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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 - December 1970\nBox: P11\nTo see more digitized collections visit:\nhttps://reaganlibrary.gov/archives/digital-library\nTo see all Ronald Reagan Presidential Library inventories visit:\nhttps://reaganlibrary.gov/document-collection\nContact a reference archivist at: [email protected]\nCitation Guidelines: https://reaganlibrary.gov/citing\nNational Archives Catalogue: https://catalog.archives.gov/\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER.. R\nRELEASE:\nImmediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-1-70\n#557\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of\nHale Ashcraft as chairman of the Workmen's Compensation Appeals Board.\nAshcraft, a Republican, will receive an annual salary of\n$33,396. He has served as a member of the board since 1967.\nHe lives at 2040 Franklin Street, San Francisco.\n#######\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER. R\nRELEASE:\nmediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-1-70\n#558\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement\nrequesting support for the victims of the East Pakistan cyclone and\ntidal wave.\n\"Throughout our history we Americans have always responded swiftly\nand generously when people in other lands have become the victims of\nnatural disasters.\n\"Recently the people of East Pakistan were visited by a disaster\nthat is unprecedented in history. Hundreds of thousands were killed,\ninjured or left homeless by a cyclone and tidal wave. Crops and\nlivestock were destroyed. The full import of this catastrophe may not\nbe known for months.\n\"There is an urgent need for food, medical supplies, clothing,\nfinancial assistance and relief in every form to prevent wholesale\nstarvation and the spread of disease.\n\"I urge my fellow Californians to contribute to the victims of\nthis disaster through one of the numerous Pakistan Relief programs\nwhich have been established by various organizations, including the\nAmerican Red Cross.\"\n#######\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nMEMO TO THE RESS\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n12-1-70\nGovernor Reagan will make a brief state-\nment to the press Wednesday, December 2, at\n10 a.m. in the Governor's Council Rook.\n# # #\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-2-70\n#559\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:\nWhen this administration assumed office four years ago, we\ninherited a program known as Medi-Cal which the State of California had\nimplemented nine months earlier.\nAlmost immediately we were made aware of the enormous difficulties\nwe would face in trying to administer the program, let alone the\ntremendous tax burden it would place on the working men and women of\nCalifornia.\nIn 1966, one out of every 15 Californians was on welfare and\neligible for the full array of Medi-Cal benefits. Today, one out of\nevery nine persons in the state is a welfare, and therefore a Medi-Cal,\nrecipient.\nDespite the built-in difficulties, we were able to make some\nadministrative changes and tighten the program during the first three\nfull years of its operation.\nWe have kept the average cost per Medi-Cal recipient down to a\nyearly increase considerably less than the toll taken by inflation,\nin fact this past year we actually reduced the cost per patient but we\nwere helpless to control the increase in caseload which shot up 15\npercent a year.\nAs you know, the combination of declining revenues and soaring\nwelfare and Medi-Cal costs along with the built-in defects of the\nprograms\nthemselves\nnow seriously jeopardize California's fiscal\nbalance.\nCalifornians must understand that anyone who gets on welfare\nautomatically qualifies for all Medi-Cal services. The Medi-Cal card\nprovides a total of 23 different health care services all of them paid\nin full by the taxpayers.\nThey are far more extensive than those provided in the average\nhealth insurance plan available to the taxpayer. The same working men\nand women who are being forced to totally underwrite the virtually\nlimitless benefits of Medi-Cal cannot even afford this kind of care for\nthemselves or their families.\n- 1 -\n#559\nThe typical group health plan available to the average taxpayer\nand his family covers less than half the basic categories of medical\nservices provided under Medi-Cal. And most of the private group plans\nrequire partial payment by the taxpaying family for the services they\nreceive that is, above and beyond the basic premium they must pay in\nthe first place. But those on Medi-Cal pay absolutely nothing.\nThe average citizen pays $312 for his own health care he provides\n$517 for the Medi-Cal recipient.\nIt is clearly inequitable and unfair to expect our hardworking\ntaxpayers to bear the brunt of additional costs brought on by Medi-Cal\nexcesses. That is why I have said I am unalterably opposed to solving\nthis problem by taking the easy approach and increasing the already\nheavy tax burden.\nThe law requires that the Medi-Cal program be operated within\nbudgeted expenditures. Dr. Earl Brian, director of the Department of\nHealth Care Services, will explain to the State Health Review and Program\nCouncil the steps required by law to reduce medical spending.\nThe proposals he will make assure Medi-Cal recipients they will\nreceive the necessary care they require.\nThere is a great deal of confusion about the program and there are\nthose who believe the problems are caused in some way by those who\nprovide services to recipients such as physicians, dentists and nursing\nhome operators that they are reaping a windfall from the program at\nthe taxpayers' expense.\nBut such beliefs are unfounded and contrary to the facts.\nDoctors and others generally have had to absorb the effects of\ninflation. In oonstant dollars many are now receiving less than they\ndid four years ago. The truth is, the taxpayers owe most of them a debt\nof gratitude.\nNow we must ask them to again pull in their belts. I want to assure\nthem this will only be a temporary measure.\nWe are working on a number of alternatives to the present Medi-Cal\nprogram and will present them during the coming months. The long range\nanswer to their problem and ours must be complete overhaul and reform.\nThe crises now confronting us in both Medi-Cal and welfare offer\nthe opportunity to dc this. If we fail, they will continue to get\nfurther and further out of hand and eventually bankrupt the system which\nmade them possible in the first place.\n######\n- 2 -\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVE!\n)R\nRELEASE:\n00\nmediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-2-70\n#560\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today that $4.7 million in\nemergency funds have been released by the Federal government for flood\nprevention work in six California counties ravaged by brush fires this\nfall.\nPresident N:xon authorized the release of the funds to the Federal\nOffice of Emergency Preparedness at the governor's request.\nThe money will be used for clearing debris from channels and the\nconstruction of debris basins, check dams and other work to minimize\nthe danger from floods and mudslides in the counties of Los Angeles,\nSan Diego, Ventura, San Bernardino, Alameda and Kern.\nThe funds will be dispersed through the office of Regional Director\nRalph Burns of the O.E.P., whose staff will assist the state in the\nflood prevention work.\n######\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nSacramento, California\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-3-70\nGovernor Reagan will tape the NEWSMAKERS show at 2:30 p.m.\nFriday at KNBC in Burbank for telecast Saturday evening.\n########\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nMEMO TO THE\nESS\nSacramento, californ.\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n12-3-70\nGovernor Reagan will attend the American\nRiver College Rat Decathlon Torchlighting ceremony\ntomorrow (December 4) at 10 a.m. on the West Steps\nof the Capitol.\n# # #\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO..\nMEMO TO THE WESS\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n12-4-70\n#561\nActor James Stewart will greet servicemen returning from Vietnam\nthrough the \"Operation Reunion\" program tomorrow (Saturday, Dec. 5)\nat Oakland Airport as the personal representative of Governor Ronald\nReagan.\nStewart will also read a message to the servicemen from the\ngovernor.\nThe actor, a retired brigadier general in the U.S. Air Force\nReserve, is a long-time friend of the governor.\nThe returning servicemen will be aboard a Trans-International\nAirlines plane which is scheduled to arrive at the Metropolitan\nInternational Oakland Airport at 3:30 p.m.\nOperation Reunion is a program initiated by the United Service\nClub which makes it possible for servicemen in Vietnam to fly home\nfor the holidays to spend their leave with their families.\n# # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-4-70\n#562\nGOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE\nDecember 7, 1970\nthrough\nDecember 13, 1970\nMonday, December 7\nNo public appointments scheduled\nOvernight - Sacramento\nTuesday, December 8\nDepart for Chicago\nOvernight - Chicago\nWednesday, December 9\n11 a.m.\nReception for major supporters of Illinois\nRepublican State Central Committee,\nBlackstone Hotel, Chicago\n4 p.m.\nDedication of Reagan Physical Education Center,\nEureka College\nOvernight - Chicago\nThursday, December 10\n7:00 p.m.\nIllinois Manufacturers Association Annual\nBanquet, Hilton Hotel. Speech.\nOvernight - Chicago\nFriday, December 11\nReturn to California\nOvernight - Los Angeles\nSaturday, December 12\nNo appointments scheduled\nOvernight - Sacramento\nSunday, December 13\nDepart for Sun Valley for Republican\nGovernors' Conference\nOvernight - Sun Valley\n#####\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-7-70\n#563\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today sent the following wire to the\nCalifornia Congressional Delegation:\n\"House Bill HR 18582 may come up for a floor vote early this week.\nThe final version will affect each of your districts somewhat differently\n\"However, with regard to the requirement that states 'buy in' on\nan escalating scale from 2½ percent of the food stamp value the first\nyear, up to 10 percent in fiscal 1974 and thereafter, has a heavy\nfinancial impact for all Californians.\n\"Our preliminary estimates indicate that this provision will cost\nCalifornia taxpayers at least $31/2 million the first year, $9 million\nthe second year, $15.8 million the third year, $25.6 million the fourth\nyear, and $28.8 million the fifth year.\n\"Regardless of your opinion of other aspects of this bill, I am\nsure you will agree that such huge sums are beyond the capacity of\nCalifornia taxpayers to pay.\n\"Therefore, I urge you to initiate or support whatever amendment\naction is necessary to remove this portion of the bill, identified on\npage 26 of House Report 91-1402 as 'Subsection 15 (c) '.\"\n######\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nRELEASE: Im\ndiate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-8-70\n#564\nGovernor Ronald Reagan has announced the appointment of two new\nmembers and reappointed a third to the State Board of Accountancy in the\nDepartment of Consumer Affairs.\nThe new members are Robert A. Mellin, 51, a San Francisco certified\npublic accountant and Roy E. Parker, 63, a San Diego public accountant.\nPatrick J. Riley, 40, a Placerville attorney, who has served on the\nboard since June, was reappointed to a four year term as a public member.\nHe lives at 2604 Baker Road, Placerville.\nMellin, who lives at 30 Via Hermosa, Kentfield, succeeds James L.\nSmith of Santa Rosa, whose term has expired.\nParker, who lives at 2705 Granada, San Diego, will fill the\nunexpired term of Robert E. Grice of Del Mar, who has resigned. The\nterm ends in November, 1971.\nAll three men are Republicans.\nBoard members are paid $25 per diem while on official duty.\n######\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nRELEASE: I diate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-8-70\n#565\nGovernor Ronald Reagan has announced the appointment of Fresno\nattorney Blaine E. Pettitt to the Fresno County Superior Court bench.\nPettitt, 53, succeeds Judge Matt Goldstein who has retired. He\nwill receive an annual salary of $33,396.\nA partner in the law firm of Pettitt, Blumberg and Sherr since 1961,\nPettitt has practiced law in Fresno since 1946 and has served as a\nDeputy District Attorney of Fresno County,\nHe is a graduate of Fresno State College and received his law degree\nfrom the University of California's Hastings College of the Law.\nPettitt is a member of the State Bar of California, the American\nBar and the Fresno County Bar Associations.\nHe and his wife Alice have two daughters. They live in Fresno.\nPettitt is a Republican.\n#######\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER\nR\nRELEASE:\nmediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-8-70\n#566\nGovernor Ronald Reagan has announced the appointment of San\nFrancisco attorney Ira A. Brown, Jr., to a newly-created Superior Court\nbench in San Francisco County.\nBrown, 40, who has practiced law in San Francisco since 1958 is a\npartner in the firm of Thelen, Marrin, Johnson and Bridges.\nA graduate of DePauw University at Greencastle, Indiana, Brown\nreceived his law degree from the University of Michigan Law School at\nAnn Arbor.\nHe is a member of the State Bar of California and the San Francisco\nand American Bar Associations.\nBrown is a Republican.\nHe will receive an annual salary of $33,396 as judge of the new\ncourt, created by the 1970 legislature.\n#####\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER\nR\nRELEASE:\nmediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-8-70\n#567\nGovernor Ronald Reagan has announced the appointment of George G.\nMurry, Gustine attorney, as judge of a new Merced County Superior Court.\nMurry, 58, a Republican, has practiced law in Gustine since 1940\nand serves as city attorney of Gustine, Los Banos and Newman.\nHe is a graduate of Stanford University and holds law degrees from\nthe Harvard Law School.\nHe is a member of the State Bar of California and the Merced County\nBar Association.\nHe and his wife Barbara have two sons. They live in Gustine.\nAs judge of the new court, created by 1970 legislation, he will\nreceive an annual salary of $33,396.\n######\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE: Imr diate\nSacramento, Californ\n1\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n12-10-70\n#568\nGovernor Ronald Reagan has announced the appointment of\nMrs. Ellen Stern Harris, Beverly Hills conservationist, to a four-year\nterm on the State Environmental Quality Study Council.\nMrs. Harris, who has just completed a four-year term as public\nmember of the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los\nAngeles Region, succeeds Chester Morris of Yuba City, who has\nresigned.\nIn announcing the appointment, the governor paid tribute to\nMrs. Harris for her \"energetic efforts to safeguard the environment.\"\n\" She has effectively crusaded for clean air and water, for\nenlarged park systems and expanded public beaches and for the\ncurtailment of noise pollution,\" he said.\nMrs. Harris, a Democrat, is active in numerous civic and\nconservationist organizations including the Los Angeles County\nEnvironmental Quality Control Committee and is the executive secretary\nof the Council for Planning and Conservation.\nShe lives at 522 North Foothill Road, Beverly Hills.\nMembers of the council are paid necessary expenses.\n# # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER\n?\nRELEASE: 1 ediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-11-70\n#569\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of\nC. Clarke Gardner, a Davis Creek cattle rancher, to fill an unexpired\nterm on the board of the 34th District Agricultural Association (Modoc\nCounty Fair).\nGardner, 30, a Republican, will succeed Mrs. Arletta Burrell of\nDavis Creek, who has resigned. Her term expires January 15, 1972.\nGardner is a member of the Modoc County Cattlemen's Association\nand a director of the California Cattlemen's Association.\nHe and his wife Nancy have one daughter. Their address is\nP.O. Box 107, Davis Creek.\nBoard members are paid necessary expenses.\n######\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE: I ediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-11-70\n#570\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointments of\nRudolph A. Castro of Yorba Linda and Mrs. Loann Eagan of Fair Oaks to\nfill unexpired terms on the Youth Authority Board, subject to Senate\nconfirmation.\nCastro, who has served on the Narcotic Addict Evaluation Authority\nsince June, succeeds Roger Chandler of Yuba City, who has resigned.\nHis term expires in March, 1971.\nMrs. Eagar, a former member of the State Board of Optometry, has\nserved as Assistant Appointments Secretary in the governor's office for\nthe past year. She succeeds Mrs. Paula Tennant of Elk Grove who has\nresigned to accept a post with the federal government. Her term expires\nin March, 1973.\nBoard members are paid $25,000 a year.\nCastro lives at 18281 Timber Lane Drive, Yorba Linda. Mrs. Eagan\nresides at 6000 Hoffman Lane, Fair Oaks.\nBoth appointees are Republicans.\n######\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: mediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-11-70\n#571\nGOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE\nDecember 14, 1970\nthrough\nDecember 20, 1970\nMonday, December 14-\nRepublican Governors' Conference\nTuesday, December 15\nOvernight - Sun Valley\nWednesday, December 16\nReturn to Sacramento\nOvernight - Sacramento\nThursday, December 17\n10:45 a.m.\nPicture with Christmas Turkey, presented by\nCalifornia Turkey Growers' Association,\nCouncil Room.\nNoon\nProceed to Rotunda for brief appearance at\nChristmas Program\n5:00 p.m.\nProceed with family to North Steps of Capitol\nfor lighting of the State Christmas Tree\nOvernight - Sacramento\nFriday, December 18\nNo appointments scheduled\nOvernight - Los Angeles\nSaturday, December 19\nNo appointments scheduled\nOvernight - Los Angeles\nSunday, December 20\nNo appointments scheduled\nOvernight - Los Angeles\n######\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE:\nmediate\nSagramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-15-70\n#572\nGovernor Ronald Reagan has announced the appointments of two\nmunicipal court judges and three attorneys to five newly-created superior\ncourt benches in Los Angeles County.\nThey are Judge Ernest L. Kelly of the Los Angeles Judicial District,\nJudge Stephen R. Stothers of the Inglewood Judicial District, Los Angeles\nattorney E. Talbot Callister, Pasadena attorney Jack T. Ryburn and Los\nAngeles attorney William A. Caldecott.\nEach will receive an annual salary of $33,396.\nJudge Kelly, 53, a Democrat, has served on the bench of the Los\nAngeles Judicial District Municipal Court since 1968. He formerly served\nin the office of the City Attorney of Los Angeles and was engaged in the\nprivate practice of law prior to his municipal court appointment.\nJudge Kelly is a graduate of Loyola University and received his law\n/Marie\ndegree from its law school in 1948. He and his wife have two children.\nThey live in San Pedro.\nJudge Stothers, 50, a Republican, has served as judge of the Inglewoo\nJudicial District Municipal Court since 1967. He previously practiced law\nin Los Angeles. He received his law degree from the University of\nSouthern California. He and his wife Gloria have three children. They\nlive in Los Angeles.\nCallister, 49, a Republican, a partner in the Los Angeles firm of\nVoegelin, Barton and Callister, has practiced law in the Los Angeles area\nsince 1948 and has been active in civic affairs including the Los Angeles\nChamber of Commerce and Boys Republic.\nHe is a graduate of Los Angeles City College, has attended the\nUniversity of California and received his law degree from the University\nof Southern California,\nHe is also active in the State Bar of California, the American Bar\nAssociation, the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the American\nJudicature Society and is a member of Legion Lex.\nCallister and his wife Alma Ruth have a daughter and a son. The\nfamily home is in San Marino.\nRyburn, 47, a Republican, a partner in the Los Angeles firm of Ross,\nWoodson, Millard and Ryburn since 1954, has practiced law in the Los\nAngeles area since 1950.\n- 1 -\n#572\nHe is a native of Visalia, a graduate of Visalia Junior College,\nattended Montana State College and received his law degrees from the\nUniversity of Southern California.\nHe is a member of the American Bar Association, the State Bar of\nCalifornia, the Los Angeles and Pasadena Bar Associations and is a\npast president of the Pasadena Legal Aid Society.\nRyburn and his wife Ruth live in Arcadia.\nCaldecott, 53, a Republican, a partner in the Los Angeles firm of\nWalker, Wright, Tyler and Ward since 1952 has practiced law in Los\nAngeles since 1941.\nHe is a graduate of the University of California at Los Angeles\nand received his law degree from the University of Southern California\nLaw School.\nCaldecott is a member of the State Bar of California, the American\nBar Association and the Los Angeles Bar Association.\nHe and his wife Sara have two children. The family home is in\nSan Marino.\nThe new courts were created by 1970 legislation.\n######\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER\"\nRELEASE: mediate\nSacramento, Califor\na\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n12-15-70\n#573\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement\nat Sun Valley, Idaho where he is attending the Republican Governors\nConference:\n\"I regret very much that the Republican Governors Association\nhas formally gone on record in support of the Family Assistance Plan\nnow before the Senate.\n\"And no one regrets more than I that on this issue I am unable\nto support the administration in Washington, D.C.\n\"However, my reasons for withholding support of FAP override\nthat consideration.\n\"It is unfortunate, in my view, that this action was taken\ntoday without the proper review by the states of the much amended FAP\nbill.\n\"I am convinced that there should be no action at this session\nof Congress because, like many other sweeping changes in social reform,\nnot enough study has been made of the impact this particular piece of\nlegislation will have on the states and the nation itself.\n\"As an example, I would like to remind the leaders of Congress\nthat we are still suffering today because of an ill-conceived and\nhastily drawn national Medicaid program.\n\"Our review indicates that the presently drawn FAP bill will\nmerely double the number of persons receiving welfare in this country,\nand add $4.5 billion in new costs to a welfare system that is presently\nbankrupting government at every level.\n\"That is not the answer.\n\"The answer lies in a reform of the welfare system, not a new\nlayer of more government programs on top.\n\"I intend to continue urging California's congressional\ndelegation and other leaders in the U.S. to join with me in seeking\nreal welfare reform that insures help for those truly in need while\nsimultaneously recognizing the plight of the already over-burdened\ntaxpayer.\"\n# # #\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE:\nediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-16-70\n#574\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of Municipal\nJudge John S. Cooper to a newly-created Alameda County Superior Court\nbench and named two Oakland attorneys and an Alameda County Deputy\nDistrict Attorney to three newly-created municipal court benches in the\nOakland-Piedmont Judicial District.\nThe new municipal judges are Howard L. Schwartz of Piedmont,\nJohn R. Friborg of Oakland and Mrs. Marie B. Collins of Piedmont.\nJudge Cooper, 52, who was named to the Oakland-Piedmont Judicial\nDistrict Municipal Court in 1967 by Governor Reagan, is a native of\nBerkeley and a member of a prominent pioneer California family.\nA graduate of the University of California, he received his law degree\nfrom Boalt Hall in 1946 and joined the Alameda County District Attorney's\noffice that same year, serving until 1951 when he entered private\npractice in Oakland.\nA Republican, Cooper is active in numerous civic groups including\nthe Alameda County United Crusade, the Family Service Bureau, YWCA, the\nVolunteer Bureau of Alameda County and the Alameda County Historical\nSociety.\nHis father, the late William John Cooper, served as California\nSuperintendent of Public Instruction from 1927 to 1929 and as United State\nCommissioner of Education in President Hoover's administration.\nJudge Cooper and his wife Anne have three children. The family home\nis in Berkeley. He will receive an annual salary of $33,396.\nSchwartz, 37, a partner in the Oakland firm of Church and Schwartz,\nalso served in the Alameda County District Attorney's office prior to\nentering private practice in 1961.\nHe is a graduate of Stanford University and the Stanford Law School.\nA Republican, Schwartz is active in civic groups and is a member of\nState Bar of California and the AlamedaCounty Bar Association.\nHe and his wife Marion have four children. The live in Piedmont.\nFriborg, 59, a Republican, is a partner in the Oakland firm of\nEdwards, Friborg and Duda, has practiced law in Oakland since 1936. He\nis a graduate of the University of California and received his law degree\nfrom the UC law school.\n- 1 -\n#574\nActive in civic organizations including the United Crusade, he is\nalso a member of the State Bar of California and the Alameda County\nBar Association.\nFriborg and his wife Lily have two children. The family home is in\nOakland.\nMrs. Collins, 40, a Democrat, has served in the Alameda County\nDistrict Attorney's Office since 1959. She holds degrees from Stephens\nCollege in Columbia, Missouri, the University of California at Berkeley\nand received her law degree from the University of San Francisco School\nof Law.\nShe is a member of the Alameda County Bar Association, the Criminal\nCourts Bar Association, the Lawyer's Club of Alameda County, the\nUniversity of San Francisco Law Society, the Legal Aid Society of Alameda\nCounty, and has served as an advisor to legal organizations and other\ngroups on fraud and consumer protection.\nShe and her husband, Leonard, a security analyst, have two children.\nThey live in Piedmont.\nThe new municipal court judges will receive an annual salary of\n$30,724.\n######\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER'\nMEMO TO THE RESS\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n12-16-70\nLighting of California's living Christmas tree by Governor Reagan\nwill take place at the north entrance to the Capitol Thursday,\nDecember 17, at 5 p.m.\nThe ceremony, inaugurated by Governor Reagan in 1967, has become\na traditional affair and serves to call attention to the use of living\nChristmas trees as opposed to \"cut\" trees by homeowners, industry and\npublic agencies in the beautification efforts of individual California\ncommunities.\nThe program will include Christmas carols by the 100 voice Arden\nChorus of the Arden Intermediate School under direction of Mrs.\nBarbara Kreun.\nCharles E. Dixon, director of the Department of General Services,\nwill be the master of ceremonies. Employees of General Services are\nresponsible for the decoration of the tree and coordination of the\noverall project. Members of the Capitol Press Corps are invited to\nthe office Christmas party in the governor's office following the ceremons\n******\nThe photo session involving presentation of a turkey to the\ngovernor tomorrow (12-17) has been rescheduled for 11:15 a.m.\n* *\nGovernor and Mrs. Reagan and their children will be available for\npictures only by the family Christmas tree from 10:30 to 11 a.m. on\nMonday, December 21, at their Pacific Palisades home.\nPlease note that coverage is limited to pictures only.\n# # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immed te\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-17-70\n#575\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of Frederick\nF. Perelli-Minetti, Delano winery manager and agricultural leader, to\na four-year term on the State Air Resources Board.\nHe will succeed David S. Adams of Woodland, who has resigned.\nPerelli-Minetti, 46, has been credited with helping to pioneer a\nnew system to minimize air pollution in winery operations and is\ncurrently engaged in the development of a system to control odors that\nresult from winery wastes.\nHe has managed A. Perelli-Minetti and Sons Winery and acted as\nassistant manager of a 2,500 acre farming operation in Delano for the\npast 20 years.\nHe is a graduate of the University of California and an Air Force\ncombat veteran of World War II.\nHe and his wife Georgann have four children. They live at Pond Road\nand Highway 99, McFarland, He is a Republican.\nThe appointment is subject to Senate confirmation.\nBoard members are paid necessary expenses.\n#####\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER\nRELEASE: I ediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n12-18-70\n#576\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today called upon California motorists to\ntake advantage of free coffee breaks offered by restaurants during\nthe Christmas and New Year's high traffic periods.\nPointing out that fatigue and drowsiness are among the principal\ncauses of auto accidents, the governor said \"a coffee break might well\nprevent heartbreak if the motorist will make a short stop for coffee\nduring a long trip.\" \"\nFree coffee is offered by restaurants which display a special red\nand white stop sign replica that says \"Stop Here, Free Coffee, Safety\nBreak.\"\nThe governor also expressed his thanks to California restaurants\nwhich are participating in the nationwide accident prevention program.\n# # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER\nMEMO TO THE\nESS\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n12-18-70\nThe only public appointment scheduled for the\ngovernor next week is a Christmas tree photo session\nat the Pacific Palisades residence, December 21, at\n10:30 a.m.\nThis is photo coverage only.\n# # #\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVL OR\nRELEASE.\nImmediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-22-70\n#577\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of\n75 members to State Hospital Advisory Boards,\nThe new boards and their members are:\nFairview State Hospital\nDr. Demetrius S. Stylianou, Democrat\n1923 North Westwood Avenue, Santa Ana\nDr. Donald J. Kincaid, Democrat\n549 South Alandele Avenue, Los Angeles\nDean H. McCoy, Democrat\n5150 Foothill Boulevard, San Diego\nRonald A. Lane, Republican\n5521/2 Woodward Avenue, El Centro\nMrs. Margaret O. Pollack, Democrat\n916 E. Glenwood Avenue, Fullerton\nPacific State Hospital\nA. T. Richardson, Republican\n495 Lincoln Avenue, Pomona\nDr. Donald K. Wake, Republican\n430 West 25th Street, Upland\nJames A. Helm, Democrat\n348 West Eighth Street, San Bernardino\nMrs. Janet L. Goeske, Republican\n4025 Rice Road, Riverside\nDr. Hollis P. Allen, no political affiliation\n669 West Eighth Street, Claremont\nMendocino State Hospital\nDr. Donald G. Joyce, no political affiliation\n807 Crystal Lake Way, Lakeport\nShasta County Supervisor John Perez, Republican\nRoute 2, Box 5433, Anderson\nMrs. Gladys M. Strope, Republican\n2730 Dolbeer Street, Eureka\nMrs. Marjorie C. Boynton, Republican\n711 Willow Avenue, Ukiah\nMrs. Helene C. Miller, Republican\n950 10th Street, Crescent City\nMetropolitan State Hospital\nDavid B. Israelsky, Republican\n17698 Walnut Street, Fountain Valley\nMiss Blanche W. Collins, Democrat\n4301 East Second Street, Long Beach\nMrs. Norma B. Gibbs, Republican\n17087 Westport Drive, Huntington Beach\nRobert T. Young, Republican\n535 Fremont Drive, Pasadena\nMrs. Marion Miller, Republican\n10591 Cushdon Avenue, Los Angeles\n-1-\n#577\nPorterville State Hospital\nHoward H. Smith, Republican\n421 East Morton, Porterville\nEverett W. Hogue, Republican\n1941 Club Drive, Visalia\nJay M. Akin, Republican\n660 Rambler Road, Merced\nMrs. Helen S. Hansen, Democrat\n542 Bay Road, Menlo Park\nMrs. Margaret J. Foley, Republican\n2520 Fairview Drive, Visalia\nSonoma State Hospital\nRobert D. Mullinkin, Republican\n1173 Third Avenue, Napa\nMrs. Sally A. Ryan\nMrs. Sally A. Ryan, Republican\n715 Las Colindas Road, San Rafael\nMrs. Barbara J. Reeder, Democrat\n946 Hohener Avenue, Hayward\nDonald Mahler, Republican\n3 Ill Brian Court, Arcata\nCharles De Meo, Democrat\n310 Ridgeway Avenue, Sonoma\nStockton State Hospital\nDr. Kazuo Orimo, Democrat\n9931 North Lower Sacramento Road, Stockton\nVictor T. Lamb, Republican\n153 Bourbon Street, Sonora\nJohn W. Palmer, Republican\n1717 Hawkeye Road, Turlock\nOscar L. Braucher, Republican\n7319 Woodside Drive, Stockton\nAmador County Supervisor Mrs. Marie C. Aiken, Republican\n722 Pitt Street, Jackson\nAgnews State Hospital Advisory Board for the Mentally\nDisordered\nDr. Samuel C. Marty, Jr., Democrat\n132 West Bellevue Avenue, San Mateo\nMrs. Dorothy E. Marshall, Republican\n1168 Arroyo Drive, Pebble Beach\nLoren E. Bryan, Republican\n130 Live Oak Road, Paicines\nDr, John J. Antel, Republican\n98 Linda Vista, Atherton\nMrs. Edith T. Winslow, Republican\n319 Walnut Place, King City\nAgnews State Hospital Advisory Board for the Mentally Retarde\nLouis X. Cleary, Republican\n3066 Sloat Road, Pebble Beach\nSan Benito County Schools Superintendent William G. Cagney\n317 Fifth Street, Hollister\n(Democrat)\n-2-\n#577\nMrs. Barbara C. Anderson, Republican\n1372 Gloria Drive, Hollister\nDr. Jane V. Hunt, Democrat\n912 Oxford Street, Berkeley\nMrs. Martha E. Hood, Democrat\n848 Solano Avenue, Albany\nCamarillo State Hospital Advisory Board for the Mentally\nDisturbed\nRobert I. Lauffer, Republican\n1825 Kendall Avenue, Camarillo\nDr. Buren W. Krahling, Democrat\n1443 Cazadero Street, San Luis Obispo\nRaul J. Navarro, Republican\n2211 Elise Way, Santa Barbara\nMrs. Nancy S. York, Democrat\n908 Malcolm Avenue, Los Angeles\nWalter R. Hoefflin, Jr., Republican\n2230 Homet Road, San Marino\nCamarillo State Hospital Advisory Board for the Mentally\nEarle D. Ziskin, Democrat\nRetarded\n865 Glenway, Inglewood\nJames R. Barlow, Democrat\n544 Princeton Place, San Luis Obispo\nMrs. Ablyne B. Winge, Democrat\n1422 South Van Ness, Los Angeles\nDouglas R. McAvoy, Democrat\n40 Encino Drive, Camarillo\nLeland M. Crawford, Jr., Republican\n1368 East Valley Road, Santa Barbara\nNapa State Hospital Advisory Board for the Mentally Disordere-\nDr. Marjory C. Folinsbee, Republican\n33 Park Hill, San Francisco\nMrs. Sarah E. Rowan, Republican\n360 Johnstone Drive, San Rafael\nAllan R. Moltzen, Democrat\n4046 Ben Lomond, Palo Alto\nNapa County District Attorney James D. Boitano, Republican\n2876 Pinewood Drive, Napa\nMrs. Margaret M. Duling, Democrat\n544 Boyd Road, Pleasant Hill\nNapa State Hospital Advisory Board for the Mentally Retarded\nDr. Virginia Y. Blacklidge, no political affiliation\n663 Coventry Road, Kensington\nRay F. Moody, Jr., Democrat\nP. O. Box 209, Cobb\nMrs. Wynona W. Wright, Republican\n1622 Shasta Avenue, Napa\nMrs. Nell C. Tegeler, Republican\n189 Bayview Drive, San Rafael\nMrs. Eleanor T. Rogers, Republican\n405 Hickory Lane, San Rafael\n-3-\n#577\nPatton State Hospital Advisory Board for the Mentally\nDisordered\nMono County Welfare Director Robert G. Clemmitt, Democrat\nP. O. Box 615, Bridgeport\nDr. John R. Beukema, Republican\n1580 Knoll Road, Redlands\nMrs. Mary E. Aseltine, Democrat\n340 South Webster, Independence\nHarold J. Logan, Democrat\n1910 Dehesa Road, El Cajon\nMiss Yvonne Smith, Republican\n1288 Len Rey, El Centro\nPatton State Hospital Advisory Board for the Mentally\nRetarded\nMrs. Vera Saucedo, Democrat\n3903 East Wooluine Drive, Los Angeles\nMrs. Doris Bray, Democrat\n84639 - 11th Street, Trona\nRichard J. Schain, Democrat\n551 Cashmere Terrace, Los Angeles\nMrs. Thelma T. Harriman, Democrat\n10058 Mozelle Lane, La Mesa\nJohn C. Leppert, Republican\n3634 Landis Street, San Diego\nBoard members are paid necessary expenses.\n#######\nWAS\n-4-\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE: Immed. ce\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-23-70\n#578\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today appointed three new members\nto the Board of Directors of the la District Agricultural Association\n(Grand National Livestock Exposition, Horse Show and Rodeo Fair).\nThey are Amory J. Cooke of Woodside, Donald D. Doyle of\nSan Francisco and Anthony T. Masini of Daly City.\nCooke, vice president of the Hearst Corporation's Sunical\nLand and Livestock Division, will succeed Howard N. Gilmore of Atherton\nwhose term has expired. A Republican, Cooke lives at 250 Mountain\nHome Road, Woodside.\nDoyle, senior vice president of Marsh and McLennan Inc.,\na San Francisco insurance firm, succeeds Mrs. Edith McDonald of\nSan Francisco, whose term has expired. He lives at 155 Jackson Street,\nSan Francisco. He is a Republican.\nMasini, an agricultural and civic leader who operates\nfarms in Northern San Mateo County, succeeds Fred P. Cox of San\nFrancisco, whose term has expired. A Democrat, he lives at 698 Hillside\nBoulevard, Daly City.\nThe three new board members were named to four-year-terms.\nThey will receive necessary expenses.\n# # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-23-70\n#579\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of\nWallace J. Holm, Monterey architect to a four-year-term as vice\nchairman of the California Advisory Commission on Marine and Coastal\nResources.\nHolm, a member of the commission since 1968, succeeds\nGordon G. Lill of Encino, who has resigned.\nActive in numerous Monterey County civic groups, Holm,\nas a director of Monterey County Industrial Development, helped to\nformulate a program for the development of Monterey Bay as an\noceanographic research and development center.\nHe has also been active in the Monterey Bay Chapter of the\nAmerican Institute of Architects, the California Council of Architects,\nthe Monterey Peninsula Chamber of Commerce and has served as chairman\nof the City of Monterey's Highway Advisory Committee and a member of\nthe city's Citizens Committee for a master plan.\nHe is a graduate of the University of Minnesota and a\nregistered architect in California, Minnesota and Nevada.\nHolm, a Republican, lives at 31 Sierra Vista Drive,\nMonterey.\nHe will receive necessary expenses as vice chairman of\nthe commission.\n#######\nWAS\nFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nRELEASE: Imm iate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-23-70\n#580\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Lucian B. Vandegrift, secretary\nof the Human Relations Agency, to the Butte County Superior Court bench\nand appointed James M. Hall, secretary of Business and Transportation,\nto succeed him.\nVandegrift, 44, will succeed Judge J. Francis Good, who is retiring.\nA successor to Hall will be appointed in the near future.\nIn announcing the appointments, Governor Reagan paid tribute to\nboth men for their \"valued service\" to him as members of his cabinet and\nto their \"dedicated service to the people of California.\"\n\"While I know that Van will be happy to return to his home in Butte\nCounty and will make an excellent judge, I am sorry to lose him as a\nmember of my cabinet, \" the governor said.\n\"He has done a splendid job in very difficult circumstances,\nadministering welfare and Medi-Cal reforms in addition to achieving a\nrecord high level of mental health care, organizing the Human Resources\nDevelopment Department, improving parole policies and assisting parolees\nback on to the road to productive lives. We are all grateful for his\ndedicated service to the people of this state.\n\"Jim, I know, will make a worthy successor to Van because of the\nexcellent job he has done as my secretary of Business and Transportation.\nHe has demonstrated his concern for the problems of those he will serve\nin his new post through his efforts on both national and state levels\nto assist minorities to find their way into the business community.\"\nVandegrift, who was appointed Human Relations Agency secretary in\nJanuary, 1970, has also served as chairman of the Board of Corrections\nand chairman of the State Health Planning Council.\nHe joined the Reagan administration on May 13, 1968 as assistant\nsecretary of the agency and at the same time headed the fledgling\nDepartment of Human Resources Development as acting director.\nAt the time of his initial appointment, he was serving his second\nterm as District Attorney of Butte County. His home is on the family\nranch above Paradise.\nAs District Attorney, Vandegrift won wide recognition as a proponent\nof welfare reform, for his efforts in the mental health field and for\nprogressive changes in the criminal field, including pioneering a work\nfurlough program for prisoners.\n- 1 -\n#580\nDuring the administration of Governor Edmund G. Brown, he was cited\nfor his \"outstanding contributions\" to the California Mental Health\nprogram in the field of assistance to the mentally retarded.\nVandegrift was graduated from the University of California in 1950\nand earned his law degree from Boalt Hall in 1953.\nAs Superior Court Judge, he will receive an annual salary of\n$33,396.\nHall, 36, joined the administration in 1967 as California\nSuperintendent of Banks, supervising the activities of state chartered\nbanks and trust companies with assets of more than $12 billion.\nIn addition, he has been actively involved in programs to assist\nminority businessmen in California as administrator of the Small\nBusiness Assistance Program Law, as a member of the California Job\nDevelopment Corporation Law Executive Board and on a national level a\ndirector of Opportunity Funding Corporation, a federally sponsored\ncorporation aimed at promoting minority entrepreneurship.\nHe also serves as a member of the Board of Councilors of the\nUniversity of Southern California Center for Urban Affairs.\nAs secretary of the Business and Transportation Agency, Hall served\nas chairman of the California Toll Bridge Authority and a member of the\nState Environmental Policy Committee, the Environmental Quality Study\nCommission, the Electronic Data Processing Committee, the Council on\nIntergovernmental Relations, the Interagency Council on Ocean Resources\nand the Bay Conservation Development Commission.\nHis agency is responsible for Alcoholic Beverage Control, Banking,\nCorporations, Housing and Community Development, Insurance, Real Estate,\nSavings and Loan, Aeronautics, the California Highway Patrol, Motor\nVehicles and Public Works.\nHe holds an AB degree in economics from the University of California\nand a law degree from UC's Boalt Hall.\nHe is a member of the Order of the Coif, an honor granted to the\ntop 10 percent of law degrees.\nIn his new post he will receive an annual salary of $35,000.\n######\nPB\n- 2 -\nOFFICE OF THE GOVE\nDR\nRELEASE: Imm iate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-24-70\n#581\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of\nEdmund J. Leach, Jr., a Salinas attorney, as judge of the Salinas\nJudicial District Municipal Court, effective January 4.\nLeach, 48, a Republican, will succeed Judge Elmer Machado\nwho has been elected to the Monterey County Superior Court.\nA native of Salinas, Leach has practiced law in the\ncommunity since 1953 and has been a partner in the firm of Pioda, Leach,\nStave, Bryan and Ames since 1962.\nActive in civic affairs, he has served as president of the\nSalinas Junior Chamber of Commerce, president of the California Rodeo\nAssociation, president of the Monterey County Bar Association and is\na member of the board of directors of the Monterey County Drug\nInformation and Youth Crisis Center.\nHe is a graduate of Hartnell Junior College, and the\nUniversity of California at Berkeley, He received his law degree\nfrom Hastings College of the Law.\nLeach and his wife Joanne have three children.\nHe will receive an annual salary of $30,724.\n#####\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE: Imme te\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-24-70\n#582\n445-4571\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Victor M. Castagnetto, a\nVallejo attorney and civic leader, to the newly created Solano County\nSuperior Court bench.\nCastagnetto, 59, who has practiced law in Vallejo since 1939,\nserved as police judge for the City of Vallejo from 1941 to 1948, and\nhas served as General Counsel for the Housing Authority of the City\nof Vallejo since 1948, and as General Counsel of the city's\nRedevelopment Agency since 1956.\nA member of a pioneer California family which settled in Sierra\nCity in 1855, he is a native of Vallejo and the son of the late Judge\nVictor M. Castagnetto, who was justice of the peace of Vallejo Township\nfor more than 18 years.\nA graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, he\nearned his law degree from the Hastings College of the Law.\nCastagnetto has been active in the Vallejo Junior and Senior\nChambers of Commerce, the Navy League of the United States, the\nSolano County Historical Society, the Sons and Daughters of Italy and\nAmerica, the Native Sons of the Golden West and other civic and\nservice groups.\nHe is a member of the State Bar of California, the American\nBar Association, the Solano County Bar Association, the American Trial\nLawyers Association and Phi Delta Phi Law Fraternity.\nHe and his wife Muriel live in Suisun.\nAs Superior Court judge he will receive an annual salary of\n$33,396.\n####\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immed te\nSacramento, Californ\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-24-70\n#583\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Municipal Judge Robert D.\nMiller to a newly-created San Mateo County Superior Court bench and\nappointed attorneys Walter P. Capaccioli and Frank Piombo as municipal\ncourt judges.\nCapaccioli, a South San Francisco attorney, will succeed\nJudge Miller on the Northern Judicial District Municipal Court and\nPiombo, a San Mateo attorney, will succeed Judge Robert Carey, who has\nbeen elected to the Superior Court. Both will receive an annual salary\nof $30,724.\nJudge Miller, 48, a Republican, will receive an annual salary\nof $33,396.\nAppointed to the Municipal Court in 1969 by Governor Reagan,\nJudge Miller has practiced law in San Mateo County for more than\n17 years.\nHe is a third generation Californian, who attended Columbia\nUniversity in New York and earned degrees at the University of California\nand Hastings College of Law.\nJudge Miller and his wife Edythe have five children. The\nfamily home is in Atherton.\nCapaccioli, 39, a partner in the South San Francisco firm\nof Tragoutsis and Capaccioli, has practiced law in San Mateo County\nsince 1960.\nA Republican, he is active in civic affairs including the\nBoy Scouts, the American Red Cross and is a member of the State Bar\nof California, the San Mateo County Bar Association and the North\nSan Mateo County Bar Association.\nHe is married and has three children. He lives in San Mateo.\nPiombo, 46, who has practiced law in San Mateo County since\n1952, is a former Deputy District Attorney of San Mateo County and\nhas served as City Attorney of Millbrae since 1964. He is a Republican.\nHe is active in numerous civic and service groups including\nthe Italian Catholic Federation, the Reserve Officers Association of\nPalo Alto, the Native Sons of the Golden West, the Military Government\nAssociation, the Judge Advocate General Association, and the San Mateo\nCounty Catholic Social Service.\n-1-\n#583\nHe also is a member of the San Mateo County Bar Association,\nthe State Bar of California and the Federal Bar Association.\nPiombo, a native San Franciscan, attended the University\nof California at Berkeley and Stanford University, earning his law\ndegree from the University of San Francisco after World War II service\nwith the Army in Europe.\nHe is a colonel in the U. S. Army Reserve in the Judge Advocate\nGeneral branch.\nPiombo and his wife Lydia have five children. They live in\nRedwood City.\n#####\n-2-\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER\nR\nRELEASE:\nImmediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-24-70\n#584\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today issued the following Christmas message:\n\"As we begin the celebration of another holiday season I ask my\nfellow Californians to join me in the quiet contemplation of the wonder\nof Christmas.\n\"It is a time for love, faith and hope. It is a time when man has\nit within himself to discover that he has the power to change the world\nfor the better if he will follow the path that was clearly marked for\nhim by the child of Bethlehem whose birth we celebrate,\n\"I ask, too, that you join me in a special prayer for the safe and\nswift return of our servicemen in Southeast Asia.\"\n######\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n12-26-70\n#585\n(NOTE TO PRESS: Mr. Uhlor will make a brief statement relating to the\nfollowing announcement and answer questions from the\npress on Monday, December 28, 11 a.m., in Room 1190.)\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today vetoed a $1.8 million grant to\nCalifornia Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. (CRLA) for the coming year\nbecause of gross and deliberate violations of OEO regulations and its\nfailure to represent the true legal needs of the poor.\nIn announcing the action, the governor's executive secretary,\nEdwin Meese III, said the Reagan administration will soon propose a\nprivately-financed alternative to CRLA which holds enormous promise\nfor truly serving the rural poor.\nThe governor made his decision on the basis of a detailed\nrecommendation by Lewis K. Uhler, director of the California State\nOffice of Economic Opportunity (SEOO), whose staff has conducted a\npenetrating look into the activities of CRLA during recent months.\nMeese informed Frank Carlucci, director of the Federal Office of\nEconomic Opportunity in Washington, D.C., of the governor's decision\nby telegram today. He also sent a follow-up letter to Carlucci confirm-\nwell as\ning the decision as / a copy of Uhler's memorandum to the governor\nrecommending disapproval (both attached).\nMeese said that although the Reagan administration originally\nhad understood that the deadline for rendering the decision was\nDecember 29, federal OEO officials indicated late Wednesday that they\nexpected the governor's decision to be transmitted no later than today.\nUhler said the administration's privately financed alternative\nto CRLA is in the final stages of development. Details of the new\nplan are expected to be announced within the next several weeks, he\nsaid.\n# # #\nEJG\nState of California\nOF\nGOVERNOR'S OFFICE\nSACRAMENTO 95814\nRONALD REAGAN\nGOVERNOR\nDecember 26, 1970\nMr. Frank Carlucci, Director\nOffice of Economic Opportunity\n1200 - 19th Street, N. W.\nWashington, D. C. 20506\nDear Mr. Carlucci:\nThis letter follows our telegram of this date, advising you of\nGovernor Reagan's disapproval of the 1971 refunding of California\nRural Legal Assistance.\nThe Governor's disapproval power has been exercised pursuant to\nSection 242 of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 as amended.\nIt is based upon the recommendation of Director of the State\nOffice of Economic Opportunity, Lewis K. Uhler, and his capable\nstaff. (Please see attached memo to the Governor.)\nThe evidence obtained by the California SEOO during its extensive\nreview of CRLA indicates that this organization has misused tax-\npayer funds and has failed in its mandated purpose of serving the\ntrue civil legal needs of the poor within its geographic areas of\noperation. A program which has created such furor and turmoil and\nhas lost creditability not only in the eyes of responsible leader-\nship but many of the poor themselves, cannot possibly be a viable\nmeans for meeting these legal needs.\nAt the same time, it is our plan to initiate an alternative legal\nservices program, as described in Director Uhler's report that the\ntrue needs of the poor can be served.\nI have asked Mr. Uhler to arrange an early meeting with you and\nthe appropriate members of your office, so that we can brief you\npersonally and can furnish our extensive file of evidence for\nyour inspection.\nEdwin Meese Kindest regards,\nIII\nEdwin Meese III\nExecutive Secretary\nAttachment\nState of California\nOF\nBURBRA\nLEWIS K. UHLER\nRONALD REAGAN\nDIRECTOR\nGOVERNOR\nCALIFORNIA\nOffice of Eronomic Opportunity\nDEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT\n800 CAPITOL MALL. SACRAMENTO 95814\n916 445-9670 OR 445-7011\nDecember 24, 1970\nHonorable Ronald Reagan\nGovernor of California\nState Capitol\nSacramento, California 95814\nDear Governor Reagan:\nTransmitted herewith is a report compiled by the State Office\nof Economic Opportunity regarding California Rural Legal\nAssistance. In the normal course of events this organization\nhas been evaluated by our office pursuant to its refunding by\nOEO Legal Services, Washington, D. C.\nIt is the recommendation of our office that you exercise your\npower to disapprove refunding of this grantee pursuant to the\nauthority granted you in Section 242 of the Economic Opportunity\nAct of 1964 as amended.\nOur recommendation is based upon the regrettable fact that the\ngrantee has failed to comply with the conditions of its grant\nthrough gross and deliberate violations of OEO guidelines, and\nhas failed in its mandated mission, to wit, providing civil\nlegal services to the rural poor. It appears that CRLA has\nfailed in its mission because it has elected to devote much of\nits resources to objectives clearly outside the scope of serving\nthe civil legal needs of the poor. These diversions from its\nmajor mission include, but are certainly not limited to, the\nrepresentation of people charged with crimes, use of legal\nprocesses to harass public and private organizations, solicita-\ntion of clients, counselling and organizing students to challenge\nschool authority-discipline systems, the undue fixation of ener-\ngies on cases with extraordinary publicity value, etc.\nA few of the cases and instances which cause this grave concern\nare set forth briefly:\n1. A woman welfare recipient lost her husband due to a\nheart attack. She wished to adopt the child she had\nGovernor Ronald Reagan\n-2-\nDecember 24, 1970\nraised since he was three days old, so that she might\nbenefit from her deceased husband's Social Security.\nA CRLA attorney said that he would help the woman if\nshe would agree to be plaintiff in a suit against the\nCounty Welfare Department. The woman refused. CRLA\ncalled several times to restate the offer but refused\nto handle her legal problem unless she would also con-\nsent to sue the county. (Private counsel has agreed\nto handle the adoption without fee.)\n2. A CRLA attorney participated in a panel discussion\nbefore an American history class consisting of high\nschool juniors. During the course of his presentation,\nhe used the word \"shit\" or \"shitty\". Upon being\nreprimanded, the CRLA attorney thereafter wrote on the\nblackboard \"F*ck Viet Nam\".\n3. CRLA filed a lawsuit on behalf of 16 named plaintiffs.\nFifteen of the 16 attested that they had not engaged\nCRLA to represent them and knew nothing of the lawsuit\nwhen it was filed.\n4. A paid community employee of a CRLA office was arrested\nfor possession of marijuana. He was defended in this\ncriminal action by a CRLA attorney.\n5. Two women seeking divorces were informed by CRLA that\nits office would handle same for a fee of $300.00 each,\nand in one case CRLA demanded an immediate deposit of\n$75.00. (CRLA is prohibited from charging fees for\nlegal services.)\n6. The President of a Bar Association stated, \"I feel that\nas a result of their class actions, in connection with\nagricultural workers, they have disrupted the economy\nof our local community and have polarized the community,\nso that we have race problems which were never experi-\nenced prior to the advent of CRLA on the scene.\"\n7. CRLA filed an action against a Welfare Department seeking\nallowance for a stove for a welfare recipient. A local\nmerchant called CRLA and offered to donate a gas range\nto the Welfare family. CRLA refused the offer of a\nstove and indicated that they would persist in the suit\nagainst the Welfare Department.\n8. A Deputy District Attorney reports that a CRLA attorney\ndefended a man charged with contributing to the delin-\nquency of a minor. The case involved an 18-year old\nboy who was charged with statutory rape on a 15-year\nold girl. Despite parental objections, members of the\nCRLA office participated in a scheme whereby the girl\nGovernor Ronald Reagan\n-3-\nDecember 24, 1970\nwas spirited to Mexico where they arranged for a marriage\nbetween the 15-year old female and the defendant.\n9. A CRLA attorney counselled United Farm Workers Organizing\nCommittee strikers and demonstrators; in the field a CRLA\nemployee directed the demonstrators with a bull horn.\n10. CRLA attorneys counselled and encouraged a school demon-\nstration and when several of the participants were\narrested for trespassing, defended them in criminal\nproceedings, claiming that the criminal representation\nwas done on their own time.\n11. A District Attorney has said, \"This agency (CRLA) has\nfailed miserably to discharge its obligations to the\nindigent rural people, has wasted hundreds of thousands\nof dollars of our taxes, and has caused expensive and\nintensive time-consuming involvement of our local agencies\nin answering its vicious attacks.\"\n12. A county grand jury has requested the State of California\nto veto the CRLA grant, in a resolution stating in part,\n\"California Rural Legal Assistance has refused to comply\nwith the process of this grand jury in investigations\nof the corporate activities of the California Rural Legal\nAssistance to determine if it is providing adequate legal\nassistance for the poor\".\nThese represent only a few of the alarming examples of CRLA's\nfailure to accomplish its mission, comply with its grant con-\nditions, or control the sometimes outrageous and irresponsible\nconduct of its employees. While this office has accelerated its\ndata gathering activities in the last few weeks, and is now in\npossession of a substantial amount of information on CRLA's\nactivities, we believe that this represents only a small portion\nof the real CRLA picture.\nThe failure of CRLA has been so dramatically brought to this\nAdministration's attention that there is no choice but to recom-\nmend the disapproval of CRLA's refunding. To do otherwise under\nthese circumstances would be tantamount to gross neglect of our\nduty to uphold the interests of all the citizens of California\nand to insure the proper use of OEO funds.\nThis Administration's deep concern for meeting the legitimate\ncivil legal needs of indigents has prompted us to devise a\nprivately-financed alternative to CRLA which holds enormous\npromise for truly serving the rural poor. In the process of\nthe in-depth analysis of CRLA, we have gained new insight into\nthe legal needs of the poor, which has provided us with the\nGovernor Ronald Reagan\n-4-\nDecember 24, 1970\nkind of background necessary to design the best possible legal\nsystem for the poor. In the comprehension of CRLA's failure,\nwe stand on the brink of a major breakthrough in privately-\nfinanced legal services for the poor, which will insure not\nonly local responsiveness, but the mobilization and support of\nthe entire community behind the legitimate legal needs of the\npoor.\nMany of the complaints against CRLA received by this office\ninvolve allegations of misconduct and violations of professional\nethics by the attorneys involved. A copy of our report, and\naccompanying evidence, will be forwarded to the State Bar of\nCalifornia for investigation and appropriate disciplinary action.\nWe intend to brief Federal OEO officials in Washington, D.C.\nwith respect to the full details of this report as soon as a\nmeeting date can be arranged. It is requested that our detailed\nfile of exhibits, statements, and evidentiary documents be kept\nconfidential until after this meeting.\nRespectfully submitted,\nSevin n. Ohler\nLewis K. Uhler\nDirector\nLKU: ras\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE: Immec ate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-30-70\n#586\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of\nA. Alan Hill, 32, as deputy director of the State Department of\nConservation.\nHill, who has served as an assistant to Secretary for Resources\nNorman B. Livermore since January, 1969, will succeed John M. Mayfield,\nJr., who has resigned to enter private business.\nIn addition to his duties as Livermore's assistant, Hill has\nserved as an alternate member of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency\nCouncil and a member of the Bay Area Conservation and Development\nCommission. He will continue to serve on both organizations.\nMayfield, 34, who has served as deputy director of the\nDepartment-- part of the Resources Agency--since August 1968, is a\nformer Mendocino County Supervisor.\nHe has resigned to become executive manager of the recently\nformed Western Developers Council, an association of private real\nestate developers.\nHill, who will move up to the second ranking position in\nthe department under Director of Conservation James G. Stearns on\nJanuary 6, served four years as a state information officer for\nthe Republican State Central Committee and previously was an assistant\nto retiring State Senator John F. McCarthy of Marin County.\nHe received his A. B. degree from the University of the\nPacific and has done graduate work at the University of California and\nGolden Gate College.\nHill and his wife Jeanette have three sons. The family\nlives in San Rafael.\nAs deputy director of the department, he will receive an\nannual salary of $26,148.\n####\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE: Imme\nite\nSacramento, Californ.a\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-30-70\n#587\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of\nMunicipal Judge M. C. Sabraw of Fremont to a newly-created Alameda\nCounty Superior Court bench.\nJudge Sabraw, 44, a Republican, has served on the Fremont-\nNewark-Union City Judicial District Municipal Court since February,\n1968. He will receive an annual salary of $33,396.\nA former deputy district attorney in Sonoma County, Judge\nSabraw practiced law in Fremont for more than 12 years prior to his\nappointment to the ench.\nActive in civic affairs, he was a member of the Fremont Board\nof Education, the Washington Union High School District board, the\nFremont Chamber of Commerce and the Fremont YMCA.\nHe also has been active in the State Bar of California,\nthe Southern Alameda County Bar Association and the Washingtor\ntownship Ba: Association.\nHe is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley\nand earned his law degree from Boalt Hall in 1953.\nJudge Sabraw and his wife Betty have four children.\n#####\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER\n}\nRELEASE: Imme ate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-30-70\n#588\nEdwin Meese III, Governor Reagan's executive secretary, today\nannounced that the governor has responded affirmatively to a request\nby federal OEO officials in Washington, D. C. for an additional 30-day\nperiod in which to study material in support of his veto of a grant\nto refund the operations of CRLA during the coming year.\nThe governor's action authorizes federal officials to provide\nfunds to CRLA fo:: one additional month's operations pending a final\ndecision on the grant.\nMeese said the action will provide Federal OEO Director Frank\nCarlucci with sufficient time to carefully examine the detailed file\nof exhibits, statements and evidentiary documents to be presented in\nsupport of the governor's veto by California OEO director Lewis K.\nUhler and other state officials.\nHe noted that it had been anticipated from the beginning that\nthe state would agree to additional funds for CRLA during the decision-\nmaking and/or program phase-out period so that there could be an\norderly transition into the privately-financed legal services program\nfor the rural poor which is now in the final states of development by\nthe Reagan administration.\n#####\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO'\nRELEASE: Imr diate\nSacramento, Californi\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n12-30-70\n#589\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Robert B. Carleson, a key\nmember of the Reagan administration since November, 1968, as director\nof the State Department of Social Welfare.\nCarleson, 39, succeeds Robert Martin in the $30,000-a-year\npost. Martin is resigning in order to return to the practice of law.\nGovernor Reagan, in accepting Martin's resignation, expressed\nhis deep thanks \"for the valuable contributions Bob Martin has made in\nthis administration's efforts to curb the abuses of welfare.\"\nMartin noted that when he joined the administration in 1967 as\nchief counsel and executive officer of the State Alcoholic Beverages\nControl Appeals Board, he expected to serve in government for only a\ntwo-year period. But, at the request of the governor, Martin agreed\nto extend that commitment an additional year, as director of the\nDepartment of Social Welfare.\n\"Now, having served considerably longer than I had originally\nplanned, I feel it is appropriate to resume my legal career. I'm\nespecially looking forward to the opportunity of being with my wife and\nfamily more often and on a more regular basis,\" Martin said.\nThe job of director of the Department of Social Welfare is\nconsidered to be one of the toughest and most time-consuming in state\ngovernment.\nMartin described the opportunity of serving in the Reagan\nadministration as \"a distinct privilege. The many friendships I have\nmade in and out of state government over the past three years are a\nsource of deep satisfaction to me,\" he added.\nCarleson, a Republican, joined the Reagan administration as\nchief deputy director of the State Department of Public Works in\nNovember, 1968.\nHe assumes his new post with a comprehensive background in the\nfield of public administration. Over the past half year, he has\nserved as a member of an administration task force on Public Assistance.\nHe also has been instrumental in reorganizing the state Public Works\nDepartment. In implementing that reorganization, Carleson played a\nkey role in making the highway program more responsive to the needs\nof cities and counties throughout the state.\nGovernor Reagan, reaffirming that a solution to California's\nwelfare problem is the number one priority of his administration, said\n\"Bob Carleson's energy, experience and proven talent as a manager and\nadministrator, both statewide and at the local level, will be of\ninvaluable assistance as he takes on his new assignment. I am extremely\n-1-\n#589\npleased that a person of Bob's ability, and dedication to the task of\nmeeting the needs of both the truly needy and serving the interests of\nthe hard working men and women of California, has accepted this\ncritically important job.\"\nBefore coming to Sacramento, Carleson was city manager of\nPico Rivera. His experience in public administration also includes\nthat of city manager of San Dimas, senior assistant to the city\nmanager of Torrance, assistant city manager of Claremont, and assistant\nto the director of Public Works of Beverly Hills. He is a native of\nLong Beach where he attended the local public schools.\nA 1953 graduate of the University of Southern California with\na B.S. degree and graduate work in public administration, Carleson has\nsince been active in community service organizations and the United Way\nfor Los Angeles County.\nIn 1968, he served as chairman of the Pico Rivera United\nCrusade Drive and was a member of the General Agency Operations Com-\nmittee of United Way of Los Angeles County.\nIn 1966 and 1967, he was vice president of the Whittier\nCommunity Board of United Way and served for four years as a member\nof the organization's Rio Hondo Area Board.\nFrom 1965-68 he was on the General Vocation Advisory Committee\nof Rio Hondo Junior College, Whittier, and served as a member of the\nEl Rancho Unified School District Lay Professional Advisory Committee\nwhich was formed to coordinate federally supported programs for the\nenrichment of educational opportunities for disadvantaged children.\nIn 1959, the American Society of Public Administration honored\nhim with the Harry F. Scoville Award as the \"outstanding young public\nadministrator in Southern California.\"\nIn addition, Carleson was named the \"outstanding young man of\n1965\" by the Pico Rivera Junior Chamber of Commerce. He served as a\ncommissioned officer in the Navy from 1953 to 1956, and is a veteran\nof the Korean conflict.\n# # #\n-2-\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE: Imme\nte\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-30-70\n#590\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named two members of his staff,\nJohn T. Kehoe and William A. Evans, as legislative assistants for the\n1971 session.\nKehoe, 39, who has served the administration since April, 1969,\nas an educational consultant, will have responsibility for liaison with\nthe Senate. Evans, 32, who has served as assistant legislative secretary\nfor the past year, will work with the Assembly.\nThey will assume duties handled for the past year by\nLegislative Secretary George Steffes, who has functioned in a dual role\nworking with both houses.\nSteffes, 35, has been assigned important new duties assisting\nEdwin Meese III, the governor's executive secretary, in program\nplanning and policy development.\nIn announcing the staff changes, Governor Reagan paid tribute\nto Steffes for his work as legislative secretary and expressed\nconfidence that Kehoe and Evans will \"follow in George's footsteps\nto establish a working relationship with legislators of both parties\nthat will be beneficial to the legislature, the executive branch and\nthe people of California.\n\"The citizens of this state have served notice that the time\nfor partisanship as usual has passed,\" the governor said. \"They want\nsolutions to the critical problems we face such as welfare and tax\nreform, and the improvement of the quality of our environment. These are\nproblems that we must solve together.\n\"As their first responsibility, John and Bill will assure\nlegislators of both parties that my door will be open to everyone\nwho can offer constructive solutions to these problems.\"\nIn paying tribute to Steffes, the governor said, \"George has\nperformed invaluable service to the administration. His knowledge of the\nworkings of the two houses of the legislature will be of exceptional\nbenefit as we meet the challenges of the next four years.\"\nKehoe joined the administration after extensive service in\nfederal, state and local government. Prior to his appointment as\nan educational consultant, he served as director of governmental affairs\nfor the Board of Trustees of the California State Colleges, as an\nadministrative assistant to Congressman George P. Miller of Alameda and\nas an assistant city manager of Hayward.\n-1-\n#590\nHe holds degrees from the University of Michigan and Rockhurst\nCollege in Kansas City, Missouri, and is completing work toward a Ph. D,\nin public administration from George Washington University in Washington,\nD.C.\nHe is a member of the American Academy of Political and Social\nSciences, the American Society of Public Administration and the\nInternational City Managers Association.\nEvans, who has a background in sales, banking and business,\nis a graduate of Stanford University and attended the University of\nArizona Law School.\nKehoe and his wife Mary Louise have two daughters. They\nlive in Carmichael.\nEvans and his wife Dorothy have a son. They live in Sacramento.\n# # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE: Il ediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n12-31-70\n#591\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today issued the\nfollowing New Year message:\n\"The birth of a New Year is a time when\nwe come face to face with the promise of tomorrow.\nIt can be a time for new beginnings and new hope--\na time to renew our faith, review our goals and\nreinforce our resolve. If all of us will VOW to\ndedicate ourselves to these aims, we can build\nthe realities of tomorrow from our dreams of today.\"\n# # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVEF\nR\nRELEASE: Imme\nite\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-31-70\n#592\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today appointed four new members to\nthe California Arts Commission and re-appointed two other members,\nsubject to Senate confirmation.\nThe new members are Mrs. Wallis A. Weingarten, Beverly Hills\nart collector; Alfred F. Wollenstein, cellist and former conductor of\nthe Los Angeles Philharmonic and NBC Symphony of the Air Orchestras;\nWilliam Kent III, San Francisco civic leader and art patron, and\nMervyn Leroy, movie producer and director.\nRe-appointed were John W. Grossman, Jr., San Francisco graphic\ndesigner and artist, and Mrs. Virginia Y. Stanton, Carmel Valley author.\nMrs. Weingarten, a Republican, of 702 North Alpine Drive,\nBeverly Hills, succeeds Mrs. Jane Dart of Los Angeles, whose term has\nexpired.\nWollenstein, who is not affiliated with a political party,\nsucceeds Mrs. Irene Dunne Griffin of Los Angeles, whose term has expired.\nHe lives at 124 East Lake Drive, Palm Springs.\nKent, a Republican, of 3196 Pacific Avenue, San Francisco,\nsucceeds Paul G. Manolis of Piedmont, who has resigned.\nLeroy, a Republican, succeeds Mrs. Sue Adams of Sacramento,\nwho has resigned. He lives at 400 St. Cloud Road, Los Angeles.\nGrossman, who lives at 71 Oak Grove Avenue, Woodacre, has\nserved on the commission since 1967. He is a Republican.\nMrs. Stanton, a Republican, has been a commission member\nsince 1968. She lives at 20 Scarlett Road, Carmel Valley.\nCommission members serve three-year-terms and are paid\nnecessary expenses.\n####\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE: Ir\ndiate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n12-31-70\n#593\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today sent the following telegram to\nU.S. Senator Alan Cranston of California:\n\"I regret to say that I was astonished to learn of the way\nin which you used your office to block confirmation of the President's\nnominee for the Office of Director of Federal OEO, Mr. Frank Carlucci.\n\"It is incredible to me that a United States Senator would\ndemand as the price for confirmation that Mr. Carlucci refuse to\nfully consider the evidence which will be presented in support of my\nveto of funding for CRLA, and then summarily override the veto. To\nask the nominee to disregard the obligations of his office and render\na decision on this matter without first carefully examining our\ndetailed file of exhibits, statements and evidentiary documents, was\nnot only unfair to Mr. Carlucci, but was also inappropriate and\nirresponsible and certainly not in keeping with your recent pledge\nto me to work together in a spirit of constructive cooperation for the\npeople of California.\n\"My veto was in no way occasioned by a philosophical quarrel\nwith the original purpose of this program to provide civil legal\nassistance to the rural poor but precisely because this purpose is\nnot being met.\n\"The supporting documentation for my action will be provided\nto Mr. Carlucci next week and a copy will be delivered to your office\nas soon as possible thereafter.\"\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12/31/70\n#594\nGOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE\nJanuary 4, 1971\nthrough\nJanuary 10, 1971\nMonday, January 4\nInaugural Activities\nOvernight - Sacramento\nTuesday, January 5\nNo public appointments scheduled.\nOvernight - Sacramento\nWednesday, January 6\n6:30 p.m.\nBrief visit to Belotti's Crab Feed-Sutter Club.\nOvernight - Sacramento\nThursday, January 7\nNo public appointments scheduled.\nOvernight - Sacramento\nFriday, January 8\nNo public appointments scheduled.\nOvernight - Sacramento\nSaturday, January 9\nNo public appointments scheduled.\nOvernight - Sacramento\nSunday, January 10\nNo public appointments scheduled.\n####\nPB"
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