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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
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Collection: Reagan, Ronald: Gubernatorial Papers,
1966-74: Press Unit
Folder Title: Press Releases - December 1970
Box: P11
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OFFICE OF THE GOVER.. R
RELEASE:
Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
12-1-70
#557
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Hale Ashcraft as chairman of the Workmen's Compensation Appeals Board.
Ashcraft, a Republican, will receive an annual salary of
$33,396. He has served as a member of the board since 1967.
He lives at 2040 Franklin Street, San Francisco.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVER. R
RELEASE:
mediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
12-1-70
#558
Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement
requesting support for the victims of the East Pakistan cyclone and
tidal wave.
"Throughout our history we Americans have always responded swiftly
and generously when people in other lands have become the victims of
natural disasters.
"Recently the people of East Pakistan were visited by a disaster
that is unprecedented in history. Hundreds of thousands were killed,
injured or left homeless by a cyclone and tidal wave. Crops and
livestock were destroyed. The full import of this catastrophe may not
be known for months.
"There is an urgent need for food, medical supplies, clothing,
financial assistance and relief in every form to prevent wholesale
starvation and the spread of disease.
"I urge my fellow Californians to contribute to the victims of
this disaster through one of the numerous Pakistan Relief programs
which have been established by various organizations, including the
American Red Cross."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
MEMO TO THE RESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
12-1-70
Governor Reagan will make a brief state-
ment to the press Wednesday, December 2, at
10 a.m. in the Governor's Council Rook.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
12-2-70
#559
Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:
When this administration assumed office four years ago, we
inherited a program known as Medi-Cal which the State of California had
implemented nine months earlier.
Almost immediately we were made aware of the enormous difficulties
we would face in trying to administer the program, let alone the
tremendous tax burden it would place on the working men and women of
California.
In 1966, one out of every 15 Californians was on welfare and
eligible for the full array of Medi-Cal benefits. Today, one out of
every nine persons in the state is a welfare, and therefore a Medi-Cal,
recipient.
Despite the built-in difficulties, we were able to make some
administrative changes and tighten the program during the first three
full years of its operation.
We have kept the average cost per Medi-Cal recipient down to a
yearly increase considerably less than the toll taken by inflation,
in fact this past year we actually reduced the cost per patient but we
were helpless to control the increase in caseload which shot up 15
percent a year.
As you know, the combination of declining revenues and soaring
welfare and Medi-Cal costs along with the built-in defects of the
programs
themselves
now seriously jeopardize California's fiscal
balance.
Californians must understand that anyone who gets on welfare
automatically qualifies for all Medi-Cal services. The Medi-Cal card
provides a total of 23 different health care services all of them paid
in full by the taxpayers.
They are far more extensive than those provided in the average
health insurance plan available to the taxpayer. The same working men
and women who are being forced to totally underwrite the virtually
limitless benefits of Medi-Cal cannot even afford this kind of care for
themselves or their families.
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The typical group health plan available to the average taxpayer
and his family covers less than half the basic categories of medical
services provided under Medi-Cal. And most of the private group plans
require partial payment by the taxpaying family for the services they
receive that is, above and beyond the basic premium they must pay in
the first place. But those on Medi-Cal pay absolutely nothing.
The average citizen pays $312 for his own health care he provides
$517 for the Medi-Cal recipient.
It is clearly inequitable and unfair to expect our hardworking
taxpayers to bear the brunt of additional costs brought on by Medi-Cal
excesses. That is why I have said I am unalterably opposed to solving
this problem by taking the easy approach and increasing the already
heavy tax burden.
The law requires that the Medi-Cal program be operated within
budgeted expenditures. Dr. Earl Brian, director of the Department of
Health Care Services, will explain to the State Health Review and Program
Council the steps required by law to reduce medical spending.
The proposals he will make assure Medi-Cal recipients they will
receive the necessary care they require.
There is a great deal of confusion about the program and there are
those who believe the problems are caused in some way by those who
provide services to recipients such as physicians, dentists and nursing
home operators that they are reaping a windfall from the program at
the taxpayers' expense.
But such beliefs are unfounded and contrary to the facts.
Doctors and others generally have had to absorb the effects of
inflation. In oonstant dollars many are now receiving less than they
did four years ago. The truth is, the taxpayers owe most of them a debt
of gratitude.
Now we must ask them to again pull in their belts. I want to assure
them this will only be a temporary measure.
We are working on a number of alternatives to the present Medi-Cal
program and will present them during the coming months. The long range
answer to their problem and ours must be complete overhaul and reform.
The crises now confronting us in both Medi-Cal and welfare offer
the opportunity to dc this. If we fail, they will continue to get
further and further out of hand and eventually bankrupt the system which
made them possible in the first place.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVE!
)R
RELEASE:
00
mediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
12-2-70
#560
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today that $4.7 million in
emergency funds have been released by the Federal government for flood
prevention work in six California counties ravaged by brush fires this
fall.
President N:xon authorized the release of the funds to the Federal
Office of Emergency Preparedness at the governor's request.
The money will be used for clearing debris from channels and the
construction of debris basins, check dams and other work to minimize
the danger from floods and mudslides in the counties of Los Angeles,
San Diego, Ventura, San Bernardino, Alameda and Kern.
The funds will be dispersed through the office of Regional Director
Ralph Burns of the O.E.P., whose staff will assist the state in the
flood prevention work.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, California
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
12-3-70
Governor Reagan will tape the NEWSMAKERS show at 2:30 p.m.
Friday at KNBC in Burbank for telecast Saturday evening.
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PB
OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
MEMO TO THE
ESS
Sacramento, californ.
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
12-3-70
Governor Reagan will attend the American
River College Rat Decathlon Torchlighting ceremony
tomorrow (December 4) at 10 a.m. on the West Steps
of the Capitol.
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PB
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO..
MEMO TO THE WESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
12-4-70
#561
Actor James Stewart will greet servicemen returning from Vietnam
through the "Operation Reunion" program tomorrow (Saturday, Dec. 5)
at Oakland Airport as the personal representative of Governor Ronald
Reagan.
Stewart will also read a message to the servicemen from the
governor.
The actor, a retired brigadier general in the U.S. Air Force
Reserve, is a long-time friend of the governor.
The returning servicemen will be aboard a Trans-International
Airlines plane which is scheduled to arrive at the Metropolitan
International Oakland Airport at 3:30 p.m.
Operation Reunion is a program initiated by the United Service
Club which makes it possible for servicemen in Vietnam to fly home
for the holidays to spend their leave with their families.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
12-4-70
#562
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
December 7, 1970
through
December 13, 1970
Monday, December 7
No public appointments scheduled
Overnight - Sacramento
Tuesday, December 8
Depart for Chicago
Overnight - Chicago
Wednesday, December 9
11 a.m.
Reception for major supporters of Illinois
Republican State Central Committee,
Blackstone Hotel, Chicago
4 p.m.
Dedication of Reagan Physical Education Center,
Eureka College
Overnight - Chicago
Thursday, December 10
7:00 p.m.
Illinois Manufacturers Association Annual
Banquet, Hilton Hotel. Speech.
Overnight - Chicago
Friday, December 11
Return to California
Overnight - Los Angeles
Saturday, December 12
No appointments scheduled
Overnight - Sacramento
Sunday, December 13
Depart for Sun Valley for Republican
Governors' Conference
Overnight - Sun Valley
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
12-7-70
#563
Governor Ronald Reagan today sent the following wire to the
California Congressional Delegation:
"House Bill HR 18582 may come up for a floor vote early this week.
The final version will affect each of your districts somewhat differently
"However, with regard to the requirement that states 'buy in' on
an escalating scale from 2½ percent of the food stamp value the first
year, up to 10 percent in fiscal 1974 and thereafter, has a heavy
financial impact for all Californians.
"Our preliminary estimates indicate that this provision will cost
California taxpayers at least $31/2 million the first year, $9 million
the second year, $15.8 million the third year, $25.6 million the fourth
year, and $28.8 million the fifth year.
"Regardless of your opinion of other aspects of this bill, I am
sure you will agree that such huge sums are beyond the capacity of
California taxpayers to pay.
"Therefore, I urge you to initiate or support whatever amendment
action is necessary to remove this portion of the bill, identified on
page 26 of House Report 91-1402 as 'Subsection 15 (c) '."
######
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO
RELEASE: Im
diate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
12-8-70
#564
Governor Ronald Reagan has announced the appointment of two new
members and reappointed a third to the State Board of Accountancy in the
Department of Consumer Affairs.
The new members are Robert A. Mellin, 51, a San Francisco certified
public accountant and Roy E. Parker, 63, a San Diego public accountant.
Patrick J. Riley, 40, a Placerville attorney, who has served on the
board since June, was reappointed to a four year term as a public member.
He lives at 2604 Baker Road, Placerville.
Mellin, who lives at 30 Via Hermosa, Kentfield, succeeds James L.
Smith of Santa Rosa, whose term has expired.
Parker, who lives at 2705 Granada, San Diego, will fill the
unexpired term of Robert E. Grice of Del Mar, who has resigned. The
term ends in November, 1971.
All three men are Republicans.
Board members are paid $25 per diem while on official duty.
######
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO
RELEASE: I diate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
12-8-70
#565
Governor Ronald Reagan has announced the appointment of Fresno
attorney Blaine E. Pettitt to the Fresno County Superior Court bench.
Pettitt, 53, succeeds Judge Matt Goldstein who has retired. He
will receive an annual salary of $33,396.
A partner in the law firm of Pettitt, Blumberg and Sherr since 1961,
Pettitt has practiced law in Fresno since 1946 and has served as a
Deputy District Attorney of Fresno County,
He is a graduate of Fresno State College and received his law degree
from the University of California's Hastings College of the Law.
Pettitt is a member of the State Bar of California, the American
Bar and the Fresno County Bar Associations.
He and his wife Alice have two daughters. They live in Fresno.
Pettitt is a Republican.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVER
R
RELEASE:
mediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
12-8-70
#566
Governor Ronald Reagan has announced the appointment of San
Francisco attorney Ira A. Brown, Jr., to a newly-created Superior Court
bench in San Francisco County.
Brown, 40, who has practiced law in San Francisco since 1958 is a
partner in the firm of Thelen, Marrin, Johnson and Bridges.
A graduate of DePauw University at Greencastle, Indiana, Brown
received his law degree from the University of Michigan Law School at
Ann Arbor.
He is a member of the State Bar of California and the San Francisco
and American Bar Associations.
Brown is a Republican.
He will receive an annual salary of $33,396 as judge of the new
court, created by the 1970 legislature.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVER
R
RELEASE:
mediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
12-8-70
#567
Governor Ronald Reagan has announced the appointment of George G.
Murry, Gustine attorney, as judge of a new Merced County Superior Court.
Murry, 58, a Republican, has practiced law in Gustine since 1940
and serves as city attorney of Gustine, Los Banos and Newman.
He is a graduate of Stanford University and holds law degrees from
the Harvard Law School.
He is a member of the State Bar of California and the Merced County
Bar Association.
He and his wife Barbara have two sons. They live in Gustine.
As judge of the new court, created by 1970 legislation, he will
receive an annual salary of $33,396.
######
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE: Imr diate
Sacramento, Californ
1
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
12-10-70
#568
Governor Ronald Reagan has announced the appointment of
Mrs. Ellen Stern Harris, Beverly Hills conservationist, to a four-year
term on the State Environmental Quality Study Council.
Mrs. Harris, who has just completed a four-year term as public
member of the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los
Angeles Region, succeeds Chester Morris of Yuba City, who has
resigned.
In announcing the appointment, the governor paid tribute to
Mrs. Harris for her "energetic efforts to safeguard the environment."
" She has effectively crusaded for clean air and water, for
enlarged park systems and expanded public beaches and for the
curtailment of noise pollution," he said.
Mrs. Harris, a Democrat, is active in numerous civic and
conservationist organizations including the Los Angeles County
Environmental Quality Control Committee and is the executive secretary
of the Council for Planning and Conservation.
She lives at 522 North Foothill Road, Beverly Hills.
Members of the council are paid necessary expenses.
# # #
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OFFICE OF THE GOVER
?
RELEASE: 1 ediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
12-11-70
#569
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
C. Clarke Gardner, a Davis Creek cattle rancher, to fill an unexpired
term on the board of the 34th District Agricultural Association (Modoc
County Fair).
Gardner, 30, a Republican, will succeed Mrs. Arletta Burrell of
Davis Creek, who has resigned. Her term expires January 15, 1972.
Gardner is a member of the Modoc County Cattlemen's Association
and a director of the California Cattlemen's Association.
He and his wife Nancy have one daughter. Their address is
P.O. Box 107, Davis Creek.
Board members are paid necessary expenses.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE: I ediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
12-11-70
#570
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointments of
Rudolph A. Castro of Yorba Linda and Mrs. Loann Eagan of Fair Oaks to
fill unexpired terms on the Youth Authority Board, subject to Senate
confirmation.
Castro, who has served on the Narcotic Addict Evaluation Authority
since June, succeeds Roger Chandler of Yuba City, who has resigned.
His term expires in March, 1971.
Mrs. Eagar, a former member of the State Board of Optometry, has
served as Assistant Appointments Secretary in the governor's office for
the past year. She succeeds Mrs. Paula Tennant of Elk Grove who has
resigned to accept a post with the federal government. Her term expires
in March, 1973.
Board members are paid $25,000 a year.
Castro lives at 18281 Timber Lane Drive, Yorba Linda. Mrs. Eagan
resides at 6000 Hoffman Lane, Fair Oaks.
Both appointees are Republicans.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: mediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
12-11-70
#571
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
December 14, 1970
through
December 20, 1970
Monday, December 14-
Republican Governors' Conference
Tuesday, December 15
Overnight - Sun Valley
Wednesday, December 16
Return to Sacramento
Overnight - Sacramento
Thursday, December 17
10:45 a.m.
Picture with Christmas Turkey, presented by
California Turkey Growers' Association,
Council Room.
Noon
Proceed to Rotunda for brief appearance at
Christmas Program
5:00 p.m.
Proceed with family to North Steps of Capitol
for lighting of the State Christmas Tree
Overnight - Sacramento
Friday, December 18
No appointments scheduled
Overnight - Los Angeles
Saturday, December 19
No appointments scheduled
Overnight - Los Angeles
Sunday, December 20
No appointments scheduled
Overnight - Los Angeles
######
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE:
mediate
Sagramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
12-15-70
#572
Governor Ronald Reagan has announced the appointments of two
municipal court judges and three attorneys to five newly-created superior
court benches in Los Angeles County.
They are Judge Ernest L. Kelly of the Los Angeles Judicial District,
Judge Stephen R. Stothers of the Inglewood Judicial District, Los Angeles
attorney E. Talbot Callister, Pasadena attorney Jack T. Ryburn and Los
Angeles attorney William A. Caldecott.
Each will receive an annual salary of $33,396.
Judge Kelly, 53, a Democrat, has served on the bench of the Los
Angeles Judicial District Municipal Court since 1968. He formerly served
in the office of the City Attorney of Los Angeles and was engaged in the
private practice of law prior to his municipal court appointment.
Judge Kelly is a graduate of Loyola University and received his law
/Marie
degree from its law school in 1948. He and his wife have two children.
They live in San Pedro.
Judge Stothers, 50, a Republican, has served as judge of the Inglewoo
Judicial District Municipal Court since 1967. He previously practiced law
in Los Angeles. He received his law degree from the University of
Southern California. He and his wife Gloria have three children. They
live in Los Angeles.
Callister, 49, a Republican, a partner in the Los Angeles firm of
Voegelin, Barton and Callister, has practiced law in the Los Angeles area
since 1948 and has been active in civic affairs including the Los Angeles
Chamber of Commerce and Boys Republic.
He is a graduate of Los Angeles City College, has attended the
University of California and received his law degree from the University
of Southern California,
He is also active in the State Bar of California, the American Bar
Association, the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the American
Judicature Society and is a member of Legion Lex.
Callister and his wife Alma Ruth have a daughter and a son. The
family home is in San Marino.
Ryburn, 47, a Republican, a partner in the Los Angeles firm of Ross,
Woodson, Millard and Ryburn since 1954, has practiced law in the Los
Angeles area since 1950.
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He is a native of Visalia, a graduate of Visalia Junior College,
attended Montana State College and received his law degrees from the
University of Southern California.
He is a member of the American Bar Association, the State Bar of
California, the Los Angeles and Pasadena Bar Associations and is a
past president of the Pasadena Legal Aid Society.
Ryburn and his wife Ruth live in Arcadia.
Caldecott, 53, a Republican, a partner in the Los Angeles firm of
Walker, Wright, Tyler and Ward since 1952 has practiced law in Los
Angeles since 1941.
He is a graduate of the University of California at Los Angeles
and received his law degree from the University of Southern California
Law School.
Caldecott is a member of the State Bar of California, the American
Bar Association and the Los Angeles Bar Association.
He and his wife Sara have two children. The family home is in
San Marino.
The new courts were created by 1970 legislation.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVER"
RELEASE: mediate
Sacramento, Califor
a
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
12-15-70
#573
Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement
at Sun Valley, Idaho where he is attending the Republican Governors
Conference:
"I regret very much that the Republican Governors Association
has formally gone on record in support of the Family Assistance Plan
now before the Senate.
"And no one regrets more than I that on this issue I am unable
to support the administration in Washington, D.C.
"However, my reasons for withholding support of FAP override
that consideration.
"It is unfortunate, in my view, that this action was taken
today without the proper review by the states of the much amended FAP
bill.
"I am convinced that there should be no action at this session
of Congress because, like many other sweeping changes in social reform,
not enough study has been made of the impact this particular piece of
legislation will have on the states and the nation itself.
"As an example, I would like to remind the leaders of Congress
that we are still suffering today because of an ill-conceived and
hastily drawn national Medicaid program.
"Our review indicates that the presently drawn FAP bill will
merely double the number of persons receiving welfare in this country,
and add $4.5 billion in new costs to a welfare system that is presently
bankrupting government at every level.
"That is not the answer.
"The answer lies in a reform of the welfare system, not a new
layer of more government programs on top.
"I intend to continue urging California's congressional
delegation and other leaders in the U.S. to join with me in seeking
real welfare reform that insures help for those truly in need while
simultaneously recognizing the plight of the already over-burdened
taxpayer."
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PB
OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE:
ediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
12-16-70
#574
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of Municipal
Judge John S. Cooper to a newly-created Alameda County Superior Court
bench and named two Oakland attorneys and an Alameda County Deputy
District Attorney to three newly-created municipal court benches in the
Oakland-Piedmont Judicial District.
The new municipal judges are Howard L. Schwartz of Piedmont,
John R. Friborg of Oakland and Mrs. Marie B. Collins of Piedmont.
Judge Cooper, 52, who was named to the Oakland-Piedmont Judicial
District Municipal Court in 1967 by Governor Reagan, is a native of
Berkeley and a member of a prominent pioneer California family.
A graduate of the University of California, he received his law degree
from Boalt Hall in 1946 and joined the Alameda County District Attorney's
office that same year, serving until 1951 when he entered private
practice in Oakland.
A Republican, Cooper is active in numerous civic groups including
the Alameda County United Crusade, the Family Service Bureau, YWCA, the
Volunteer Bureau of Alameda County and the Alameda County Historical
Society.
His father, the late William John Cooper, served as California
Superintendent of Public Instruction from 1927 to 1929 and as United State
Commissioner of Education in President Hoover's administration.
Judge Cooper and his wife Anne have three children. The family home
is in Berkeley. He will receive an annual salary of $33,396.
Schwartz, 37, a partner in the Oakland firm of Church and Schwartz,
also served in the Alameda County District Attorney's office prior to
entering private practice in 1961.
He is a graduate of Stanford University and the Stanford Law School.
A Republican, Schwartz is active in civic groups and is a member of
State Bar of California and the AlamedaCounty Bar Association.
He and his wife Marion have four children. The live in Piedmont.
Friborg, 59, a Republican, is a partner in the Oakland firm of
Edwards, Friborg and Duda, has practiced law in Oakland since 1936. He
is a graduate of the University of California and received his law degree
from the UC law school.
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Active in civic organizations including the United Crusade, he is
also a member of the State Bar of California and the Alameda County
Bar Association.
Friborg and his wife Lily have two children. The family home is in
Oakland.
Mrs. Collins, 40, a Democrat, has served in the Alameda County
District Attorney's Office since 1959. She holds degrees from Stephens
College in Columbia, Missouri, the University of California at Berkeley
and received her law degree from the University of San Francisco School
of Law.
She is a member of the Alameda County Bar Association, the Criminal
Courts Bar Association, the Lawyer's Club of Alameda County, the
University of San Francisco Law Society, the Legal Aid Society of Alameda
County, and has served as an advisor to legal organizations and other
groups on fraud and consumer protection.
She and her husband, Leonard, a security analyst, have two children.
They live in Piedmont.
The new municipal court judges will receive an annual salary of
$30,724.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVER'
MEMO TO THE RESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
12-16-70
Lighting of California's living Christmas tree by Governor Reagan
will take place at the north entrance to the Capitol Thursday,
December 17, at 5 p.m.
The ceremony, inaugurated by Governor Reagan in 1967, has become
a traditional affair and serves to call attention to the use of living
Christmas trees as opposed to "cut" trees by homeowners, industry and
public agencies in the beautification efforts of individual California
communities.
The program will include Christmas carols by the 100 voice Arden
Chorus of the Arden Intermediate School under direction of Mrs.
Barbara Kreun.
Charles E. Dixon, director of the Department of General Services,
will be the master of ceremonies. Employees of General Services are
responsible for the decoration of the tree and coordination of the
overall project. Members of the Capitol Press Corps are invited to
the office Christmas party in the governor's office following the ceremons
******
The photo session involving presentation of a turkey to the
governor tomorrow (12-17) has been rescheduled for 11:15 a.m.
* *
Governor and Mrs. Reagan and their children will be available for
pictures only by the family Christmas tree from 10:30 to 11 a.m. on
Monday, December 21, at their Pacific Palisades home.
Please note that coverage is limited to pictures only.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immed te
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
12-17-70
#575
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of Frederick
F. Perelli-Minetti, Delano winery manager and agricultural leader, to
a four-year term on the State Air Resources Board.
He will succeed David S. Adams of Woodland, who has resigned.
Perelli-Minetti, 46, has been credited with helping to pioneer a
new system to minimize air pollution in winery operations and is
currently engaged in the development of a system to control odors that
result from winery wastes.
He has managed A. Perelli-Minetti and Sons Winery and acted as
assistant manager of a 2,500 acre farming operation in Delano for the
past 20 years.
He is a graduate of the University of California and an Air Force
combat veteran of World War II.
He and his wife Georgann have four children. They live at Pond Road
and Highway 99, McFarland, He is a Republican.
The appointment is subject to Senate confirmation.
Board members are paid necessary expenses.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today called upon California motorists to
take advantage of free coffee breaks offered by restaurants during
the Christmas and New Year's high traffic periods.
Pointing out that fatigue and drowsiness are among the principal
causes of auto accidents, the governor said "a coffee break might well
prevent heartbreak if the motorist will make a short stop for coffee
during a long trip." "
Free coffee is offered by restaurants which display a special red
and white stop sign replica that says "Stop Here, Free Coffee, Safety
Break."
The governor also expressed his thanks to California restaurants
which are participating in the nationwide accident prevention program.
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The only public appointment scheduled for the
governor next week is a Christmas tree photo session
at the Pacific Palisades residence, December 21, at
10:30 a.m.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
75 members to State Hospital Advisory Boards,
The new boards and their members are:
Fairview State Hospital
Dr. Demetrius S. Stylianou, Democrat
1923 North Westwood Avenue, Santa Ana
Dr. Donald J. Kincaid, Democrat
549 South Alandele Avenue, Los Angeles
Dean H. McCoy, Democrat
5150 Foothill Boulevard, San Diego
Ronald A. Lane, Republican
5521/2 Woodward Avenue, El Centro
Mrs. Margaret O. Pollack, Democrat
916 E. Glenwood Avenue, Fullerton
Pacific State Hospital
A. T. Richardson, Republican
495 Lincoln Avenue, Pomona
Dr. Donald K. Wake, Republican
430 West 25th Street, Upland
James A. Helm, Democrat
348 West Eighth Street, San Bernardino
Mrs. Janet L. Goeske, Republican
4025 Rice Road, Riverside
Dr. Hollis P. Allen, no political affiliation
669 West Eighth Street, Claremont
Mendocino State Hospital
Dr. Donald G. Joyce, no political affiliation
807 Crystal Lake Way, Lakeport
Shasta County Supervisor John Perez, Republican
Route 2, Box 5433, Anderson
Mrs. Gladys M. Strope, Republican
2730 Dolbeer Street, Eureka
Mrs. Marjorie C. Boynton, Republican
711 Willow Avenue, Ukiah
Mrs. Helene C. Miller, Republican
950 10th Street, Crescent City
Metropolitan State Hospital
David B. Israelsky, Republican
17698 Walnut Street, Fountain Valley
Miss Blanche W. Collins, Democrat
4301 East Second Street, Long Beach
Mrs. Norma B. Gibbs, Republican
17087 Westport Drive, Huntington Beach
Robert T. Young, Republican
535 Fremont Drive, Pasadena
Mrs. Marion Miller, Republican
10591 Cushdon Avenue, Los Angeles
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Porterville State Hospital
Howard H. Smith, Republican
421 East Morton, Porterville
Everett W. Hogue, Republican
1941 Club Drive, Visalia
Jay M. Akin, Republican
660 Rambler Road, Merced
Mrs. Helen S. Hansen, Democrat
542 Bay Road, Menlo Park
Mrs. Margaret J. Foley, Republican
2520 Fairview Drive, Visalia
Sonoma State Hospital
Robert D. Mullinkin, Republican
1173 Third Avenue, Napa
Mrs. Sally A. Ryan
Mrs. Sally A. Ryan, Republican
715 Las Colindas Road, San Rafael
Mrs. Barbara J. Reeder, Democrat
946 Hohener Avenue, Hayward
Donald Mahler, Republican
3 Ill Brian Court, Arcata
Charles De Meo, Democrat
310 Ridgeway Avenue, Sonoma
Stockton State Hospital
Dr. Kazuo Orimo, Democrat
9931 North Lower Sacramento Road, Stockton
Victor T. Lamb, Republican
153 Bourbon Street, Sonora
John W. Palmer, Republican
1717 Hawkeye Road, Turlock
Oscar L. Braucher, Republican
7319 Woodside Drive, Stockton
Amador County Supervisor Mrs. Marie C. Aiken, Republican
722 Pitt Street, Jackson
Agnews State Hospital Advisory Board for the Mentally
Disordered
Dr. Samuel C. Marty, Jr., Democrat
132 West Bellevue Avenue, San Mateo
Mrs. Dorothy E. Marshall, Republican
1168 Arroyo Drive, Pebble Beach
Loren E. Bryan, Republican
130 Live Oak Road, Paicines
Dr, John J. Antel, Republican
98 Linda Vista, Atherton
Mrs. Edith T. Winslow, Republican
319 Walnut Place, King City
Agnews State Hospital Advisory Board for the Mentally Retarde
Louis X. Cleary, Republican
3066 Sloat Road, Pebble Beach
San Benito County Schools Superintendent William G. Cagney
317 Fifth Street, Hollister
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Mrs. Barbara C. Anderson, Republican
1372 Gloria Drive, Hollister
Dr. Jane V. Hunt, Democrat
912 Oxford Street, Berkeley
Mrs. Martha E. Hood, Democrat
848 Solano Avenue, Albany
Camarillo State Hospital Advisory Board for the Mentally
Disturbed
Robert I. Lauffer, Republican
1825 Kendall Avenue, Camarillo
Dr. Buren W. Krahling, Democrat
1443 Cazadero Street, San Luis Obispo
Raul J. Navarro, Republican
2211 Elise Way, Santa Barbara
Mrs. Nancy S. York, Democrat
908 Malcolm Avenue, Los Angeles
Walter R. Hoefflin, Jr., Republican
2230 Homet Road, San Marino
Camarillo State Hospital Advisory Board for the Mentally
Earle D. Ziskin, Democrat
Retarded
865 Glenway, Inglewood
James R. Barlow, Democrat
544 Princeton Place, San Luis Obispo
Mrs. Ablyne B. Winge, Democrat
1422 South Van Ness, Los Angeles
Douglas R. McAvoy, Democrat
40 Encino Drive, Camarillo
Leland M. Crawford, Jr., Republican
1368 East Valley Road, Santa Barbara
Napa State Hospital Advisory Board for the Mentally Disordere-
Dr. Marjory C. Folinsbee, Republican
33 Park Hill, San Francisco
Mrs. Sarah E. Rowan, Republican
360 Johnstone Drive, San Rafael
Allan R. Moltzen, Democrat
4046 Ben Lomond, Palo Alto
Napa County District Attorney James D. Boitano, Republican
2876 Pinewood Drive, Napa
Mrs. Margaret M. Duling, Democrat
544 Boyd Road, Pleasant Hill
Napa State Hospital Advisory Board for the Mentally Retarded
Dr. Virginia Y. Blacklidge, no political affiliation
663 Coventry Road, Kensington
Ray F. Moody, Jr., Democrat
P. O. Box 209, Cobb
Mrs. Wynona W. Wright, Republican
1622 Shasta Avenue, Napa
Mrs. Nell C. Tegeler, Republican
189 Bayview Drive, San Rafael
Mrs. Eleanor T. Rogers, Republican
405 Hickory Lane, San Rafael
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Patton State Hospital Advisory Board for the Mentally
Disordered
Mono County Welfare Director Robert G. Clemmitt, Democrat
P. O. Box 615, Bridgeport
Dr. John R. Beukema, Republican
1580 Knoll Road, Redlands
Mrs. Mary E. Aseltine, Democrat
340 South Webster, Independence
Harold J. Logan, Democrat
1910 Dehesa Road, El Cajon
Miss Yvonne Smith, Republican
1288 Len Rey, El Centro
Patton State Hospital Advisory Board for the Mentally
Retarded
Mrs. Vera Saucedo, Democrat
3903 East Wooluine Drive, Los Angeles
Mrs. Doris Bray, Democrat
84639 - 11th Street, Trona
Richard J. Schain, Democrat
551 Cashmere Terrace, Los Angeles
Mrs. Thelma T. Harriman, Democrat
10058 Mozelle Lane, La Mesa
John C. Leppert, Republican
3634 Landis Street, San Diego
Board members are paid necessary expenses.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed three new members
to the Board of Directors of the la District Agricultural Association
(Grand National Livestock Exposition, Horse Show and Rodeo Fair).
They are Amory J. Cooke of Woodside, Donald D. Doyle of
San Francisco and Anthony T. Masini of Daly City.
Cooke, vice president of the Hearst Corporation's Sunical
Land and Livestock Division, will succeed Howard N. Gilmore of Atherton
whose term has expired. A Republican, Cooke lives at 250 Mountain
Home Road, Woodside.
Doyle, senior vice president of Marsh and McLennan Inc.,
a San Francisco insurance firm, succeeds Mrs. Edith McDonald of
San Francisco, whose term has expired. He lives at 155 Jackson Street,
San Francisco. He is a Republican.
Masini, an agricultural and civic leader who operates
farms in Northern San Mateo County, succeeds Fred P. Cox of San
Francisco, whose term has expired. A Democrat, he lives at 698 Hillside
Boulevard, Daly City.
The three new board members were named to four-year-terms.
They will receive necessary expenses.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Wallace J. Holm, Monterey architect to a four-year-term as vice
chairman of the California Advisory Commission on Marine and Coastal
Resources.
Holm, a member of the commission since 1968, succeeds
Gordon G. Lill of Encino, who has resigned.
Active in numerous Monterey County civic groups, Holm,
as a director of Monterey County Industrial Development, helped to
formulate a program for the development of Monterey Bay as an
oceanographic research and development center.
He has also been active in the Monterey Bay Chapter of the
American Institute of Architects, the California Council of Architects,
the Monterey Peninsula Chamber of Commerce and has served as chairman
of the City of Monterey's Highway Advisory Committee and a member of
the city's Citizens Committee for a master plan.
He is a graduate of the University of Minnesota and a
registered architect in California, Minnesota and Nevada.
Holm, a Republican, lives at 31 Sierra Vista Drive,
Monterey.
He will receive necessary expenses as vice chairman of
the commission.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today named Lucian B. Vandegrift, secretary
of the Human Relations Agency, to the Butte County Superior Court bench
and appointed James M. Hall, secretary of Business and Transportation,
to succeed him.
Vandegrift, 44, will succeed Judge J. Francis Good, who is retiring.
A successor to Hall will be appointed in the near future.
In announcing the appointments, Governor Reagan paid tribute to
both men for their "valued service" to him as members of his cabinet and
to their "dedicated service to the people of California."
"While I know that Van will be happy to return to his home in Butte
County and will make an excellent judge, I am sorry to lose him as a
member of my cabinet, " the governor said.
"He has done a splendid job in very difficult circumstances,
administering welfare and Medi-Cal reforms in addition to achieving a
record high level of mental health care, organizing the Human Resources
Development Department, improving parole policies and assisting parolees
back on to the road to productive lives. We are all grateful for his
dedicated service to the people of this state.
"Jim, I know, will make a worthy successor to Van because of the
excellent job he has done as my secretary of Business and Transportation.
He has demonstrated his concern for the problems of those he will serve
in his new post through his efforts on both national and state levels
to assist minorities to find their way into the business community."
Vandegrift, who was appointed Human Relations Agency secretary in
January, 1970, has also served as chairman of the Board of Corrections
and chairman of the State Health Planning Council.
He joined the Reagan administration on May 13, 1968 as assistant
secretary of the agency and at the same time headed the fledgling
Department of Human Resources Development as acting director.
At the time of his initial appointment, he was serving his second
term as District Attorney of Butte County. His home is on the family
ranch above Paradise.
As District Attorney, Vandegrift won wide recognition as a proponent
of welfare reform, for his efforts in the mental health field and for
progressive changes in the criminal field, including pioneering a work
furlough program for prisoners.
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During the administration of Governor Edmund G. Brown, he was cited
for his "outstanding contributions" to the California Mental Health
program in the field of assistance to the mentally retarded.
Vandegrift was graduated from the University of California in 1950
and earned his law degree from Boalt Hall in 1953.
As Superior Court Judge, he will receive an annual salary of
$33,396.
Hall, 36, joined the administration in 1967 as California
Superintendent of Banks, supervising the activities of state chartered
banks and trust companies with assets of more than $12 billion.
In addition, he has been actively involved in programs to assist
minority businessmen in California as administrator of the Small
Business Assistance Program Law, as a member of the California Job
Development Corporation Law Executive Board and on a national level a
director of Opportunity Funding Corporation, a federally sponsored
corporation aimed at promoting minority entrepreneurship.
He also serves as a member of the Board of Councilors of the
University of Southern California Center for Urban Affairs.
As secretary of the Business and Transportation Agency, Hall served
as chairman of the California Toll Bridge Authority and a member of the
State Environmental Policy Committee, the Environmental Quality Study
Commission, the Electronic Data Processing Committee, the Council on
Intergovernmental Relations, the Interagency Council on Ocean Resources
and the Bay Conservation Development Commission.
His agency is responsible for Alcoholic Beverage Control, Banking,
Corporations, Housing and Community Development, Insurance, Real Estate,
Savings and Loan, Aeronautics, the California Highway Patrol, Motor
Vehicles and Public Works.
He holds an AB degree in economics from the University of California
and a law degree from UC's Boalt Hall.
He is a member of the Order of the Coif, an honor granted to the
top 10 percent of law degrees.
In his new post he will receive an annual salary of $35,000.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Edmund J. Leach, Jr., a Salinas attorney, as judge of the Salinas
Judicial District Municipal Court, effective January 4.
Leach, 48, a Republican, will succeed Judge Elmer Machado
who has been elected to the Monterey County Superior Court.
A native of Salinas, Leach has practiced law in the
community since 1953 and has been a partner in the firm of Pioda, Leach,
Stave, Bryan and Ames since 1962.
Active in civic affairs, he has served as president of the
Salinas Junior Chamber of Commerce, president of the California Rodeo
Association, president of the Monterey County Bar Association and is
a member of the board of directors of the Monterey County Drug
Information and Youth Crisis Center.
He is a graduate of Hartnell Junior College, and the
University of California at Berkeley, He received his law degree
from Hastings College of the Law.
Leach and his wife Joanne have three children.
He will receive an annual salary of $30,724.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today named Victor M. Castagnetto, a
Vallejo attorney and civic leader, to the newly created Solano County
Superior Court bench.
Castagnetto, 59, who has practiced law in Vallejo since 1939,
served as police judge for the City of Vallejo from 1941 to 1948, and
has served as General Counsel for the Housing Authority of the City
of Vallejo since 1948, and as General Counsel of the city's
Redevelopment Agency since 1956.
A member of a pioneer California family which settled in Sierra
City in 1855, he is a native of Vallejo and the son of the late Judge
Victor M. Castagnetto, who was justice of the peace of Vallejo Township
for more than 18 years.
A graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, he
earned his law degree from the Hastings College of the Law.
Castagnetto has been active in the Vallejo Junior and Senior
Chambers of Commerce, the Navy League of the United States, the
Solano County Historical Society, the Sons and Daughters of Italy and
America, the Native Sons of the Golden West and other civic and
service groups.
He is a member of the State Bar of California, the American
Bar Association, the Solano County Bar Association, the American Trial
Lawyers Association and Phi Delta Phi Law Fraternity.
He and his wife Muriel live in Suisun.
As Superior Court judge he will receive an annual salary of
$33,396.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today named Municipal Judge Robert D.
Miller to a newly-created San Mateo County Superior Court bench and
appointed attorneys Walter P. Capaccioli and Frank Piombo as municipal
court judges.
Capaccioli, a South San Francisco attorney, will succeed
Judge Miller on the Northern Judicial District Municipal Court and
Piombo, a San Mateo attorney, will succeed Judge Robert Carey, who has
been elected to the Superior Court. Both will receive an annual salary
of $30,724.
Judge Miller, 48, a Republican, will receive an annual salary
of $33,396.
Appointed to the Municipal Court in 1969 by Governor Reagan,
Judge Miller has practiced law in San Mateo County for more than
17 years.
He is a third generation Californian, who attended Columbia
University in New York and earned degrees at the University of California
and Hastings College of Law.
Judge Miller and his wife Edythe have five children. The
family home is in Atherton.
Capaccioli, 39, a partner in the South San Francisco firm
of Tragoutsis and Capaccioli, has practiced law in San Mateo County
since 1960.
A Republican, he is active in civic affairs including the
Boy Scouts, the American Red Cross and is a member of the State Bar
of California, the San Mateo County Bar Association and the North
San Mateo County Bar Association.
He is married and has three children. He lives in San Mateo.
Piombo, 46, who has practiced law in San Mateo County since
1952, is a former Deputy District Attorney of San Mateo County and
has served as City Attorney of Millbrae since 1964. He is a Republican.
He is active in numerous civic and service groups including
the Italian Catholic Federation, the Reserve Officers Association of
Palo Alto, the Native Sons of the Golden West, the Military Government
Association, the Judge Advocate General Association, and the San Mateo
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He also is a member of the San Mateo County Bar Association,
the State Bar of California and the Federal Bar Association.
Piombo, a native San Franciscan, attended the University
of California at Berkeley and Stanford University, earning his law
degree from the University of San Francisco after World War II service
with the Army in Europe.
He is a colonel in the U. S. Army Reserve in the Judge Advocate
General branch.
Piombo and his wife Lydia have five children. They live in
Redwood City.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following Christmas message:
"As we begin the celebration of another holiday season I ask my
fellow Californians to join me in the quiet contemplation of the wonder
of Christmas.
"It is a time for love, faith and hope. It is a time when man has
it within himself to discover that he has the power to change the world
for the better if he will follow the path that was clearly marked for
him by the child of Bethlehem whose birth we celebrate,
"I ask, too, that you join me in a special prayer for the safe and
swift return of our servicemen in Southeast Asia."
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(NOTE TO PRESS: Mr. Uhlor will make a brief statement relating to the
following announcement and answer questions from the
press on Monday, December 28, 11 a.m., in Room 1190.)
Governor Ronald Reagan today vetoed a $1.8 million grant to
California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. (CRLA) for the coming year
because of gross and deliberate violations of OEO regulations and its
failure to represent the true legal needs of the poor.
In announcing the action, the governor's executive secretary,
Edwin Meese III, said the Reagan administration will soon propose a
privately-financed alternative to CRLA which holds enormous promise
for truly serving the rural poor.
The governor made his decision on the basis of a detailed
recommendation by Lewis K. Uhler, director of the California State
Office of Economic Opportunity (SEOO), whose staff has conducted a
penetrating look into the activities of CRLA during recent months.
Meese informed Frank Carlucci, director of the Federal Office of
Economic Opportunity in Washington, D.C., of the governor's decision
by telegram today. He also sent a follow-up letter to Carlucci confirm-
well as
ing the decision as / a copy of Uhler's memorandum to the governor
recommending disapproval (both attached).
Meese said that although the Reagan administration originally
had understood that the deadline for rendering the decision was
December 29, federal OEO officials indicated late Wednesday that they
expected the governor's decision to be transmitted no later than today.
Uhler said the administration's privately financed alternative
to CRLA is in the final stages of development. Details of the new
plan are expected to be announced within the next several weeks, he
said.
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SACRAMENTO 95814
RONALD REAGAN
GOVERNOR
December 26, 1970
Mr. Frank Carlucci, Director
Office of Economic Opportunity
1200 - 19th Street, N. W.
Washington, D. C. 20506
Dear Mr. Carlucci:
This letter follows our telegram of this date, advising you of
Governor Reagan's disapproval of the 1971 refunding of California
Rural Legal Assistance.
The Governor's disapproval power has been exercised pursuant to
Section 242 of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 as amended.
It is based upon the recommendation of Director of the State
Office of Economic Opportunity, Lewis K. Uhler, and his capable
staff. (Please see attached memo to the Governor.)
The evidence obtained by the California SEOO during its extensive
review of CRLA indicates that this organization has misused tax-
payer funds and has failed in its mandated purpose of serving the
true civil legal needs of the poor within its geographic areas of
operation. A program which has created such furor and turmoil and
has lost creditability not only in the eyes of responsible leader-
ship but many of the poor themselves, cannot possibly be a viable
means for meeting these legal needs.
At the same time, it is our plan to initiate an alternative legal
services program, as described in Director Uhler's report that the
true needs of the poor can be served.
I have asked Mr. Uhler to arrange an early meeting with you and
the appropriate members of your office, so that we can brief you
personally and can furnish our extensive file of evidence for
your inspection.
Edwin Meese Kindest regards,
III
Edwin Meese III
Executive Secretary
Attachment
State of California
OF
BURBRA
LEWIS K. UHLER
RONALD REAGAN
DIRECTOR
GOVERNOR
CALIFORNIA
Office of Eronomic Opportunity
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
800 CAPITOL MALL. SACRAMENTO 95814
916 445-9670 OR 445-7011
December 24, 1970
Honorable Ronald Reagan
Governor of California
State Capitol
Sacramento, California 95814
Dear Governor Reagan:
Transmitted herewith is a report compiled by the State Office
of Economic Opportunity regarding California Rural Legal
Assistance. In the normal course of events this organization
has been evaluated by our office pursuant to its refunding by
OEO Legal Services, Washington, D. C.
It is the recommendation of our office that you exercise your
power to disapprove refunding of this grantee pursuant to the
authority granted you in Section 242 of the Economic Opportunity
Act of 1964 as amended.
Our recommendation is based upon the regrettable fact that the
grantee has failed to comply with the conditions of its grant
through gross and deliberate violations of OEO guidelines, and
has failed in its mandated mission, to wit, providing civil
legal services to the rural poor. It appears that CRLA has
failed in its mission because it has elected to devote much of
its resources to objectives clearly outside the scope of serving
the civil legal needs of the poor. These diversions from its
major mission include, but are certainly not limited to, the
representation of people charged with crimes, use of legal
processes to harass public and private organizations, solicita-
tion of clients, counselling and organizing students to challenge
school authority-discipline systems, the undue fixation of ener-
gies on cases with extraordinary publicity value, etc.
A few of the cases and instances which cause this grave concern
are set forth briefly:
1. A woman welfare recipient lost her husband due to a
heart attack. She wished to adopt the child she had
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raised since he was three days old, so that she might
benefit from her deceased husband's Social Security.
A CRLA attorney said that he would help the woman if
she would agree to be plaintiff in a suit against the
County Welfare Department. The woman refused. CRLA
called several times to restate the offer but refused
to handle her legal problem unless she would also con-
sent to sue the county. (Private counsel has agreed
to handle the adoption without fee.)
2. A CRLA attorney participated in a panel discussion
before an American history class consisting of high
school juniors. During the course of his presentation,
he used the word "shit" or "shitty". Upon being
reprimanded, the CRLA attorney thereafter wrote on the
blackboard "F*ck Viet Nam".
3. CRLA filed a lawsuit on behalf of 16 named plaintiffs.
Fifteen of the 16 attested that they had not engaged
CRLA to represent them and knew nothing of the lawsuit
when it was filed.
4. A paid community employee of a CRLA office was arrested
for possession of marijuana. He was defended in this
criminal action by a CRLA attorney.
5. Two women seeking divorces were informed by CRLA that
its office would handle same for a fee of $300.00 each,
and in one case CRLA demanded an immediate deposit of
$75.00. (CRLA is prohibited from charging fees for
legal services.)
6. The President of a Bar Association stated, "I feel that
as a result of their class actions, in connection with
agricultural workers, they have disrupted the economy
of our local community and have polarized the community,
so that we have race problems which were never experi-
enced prior to the advent of CRLA on the scene."
7. CRLA filed an action against a Welfare Department seeking
allowance for a stove for a welfare recipient. A local
merchant called CRLA and offered to donate a gas range
to the Welfare family. CRLA refused the offer of a
stove and indicated that they would persist in the suit
against the Welfare Department.
8. A Deputy District Attorney reports that a CRLA attorney
defended a man charged with contributing to the delin-
quency of a minor. The case involved an 18-year old
boy who was charged with statutory rape on a 15-year
old girl. Despite parental objections, members of the
CRLA office participated in a scheme whereby the girl
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was spirited to Mexico where they arranged for a marriage
between the 15-year old female and the defendant.
9. A CRLA attorney counselled United Farm Workers Organizing
Committee strikers and demonstrators; in the field a CRLA
employee directed the demonstrators with a bull horn.
10. CRLA attorneys counselled and encouraged a school demon-
stration and when several of the participants were
arrested for trespassing, defended them in criminal
proceedings, claiming that the criminal representation
was done on their own time.
11. A District Attorney has said, "This agency (CRLA) has
failed miserably to discharge its obligations to the
indigent rural people, has wasted hundreds of thousands
of dollars of our taxes, and has caused expensive and
intensive time-consuming involvement of our local agencies
in answering its vicious attacks."
12. A county grand jury has requested the State of California
to veto the CRLA grant, in a resolution stating in part,
"California Rural Legal Assistance has refused to comply
with the process of this grand jury in investigations
of the corporate activities of the California Rural Legal
Assistance to determine if it is providing adequate legal
assistance for the poor".
These represent only a few of the alarming examples of CRLA's
failure to accomplish its mission, comply with its grant con-
ditions, or control the sometimes outrageous and irresponsible
conduct of its employees. While this office has accelerated its
data gathering activities in the last few weeks, and is now in
possession of a substantial amount of information on CRLA's
activities, we believe that this represents only a small portion
of the real CRLA picture.
The failure of CRLA has been so dramatically brought to this
Administration's attention that there is no choice but to recom-
mend the disapproval of CRLA's refunding. To do otherwise under
these circumstances would be tantamount to gross neglect of our
duty to uphold the interests of all the citizens of California
and to insure the proper use of OEO funds.
This Administration's deep concern for meeting the legitimate
civil legal needs of indigents has prompted us to devise a
privately-financed alternative to CRLA which holds enormous
promise for truly serving the rural poor. In the process of
the in-depth analysis of CRLA, we have gained new insight into
the legal needs of the poor, which has provided us with the
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kind of background necessary to design the best possible legal
system for the poor. In the comprehension of CRLA's failure,
we stand on the brink of a major breakthrough in privately-
financed legal services for the poor, which will insure not
only local responsiveness, but the mobilization and support of
the entire community behind the legitimate legal needs of the
poor.
Many of the complaints against CRLA received by this office
involve allegations of misconduct and violations of professional
ethics by the attorneys involved. A copy of our report, and
accompanying evidence, will be forwarded to the State Bar of
California for investigation and appropriate disciplinary action.
We intend to brief Federal OEO officials in Washington, D.C.
with respect to the full details of this report as soon as a
meeting date can be arranged. It is requested that our detailed
file of exhibits, statements, and evidentiary documents be kept
confidential until after this meeting.
Respectfully submitted,
Sevin n. Ohler
Lewis K. Uhler
Director
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Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
A. Alan Hill, 32, as deputy director of the State Department of
Conservation.
Hill, who has served as an assistant to Secretary for Resources
Norman B. Livermore since January, 1969, will succeed John M. Mayfield,
Jr., who has resigned to enter private business.
In addition to his duties as Livermore's assistant, Hill has
served as an alternate member of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
Council and a member of the Bay Area Conservation and Development
Commission. He will continue to serve on both organizations.
Mayfield, 34, who has served as deputy director of the
Department-- part of the Resources Agency--since August 1968, is a
former Mendocino County Supervisor.
He has resigned to become executive manager of the recently
formed Western Developers Council, an association of private real
estate developers.
Hill, who will move up to the second ranking position in
the department under Director of Conservation James G. Stearns on
January 6, served four years as a state information officer for
the Republican State Central Committee and previously was an assistant
to retiring State Senator John F. McCarthy of Marin County.
He received his A. B. degree from the University of the
Pacific and has done graduate work at the University of California and
Golden Gate College.
Hill and his wife Jeanette have three sons. The family
lives in San Rafael.
As deputy director of the department, he will receive an
annual salary of $26,148.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Municipal Judge M. C. Sabraw of Fremont to a newly-created Alameda
County Superior Court bench.
Judge Sabraw, 44, a Republican, has served on the Fremont-
Newark-Union City Judicial District Municipal Court since February,
1968. He will receive an annual salary of $33,396.
A former deputy district attorney in Sonoma County, Judge
Sabraw practiced law in Fremont for more than 12 years prior to his
appointment to the ench.
Active in civic affairs, he was a member of the Fremont Board
of Education, the Washington Union High School District board, the
Fremont Chamber of Commerce and the Fremont YMCA.
He also has been active in the State Bar of California,
the Southern Alameda County Bar Association and the Washingtor
township Ba: Association.
He is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley
and earned his law degree from Boalt Hall in 1953.
Judge Sabraw and his wife Betty have four children.
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Edwin Meese III, Governor Reagan's executive secretary, today
announced that the governor has responded affirmatively to a request
by federal OEO officials in Washington, D. C. for an additional 30-day
period in which to study material in support of his veto of a grant
to refund the operations of CRLA during the coming year.
The governor's action authorizes federal officials to provide
funds to CRLA fo:: one additional month's operations pending a final
decision on the grant.
Meese said the action will provide Federal OEO Director Frank
Carlucci with sufficient time to carefully examine the detailed file
of exhibits, statements and evidentiary documents to be presented in
support of the governor's veto by California OEO director Lewis K.
Uhler and other state officials.
He noted that it had been anticipated from the beginning that
the state would agree to additional funds for CRLA during the decision-
making and/or program phase-out period so that there could be an
orderly transition into the privately-financed legal services program
for the rural poor which is now in the final states of development by
the Reagan administration.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today named Robert B. Carleson, a key
member of the Reagan administration since November, 1968, as director
of the State Department of Social Welfare.
Carleson, 39, succeeds Robert Martin in the $30,000-a-year
post. Martin is resigning in order to return to the practice of law.
Governor Reagan, in accepting Martin's resignation, expressed
his deep thanks "for the valuable contributions Bob Martin has made in
this administration's efforts to curb the abuses of welfare."
Martin noted that when he joined the administration in 1967 as
chief counsel and executive officer of the State Alcoholic Beverages
Control Appeals Board, he expected to serve in government for only a
two-year period. But, at the request of the governor, Martin agreed
to extend that commitment an additional year, as director of the
Department of Social Welfare.
"Now, having served considerably longer than I had originally
planned, I feel it is appropriate to resume my legal career. I'm
especially looking forward to the opportunity of being with my wife and
family more often and on a more regular basis," Martin said.
The job of director of the Department of Social Welfare is
considered to be one of the toughest and most time-consuming in state
government.
Martin described the opportunity of serving in the Reagan
administration as "a distinct privilege. The many friendships I have
made in and out of state government over the past three years are a
source of deep satisfaction to me," he added.
Carleson, a Republican, joined the Reagan administration as
chief deputy director of the State Department of Public Works in
November, 1968.
He assumes his new post with a comprehensive background in the
field of public administration. Over the past half year, he has
served as a member of an administration task force on Public Assistance.
He also has been instrumental in reorganizing the state Public Works
Department. In implementing that reorganization, Carleson played a
key role in making the highway program more responsive to the needs
of cities and counties throughout the state.
Governor Reagan, reaffirming that a solution to California's
welfare problem is the number one priority of his administration, said
"Bob Carleson's energy, experience and proven talent as a manager and
administrator, both statewide and at the local level, will be of
invaluable assistance as he takes on his new assignment. I am extremely
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pleased that a person of Bob's ability, and dedication to the task of
meeting the needs of both the truly needy and serving the interests of
the hard working men and women of California, has accepted this
critically important job."
Before coming to Sacramento, Carleson was city manager of
Pico Rivera. His experience in public administration also includes
that of city manager of San Dimas, senior assistant to the city
manager of Torrance, assistant city manager of Claremont, and assistant
to the director of Public Works of Beverly Hills. He is a native of
Long Beach where he attended the local public schools.
A 1953 graduate of the University of Southern California with
a B.S. degree and graduate work in public administration, Carleson has
since been active in community service organizations and the United Way
for Los Angeles County.
In 1968, he served as chairman of the Pico Rivera United
Crusade Drive and was a member of the General Agency Operations Com-
mittee of United Way of Los Angeles County.
In 1966 and 1967, he was vice president of the Whittier
Community Board of United Way and served for four years as a member
of the organization's Rio Hondo Area Board.
From 1965-68 he was on the General Vocation Advisory Committee
of Rio Hondo Junior College, Whittier, and served as a member of the
El Rancho Unified School District Lay Professional Advisory Committee
which was formed to coordinate federally supported programs for the
enrichment of educational opportunities for disadvantaged children.
In 1959, the American Society of Public Administration honored
him with the Harry F. Scoville Award as the "outstanding young public
administrator in Southern California."
In addition, Carleson was named the "outstanding young man of
1965" by the Pico Rivera Junior Chamber of Commerce. He served as a
commissioned officer in the Navy from 1953 to 1956, and is a veteran
of the Korean conflict.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today named two members of his staff,
John T. Kehoe and William A. Evans, as legislative assistants for the
1971 session.
Kehoe, 39, who has served the administration since April, 1969,
as an educational consultant, will have responsibility for liaison with
the Senate. Evans, 32, who has served as assistant legislative secretary
for the past year, will work with the Assembly.
They will assume duties handled for the past year by
Legislative Secretary George Steffes, who has functioned in a dual role
working with both houses.
Steffes, 35, has been assigned important new duties assisting
Edwin Meese III, the governor's executive secretary, in program
planning and policy development.
In announcing the staff changes, Governor Reagan paid tribute
to Steffes for his work as legislative secretary and expressed
confidence that Kehoe and Evans will "follow in George's footsteps
to establish a working relationship with legislators of both parties
that will be beneficial to the legislature, the executive branch and
the people of California.
"The citizens of this state have served notice that the time
for partisanship as usual has passed," the governor said. "They want
solutions to the critical problems we face such as welfare and tax
reform, and the improvement of the quality of our environment. These are
problems that we must solve together.
"As their first responsibility, John and Bill will assure
legislators of both parties that my door will be open to everyone
who can offer constructive solutions to these problems."
In paying tribute to Steffes, the governor said, "George has
performed invaluable service to the administration. His knowledge of the
workings of the two houses of the legislature will be of exceptional
benefit as we meet the challenges of the next four years."
Kehoe joined the administration after extensive service in
federal, state and local government. Prior to his appointment as
an educational consultant, he served as director of governmental affairs
for the Board of Trustees of the California State Colleges, as an
administrative assistant to Congressman George P. Miller of Alameda and
as an assistant city manager of Hayward.
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He holds degrees from the University of Michigan and Rockhurst
College in Kansas City, Missouri, and is completing work toward a Ph. D,
in public administration from George Washington University in Washington,
D.C.
He is a member of the American Academy of Political and Social
Sciences, the American Society of Public Administration and the
International City Managers Association.
Evans, who has a background in sales, banking and business,
is a graduate of Stanford University and attended the University of
Arizona Law School.
Kehoe and his wife Mary Louise have two daughters. They
live in Carmichael.
Evans and his wife Dorothy have a son. They live in Sacramento.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the
following New Year message:
"The birth of a New Year is a time when
we come face to face with the promise of tomorrow.
It can be a time for new beginnings and new hope--
a time to renew our faith, review our goals and
reinforce our resolve. If all of us will VOW to
dedicate ourselves to these aims, we can build
the realities of tomorrow from our dreams of today."
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Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed four new members to
the California Arts Commission and re-appointed two other members,
subject to Senate confirmation.
The new members are Mrs. Wallis A. Weingarten, Beverly Hills
art collector; Alfred F. Wollenstein, cellist and former conductor of
the Los Angeles Philharmonic and NBC Symphony of the Air Orchestras;
William Kent III, San Francisco civic leader and art patron, and
Mervyn Leroy, movie producer and director.
Re-appointed were John W. Grossman, Jr., San Francisco graphic
designer and artist, and Mrs. Virginia Y. Stanton, Carmel Valley author.
Mrs. Weingarten, a Republican, of 702 North Alpine Drive,
Beverly Hills, succeeds Mrs. Jane Dart of Los Angeles, whose term has
expired.
Wollenstein, who is not affiliated with a political party,
succeeds Mrs. Irene Dunne Griffin of Los Angeles, whose term has expired.
He lives at 124 East Lake Drive, Palm Springs.
Kent, a Republican, of 3196 Pacific Avenue, San Francisco,
succeeds Paul G. Manolis of Piedmont, who has resigned.
Leroy, a Republican, succeeds Mrs. Sue Adams of Sacramento,
who has resigned. He lives at 400 St. Cloud Road, Los Angeles.
Grossman, who lives at 71 Oak Grove Avenue, Woodacre, has
served on the commission since 1967. He is a Republican.
Mrs. Stanton, a Republican, has been a commission member
since 1968. She lives at 20 Scarlett Road, Carmel Valley.
Commission members serve three-year-terms and are paid
necessary expenses.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today sent the following telegram to
U.S. Senator Alan Cranston of California:
"I regret to say that I was astonished to learn of the way
in which you used your office to block confirmation of the President's
nominee for the Office of Director of Federal OEO, Mr. Frank Carlucci.
"It is incredible to me that a United States Senator would
demand as the price for confirmation that Mr. Carlucci refuse to
fully consider the evidence which will be presented in support of my
veto of funding for CRLA, and then summarily override the veto. To
ask the nominee to disregard the obligations of his office and render
a decision on this matter without first carefully examining our
detailed file of exhibits, statements and evidentiary documents, was
not only unfair to Mr. Carlucci, but was also inappropriate and
irresponsible and certainly not in keeping with your recent pledge
to me to work together in a spirit of constructive cooperation for the
people of California.
"My veto was in no way occasioned by a philosophical quarrel
with the original purpose of this program to provide civil legal
assistance to the rural poor but precisely because this purpose is
not being met.
"The supporting documentation for my action will be provided
to Mr. Carlucci next week and a copy will be delivered to your office
as soon as possible thereafter."
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GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
January 4, 1971
through
January 10, 1971
Monday, January 4
Inaugural Activities
Overnight - Sacramento
Tuesday, January 5
No public appointments scheduled.
Overnight - Sacramento
Wednesday, January 6
6:30 p.m.
Brief visit to Belotti's Crab Feed-Sutter Club.
Overnight - Sacramento
Thursday, January 7
No public appointments scheduled.
Overnight - Sacramento
Friday, January 8
No public appointments scheduled.
Overnight - Sacramento
Saturday, January 9
No public appointments scheduled.
Overnight - Sacramento
Sunday, January 10
No public appointments scheduled.
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