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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 - September 1971
Box: P12
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, California
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
9-1-71
Governor Reagan will address the annual Sacramento Host Committee
Breakfast at the Woodlake Inn, Friday morning, September 3.
We hope to provide excerpts of the governor's speech to the Capitol
press corps by early tomorrow afternoon embargoed for use in Friday
p.ms.
#####
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOP
RELEASE: Immedia
Sacramento, Californi.
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
9-3-71
#510
Governor Ronald Reagan today called upon California motorists
to take extra traffic safety precautions during the Labor Day weekend.
"The last holiday weekend of summer should be a time to enjoy
California's varied recreational opportunities, yet last Labor Day
weekend it was a time of tragedy for the 66 families of Californians
who died in traffic accidents," he said.
The governor urged motorists to avoid the use of alcohol, to
plan trips that provide ample time for rest stops and to observe the
rules of safe driving.
"The majority of accidents are caused by the careless driver
who has taken one drink too many, who continued to drive long after
fatigue had taken its toll of his judgement and reflexes, or who
simply failed to observe common courtesy on the road," the governor
said.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Califorr
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
9-3-71
#511
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today that the California
State Plan for Equal Employment Opportunity for Apprenticeship has
been approved by the U. S. Department of Labor.
He called the action"an inspiring example of how labor and
management, working in cooperation with government, can open the
doorway to opportunity for young people who might not otherwise have
a chance to become useful and productive citizens."
The governor also urged members of minority communities to
work with sponsors of local apprenticeship programs to insure the
success of the plan.
Adopted by the California Apprenticeship Council at a meeting
July 30 in Long Beach, the plan--one of the first of its type in the
nation--incorporates federal regulations into California's code to
increase the numbers of minority youth in state approved apprenticeship
programs.
Under the plan, minority youths, who represent 20 percent of
California's 28,000 apprentices, will be significantly increased. It
was signed for the Department of Labor by Paul J. Fassler, Jr., deputy
assistant secretary for Manpower.
James C. Stratten, secretary of the California Apprenticeship
Council and chief of the state's Division of Apprenticeship Standards,
said that apprenticeship program sponsors throughout the state will
now adapt their own plans to conform to the new regulations.
"These will include affirmative action in recruitment and
selection of apprentices and the adoption of goals and time tables
where necessary to bring the number of minority apprentices in a given
craft and labor market area up to their proper ratio," Stratten said.
There are 728 apprenticeship committees functioning throughout
the state.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Bec
445-4571
9-3-71
#512
Governor Ronald Reagan today hailed a decision by the federal
government granting California's determined request to become the first
state in the nation to require assembly-line testing of smog control
systems on every new car sold in California after January 30, 1973.
"We have fought hard for this decision for months," the governor
said. "The waiver," finally granted by the Federal Environmental
Protection Agency, "puts California even further out in the lead---far
ahead of any other state or nation---in the battle against smog," he said.
"The assembly-line test requirement, which I proposed to the
legislature last year and later signed into California law, will give
us yet another tough enforcement tool---not possible under present random
sampling
techniques
to crack down even harder on automobile-produced
smog.
"We intend to continue to push ahead in our efforts to win the fight
against air pollution. This latest victory will further strengthen
California's tougher-than-ever controls on smog and reaffirms this
administration's continuing commitment to an all-out war against the
debauching of our environment," the governor said.
He was joined by Dr. A. J. Haagen-Smit, chairman of the California
Air Resources Board, who also was pleased that the waiver was granted.
Haagen-Smit said, "We know of no better method for overcoming some
of the problems resulting from existing procedures than to evaluate and
approve emission control systems on automobiles. The assembly-line
requirement for every new car will help us deal more effectively with the
problem of cars which exceed California's strict standards."
He said Air Resources Board studies have shown that exhaust emissions
from many cars at manufacturers' assembly plants and newer cars in private
use, have exceeded allowable emission standards. In some cases, as many
as 40 percent of the cars failed to meet the official standards, when
tested recently at assembly plants.
California's new law also stipulates that any manufacturer who sells
a car which exceeds state emission control standards is subject to a $5,000
fine. Without the assembly-line test, it would be extremely difficult
for us to enforce this penalty, he said.
Assembly-line testing also affords needed improvement in quality
control at the assembly plants, and establishes a sound basis for a
vehicle emissions inspection program should it be required later, Haagen-
Smit added. He pointed out that the test procedures were adopted by
the ARB after many meetings with the auto industry and after public
hearings.
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EJG
VE ITID GOVERNOR
THE OJ. OWEW
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul B k
445-4571
9-3-/1
#513
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
September 6, 1971
through
September 11, 1971
Monday, September 6
LABOR DAY
Overnight - Sacramento
Tuedsday, September 7
10:30 a.m.
PRESS CONFERENCE
Overnight - Sacramento
Wednesday, September 8
Office appointments.
Overnight - Sacramento
Thursday, September 9
Office appointments.
Overnight - Los Angeles
Friday, September 10
No appointments scheduled.
Overnight - Los Angeles
Saturday, September 11
Depart for Puerto Rico for National Governors'
Conference.
Overnight - Puerto Rico
######
PB
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californ
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
9-7-71
#514
Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:
'As you know, the legislature has returned to the Capitol to take
up the unfinished business of this session.
"While there are many items deserving of attention, two matters head
the working agenda of both houses and require immediate, urgent action.
"The first is withholding.
"It is imperative that withholding be passed within the next two
weeks if it is to go into effect on January 1. Postponing implementation
beyond that date will significantly reduce revenues needed to meet the
current year's budget deficit.
"The second imperative is extension of the present March 31 deadline
for paying off revenue anticipation notes so that we can continue to
sell them to meet the state's cash flow problems. I am asking the
legislature for an extension 60 the state can use the income tax receipts
we receive on April 15 to cover payment of the notes we must sell in the
months ahead. The present law prohibits us from selling any revenue
anticipation notes after September 15.
"It is my sincere and fervent hope that these crucial, non-
controversial and non-partisan tools of good government will be enacted
immediately. "
######
PB
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO
RELEASE: Im diate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
9-8-71
#515
Governor Ronald Reagan today signed an executive order directing
the State Board of Corrections to conduct "a thorough review of security
procedures in our prisons" and to make recommendations "aimed at
reinforcing the safety and protecting the lives of both inmates and
correctional officers." Members of the Board of Corrections are James
Hall, Secretary of the Human Relations Agency, chairman; Director of
Corrections Ray Procunier; Youth Authority Director Allan Breed; Henry
Kerr, chairman of the Adult Authority; Julio Gonzales, vice chairman of
the Youth Authority; Mrs. Eleanor W. Hiller, chairman, California
Women's Board of Terms and Parole; Ed Walker, chairman, Narcotic Addict
Evaluation Authority; Sheriff Michael Canlis; and Karl Holton, appointed
by the governor pursuant to Penal Code, Section 6025.
The order, issued in the wake of a recent escape attempt at San
Quentin Prison in which three correctional officers and two inmates were
brutally murdered, specifically directs the Board of Corrections to make
recommendations relating to:
-Correctional officer safety
-Unnecessary exposure of correctional officers to danger.
Inmate security.
Inmate handling procedures.
-Communications with prisoners, including personal visits.
Text of the Executive Order follows:
"WHEREAS, all law-abiding Californians share a deep concern and shock
over the recent killings and other unlawful incidents behind the walls
of our correctional institutions. Many of these incidents appear to
result from the unlawful designs to self-proclaimed, revolutionary
forces operating both within and without prison walls. Many of these
incidents also result from the fact that our correctional institutions
contain a greater percentage of violent offenders than ever before.
"WHEREAS, these forces constitute a real and present threat to an
orderly correctional system, as they do to society at large. They
seriously impede, if not altogether prevent, any reasonable efforts at
rehabilitating those inmates who are capable of it, as it becomes
necessary to reduce inmate activities and contacts with correctional
personnel. They constitute a significant threat to the life and safety
of correctional personnel far beyond the potential danger to which such
personnel have always been subjected in the past.
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"WHEREAS, there have been well publicized attempts to distort the
facts of the recent San Quentin escape attempt and the killings
perpetrated in the course of that attempt. The public is entitled to
know the truth; our correctional officers and their families are entitled
to personal safety. Accordingly, it is vital that the Board of
Corrections, as the official body charged, make a thorough analysis of
security procedures in our prisons and make recommendations to me and to
the people of the State of California aimed at reinforcing the safety and
protecting the lives of both inmates and correctional officers.
"NOW THEREFORE, I, Ronald Reagan, Governor of the State of California,
by virtue of the power and authority vested in me by the Constitution
and laws of this state direct the Board of Corrections to review the
August 21 escape attempt at San Quentin and other incidents of violence
which have occurred within the last two years at San Quentin, Soledad,
Folsom and other correctional institutions in the State of California;
and to make recommendations regarding correctional officer safety,
unnecessary exposure of correctional officers to danger, inmate security,
inmate handling procedures, communications with prisoners, including
personal visits, and any other procedures which will halt the violence
and the attempts by radical elements and violent offenders to disrupt
the orderly processes of our correctional system. "
#####
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
MEMO TO THE PR
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
9-9-71
Governor Ronald Reagan will meet Jimmy Lewis, age 9, State
Poster Child of the National Cystic Fibrosis Research Foundation at
1:30 p.m. today in the Governor's Office.
Photo coverage is invited.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE
RESS
Sacramento, Califor 1
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
9-10-71
#516
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
September 13, 1971
through
September 19, 1971
Monday, September 13
National Governors' Conference
Overnight - Puerto Rico
Tuesday, September 14
Return to Sacramento
Overnight - Sacramento
Wednesday, September 15
Office appointments
Overnight - Sacramento
Thursday, September 16
Office appointments
Overnight - Sacramento
Friday, September 17
A.M.
Regents Meeting, San Francisco
Evening
Fundraising dinner for Senator Schrade,
Town and Country Convention Center, San Diego
Overnight - Los Angeles
Saturday, September 18
No public appointments scheduled
Overnight - Los Angeles
Sunday, September 19
Return to Sacramento
Overnight - Sacramento
######
PB
OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE: Immec te
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
9-13-71
#517
Acting Governor Ed Reinecke today announced the appointment
of Salinas Municipal Judge Edmund J. Leach, Jr., to the Monterey County
Superior Court.
Judge Leach, 48, a Republican, will receive an annual salary
of $33,396. He succeeds Judge Anthony Brazil, who has retired.
Named to the Salinas Judicial District Municipal Court in 1970
by Governor Reagan, Judge Leach had practiced law in Salinas since 1953.
A native of Salinas, he is a graduate of Hartnell Junior College
and the University of California at Berkeley and received his law degree
from Hastings College of the Law.
Judge Leach has been active in numerous Salinas and Monterey
County civic groups including the Salinas Junior Chamber of Commerce,
the Monterey County Bar Association, the California Rodeo Association,
and the Monterey County Drug Information and Youth Crisis Center.
He and his wife, Joanne, have three children. The family
home is in Salinas.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
MEMO TO THE PASS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
9-15-71
Governor Reagan will present a special award (the
Stockton Junior Fire Marshal Silver Medal Award) for
bravery from the Stockton Fire Department to 7-year
old Marilyn Sanut, at 10:30 a.m., September 16, in the
Governor's Office. Marilyn is responsible for rescuing
her three younger sisters from a fire which swept their
home November 5.
Press coverage is invited.
# # #
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californi
Contact:
Paul Be
445-4571
9-16-71
#518
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Donald G. Livingston, assistant secretary of Agriculture and Services
Agency, as director of the Department of Consumer Affairs.
Livingston, 33, will succeed Leighton Hatch, who has headed the
department for the past two and one-half years. Hatch has resigned
effective October 1 to resume the practice of law.
In announcing the appointment, Governor Reagan paid tribute to
Hatch and his successor.
"I am grateful and every citizen of California should be
grateful to Leighton Hatch for his dedicated service on behalf of
consumers and especially for his work in implementing the reorganization
of the Department of Consumer Affairs to increase the protection of
every citizen against fraud and misrepresentation, the governor said.
"I know that Don Livingston's extensive background in the
consumer affairs field has equipped him to prove a worthy successor to
Leighton," he added.
Livingston, who has served with the administration since 1967,
has been an assistant secretary of the Agriculture and Services Agency
since 1970.
He previously served as chief deputy director of the Department
of General Services and as chief of the Division of Consumer Affairs in
the Department of Professional and Vocational Standards and as chief of
the Bureau of Furniture and Bedding Inspection.
Prior to joining the administration, Livingston served as vice
chairman of the Oakland Planning Commission the youngest man to serve
on a major municipal commission in the city's history.
He is a graduate and a former student body president of San
Francisco State College and served as an intern for the Coro Foundation
in San Francisco.
Livingston and his wife, Dodie, live in Carmichael.
Hatch was named as director of the Deparment of Professional
and Vocational Standards (reorganized as the Department of Consumer
Affairs) by Governor Reagan in 1969.
He joined the administration in 1967 as presiding officer of the
State Office of Administrative Procedure.
A graduate of the University of Santa Clara and the University
of San Francisco Law School, he had previously practiced law in San
Francisco and served as an assistant district attorney in Contra Costa
County and a law instructor at the College of Marin.
He and his wife, Lynn, have four children. They live in
Sacramento.
The appointment of Livingston to the $27,500 a year post is
subject to Senate confirmation.
Livingston is Republigan
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
9-16-71
#519
Governor Ronald Reagan today reappointed Dr. Clarence T.
Halburg, Jr., Redlands physician and surgeon, to a four-year-term on
the Board of Vocational Nurse and Psychiatric Technician Examiners in
the Department of Consumer Affairs.
Dr. Halburg, who lives at 1804 Val Vista Drive, Redlands,
has served on the board since 1967. He is a Republican.
Board members are paid $25 per diem.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
9-16-71
#520
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Ralph W. Gragg, a
Ventura realtor and civic leader, to fill an unexpired term on the
Board of the 31st District Agricultural Association (Ventura County Fair).
Gragg, who lives at 774 Utica Avenue, Ventura, will succeed
Michael J. Griffin of Ventura, who has resigned. The term ends in
January, 1975.
Gragg is a Democrat.
Board members receive necessary expenses.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californ
Contact:
Paul Bec.
445-4571
9-16-71
#521
Republican legislative leaders and Governor Reagan entered into
tax reform negotiations today with the Democratic leadership.
Governor Reagan said that while some new taxes may be necessary
to balance the budget, he will insist that any property tax relief
proposal contain an ironclad guarantee that the reductions will be
permanent, and that they cannot be increased again by local government
as has happened in the past when the state provided relief to county
property taxpayers.
"Homeowners already are receiving hundreds of millions in
property tax relief from the state," the governor said, "but they are not
allowed to keep that benefit because local government simply raises the
taxes by the amount of relief granted or more."
"Furthermore," he continued, "I will not stand for a repeat of
the performance three years ago, when a $750 homeowners' exemption
passed by the state was wiped out in 18 months by property tax increases
enacted by local governments."
The Republican program has four major objectives:
1. Permanent, guaranteed homeowner tax relief.
2. Tax relief for senior citizens.
3. Inventory relief to preserve and improve the state's economy.
4. Relief for renters.
Here are some of the highlights of the compromise program
proposed by Republicans. It would provide:
1. Homeowner tax reductions ranging from 100 percent cut in
property taxes on less expensive homes to a minimum of a 20 percent
reduction for more expensive homes. Half of all the homeowners in
California would be quaranteed a 40 percent or more property tax
reduction. (Total direct tax relief, first year--nearly $500 million).
2. -Additional homeowner tax relief for senior citizens, many
of whom are forced to live on fixed incomes. The relief would be increased
to include senior citizens with incomes up to $5000 and lower the age
for becoming eligible to 62. (Total direct relief, beginning 1972-73--
$9 million).
3.--Business inventory tax reductions to be increased to a
40 percent exemption next year and thereafter, with full reimbursement to
the counties for any losses. (Total relief next year--$138 million).
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#521
4.--Improving the environment by providing reimbursement to
the counties and other local agencies by the state for land placed under
the open space provisions of the Williamson Land Conservation Act. This
reimbursement, which is designed to compensate for the loss of local
property tax revenues due to open space contracts, would be provided at
the rate of $1.50 per acre for prime land and 50 cents per acre for non-
prime land. (Total direct relief--$12 million).
To finance the entire program, the state sales tax would be
increased by one cent. Bank and corporation taxes would be increased
from 7 percent to 7½ percent.
Personal income taxes would be brought into conformity with
changes made at the federal level in 1969 and 1970, including:
--Imposition of a minimum income tax on wealthy individuals.
--Lowering of the oil depletion allowance to the same level as
the federal allowance.
The tax rate on the top brackets of personal income would be
increased from the present maximum of 10 percent to 12 percent.
Taxes on cigarettes would be increased from 10 cents to 15 cents
a pack and on liquor from $2.00 to $2.50 a gallon.
Governor Reagan acknowledged that there will no doubt be some
changes in the program.
But he repeatedly emphasized his determination to try to hold
tax increases to the absolute minimum required to balance the budget, and
to limit reforms to those which would produce meaningful and permanent
property tax relief without massive individual or corporate tax increases.
He expressed his confidence that, within these parameters, a
reform package can be hammered out within the next few days.
EXAMPLES OF THE TAX RELIEF PROPOSALS:
Homeowner Tax Relief
Homes with a market value of $15,000, for example, would
experience a 55 percent reduction in property taxes. At $25,000 market
value, the reduction would be 34 percent. Homes valued at $10,000 would
experience a 70 percent tax reduction, and at $4,300 or less market value
all property taxes would be paid by the state.
Senior Citizens Property Tax Relief
Senior citizens property tax relief, which currently is limited
to 15 percent on a $3,500 annual income, will be increased to include
senior citizens with incomes of up to $5,000. Property tax relief would
be 100 percent for those with incomes of $1,500 or less, 55 percent for
incomes of $3,000 and 25 percent for incomes of $4,000.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE: Imme ate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
9-17-71
#522
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
La Mesa City Manager Charles T. Flynn and the reappointments of
Stanislaus County Sheriff Dan P. Kelsay and Arcadia Police Chief Robert
S. Seares to the Commission On Peace Officer Standards and Training.
Flynn, 35, a Democrat, has served as city manager of La Mesa
since 1966. He succeeds Arthur McKenzie of Costa Mesa as a representative
of cities on the commission. Mckenzie's term has expired.
A graduate of San Jose State College and the University of
California at Berkeley, Flynn previously served on the staff of the
League of California Cities and in the office of the San Leandro city
manager.
Kelsay and Seares have served on the commission since 1969.
Kelsay represents sheriff's departments and Seares represents chiefs
of police. Both are Republicans.
The appointments, for three-year-terms, are subject to Senate
confirmation.
Commission members receive necessary expenses.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
MEMO TO THE PI
S
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
9-17-71
#523
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
September 20, 1971
through
September 26, 1971
(Note: Governor Reagan has instructed his staff to clear his schedule
for next week of any appointments which may interfere with his
availability to participate in tax reform negotiations with the
legislative leadership. Consequently, all of the following schedule
must be considered tentative and subject to cancellation or post-
ponement at any time.)
Monday, September 20
9:20 a.m.
Drop by Drug Exhibit - East Foyer of Capitol.
Noon
Western Conference of Council of State Governments
Luncheon, Senator Hotel.
Overnight - Sacramento
Tuesday, September 21
10:30 a.m.
PRESS CONFERENCE
p.m.
Office appointments.
Overnight - Los Angeles
Wednesday, September 22
a.m.
Trustees Meeting, Los Angeles Headquarters.
8:00 p.m.
Los Amigos del Pueblo Ball, Beverly Wilshire Hotel.
Overnight - Los Angeles
Thursday, September 23
Office appointments.
Evening
Siskiyou County Fundraiser. Remarks.
Overnight - Sacramento
Friday, September 24
p.m.
Taping of panel show "Press Conference" at NBC
Studios, Los Angeles.
Overnight - Los Angeles
Saturday, September 25
7:00 p.m.
State of Israel Commendation Dinner, Century Plaza.
Overnight - Los Angeles
Sunday, September 26
No appointments scheduled.
Overnight - Los Angeles
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO.
RELEASE: Immed
te
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
9-17-71
#524
California ranked third in the nation during fiscal 1971 in the
rehabilitation of disabled citizens, Governor Ronald Reagan has been
informed.
John D. Twiname, administrator of the Department of Health,
Education and Welfare's Social and Rehabilitation Center, notified the
governor that a total of 14,430 disabled Californians were rehabilitated
out of a national total of 291,272.
A breakdown of the figure shows that 5,327 had physical
disabilities, 7,786 had mental impairments and 1,317 were deaf or blind.
In his telegram to Governor Reagan, Twiname said, "your strong
support as governor, and the commitment of your state legislature to
the rehabilitation program, have made this achievement possible. Credit
is also due to Mr. Robert E. Howard, Department of Rehabilitation and
his staff."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: lumediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
9-17-71
#525
Governor Ronald Reagan will officially open an audio-visual exhibit
on narcotics addiction and drug abuse at 9:20 a.m. Monday at the east
entrance to the Capitol building.
The exhibit, entitled "The Drug Scene," has been prepared by
International Telephone and Telegraph Company and will be displayed at
the Capitol for two weeks under sponsorship of the governor's office,
the State Office of Narcotics and Drug Abuse Coordination and ITT.
Based on an exhibit originally created for the Museum of the City
of New York, the unit incorporates sound and film to depict the horrors
of drug addiction.
Dr. Packard Turner, Western Regional Medical Director, and John A.
Carle, West Coast Public Relations Manager of ITT will welcome the
governor to the display.
The State Office of Narcotics and Drug Abuse Coordination has
announced that volunteers from drug abuse treatment and prevention
programs will be on hand during the exhibit to explain drug problems to
Capitol visitors.
Opening of the exhibit will coincide with the first meeting of the
Veterans' Drug Abuse Problems Task Force.
Appointed by Governor Reagan on August 31, the 12-member task force
will investigate the nature, scope and impact of the drug problem among
California's veterans, and will attempt to determine how many military
personnel and veterans are using dangerous drugs, the types of drugs they
are using and the treatment they are receiving before and after discharge.
Charles A. Bowers, Deputy Director of the State Department of
Veterans Affairs, heads the group which includes physicians,
representatives from federal and state agencies and personnel from
self-help treatment and education programs.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVER R
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
9-20-71
#526
Earl Coke, Governor Reagan's Secretary of the Agriculture and
Services Agency, today announced the appointment of Alexander J. Reis,
a Kaiser Industries executive, as assistant secretary of the Agriculture
and Services Agency.
Reis, 43, manager of compensation benefits planning for Kaiser
Industries Corporation in Oakland, will succeed Donald G. Livingston,
who has been appointed director of the Department of Consumer Affairs.
A member of the Pay Practices and Policy Review Task Force of
the California State Personnel Board, Reis also is national secretary
of the American Compensation Association and has served as the
organization's national treasurer since 1969.
He joined Kaiser in 1955 after graduating from UC Berkeley and
has held a variety of executive posts in industrial relations, policy
implementation and management counseling.
Reis, a Republican, will receive an annual salary of $27,200.
He lives with his wife and two children at 213 Via Monte, Walnut
Creek.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Imm iate
Sacramento, Califor
1
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
9-20-71
#527
California state workers had the lowest on-the-job accident
rate in more than 20 years during the second quarter of 1971, Governor
Ronald Reagan was informed today by the manager of the Governor's Program
to Reduce Occupational Injuries.
Paul B. Cossaboon said that 438 fewer employees suffered on-the-job
injuries in the past 12 months than in the year prior to the initiation
of the governor's program.
"The accident frequency rate has been reduced from 18 accidents
per million man hours worked a year ago, to 14.2 accidents per million
man hours in the second quarter of the year," he said.
"This outstanding reduction is even more impressive when compared
with the rising trend of industrial accidents nationally. These results
prove what can be done with a concerted effort on the part of each
employee and total commitment from state government.
"This trend will continue downward only if top priority continues
to be placed on safety by every employee in the state," Cossaboon said.
The overall goal of the program is to reduce accidents 10 percent
each year.
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In response to inquiries, Governor Reagan today confirmed that he
is considering calling a special session of the legislature to deal
with reapportionment if the Democratic leaders do not act soon to make
public their plans to re-draw legislative districts.
"It will soon be 9 months since the legislature convened what has
turned out to be the longest session in California history, " he said.
"The Democratic leaders must know that the taxpayers are watching, and
that 9 months should be sufficient for the birth of any worthwhile
legislation, including reapportionment. I can only conclude that a
great deal of secret activity on reapportionment must be going on among
the Democrats, This should be done in public instead, because it is
public business to know how district lines will be drawn affecting
California legislative and congressional representation for the next
10 years. The Republican Assembly Caucus has already published its
plan for new districts and will hold public meetings in various parts
of the state this month."
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Public Law 91-148, which was passed by Congress December 18, 1969,
after approval of the California and Nevada legislatures, requires that
a Tahoe Regional Plan be adopted by September 22, 1971.
It is my und erstanding that a plan has been recommended by the
Advisory Planning Commission of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
after lengthy public hearings, and is a good starting point for the
guidance of the future of the Tahoe Basin. This plan, together with
its Environmental Constraints Map and an accompanying Land Use Ordinance,
will form the base for continued balanced decision making. Although I
understand it is less restrictive than an earlier plan submitted by the
Agency staff, it nevertheless should serve as an excellent guideline
beyond which development should not be permitted to go.
I understand that this plan as approved by the Advisory Planning
Commission does an excellent job of balancing the rights of property
owners with the rights of the general public, which the statutes of
Nevada, California, and the Congress require the bistate agency to
protect. The plan clearly recognizes the need for public acquisition
of key areas, and urges an action program within the next 12 months.
Any delay in adopting the regional plan would, in my opinion, be a
rejection of many years' work on the part of scores of agency employees,
local, state and federal government, and the many private citizens who
gave SO generously of their time in order to assure that the superb
environmental qualities of the Lake and the Tahoe Basin are maintained.
I am requesting that my appointees who serve on the TRPA vote at
today's hearing, as required by federal law, to adopt a (the) plan,
consisting of: 1) The Plan; 2) The Subcommittee (APC) Land Capability
Map, and 3) The concept of the Land Development Ordinance (Draft #3).
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Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the signing of
an agreement with San Diego County to streamline services to able-bodied
welfare recipients and speed their return to work.
The program is similar to one now successfully operating
in Ventura County, the governor said, and involves concentrated job
development services to employable or potentially employable welfare
recipients.
Under the agreement, the state Department of Human
Resources Development will direct the project. County welfare caseworker
will join HRD staff in a joint team, under HRD's supervision, to deliver
job development services to all male heads of households who receive aid
for dependent children (AFDC).
Attending the contract-signing ceremony today in San
Diego were Sigurd I. Hansen, director, Department of Human Resources
Development; Robert B. Carleson, director, Department of Social Welfare;
William Craven, chairman, San Diego County Board of Supervisors; and
Homer Detrich, director of San Diego Welfare Department.
Governor Reagan said the first project of this kind, in
Ventura County, began in late June and in less than three months had
moved 67 welfare recipients into jobs, resulting in a projected annual
savings in welfare payments totaling $225,120.
The 'employables' project is part of Governor Reagan's
welfare reform program. Another facet of the reform is the community
work experience program which requires able-bodied welfare recipients to
serve their community as a reasonable condition of receiving welfare
payments.
"Both of these concepts developed from the belief that
an employable person who receives public assistance should be expected
to participate in job-training and job-finding programs or in public
service work for the good of his community," the governor said.
Under the agreement between San Diego county and the
state, HRD is responsible for providing social and employment services
to employable welfare recipients.
Training of welfare department staff will get under way
October 4, and will last a week. An initial caseload of 800 welfare
recipients will be transferred to HRD on October 11, he said, and all new
welfare applicants who are potentially employable will be referred to HRD.
Similar programs are now being considered by other
counties, each of which, basically, has the same concept of a joint
county-state team working together to promote job opportunities for
employable welfare recipients.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the following bills
have been signed:
AB 1010 - Cullen
Permits the governor, upon determination that it is
(Chapter 763)
in the best interest of the state, to authorize the
established 40-hour work week of most state employees
be worked in four days.
AB 1333 - Barnes
Provides that the amount of reduction upon retirement
(Chapter 742)
prior to normal retirement age and upon election of an
optional retirement allowance shall be based upon
mortality tables and the actuarial interest rate
in effect under the Public Employees' Retirement
System on December 1, 1970.
AB 1485 - Greene, B. Adds vocational-technical courses which would fill
(Chapter 764)
manpower needs in the state and community to prescribe
courses which shall be offered for grades 7-12.
AB 1552 - Badham
Requires a subdivider to send a sketch of a proposed
(Chapter 765)
final subdivision map to any public entity or
utility which has previously acquired an easement.
The bill specifies that failure to object shall in
no way affect rights under an easement.
AB 1891 - MacGillivray Changes the salary of, and revises fees for
(Chapter 743)
services of, superior court reporters and certain
municipal court attaches in Santa Barbara County.
AB
1979 - Gonsalves Authorizes use of specified prescription lenses by
(Chapter 766)
persons doing classroom work with specified liquids,
solids, or chemicals.
AB 2023 - Monagan
Provides that the county auditor shall audit and
(Chapter 767)
allow or reject claims for refunds of unearned
business license fees, permit fees and similar
fees authorized by resolution of the board of
supervisors.
AB
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Gonsalves Provides, with respect to legislative intent regarding
(Chapter 768)
priority of admissions of veterans to the University
of California and the state colleges, that veterans
who were enrolled in good standing in such institution
prior to military service have priority over other
veterans recently released from military service.
AB 2254 - McCarthy
Makes an Education Code provision regarding school
(Chapter 769)
classified employees applicable to every school
district with boundaries coterminous with the
boundaries of a city and county, rather than to
every unified school district with such boundaries.
The bill was introduced because of the separation
of the community college from the unified district
in San Francisco.
AB 2280 - Monagan
Revises salaries and positions for employees of the
(Chapter 770)
Lodi Municipal Court.
AB 2423 - Belotti
Empowers the Marin Municipal Water District to perform
(Chapter 771)
specified acts in addition to those otherwise author-
ized to implement the acquisition, storage,
transportation and distribution of water for the
district. The bill will permit the Marin Municipal
Water District to enter into a contract arrangement
with the Sonoma County Water Agency for the develop-
ment of an additional water supply to serve Marin
County.
AB 2605 - Campbell
Provides that certificated employees of school distric
(Chapter 772)
and county superintendents of schools need not secure
advance permission to take leave of absence for
personal necessity in specified cases.
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AB 2799 - LaCoste
Revises salaries of employees of the Manteca-Ripon-
(Chapter 773)
Escalon Municipal Court.
SB 10 - Collier
Requires the court, upon conclusion of a criminal
(Chapter 744)
trial, to determine the defendant's ability to pay
all or a portion of the costs of assigned counsel.
If the court determines the defendant is able to
make payment, it shall direct that he pay to the
county in any manner, including installments, which
is reasonable and compatible with his financial
ability.
SB 154 - Coombs
Authorizes transfer of a Cal-Vet home loan where the
(Chapter 745)
veteran's need for a larger home has increased from
the time of original purchase.
SB 181 - Short
Authorizes a maximum membership of 15 on juvenile
(Chapter 746)
justice commissions.
SB 455 - Kennick
Eliminates the need for approval by the Governor's
(Chapter 747)
Advisory Committee on Children and Youth of
delinquency prevention projects or programs before
they become qualified for allocation of prescribed
funds.
SB 561 - Lagomarsino Increases from $40 to $100 the amount of expenses
(Chapter 748)
the State Forester may incur in the course of
corrective actions under the Forest Practice Act for
each logged acre. It authorizes recording of a
notice that corrective action has or will take place.
It also amends the statute of limitations with regard
to actions for recovery of expenses in cases of
violations of the Forest Practice Act.
SB 568 - Petris
Appropriates $1, 300 from the General Fund to the
(Chapter 749)
Board of Control to pay the claim of John H. Denton
against the State of California. Mr. Denton has
filed a claim for services rendered as executive
director of the Governor's Commission on the Rumford
Act. His claim has been approved by the Board of
Control.
SB 617 - Cologne
Raises the permissible interest rate on Central
(Chapter 750)
Valley Project revenue bonds from 61/2 percent to
7½ percent.
SB 650 - Behr
Permits advertisement or display of prophylactic
(Chapter 751)
products if accompanied by educational information
on venereal disease prevention.
SB 714 - Lagomarsino Deletes provisions requiring each district forest
(Chapter 752)
practice committee to submit its formulated forest
practice rules to private timber owners for their
approval prior to submitting the rules to the State
Board of Forestry. The bill applies the same
procedures for the adoption of new rules as are
presently in the statutes for amendments to
existing rules and establishes procedures for the Boar
of Forestry to initiate the adoption of new rules or
amendments to the rules.
SB 770 - Cologne
Revises the law relating to the practice of podiatry.
(Chapter 753)
SB 895 - Carrell
Revises the definition of "explosives" to conform
(Chapter 754)
with the classification used by the United States
Department of Transportation. The bill also
deletes various specific safety equipment requirements
and provides that vehicles transporting explosives
are subject to safety equipment requirements prescribe
in regulations adopted by the California Highway Patrol
SB 906 - Cologne
Changes a reference from "infant" to "minor" in the
(Chapter 755)
Code of Civil Procedure provision prescribing the
procedure to be followed for the appointment of a
guardian ad litem.
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SB 981 - Marler
Requires the Department of Fish and Game to inspect
(Chapter 756)
the premises of each licensed pheasant club area prior
to or within 16 days after taking of pheasants
commences to determine compliance with applicable laws
and regulations rather than certifying such compliance
prior to shooting in such area.
SB
990
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Deukmejian Revises the staffing and salary schedule for officers
(Chapter 740)
and employees of the Los Angeles County Superior
Court.
SB 1093 - Gregorio
Directs the California Highway Commission to quitclain
(Chapter 757)
a certain parcel of property in the City of San
Bruno to that city.
SBfl163 - Cologne
Permits the Department of Water Resources to enter
(Chapter 758)
into a contract for joint development of water
conveyance and hydroelectric facilities on the west
branch of the State Water Project, which will pledge
only revenues received by the local agency from its
sale of electric energy. The change proposed by
this bill will permit the Los Angeles Department of
Water and Power to enter into a joint agreement with
the department for the development and purchase of
power at the Piru Creek power features on the west
branch of the California Aqueduct. The Los Angeles
Department of Water and Power has in the past pledged
only its operating revenues for contract purposes and
does not wish to pledge its tax resources now.
SB 1189 Rodda
Requires the governing board of a school district to
(Chapter 759)
provide written reasons for transfer, if requested by
the employee, when it transfers a supervisory or
administrative employee to a teaching position.
SB 1227 - Behr
Amends the Marin County Flood Control and Water
(Chapter 760)
Conservation District Act to authorize the district
to landscape its properties, to acquire additional
lands within Marin County contiguous to its properties
for preservation and enhancement of their scenic
natural beauty, to provide for recreational use of
district lands, and to establish zones for maintenance
of flood control facilities.
SB 1285 - Collier
Directs the Resources Agency and affected local
(Chapter 761)
agencies to prepare detailed waterway management plans
which shall include provisions for necessary and
desirable flood control, water conservation,
recreation, fish and wildlife preservation and
enhancement, water quality protection and enhancement,
stream-flow augmentation, and free-flowing rivers,
segments or tributaries, for certain designated
rivers and creeks. This bill requires the Resources
Agency to apply for federal grant funds to defray
the costs of preparing such plans. It also, appro-
priates $50,000 from Environmental Protection
Program Fund to the Resources Agency, commencing
July 1, 1972, for expenditure for the purposes of the
act. The bill includes the Klamath, Trinity, Salmon,
Shasta, Scott, Smith, Bear, Mattole, Van Duzen, Eel
(and major tributaries), Big Garcia, Navarro, Noyo,
Ten-Mile Russian and Gualala Rivers, and Alder and
Cazadero Creeks.
SB 1470 - Dymally
Requires retirement systems of local public agencies
(Chapter 741)
to transmit a report of investments on or before six
months following the close of the fiscal year to the
Joint Legislative Audit Committee.
SB 1536 - Cologne
Makes technical amendments to the provisions
(Chapter 762)
relating to public sittings of courts.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Kenneth E. Johnson, Fullerton bank official and livestock judge, to
fill an unexpired term on the 32nd District Agricultural Association
board of directors (Orange County Fair).
Johnson, a Republican, fills the unexpired term of Timothy L.
Strader of Newport Beach, who has resigned. The term ends in January,
1972.
An assistant vice president of the Bank of America, Johnson
holds three Meritorious Service Awards from the 4-H Club and an Honorary
State Farmer Degree from the Future Farmers of America for his service
on behalf of agriculture.
He lives at 300 Marion Boulevard, Fullerton.
Members of the board receive necessary expenses.
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In order to be available at all times for tax reform negotiations
with legislative leaders, Governor Reagan has cancelled all scheduled
events for next week, including the speech to the International Police
Chiefs' Association in Anaheim on Monday.
With the understanding that it may have to be cancelled if the
negotiations are in conflict, his speech to the League of Cities luncheon
in San Francisco on Wednesday remains on his calendar.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
George C. Vesey of Auburn to the 20th District Agricultural
Association board of directors (Auburn District Fair).
Vesey, a Republican, will fill the unexpired term of Charles F.
Wuesthoff who has resigned. The term ends in January, 1972.
A sales representative for National Buscuit Company, Vesey is
active in Auburn civic affairs and is a past president of the
Auburn Fair Boosters Association.
He lives at 182 Valley View, Auburn.
Board members are paid necessary expenses.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the following bills
have been signed:
AB 652 - Wood
Provides that in general law cities where the office
(Chapter)
of mayor is elective, the mayor, with the approval
of the city council, shall make all appointments
to boards, commissions, and committees unless other-
wise specifically provided by statute.
AB 693 - Arnett
Repeals an obsolete section of the Welfare and
(Chapter 782)
Institutions Code which provides for the return of
certain Youth Authority wards to the committing
court and subsequent recommitment to the Department
of Mental Hygiene.
AB 774 - Thomas
Lowers the minimum age for participation in amateur
(Chapter 783)
boxing in contests in California from 17 to 16.
AB 809 - Chappie
Provides that a person licensed as a photogrammetric
(Chapter 784)
surveyor may use the title "consulting engineer."
AB 857 - Powers
Permits awarding bodies to adopt by reference, rates
(Chapter 785)
of pay set in collective bargaining agreements if it
is determined that such rates are the prevailing
wage rates in the area.
AB
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Johnson,
R. Makes technical amendments to the Unemployment
(Chapter 786)
Insurance Code provisions relating to voluntary
disability insurance plans.
AB 1017 - Johnson, R. Provides for enrollment of certain assessments
(Chapter 787)
which do not create, constitute or impose a lien
on property on the unsecured roll and for collection
in the same manner as other delinquent taxes on the
unsecured roll.
AB 1093 - MacDonald Amends the State Contract Act to permit contractors
(Chapter 788)
to submit bid proposals which total more than the
bidders' prequalification rating as long as contracts
awarded to the bidder do not exceed that rating.
AB 1094 - Belotti
Provides that, in labeling, advertising and sales of
(Chapter 789)
market cream, the designation light whipping cream
may be used for market cream which has a milk fat
content of not less than 30 percent.
AB 2490 - Briggs
Provides that final decision regarding boundaries
(Chapter 774)
of a new city shall be made by the local agency
formation commission.
AB 2505 - Stull
Authorizes municipal water district boards to modify
(Chapter 790)
the improvements for which bonds have been authorized
at an election held prior to January 1, 1960, and to
issue bonds without an election in an amount not
to exceed the unused portion of the authorized bonds,
in order to pay for the modified improvement.
AB 2525 - Porter
Repeals the special conflict of interest provisions
(Chapter 791)
relating to the State Reclamation Board. The Board
and its employees will be governed by the general
conflict of interest provisions contained in the
Government Code.
AB 2558 - Beverly
Requires that prior to the acquisition of land by
(Chapter 792)
political subdivision for the purpose of expanding
or enlarging an existing publicly owned airport the
acquiring entity shall submit a plan for such
expansion or enlargement to the governing body of the
public entity.
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SB 691 - Beilenson
Requires that city and county general plans contain
(Chapter 775)
a noise element and that they establish noise level
contours with respect to proposed and existing
major transportation elements, including freeways
and highways, mass transit and airports. The bill
also establishes minimum levels for various categories
of land use. Agencies responsible for the construction
and maintenance of transportation facilities
required to provide local agencies with a statement
of present and projected noise levels of their
facilities.
SB 999 - Petris
Amends the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act to allow
(Chapter 776)
judicial review in the county in which the 72-hour
evaluation is conducted. It authorizes release of
confidential information regarding a patient to his
attorney, The bill also imposes a time limitation
for demand for, and commencement of, court or jury
trial in conservationship proceedings. It also
limits the period of operation for temporary
conservationship.
SB 1097 - Gregorio
Authorizes a school district which employs in a
(Chapter 777)
certificated position any person who has become a
permanent certificated employee in any school district
to employ such person as a permanent certificated
employee.
SB 1146 - Moscone
Eliminates the Penal Code provision authorizing,
(Chapter 778)
under certain conditions, asexualization of prisoners
who are recidivists.
SB 1264 - Gregorio
Adds a County propation officer to the list of
(Chapter 779)
Governor's appointments to the Council on Criminal
Justice.
SB 1404 - Lagomarsino Changes salaries, numbers of positions and job
(Chapter 780)
titles of various personnel of the Ventura
County Municipal Court. The bill also changes the
salary of the Court Commissioner of the Ventura County
Superior Court.
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Robert Carleson, director of the Department of Social Welfare,
will answer press questions concerning the impact of recent court
decisions on California's Welfare Reform Program at 11:30 a.m. today
in the Press Conference Room (1190).
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Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Nat A. Agliano, Salinas attorney, to the Salinas Judicial District
Municipal Court.
Agliano, 39, a Republican, will receive an annual salary of
$30,724. He succeeds Judge Edmund Leach who has been named to the
Monterey County Superior Court.
A practicing attorney in Salinas for the past eight years,
Agliano previously served as a Deputy Attorney General in Sacramento
from 1960 to 1963.
He is a graduate of the Monterey Peninsula College, the University
of California at Berkeley and earned his law degree from Hastings College
of the Law.
Agliano is a member of the State Bar of California and the
Monterey County Bar Association.
He and his wife Lillian have four children. The family home is
in Salinas.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Richard B. Norwood,
El Monte attorney, to the El Monte Judicial District Municipal Court.
Norwood, 40, a Republican, will 1 receive an annual salary of
$30,724. He succeeds Judge John K. Otis, who has been named to the
Los Angeles County Superior Court.
A practicing attorney in the Los Angeles area since 1958, Norwood
is a native of Pasadena, a graduate of Pasadena City College and the
University of Southern California where he earned his law degree.
Norwood is a member of the American Bar Association, the
State Bar of California, the Los Angeles Bar Association, the Pomona
Valley Bar Association and the Citrus Bar Association.
He and his wife Yvonne have three sons. The family home is
in Arcadia.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Eugene F. Lynch, San
Francisco attorney to the San Francisco Municipal Court bench.
Lynch, 39, a Republican, will receive an annual salary of
$30,724. He succeeds Judge Jay Pfotenhauer who has been named to the
Superior Court.
A native of San Francisco and graduate of local schools,
Lynch has practiced law in that city since 1959. For the past five
years he has been a partner in the firm of O'Connor, Cohn and Lynch.
A graduate of Santa Clara University, he earned his law degree
from the University of California's Hastings College of the Law.
Lynch is a member of the State Bar of California, the Attorney's
Probate Association, the Seminar of Defense Counsel, the Northern
California Defense Counsel Association and the San Francisco Bar
Association.
He also is active in the St. Thomas More Society, the Olympic
Club, the Santa Clara Alumni Association, the St. Ignatius Prep Alumni
and other civic, service and fraternal organizations.
Lynch and his wife Jeanne have two children.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Robert J. De Monte, an Oakland certified public accountant, as chief
deputy director of General Services.
De Monte, 29, will receive an annual salary of $27,192. He
succeeds Frank E. Oliver of Carmichael, who has resigned.
A graduate of California State College at Hayward, De Monte has
completed post-graduate studies at Golden Gate College in San Francisco.
He is married and the father of two children. The family lives
at 6675 Liggett Drive, Oakland.
De MonTe
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Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the following bills
have been signed:
AB 164 - Beverly
Authorizes a city or county treasurer to require a
(Chapter 797)
bondholder of bonds authorized by the Improvement
Act of 1911 prior to the sale of a lot or a parcel
of land to pay such bond to make a deposit in the
amount estimated by treasurer for costs incurred
by the city or county in obtaining a title search or
abstract of title if the treasurer deems it necessary
to determine ownership.
AB 337 - Ralph
Requires every insurer issuing an automobile collision
(Chapter 798)
policy to pay for the repair of a covered vehicle by
check or draft, payable to the repairer or to the
named insured and repairer, jointly, not later than
10 days after receipt of an itemized bill covering
repairs authorized by the insurer which have been
satisfactorily completed.
AB 574 - Wood
Requires that reasonable notice and the opportunity
(Chapter 799)
to be heard be given to the person from whom
custody of property was taken and to any other person
as required by the court, before the court is
authorized, on application and satisfactory proof
of ownership, to order delivery to the owner of prop-
erty allegedly or actually stolen or embezzled.
AB 593 - Campbell
Modifies the exemption granted under the clinical
(Chapter 800)
laboratory technology law to laboratories owned and
operated by physicians and surgeons for the performance
of laboratory work on their own patients.
AB 603 - Russell
Authorizes community college governing boards to
(Chapter 801)
impose a fee, not to exceed $1.00, for services
relative to adding or dropping one or more courses
any time after two weeks from commencement of
instruction in any term. The bill provides that
such fee shall not be charged for changes initiated
or required by the community college.
AB 888 - Moorhead
Changes the fee from $5 to $10 for preparing an order
(Chapter 802)
or decree in a probate proceeding when ordered by the
court in Los Angeles County.
AB 893 - Townsend
Authorizes the Los Angeles County Flood Control
(Chapter 803)
District to: improve existing facilities by landscaping
or other aesthetic treatment, provide for recreational
use of the lands, facilities and works of the district
by agreement with other public agencies or private
persons, and to acquire, preserve, and enhance lands
continguous to its properties for the protection and
preservation of its scenic beauty and natural
environment.
AB
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Gonsalves Exempts from the hours of work restrictions of the
(Chapter 804)
Labor Code, any female employees of a licensed
hospital during an emergency, rather than specified
limited job classifications in the hospital.
AB 923 - Knox
Authorizes funds received by local agencies for
(Chapter 805)
pension trusts to be invested in various types of
securities, real property, bonds, and liens.
AB 928 - Johnson, H. Changes the fee for a certificate on filing a
(Chapter 806)
notice of motion prior to filing the record on
appeal in the reviewing court from $2 to $10.
AB 941 - Hayes
Makes a technical amendment to a Code of Civil
(Chapter 807)
Procedure provision relating to the disqualification
of judges.
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AB 1070 - Monagan
Substitutes "mandatory retirement age" for age of
(Chapter 808)
70 years, with respect to provision providing for
termination of employment of state college employees.
AB 1110 - Quimby
Requires that official court reporters in San
(Chapter 809)
Bernardino County devote full time to the performance
of their duties during times when courts are open
for transaction of judicial business.
AB 1127 - Hayes
Requires that each area vocational committee, as
(Chapter 810)
established by the Vocational and Technical Training
Act of 1969, arrange for meetings with county
superintendents of schools and superintendents of
secondary and community college districts in the
area to communicate their progress in vocational
education planning in the area. Minutes of such
meetings are to be submitted to the Superintendent of
Public Instruction and the Chancellor of the Californi
Community Colleges.
AB 1184 - Beverly
Exempts from various provisions of the Personal
(Chapter 811)
Property Brokers Law any commercial loan made to a
person engaged in the business of selling goods for
the sole purpose of financing the purchase of goods
for resale.
AB 1492 - Hayes
Prohibits persons having private health care
(Chapter 812)
coverage from receiving the same health care furnished
or paid by a publicly funded health care program.
The bill further provides if a person with private
health coverage receives publicly funded health care,
the agency providing the health care is entitled to
be subrogated to the rights such person has under
his health coverage plan to the extent of the
services rendered.
AB 1502 - Beverly
Specifies that failure of a lender to comply with
(Chapter 813)
certain requirements of law in connection with
certain real property secured loan transactions,
does not excuse or defer borrower's performance of
his obligations other than an obligation to pay
a late payment charge, nor does such failure impair
or defer right of the lender to enforce any other
obligations, including costs and expenses incurred
in any lawfully authorized enforcement.
AB 1586 - Schabarum Deletes the requirement that courts report to the
(Chapter 814)
Department of Motor Vehicles convictions for
violations relating to the registration and transfer
of vessels.
AB 1599 - Duffy
Permits the location of local in-patient and out-
(Chapter 815)
patient mental health facilities in any area zoned
for hospitals.
AB 1734 - Moorhead Allows a contract under the Improvement Act of 1911
(Chapter 816)
to contain provisions to determine a fair and
equitable price for charges in work thereunder
subject to prescribed limitations. The bill
includes arbitration and cost plus fixed fee as
methods of price determination.
AB 1988 - Mobley
Permits an irrigation district board to exempt
(Chapter 817)
an annexed parcel of land which is not capable of
being served water at the time of inclusion from the
imposition of district assessments, in whole or in
part, until such time as a water supply is
available for such land.
AB 2001 - Priolo
Establishes separate procedure regarding transfer
(Chapter 818)
of territory from one community college district
in Los Angeles County to another such community
college district.
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AB 2030 - Monagan
Changes the name of the Stockton and East San Joaquin
(Chapter 819)
Water Conservation District to the Stockton-East Water
District, and prescribes special powers for the
district.
AB 2042 - Wilson
Authorizes the San Diego Flood Control District to
(Chapter 820)
establish and maintain building setback lines along
the banks of any waterway, to make necessary expendi-
tures for the participation by the district in
authorized federal programs, increase interest
rates on district bonds, and to borrow funds for
district purposes.
Substitutes the term "public accommodation or facility"
AB 2238 - Sieroty
in provisions relating to access to public accommodatic
(Chapter 821)
by physically handicapped persons, and adds auditoriums
motels and convention centers to structures covered
by such provisions. The bill further provides
that passenger vehicle service stations, shopping
centers and office buildings with private funds
shall adhere to specified provisions of the Government
Code relating to access to buildings by physically
handicapped persons.
AB 2261 - Ketchum
Amends the workmen's compensation law by eliminating
(Chapter 822)
the requirement for appointment of guardian ad litem
for a person who has reached the age of majority,
as defined in the Civil Code.
AB 2411 - Chacon
Authorizes counties to voluntarily provide
(Chapter 823)
liability insurance coverage to operators of foster ho
home facilities.
AB 2613 - Mobley
Authorizes establishment of a regional occupational
(Chapter 824)
center or regional occupational program by 2 or
more school districts maintaining high schools
through the use of staff and facilities of community
colleges serving the same area as the school districts
with the consent of the State Board of Education and
the county superintendent of schools.
AB 2655 - Lanterman Standardizes transaction and use tax provisions for
(Chapter 825)
such taxes that are to be administered by the State
Board of Equalization by bringing all transit district
taxation within present generally applicable provisions
The bill limits the tax rate to be imposed pursuant
to a transaction and use tax ordinance adopted by the
voters of a transit district to either 1/4 or 1/2 of 1
percent, whichever is authorized by the voters.
SB 56 - Nejedly
Specifies that no member of the State Water Resources
(Chapter 793)
Control Board shall participate in any board action
regarding waste discharge requirements which involves
himself or any waste discharger with which he is
connected as a director, officer or employee, or in
which he has a direct personal financial interest.
The bill provides a procedure for removal from
office by the Attorney General for violations.
SB 262 - Cologne
Provides that the State Water Resources Control Board
(Chapter 794)
shall have such powers, and may employ such legal
counsel and other personnel, as may be necessary or
convenient for the exercise of its duties. It
includes the Board within the provision which directs
the Department of Water Resources to take all
appropriate proceedings or actions to prevent waste
or unreasonable use of water. The bill makes
additional procedural changes relating to the
operation of the Board.
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SB 528 - Rodda
Amends sections of the Education Code dealing with
(Chapter 795)
elementary textbooks by defining "reusable educational
materials", "teachers editions", and "teachers manuals
The bill aleo revises adoption methods for elementary
basic and supplementary textbooks, reusable educationa
materials and teacher's manuals.
SB 630 - Cologne
Requires a copy of the verified application for
(Chapter 796)
relief under the Real Estate Education, Research and
Recovery Fund be served upon judgement debtor.
Provides that judgement debtor may defend any such
action on his own behalf, and shall have recourse to
all appropriate means of defense and review including
examination of witness. The bill also makes the
Real Estate Education, Research and Recovery Fund
a continuously appropriated fund for specified
purposes.
SB 900 - Cologne
Provides concurrent retirement benefits under
(Chapter 826)
the County Employees' Retirement Law of 1937 and
Public Employees' Retirement System in cases where
eligibility of a member on deferred retirement to
retire at age 50 are not available in both systems.
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RELEASE: Imm diate
Sacramento, Californi
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
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Governor Ronald Reagan today hailed the release of $700 million
in federal highway construction funds by Transportation Secretary
John Volpe as "a strong boost for California's ailing heavy construc-
tion industry. "
"The number of jobs that will be created by this action and the
impact of the new payrolls will be felt in every corner of the state,"
the governor said.
He estimated that California's share of the federal highway
safety program will be in excess of $100 million and pointed out that
the state will meet the federal criteria because it is geared to begin
work with a minimum of delay and because there is significant
unemployment in the construction industry.
Release of the funds will make it possible to construct needed
median barriers on some freeways, construct additional safeguards at
railroad grade crossings, widen bottlenecks and resurface highways
where new roadbeds are required for save travel, he reported.
In addition, the program announced by Secretary Volpe will elimin-
ate needless red tape in the manner through which federal funds are
released to individual states, he said.
Pointing out that the State Department of Public Works has jobs
ready to go to bid, the governor said that every project to be financed
from the federal funds will be designed with the aim of further
reducing the state's traffic fatality rate, which has been declining
for the past five years.
He added that ecological and environmental factors will continue
to be given prime consideration in new projects in line with the state's
policy to protect natural, historical and scenic areas from unwarranted
intrusion by public works.
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