomorrow in\nthe governor's office:\n11:00 a.m., SB 202 (Mills), exempts fuel used by transit\ndistricts, passenger stage corporations, or any common\ncarriers of passengers operating within cities from the\ndiesel fuel tax. The bill will make over two million\ndollars a year available to those districts and carriers\nproviding such transit services. The bill is a part of\nthe governor's legislative program.\n11:15 a.m., SB 466, (Marks), continues the McAteer\nAlcoholism Act for another year. It appropriates\n$751,249 to carry out the operations of the Division\nof Alcoholism,\n# * #\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE:\nmediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.19.68\n#408\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today signed legislation designed to\nassist local transit operations in metropolitan areas of California.\nThe bill (SB-202) will help to relieve the financial burden on\nproperty tarpayers in these areas and will also assist minorities, the\naged and low-income families by providing better transit service to\nand from work, particularly within the core areas of major cities.\nThe legislation was authored by Senator James R. Mills of\nSan Diego and coauthored by Assemblyman James A. Hayes of Long Beach.\nThe bill had strong support from the Business and Transportation\nAgency and the California Division of Highways, even though the bill\nat first appears contrary to administration policies which generally\noppose any measure which would divert fuel taxes--or other such\ntransportation-related revenues--from highway construction.\nA special exception was made in this case, with the legislative\nintent specifically written into the bill, to assure that the funds\nsaved in fuel tax relief would be used exclusively to improve commute\nand local transit services.\nGovernor Reagan emphasized that the bill will prove especially\nbeneficial in major urban areas with large minority commuter and aged\nresidents living in \"core cities\" within the metropolitan areas.\nSpecificially, the legislation relieves from paying the normal\nfuel taxes:\na) transit districts, transit authorities and/or cities\nwhich own and operate a local transit system itself\nor through a wholly owned non-profit corporation.\nb) passenger stage corporations subject to the jurisdiction\nof the Public Utilities Commission when the motor vehicles\nof such passenger stage corporations are exclusively oper-\nated in urban and suburban areas as defined by the Revenue\nand Taxation Code.\nc) common carriers of passengers operating exclusively on\nany line or lines within the limits of a single city\nbetween fixed termini or over a regular route, providing\nthat 98% of these operations are exclusively within the\nlimits of a single city and, who by reason of the above,\nare therefore not considered a passenger stage corporation\nsubject to the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission.\nThe governor commended the two authors and Business and Transpor-\ntation Secretary Gordon Luce for the months of work that went into\n-1-\n#408\nmaking passage of the bill possible.\n\"The movement of industry to the suburbs has greatly increased\nthe distance between home and job opportunities, making it more\ndifficult for the unemployed to make their way to the door of potential\nemployers or to training centers, resulting in severe social and\neconomic problems,\" the governor said.\n\"Studies of Watts and other areas indicate that congestion and\nthe lack of adequate mass transportation in the inner city increases\nthe difficulty of our minority groups and senior citizens.\n\"These are the problems which this bill deals with. I am\npleased to sign it.\"\nThe estimated overall savings in fuel tax payments is estimated\nat about $2 million statewide.\n* * #\n-2-\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n6.19.68\n# 409\nPoor People's March\nThe following are remarks by Governor Ronald Reagan made from\nthe west steps of the State Capitol this afternoon:\n\"I understand that you have been told, perhaps by some of our\nlegislators that you had an appointment with me and that I did not\nkeep the appointment and refused to see you...and that is a lie.\nI said that I would be available at 9:00 A.M. this morning on being\ntold you were planning on holding your meeting at 9:00 A.M. My\nschedule was cleared accordingly.\n\"Now I have read your demands and I understand some of your points.\nYou are entitled to hear some of our philosophy and some of the things\nthat we are trying to do in this administration. These things meet\na number of the points that you have come up on this trip about. I\nhappen to believe that the answer to the problem that besets so many\nof our people in this state has to do with jobs.\n\"We have done everything we can, but we are not going to make the\nkind of promises that you have been fed by government for the last\neight years--promises that could not be kept. We are going to stop\nescalating the promises.\n\"We have formed, with private enterprise, a management council\nthat is in 16 urban areas in our state to provide employment. Thous-\nands of jobs have been provided this way so far. It isn't an instant\ncure and it can't be done easily.\n\"At the same time, we have appealed to the poverty program in\nWashington to grant us the seed money for a program in the Valley that\nwill combine the volunteer services of labor, educators and of manage-\nment for providing construction and machinery in order to start a\nprogram which will not only provide migrant farm housing, but which,\nwill\nat the same time, a combination program of education and training\nfor those who are building that particular migrant housing.\n\"I have for a number of weeks been going into various communities\nand meeting with some of your own leaders, some of whom are here, in\nan effort to try and find out what we can do. I have called meetings\nhere and have held them with our industrialists, with our labor leaders,\nwith our school boards, and with our superintendents. I have passed on\nto them the complaints your leaders told me about.\n-1-\n# 409\n\"We have asked for a survey of civil service in the state to take\naway some of the requirements for employment that have made some of\nyou ineligible for such jobs. We are seeking to find out how many\nstate classifications we can free from the necessity of having to have\na diploma.\n\"We have launched a summer jobs-for-youth program. We are going to\ncontinue doing everything we can to create a business climate that\nwill make jobs available for the people of this state and to provide\nthe training that will provide them the skills they need to have for\nthose jobs. We intend to represent all of the people of this state.\n\"Now, the fact that we have not been able to have an instant\nUtopia just happens to be because there is no such thing. There is\nno way it can be done. But we will gladly receive any suggestions,\nany complaints that you have about failures in our own system. We\nhave heard many already and WE have taken steps to correct them.\n\"And, that's about all I can say to you, except to repeat that\nthose who told you that I had no intention of dealing with your pro-\nblems, that I had no intention of seeing you and that I had refused\nto see you did not tell you the truth. I would suggest that when\nsomeone doesn't tell you the truth once, you ought to be prepared to\nask him the next time whether he is telling the truth.\n\"Thank you. =\n#\n#\n#\nEJG\n-2-\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.20.68\n#410\nGovernor Ronald Reagan has signed the following bills:\nAB 781 - Shoemaker\nIncreases the number of clerical positions and\n(Chapter 311)\nestablishes the salary range for the position of\nintermediate typist-clerk for the municipal court\nin the Santa Barbara-Goleta Judicial District.\nAB 1123 - Elliott\nCorrects obsolete references to the state consti-\n(Chapter 312)\ntution, and repeals statutory provisions rendered\nobsolete by the amendments to the constitution\nadopted in 1966.\nAB 1152 - Briggs\nBroadens the authority of county sealers of weights\n(Chapter 313)\nand measures to test any non-commercial weighing\nand measuring devices.\nAB 1175 - Biddle\nExtends to March 15, 1968, the time in which the\n(Chapter 317)\nstatement, map or plat regarding annexation to a\ncity may be filed with the State Board of Equali-\nzation for the annexation to be effective for\nassessment and tax purposes for the 1963-69 fiscal\nyear. The bill applies to cities completing annex-\nations batween January 17 and January 27, 1967.\nSB 55 - Stiern\nIncreases the annual salary of court reporters in\n(Chapter 314)\nKern County from $9,600 to $12,000 a year.\nSB 104 - Marks\nIncreases the number and salary of certain person-\n(Chapter 301)\nnel of the San Francisco Superior Court.\nSB 116 - Collier\nPermits boards of directors of resort improvement\n(Chapter 302)\ndistricts to authorize the payment of specified\namounts of compensation to board members for\nattendance at board meetings. The bill specifies\nthat secretary of district may be member of dis-\ntrict board of directors and authorizes board to\nfix his compensation. It also specifically\nauthorizes such districts to hold, use, enjoy,\nlease, or dispose of, any of its property.\nSB 170 - Cologne\nRevises the maximum aggregate amount for which a\n(Chapter 303)\nmunicipal water district may issue negotiable\npromissory notes for general district purposes.\nThe bill further provides that any person represent-\ning a municipal water district on board of direc-\ntors of a metropolitan water district may receive\ncompensation and expenses from the water district\nfor such service.\nSB 188 - Lagomarsino\n(Chapter 304)\nAuthorizes the entry of the fact and date of proper-\nty sold for taxes on the reproduced roll where a\nmachine-prepared assessment roll is used.\nSB 224 - Grunsky\nProvides that an indeterminate commitment of a\n(Chapter 315)\ndefendant as a mentally disordered sex offender,\na commitment for insanity, and a commitment for\nnarcotics addiction, 90 days after such commitment\nshall be deemed a final judgment for purposes of\nallowing an appeal by a defendant from final judg-\nment of conviction.\n-1-\n#410\nSB 253 - Stiern\nEstablishes new educational requirements for\n(Chapter 305)\napplicants for a real estate broker's license,\nBeginning January 2, 1970, applicants for a\nbroker's license must have completed courses in\nreal estate law and real estate practice and take\nexaminations or courses in real estate financing\nand real estate appraisal. The bill requires\napplicants for a broker's license to take courses\nin each of the four above-named subjects after\nJanuary 2, 1972. The real estate commissioner is\nto waive these requirements if an applicant for\na broker's license has been admitted to the Cali-\nfornia State Bar or has completed a course of\nstudy equivalent to that required by SB 253.\nSB 302 - Way\nProvides that a community service district may be\n(Chapter 306)\nformed without an election upon the consent of\nall registered voters of the proposed district.\nThe bill does not apply to community service dis-\ntricts situated in more than one county.\nSB 326 - Sherman\nPermits a defendant to demur to a complaint when\n(Chapter 307)\nit appears, from any matter of which court must\nor may take judicial notice, as well as when it\nappears on the face of the complaint, that ground\nfor demurrer exists.\nSB 455 - Marks\nIncreases the salaries of certain of the San Fran-\n(Chapter 308)\ncisco Superior Court administrative personnel.\nSB 466 - Marks\nExtends the termination date of the state's\n(Chapter 319)\nalcoholism program (McAteer Alcoholism Act) to\nURGENCY\nthe 61st day after adjournment of the 1969 Regular\nSession of the legislature. The bill appropriates\n$751, 294 to the Department of Public Health to\ncarry out the operations of the Division of\nAlcoholism.\nSB 533 - Whetmore\nRevises the number of and salaries of personnel\n(Chapter 309)\nin specified Orange County Municipal Courts.\nSB 603 - Marks\nIncreases the number and compensation of various\n(Chapter 310)\nattaches of the San Francisco Municipal Court.\nSB 844 - Stevens\nSpecifies that certain tidelands granted in trust\n(Chapter 316)\nto the City of Palos Verdes Estates may be used\nfor various conservation and recreation purposes.\n-2-\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.20.68\n#411\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today that estimates by the\nState Finance Department of the deficit in the school funding bill\nhave been confirmed by the second apportionment figures.\n\"The second apportionment figures given today by the Department\nof Education unfortunately confirm the correctness of the estimate\nmade by the Department of Finance last March that there would be a\n$70 million deficit in the school bill,\" the governor said.\nHe pointed out that when the bill (AB 272-Unruh) was presented\nto him for signature following the 1967 Legislative Session, Unruh\nassured him the bill would cost the amount which the legislature\nprovided for state aid to the public school system.\nIn March, after the first apportionment figures were released,\nthe Finance Department said Unruh's estimate was wrong by $70 million.\n\"The Finance Department estimate has now been confirmed,\"\nGovernor Reagan said, adding:\n\"This means that the 1968-69 budget now being considered by the\nJoint Conference Committee will be as drastically affected by the\nspeaker's so-called mistake as we feared.\n\"Last spring, several persons, including lobbyists for various\nschool groups, advised the public that our estimate of a $70 million\ndeficiency could not be right.\n\"But, unfortunately, the $70 million figure is no longer an\nestimate but a proven statistic.\n\"This obviously means that the economies, about which we warned\nall of the schools in March, are still essential if we are to maintain\nthe fiscal stability of the state,\" the governor said,\n\"I want to commend Finance Director Caspar W. Weinberger and\nhis staff for their fine work in correctly estimating the deficiency\nand thereby alerting the taxpayers of California about a very serious\nfiscal problem,\" the governor added.\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.20.68\n# 412\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today urged \"California's decent needy\nwith legitimate grievances\" to rid themselves of \"self-appointed\nleaders who are more interested in inciting riots than in making\nmeaningful progress.\n\"This administration and the legislature do not have to be con-\nvinced of the need to solve the problems of those Californians who\nare unemployed or unable to provide a proper standard of living for\nthemselves or their families. No problem receives more attention\nin Sacramento, and a number of programs evidence the fact that com-\npassion and understanding are not lacking in government.\n\"Self-appointed leaders of the so-called poor are in fact\nbetraying the people they profess to represent when they promote\nunnecessary marches and demonstrations which have no real purpose\nother than to stir up violence and trouble.\n\"Some of the self-appointed leaders of Wednesday's 'poor march 1\ncan be questioned as to motive and sincerity on the basis of their\npast record of lawbreaking., \" Governor Reagan said.\nGovernor Reagan also criticized those \"who sought to inflame\npassions rather than find solutions and who would have been directly\nresponsible if any serious violence had occurred.\"\nThe governor pointed out that he had cleared his calendar\nyesterday morning for those leaders of the needy who wished to see\nhim. However, those who made the request never appeared. No formal\nrequest was made for a later meeting.\nGovernor Reagan said he talked with the group on the west steps\nof the Capitol because, \"I did not want those who were threatening\nviolence to think that they could intimidate the governor of\nCalifornia.\"\n#\n#\n#\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.21.68\n#413\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced that he has signed the\nfollowing bills:\nAB 57 - Priolo\nAllows a holder of an off-sale beer and wine license\n(Chapter 336)\nto sell alcoholic beverages outside of a one-half\nmile radius of the Sawtelle Veterans Home in\nLos Angeles County. Present law allows the holder\nof an off-sale general license to sell alcoholic\nbeverages outside of the one-half mile radius while\nthose holding an off-sale beer and wine license can\noperate 1½ miles from the home.\nAB 153 - Barnes\nExpands definition of \"forestry member,\" for pur-\n(Chapter 337)\nposes of Public Employees' Retirement System, to\ninclude advisors and recreation specialists in\nforestry job corps conservation centers.\nAB 168 - Badham\nProvides that community services districts may pro-\n(Chapter 338)\nvide for the conversion of existing overhead electric\nand communication facilities of a public agency or\npublic utility, with its consent, to underground\nlocations and for financing such conversion pursuant\nto the Improvement Act of 1911.\nAB 339 - Porter\nIncreases number of judges in the Compton Municipal\n(Chapter 339)\nCourt District from four to five.\nAB 403 - Knox\nAuthorizes the California Districts Securities Com-\n(Chapter 340)\nmission to collect fees to cover costs incurred in\nperforming any commission function rather than limit-\ning the fees to functions. The bill also transfers\nfrom Department of Water Resources to California\nDistricts Securities Commission responsibility for\ninspecting progress of any work financed from pro-\nceeds of any certified bond issue and for determining\nwhether project has been satisfactorily completed.\nAB 450 - Porter\nIncreases the number of judges in the Los Cerritos\n(Chapter 341)\nMunicipal Court District of Los Angeles County from\n2 to 3.\nAB 546 - Biddle\nLimits the rehabilitation period in cases of multi-\n(Chapter 342)\nple convictions with consecutive sentences to a\nmaximum period of 50 months. The superior court\nto which the application for rehabilitation is made\nhas authority to extend the period of rehabilitation.\nAB 547 - Biddle\nProvides that persons confined in a county jail,\n(Chapter 343)\nwhether under sentence of imprisonment or as a con-\ndition of probation, may request and receive a prompt\ndisposition of outstanding and unresolved criminal\ncharges in the courts of this state in the same\nmanner in which the disposition of such charges may\nbe obtained by inmates of state prisons or\ninstitutions.\nAB 548 - Biddle\nRequires persons who are not specifically authorized\n(Chapter 344)\nby statute to inspect the record of juvenile court\nproceedings to petition the juvenile court for an\norder permitting their inspection of such records.\nAB\n597 - Moorhead Provides that where an executor or administrator of\n(Chapter 345)\nan estate doubts a creditor's claim, the claimant\nand the personal representative may enter an agree-\nment to refer the matter in controversy to a com-\nmissioner, or referee, some disinterested person,\nor the judge for settlement by way of summary\nprocedure.\n-1-\n#413\nAB 623 - Burke\nProvides that the county from which a patient of a\n(Chapter 346)\nstate hospital or institution was admitted shall be\nliable for public assistance received by patient\nup to three years after release on leave of absence\nof patient from the hospital or institution.\nAB 629 - Knox\nBroadens the definition of \"mortgage guarantee\n(Chapter 347)\ninsurance\" contained in the Insurance Code to include\nresidential apartment houses, buildings occupied for\nindustrial purposes, and leases on buildings occu-\npied for industrial or commercial purposes.\nAB 777 - Fong\nAdds to the definition of \"professional nurse, \" for\n(Chapter 348)\npurposes of the Nursing Practice Act, the require-\nment that such person be licensed by the state as a\nregistered nurse.\nAB 838 - Cory\nRequires that a ballot pamphlet be sent with each\n(Chapter 349)\nabsentee ballot.\nAB 853 - Belotti\nPermits a winegrower as to wine and a beer manufac-\n(Chapter 350)\nturer as to beer, to give or sell such alcoholic\nbeverages below established prices to (a) a non-\nprofit charitable corporation or association exempt\nfrom federal income taxes, or (b) a nonprofit incor-\nporated trade association exempt from federal income\ntaxes, the members of which are alcoholic beverage\nlicensees. In the latter instance, the wine or\nbeer shall be used solely for an association con-\nvention or meeting.\nAB 904 - Badham\nRequires the Public Utilities Commission to prescribe\n(Chapter 351)\ninstallation of stop signs at unprotected railroad\ncrossings unless the commission finds that they\nwould create an additional danger.\nAB 1011 - Powers\nIncreases the maximum fees the Division of Indus-\n(Chapter 352)\ntrial Safety may charge for elevator inspections.\nAB 1016 - Crandall\n(Chapter 353)\nExtends the inspection interval for installed tanks\nfrom three to five years.\nSB 115 - Collier\nIncreases the annual salary of the Siskiyou County\n(Chapter 320)\ndistrict attorney from $7,200 to $15,000. The bill\nalso prohibits the district attorney from engaging\nin private practice during his term of office.\nSB 138 - Rodda\nProvides that\nan employee in a position requir-\n(Chapter 321)\ning certification requirements who serves less time\nthan the minimum schoolday, rather than one who\nserves less time than the majority of employees in\nsame grades, may specifically contract with school\ndistrict governing board to serve as a part-time\nemployee. The bill also alters the method for\nestablishing the rate of compensation for such part-\ntime employees as a ratio to amount paid full-time\nemployees.\nSB 153 - Dymally\nMakes nonsubstantive amendments to the Business and\n(Chapter 322)\nProfessions Code.\nSB 162 - Dymally\nMakes nonsubstantive amendments to the Health and\n(Chapter 323)\nSafety Code.\nSB 175 - Cologne\nMakes nonsubstantive amendments to the Public\n(Chapter 324)\nResources Code.\n-2-\n#413\nSB 232 - Grunsky\nExtends the provisions of California's Equal Pay\n(Chapter 325)\nLaw to all employees in a business establishment,\nrather than limiting its applicatinn to women. The\nbill is intended to prevent discrimination on the\nbasis of sex where employees are doing work on jobs\nrequiring equal skill, effort and responsibility\nperformed under similar working conditions in the\nsame establishment.\nSB 292 - Moscone\nProvides that every measure submitted to the people\n(Chapter 326)\nby the legislature shall appear on the ballot of\nthe first general election occurring after 150\ndays after the adoption of the proposal by the legis-\nlature. The bill provides that constitutional\namendments of the current legislative session shall\nbe placed on the ballot of the 1968 general election\nif adopted on or before July 7, 1968.\nSB 304 - Moscone\nProvides that where a minor has no guardian of his\n(Chapter 327)\nestate but has money exceeding $2,000 but not more\nthan $10,000, the person holding such money may\npetition the court to take jurisdiction over the\ndisposition of such money. The court may order\nthat such money be deposited in a bank or trust\ncompany, or invested in an insured account in a\nsavings and loan association, or that a guardian\nbe appointed to care for the money.\nSB 349 - Short\nPermits the use of funds from override taxes to\n(Chapter 328)\npurchase land, buildings, and furniture for develop-\nment centers for handicapped minors.\nSB 386 - Sherman\nIncreases fees paid by subdividers to the Division\n(Chapter 329)\nof Real Estate in connection with the filing of ap-\nURGENCY\nplications by subdividers for investigations and\nissuance of public reports.\nSB 421 - Sherman\nMakes several technical and clarifying amendments\n(Chapter 330)\nto provisions of the Business and Professions Code\nrelating to the Real Estate Recovery Fund.\nSB 435 - Coombs\nProvides that land zoned for commercial development\n(Chapter 331)\nwith approved access to a city street and approval\nof interior street alignment would be excluded from\nthe definition of a subdivision. Land zoned for\nindustrial development is presently exempted.\nSB 473 - Lagomarsino\n(Chapter 332)\nRepeals an obsolete provision of the Public Resources\nCode relating to the use of explosives.\nSB 480 - Collier\nPermits retired members of the Public Employees'\n(Chapter 333)\nRetirement System to vote for members of, and to\nhold office on, the board of administration of that\nsystem.\nSB 802 - Lagomarsino\n(Chapter 334)\nAppropriates $200,000 to augment the Budget Act of\nURGENCY\n1967 to provide funds for claims against the state.\nSB 910 - Stevens\nPermits a board of directors of a nonprofit corpor-\n(Chapter 335)\nation to act, if the articles of incorporation or\nbylaws of such corporation so provide, without a\nmeeting if all members of the board consent in\nwriting to such action. Business corporations al-\nready have this authority.\n# # #\n-3-\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN &\nRELEASE: Im.. diate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.21.68\n# 414\nGovernor Ronald Reagan has accepted the resignation of James M.\nShumway from the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board.\nShumway, formerly chief aide to Health and Welfare Secretary\nSpencer Williams, was named to the board May 2.\nHe is the Republican candidate for the 4th Congressional Dis-\ntrict Seat in California.\nIn a letter to Shumway, Governor Reagan said he accepted\nShumway's resignation with \"mixed feelings.\n\"You have been a valued member of this administration, and\nalthough your service on the board has been of short duration, it\nis greatly appreciated,\n\"At the same time I am well aware of your obligations as a\ncandidate for Congress. I want you to know that you have my very\nbest wishes for success in November and in all your future endeavors, \"\nthe governor's letter said.\n#\n#\n#\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE: Imi. diate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.21.68\n# 415\nGovernor Ronald Reagan has asked members of the California\nCongressional Delegation in Washington to take legislative action\naimed at securing $7.5 million in Civil War claims--owed, but never\npaid to California by the federal government.\nIn a letter to Congressman Glenard P. Lipscomb, the governor\nsaid that although the war claims payment has been authorized, it has\nnever been paid.\n\"California is the only state which the federal government has\nfailed to pay for Civil War claims, \" his letter said.\nThe governor noted that the $7,537,248.15 due California is\n\"for funds expended and indebtedness assumed by the federal govern-\nment during the Civil War.\nHe said \"it is my strong recommendation that (appropriate\nlegislation) be introduced by the whole delegation as soon as\npossible.\n\"This seems to my administration to be a matter of simple\njustice, in view of the fact that all of the other states' claims\nhave been paid.\"\nGovernor Reagan noted that \"the Congress has no special duty\nto perform, as such, except to authorize an appropriation to pay the\nclaim.\"\n#\n#\n#\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.21.68\n#416\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today reappointed Fullerton businessman\nGeorge E. Delahanty to a four-year term on the California Advisory\nBoard of Collection Agencies.\nThe job pays necessary expenses.\nDelahanty, a 51-year old Republican, was first appointed to the\nboard last September.\nHe is president of the Transcontinental Credit Service Company\nof Fullerton and has long been active in community affairs, He is\na former president of the Fullerton Chamber of Commerce; is a past\ndirector of the Orange County Chamber of Commerce; and served as\npresident of the Orange County Federation of Community Chests, Inc.,\nfrom 1955-56.\nDelahanty resides at 2500 Coronado Drive, Fullerton.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE: Inuuediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.21.68\n#417\nGovernor Ronald Reagan has named King H. Harger of Valley Center\nto a three-year term on the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners.\nHarger, a 57-year old Republican, replaces Eldo C. Sprecher\nof Sacramento whose term expired.\nThe governor also reappointed Herbert C. Templeman of Oxnard\nto the board. Templeman, 44, was first appointed in 1965. He is a\nRepublican.\nThe posts pay necessary traveling expenses and not more than\n$10 per diem.\nHarger has been in private practice since 1943 and is a graduate\nof the College of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons in Los Angeles.\nHis address is P.O. Box 722, Valley Center.\nTempleman has been engaged in private practice for 11 years.\nHe lives at 811 East Myrna Drive, Port Hueneme.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nFOR IMME. ATE RELEASE\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.22.68\n418\nGOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE\nJune 24, 1968\nthrough\nJune 29, 1968\nMonday, June 24\n7:30 a.m.\nArrive ABC Studios, Hollywood, for taping of live\nMorning Show\nMorning\nDepart Los Angeles for Sacramento\nTuesday, June 25\n9:30 a.m.\nPRESS CONFERENCE\n1:30 p.m.\nBrief meeting with Chico State College Board of\nTrustees (Governor's Office)\nWednesday, June 26 No Public Appointments Scheduled\nThursday, June 27\n3:00 p.m.\nCouncil Meeting (Governor's Council Room)\nFriday, June 28\n9:00 a.m.\nArrive UC Davis Campus for remarks to Girls State\nSaturday, June 29\nEvening\nState-Wide Republican Candidates' School Dinner\n(Tentative)\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.21.68\n#419\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Los Angeles Harbor Commissioner\nRobert A. Day to a four-year term on the Southern California World\nTrade Center Authority.\nThe post was created by the 1967 legislature and pays necessary\nexpenses.\nDay, a 52-year old Republican, is a former vice president and\ndirector of the Superior Oil Company in Los Angeles. He is a\ndirector of the Crescent Wharf and Warehouse Company; is on the\nBoard of Counsellors of the University of Southern California School\nof Medicine and the President's Council of Loyola University.\nHe is on the Advisory Committee of Robert Louis Stevenson\nSchool at Pebble Beach and is a former chairman of the Parents'\nCommittee of Claremont Men's College.\nIn addition, he is an active supporter of the Los Angeles Civic\nLight Opera Association and is a fire commissioner.\nHe lives at 501 Bellagio Terrace, Los Angeles.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.21.68\n#420\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today called on all Californians to\ntake unusual precautions to prevent fires in the forest and wild-\nlands of the state during what promises to be a severe fire occurrence\nyear.\nIn issuing the appeal, the governor noted that a fire which\napparently started just yesterday in the Los Padres National Forest\nhad already blackened at least 1,200 acres by this afternoon and\nwas still raging out of control.\nJames G. Stearns, Director of the Department of Conservation,\nand State Forester Francis Raymond informed the governor that moisture\nand forest fuel conditions during the early summer are about the\nsame as normally expected in mid-summer--a week to six weeks ahead\nof schedule.\nLack of rain and weeks of drying north winds during April and\nearly June brought about the current critical conditions. During this\nperiod there have been more than three times as many forest fires\nas last year--922 versus 286. This compares with a five-year average\nof 500.\nFire weather meteorologists report that ground moisture supplies\nhave been exhausted in much of the lower elevation wildlands. This\ncondition in the past has led to extraordinary and costly fire occur-\nrence. Similarly, in the higher elevations, below normal precipita-\ntion and low existing snowpack indicate that all wildland areas in\nthe state face severe wildfire problems this year.\nThe fire season was officially declared May 1. At that time,\nthe Division of Forestry began staffing its 235 forest fire stations\nand 32 ranger units with firefighters to respond 24 hours a day,\nseven days a week, to fire calls on some 28,000,000 acres of wild-\nlands for which the Division of Forestry is responsible.\nGovernor Reagan urged every citizen and all civic and business\nenterprises, such as waste dump operators, utility companies, rail-\nroads, resort operators, equipment operators and others who frequent\nthe state's dry wildlands to make every effort to prevent fires.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE: Inumediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.24.68\n#421\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today appointed three persons to the\nState Board of Architectural Examiners.\nThe posts pay $25 per diem plus expenses.\nNamed to four-year terms were:\nMary K. Hosking, a Bakersfield newspaper woman. Mrs. Hosking,\na Republican, replaces Edwin F. Self of La Jolla whose term expired.\nShe is assistant editor of the Bakersfield News Bulletin, a\nsemi-weekly newspaper. Mrs. Hosking is the wife of Richard Hosking,\na member of the Bakersfield City Council. She is on the City Board\nof Charity Appeals and Solicitations and is a member of the Greater\nBakersfield Chamber of Commerce - Women's Division.\nMrs. Hosking lives at 2900 19th Street, Bakersfield.\nJohn R. Ross, a 44-year old Republican and San Luis Obispo\narchitect. He replaces Worley K. Wong of Oakland whose term expired.\nRoss is a 1949 graduate of the University of Southern California\nand operates the San Luis Obispo architectural firm of John R. Ross\nand Associates, Inc.\nHe lives at 580 Serrano Drive, San Luis Obispo.\nNamed to a term ending in 1971 was:\n-Clifford L. Burgess, 47, a Los Angeles building designer.\nA Republican, Burgess is a former president of the Los Angeles chapter\nof the American Institute of Building Design and currently serves as\nits vice president.\nHe operates the Los Angeles building design firm of Cliff Burgess\nand Associates and resides at 11931 Dorothy Street, Los Angeles.\nBurgess will fill the unexpired term of Robert Van Roekel of\nRedlands who resigned. The term will end January 15, 1971.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571 6.24.68\n#422\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Bette O. Cooper of Stockton\nand Patricia Ann Kirkegaard of Fresno to four-year terms on the\nStockton State Hospital Board of Trustees.\nThe posts pay necessary expenses.\nBoth appointments will expire four years from the date of\nSenate confirmation.\nMrs. Cooper, a Republican, replaces Eileen Rue of Stockton\nwhose term expired. Mrs. Kirkegaard succeeds Judge Priscilla Haynes\nof Manteca who resigned.\nMrs. Cooper is the wife of J. Victor Cooper of Stockton and is\na 1940 graduate of Mills College. She served as co-chairman of the\nStockton Area Volunteer Cancer Drive two years ago. She is vice\npresident of the National Mills College Alumnae and serves as its\nnational student referral chairman.\nShe lives at 1015 Elmwood Avenue, Stockton.\nMrs. Kirkegaard, a Republican, is the wife of Dale D. Kirkegaard,\na Fresno physician. She is a graduate of the State University of\nIowa and has participated actively in Fresno civic affairs.\nShe is a member of the Fresno County Medical Auxiliary, the\nSt. Agnes Hospital Service Guild, Women's Symphony League and the\nWomen's Board of the Fresno Art Center.\nShe is a past director of the Fresno Mental Health Association\nand is a former area chairman of the American Cancer Society.\nShe resides at 5477 North Millbrook Avenue, Fresno.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.24.68\n#423\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today appointed three Bay Area business\nleaders as members of the San Francisco World Trade Center Authority.\nThe posts pay necessary expenses and are for four-year terms.\nNamed were:\nJack L. Ashby, 56, president and chief executive officer of\nKaiser Steel Corporation, Oakland. Ashby, a Republican, replaces\nJoseph S. Quan of San Francisco whose term expired.\nAshby is a director of the American Iron and Steel Institute,\nserves on the National Industrial Conference Board, and is a member\nof a number of other leading trade organizations.\nHe lives at 1000 Mason Street, San Francisco.\nFrank F. Walker, 71, a partner in the San Francisco investment\nfirm of Dean Witter & Company. A Republican, he is a 1917 Stanford\ngraduate and is a former trustee of the University. He succeeds\nMorris Weisberger of San Mateo whose term expired.\nWalker is a director of the Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Cor-\nporation, the California Water Service Company, San Jose Water Works\nand Varian Associates. He is a past director of the Fireman's Fund\nand Blyth & Company of New York.\nHe lives at 1000 Mason Street, San Francisco.\nWilliam W. Morison, a 55-year old Republican and president of\nForemost Foods Company, San Francisco. Morison has served in his\ncorporate post since 1945. He is also a director and executive vice\npresident of Foremost-McKesson, Inc., of San Francisco.\nHe replaces Stockton physician Joseph A. Barkett who resigned.\nMorison is a director of the Milk Industry Foundation and is a\nformer director of the International Association of Ice Cream Manu-\nfacturers, National Dairy Council, California Dairy Council, and the\nDairy Institute.\nHe lives at 40 Jennifer Lane, Alamo.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN X\nRELEASE:\n:\nediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.24.68\n#424\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today urged members of the State Senate\nto take \"decisive action on an issue of vital importance to all\nCalifornians\" by passing a bill which would take the appointment of\njudges out of partisan politics.\nHe said:\n\"I am extremely pleased that a majority of our lawmakers in the\nupper house have already demonstrated their support for the measure.\nI now urge other senators to join with them in taking decisive action\non an issue of vital importance to all Californians.\"\nIn emphasizing the \"strongly bi-partisan nature of the effort,\"\nthe governor complimented Senate Pro Tempore Hugh Burns (D-Fresno),\nDonald Grunsky (R-Watsonville) and\"those other legislators in the\nSenate who have lent their support to the bill on the basis of merit\nalone, and not political considerations.\"\nGovernor Reagan also pointed to the \"truly overwhelming support\nthe legislation has received from virtually every major segment of\nthe life of the state.\" He noted that in addition to the strong back-\ning of the administration, the State Bar and the Judicial Council of\nCalifornia, the bill is endorsed by:\n--Roger J. Traynor, chief justice of the California Supreme Court.\n--38 local and county bar associations in California--including\nthe Los Angeles and San Francisco Bar Associations--representing a\ntotal of nearly 19,000 members.\nIn contrast, opposition to the plan has been registered by only\nsix bar associations in the state, representing just over 2,800 mem-\nbers, or roughly only one-seventh of the state's lawyers.\n--64 California newspapers, including virtually every major\nmetropolitan daily in the state.\n--The California State Chamber of Commerce.\n--The California Taxpayers' Association\nThe California State Grange\nThe California State American Legion\n--The California State Sheriffs' Association\n--The California Peace Officers' Association\n-1-\n#424\n--The chambers of commerce of San Francisco, Los Angeles,\nOakland, San Diego and 40 others.\nIndividual state leaders who have endorsed the legislation\ninclude: Jack Rees, executive secretary of the California Teachers'\nAssociation; Alan Grant, president of the California Farm Bureau\nFederation; Harry Holt, president of the California State Automobile\nAssociation; Carl Livingston, president of the California Retailers'\nAssociation; Edward Rademacher, president of the California Peace\nOfficers' Association; Frank Madigan, president of the State Sheriffs'\nAssociation; Harold Heinly, California state commander of the American\nLegion; Chester Deaver, master of the California State Grange;\nDudley Brown, president of the California Taxpayers' Association;\nand Arnold Beckman, president of the California State Chamber of\nCommerce.\nGovernor Reagan noted that at least 10 city councils and four\ncounty boards of supervisors support the measure.\nIn addition, a number of labor leaders from around the state\nhave endorsed the bill, he said.\n# # #\n-2-\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nMEMO TO THE RESS\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.25.68\nBecause of inquiries, this is to inform you that an extradition\nhearing is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. in the Governor's Council Room,\nWednesday, for Edgar Bugene Bradley.\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE: I ediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.25.68\n#425\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Long Beach mobile home manu-\nfacturer Arnold J. Romeyn to the State Commission on Housing and\nCommunity Development.\nThe job pays $25 per diem plus travel expenses.\nRomeyn, a 52-year old Republican, is vice president and\nsecretary-treasurer of the Kit Manufacturing Company of Long Beach,\na mobile home and trailer builder.\nHe will fill out the unexpired term of Morgan Flagg of\nSan Luis Obispo who resigned. The term will end October 10, 1968.\nRomeyn is a past president and currently serves as a director\nof the National Trailer Coach Association. He has also been active\nin other community organizations. He lives at 1000 Bryant Road,\nLong Beach.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER\nRELEASE:\nmediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.25.68\n#426\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Yolo County Agricultural\nCommissioner Herbert W. Chandler to the 40th District Agricultural\nAssociation's board of directors.\nThe association operates the Yolo County Fair.\nThe post pays necessary expenses.\nChandler, 45, succeeds the late John T. Rogers of Davis. Chandler\nwill fill out Rogers' unexpired term which ends January 15, 1969.\nChandler, a Republican, is a former president of the Sacramento\nValley Agricultural Commissioner's Association; is a director of\nthe California Crop Improvement Association; is a director of the\nYolo County Federal Credit Union; is chairman of the Yolo County\nEmployees' Community Chest Drive; and is a member of the American\nLegion and Woodland Rotary Club.\nHe lives at 70 Cottonwood Street, Woodland.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE:\nmediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.25.68\n#427\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Norwalk attorney\nRobert E. Mitchell and Dorothy D. Natland, a Rolling Hills housewife,\nto the State Social Welfare Board.\nBoth appointees will serve at the pleasure of the governor. The\nposts pay $25 per diem plus necessary expenses.\nMitchell, 39, replaces Nelson A. Howard of Pasadena. Mrs. Natland,\na Republican, succeeds Raymond E. Lee of Los Angeles. Both outgoing\nmembers resigned.\nMitchell, a Republican, is a graduate of the University of\nSouthern California Law School. He has practiced law in Norwalk\nsince 1963.\nHe serves as a director of the Mexican-American Service Center\nin East Los Angeles; was on the board of directors of the La Mirada\nChamber of Commerce for five years and is currently a director of\nthe Norwalk Chamber of Commerce; is a sustaining member of the\nLa Mirada Boy Scouts of America; and is a member of the English-\nSpeaking Union of Los Angeles.\nHe lives at 15622 Olive Branch Drive, La Mirada.\nMrs. Natland is the wife of Manley L. Natland. They reside at\n18 Crest Road East, Rolling Hills.\nShe has served on the advisory boards of both Marymount College\nand Palos Verdes College. She is also a former director of the\nLong Beach Junior League and was Palos Verdes Peninsula chairman of\nthe American Cancer Society for six years.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER R\nRELEASE:\nmediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.25.68\n#428\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today signed into law a bill which will\nlocal\npermit ideal governments in California to receive an estimated\n$560,000 a year in interstate highway right-of-way rental money that\npreviously had to be forwarded to the federal government.\nThe bill--AB 607, authored by Assemblyman Frank Lanterman (R-La\nCanada) was drafted after extensive negotiations with federal\nauthorities by representatives of the Business and Transportation\nAgency, the Department of Public Works and State Division of Highways.\nThe legislation had the strong support of the Reagan\nadministration.\nIn signing the bill, Governor Reagan explained that under present\nlaw, the state is permitted to rent homes and other buildings on\nrights-of-way purchased for the highway program until such time as\nthe right-of-way is actually needed for construction.\nThe governor said that on non-interstate right-of-way construc-\ntion rentals, 24 per cent of the rental funds, or about $730,000 a\nyear, is returned to local government to offset the loss of property\ntax revenues but that such was not the case with interstate projects.\n\"Prior to the passage of AB 607, 92 per cent of these rental\nfunds had to be forwarded to the federal government with the 8 per cent\nwhich\nremaining at the state level. It was this inequity/\nthe negotia-\ntions and this enabling legislation will correct,\" Governor Reagan\nsaid.\nHe commended Assemblyman Frank Lanterman and those state agencies\nand departments involved for the many months of work that went into\nthe effort.\n\"This is another example of the policy of this administration to\nassist local government and the property taxpayer.\" He pointed out\nthat local governments will now receive a total of roughly $1,290,000\nannually in combined interstate and non-interstate right-of-way rental\nfunds for the next several years.\nThe governor said that these funds would gradually taper off as\nthe interstate program nears completion in 1974. \"As long as the\nrevenues are available, it is proper that they be returned to our\ncommunities and property taxpayers through local government rather\nthan being siphoned off to Washington,\" he added.\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE Pless\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6-25-68\nC-O-R-R-E-C-T-I-O-N\nIn Press Release #428, dated today, the first paragraph should\nread:\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today signed into law a billwhich will\npermit local governments in California to receive, etc.\n#\n#\n#\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER1\nMEMO TO\nE PRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.26.68\nGovernor Reagan will sign AB 461 and AB 617 this afternoon at\n3 p.m. at a ceremony in his office.\nAB 461 (Veysey) creates the Salton Sea Advisory Committee.\nAB 617 (Veysey) authorizes the director of agriculture to enter\ninto cooperative agreements with the federal government concerning\nred meat and poultry meat inspection. The bill could produce sub-\nstantial General Fund savings.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.26.68\n#429\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today that the following bills\nhave been signed:\nAB 198 - Stacey\nAuthorizes the Kern County Agency to levy ground\n(Chapter 369)\nwater production charges within improvement districts\nURGENCY\nwithin the agency which will benefit from the re-\ncharge of underground water supplies or the distribu-\ntion of imported water.\nAB 268 - MacDonald\n(Chapter 370)\nAppropriates $2.7 million in augmentation of the\nURGENCY\n1967 Budget Act relating to the support of hospitals\nfor the mentally ill and the Short-Doyle local mental\nhealth program.\nAB\n334\n-\nRussell Authorizes a minor 15 years of age or older living\n(Chapter 371)\nseparate and apart from his parents or legal guardian,\nand who is managing his own financial affairs regard-\nless of the source of his income, to consent to\ncertain medical, dental or hospital care.\nAB 441 - Murphy\nDirects the superintendent of public instruction to\n(Chapter 372)\napportion state supplemental support funds to certain\nURGENCY\nelementary and high school districts which are\nineligible for such support because of an insufficient\ntax rate due solely to a fluctuation in the units of\naverage daily attendance in the district.\nAB 543 - Pattee\nProvides that Franchise Tax Board may waive the\n(Chapter 373)\n10 percent penalty for underpayment of estimated\ntax in case of a showing of good cause.\nAB 607 - Lanterman\n(Chapter 354)\nProvides that 24 percent of the rent received by the\nURGENCY\nDivision of Highways on properties rented prior to\ninterstate highway construction projects shall be\ndistributed to local revenue and taxing districts,\nUnder present law, 24 percent of rentals on non-\ninterstate projects are distributed to local taxing\nbodies. It is estimated that the bill will result\nin an additional $560,000 being distributed to local\ngovernment each year.\nAB 674 - Knox\nAuthorizes the insurance commissioner to suspend the\n(Chapter 388)\nright of an insurer to obtain life certificates of\nconvenience for its new agents if, during a calendar\nyear, more than 66 2/3 percent of its appointees fail\nto qualify for permanent licenses within six months\nafter obtaining such certificate. Suspension may be\nterminated if the commissioner is satisfied that the\ninsurer has established procedures for the proper\ntraining of prospective agents.\nAB 719 - Moorhead\n(Chapter 374)\nRequires the court clerk, immediately after judgment\nin a criminal case, to mail a copy of any statement\nof views respecting the defendant that is filed with\nthe court and submitted by the court, district attor-\nney, or law enforcement agency, to the attorney for\nthe defendant, and to the defendant. The bill also\nrequires that a copy of any statement submitted in\nbehalf of the defendant be mailed to the district\nattorney.\n-1-\n#429\nAB 830 - Veysey\nProvides that jurisdiction of a county superintendent\n(Chapter 375)\nover a joint school district shall not be changed\nfrom one county superintendent to another except by\na majority vote of the electorate in the district.\nPresent law automatically changes the jurisdiction\nto the county in which the greatest area of the dis-\ntrict lies, if a schoolhouse is constructed in the\nportion of the district in that county.\nAB 859 - Bagley\nExtends the exemption from civil and criminal liability\n(Chapter 376)\nto a hospital, laboratory or clinic employing or\nutilizing the services of, physicians, registered\nnurses, licensed laboratory technologists or clinical\nlaboratory bioanalysts who properly administer a\nblood test when requested to do so in writing by\na peace officer. The bill also requires the Depart-\nment of the California Highway Patrol, in cooperation\nwith the Department of Public Health, to adopt\nuniform standards for the withdrawal, handling and\npreservation of blood samples prior to analysis,\nrather than uniform standards for the giving of blood\nalcohol tests.\nAB 876 - Ketchum Requires that the first agency to book a person after\n(Chapter 377)\narrest shall furnish fingerprints and a description\nof persons arrested for specified offenses to the\nBureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation.\nAB 914 - Knox\nTransfers a section of the Revenue and Taxation Code\n(Chapter 378)\nrelating to the cancellation of certain penalties to\nanother chapter of that code. The bill also adds\nthe requirement that to receive the cancellation of\nsuch penalties, the payment of the corrected amount\nmust be made within 30 days from the date the correc-\ntion is entered on the roll.\nAB 939 - Beverly Allows a probation officer to invest moneys he is\n(Chapter 379)\nauthorized to received in federally-insured savings\nand loan associations doing business in this state,\nwhich are approved by the board of supervisors, as\nan alternative to depositing such moneys in the\ncounty treasury or approved commercial bank accounts.\nAB 985 - Chappie Requires irrigation districts which, prior to\n(Chapter 380)\nNovember 8, 1967, by either resolution or written\nagreement with a district landowner, have provided\na different basis for levying district assessments\nagainst such landowner, to utilize such basis for\nlevying district assessments against such landowners,\nrather than the county assessment roll.\nAB 1056 - Moretti\n(Chapter 381)\nAuthorizes investments in securities of the Asian\nDevelopment Bank by savings bank and incorporated\ninsurers.\nAB 1473 - Badham Authorizes the Orange County Water District to deter-\n(Chapter 382)\nmine the amount and percentage of water extracted\nfrom district's ground water supplies, to require\nproducers to use more or less than their allotted\npercentage and to levy a basin equity assessment upon\nproducers who are required to use more than their\nallotted percentage share for the purpose of reim-\nbursing those producers who are required to use less\nthan their allotted percentage share, so as to equalize\nthe per-acre-foot cost of water to producers through-\nout the district.\nAB 1634 - Russell\n(Chapter 383)\nSpecifies range of amounts of bond which the treasurer,\nURGENCY\nauditor, secretary, directors and other employees\nmust give to the Upper Santa Clara Valley Water\nAgency. The bill also increases the maximum interest\nrate on Agency bonds from five to six percent.\n-2-\n#429\nSB 6 - Stiern\nProvides that the Board of Governors of the California\n(Chapter 355)\nCommunity Colleges succeeds to the powers and duties\nof the superintendent of public instruction, as well\nas those of the State Board of Education, the direc-\ntor of Education, and the Department of Education, in\nthe administration of junior colleges.\nSB 63 - Song\nRevises the California law relating to the disposition\n(Chapter 356)\nof unclaimed property. The new law will become\noperative on January 1, 1969.\nSB 112 - Collier\n(Chapter 357)\nAmends the Health and Safety Code provisions relating\nto the withdrawal of fire protection districts from\ncities.\nSB 308 - Sherman Prohibits a person who has had his sport hunting or\n(Chapter 358)\nfishing license revoked from purchasing another one\nduring the period of revocation, and permits further\nperiods of revocation for any additional violations.\nSB 313 - Whetmore\n(Chapter 359)\nIncreases the additional fee for court reporters\nin Orange County from $6 to $10.\nSB 316 - Danielson\n(Chapter 384)\nEliminates the $50 minimum on costs which a public\nentity, including the state, may collect against a\nplaintiff when the plaintiff fails to recover a\njudgment.\nSB 347 - Burgener\n(Chapter 360)\nAdopts and authorizes the San Diego River (Mission\nValley) and Tahquitz Creek flood control projects in\naccordance with congressional action and at such\nestimated costs for state cooperation as may be\nappropriated by the legislature upon recommendation\nby the Department of Water Resources.\nSB 375 - Cusanovich\n(Chapter 361)\nExempts an employer engaged in the operation of a\nlicensed hospital from the Labor Code provisions\nlimiting maximum working hours of women, if he adopts,\npursuant to an agreement or understanding voluntarily\narrived at between the employer and employee, a work\nperiod of 14 consecutive days instead of seven con-\nsecutive days for purposes of overtime compensation\nand maximum hours limitations.\nSB 389 - Cusanovich\n(Chapter 362)\nProvides that a National Guardsman who is federalized\nduring a civil disturbance may be defended by the\nState of California in the event he is sued for an\nact performed while on federal duty.\nSB 442 - Moscone\n(Chapter 385)\nRevises and recodifies the law relating to appeals\nin civil actions and proceedings.\nSB 529 - Marks\nAllows boards of supervisors to establish and operate\n(Chapter 386)\na ferry across a bay subject to any restrictions con-\ntained in the Toll Bridge Authority Act or contained\nin any bond resolution of the California Toll Bridge\nAuthority.\nSB\n604\n-\nStiern\nExempts administrative offices of a junior college\n(Chapter 363)\ndistrict from the Field Act when such offices are\nlocated on a site separate from a junior college\ncampus and when pupils are not required to enter the\nbuilding. The Field Act requires strict standards in\nthe construction of school buildings to protect stu-\ndents and teachers from fire and earthquake hazards.\n-3-\n#429\nSB 607 - Moscone\nAdds a section to the Code of Civil Procedure which\n(Chapter 387)\ncross-references authorization for new trials to the\nprovisions relating to new trials ordered on appeals\nin civil cases.\nSB 639 - Deukmejian\n(Chapter 364)\nProvides that when certain attaches of municipal\ncourt are assigned to serve a municipal court judge\nsitting as a superior court judge, they shall\nreceive same salary as comparable personnel of the\nsuperior court.\nSB 680 - Lagomarsino\n(Chapter 365)\nIncreases the annual salary of court reporters in\nSanta Barbara County from $6,000 to $13,500. The\nbill also provides for a $45 per diem for reporters\npro tempore and for a $10 filing fee in Santa\nBarbara County.\nSB 688 - Marler\nAuthorizes the governing board of a school district\n(Chapter 366)\nto donate obsolete textbooks to children and other\npersons who reside in the school district in order\nto promote general literacy of the citizenry, in-\nstead of allowing the donations of such textbooks\nto only pupils of the district or destroying the\nbooks.\nSB 699 - Coombs\nClarifies the Health and Safety Code provisions\n(Chapter 367)\nrelating to earthquake safety requirements for\ncertain rural buildings.\nSB 882 - Marler\nMakes clarifying amendments to provisions of the\n(Chapter 368)\nPublic Resources Code relating to the use of\nincinerators within specified state and federal\nforest areas.\n# # #\n-4-\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE: .mmediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571 6.26.68\n#430\nGovernor Ronald Reagan has vetoed the following bill:\nAB 257 - Burton The measure would allow boards of supervisors to\nestablish and operate a ferry across a bay subject\nto any restrictions contained in the Toll Bridge\nAuthority Act or contained in any bond resolution\nof the California Toll Bridge Authority.\nThe governor said he has already approved an identical\nbill (Chapter 386, Statutes of 1968). Approval of\nAB 257 would result in duplicate provisions being\nadded to the Streets and Highways Code.\nHe, therefore, returned the bill unsigned.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER\nR\nRELEASE:\nmediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.26.68\n#431\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today signed legislation creating a\nCalifornia Salton Sea Advisory Committee to assist public agencies\nin attacking major problems facing one of California's most unique\nrecreational areas.\nThe bill--AB 461--was authored by Assemblyman Victor Veysey\n(R-Brawley) and strongly supported by the State Resources Agency,\nthe Imperial Irrigation District and the Coachella Valley County\nWater District.\nIn signing the bill, Governor Reagan pointed out that the Salton\nSea is the largest body of water within the State of California.\nHe also noted that because of its proximity to heavily populated\nareas in Southern California, the Salton Sea has an enormous\nrecreational potential.\nGovernor Reagan said that the sea currently faces several\npotentially critical problems, such as fluctuating water levels, a\nhigh concentration of nutrients and increasing salinity. A high\nevaporation loss and lack of outlet further compound these complex\nproblems.\n\"We must move quickly to analyze these problems and develop\nrealistic solutions to them before the beneficial uses, including\nrecreation, are impaired,\" the governor said.\nHe was joined in the bill-signing ceremony by Assemblyman\nVeysey and Norman Livermore, secretary of the State Resources Agency.\nVeysey and Livermore indicated their concern over the problems facing\nthe Salton Sea, including the possible loss of the sports fishery\nestablished in the sea by the California Department of Fish and Game\nduring the 1950's. The excellent Sargo and Orange Mouth Corvina\nfishing the sea provides plays a major role in Southern California's\noutdoor recreational activities.\nVeysey and Livermore also indicated that AB 461 contains an\nurgency clause permitting it to become effective immediately upon\nsigning by the governor.\nThis allows the Salton Sea Advisory Committee to cooperate with\na joint federal (Department of the Interior) and state (Resources\nAgency) study team, currently conducting a reconnaissance level\ninvestigation of the Salton Sea problems.\nVeysey explained that the committee created by his bill will\nrepresent local governments and will be developed from local resi-\ndents of the Salton Sea area.\n\"We hope this combined effort will expedite solutions to the\nproblems in the Salton Sea area before the potential benefits for the\npeople of this state are impaired,\" Livermore said.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER\n1\nRELEASE:\nImm\niate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.26.68\n# 432\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today signed into law a bill which will\nstrengthen the California meat inspection program and provide better\nconsumer protection while saving California taxpayers more than a\nhalf-million dollars annually in inspection costs.\nThe bill--AB617--was authored by Assemblyman Victor Veysey\n(R-Brawley) and had the strong support of the State Department of\nAgriculture, the Department of Finance and the California livestock\nand meat packing industry.\nThe bill enables the State Department of Agriculture to take\nfull advantage of the provisions in the new Wholesome Meat Act\nrecently passed by Congress. This act provides for joint state-\nfederal cooperative meat inspection programs. A federal poultry\ninspection bill is now pending along similar lines.\nIn signing the bill, Governor Reagan said that the State Director\nof Agriculture Earl Coke is now authorized to establish standards and\nrequirements for meat inspection that are equal to, or stronger than,\nthe Federal Meat Inspection Act. The state, however, may not adopt\nregulations which are less stringent than those written into new\nfederal law.\nThe governor was joined in the bill signing ceremony by Veysey\nand Coke.\nThe Department of Agriculture, the legislature and the respon-\nsible members of the California meat\nindustry who supported\nthe bill were commended by the governor for their action.\nIn addition to emphasizing the added safeguards which the new\nbill provides to the consumer, Governor Reagan cited the specific sav-\nings to the General Fund under joint state-federal inspection pro-\ncedures.\nGovernor Reagan said that while the cooperative program will\ninitially increase the total cost of meat inspection some $324,850 to\napproximately $2,000,000 per year, 50 percent of this total amount\nwill be reimbursed to the state by the U.S. Department of Agriculture,\nthus representing an overall savings of over a half million dollars\n($682,128) to the State General Fund.\nCoke and the governor both indicated that a nearly comparable\namount could be saved in the future if pending poultry inspection\nlegislation is enacted,\n#\n#\n#\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVEI\nR\nELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.26.68\n#433\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today praised \"The statesmanship\nand responsibility\" of the Senate for its action in passing a\nbill which will permit the State Water Project to continue on\nschedule.\n\"The Senate acted with statesmanship and responsibility today\nin recognizing the urgent and vital need to keep this tremendous\nproject on schedule,\" the Governor said.\n\"I also want to commend the members of the Assembly who\nearlier passed the bill which will have a significant impact on\nall Californians.\"\nGov. Reagan noted that he called for this legislation in his\nState of the State Message last January, saying then that \"Water\nis of constant importance to our economy, to our agriculture and\nindustrial growth. 11\nThe Governor said the legislation \"Will enable us to build all\nthe essential facilities of the project on schedule--not only for\nthe delivery of water, but also for the most efficient operation\nof the water project.\n\"It will therefore enable the state to effect long-range\nsavings and keep the cost of water to a minimum.\n\"It will provide the money for construction of nine individual\nprojects in the system, including two power plants and the Perris\nReservoir in Riverside County, which would have been delayed\nwithout this legislation.\n\"But most importantly, it will furnish water on schedule to\nmillions of Californians and will result in vast economic and\nrecreational benefits for all our citizens,\" the Governor said.\n# # #\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Californ\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.27.68\n# 434\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today he has chosen his new\ndirector of public health from the ranks of the California Public\nHealth Department--Dr. Louis F. Saylor, a state employee for the past\neight years.\nSaylor, assistant chief of the department's division of research\nsince 1960, succeeds Dr. Lester Breslow who left the post last\nDecember. Dr. Hamlet C. Pulley, assistant director, has served as\nacting director of the department since Breslow's resignation.\nSaylor is a 1937 graduate of the University of Nebraska School\nof Medicine and received a master's degree in public health, magna cum\nlaude, from the Harvard University School of Public Health in 1957.\nGovernor Reagan said:\n\"I am highly pleased that a man of Dr. Saylor's ability and\nstature is assuming this important position of leadership and respon-\nsibility in our state.\n\"He is truly a professional in the field of public health, a man\nof proven competence and ability whose background and experience\neminently qualify him for the job.\n\"Dr. Saylor is also highly respected by those who have worked for\nhim and with him through the years, not only as a state employee but\nas a U.S. Army medical officer for 21 years.\n\"He is the holder of the American Campaign Medal, the American\nDefense Service Medal, the Army Commendation Ribbon with Two Oak Leaf\nthe\nClusters, and the Bronze Star--all excellent indications of/dedication\nhe has brought to his tasks and to the service of his fellow citizens.\"\nSaylor was an Army doctor from 1939-60. He joined the service as\na 1st lieutenant in the Army Medical Corps, and was chief of the\nPreventive Medicine Division and Deputy Surgeon at 6th Army Headquarters\nin San Francisco when he retired.\nDuring his military career, he served as:\n--Division Surgeon, 8th Armored Division, in the U.S. and Europe,\nduring the latter part of World War II.\n--Corps Surgeon, Headquarters 15th Army Corps., Bamberg, Germany,\n1946.\n--Chief of Hospitalization; Office of the Army Surgeon, 1st Army,\nNew York, 1947.\n--Area Surgeon and Commander, 110th U.S. Army Station Hospital,\nand 450th U.S. Army General Dispensary, Vienna Area Command, U.S.\nForces, Austria, 1947-50.\n-1-\n# 434\n--Chief, Research and Development Division, Office of the Surgeon,\nHeadquarters, U.S. Continental Army Command, Fort Monroe, Virginia,\n1950-52.\n--Assistant Chief, Education and Training Division, Office of the\nSurgeon General, Department of the Army, Washington, D.C., 1952-56.\n--Harvard University School of Public Health, Cambridge, Mass.,\n1957.\n-Chief Medical Officer, Eighth U.S. Army, Korea, 1958.\n--Chief, Preventive Medicine Division and Deputy Surgeon, Head-\nquarters 6th Army, Presidio of San Francisco, 1958-60.\nSaylor, 55, has also served on the Commission on Military Accidents\nof the Armed Forces Epidemiological Board since 1964, and was a member\nof the Subcommittee on Medical Care of the President's Committee for\nTraffic Safety in 1963.\nIn 1960, he was named a diplomate by the American Board of\nPreventive Medicine.\nAs assistant chief of the Public Health Department's Division of\nResearch, Saylor has served as the principal line deputy to the chief\nof the division and has assisted in planning, organizing and directing\nthe work of the division.\nHe was responsible for the planning and the eventual establishment\nof the department's data processing center.\nHe has served as Acting Director Pully's principal assistant over\nthe past few months.\nHe and his wife, Cecilia, have a son who is an architect in\nAlbany, California.\nSaylor, a Democrat, is a native of Omaha, Nebraska.\nHe and his wife reside at 1961 Drake Drive, Oakland.\nThe appointment, which pays $26,000 per year, is for a term\nending January 1, 1972.\n#\n#\n#\nEJG\n-2-\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nMEMO TO THE\n:\nESS\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.27.68\nGovernor Reagan will introduce Dr. Louis F. Saylor, the state's\nnew Public Health Director, during the Governor's Council Meeting, at\n3:00 P.M. today in the Governor's Council Room.\n#\n#\n#\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE RESS\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.27.68\nSB 261 (Cologne) is scheduled to be signed by the governor at\na special ceremony in the governor's office tomorrow, Friday, at\n11:00 A.M.\n#\n#\n#\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.28.68\n# 435\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Montebello attorney Pat\nMullendore to the municipal court bench, Los Angeles Judicial\nDistrict.\nThe post was created through legislation enacted in 1966, and\nbecomes effective on July 1. It pays $23,000 annually.\nMullendore, a 50-year old Republican, is a 1950 graduate of the\nUniversity of Southern California Law School. He worked as an\ninsurance adjuster from 1950-53 handling personal injury claims.\nHe was admitted to the State Bar in 1953 and has been engaged\nin private practice since then.\nDuring World War II, Mullendore served as an artillery-forward-\nobserver and liaison officer with the U.S. Army in Europe and par-\nticipated in such military operations as the Invasion of Normandy on\n\"D Day\", the \"Battle of the Bulge,\" \"Ardennes Forest,' \" \"Saint Lo\nBreakthrough\" and the \"Battle of the Rhine.\" He earned such honors\nas the Arrowhead for Invasion, Bronze Star, Purple Heart and five\ncombat stars, and was discharged with the rank of 1st lieutenant.\nMullendore is active in numerous professional and community\norganizations.\nHis wife, Mary, is a graduate of Long Beach State College and\nNazareth College for Women in Louisville, Kentucky. She is currently\na junior high school teacher in the Long Beach Unified School\nDistrict.\nA son, Roger, is a student at Long Beach City College.\nThe Mullendores reside at 4045 Los Feliz Boulevard, Los Angeles.\n#\n#\n#\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.28.68\n# 436\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Karl G. Schwab, a Whittier\ninvestment manager, as a member of the Southern California World\nTrade Center Authority.\nThe post pays necessary expenses.\nSchwab, a 45-year old Republican, will serve as an \"at-large\"\nmember of the authority and will fill the unexpired term of H. E.\nRidings Jr. of Long Beach. The term ends November 18, 1969.\nRidings recently relinquished the \"at-large\" position he held\nsince 1964 to accept an appointment to the authority as the repre-\nsentative of the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners.\nA bill enacted by the 1967 legislature expanded the authority\nfrom seven to eleven members: five at-large members; four commis-\nsioners each representing one of the four major ports in Southern\nCalifornia; and two ex-officio members. The ex-officio members include\nthe state directors of finance and public works.\nSchwab, a 1949 graduate of Bowling Green State University,\nmanages investments for the Reilly Holdings Company of Whittier. In\nthis capacity, he serves as a director and officer of a number of\nrelated firms.\nFollowing graduation from college he worked in the accounting\ndepartments of General Motors' Chevrolet Division and the DeVilbiss\nCompany.\nHe became executive director of the Whittier Area Chamber of\nCommerce in 1957, a post he held until 1959.\nHe is a former president of the Whittier Rotary Club and has been\n1967-68 chairman of the Whittier Salvation Army Advisory Board. He\nis a past director of the Whittier YMCA and is a former community\nchairman of the Whittier United Fund.\nSchwab is vice chairman of the Whittier Park and Recreation\nCommission. He also serves on the Brea Industrial Development\nCommittee.\nHe lives at 16313 East Janine Drive, Whittier.\n#\n#\n#\nEJG\nDEPARTMENT OF FINA\nE\nRELEASE: SUNDAY, A.M.'S\nCaspar W. Weinbergt_, Director\nJr : 30, 1968\nJune 28, 1968\nContact: Walter P. Hollmann\nChief of Population Unit\nTelephone: 445-9537\nA Department of Finance study shows that California has added\n477, 000 persons to its population over the past year, and that by\nnext July 1 the state's population will have passed the 20 million\nmark by 154,000 persons.\nThe study, released today, projects that if net migration to\nCalifornia continues at the average level of the past five years,\nthe state's population will double by the year 2,000 to a total of\n38,571,000 persons.\nIn fact, the report indicates that under a higher birth rate\nassumption, and with the same migration, California's population\ncould rise as high as 41,321,000 persons by the turn of the century.\nIt says the state's current civilian population has reached\n19,662,000 persons (July 1, 1968) and, that of this figure, there are\n620,000 more women than men.\nThe study foresees a gain in California of some two and one half\nmillion persons over the next five years, and that by 1980, there\nwill be some 26 million persons living within the confines of the\nstate.\nThe report, published in a 49-page bulletin titled, Estimated\nand Projected Population of California, 1960-2000, presents a myriad\nof details relating to California's population growth, and projections\nfor the future. The study deals in projections, not predictions,\nand notes that the figures it contains permit a comparison of differ-\ning patterns of births and migration.\nFor example, it shows that the median age in the level-migration,\nlow-birth, series will decline to 28.0 years in 1973 but will increase\nto 31.0 by 2000.\nAlso presented are probable future proportions of the U.S. popu-\nlation residing in California, which will rise from 8.7 percent in\n1960 to 13.8 percent in the year 2000 under the conditions of con-\nstant migration and low birth rates. Under the same assumption,\nelementary school-age children, ages 5-13 will increase 76.9 percent;\nhigh school-age youths, 14-17, will increase 93.1 percent; and that\npart of the college age population between 18 and 21 years, inclusive,\nwill increase by 126 percent, from 1965.\nOther data of interest to educators, economists, businessmen,\nplanners, and government officials are also included in the\nreport consisting of text, charts, and tables.\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immeidate\nSacramento, Califoi a\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.28.68\n# 437\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today commended the State Chamber of\ncommerce for a statement issued by the chamber on \"law and order. \"\n\"The State Chamber of Commerce has issued a statement stressing\nthe need for an end to violence and the restoration of law and order,\nhe said. \"The chamber and its president, Dr. Arnold Beckman, are to\nbe commended for their forthright stand on this major issue of our\ntimes, \" the governor added.\nThe chamber's statement follows:\n\"Whether we return to being a nation of law and order or continue\npresent\non our\n/\ncourse and become a nation of violence will be determined\nby our ideals and attitudes as citizens.\n\"For nearly a decade, the attitude has been developing that a\nman can choose the laws he must obey; that he can take the law into\nhis own hands for a cause; that crime does not necessarily mean punish-\nment. Today, lawlessness is rampant in America.\n\"Crime continues to increase faster than population; juvenile\ndelinquency increases at an even faster rate; campus after campus is\nwracked with disorder; universities are used as staging areas for\ninsurrection and mass violation of the law; and mob violence increas-\ningly threatens our communities in the guise of 'civil disobedience.'\n\"In order to regain our soundness as a nation, it is essential\nwe restore the American precept that each individual is responsible\nand accountable for his actions. We must reject the idea that every\ntime a law is broken society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker.\n\"It is the basic commitment of government that every citizen\nshould be safe-safe on the street, safe in his home, safe in school,\nsafe in the park. But it is also a part of this commitment that each\nindividual is responsible for his own actions--that each citizen must\naccept his full share of responsibility for law and order.\n\"While society can have law and order without freedom, no society\ncan long remain free without law and order.\"\nTen large state organizations have already endorsed the chamber's\naction. They are:\nAssociation of California Life Insurance Co., California Confer-\nence of Employers' Association, California Cattlemens' Association,\nCalifornia Farm Bureau Federation, California Hay, Grain and Feed\nDealers' Association, California Medical Association, California State\nGrange, California Nurserymans' Association, California Woolgrowers'\nAssociation, and County Supervisors' Association of California.\n#\n#\n#\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVE DR\nRELEAS\nImmediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.28.68\n#438\nGovernor Ronald Reagan said today he is happy the legislature\nhas submitted the new state budget in time to allow careful scrutiny\nof it before taking final action.\nsigned\nHe also announced he has /\nSB 142 which extends the present\nstate sales tax rate for another 90 days,\nThe governor said:\n\"I am happy that the lawmakers have submitted a budget in time\nto allow careful scrutiny of it prior to taking final action. The\ntime we have been provided will now enable us to take a close look\nat the increases which have been inserted and to see where such items\ncan be reduced or eliminated.\n\"I am also pleased to say that a bill (SB 142) extending the\npresent sales tax for another 90 days has just been signed. This\naction ensures that the legislature will have additional time to\nconsider the vital issue of property tax relief and take positive\naction on it.\"\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Califo. ia\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6,28.68\n# 439\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today he has rescinded a veto\nof a Merced County poverty program following agreement with Laurence\nP. Horan, director, *Western Regional Office of Economic Opportunity,\nto conduct a joint review of concerns the governor expressed about\nthese programs.\nThe agreement followed discussions between state and federal\nofficials over concerns raised by both the state and local officials.\nThe governor announced he would veto the program on May 17.\nThe Economic Opportunity Commission of Merced County, Inc. had\nsought renewal of a $176,499 grant by the federal OEO.\nIn addition, the Western Regional Office assured the governor\nthat it will review efforts by the Economic Opportunity Commission in\nMerced County to implement restructuring of the board to include one-\nthird public officials as required by recent Congressional action of\nthe Green amendments.\n#\n#\n#\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.28.68\n440\nGOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE\nJune 29, 1968\nThrough\nJuly 7, 1968\nSaturday and Sunday,\nJuly 29 and 30\nNote: Governor Reagan will remain in Sacramento\nSaturday and Sunday. It is possible that the\nbudget signing may not occur before Sunday,\ndepending on how quickly the mechanical procedures\nnecessary can be completed. We will advise as\nsoon as we can determine the time.\nMonday, July 1\n12:45 p.m.\nArrive Cal Expo site for dedication ceremonies\nTuesday, July 2\n1:30 p.m.\nPRESS CONFERENCE\nWednesday, July 3\n1:30 p.m.\nPicture for Northern California Babe Ruth League\n(Governor's Office)\n2:00 p.m.\nPicture for Powder Puff Derby (Governor's Office)\nThursday, July 4\nMorning\nDepart Sacramento Municipal Airport for Columbia\nAirport\nNoon\nReception and lunch for dignitaries participating\nin Fourth of July celebration - Angelo's Hall\n1:00 p.m.\nParade through streets of Columbia\n2:00 p.m.\nGovernor's Speech\np.m.\nDepart for Los Angeles\nFriday, July 5 - Sunday, July 7\nNo public appointments scheduled\n(Los Angeles)\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n#441\n6.27.68\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today that the following bills\nhave been signed:\nAB 192 - Fong\nPermits the board of directors of a municipal utility\n(Chapter 401)\ndistrict to declare that when a holiday falls on a\nURGENCY\nSaturday it will be observed on the preceding Friday.\nThe bill specifies that the district may close its\noffice and excuse its employees from work on a Friday\nholiday so declared.\nAB 369 - Duffy\nRevises provisions governing officers and employees of\n(Chapter 402)\nstate hospitals. The bill provides for positions of\nmedical director, medical program director, and\nhospital administrator.\nAB 463 - Cory\nIncreases from five to ten years the permissible term\n(Chapter 403)\nof a school district contract for transportation of\npupils, renewal at the option of the district if the\nrate is not increased by more than five percent.\nAB 580 - Fong\nAuthorizes school boards to execute a contract with\n(Chapter 404)\nany California teacher-training institution whereby\ncertificated personnel of the school district, or the\ncounty, may be assigned to the teacher-training\ninstitution for full-time duty for a period not to\nexceed one year.\nAB 628 - Milias\nProvides that a nominee for an office having more than\n(Chapter 405)\na two-year term is a delegate to succeeding state\nURGENCY\nconventions until the one after the district primary\nat which nominations for the office are again made.\nThe bill further provides that where a person qualifies\nas a delegate to the same state convention more than\nonce, he is a delegate by virtue of the most recent\nelection by which he becomes a delegate.\nAB 682 - Sieroty\n(Chapter 406)\nPermits a local agency to insure its officers and\nagents for death or injury incurred in any aircraft.\nPresently such authority is limited to coverage for\nnonscheduled flights.\nAB 1369 - Milias\n(Chapter 407)\nAdds the national committeeman and committeewoman,\nURGENCY\nchairman and vice chairman of state central committee,\nand 20 chairmen of county central committees to the\nRepublican State Convention.\nSB 114 - Collier\n(Chapter 394)\nRaises the salary of the Sonoma County district attorne\nfrom $20,000 to $21,500, and that of members of the\nboard of supervisors from $10,000 to $13,200. The\nbill provides that raises for supervisors shall not be\neffective until a supervisor enters upon a new term\nof office on the board after the effective date of\nthe bill.\nSB 323 - Marler Requires competitive bidding on all fire district\n(Chapter 395)\nbuilding contracts, where cost is in excess of $3,000.\nSB 399 - Sherman\n(Chapter 396)\nRaises the compensation for court reporters in the\nAlameda County Municipal Courts from $35 to $45 per\nday. The bill also increases compensation of the\nclerk of the Fremont-Newark-Union City Municipal Court.\n-1-\n#441\nSB 420 - Sherman\nSimplifies procedures for real estate license\n(Chapter 397)\napplication and transfer. The bill also clarifies\na provision relating to exemption from the licensing\nrequirement.\nSB 496 - Cusanovich\n(Chapter 389)\nProvides that the Department of Finance shall file a\ncertified copy of the population estimate of a city\nmade for gas tax funds allocation purposes only if\nrequested to do so by such city. Authorizes one\nsuch estimate per fiscal year, instead of one per\ncalendar year.\nSB\n537\n-\nBurgener Authorizes school districts to lease property for\n(Chapter 398)\nnot to exceed 99 years from the state, and any city,\ncounty, or district, for the purpose of constructing\nschool buildings and facilities. School districts\npresently may make such leases with the federal\ngovernment.\nSB 376 - Rodda\nExempts motion picture machine operators, under cer-\n(Chapter 399)\ntain specified conditions, from liability for the\nexhibition, or the possession with intent to exhibit,\nany obscene matter.\nSB 788 - McCarthy Requires all cranes with cabled controlled booms and\n(Chapter 390)\na lifting capacity of 10 tons and over to be equipped\nwith telescopic ram boomstops mounted to the gantry\nor \"A\" frame and to be secured to the boom. The\nbill further requires boomstops to have specified\ngradual buildup pressure for cranes of specified\ntonnage.\nSB 824 - Stevens\nAuthorizes a corporation to pay, in whole or in part,\n(Chapter 400)\nthe premium or other charge for any type of indemnity\ninsurance in which any officer, director, or employee\nof such corporation is indemnified or insured against\nliability or loss arising out of such person's\nspecified acts in connection with such corporation.\nSB 890 - Stevens\nStates that notice must be given before the execu-\n(Chapter 391)\ntion on a judgment or exercise of a power of sale\nin a mortgage or deed of trust of a leasehold estate.\nThe bill requires a copy of the notice to be placed\nin some conspicuous place on the real property 20\ndays before date of sale of leasehold under a power\nof sale or an execution on a judgment. The bill\nfurther declares that these amendments are merely\ndeclaratory of existing law.\n#\n#\n#\n#\n#\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER\n&\nFOR IMMEL TE RELEASE\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.28.68\n442\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today that the following bills\nhave been signed:\nAB 467 - Stacey Requires that audiometric testing meet standards estab-\n(Chapter 416)\nlished by the State Board of Public Health and specifies\nthat the Board shall issue certificates of registration\nin audiometry to qualified supervisors of health as\nwell as to school audiometrists. The registration fee\nfor candidates for the audiometrist certificate is\nraised from $3 to $10.\nAB 656 - Sieroty\n(Chapter 417)\nPermits a minor 12 years of age and older who may have\ncome into contact with any infectious, contagious, or\ncommunicable disease, required by law to be reported to\nthe local health officer, to give consent, to the\nfurnishing of hospital, medical and surgical care\nrelated to the diagnosis or treatment of such disease.\nThe bill also makes parental consent unnecessary to\nauthorize such care and declares that parents or\nguardians shall not be liable for payment for any such\ncare.\nAB 899 - Conrad Provides that Attorney General approval is required for\n(Chapter 418)\ndischarge from accountability by the State Board of\nControl when an item exceeds $300, rather than $100,\nas provided under current law.\nAB 942 - Z'berg Establishes a Delta Water Agency for the purpose of\n(Chapter 419)\nnegotiating and entering into one or more agreements\nwith the United States and the State of California to\nprotect the water supply of the lands within the Agency\nagainst the intrusion of ocean salinity and to assure\nthe lands within the Agency a dependable supply of water\nof suitable quality sufficient to meet present and\nfuture needs. The bill provides that no agreement can\nbe entered into by the Agency unless such agreement\nis first approved by a majority of the votes cast at\nan election held within its boundaries.\nAB 957 - Veneman\n(Chapter 420)\nProvides that unredeemed pledged goods possessed by a\npawnbroker, but not owned by him to hold and dispose of,\nshall not be assessed to him for property tax purposes.\nAB 1026 - Wilson\n(Chapter 421)\nMakes person eligible to be elected or appointed judge\nof a municipal court of a judicial district in San Diego\nCounty if he is a resident eligible to vote in the\ncounty in which the judicial district is located, rather\nthan in the judicial district itself, for at least 54\ndays prior to his election or appointment.\nAB 1033 - Badham\n(Chapter 422)\nSpecifies that property otherwise eligible for assess-\nURGENCY\nment as open-space lands shall be so assessed for the\n1968-1969 fiscal year if the instrument reflecting the\nfact the property is enforceably restricted to open-\nspace uses is signed and recorded on or before\nJune 15, 1968.\n442\nAB 1059 - Beverly\n(Chapter 423)\nConforms the Government Code section dealing with\nleases of city property with a similar Civil Code\nsection permitting leases of city property for 55 years.\nAB 1076 - Wilson\n(Chapter 424)\nAmends the County Water Authority Act by revising the\nformula for determining preference to authority water,\nand the basis for appointing representatives to the\nboard of the authority by each member agency.\nAB 1095 - Dent\nAuthorizes a county water district improvement district\n(Chapter 425)\nto annex territory, whether or not contiguous, within\nthe water district which is not part of any other\nimprovement district constituted for a similar purpose,\nrather than not part of specified improvement district.\nAB 1164 - Cory\nSpecifies the time when an assessment roll may be\n(Chapter 426)\nconsidered complete for purposes of establishing a limit\nURGENCY\nfor bonded indebtedness.\nAB 1163 - Leroy F. Greene\n(Chapter 427)\nRequires the State Board of Education to adopt minimum\nacademic standards for grades 6, 8 and 12 to include\nminimum level of student competence, and to adopt\nachievement tests to adequately evaluate the minimum\nlevel of student competence required by the Board.\nAB 1535 - Dent\nIncludes the United States government within the\n(Chapter 429)\nRevenue and Taxation Code provision relating to\nURGENCY\npartial refunds of taxes paid on property acquired by\npublic entities,\nAB 1453 - Schabarum\n(Chapter 428)\nProvides for computations of bonding capacity of certain\nunified school districts by the last equalized assessment\nof the county without modification by the \"Collier\nfactor\"\nSB 189 - Lagomarsino\n(Chapter 409)\nProvides that on or after July 1, 1960, redumption\npenalties on tax sold property and tax deeded property\nshall remain at one percent per month rather than\ndropping to one-half percent per month after the first\nyear to the time of redemption.\nSB 239 - Short\nRequires the superintendent maintaining a development\n(Chapter 410)\ncenter for handicapped minors to designate a supervising\nhead teacher who shall be required to hold a credential\nto teach exceptional children. Such a person shall be\nentitled to all benefits of teachers employed in the\nschool district maintaining the center.\nSB 261 - Cologne\n(Chapter 411)\nMakes Long Beach tideland revenues available for\nconstruction of the State Water Project.\nSB 275 - Grunsky\n(Chapter 412)\nIncreases the number of judges in the Monterey County\nSuperior Court from 3 to 4 on January 1, 1969.\nSB 339 - Bradley\n(Chapter 413)\nProvides that in establishing an agricultural preserve\na county must give written notice to the Local Agency\nFormation Commission and cities within one mile of the\nproposed boundaries of the preserve two weeks before\nthe hearing. If a city has protested a county contract\nwith respect to land within one mile of its boundaries\nit may upon annexation of such land, elect not to\n442\nSB 625 - Bradley\n(Chapter 414)\nExtends the Savings and Loan Commissioner's jurisdiction\nwith respect to loans to members of the immediate family\nof an officer of a savings and loan association.\nSB 823 - Sherman\n(Chapter 415)\nDeletes use for residential purposes as an authorized\nuse of the City of Emeryville tidelands. The bill also\nextends the deadline for substantial improvement of\nthe grant.\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nMEMO TO THE\nESS\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n7.1.68\nC-O-R-R-E-C-T-I-O-N\nIn press release #442 issued June 28, AB 942 (Delta\nWater Agency) was authored by Monagan, instead of\nZ'berg.\nThank you.\n# # #\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.28.68\n#443\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Modesto attorney\nGerald V. Underwood to the municipal court bench, Modesto Judicial\nDistrict.\nUnderwood, a 42-year old Republican, replaces Judge Clarence M.\nHanson who retired.\nThe post pays $23,000 annually.\nUnderwood is a 1949 graduate of the Stanford University Law\nSchool.\nAfter serving as a special agent for the FBI from 1950-51, he\nentered private law practice in Modesto. A Republican, he is a\npartner in the legal firm of Jensen, Underwood and Pendergrass.\nHe served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and has been a\nmember of Modesto Draft Board 55 since February, 1967.\nUnderwood was chairman of the Modesto City Board of Zoning Ad-\njustment from 1964-67, and is a former director of the local Cancer\nSociety, Heart Fund and Lions Club.\nHe is married, has two children. and lives at 306 Northgate\nDrive, Modesto.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n6.29.68\n#444\nThe following items have been blue-pencilled by Governor Reagan:\nItem 52 -- Support of Commission on California State Government\nOrganization and Economy; reduced $35,000 from\n$37,472 to $52,472.\n- It was proposed to spend this for contract services\nto study recommendations of the Governor's Survey on\nEfficiency and Cost Control that should be submitted\nto the legislature. However, the legislature has\nample resources, through its normal committee struc-\nture, to review these proposals.\nItem\n59.1 -- Support of Department of Agriculture; reduced $40,000\nfrom $51,290 to $11,290.\nIt lowers appropriation to level necessary to provide\nnew market reports on matching basis with federal\nfunds.\nItem 93 -- Support of University of California. Reduced\n$5,399,949 from $12,882,293 to $7,482,344.\nApproved increase of 7 new full-time faculty posts\nover original budget, which provided for workload\nincreases while moving toward ratio established by\nuniversity.\nReduced proposed relocation expense and administrative\nservices for California College of Medicine as\nnon-essential requirement this year.\nApproved augmentation of 17.5 faculty positions as\nadded assistance to California College of Medicine\nin meeting accreditation standards. Related augmen-\ntation items have not been adequately justified on a\npriority basis; however, university has flexibility\nto adjust its appropriations in keeping with changing\npriorities.\nAugmentation for the purchase of equipment at the\nteaching hospitals eliminated because university should\nmeet cost by adjusting charges to patients who bene-\nfit from the services provided in hospitals and who\nhave ability to pay.\nEliminated an unessential $1,200,000 augmentation for\nplant maintenance.\nEliminated $2,933,000 augmentation labeled \"for merit\nincreases.\" University can finance these merit\nincreases by use of salary savings included in budget\nin keeping with guidelines applied across board to all\nagencies of state government.\nItem 94 -- Support of University of California. Reduced $614,593\nfrom $269,604,365 to $263,989,772. Reduced in keeping\nwith most recent enrollment projections by university\nfor summer quarter at Berkeley campus.\nItem 94.3 -- Support of University of California. Eliminate this\nitem and $3,725,000 appropriation.\nAll financing for Educational Opportuntity Awards\nProgram will be fully available from student registra-\ntion fees approved by Regents in April, 1963. This\naction of Regents parallels my publicly expressed\nposition that those students who are receiving benefits\nof university education in public institution have\nbasic responsibility to share in cost of providing\nthat educational opportunity.\nFurthermore, restrictive language added to this item\nby Legislature would start dangerous, and possibly\nunconstitutional practice, of attempting to influence\ndecisions of the Regents by offering financial induce-\nments to the University in return for regental action\ndesired by some members of the Legislature.\nItem 100 -- Support of California State Colleges reduced $952,103\nfrom $15,305,151 to $14,353,048.\nEliminate $60,000 augmentation for proposed research\nproject at Fresno State College. Augmentation was to\nsupport type of proposal which can be accomplished\nwithin budgeted funds and by using authorized faculty\nHowever, should project require additional support,\nand if of high prioxity, there exists sufficient\nflexibility within State College System to transfer\nnecessary resources to accomplish stated objectives.\nEliminate proposed $144,718 augmentation for support\nof computer-assisted instruction and instructional\ntelevision at California State College at Los Angeles.\nAugmentation for computer-assisted instruction, coupled\nwith instructional television is premature at this\ntime, because no realistic program for economic utili-\nzation and evaluation of benefits has been prepared.\nEliminate $396,241 augmentation for paanning funds\nfor year-round operations at four colleges. Coordina-\nting Council for Higher Education has been directed\nby Legislature to study economic feasibility of\nyear-round operations. Approval of additional planning\nfunds at four State College campuses withheld pending\ncompletion of study.\nReduce augmentation from $192,693 to $25,170 for\nsupport of Relations with Schools program. That\namount sufficient to initiate this new program, at\nthe Chancellor's Office level, and to provide planning\nand implementation on trial basis.\nReduce from $205,801 to $109,180 augmentation for\nsupport of out-of-state travel for faculty. This\nwill provide approximate 60% increase in available\nfunds for out-of-state travel. Approval of this\nreduced augmentation provides for justifiable increase\nin ability of State College System to retain and\nattract new faculty members.\nAction also permits elimination of $87,000 augmentation\nfor support of interview expense for recruitment of\nfaculty.\n-2-\nItem 108.5-Sup rt of Department of Employ nt. Eliminate\nitem and $250,000 appropriation. Restrictive language\nprovides funds may be expended only to maintain pro-\ngram level existing during May, June, July, August and\nSeptember, 1966. Augmentation funds not required, nor\nwould they accomplish stated purpose.\nThe department has redirected the effort of job place-\nment and counseling. This legislation will not accom-\nplish the goals claimed for it and in fact would\nduplicate existing services and programs for summer\nemployment.\nItem 140 Support of Service Center Program; reduced $125,000\nfrom $4,358,566 to $4,233,566.\nDelay in occupancy of permanent facilities for two\ncenters resulted in reduction of $125,000 in funds\nrequired for rent. Support establishment of new\nFresno Service Center added by Legislature. Reduc-\ntion for rent does not affect new center in Fresno.\nItem 140.5--For support of Service Center Program. Eliminate item\nand $105,889 appropriation.\nServices which were to be funded from item will be\nprovided by transfer of presently authorized and\nvacant positions from other Service Centers. No\nreduction in level of service will occur.\nItem 204.1-Support of Department of Conservation for state's\nshare of expenses of Pleasanton Plant-Materials\nCenter. Iliminate item and $32,230 appropriation.\nThis is federal facility, currently operating without\nstate support. Facility performs worthwhile service\nwhich should continue to be supported without state\nGeneral Fund assistance.\nItem 258.5 University salary increases for faculty positions.\nReduced $505,300 from $5,553,090 to $5,052,790.\nAll salary appropriations are at level set forth in\noriginal budget, which provided 5 percent salary\nincrease for University personnel.\n-3-\nItem 259.5 -- California State Colleges' salary increases for\ninstructional positions reduced $3,385,127 from\n$13,540,510 to $10,155,383. All salary appro-\npriations are at level set forth in original\nbudget, which provided 7.5% salary increase for\nState College personnel.\nItem 286 -- Support of Assistance to Public Libraries, Division\nof Libraries, Department of Education reduced $400,000\nfrom $1,600,000 to $1,200,000. This level of expend-\niture increases existing level of service by 50%\nand is $200,000 above maximum heretofore provided\nby State.\nItem 301.1 -- Grants to soil conservation districts, Division of\nSoil Conservation, Department of Conservation\neliminate item and $150,000 appropriation.\nAppropriation appears to fund projects local in\nnature, and difficult to justify in terms of state-\nwide benefits. Have recommended to Legislature\nthat program be handled at local level or be a\nloan program.\nItem 310 -- Capital outlay, Department of General Services re-\nduced $300,000 from $1,198,375 to $98,375 by elimin-\nating working drawings for office building - San Jose.\nRecently completed survey by Department of General\nServices indicated lack of economic justification\nfor construction of state building in San Jose at\nthis time. As result, expenditure for working draw-\nings can hardly be justified.\nItem 312.1 -- Capital outlay, Department of General Services,\nSite Clearance - Van Nuys reduced $50,000 from $75,-\n000 to $25,000. Revised estimates indicate remain-\ning amount left in budget should be sufficient to\naccomplish this necessary project.\nItem 358 -- Capital outlay, Department of Parks and Recreation\nreduced $118,800 from $5,361,645 to $5,242,845 by\neliminating San Juan Bautista State Historic\nPark -- restoration of Plaza Hotel, and Benicia State\nPark, for preliminary plans and working drawings.\nRestoration of the state historical monument will\ncontinue to be financed in fiscal year 1968 - 69\nfrom existing appropriations. Design funds for\nadditional facilities at Benicia State Park premature\nnatil existing aucommodations more fully utilized.\nItem 378.6 -- Capital outlay, Department of Parks and Recreation,\neliminate item. Would have appropriated $448,000\nto be expended for work at the Santa Barbara Royal\nPresidio in 1969-70. It is bad budget practice\nto attempt to establish a priority for fiscal\nyear 1969-70 prior to time when regular budget review\nfor all recreation projects that may be scheduled\nduring that period is started.\n-4-\nThe following augmentations by the conference committee\nwere retained by the Governor:\nItem 204\nRetain $175,113 to strengthen fire protection services\nin Department of Conservation. Action provides 176.7\npersonnel to augment fire fighting crews in this crucial\nyear. Personnel will perform housekeeping : duties and\nassist in manning communication links of fire fighting\nservice.\nItem 220\nfor\nRetain $44,000/Westside Crop Adaptability Study. Intended\nto determine potential irrigable areas along westside of\nSan Joaquin Valley.\nItem 295.5\nRetain total of $1,755,245 for three top priority general\nhospitals in state. Hospitals are:\nEastern District Plumas Hospital, Portola\n$368,291.\nAmador County Hospital, Jackson\n$519,865.\nMadera Community Hospital, Madera\n$867,089\nRetained $1,236,710 to help fund construction of Central\nCity Community Mental Health Center, Watts.\nItem 296\nRetained $1,546,911 for the statewide pre-school education\nlevel of\nprogram. Will allow continuation of existing/program\nwithout requiring local support. However, Governor feels\nthat local funding participation of this program should\nbe provided in future years.\nItem 358\nRetained $100,000 to complete restoration of Estudillo\nHouse at San Diego Old Town and $250,000 for restoration\nwork at Pueblo De Los Angeles State Historical Monument.\nItem 359.1\nRetained $65,000 for installation of sewage treatment\nfacilities at Avila State Park.\n-5-"
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