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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 -\n12/01/1971-12/21/1971\nBox: P12\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 GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-1-71\n#675\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced that the following\nbills have been signed:\nAB 1074 - Stull\nProvides that in civil actions arising out of any\n(Chapter 1655)\nadministrative hearing resulting from the arbitrary\nor capricious acts of a public entity or officer\nthereof in official capacity, the complainant may,\nin addition to any other relief granted, recover\nreasonable attorney fees, not to exceed $1500.\nAB 1203 - Sieroty\nProhibits the construction of any type of a\n(Chapter 1656)\nheliport within 1000 feet of the boundary of any\npublic or private school maintaining classes of\nkindergarten through grade 12 without approval of the\nDepartment of Aeronautics.\nAB 2004 - Barnes\nDefines active law enforcement employees in the\n(Chapter 1657)\nCalifornia State Police Division as \"policemen\"\nfor Social Security coverage purposes contingent\non acceptance of such definition by the U. S.\nDepartment of Health, Education and Welfare.\nAB 2512 - Meade\nPermits, in proceeding in unlawful detainer or\n(Chapter 1658)\nforcible entry, the award of either damages and rent\nfound due or punitive damages up to three times\ndamages and rent found due, if malice is shown.\nThe bill states that the trier of fact shall\ndetermine whether damages and rent, or punitive\ndamages, shall be awarded.\nAB 2712 - Sieroty\nProvides, with respect to the surrender of a\n(Chapter 1659)\ndefendant by a bail bondsman or depositor to an\nofficer that such bondsman or depositor make a\nreasonable effort to give notice to the defendant's\nlast attorney of record of the surrender. The bill\nalso requires the officer receiving such defendant\nto bring him before the court within 48 hours. The\ncourt is to advise the defendant of his right to\nmove for an order permitting withdrawal of a\nprevious waiver of time and of specified authority\nof the court to order return of the premium\nor a part of it paid by him.\nAB 2770 - Sieroty\nDeclares the intent of the legislature that teachers\n(Chapter 1660)\nof family life education should have professional\npreparation in this subject area, and that the\nUniversity of California and state colleges should\nhave family life education programs as part of\nteacher education. The bill directs the Department\nof Education to cooperate with institutions and\nschool districts to develop in-service family life\neducation training.\nAB 2809 - McAlister\nRequires any person (with prescribed exceptions)\n(Chapter 1661)\nwho makes more than ten services of process within\nCalifornia during one calendar year to file a\nverified certificate of registration as a process\nserver with the county clerk of the county in which\nhe resides or has his principal place of business.\nAB 3030 - Moretti\nRequires the Department of Justice to develop\n(Chapter 1662)\nbuilding security standards for recommendation to\nthe legislature and to thereafter continually\nreview such standards.\nSB 696 - Rodda\nProvides for separate Education Code provisions\n(Chapter 1654)\ngoverning and prescribing procedures for the\nemployment, evaluation and dismissal of certificated\nemployees of community colleges. The bill becomes\noperative on September 1, 1972.\n-1-\n#675\nThe governor also announced the veto of the following bill:\nAB 2811 - McAlister Provides for the creation of regional seed-money\ncorporations under control and supervision of the\nDepartment of Human Resources Development.\nREASON FOR VETO:\n\"Three years ago I supported and signed into law the\nestablishment of the California Job Development\nCorporations.\n\"These nonprofit organizations were set up to stimu-\nlate employment by making loans to business\nenterprises in economically disadvantaged areas of\nthe state. Under Cal-Job nearly $6 million in loans\nhave been made available thus far.\n\"In attempting to parallel the Cal-Job effort, the so-\ncalled \"seed money\" corporations this legislation\nwould establish virtually duplicate the existing\nCal-Job function. However, unlike the conventional\ntype enterprises assisted by cal-Job, the kinds of\nprojects this bill specifies would be essentially\nlimited to research. With little or no immediate\nprospects for tangible financial returns--a\nprerequisite for business-type loans--it appears\nextremely unlikely that financial institutions would\nbe willing to make business loans available for such\nprojects.\n\"\n\"On the other hand, existing law already enables\nunemployed professionals to apply for small business\nloans under Cal-Job and other similar programs.\n\"AB 2811 not only is impractical and unnecessary, but,\neven worse, it would create false hopes on the part\nof some who would look to it as a means of alleviating\nunemployment.\n\"Clearly the legislation cannot and will not\nalleviate unemployment. It would only detract from\nexisting efforts to achieve this goal.\n\"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned, \"the\ngovernor said.\n####\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Californ\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-1-71\n#676\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today accused the Democratic leadership in\nthe Assembly of \"blatantly resorting to the most shameful and cynically\npartisan tactics\" to kill \"one of the most significant environmental\nprotection bills of the year.\"\nIn deploring today's decision by the Assembly Committee on Natural\nResources and Conservation to kill SB 87, Cologne, to establish a new\nState Department of Environmental Protection, the governor said he was\n\"shocked and dismayed that the Democratic members of the committee\nat\nthe apparent behest of the Assembly Democratic leadership would wait\nuntil the final hours of the session to kill the bill.\"\nThe governor said, \"the actions of the Democratic leadership in\nkilling the legislation are in flagrant disregard of the needs of the\npublic for a strengthened environmental protection program and are the\nfinal chapter in a determined effort to subject the bill to harassment and\na never-ending series of unreasonable demands. In spite of the patient\nefforts of both the administration and Senator Cologne to negotiate a\nsatisfactory bill, Assemblyman Edwin Z'berg, chairman of the committee,\nalways insisted on putting purely partisan considerations first.\n\"By blatantly resorting to such shameful and cynically partisan\ntactics, the Democratic leadership in the Assembly has effectively\nscuttled the enactment of a responsible solid waste management program\nthis year, \" he said.\nThe governor, under his statutory authority, submitted a\nreorganization plan to the legislature earlier this year which established\na department of environmental protection with direct responsibility for\nthe coordination of air and water pollution control functions and solid\nwaste management. The Senate approved the reorganization but the Assembly\nrefused. With the agreement of the Assembly Democratic leadership the\nadministration amended the reorganization into Senate Bill 87. The\nadministration also amended the provisions of a solid waste management\nbill which had already been approved by the Senate and Assembly into SB 8'\nThe Department of Environmental Protection would have been the focal\npoint for environmental protection oriented functions in the state.\n\"It appears the Democratic leadership has killed the bill because\nthey were afraid that it would bring too much credit to the administration\nin the environmental protection field if passed, the governor said.\n#####\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER\nR\nRELEASE:\nI\nediate\nSacramento, Californ\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-2-71\n#677\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the following bills\nhave been signed:\nAB 597 - Greene, B. Prohibits the Board of Governors of the State Bar\n(Chapter 1666)\nfrom requiring that applicants for admission to\npractice law in California pass different final bar\nexaminations depending upon the manner or school in\nwhich they acquire their legal education. The bill\nexcepts from the prohibition the examination given\nto attorney applicants.\nAB 1504 - Z'berg\nProvides that no city or county shall approve a\n(Chapter 1667)\ntentative or final map of a subdivision fronting on\na public waterway river or stream unless it\nprovides for a reasonable public access from the\npublic highway to a portion of such river, or\nstream within the proposed subdivision unless it\nis found that such reasonable public access is\notherwise available within a reasonable distance\nfrom the subdivision.\nSB 12 - Collier\nMakes corrections in the operative dates contained\n(Chapter 1663)\nin AB 522 (Chapter 1243 , Statutes of 1971) relating\nto state highway funds.\nSB 956 - Marks\nAuthorizes the governing board of any school\n(Chapter 1664)\ndistrict maintaining a community college in the\nCity and County of San Francisco to lease buildings\nand other facilities therein which meet the\nrequirements of the \"Field Act\" for a period of\nnot to exceed 12 years and with an option to renew\nfor a period of not to exceed 12 years.\nSB 1172 - Walsh\nProvides for the manner in which special construction\n(Chapter 1665)\nequiptment and special mobile equipment shall be\nsubject to the property tax or the vehicle in-lieu\ntax.\nGovernor Reagan also announced the following bills have been\nvetoed:\nAB 2700 - Sieroty\nSpecifies that minors in state institutions and\nall persons in local correctional institutions\nwould have the civil rights applicable to adult\nfelons in state institutions which are described in\nSection 2600 of the Penal Code.\nREASON FOR VETO:\n\"Adult felons in state institutions by law have their\ncivil rights suspended and also forfeit all public\noffices, private trusts and certain other powers\nduring imprisonment. By subsequent statute,\ncertain rights have been restored.\n\"But minors placed with the Youth Authority or in\njuvenile halls do not lose any civil rights;\ntherefore, none need be restored. Section 2600\nof the Penal Code is specifically applicable only to\nadult male felons in state institutions and, there-\nfore, no need has been demonstrated for this\nlegislation.\n\"More importantly, the directors of the state and\nlocal institutions need more, not less, flexibility\nto administer their duties. Legislation such as\nthis which could be argued to limit that flexibility\nis both untimely and unnecessary.\n\"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,\" the\ngovernor said.\n-1-\n#677\nSB 24 - Dymally\nWould establish the position of State Public\nDefender to be appointed by the Governor, confirmed\nby the Senate, and to be in operation on January 1\nJanuary 1, 1972.\nREASON FOR VETO:\n\"The estimated annual cost would be at least\n$600, more than is currently provided to handle\nessentially all criminal appeals of indigents. The\npresent procedure is to utilize appointed counsel in\nindividual cases; the 1971-72 budget includes\n$775,000 for this purpose.\n\"This legislation is unacceptable for a number of\nreasons. It is contrary to progressive judicial\nadministration because it removes from the attorney\nwho represents the indigent criminal defendant at\ntrial the responsibility for his post-trial\nrepresentation as well. Chief Justice Warren E.\nBurger has expressed his disapproval of this\npractice in his recent Report on the State of the\nJudiciary: \"A large factor in the excessive cost\nand excessive delay in criminal appeals is the\ntendency to appoint a new lawyer on appeal\nRequiring the trial lawyer to conduct the appeal\nwill\nsave both time and money.\" \" (57 American\nBar Association Journal 855,858).\n\"I, too, am convinced that representation of\nindigent defendants is best performed by locally\nappointed counsel, preferably the one who\nrepresented him at trial. The bench and the bar\nhave a professional responsibility, indeed\nobligation, to represent the indigent criminal\ndefendant at the appellate level. Private attorneys,\nacting under court appointment, are now able to\nrepresent adequately appellants in these cases. To\nspawn yet another expensive governmental agency such\nas an office of State Public Defender to handle\nthese matters, when they can and should be handled\nby the bench and bar, would merely add an additional\nlevel of bureaucracy which I believe is neither\nnecessary nor appropriate.\n\"Although it is true that there is a backlog of\ncases before the courts, there is no compelling\nevidence to support the allegation that a public\ndefender would speed up the judicial process. To the\ncontrary, there is a very high probability that\nmore cases built on new strained theories would be\nappealed as a new office holder sought to justify\nhis existence and performance.\n\"It is time that the bench and the bar face the\nissues squarely and look to themselves for the\nanswers which this bill purportedly seeks. SB 24\nis clearly not the answer.\n\"Although I am vigorously opposed to the concept of\nestablishing an office of State Public Defender,\nand will continue to strongly oppose the enactment\nof such legislation, I favor judicial reform and\nhave supported Chief Justice Donald Wright in\nestablishing the Select Committee on Trial Court\nDelay.\n\"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,\" the\ngovernor said.\n-2--\n#677\nSB 654 - Beilenson\nWould require the Department of Public Works to\nmail a notice to each owner of residential property\nwithin one-quarter mile of a proposed freeway\nroute or any alternate route.\nREASON FOR VETO:\n\"The Department of Public Works' efforts to inform\nand alert the public, not only to proposed freeway\nlocations, but also to hearings on them, are among\nthe most extensive in state government. The question\nof whether publicity aimed at informing the public\nabout freeway routes and hearings is adequate is\nnot and has seldom, if ever, been an issue.\n\"Current California Highway Commission policy\nrequires that the Division of Highways, prior to\nscheduling any hearing on the possible establishment\nof a freeway route, must contact all news media,\nissue press releases, exhibit route maps in the\nareas or communities which would be affected, and\nsolicit and invite comments from civic groups,\nservice clubs and the public in general.\n\"Following this hearing, the Commission may hold\nanother hearing on the proposed route and must, in\naddition to repeating the steps already outlined,\nnotify by telegram all affected local jurisdictions\nof the hearing.\n\"The Commission then is required by federal and\nstate law to hold a public hearing on the freeway\ndesign, including an environmental impact report.\nAll interested residents of those areas which would\nbe affected are urged through the public media to\nbe in attendance at that hearing.\n\"Then the affected local jurisdiction is required by\nlaw to hold its own hearing on the proposed route and\nto publicize it. Then, and only then, is a freeway\nagreement offered by the state to the local\njurisdiction. This becomes the first instance in the\nlengthy sequence of events I have outlined in which\nofficials know exactly what property is to be affect\nby the proposed route.\n\"If there were a problem to be solved by SB 654, its\napplication should obtain at this point in the\nsequence of events. But, it doesn't. Instead, the\nlegislation applies to the first Division of\nHighways hearing at which time it is impossible to\ndetermine which property owners would be affected.\n\"The mailing of a notice under the provisions of\nthis legislation would, therefore, not only be\nextremely costly, but, even worse, it would be\nthoroughly ineffectual since the precise definition\nof the proposed route would not yet have occurred.\n\"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,\" the\ngovernor said.\nSB 692 - Beilenson\nRequires the Commission of Housing and Community\nDevelopment to adopt regulations relating to noise\ninsulation.\nREASON FOR VETO:\n\"Noise levels vary between cities. And, they can, an\noften do, vary drastically within various sections of\nthe same city. The development of minimum statewide\nstandards not only would result in unnecessary,\noverly restrictive and costly requirements in certair\nareas with low noise levels, but also could result\nin ineffective minimums in areas with high noise leve\n\"Although minimum building safety standards such as\nfire standards should be established statewide, I\nbelieve the development of noise standards should be\nthe responsibility of local government.\n\"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,\" the\ngovernor said.\n#677\nSB 1298 - Rodda\nWould provide an increased retirement allowance for\na member of the Public Employees' Retirement System\nupon retirement between age 50 - 55 as a result of\nlayoff, and would give an employee with 15 years of\nservice who is facing layoff the same retirement\nbenefits he would receive at age 55 with 20 years of\nservice.\nREASON FOR VETO:\n\"I actively supported and approved legislation during\nthe current session which provides unemployment\nbenefits for state employees subject to layoff. I\ncan find no justification for distorting the benefit\nstructure of the Public Employees' Retirement System\nas it pertains to the laid off employee.\n\"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,\" the\ngovernor said.\n#######\nWAS\n-4-\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Califorr\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-2-71\n#678\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today signed legislation that will\nestablish the state's first pilot program in special education for\nmentally retarded children in the 3 to 5 year age group.\nThe measure (SB 74) by Senator Donald L. Grunsky, (R-\nWatsonville) calls on the Superintendent of Public Instruction to set\nup the program for approximately 100 children at 10 special classes\nthroughout the state.\nIn signing the legislation, Governor Reagan said \"California\ncan be justly proud of its existing programs to provide special\neducational opportunities to physically and mentally handicapped young\npeople. This bill will enable us to find ways to direct these younger\nchildren toward useful and productive lives by teaching them the\nbasic skills of living that they must have if they are to move on to\nfurther education.\"\n######\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE: Immed\nte\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-2-71\n#679\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today signed legislation which\ncalls for a far-reaching study of the use of mercury and its effect\nupon humans and the environment.\nThe measure (SB 309) by Senator John Nejedly, (R-Walnut Creek\nauthorizes the Secretary of the Resources Agency to conduct the\nstudy in connection with the Department of Fish and Game, the State\nWater Resources Control Board, and the State Departments of Agriculture,\nPublic Health and Conservation.\nThe one-year study will cover the uses and disposal of\nmercury and mercury compounds and include the amounts and methods\nof use, steps taken to protect employees who handle the mineral,\ndisposal and clean-up methods and the effects of mercury upon the\nenvironment.\n\"I believe this study is of vital importance to gain the\nknowledge we must have to protect the health of our citizens as well as\nprevent the contamination of the environment,\" the governor said.\n#######\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Imadiate\nSacramento, Californ.\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-3-71\n#680\nGovernor Ronald Reagan this morning issued the following statement:\n\"Since much of the news now emanating from Sacramento must be\ndisturbing and disheartening to most Californians, perhaps I can brighten\nthe day a bit with some news I have just been given by our Department of\nHuman Resources Development.\n\"For only the third time in the past 20 years California's seasonally\nadjusted unemployment rate fell a full eight points in November from\n7 percent to 6.2 percent. This is the lowest monthly rate recorded in\nthe state since July, 1970 and is the largest single monthly drop since\nMay of 1958.\n\"As you know, for more than a year the unemployment rate in the state\nhas been averaging about 7 percent or more as the nation has continued to\nmake the painful transition from a wartime to a peacetime economy. While\nit is difficult to attribute November's sharp decline in the rate to any\nspecific set of factors, I can't help but believe that it indicates\nPresident Nixon's program to fight inflation is taking hold here in\nCalifornia.\n\"I am informed that normally at this time of year, a seasonal increas\nin unemployment usually occurs as summer farm work and other outdoor\nactivities taper off. For this reason, using past experience as a guide,\nwe would have expected unemployment to go up by about 80,000 in November.\nInstead, it went up only 18,000--the smallest November increase since\n1950.\n\"Compared with November of 1970 the number of unemployed people in\nCalifornia is down by 75,000. In fact, this was the second consecutive\nmonth that unemployment was below that of a year ago.\n\"Also, the number of Californians filing claims for regular\nunemployment insurance benefits held almost level in November, a period\nwhen such claims usually rise very sharply.\n\"We are obviously very pleased with these figures and we hope the\ndownward trend in our unemployment rate will continue in the months\nahead.\"\n#######\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE: Immed te\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-3-71\n#681\nGOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE\nDecember 6, 1971\nthrough\nDecember 12, 1971\nMonday, December 6\nDepart Los Angeles for New York City.\nOvernight - New York City\nTuesday, December 7\nEvening\nFootball Hall of Fame Banquet.\nOvernight - New York City\nWednesday, December 8\nDepart for Sacramento.\nOvernight - Sacramento\nThursday, December 9\nOffice appointments.\nOvernight - - Sacramento\nFriday, December 10\nNoon\nLunch with Japanese Community in San Francisco,\nSt. Francis Hotel.\n6:00 p.m.\nSan Francisco Consular Corps Reception, St. Francis\nHotel.\nSaturday, December 11,\nand\nSunday, December 12,\nNo appointments scheduled.\n######\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE: Immed\nte\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-6-71\n#682\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the following bills have\nbeen signed:\nAB 265 - Schabarum\nRevises the membership of the Air Resources Board.\n(Chapter 1674)\nIt requires the Board to hold regular meetings at\nleast twice a month. The bill also provides for\nan annual salary of up to $10,080 for the Board\nmembers.\nAB 389 - Hayes\nAuthorizes modification or revocation of a decree\n(Chapter 1675)\nor judgement granting an allowance to a husband\nor wife upon proof of a change in economic\ncircumstances of either party, rather than when\nwife is living with another man and holding herself\nout as his wife, or when husband is living with\nanother woman and holding himself out as her husband,\nThe bill also authorizes a court to order payments\nof child support to be made to designated officers,\nin instances where court has made an order directing\npayment of child support to the parent, rather than\na former spouse having custody.\nAB 644 - Bagley\nExtends state responsibility for trial costs of\n(Chapter 1671)\nindividuals charged with escape or attempted escape\nor consipiracy to escape from the custody of the\nDepartment of Corrections. This bill applies only\nto trials based on indictments filed between\nNovember 1, 1970, and June 30, 1971.\nAB 1107 - Greene, B. Amends the definition of \"meet and confer in\n(Chapter 1676)\ngood faith\" for purposes of local government\nemployer-employee relations in the Meyers-Milias-\nBrown Act. It specifies that meeting and conferring\nshall take place promptly upon request of either\nparty and continue for a reasonable period of time.\nIt further states that such meeting and conferring\nshall take place prior to the adoption of the final\nbudget and allow adequate time for the resolution of\nimpasses.\nAB 1143 - Brathwaite Permits the governing board of a school district to\n(Chapter 1677)\nemploy a person convicted of the use or possession\nof marijuana as a classified employee if it determines\nthat evidence substantiates that the prospective\nemployee has been rehabilitated for at least five\nyears.\nAB 1238 - Sieroty\nRequires that in all misdemeanor convictions the\n(Chapter 1678)\ndefendant's sentence be credited for time served\nin custody from the day of arrest to the day of\nconviction, or that he receive credit for any\nfine that may be imposed at the rate of not less than\n$20.00 per day. If the total number of days in\ncustody exceeds the number of days of the sentence\nto be imposed, the entire sentence shall be deemed\nto have been served.\nAB 1814 - Hayes\nRevises the Code of Civil Procedure provisions\n(Chapter 1679)\nrelating to offers of compromise in civil cases.\nAB 1845 - Miller\nAllows a jury trial in the superior court on\n(Chapter 1680)\nthe question of whether a youth ordered returned to\nthe Youth Authority following a court hearing is\nphysically dangerous to the public. A three-fourths\nvote of the jury is required for a verdict.\nAB 2007 - Barnes\nPermits the marshal of a municipal court who is a\n(Chapter 1670)\nmember of a retirement system established pursuant\nto the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 to\nreceive deferred retirement benefits in the Public\nEmployees' Retirement System, at the prescribed\nmandatory retirement age under the county system.\n#682\nAB 2235 - Sieroty\nProvides that where a public entity does not\n(Chapter 1681)\ninitiate a condemnation action within six months\nafter adopting a condemnation resolution the owner\nmay bring an action in inverse condemnation and\nrecover damages for interference with the owner's\nrights.\nAB 2345 - Cullen\nMakes technical amendments to SB 283 (Chapter 1242,\n(Chapter 1682)\nStatutes of 1971), which enacted the Hospital\nDisclosure Act.\nAB 2497 - Briggs\nPermits the Insurance Commissioner, upon request\n(Chapter 1683)\nof the Board of Governors of the California Insurance\nGuarantee Association, to order an examination of\na member insurer who the board believes may be in\na financial condition hazardous to the insurer's\npolicyholders or the public.\nAB 3057 - Cullen\nRevises the Code of Civil Procedure provisions\n(Chapter 1684)\nrespecting levies of execution upon earnings of a\njudgement debtor and provides generally for such\nwithholding of wages by the employer during a\nperiod of 90 days after being served on the debtor's\nemployer. The bill permits a single claim of\nexemption of earnings to extend to any wages so\nwithheld.\nSB 593 - Collier\nIncreases the amount which may be spent annually\n(Chapter 1672)\nfor maintenance of state highway landscaping and\nfunctional planting from $12,500,000 to $17,000,000.\nSB 1326 - Deukmejian\nRequires oil and gas production, in certain\n(Chapter 1673)\ncircumstances, to be conducted under specified\nunit agreements approved by the State Oil and Gas\nSupervisor.\n####\n-2-\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nRELEASE: Iv diate\nSacramento, Californi.\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-7-71\n#683\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today he has set February 1 as\nthe date for a special primary election in the 76th Assembly District\n(San Diego) to fill the seat vacated recently by Peter B. Wilson,\nWilson was elected mayor of San Diego.\nIn a special election proclamation signed last night, the governor\ndesignated February 29 as the date for a run-off election, of one is\nnecessary.\n######\nEJG\nExecutive Department\nState of California\nPROCLAMATION\nWHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of California has\nbeen called in extraordinary session and has convened on\nDecember 6, 1971; and\nWHEREAS, on account of an extraordinary occasion which\nhas arisen and now exists, it is deemed desirable and necessary\nto submit additional subjects to the Legislature for\nconsideration;\nNOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, Governor of the State\nof California, by virtue of the power vested in me by law,\nhereby amend and supplement my Proclamation dated December 4,\n1971, by adding the following additional purposes thereto, and\nthereby permitting the Legislature to legislate upon the\nfollowing subjects, in addition to the subject specified in\nthe original Proclamation, to wit:\nItem No. 2 To consider and act upon legislation relative\nto the reapportionment of the Senate and\nthe Assembly.\nItem No. 3 To consider and act upon legislation relative\nto the reapportionment of the state's\ncongressional districts.\nIN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and\ncaused the Great Seal of the State of California to be affixed\nthis\n641\nday of December, 1971.\nRonald Reogan\nGovernor of California\nATTEST: Edmind G. Brown &\nSecretary of State\nby\nprinted in CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF STATE PRINTING\nEDMUND C. DROWN Jr. Coderatory of State\nBy\nHopety Secretary of State\nPROCLAMATION\nWHEREAS, An extraordinary occasion has arisen\nand now exists requiring that the Legislature of the\nState of California be convened in extraordinary\nsession; now, therefore,\nI, Ronald Reagan, Governor of the State of\nCalifornia, by virtue of the power and authority in\nme vested by Section 3 (b) of Article IV of the\nConstitution of the State of California, do hereby\nconvene the Legislature of the State of California\nto meet in extraordinary session at Sacramento,\nCalifornia, on the sixth day of December, 1971, at\n12:00 o'clock noon of said day for the following\npurpose and to legislate upon the following subject:\nTo consider and act upon legislation relative\nto providing revenues for state government.\nIN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand\nand caused the Great Seal of the State of California\nto be affixed this 4th day of December, 1971.\nRonald Reagon\nRONALD REAGAN\nGovernor of California\nATTEST: Edmund r. Brown &\nSecretary of State\nBy 7tp\nH. P. SULLIVAN\nAssistant Secretary of State\nprimied in CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF STATE PRINTING\nDecember 7, 1971\nThe following, attributable to a spokesman for\nGovernor Reagan, vas read to members of the press who\nrequested comment today on passage by the legislature\nof the mini tax-withholding bill,\nGovernor Reagan is very pleased that the members\nof the legislature have passed the withholding bill\nand he will be doubly pleased if they pass a fair\nreapportionment bill.\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOI\nMEMO TO THE PRES\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-8-71\nGovernor Reagan will sign the tax bill at\napproximately 11:45 a.m. today in Los Angeles upon his\nreturn from New York.\nThe signing will be at Gate 46, American Air-\nlines Satellite, Los Angeles International Airport.\n#####\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nRELEASE: Imme\nate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-8-71\n#684\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today appointed C. Richard Spriggs,\na Beverly Hills certified public accountant, to fill an unexpired term\non the State Board of Accountancy in the Department of Consumer\nAffairs.\nSpriggs, 55, a partner in the firm of Arthur Young and Company,\nwill succeed Robert E. Whyte of Fresno who has resigned. The term ends\nin January, 1972.\nSpriggs, a Republican, will represent certified public\naccountants on the board. He lives at 2203 Jeffersonia Way, Los Angeles.\nBoard members are paid $25 per diem while on official duty.\n# # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nRELEASE: Immed\nte\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-8-71\n#685\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named three new members to\nfour-year-terms on the Commission of the Californias.\nThey are M. Keith Gaede, president of San Joaquin Associates,\na Newport Beach development firm; Leon W. Parma, a group executive of\nTeledyne, Inc., San Diego; and Charles W. Gardiner, president of a\nSan Marino management firm.\nGaede, who lives at 111 Monte Carlo Drive, Laguna Beach,\nsucceeds Pierre Allinioof El Centro, whose term has expired.\nParma, a resident of 6316 Calle Majorca, La Jolla, will\nreplace Oscar Padilla of Calexico, whose term has expired.\nGardiner, who lives at 665 Chester Avenue, San Marino,\nsucceeds Milton E. Brooding of Lafayette, who has resigned.\nThe new members are Republicans.\nCommission members receive necessary expenses.\n#####\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Californ.\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n12-8-71\n#686\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today he has directed State\nHuman Relations Secretary James M. Hall to determine how much\nadditional money from the state is needed to help finance a current\nfunding deficiency in the Crippled Childrens' Program across the\nstate.\nThe program is operated by the counties.\nOnce the extent of the deficiency is known, the governor said he\nwill immediately order the Human Relations Agency to allocate\nsufficient funds from the state's fourth quarter allotment for the\nprogram to cover the current deficiency.\nThe governor also said he will ask the legislature in January\nto approve a deficiency appropriation to fully cover the state's\nshare of the program for the remainder of the current fiscal year.\nThe governor acted after conferring with Assembly Robert W.\nCrown (D-Alameda) who has agreed to carry the deficiency bill.\n\"Information has been made available to us which indicates that\nthere would be insufficient funding of the crippled childrens' program\nwithout this action,\" the governor said.\n\"The additional money which is to be made available will assure\nthat there is no further disruption of services for this vital\nprogram,\" he added.\nThe governor said the deficiency can be handled administratively\nat this time but that a deficiency appropriation will be necessary to\nfinance the program for the remainder of the year.\n\"I would hope that the legislature will act swiftly in January\nso that there will be no interruption of services,\" the governor said.\nFive counties (Placer, Santa Cruz, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tulare)\nare known to have reduced the level of crippled childrens' services\nthey operate. Another county (Tehama) has closed its program.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nMEMO TO THE PRI\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-9-71\nGovernor Ronald Reagan will greet the Chico State College\nfootball team and student leaders at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow in the\nCouncil Room of the Governor's Office. The students will be accompanied\nby Assemblyman Ray Johnson.\nOn Saturday, December 11, the Chico State College Wildcats\nwill play the Boise State College Broncos in Sacramento's Camellia\nBowl.\n########\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOP\nRELEASE: Im ediate\nSacramento, Californi.\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-9-71\n#687\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today hailed as \"courageous and wise\"\nPresident Nixon's decision to veto a bill which would have spawned \"yet\nanother horde of federal bureaucrats\" to oversee \"a nationalized system\nof infant education and thereby do violence to our traditional concept\nof local control of education.\"\nThe legislation was known as the \"Economic Opportunity Act of 1971. \"\nIn a statement, the governor said:\n\"President Nixon's decision to veto this legislation was courageous\nand wise.\n\"The bill represented an unconscionable threat to the sovereignty\nof the states in that it would have enabled yet another horde of federal\nbureaucrats to bypass the states in creating and overseeing a\nnationalized system of infant education.\n\"By controlling the purse strings of the program, this new phalanx\nof bureaucrats would, in effect, control all aspects of the program at\nthe expense of local prerogatives and thereby do violence to our\ntraditional concept of local control of education.\n\"The measure would have been enormously expensive with a potential\nyearly cost of as much as $16 billion in the years to come. It would have\ncost some $2 billion during the coming fiscal year alone.\n\"I am not opposed to the broad concept of government-financed child\ncare as a means of assisting needy working mothers who would otherwise be\nunable to carry on a job to support their young children. However, this\nlegislation did not address itself to the simple child care approach.\n\"On the contrary, it represented a dangerous intrusion into elementar\neducation by seeking to establish a federalized kindergarten program-\na\nfield which should rightly remain in the hands of local officials who are\ndirectly responsible to the communities they serve, \" he said.\nHe noted he had urged the president to veto the legislation on\nseveral occasions in the past few weeks, including by telegram last night.\n######\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nMEMO TO THE PRE\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-10-71\n#683\nGOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE\nDecember 13, 1971\nthrough\nDecember 19, 1971\nMonday, December 13\n2:00 p.m.\nPresentation of Young Californian's Medallion for\nBravery and Service to five California Young People.\nGovernor's Office.\nOvernight - Sacramento\nTuesday, December 14\nOffice appointments.\n5:00 p.m.\nLighting of State Christmas Tree, North Steps of\nCapitol.\nOvernight - Sacramento\nWednesday, December 15\n11:30 a.m.\nPresentation to State of the AAA Pedestrian Safety\nAward for Excellence. Governor's Office.\nNoon\nAppearance at Christmas Program in Capitol Rotunda.\nBrief Christmas Remarks.\nOvernight - Los Angeles\nThursday, December 16\n1:30 p.m.\nPresentation of State Medal of Valor Awards.\nGovernor's Office.\nOvernight - Sacramento\nFriday, December 17\nOffice appointments.\nOvernight - Los Angeles\nSaturday, December 18\nNo appointments scheduled.\nOvernight - Los Angeles\nSunday, December 19\nNo appointments scheduled.\nOvernight - Los Angeles\n####\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nMEMO TO THE PRE\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-10-71\nGovernor Ronald Reagan will present the Young Californian's\nMedallion for Bravery and Service to five young men during a ceremony\nat 2:00 p.m. Monday, December 13, in the Governor's Office.\nPress coverage is invited.\n####\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE: Immed. .te\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-13-71\n#689\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today awarded the Young Californian's\nMedallion for Bravery and Service to five young men who have been\nnominated for the Young American Medal for Bravery and Service.\nBronze medallions for acts of heroism were presented during\nceremonies in the Governor's Office to Raymond Lee Davis, 16, of\nSan Francisco, Thomas Alan Housouer, 14, of Aptos and Douglas Christopher-\nO'Brien, 14, of Granada Hills, while medallions for service went to\nJohn M. Hastings, 17, of Canoga Park and William Ray Vorce, 18, of\nSan Mateo.\nDavis, son of Mr. and Mrs. William M. Davis of 120 Middle Point\nRoad, San Francisco, was cited for rescuing six children from a burning\ntwo story building. He discovered the fire while he was delivering\nnewspapers and made two trips into the burning building to rescue the\nchildren.\nHousouer, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Housouer of 226 Poplar Street,\nAptos, rescued his younger sister, Alice, from a fire in their home\nby running barefooted across a floor that was aflame.\nO'Brien, son of Mr. and Mrs. John H. O'Brien of 17039 Simonds\nStreet, Granada Hills, was cited for his efforts to free a friend who\naccidentally touched a 5,000 volt live wire.\nHastings, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald O. Hastings of 7301 Nita\nAvenue, Canoga Park, received the service award for efforts on behalf\nof drug abuse information and education programs.\nVorce, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray G. Vorce of 35 Burgoyne Court,\nSan Mateo, was cited for his efforts to enlist teen-agers in providing\nmedical and community service for remote Central American villages.\nHe has served in Guatemala and Colombia as a paramedic and an instructor\nin hygienc and nutrition.\n########\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Californ.\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-13-71\n#690\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today reluctantly accepted the resignation\nof one of his closest and ablest advisors.\nGeorge R. Steffes, 36, one of the most influential members of the\nReagan administration for the past five years, said he is leaving the\ngovernor's staff to become a principal officer in California Advocates,\nInc., a major legislative advocate firm headquartered in Sacramento.\nAn aide to Reagan during the 1966 campaign, Steffes played a key\nrole in shaping the incoming administration during the seven weeks before\nthe new governor assumed office January 1, 1967. He has earned three\npromotions since then. After serving as assistant legislative secretary\nto the governor from January-September, 1967, he was named legislative\nsecretary to the Assembly. His responsibilities were doubled in October,\n1969, when he was promoted to legislative secretary to the governor for\nboth the Assembly and Senate. He again was elevated to one of the top\nfour positions on the governor's staff, as assistant to the governor and\ndirector of programs and policy for the entire administration, early\nthis year.\nGovernor Reagan said he was accepting the resignation \"with the\ngreatest personal reluctance.\"\nHe praised Steffes as \"one of the truly outstanding young men of this\nadministration, a person of immense ability and personal integrity whose\nwise and trusted counsel will be missed deeply.\n\"Some people are irreplaceable. You are one of those,\" the governor\nsaid in thanking Steffes \"for the exceptional quality of service you have\nrendered to me and to this administration: service far above and beyond\nthe call of duty.\n\"It is because men like you are willing to take time out of their\ncareers to contribute their energies and talents to government that this\nadministration has been able to accomplish so much in the past five years.\nBest wishes as you resume your private career,\" the governor told Steffes.\nIn submitting his resignation, Steffes thanked the governor \"for the\nopportunity of a lifetime in serving as a member of your staff.\n\"It is impossible to adequately express the pride I feel in having\nplayed a small part in the accomplishments of the Reagan administration\nthese last five years, Steffes said.\nBefore joining Reagan's staff, Steffes was corporate manager of news\nand information for Tidewater 011 Company.\nA graduate of the University of Southern California, he served for\nfour years in Air Force intelligence as a Korean interpreter.\nHe and his wife and four children are residents of Folsom, California.\n####\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE:\nI\nediate\nSacramento, Californi\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-13-71\n#691\nGovernor Ronald Reagan has announced the following bills have been\nsigned:\nAB 483 - Ryan\nExtends indefinitely the operative effect of Penal\nChapter 1691\nCode provisions which authorize a court, both before\nand after submission of the case to the jury, to\npermit sworn jurors in criminal cases either to\nseparate or be kept in charge of proper officer.\nAB 590 - Murphy\nAuthorizes summary probate proceeding on application\nChapter 1692\nof the public administrator where it appears the\ntotal value of the estate does not exceed $2,000\ninstead of $1,000. The bill includes the county\ntreasurer of the county in which the probate\nproceedings are pending as one of authorized\ndepositaries into one of which public administrator\nmust deposit all monies of an estate. The bill also\nallows a county treasurer to pay out such funds, on\norder of public administrator, when required for\npurpose of administration.\nAB 781 - Maddy\nAdds districts to the definition of local agencies\nChapter 1693\nand legislative bodies subject to the law relating\nto the provision of group life insurance benefits\nfor certain public officers and employees.\nAB 919 - Foran\nAuthorizes the board of the Golden Gate Bridge,\nChapter 1694\nHighway and Transportation District to adopt rules\nand regulations governing the use of all modes of\ntransportation owned, operated, or maintained by the\ndistrict. The bill makes a number of other amendment\nrelating to transportation services provided by the\nDistrict.\nAB 1281 - Knox\nIncorporates the changes to Section 830.3 of the\nChapter 1695\nPenal Code made by Chapter 631 (AB 243), Chapter 716\n(SB 786), Chapter 632 (SB 123), and Chapter 701\n(SB 680) of the 1971 Statutes. The bill makes no\nsubstantive change in the law.\nAB 1354 - Fenton\nProvides that an existing corporation may become a\nChapter 1696\nrestricted industrial loan company for purpose of\nmaking certain business loans if it meets all\npertinent requirements of the Industrial Loan Law\nand maintains specified minimum paid in capital.\nAB 1383 - Arnett\nRequires the Public Utilities Commission to prepare\nChapter 1697\nand adopt a plan to achieve, when feasible and\nconsistent with environmental planning, under-\ngrounding of all new public utility distribution\nfacilities proposed to be erected within view of\nstate scenic highways by December 31, 1972.\nAB 1424 - Gonsalves\nPermits the owner of a vehicle removed from private\nChapter 1698\nproperty pursuant to specified provisions to recover\nfor any damage to the vehicle resulting from any\nintentional or negligent act of any person causing\nthe removal of, or removing the vehicle.\nAB 1549 - Hayes\nProvides that the earnings and accumulations of a\nChapter 1699\nspouse, and of minor children living with, or in\ncustody of the spouse, while living separate and\napart from the other spouse, are the separate propert,\nof the spouse. Under present law the earnings and\naccumulations of the husband are classed as\ncommunity property, unless an interlocutory judgment\nof dissolution has been granted. The earnings of the\nwife are classed as her separate property.\n- 1 -\nAB 1736 - Moorhead\nPermits early parole of a limited number of non-\nChapter 1700\nviolent state prisoners selected for inclusion in\nresearch programs approved by the Board of\nCorrections.\nAB 1786 - Knox\nIncreases the number of Superior Court judges in\nChapter 1701\nContra Costa, Monterey, San Bernardino, San Diego,\nOrange and Santa Clara counties.\nAB 1809 - Hayes\nRequires, upon each accounting, that the executor\nChapter 1702\nor administrator show that during the period\ncovered by the account he has kept all cash in his\npossession invested in interest-bearing accounts or\ninvestments as authorized by law, except such amount\nof cash as are reasonably necessary for the orderly\nadministration of the estate being administered\nunless provided otherwise by will.\nAB 1948 - Quimby\nProvides that a construction contract with a public\nChapter 1703\nentity shall not hold a contractor liable for damage\ncaused by acts of God, as defined, which occur after\nthe effective date of the bill. The bill excepts\nfrom such prohibition contracts financed by revenue\nbonds and states that the public entity is not\nprohibited from requiring insurance against such\ndamage if the premium is a separate bid item.\nAB 2014 - Waxman\nAuthorizes the Superintendent of Public Instruction,\nChapter 1704\nwith approval of the State Board of Education, to\nauthorize one school district to develop a pilot\nprogram to determine feasibility of extending greate\nflexibility to students in a class where outside\ncommunity experience would be directly related.\nAB 2040 - Wilson\nExpands the definition of toluene as a poison, to\nChapter 1705\ninclude its presence in any material or substance an\nto include specified combinations of hydrocarbons,\nin addition to its presence in glue or cement.\nAB 2059 - Hayes\nPermits inspection of documents which are relevant\nChapter 1706\nto the subject matter of action or are reasonably\ncalculated to discover admissible evidence instead\nof only documents which contain or constitute\nevidence.\nAB 2073 - Greene\nMakes it unlawful to attempt to collect a consumer\nChapter 1707\ndebt by sending a communication which simulates\nlegal or judicial process or which gives the\nappearance of being authorized, issued, or approved\nby a governmental agency or attorney when it is not.\nAB 2121 - Crown\nExempts the boom or mast of a forklift truck from\nChapter 1708\nprovisions of the Vehicle Code which prohibit\nvehicles from exceeding a height of 13 feet and 6\ninches, and provides that such boom or mast shall\nnot exceed a height of 14 feet.\nAB 2123 - LaCoste\nProvides that a dispute over appropriateness of\nChapter 1709\nunits of representation between a local public\nemployer and an employee organization may, in the\nabsence of local procedures for resolving such\ndisputes, be submitted to the Division of\nConciliation of the Department of Industrial\nRelations for resolution upon the request of either\nof the parties.\nAB 2158 - Knox\nMakes provision for issuance of refunding bonds by\nChapter 1710\ncertain local agencies. This bill is intended to\nprovide a means whereby local governments can\nrefinance outstanding bond issues.\n- 2 -\nAB 2180 - Chacon\nProvides where any school district whose 1971-1972\nChapter 1711\nbudget contained proposed expenditures for children's\ncenters and development centers for handicapped\nminors to be financed by permissive override taxes,\nbut for which no provision was made for inclusion of\nsuch taxes in fixing and levying the 1971-1972\nschool district tax rate, that the county auditor\nshall make no allocation of property tax collections\nto such special funds and authorizes the school\ndistrict to transfer sufficient funds therefor from\nits general fund to such special funds and provides\nfor repayment thereof.\nAB 2316 - Fong\nMakes it unlawful to fail to deliver ordered mail\nChapter 1712\norder goods within six weeks, unless an extended\ndelivery date is specified in the advertisement.\nIf the goods are not delivered within the specified\ntime, the seller is required to follow a prescribed\nprocedure for refund or substitution of the ordered\ngoods.\nAB 2561 - Warren\nProvides that a person who, with the intent to\nChapter 1713\ndefraud, sells or disposes of specified items of\npersonal property on which the manufacturer's\nidentification mark has been removed, defaced,\ncovered, altered or destroyed is civilly liable to\nthe manufacturer for $500 per transaction and is\ncivilly liable to the purchasers for treble damages.\nAB 2622 - Brathwaite Provides specified procedures to govern city and\nChapter 1714\ncounty zoning and planning hearings, including\nchartered cities.\nAB 2727 - Waxman\nRevises the schedule of fees to be paid the\nChapter 1715\nSecretary of State for filing articles of\nincorporation or agreements of consolidation. The\nbill authorizes the charging of a fee for special\nhandling of a document, certificate and other\nservices performed by the Secretary of State.\nAB 2746 - Fong\nAuthorizes one additional judge each for the San\nChapter 1716\nLeandro-Hayward and Fremont-Newark-Union City\nMunicipal Courts in Alameda County, and the Central\nOrange County, Orange County Harbor, and South\nOrange County Municipal Courts.\nAB 3022 - Sieroty\nRevises the provisions of the Evidence Code relating\nChapter 1717\nto freedom from contempt of news media personnel\nfor disclosure of information.\nAB 3038 - Meade\nProvides that the fire departments maintained by the\nChapter 1718\nCity of Oakland and the City and County of San\nFrancisco using fire hydrant outlets with other than\n2½-inch threaded fittings shall cause specified\nvehicles to carry a minimum of eight adapters,\nconsisting of four increasers and four reducers which\nwill enable conversion of fire equipment and\napparatus to and from a 2½-inch threaded fitting.\nAB 3048 - Wilson\nProvides that the office of the governor instead of\nChapter 1719\nthe coordinating council for higher education shall\nassume the functions relating to community\ndevelopment training pursuant to Section 802 of\nTitle VIII of the Federal Housing Act of 1964.\nAB 3049 - Wilson\nAmends the Farm Labor Center Law to provide that the\nChapter 1720\nCommission of Housing and Community Development shall\nadopt and enforce regulations for all new housing\naccommodations erected and occupied on such projects.\n- 3 -\nAB 3097 - Mobley\nAuthorizes payment of the claim of an original\nChapter 1721\ncontractor awarded a contract by a public entity who\nfails to file payment bond, where such failure is a\nresult of inadvertence or excusable neglect. The\nbill applies retroactively to any airport contract\nperformed and partially paid for by state funds\nprovided from the Aeronautics Fund entered into by a\ncity of a specified population in a county of a\nspecified population on or after August 6, 1968,\nand performed on or before December 30, 1970.\nSB 292 - Walsh\nPrescribes additional grounds for the real estate\nChapter 1686\ncommissioner to deny issuance of a public report\nauthorizing the sale or lease of lots or parcels\nwithin subdivision.\nSB 647 - Gregorio\nProvides that a city which either failed to adopt or\nChapter 1687\nfile a resolution in a timely fashion declaring it\nis imposing a tax to provide fire protection services\nwithin its jurisdiction may make a refund of such\ntaxes for the 1971-1972 fiscal year, in order that\ncity property taxpayers won't pay for such service\nto the city and to the county.\nSB 944 - Beilenson\nMakes several technical amendments to the Medi-Cal\nChapter 1685\nReform Plan.\nSB 1398 - Way\nRequires in-service training for county employees\nChapter 1688\nwho engage in determination of eligibility for public\nsocial services to include special training in\ntechniques designed to enable such employees to\nidentify applications for public social services\nwhich require special investigation pursuant to\nspecified regulations.\nSB 1633 - Marler\nDefines the costs for which the state will reimburse\nChapter 1689\na county in the case of homicide trials. The bill\nalso reduces the county tax rate upon which the\nstate reimbursement is based.\n# # # # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, Californ\nContact: Paul Beck\n:\n445-4571\n12-13-71\nGovernor and Mrs. Reagan will join staff\nmembers for a Christmas Party in the Governor's\nCouncil Room immediately following the Christmas\nTree lighting ceremony at 5 p.m. tomorrow\n(December 14).\nMembers of the press are invited to participate.\n# # #\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nSacramento, California\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-13-71\nGovernor Reagan will make an important announcement tomorrow at\n10:00 s.m. in the governor's office.\nPress coverage is invited.\n......\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVE. OR\nRELEASE:\nmmediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-14-71\n#692\nGovernor Ronald Reagan, at a ceremony in his office, today read\nthe following statement on signing AB 2887, Priolo:\n\"I have invited you here to share in the signing of an historic\nbill which will affect the lives of all Californians, especially our\nyoung people.\n\"As you know, with the ratification of the 26th amendment to the\nU.S. Constitution earlier this year, the voting age was lowered to 18.\n\"The landmark legislation X am about to sign into law acknowledges\nthe basic concept that those who enjoy the privileges of voting also\nshould be expected to assume the responsibilities of full citizenship.\nIt is a concept with which, in general, I concur.\n\"I am, of course, aware of the well-intentioned and sincere concerns\nof some adults that some young people between 18 and 21 may not be\nsufficiently mature to meet the responsibilities of adulthood. I have\nreflected on these concerns at length. In weighing my decision on this\nbill, I had to recognize that just as some persons in the so-called\n'over-21' age group don't necessarily conduct themselves as mature\nadults, there also will be some in the 18-tc-21age category whose\nbehavior will fall short of the standards expected of them as adults.\n\"However, I tend to feel that a vast majority of our newly\nenfranchised young people---given the responsibilities of full\ncitizenship---will conduct themselves in a manner deserving of the high\nexpectations and confidence we are placing in them.\n\"I want to emphasize that this legislation does not change the\npresent constitutional prohibition against the purchase and consumption\nof alcoholic beverages by persons under 21 years of age.\"\n#####\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE:\nImme\nite\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-14-71\n#693\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the following bills have\nbeen signed:\nAB 23 - Miller\nProvides that the Welfare and Institutions Code\n(Chapter 1726)\nprovisions requiring the county to provide day\ncare services for former, current, and potential\nrecipients of public assistance who certify that\nif provided such services they will accept or\nmaintain employment or training and who further\ncertify that without such services they would be\nunable to accept or maintain employment or training\nbe cited as the Miller Child Care Services Act of\n1971. The bill makes no substantive changes in the\nlaw. It merely \"tombstones\" a section of the\nWelfare Reform Act.\nAB 131 - Greene, B. Provides that textbooks and teachers' manuals\n(Chapter 1727)\nadopted by the State Board of Education to be used\nby elementary schools and textbooks adopted by\ngoverning board of any school district to be used\nin high schools shall include accurate protrayals of\nboth men and women in all types of roles. The\nbill will become operative on July 1, 1975.\nAB\n133 - Greene, B. Permits grants under the State College Educational\n(Chapter 1728)\nOpportunity Program to persons selected, as\nprescribed, for enrollment in program authorized by\nthe State College Trustees, rather than requiring\nthat such grants be made to graduates of high\nschools, veterans of armed forces, and nominees of\nprescribed state agencies. The bill authorizes,\nrather than requires, each high school in the state\nto nominate students for State College Educational\nOpportunity Program grants. It also authorizes\nstate agencies and educational agencies designated\nby the Trustees and state college presidents to\nnominate persons whom they deem eligible for such\ngrants.\nAB 334 - Warren\nReduces the age for jurors from 21 to 18.\n(Chapter 1690)\nAB 850 - Ryan\nAmends the Juvenile Court Law to establish\n(Chapter 1729)\nprocedures for making a child who has suffered\nphysical abuse a dependent child of the court.\nAB 911 - Brown\nRemoves the authority of a peace officer to take\n(Chapter 1730)\na minor under 18 years of age into temporary custody\nwithout a warrant when such officer has reasonable\ncause to believe that the minor has committed a\npublic offense.\nAB 1108 - Burton\nMakes it a misdemeanor to manufacture or sell any\n(Chapter 1731)\ntoy designed to depict torture, resemble instruments\nof torture or which specifically resembles a bomb\nor grenade. The bill does not apply to any model of\nan aircraft, ship, motor vehicle, railroad engine,\ncar or rocket ship. Its provisions become operative\non July 1, 1972.\nAB 1237 - Sieroty\nCounts jail time served prior to commitment as part\n(Chapter 1732)\nof a prison sentence.\nAB 1344 - Brathwaite Permits a community redevelopment agency in Los\n(Chapter 1733)\nAngeles County to finance, acquire, and construct\na transportation collection and distribution system\nand peripheral parking facilities to serve the\nredevelopment project and surrounding areas by the\nissuance of bonds or otherwise.\n-1-\n#693\nAB 1608 - Townsend\nProvides that airport noise regulations of the\n(Chapter 1734)\nDepartment of Aeronautics shall go into effect\non December 1, 1972.\nAB 1783 - Knox\nIncreases the maximum amount of compensation each\n(Chapter 1735)\nmember of the board of directors, except the\npresident, of the Golden Gate Bridge and Highway\nDistrict may receive in any one year from $2,400\nto $3,600, and it provides that the maximum\ncompensation of the president of the board shall not\nexceed $5,000 in any one year. The bill makes\nsuch provisions effective only until the 61st day\nafter the final adjournment of the 1974 Regular\nSession of the Legislature.\nAB 1801 - Burton\nProvides that a previously enacted law that is\n(Chapter 1736)\nterminated because of a termination date is\nrevived if a later enacted statute that deletes,\nrepeals, or extends the termination date is\nchaptered before such date.\nAB 1806 - Miller\nRequires local agencies to take an inventory to\n(Chapter 1737)\ndetermine what property is excess to needs of an\nagency and authorizes, subject to specified provision\nthe lease, sale, grant, or other transfer of the\nexcess to specified corporations for housing of\npersons and families of low and moderate income.\nAB 1807 - Hayes\nSpecifically authorizes an enforcemnt agency to\n(Chapter 1738)\ninstitute appropriate actions to prevent, restrain,\ncorrect, or abate prescribed violations of laws,\nrules and regulations, or orders or notice,\nrelating to mobilehome parks. The bill also imposes\ncivil penalties for willful violation of such\nlaws and rules and regulations pursuant thereto. It\nprovides that enforcement agency shall institute or\nmaintain an action in the appropriate court to\ncollect any civil penalties.\nAB 1861 - Knox\nRevises provisions with respect to the taxation of\n(Chapter 1739)\ndistributions of bank holding corporations. The\nbill will be operative upon enactment of correspond-\ning federal legislation on or before June 30, 1972.\nAB 1870 - Deddeh\nAuthorizes the California Highway Commission to\n(Chapter 1740)\nbudget funds for the implementation of the Federal\nAid Highway Act of 1970. The measure will provide\nfinancing for the newly defined Urban Systems\nprogram as well as the Traffic-Operational-Program-\nto-Improve-Capacity-and-Safety programs.\nAB 2109 - Bagley\nRevises the presumtion for determining the value\n(Chapter 1741)\nof vehicles purchased outside the state for purposes\nof the use tax, commencing January 1, 1972. The\nbill exempts nonmedicated chewing gum, candy and\nconfectionery from sales and use taxes and revises\nthe exemption for hot prepared foods, commencing\nJanuary 1, 1972. The bill also subjects 33 percent\nof the gross receipts derived from the sale of certain\nfood products through vending machines to the sales\ntax.\nAB 2111 - Bagley\nAuthorizes the sale, exchange, quitclaim, and\n(Chapter 1742)\nconveyance of certain lands in the San Rafael Canal\narea in the City of San Rafael, subject to specified\nreservations.\nAB 2518 - Lewis\nEnacts the Supplementary Education Act of 1971. The\n(Chapter 1743)\nbill authorizes school districts and county super-\nintendents of schools to establish pilot supplement-\nary education programs, to be administered by the\nDepartment of Education.\n-2-\n#693\nAB 2598 - Campbell\nEstablishes fees for certification of public health\n(Chapter 1744)\nnurses and public health sanitarians.\nAB 2786 - Ralph\nDeclares that every effort should be made to detect\n(Chapter 1745)\nsickle cell anemia. It requires the Department of\nPublic Health to designate tests and regulations to\ncarry out this policy. The bill authorizes the\ndepartment to require that a test be given to any\nidentifiable segment of the population which the\ndepartment determines is susceptible to sickle cell\nanemia at a disproportionately higher ratio than is\nthe balance of the population.\nAB 3100 - Chappie\nAuthorizes a loan of up to $70,000 to the Placerville\n(Chapter 1746)\nUnion Elementary School District.\nSB 272 - Beilenson\nSubstantially revises and updates classifications in\n(Chapter 1722)\nthe State Park System. The bill amends and updates\nprovision for natural areas, use of aircraft and\nvehicles and details methods for allowing vehicles\nin areas of the State Park System.\nSB 792 - Song\nSpecifies, subject to conditions, that superior,\n(Chapter 1723)\nmunicipal, and justice court judges can be\nrepresented in proceedings involving their judicial\nduties by the county's county counsel. The bill\nexcepts criminal proceedings against judges, grand\njury investigations of judges, proceedings before\nthe Commission on Judicial Qualifications, and civil\naction or proceedings arising out of facts under\nwhich judge was convicted of criminal offense in\na criminal proceeding.\nSB 827 - Beilenson\nRevises the Aid for Adoption of Children Act by\n(Chapter 1724)\nmaking the 2-year pilot program established\nthereunder into a permanent program to assist\nfamilies in the adoption of hard-to-place children\nof the age of 3 years or more.\nSB 1218 - Zenovich\nAuthorizes the Malaga County Water District to\n(Chapter 1725)\norganize and conduct community recreation programs\nand to construct and operate recreation centers.\nThe bill prohibits the district from incurring a\nbonded indebtedness for such purposes exceeding 1\npercent of the assessed value of all the taxable\nproperty in the district.\n#\n#\n#\n#\n#\n#\n-3-\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO'\nRELEASE: Immed te\nSacramento, Californi\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-14-71\n#694\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointments of\nFrederick M. Swenson of Newport Beach and Frank W. Turnbull of\nHuntington Beach to the 32nd District Agricultural Association Board\nof Directors (Orange County Fair).\nSwenson, a stock broker, of 2452 Bayshore Drive, Newport Beach,\nsucceeds Cecil J. Marks of Santa Ana, whose term has expired.\nTurnbull, general manager and senior vice president of a\nHuntington Beach equipment leasing firm, will fill the unexpired term\nof Thomas C. Rogers of Newport Beach, which ends in January, 1973.\nRogers has resigned. Turnbull lives at 10152 Crailet Drive, Huntington\nBeach.\nBoth appointees are Republicans.\nBoard members receive necessary expenses.\n####\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nSacramento, California\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-15-71\nGovernor Reagan will sign AB 486, Fenton and AB 676, Priolo---\nthe workmen's compensation legislative package agreed to by both\nmanagement and labor---at a ceremony in his office today at 10:30 a.m.\nPress coverage is invited.\n######\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: mmediate\nSacramento, Californ\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-15-71\n#695\nGovernor Ronald Reagan, at a ceremony in his office, today read\nthe following statement on signing AB 486, Fenton and AB 676, Priolo:\n\"The far-reaching legislation I am about to sign into law is the\nresult of many long hours at the negotiating table by both organized\nlabor and management.\n\"Their constructive efforts to improve workmen's compensation in\nCalifornia indicate how much can, indeed, be accomplished by both sides\nwhen the interests of employees and employers are considered together\nin an atmosphere of mutual understanding and good faith.\n\"The first of the two bills in this package (AB-486, Fenton)\nprovides a substantial increase in workmen's compensation benefits for\nemployees who suffer either temporary or permanent disability. The\nmeasure also substantially increases death benefits for surviving widows\nin cases of total dependency.\n\"The second bill in the package (AB-676, Priolo) will enable\nemployers to make the additional benefits possible by relieving them of\nthe heavy financial burdens which can result from certain types of\ncourt suits. In addition, the total package includes a provision which\nwill help to hold down the cost of minor injuries and assure more\nreasonable benefits to those who are seriously injured,\n\"As you can see I am extremely pleased that management and labor\ntook it upon themselves to sit down together and work out this package.\nIn doing so they not only have established a worthy precedent, but they\nalso have significantly improved California's workmen's compensation\nlaw---an achievement for which they can be justifiably proud and for\nwhich the working men and women of California can be particularly happy.\n######\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE: Immed\n:e\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-15-71\n#696\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of\nSan Mateo County Deputy District Attorney Wilbur R. Johnson to the\nSouthern Judicial District Municipal Court in Redwood City,\nJohnson, 43, a Republican, will receive an annual salary of\n$30,724. He succeeds Judge Frank Piombo who has been elevated to the\nSan Mateo County Superior Court.\nA native of San Francisco, Johnson is a graduate of Stanford\nUniversity and earned his law degree from the Stanford Law School.\nJohnson is a former special agent with the Federal Bureau of\nInvestigation, who joined the San Mateo County District Attorney's\noffice in 1958, Since 1969 he has served as Chief Deputy District\nAttorney.\nHe has been active in the San Mateo County Council of the\nBoy Scouts of America, the United States Naval Institute and the\nNavy League of the United States, and is a member of the Bay Area\nProsecutors Association and president of the Stanford Law Society\nof the Peninsula.\nJohnson and his wife have three sons. The family lives in\nRedwood City.\n#####\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE: Imme\nite\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-15-71\n#697\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named San Diego attorney Louis M.\nWelsh to the San Diego County Superior Court.\nWelsh, 50, a Republican, will receive an annual salary of\n$33,396. He succeeds Judge Roger Ruffin, who has resigned.\nA practicing attorney in Southern California since 1947, Welsh\nhas practiced law in San Diego since 1952. He is a partner in the\nfirm of Welsh and Gibson.\nWelsh is a graduate of the University of Chicago and earned his\nlaw degree from the Northwestern University School of Law.\nHe has been active in the American Cancer Society, the Rancho\nCoastal Humane Society, the Big Brothers of San Diego and the\nSan Diego Committee for the Salk Institute.\nHe also is a member of the San Diego County, Los Angeles County\nand American Bar Associations, the State Bar of California, the\nInternational Association of Insurance Counsel, the National Association\nof Railroad Trial Counsel, the Association of Southern California Defense\nCounsel, the American Board of Trial Advocates, the California Medical\nLegal Committee and the American Arbitration Association.\nWelsh and his wife, Patricia, have two children. The family\nlives in Del Mar.\n## ## ##\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE: Imme\nte\nSacramento, Californ.\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-15-71\n#698\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today appointed San Diego attorney\nThomas M. Sagar to the San Diego Judicial District Municipal Court.\nSagar, 53, a Republican, will receive an annual salary of\n$30,724. He succeeds Judge Madge Bradley who has retired.\nA staff attorney with the San Diego Gas and Electric Company\nsince 1964, Sagar formerly served for three years as a San Diego County\nDeputy District Attorney.\nHe entered San Diego State College in 1953 after nine years of\nservice with the U. S. Marines, during which he rose from private to\ncaptain.\nAfter receiving his A. B. from San Diego State, Sagar earned\nhis law degree from the University of Southern California.\nHe is a member of the San Diego County Bar Association and the\nAmerican Bar Association.\nSagar is married and has two children. The family home is in\nEl Cajon.\n#######\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER}\nMEMO TO THE\nRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-15-71\nGovernor Reagan will award Medals of Valor and Citations to\nseven state employees and a letter of appreciation to one volunteer\nduring ceremonies at 2:00 p.m. tomorrow, December 16, in the Governor's\nOffice.\nPress coverage is invited.\n#####\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER\nR\nMEMO TO THF RESS\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-15-71\nFive of 12 physically handicapped students from the Chandler\nTripp School of San Jose will meet with Governor Reagan at 11:30 a.m.\ntomorrow, December 16, in the Governor's Office.\nThe students who will be accompanied by their teacher, Miss\nJudy Daum, have raised funds during the past year and one-half for a\ntrip to Hawaii. When it appeared that there might be a legal restriction\nwhich would prohibit them from making the trip, Governor Reagan requested\nhis staff to assist them, and received a legal opinion from the\nAttorney General that there was nothing in the law to prohibit the\ntrip.\nThe five students are:\nCindy Turner, 17, San Jose; Chris Detwiler, 15, Los Altos; Mart\nWalker, 17, Los Gatos; Bob Ascherl, 18, San Jose, and Dennis Scontrino,\n18, San Jose.\nPress coverage is invited.\n#########\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nMEMO TO THE\nESS\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n12-16-71\nGovernor Reagan will make a major announce-\nment regarding welfare at 10:30 a.m. Friday,\nDecember 17, in News Conference Room 1190.\n# # #\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-16-71\n#699\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today presented California's highest\naward--the Medal of Valor--to seven state employees for acts of\nextraordinary heroism.\nThe medals and citations were awarded to California Highway\nPatrolmen Melvin L. Pratt of Santa Fe Springs and Damon Bryson of\nOakland; Deparment of Fish and Game employees Philo Jewett and John\nSparks of Clements and Kenneth Cooper of Lodi; and Park and Recreation\nDepartment employees Knut Skjonberg of Costa Mesa and Eric V. Emery\nof Huntington Beach.\nOfficer Pratt, who lives at 11584 Hamden Street, Santa Fe\nSprings, was cited for rescuing a truck driver from a burning rig on\nthe Pomona Freeway near Hacienda Heights on July 16, 1971. During the\nrescue, Officer Pratt was knocked to the ground when the truck's gasoline\ntank exploded and he suffered burns on his hands, forearms and neck.\nOfficer Bryson was cited for saving an 11 year old boy trapped\nin a burning automobile September 11, 1971, on Interstate 80 near\nBerkeley. After pulling the boy from the flaming car, he went back to\nthe car to search for another child who was thought to be in the car,\nbut had escaped after the crash.\nSkjonberg, a lifeguard who lives at 5811/2 Hamilton Street,\nCosta Mesa, and Emery, a lifeguard supervisor, of 21382 San Dollar Lane,\nHuntington Beach, received medals for their part in the rescue of a\nyoung man on the rain-swollen Santa Ana River on January 26, 1969.\nThe young man, who was riding the river on an inner tube, was\nbeing swept out to sea when the men swam through swiftly moving debris\nto bring him to safety.\nJerry L. Bennette, another state lifeguard, previously received\na Medal of Valor, and Buddy G. Belshe, a lifeguard for the City of Newport\nBeach, will receive a letter of commendation for their role in the\nrescue.\nJewett, Cooper and Sparks were cited for their rescue of a\nboating accident victim on January 2, 1971 in below freezing weather on\nstorm-tossed Camanche Reservoir.\nJewett is a fish hatchery manager and Sparks is a fish\nculturist. Their address is P. O. Box 158, Clements. Cooper, a fish\nand game warden, lives at 830 York Street, Lodi.\n###\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-16-71\n#700\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named William A. Simpson, Jr.,\nLos Angeles civic leader, to the California Horse Racing Board, subject\nto Senate confirmation.\nSimpson, chairman of the board of Booth and Simpson, insurance\nbrokers, will succeed John R. Fluor of Pasadena, whose term has expired.\nIn addition to numerous corporate positions, Simpson is\non the board of directors of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce,\nthe California Chamber of Commerce, the National Safety Council, the\nCentral City Association of Los Angeles and other civic groups.\nHe lives at 15840 Royal Oak Road, Encino.\nSimpson is a Republican.\n######\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE: Immed\nte\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-16-71\n#701\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named three new members and\nreappointed one member to four-year-terms on the Commission for Teacher\nPreparation and Licensing.\nThe new members are Dr. Daniel G. Martinez of Huntington Park,\nMrs. Ola Johnson of Berkeley and Dr. Mary B. Liu of San Francisco.\nJ. Stanley Green, who has served on the commission since\nMarch of this year, was reappointed to a four-year-term. An executive\nwith the Southern California Gas Company, Green will represent private\ncitizens. He is a Republican. He lives at 830 Misty Isle Drive, Glendal\nDr. Martinez, assistant professor of mathematics at California\nState College in Long Beach, will succeed Dr. William L. Winnett of\nMillbrae, whose term has expired.\nDr. Martinez, who lives at 2902 Olive Street, Huntington Park,\nwill represent faculty members on the commission. He is a Democrat.\nMrs. Johnson, a teacher in the Berkeley Unified School District\nwill represent teachers. She succeeds Mrs. Barbara D. Anderson of\nSan Diego. A resident of 1021 Keeler Avenue, Berkeley, Mrs. Johnson\nis a Democrat.\nDr. Liu, an instructor at Galileo Senior High School in San\nFrancisco, will represent teachers, succeeding Mrs. Elaine F. Pfeiffer\nof Santa Barbara. A resident of 1346 A Mason Street, San Francisco,\nDr. Liu is a Republican.\nThe appointments are subject to Senate confirmation.\nCommission members receive travel expenses.\n#####\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE:\nImmediate\nSacramento, Californ:\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-17-71\n#702\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:\n\"One of the fundamental concepts indeed, the very cornerstone\nof our proposed welfare reform program this year was that able-bodied\nemployable welfare recipients should be required to seek work, accept\na job if offered, participate in job training, or work in selected jobs\nfor the community in return for their welfare grants.\n\"Our welfare reform program therefore included a statewide\ndemonstration project to test this community work experience concept\nsubject only to the approval of the Secretary of Health, Education and\nWelfare in Washington.\n\"Human Relations Secretary Jim Hall and those who work under him\ngave the highest priority to the development of a practical and workable\ndemonstration project which could be put into effect in representative\ncounties throughout the state. He and his people have identified\nthousands of potential work experience opportunities available, and\nhave had numerous discussions with HEW officials.\n\"In a meeting at the Western White House President Nixon was\napprised of the plan and expressed his desire to see it put into effect\non a scale broad enough to assure a fair test.\n\"I have today forwarded by mail to HEW Secretary Richardson a\nformal application and I am urging him to approve it at the earliest\npossible time,\n\"With his approval, the project would go forward in 35 counties and\ninvolve some 58,000 employable welfare recipients in work ranging from\nschoolyard monitoring to the maintenance of recreation and park facilities\n\"The community work experience activities to be selected will meet\nonly those genuine community needs which otherwise would go unmet for\nlack of funds and manpower.\n\"I believe these activities will be seen by many welfare recipients\nas opportunities to help serve and improve their communities while they\nare waiting to get off welfare and move into regular jobs.\"\n#####\nEJG\nSEAL\nOF\nEUREKA\nRONALD REAGAN\nState of California\nGREAT\nGOVERNOR\nGOVERNOR'S OFFICE\nOF\nSACRAMENTO 95814\nCALIFORNIA\nDecember 17, 1971\nThe Honorable Elliot Richardson\nSecretary of Health, Education and Welfare\nWashington, D. C. 20201\nDear Elliot:\nOn behalf of the people of California, and pursuant to Section\n1115 of the Social Security Act and Sections 11325-11327 of the\nCalifornia Welfare and Institutions Code, I am pleased to be\nable to send you the State of California's formal application\nfor the establishment of a Community Work Experience Program\nDemonstration Project, and to urge you to approve it at the\nearliest possible time.\nThis application is based upon, and is the result of, months of\ncareful study and preparation---including numerous discussions\nbetween representatives of the State of California and HEW.\nThe concepts embodied in this application formed the cornerstone\nof a comprehensive welfare reform program I proposed to the\nCalifornia Legislature early this year. In August, the Legis-\nlature passed, and I signed into law, many elements of that\nsame program, including a provision which gave our administra-\ntion statutory authority to implement the demonstration project\nthis application contains subject only to your approval as\nSecretary of Health, Education and Welfare.\nOf course, I know I don't have to tell you that the President,\nin a meeting several months ago at the Western White House,\ntold both John Veneman and me that he wanted to see put into\neffect the kind of broad-based demonstration project I described\nto him.\nThe President made it clear that he wanted the project to be\nconducted on a scale which would be large enough and broad\nenough to fairly and accurately test the efficacy of the\nconcept. It is on the basis of this understanding of the\nPresident's wishes that we have constructed the attached\napplication.\nThe Honorable Elliot Richardson\n-2-\nDecember 17, 1971\nI strongly believe that the program we have proposed can meet\nthe minimum requirements necessary to adequately achieve the\nobjectives of a fair and accurate test of the work experience\nconcept. Again, I strongly urge your approval of this applica-\ntion at the earliest possible time.\nSincerely,\nRan\nRONALD REAGAN\nGovernor\nAttach.\nPROJECT NARRATIVE\nCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY WORK EXPERIENCE PROGRAM\nDEMONSTRATION PROJECT\nINTRODUCTION\nThe State of California proposes to establish a community work-\nexperience project in which employable AFDC recipients will\nparticipate. This project will demonstrate that a comprehensive\nprogram of community work-experience opportunities for all\nemployable welfare recipients is feasible, practical, and in\naccordance with sound public policy.\nThis proposal is consistent with strong national sentiment and\nconforms to the mutual goals of the national and state administra-\ntions to strengthen the work ethic and to develop a comprehensive\nplan to move employable recipients from welfare into jobs. It\nspecifically meets the spirit and letter of Section 1115, Social\nSecurity Act, which authorizes states to conduct projects which\nare likely to assist in promoting the objectives of Title IV\n(Sections 401-444) of the Social Security Act. Section 401\nlists as one of the purposes of Title IV the assistance of parents\nor relatives of needy dependent children \"to attain or retain\ncapability for the maximum self-support and personal independence\nconsistent with the maintenance of continuing parental care and\nprotection.\" Also, in furtherance of such purposes, the State\nis required to develop a program for each appropriate recipient\n\"assuring, to the maximum extent possible, that such\nindividual will enter the labor force and accept employment.\n\"\n(see 402 (a) (15) This proposal will accomplish the objectives\nof Title IV by providing a needed work training and experience\nresource for the many employable recipients who are not covered\nby existing programs and who will not be assisted by pending\ncongressional welfare reform and public service employment\nlegislation.\nThis demonstration project can evaluate the need for future\nspecific federal legislation authorizing or requiring a com-\nprehensive work program. While there are many indications that\nsuch projects are permitted by existing law, as a matter of\npractice such projects have not been initiated. Therefore, the\nneed for a clearly specific federal policy in the future is a\nsignificant issue which this demonstration project addresses.\nNone of the existing training programs for welfare recipients,\nincluding WIN, are able to provide work opportunities for all\nemployable recipients. The Community Work-Experience Program\ndemonstration project will provide these recipients with the\nopportunity to gain valuable work experience and develop a\nwork reliability history. Additionally, community work exper-\nience will contribute to the improvement of the community by\nproviding services that would not otherwise be provided.\n1. Goals of the Project\nThe basic objective of the project is to prepare AFDC\nrecipients for self-sufficiency as required by Sections\n402 (a) (14) and (15) of the Social Security Act and 45\nCode of Federal Regulations 220.16 (a) and 220.17, by\ndemonstrating under the California Welfare and Institutions\nCode Sections 11325-7 that mandatory nonsalaried work-\nexperience will result in more recipients securing regular\nemployment.\nThe specific goal of the project is to demonstrate that\nwork-experience will facilitate recipients in obtaining\nemployment because:\nParticipants in community work experience are better\nmotivated and prepared to compete in the open\nlabor market than welfare recipients who do not\nparticipate in such projects, and\nCommunity work-experience will give participants the\nopportunity to show potential employers that they have\nwork experience and are willing to work.\n2. Description and Phasing\nThe State of California proposes that welfare recipients\nwill be required, as a condition of their continued eli-\ngibility for welfare, to accept temporary community work-\nexperience assignments. While enrolled in work-experience acti-\nvity, the recipient will receive no wages. However, no parti-\ncipant will be required to participate in work-experience\nfor a period of time which if compared to the grant would\nresult in a ratio that would be less than the federal or\nstate minimum wage, whichever is higher. The purpose of\nwork-experience is to assist employable recipients to\nbecome job ready by giving them the opportunity to learn\nnew skills, gain valuable work experience and develop a\nwork history.\nParticipation will be half-time (i.e., no more than eighty\n(80) hours per month). This will allow participants ample\ntime to seek regular employment. Participants will con-\ntinue to receive the regular attention and assistance of\nprofessional employment counselors who will refer them\nto job openings and training opportunities.\n-2-\nThe assignments will be designed to lead to employment, if\npossible with the sponsor, once abilities have been developed\nor demonstrated. There shall be a regular review of the\nstatus of the participant to determine if it is feasible\nto place him in employment or another training program.\nWhile participating in work-experience, recipients will con-\ntinue to receive their full AFDC grant. It is our intent that\nin kind provision shall be made for transportation and all\nother costs reasonably necessary to and directly related to\nparticipation in the project. The Department of Human Resources\nDevelopment shall establish standards prescribing costs which\nare reasonably necessary to and directly related to participation\nand will have the responsibility for ensuring that recipients\nwill not incur any additional costs due to participation.\na.\nSelection of Participants\nOnly employable recipients will be referred to the work-\nexperience program.\nO\nInitially, participation will be limited to unemployed\nAFDC-U recipients and AFDC-FG's without child care\nneeds. When suitable child care arrangements are\navailable, AFDC-FG recipients with children over 6\nyears will be included.\nRecipients who are not employable because of illness,\ndisability, school attendance, advanced age, lack of\nchild care, or who are participating in approved\napprenticeship or manpower training programs will not\nbe referred to community work-experience activities.\nRecipients are not required to participate in a\nCommunity Work Experience Program if they are under\nthe age of 17 years or are mothers with a child of\n6 years of age or under in the home.\nb. Placement of Participants\nThe priorities that the State will follow in placing\nrecipients are:\nPlacement of recipients in existing private or\npublic jobs.\nPlacement of recipients in the Work Incentive\nProgram (WIN) or in other existing training\nprograms.\nO.\nPlacement of recipients in community work-experience\nactivities. These activities will be the holding\nstate for transition to regular employment in the private\nor public sector.\n-3-\nC. Selection of Work-Experience Activities\nThe Department of Human Resources Development (HRD) has\nsurveyed all state agencies regarding the types of work-\nexperience activities they can provide. To date, this\nsurvey has resulted in the identification of over 10,000\npotential work-experience opportunities. A similar survey\nof city, county, and federal agencies has been initiated\nand contacts with such agencies are currently under way.\nWork-experience activities may be developed with either\nnonprofit organizations (except religious organizations)\nor public agencies.\nIn order to insure that all work-experience activities are\nappropriate and will contribute to the goals of the\nwork-experience project, a series of work-experience\nstandards have been established. Work performed\nunder the demonstration project is selected to serve a\nuseful public purpose such as in the fields of health,\nenvironmental protection, education, urban and rural\nredevelopment, recreation and public safety.\nThe work-experience activities selected will involve\nonly otherwise unfilled genuine public needs. Jobs\nalready held by employees in the public and private\nsectors will not be jeopardized. The program does\nnot apply to jobs covered by a collective bargaining\nagreement nor shall any individual be required as a\ncondition of accepting work to join any company union\nor to refrain from joining a labor organization.\nd. Relationship to the \"Employables Program.\"\nAlthough the Community Work-Experience Program Demonstra-\ntion Project and the \"employables program, which has\nalready been approved by HEW, are mutually supportive,\ninitial implementation may be separate and may not nec-\nessarily be in the same counties. If these programs occur\nin the same county, they will be coordinated and combined\nby HRD. Until such time, in non \"employable program\"\ncounties in which the Work-Experience Demonstration is\nunder way, SDSW will continue to supervise the adminis-\ntration of all aspects of the AFDC program. In \"employables\nprogram\" counties, HEW may look to HRD to enforce any\nfederal law, regulation or manual provision regarding\nservices to those referred to HRD under the program and\nto SDSW to enforce any federal law, regulation or manual\nprovision regarding eligibility as to the recipient\nreferred under the program.\ne. Sanctions\nSanctions will be promptly and effectively applied\nwhen a recipient refuses a referral to, or voluntarily\nleaves, a work-experience assignment without\n-4-\ngood cause; has been discharged from a work-experience acti-\nvity for misconduct; or fails to make an adequate search\nfor work. If a determination is reached by HRD that a\nrecipient did not have good cause for his action; was\ndischarged for misconduct; or failed, without good cause,\nto make an adequate search for work, HRD will promptly\ngive the county welfare department (CWD) written noti-\nfication of its decision.\nIn determining whether good cause exists for refusing\nto participate in work-experience, sanctions will not be\napplied if any of the following conditions exist:\n1. The work-experience activity was not within the\nparticipant's physical or mental capacity or was\nexcessively dangerous or hazardous.\n2. The work-experience is available because of a bona\nfide strike, bona fide lockout, or other bona fide\nlabor dispute.\n3. The work-experience activity is not located\nwithin reasonable commuting time from the partici-\npant's home.\n4. He is unable to report for the work-experience acti-\nvity due to his own illness, or is needed at home to\ntake care of a member of his family and he is unable\nto make other arrangements.\nAid shall be terminated for up to one year with respect\nto a recipient who without good cause refuses to\nparticipate in a community work-experience activity.\nAid for the support of the child or children shall not\nbe reduced or terminated as the result of any refusal\nto participate.\nPhasing: Within one year, the demonstration project will\nbe implemented in the following nine clusters of counties:\n1. Mountain Cluster\n(Siskiyou, Modoc, Shasta, and Lassen Counties)\n2. North Coast Cluster\n(Humboldt, Mendocino, Sonoma and Marin Counties)\n3. Bay Cluster\n(Solano, Contra Costa, Alameda, San Francisco,\nSan Mateo, and Santa Clara Counties)\n4. Valley Cluster\n(Yolo, Sacramento, San Joaquin and Stanislaus\nCounties)\n-5-\n5. Central Valley Cluster\n(Merced, Madera, Fresno, Kings, Tulare and Kern Counties)\n6. South Coast Cluster\n(Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa\nBarbara and Ventura Counties)\n7. South Cluster\n(Orange County)\n8. North Central Cluster\n(Butte, Sutter, and Yuba Counties)\n9. East Cluster\n(El Dorado and Placer Counties)\nThe total AFDC case load in the counties in these 9 clusters\nrepresents 47.5% of the total AFDC case load in the State.\nHowever, CWEP participants will total 58,776 in the 9 clusters\nof counties. This represents .29% of the total California\npopulation, 3.8% of the total AFDC recipients and 13.2%\nof the AFDC cases in the State.\nCharacteristics of Clusters*\nThe nine clusters represent the wide variances in popula-\ntion, industry, geography and labor market of California.\nCharacteristics of Nine Clusters\nTotal State\n9 Clusters\n% of State\nPOPULATION\n19,953,134\n10,032,857\n50.2\nAFDC CASES\n442,475\n210,344\n47.5\nPOTENTIAL CWEPS\n121,750\n58,776\n48.2\nThe ratio of total State AFDC case load to the total of\n58,776 potential CWEP participants is 7.6 to 1.\nComputation of Potential CWEP Participants in 9 Clusters\nTotal State\n9 Clusters\n% of State\nAFDC RECIPIENTS\n1,526,897\n720,584\n47.1%\n(Less) Children\n1,084,422\n510,441\n47.0%\n(Less) Mothers\n266,528\n124,156\n46.5%\nwith Children\nunder 7\n(Less) WIN Slots\n16,800\n9,000\n53.5%\n(Less) Unemploy-\n37,398\n18,211\n48.6%\nables\nPOTENTIAL CWEP\n121,750\n58,776\n48.2%\nPARTICIPANT\nDescription of CWEP Clusters and Counties\n1.\nMountain Cluster\nThe mountain cluster is located in the northern most\narea of the state. Timber, harvesting and lumber\nprocessing represent the primary industry. However,\ncommercial fishing and tourism provide some employment.\n* All welfare data used in this demonstration project request\nis taken from \"Public Welfare in California, June 1971\",\nDepartment of Social Welfare, State of California.\nPotential CWEP\nPopulation\nAFDC Cases\nParticipants\nSISKIYOU\n33,225\n418\n127\nMODOC\n7,469\n131\n43\nSHASTA\n77,640\n2,370\n866\nLASSEN\n14,960\n236\n78\nTOTAL\n133,294\n3,155\n1,114\n2. North Coast Cluster\nThe north coast cluster is located immediately to the\nnorth of the San Francisco metropolitan area. In the\nnorthern portion of the cluster area industry is\nprimarily related to timber, harvesting and lumber\nprocessing. In the sourthern portion industry is\nprimarily agricultural (wine related) and light\nmanufacturing.\nPotential CWEP\nPopulation\nAFDC Cases\nParticipants\nHUMBOLDT\n99,692\n2,120\n540\nMENDOCINO\n51,101\n1,248\n433\nSONOMA\n204,885\n4,816\n1,565\nMARIN\n206,038\n2,005\n501\nTOTAL\n561,716\n10,189\n3,039\n3.\nBay Cluster\nThe bay cluster is located in the San Francisco Bay\nArea and is primarily metropolitan in nature. In-\ndustry is widely diversified with emphasis on trans-\nportation, manufacturing (heavy and light), ship\nbuilding, and wholesale and retail trade. While at\none time agricultural and food processing seasonally\nemployed large numbers of people these industries\nare losing their importance.\nPotential CWEP\nPopulation\nAFDC Cases\nParticipants\nSOLANO\n169,941\n3,940\n1,200\nCONTRA COSTA\n558,389\n12,738\n2,996\nALAMEDA\n1,073,184\n26,588\n7,039\nSAN FRANCISCO\n715,674\n19,609\n5,001\nSAN MATEO\n556,234\n7,046\n2,030\nSANTA CLARA\n1,064,714\n20,034\n5,829\nTOTAL\n4,138,136\n89,955\n24,095\n4.\nValley Cluster\nThe valley cluster is located to the northeast of the\nBay Area cluster. Industry is primarily agricultural\nand food processing in nature and is highly seasonal.\nIn Sacramento County a significant portion of the\nlabor force is employed by the State and Federal\nGovernment.\nPopulation CWEP\nPopulation\nAFDC Cases\nParticipants\nYOLO\n91,788\n1,731\n593\nSACRAMENTO\n631,498\n17,942\n5,285\nSAN JOAQUIN\n290,208\n7,974\n2,184\nSTANISLAUS\n194,506\n6,219\n1,858\nTOTAL\n1,208,000\n33,866\n9,920\n5. Central Valley Cluster\nThe Central Valley Cluster is located immediately to\nthe south of the Valley Cluster. Industry is primarily\nagricultural and food processing in nature and is highly\nseasonal. In Kern County, at the southern edge of\nthe cluster, the processing of petroleum products\nemploys a significant portion of the labor force.\nPopulation CWEP\nPopulation\nAFDC Cases\nParticipants\nMERCED\n104,629\n3,028\n867\nMADERA\n41,519\n1,206\n437\nFRESNO\n413,053\n13,101\n3,478\nKINGS\n64,610\n1,884\n611\nTULARE\n188,322\n6,687\n2,138\nKERN\n329,162\n7,002\n1,421\nTOTAL\n1,141,295\n32,908\n8,952\n6. South Coast Cluster\nThe South Coast Cluster is located between the Bay\nCluster and the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area. In-\ndustry is widely diversified with transportation,\nmanufacturing, agriculture, and government employing\nthe major portion of the labor force.\nPopulation CWEP\nPopulation\nAFDC Cases\nParticipants\nSANTA CRUZ\n123,790\n2,387\n668\nMONTEREY\n250,017\n4,111\n1,067\nSAN LUIS OBISPO\n105,690\n1,623\n401\nSANTA BARBARA\n264,324\n4,188\n1,186\nVENTURA\n376,430\n5,730\n1,666\nTOTAL\n1,120,251\n18,039\n4,988\n7.\nSouth Cluster\nThe South Cluster consists of Orange County. Orange\nCounty is the fastest growing county in California.\nThe labor force is primarily employed in petroleum\nprocessing and in medium and light manufacturing.\n-8-\nPopulation CWEP\nPopulation\nAFDC Cases\nParticipants\nORANGE\n1,420,386\n15,710\n4,606\n8. North Central Cluster\nThe North Central Cluster is north of the Valley\nCluster and its industry is primarily related to\nmining and agriculture.\nPopulation CWEP\nPopulation\nAFDC Cases\nParticipants\nSUTTER\n41,935\n573\n192\nBUTTE\n101,969\n1,963\n472\nYUBA\n44,736\n1,342\n510\nTOTAL\n188,640\n5,338\n1,174\n9. East Cluster\nThe East Cluster is located east of Sacramento County.\nIndustry in the East Cluster is primarily involved in\nthe timber harvesting and lumber processing. However,\ntourism is beginning to have an impact on the labor\nmarket.\nPopulation CWEP\nPopulation\nAFDC Cases\nParticipants\nEL DORADO\n438,833\n937\n304\nPLACER\n77,306\n1,707\n584\nTOTAL\n516,139\n2,644\n888\n3. Qualifications of Staff\na. Work-Experience activities will be jointly implemented\nby the California Department of Human Resources\nDevelopment (HRD), the State Department of Social\nWelfare (SDSW), and the County Welfare Department\n(CWD). The qualifications required of the principal\nproject personnel are those already possessed by\nemployees of HRD, SDSW, or the CWD.\nb. All salaried work-experience activity personnel\nwill be recruited through the California Civil\nService, the County Civil Service, or the Merit\nSystem. Inasmuch as these positions are presently\nunder a merit system, no new job descriptions\nor positions will be necessary.\n4.\nCommunity and Other Agency Involvement\nAn agreement shall be entered into by the State Depart-\nment of Social Welfare (SDSW), HRD, and the county in\nwhich the activity is administered. Under the agreement -\n-9-\na. HRD staff will be responsible for:\n1. Planning and implementing activities.\n2. Executing agreements between HRD and the sponsors.\n3. Conducting all follow-up activities for parti-\ncipants placed in a work-experience activity.\n4. Selecting and referring participants to work-\nexperience sites.\n5. Continually screening participants against in-\ncoming HRD job orders and new ongoing manpower\ntraining programs.\n6. Determining whether or not a participant had\ngood cause to refuse assignment to or to\nvoluntarily leave a work-experience site, or\nwas discharged for misconduct connected with\nthe assignment.\n7. Notifying the CWD of those cases involving reci-\npient compliance of work-experience requirements.\n8. Reviewing activity sites to ensure that they meet\nestablished goals and standards.\nb. County staff will be responsible for:\n1. Providing needed social services in any county\nin which the \"separation of employables\" program\nis not in effect.\n2. Paying appropriate grants.\n3. Applying appropriate sanctions.\nC. SDSW staff will be responsible for:\n1. Adoption of regulations relating to eligibility,\nemployability, grant levels and sanctions.\n2. Enforcement of sanctions.\n3. Conducting fair hearings with respect to\neligibility and grant determinations.\nIn addition to involvement by the County Welfare\nDepartment, the Department of Human Resources\nDevelopment and the State Department of Social\nWelfare, a wide range of public agencies will be\ninvolved in providing work-experience activities and\nwhere possible permanent jobs. These will include\nfederal and state agencies, county departments, cities,\npublic housing authorities, public park districts, public\n-10-\nschool districts, and nonprofit corporations\norganized for a public purpose. Organized\nlabor will be called upon to assist in iden-\ntifying appropriate work projects and in co-\noperating to ensure that the work-experience\nactivity projects involve only otherwise un-\nfilled genuine public needs, that the jobs\nalready held by employees in the public and\nprivate sectors are not jeopardized, and that\nthis work-experience activity does not inter-\nfere with existing patterns of employment.\n5. Reasons for Requesting Approval Pursuant to Section 1115\nof the Social Security Act\nAs discussed between state and HLW staff, California\nsubmits that the project does not violate Section 402\nor 403 of the Social Security Act nor 45 C.F.R. 233.140.\nThe regulation provides that \"Federal financial parti-\ncipation will not be available in expenditures made for\nwork performed after June 1968 The California\nproject is not designed to pay AFDC grants on the basis\nof work performed. Nevertheless, 45 C.F.R. 233.140 has\nbeen interpreted by some as a broad prohibition of any\nfederal reimbursement with regard to a work-experience\nproject other than those administered under WIN or the\nEconomic Opportunity Act. It is to avoid this overly\nbroad interpretation of a regulation which was intended\nto recognize the inapplicability of Social Security Act,\nSection 409, set forth in Public Law 90-248 that this\nwaiver has been requested.\nCalifornia Welfare and Institutions Code Sections 11325-7\n(effective October 1, 1971) provide a statutory basis\nupon which to test the community work-experience program.\n6. Project Evaluation and Reporting\nThe period of time encompassed in the project request is\nthree years. A first progress report (15 copies) will be\nsubmitted to the Department of Health, Education and\nWelfare nine months after the initiation of the project\nand semi-annually thereafter.\n7. Evaluation\nProposition:\nThe Community Work-Experience Program Demonstration Project\nwill significantly reduce the time that AFDC recipients\nare on welfare and will significantly increase the number\nof AFDC recipients who are permanently employed.\n-11-\nEvaluation Criteria:\nThrough work-experience, increased motivation to obtain\nself-support, seek work efforts, and reinforcement of the\ntraditional work ethic, the project will result in the\nfollowing:\na. Decrease the average time on welfare.\nb. Reduce the average monthly grant.\nC. Reduce the number of new applicants.\nd. Reduce the number of recipients.\nThe effect of these criteria will represent more effective\nutilization of welfare resources.\nProject Population:\nThe population to which the project evaluation will be\ndirected includes all employable AFDC recipients in\ngiven counties during those periods when a Work-Experience\nProject is operational in the county.\nAssumptions:\nIt is assumed that the implementation of the project\nwill cause recipients to accelerate their departure\nfrom welfare by finding employment or other means\nof support because of being provided with work\nopportunities, motivation, or skills. For those recip-\nients who obtain part-time or low-paying jobs, and\nwho continue to remain eligible for a grant, it is\nassumed that the resultant increase in income will\nbe reflected in a decrease in grant size.\nIt is further assumed that, because of the project\npotential new applicants will exhaust all other\navailable alternatives before seeking welfare\neligibility.\nExperimental Design:\nFor each county, or cluster of counties, in which the\ndemonstration project will be operating, two control\ncounties, or clusters or portions of counties, as\nsimilar in characteristics as possible, will be\nselected as a basis for comparison. The rationale\nfor the selection of the comparison group within the\ncontrol counties will be based on the following\nassumptions.\n-12-\na. That the population of welfare recipients referred\nto HRD is not significantly different in each\ncounty because each county operates within the\nsame regulatory constraints.\nb. That the HRD programs are not significantly different\nin each county except that the experimental county\nwill have the Community Work-Experience Program\nDemonstration Project.\nC. The Community Work-Experience Program Demonstration\nProject specifies that the priority of services is\njob placement first, formal training programs\nsecond and then placement in work-experience activities,\nConsequently, those recipients who are not placed on\njobs or in formal training positions within 30 days of\nHRD intake in the control counties can be presumed to\nrepresent the same set of recipients who are available\nfor Community Work-Experience Project assignment in the\nexperimental county. This group of AFDC recipients will\nconstitute the control group.\nCriteria for selecting comparison counties will include\nthe following:\na. Size of county.\nb. Size of AFDC caseload.\nc. Economic characteristics of the county.\nA hypothetical test of the evaluation criteria will be\nmade on data derived from the experimental population\nand the control population.\nIt is expected that before the introduction of the\nproject in the project county there will be no differences\nin the measurement of the evaluation criteria between\neach pair of counties. After the introduction of the\nproject it is expected that the two control counties\nwill maintain their relationship of no difference but\nthat each of the control counties will then either\nshow a relative increase or a relative decrease in the\nmeasured attributes depending on the evaluation criteria\nbeing measured. If the expectations hold true it can\nbe assumed, statistically, that the introduction of\nthe project was the causative agent in the change.\nOperational definitions of the evaluation criteria will\nbe based on the information currently available in the\nCWD, SDSW, and HRD data and information systems.\n-13-\nAnalysis of Findings:\nIn addition to the statistical analysis, it is proposed\nto analyze the characteristics of the recipients, what\nhappens to them, which activities are utilized, and why\nthe recipient terminates or is terminated.\nFour specific components of the project are described\nbelow:\na. Project Recipients' Characteristics\nAn analysis of the recipients referred to IIRD\nfor services before and after implementation will\nbe conducted to ascertain whether the characteristics\nof the recipients placed in work-experience activities are\ngenerally representative of the total population of\nAFDC recipients referred to HRD or whether they\nrepresent some special subgroup of the total referred\npopulation.\nA further comparison of characteristics will be made\nbetween groups of recipients referred to HRD prior\nto the initiation of the project and after the pro-\nject has been in operation. The groups will be\ndrawn at six-month intervals.\nb. A Population Accounting of all Referred Recipients\nA population accounting procedure will identify the\ndistribution of the recipients into the several\nmanpower programs available, the sequential order\nin which the programs are utilized and the dis-\nposition of each case at the time of termination.\nThis analysis provides an overview or a tracking\nsystem to show flow of the recipients through the\nproject's components.\nC. An Analysis of the Apparent Reasons for Success or\nFailure\nCases which represent project successes and failures\nwill be drawn from the total project participants.\nThey will be divided into three groups: (1) obvious\nsuccesses, (2) obvious failures, (3) marginal\nsuccesses/failures. A \"success\" will be defined as\na recipient placed in full-time employment.\nAn analysis of case records and interviews of reci-\npients and caseworkers will provide a data base\nfrom which to make a determination of apparent\nreasons for the success of some recipients and\nthe failure of others.\nd. An Analysis of Operational Processes and Procedures\nIn selected offices having a Work-Experience\nDemonstration Project Unit, an evaluation of\nthe operational effectiveness will be performed.\nSkilled program performance reviewers will visit\neach office at six-month intervals to ascertain\nwhether the unit:\n1. Is responding to the needs of the recipient in\nsuch a manner as to maximize the chances for\nthe recipient to be placed in a full-time job.\n2. Is coordinating services to achieve maximum\nutilization of those services.\n-15-\narticipating Counties in Community Work Experience Program\nSigniyou\nModoc\nStore\nLasson\nMendacino\nButto\nSalk\nYUDA\nPlacer\ntal\nYolo\nsnome\nEl Dorado\nSACRAMENT\nSolone\nHar'n\nthen Amogram\nContro Costs:\nSon Francisco\nAlameda:\nSan\nStanisters\nMated\nCanta Clara\nMercod\nsince\nCruz\nModern\nFresno\nTulare\nMonterey\n0.00\nSon Luis 00/200\nKera\nSonta Barbara\nN\nON\nOrange\\\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nRELEASE:\nImmed\nte\nSacramento, Californ.\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-17-71\n#703\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the following bills\nhave been signed:\nAB\n128\n-\nGreene, B. Generally provides that residents and local\n(Chapter 1757)\nbusiness concerns in redevelopment project areas\nreceive the economic benefit of work created by a\nredevelopment project. It includes Indian tribe,\nband, or group which is incorporated or exercises\nsome local governmental powers within the definition\nof \"community\" for purposes of community redevelop-\nment law. The bill requires a redevelopment\nagency when feasible to give training and employ-\nment opportunities arising out of redevelopment\nplanning and execution to lower income residents of\nthe project area. The bill also permits, rather\nthan requires, the legislative body of a city or\ncounty to call upon residents and existing\ncommunity organizations in redevelopment project\narea within which low and moderate income families\nare to be displaced to form project area committees.\nAB 197 - Fenton\nProvides that the Director of the Department of\n(Chapter 1758)\nIndustrial Relations shall establish a system of\nlicense fees for workmen's compensation self-insur-\ners which will cover the total cost of administratio\nof the program.\nAB 205 - Cullen\nRevises the geographical zone for horseracing days\n(Chapter 1759)\nfrom two zones to three zones. It revises the\nnumber of racing weeks for certain classes of\nracing in such zones. The bill increases the\npercentages which racing associations must with-\nhold from parimutuel pool handle for license fee,\npurses, and commissions from 15½ percent to 15 3/4\npercent, with additional 1/2 percent to be allocated\nas additional purses and commissions. The bill\nalso imposes an annual fee for certain horses\ndomiciled in California, commercing July 1, 1972,\nand specifies that this fee shall be in lieu of the\nproperty tax.\nAB 210 - Roberti\nSubstitutes a voter affirmation in his affidavit of\n(Chapter 1760)\nregistration that he is a citizen of the United\nStates for the affirmation that he will have been\na citizen of the United States for 90 days prior to\nthe work succeeding election.\nAB 278 - Campbell\nProvides that those licensees who are excepted from\n(Chapter 1749)\nthe present licensing requirements for construction\nof health care facilities because of filing prior\nto January 1, 1970, must nevertheless file an\naffidavit with the State Department of Public\nHealth of construction completion indicating 50\npercent completion by January 1, 1973, and 100\npercent completion by January 1, 1974. The bill\nalso makes other related changes relating to health\nfacility construction.\nAB 310 - Garcia\nPermits employment, under designated circumstances,\n(Chapter 1761)\nof persons 18 to 21 years of age as musicians in\npremises selling and serving alcoholic beverages,\nbut restricts the area of such employment. The\nbill excludes 18-21 year old musicians from\nplaces where topless and bottomless acts are\nperformed.\nAB 360 - Bagley\nDirects the Department of Finance to prepare a\n(Chapter 1762)\nreport outlining the state tax structure and a\ngeneral statement as to the effect on state\nrevenue of various deductions, credits, exclusions,\nexemptions and preferential rates.\n-1-\n#703\nAB 362 - Miller\nImposes liability upon the owner or operator of\n(Chapter 1763)\na vessel engaged in commercial transportation of\npetroleum or fuel oil for property damages incurred\nby the State, local agency or any person, and for\ndamage or injury to the natural resources of the\nState, caused by discharge or leakage of petroleum 0\nfuel oil into or upon navigable waters of the State.\nThe bill authorizes port districts receiving State\nmoneys for construction or improvement of small\ncraft harbors or facilities to lease, subject to\nspecified conditions, a portion of its land and\nwater areas for the development of marine-oriented\napartments and townhouses and boat slips.\nAB 424 - Burton\nAuthorizes the Director of Parks and Recreation to\n(Chapter 1764)\nsell, lease, or transfer specified properties\ncomprising the San Francisco Maritime State Histori\nPark.\nAB 724 - Bagley\nDeclares that it is the policy of the legislature\n(Chapter 1765)\nto prevent and eliminate recial and ethnic imbalance\nin pupil enrollment, and defines a racially\nimbalanced school as one in which the percentage of\none or more racial or ethnic groups differs\nsignificantly from the district-wide average. The\nbill requires school districts to submit statistics\nto the Department of Education on the numbers and\npercentages of the various racial and ethnic groups\nin every public school in the district. Requires\nthose districts which are found by the Department of\nEducation to contain racially imbalanced schools to\nsubmit to the Department of Education plans and\nimplementation schedules to remedy such imbalances.\nAB 725 - Bagley\nProvides that the Department of Education shall\n(Chapter 1766)\nutilize federal funds, to the extend such funds\nare or become available, for purposes of carrying\nout specified policies relating to the prevention\nand elimination of racial and ethnic imbalance in\npupil enrollment in the public schools.\nAB 734 - Brathwaite\nAuthorizes the State College Trustees and governing\n(Chapter 1767)\nboards of school districts maintaining community\ncolleges to contract with the Department of\nEducation in cooperation with private groups for\nthe establishment of children's centers on or near\nstate college and community college campuses. The\nbill also authorizes the Regents to establish and\nmaintain a children's center on or near each\nUniversity of California campus.\nAB 843 - Burton\nRevises the term \"hazardous substance\" to include\n(Chapter 1768)\na substance or mixture of substances which are\ncombustible, and any toy or other articles intended\nfor use by children which the State Department of\nPublic Health determines, presents an electrical,\nmechanical, or thermal hazard. The bill requires\nthe department to determine, by regulation,\nwhether a toy or other article intended for use\nby children present such a hazard, and sets forth\nthe manner in which the department is to regulate.\nThe bill further specifies that substances and\narticles in compliance with federal law do not\nviolate the California Hazardous Substances Act.\nAB 1046 - Schabarum\nRequires the Commissioner of the Highway Patrol\n(Chapter 1769)\nto adopt regulations setting standards for\nvehicular exhaust systems and conduct a study of\nthe implementation of such regulations. The bill\nmakes it unlawful to sell or install exhaust\nsystems not in compliance with the adopted\nregulations.\nAB 1054 - Burton\nProhibits any private or commercial aircraft\n(Chapter 1770)\nentering commercial service after effective date\nof the bill which produces noise in excess of\ndesignated federal certification limits for\nsubsonic jet transport aircraft from landing or\ntaking off within the state, except in emergency\n#703\nAB 1135 - Greene, B. Applies current state use laws for blind-made\n(Chapter 1771)\nproducts to the nonprofit corporations operating\nthe California Industries for the Blind. The bill\nauthorizes present and former state civil service\nand non-civil service employees of the Department\nof Rehabilitation assigned to the California\nIndustries for the Blind and Opportunity work\ncenters to participate in the formation and manage-\nment of such nonprofit corporations.\nAB 1264 - Bagley\nAdds property used exclusively for preservation\n(Chapter 1772)\nof native life and geology of scientific or\neducational interest and owned by scientific or\ncharitable body to the welfare exemption from\nproperty taxation if open to the general public\nand otherwise qualified for the exemption.\nAB 1330 - Barnes\nIncludes service of a forestry member of the\n(Chapter 1773)\nPublic Employees' Retirement System rendered in the\nDivision of Forestry in the position of forest\nfire dispatcher prior to January 1, 1954, for\npurposes of retirement, to such persons retiring\nafter the effective date of the bill.\nAB 1399 - Wilson\nDirects the Department of Public Works to\n(Chapter 1774)\nendeavor to obtain federal or other non state\nfunds to conduct a study on the feasibility of\noperating and maintaining a ferry system for\nnonvehicular traffic between the Cities of San\nDiego and Coronado. The bill directs the California\nToll Bridge Authority, upon a finding by the\ndepartment that the operation of such a ferry\nsystem is feasible, to promptly take the\nnecessary steps to secure the consent of the\nholders of the outstanding bonds secured by the\nrevenues of the San Diego-Coronado Toll Bridge\nto the operation of such a ferry system.\nAB 1429 - Waxman\nProvides that measures submitted to the people\n(Chapter 1775)\nby the legislature shall appear on the ballot\nat the first statewide election, rather than at\nthe first general election, held 150 days after\npassage of the measure.\nAB 1761 - Gonsalves\nRequires the State Board of Equalization to supply\n(Chapter 1776)\ninformation to the assessees of state assessed\nproperty similar to the information county\nassessors must now provide with respect to\nlocally assessed property.\nAB 1763 - Gonsalves\nRevises the sales and use tax provisions\n(Chapter 1777)\nrelating to leases of mobile transportation\nequipment. The bill also clarifies the definition\nof \"tangible personal property\" contained in the\nRevenue and Taxation Code.\nAB 1992 - Mobley\nAuthorizes the Director of General Services,\n(Chapter 1778)\nwith approval of the Department of Motor Vehicles\nand the State Public Works Board, to exchange\nspecified property in the City of Fullerton,\nAB 2043 - Wilson\nProvides that the Department of Human Resources\n(Chapter 1779)\nDevelopment determinations as to an individual's\ngood cause for refusal to participate in work\nincentive program be made after enrollment in\nprogram, rather than upon referral, and be made\nwithin five days, rather than three days. The\nbill provides that county welfare department shall\ndetermine within five days whether a person\nwho fails to report for enrollment in or refuses\nto enroll in work incentive program or refuses\nemployment pending enrollment had good cause for\nsuch failure or refusal.\n-3-\n#703\nAB 2118 - Brathwaite Requires the Department of Finance to conduct\n(Chapter 1780)\nbiennial audits of each canteen operation\nmaintained by the Department of Corrections, and\nof the Inmates Welfare Fund. The bill requires\nthe audit report or statement of operations to\nbe available to inmates at designated places.\nAB 2138 - Campbell\nProvides for loans to nondenominational health\n(Chapter 1781)\nmaintenance organizations to cover administrative,\noperational and maintenance costs during the first\nthree years of operation. Such loans are to be\nhandled by the Director of Health Care Services.\nThe bill also authorizes the Director to fund\nthrough such loans nonprofit, nondenominational\nhealth facility corporations, composed of specified\npersons. Specifies duties of such corporations and\nrequires such corporations to work with or through\ncitizen's groups representing persons outside of\nmedical care system or not able to take full\nadvantage of medical care facilities. The bill\nappropriates $500,000 to Department of Health Care\nServices to carry out the provisions of the act.\nAB 2439 - Z'berg\nRevises provisions of the Outdoor Advertising Act\n(Chapter 1782)\nto prohibit placement or maintenance of advertising\ndisplay beyond 660 feet from edge of right-of-way\nof interstate or primary highways if the display\nis designed to be viewed primarily by persons\ntraveling on such highways. The bill authorizes\nthe California Highway Commission to allocate\nsufficient funds from the State Highway Fund to\nmatch federal funds made available for the removal\nof outdoor advertising displays.\nAB 2537 - Gonsalves\nAmends the provisions which were enacted in\n(Chapter 1783)\nconnection with the exemption of household\nfurnishings and personal effects to permit an\noffsetting increase in the tax-rate limits for\nschool districts and cities. The bill also provides\nthat a corporation should not be deemed to be\norganized and operated exclusively for educational\npurposes if such corporation provides laundry service\nto the public for compensation.\nAB 2538 - Gonsalves\nProvides that a landowner, in addition to a\n(Chapter 1784)\ncounty or city, may bring an action to enforce\na contract under the Williamson Land Conservation\nAct.\nAB 2602 - Sieroty\nPermits designated persons to be issued a physician\n(Chapter 1785)\nand surgeon certificate upon successful completion\nof oral examination therefor and one year of\ninternship. The bill also permits certain foreign\nmedical school graduates to be eligible for\nlicensure after serving one year of internship.\nAB 2657 - Lanterman\nWould defer the taxation of the gain derived by\n(Chapter 1786)\na nonprofit water utility corporation from the\ncondemnation by the state of the corporation's\nproperty if the condemnation proceeds are\nreinvested within two years in personal property\nused for the transmission or storage of water.\nAB 2668 - Ralph\nRequires the Department of Rehabilitation in\n(Chapter 1787)\nperforming any rehabilitative services or in con-\ntracting with other public or private agencies for\nsuch services to take into consideration the\nneeds of non-English-Speaking handicapped persons\nand to provide special language assistance to\nsuch persons participating in rehabilitation\nprograms.\n#703\nAB 2686 - Crown\nCreates an interagency committee to recommend\n(Chapter 1788)\nminimum standard data elements for all automated\ninformation systems containing criminal offender\nrecords in the state.\nAB 2698 - Sieroty\nProvides that the State Board of Corrections\n(Chapter 1789)\nshall establish minimum standards for local\ndetention facilities and inspect each local\ndetention facility in the state by January 1, 1974,\nand biannually thereafter.\nAB 2753 - Bagley\nProvides that, if an action or proceeding against\n(Chapter 1790)\na defendant who is admitted to bail is dismissed,\nbail shall not be exonerated until 15 days\nthereafter. It requires the bail to be applied if,\nwithin such period, defendant is arrested and\ncharged with a public offense arising out of\nsame act or omission upon which action or proceeding\nwas based. The bill authorizes bail as a matter\nof right following conviction of a misdemeanor\nand pending determination of defendant's application\nfor probation.\nAB 2790 - Waxman\nAuthorizes the Board of Optometry, after January 1,\n(Chapter 1791)\n1972, to adopt regulations establishing the\neducational requirements for a license and\ngoverning the accreditation of schools. The bill\nalso makes other related amendments to the Optometry\nAct.\nAB 2873 - Knox\nProvides that Council on Intergovernmental\n(Chapter 1792)\nRelations shall divide the state into regional\nplanning districts to meet certain criteria,\nrather than in accordance with recommendations\nof the planning advisory committee.\nAB 2911 - Dunlap\nPermits the board of supervisors of a county to\n(Chapter 1793)\nelect unemployment insurance coverage only, without\nelecting disability insurance coverage, for\ncounty employees.\nAB 2936 - Cory\nEstablishes a 3-year pilot project for apportion-\n(Chapter 1794)\nments for the construction of facilities and the\npurchase of essential furniture and equipment to\nmaintain regional programs for physically\nexceptional children. The bill limits the project\nto not more than four school districts which meet\nstandards established by the Superintendent of\nPublic Instruction and are designated by the\nDepartment of Education.\nAB 2945 - Moretti\nRequires that Department of Justice perform\n(Chapter 1795)\nvarious functions relative to combating organized\ncrime. The bill directs the Attorney General to\nstudy with officials of Nevada, Arizona and\nOregon the necessity and desirability of an\ninterstate compact on the control and suppression\nof organized crime.\nSB 752 - Petris\nPermits school districts to use the proceeds of an\n(Chapter 1753)\noverride tax to purchase or improve school sites for\nmentally retarded minors.\nSB 1099 - Gregorio\nAmends and supplements the Budget Act of 1971 to\n(Chapter 1754)\nappropriate $630,000 from the State Park Contingent\nFund to the Department of Parks and Recreation for\nland acquisition at Montara State Beach.\n-5-\n#703\nSB 1561 - Dills\nRevises the provision in the workmen's compensation\n(Chapter 1755)\nlaw which requires that an employer tender an\nemployee a change in physicians when requested by\nthe employee and requires that, when a change of\nphysician is requested by an employee, one of five\nadditional persons nominated by the employer\nbe a practitioner of chiropractic, if the\nemployee so requests with other four being\nadditional practicing physicians. The bill also\nmakes various revisions in the Chiropractic Act\nincluding, among other things, changing the\nqualifications for membership on the State Board of\nChiropractic Examiners; providing for the\nappointment by the Board of an executive officer;\nand revising the examination procedure.\n####\nWAS\n-6-\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE: 1 ediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-17-71\n#704\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:\n\"The results of the west coast longshoremen's strike vote announced\ntoday are as disappointing to me as they must be to the citizens of\nCalifornia and the nation.\n\"The threatened resumption of this prolonged labor dispute on the\nPacific Coast is intolerable. It has, and will, if it resumes, cause\ndamage to our economy and endanger the livelihood of thousands of\ninnocent persons in California as well as other states.\n\"This week I met privately and separately with both parties to the\ndispute to learn all of the issues that separate them and expressed\nhope they would reach a settlement.\n\"I ask now that they return to their bargaining table and resume\ncontinuous negotiations until agreement is reached.\n\"At the same time, I urge congress to quickly pass legislation that\nwill protect this state and the nation against further disruptive labor\ndisputes that subject many thousands of innocent victims to unnecessary\nsuffering.\"\n#####\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER1\nR\nRELEASE: ediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-17-71\n#705\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today signed legislation increasing weekly\nunemployment compensation disability insurance benefits from $87 to $105.\nIn signing the measure (AB 1423 by Assemblyman David C. Pierson,\nD-Inglewood) the governor pointed out that the last increase in the\nrate was made in 1969.\n\"I am happy to sign this legislation because it will help to ease\nthe burden of those, who through no fault of their own, are unable to\nwork in a time of inflation and high prices,\" the governor said.\n######\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE: Ir ediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-17-71\n#706\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today signed into law a measure that will\nextend the homeowner's $750 property tax exemption to residents of\ncooperative housing corporations in which they own a share.\n\"Many Californians, especially our senior citizens, have established\ntheir homes in developments in which they are shareholders. Certainly\nthey are entitled to enjoy the same tax relief as other Californians\nwho live in single family residences,\" the governor said in signing\nthe legislation (SP 569 by Senator Nicholas Petris, D-Oakland).\n#####\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-20-71\n# 707\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the following bills\nhave been signed:\nAB 515 - Knox\nChanges from the 5th calendar day of the 1972\n(Chapter 1804)\nRegular Session of the Legislature to March 8, 1972,\nthe date by which the Ventura-Los Angeles Mountain\nand Coastal Study Commission must file a final\nreport on its activities, including its recommenda-\ntions, for legislative and administrative action,\nwith the Governor and the Legislature.\nAB 628 - Sieroty\nExcludes from the requirement that hospitals or\n(Chapter 1805)\npharmacies report to local police officials persons\ninjured as result of gunshot or other violations\nof penal laws, those injuries which are brought\nabout by voluntary administration of a narcotic\nor restricted dangerous drug. The bill allows a\nphysician to treat an addict for addiction in any\noffice or medical facility and administer medication\nother than narcotics in the addiction treatment.\nAB 1366 - Roberti\nRequires, with major exceptions, employers who plan\n(Chapter 1806)\nto construct trenches to obtain a permit from the\nDivision of Industrial Safety. The bill authorizes\nthe Division to establish contents of the permit\napplication and to set a reasonable fee.\nAB\n1764\n-\nGonsalves Exempts from sales and use taxes, meals for human\n(Chapter 1807)\nconsumption served to and consumed by patients\nreleased from state hospitals served by homes\ncertificated pursuant to specified provisions.\nAB 2849 - Fong\nAuthorizes the governing board of any school district\n(Chapter 1808)\nor county superintendents of schools to provide for\na field trip or excursion to and from places in the\nstate, other states, or foreign country adjoining the\nUnited States for pupils in elementary or secondary\nschools for specified purposes. The bill provides\nthat participation in such field trips shall be\nconsidered attendance for purposes of crediting\nattendance for apportionments from State School Fund,\nand limits attendance credited thereof to 10 school\ndays.\nAB 2918 - Chacon\nAuthorizes a county committee on school district\n(Chapter 1809)\norganization, whenever it has adopted plans and\nrecommendations for the formation of two or more\nunified school districts from specified territory,\nto provide for a vote thereon as a single proposition.\nThe bill authorizes a county committee to make\nareawide tax support program applicable to all\nterritory included in such a proposal, and empowers\nthe committee to fix the rate of areawide tax\nwithin prescribed minimum and maximum limits.\nSB 19 - Dymally\nReapportions the State Board of Equalization.\n(Chapter 1796)\nSB 70 - Short\nAuthorizes, as a place where an addict may be treated\n(Chapter 1797)\nfor addiction, a facility designated by a county and\napproved by the State Department of Mental Hygiene,\nrather than a county-operated mental health center.\nThe bill also authorizes the Research Advisory Panel\nto approve methadone maintenance programs in state\nhospitals.\nSB 141 - Mills\nIncreases the amount the California Highway Commission\n(Chapter 1798)\nand the Department of Public Works are required to\nset aside annually for allocations for grade separation\nprojects from $5 million to $10 million.\n-1-\n#707\nSB 539 - Lagomarsino\nAuthorizes payment of special salary rates (\"red\n(Chapter 1799)\ncircle rates\") to employees who were demoted on\nJuly 1, 1968, and who have more than 30 years of\nState service prior to the effective date of this\nlegislation.\nSB 839 - Cologne\nEliminates the provision specifying that a defendant\n(Chapter 1800)\nin a criminal action is entitled to appear and defend\nin person. The bill requires, rather than authorizes,\ndefendants to have counsel in capital cases.\nSB 1003 - Petris\nSpecifically authorizes counties to contract with\n(Chapter 1801)\npublic and private agencies in developing and\nimplementing county Short-Doyle plans.\nSB 1396 - Way\nDeclares that every pupil of a private or public\n(Chapter 1802)\nelementary or secondary school shall be provided the\nopportunity to receive the topical application of\nfluoride or other decay-inhibiting agent to the\nteeth in the manner approved by the State Department\nof Public Health.\nSB 1489 - Moscone\nRequires the housing element of general plans to\n(Chapter 1803)\nbe developed pursuant to specified regulations and\nrequires such elements to adhere to those standards\nand requires inclusion of a seismic safety and noise\nelement. The bill also requires charter cities to\nadopt general plans containing elements prescribed\nby state law.\nSB 1635 - Short\nRequires, rather than permits, certain proceeds of\n(Chapter 1756)\nbonds issued under the State School Building Aid\nBond Law of 1966 to be used to construct a regional\noccupational center in San Joaquin County. The\nbill requires the Stockton Unified School District to\nrepay the amount allocated in a specified manner.\nGovernor Reagan also announced the veto of the following\nbills:\nSB 104 - Moscone\nWould appropriate $26,807,750 from the General Fund\nfor pay increases for state employees including non-\nacademic employees of the University of California\nand the state colleges.\nREASON FOR VETO:\n\"There is no question that state employees warrant a\ncost-of-living increase. To sign this bill, however,\nwould be to perpetuate a cruel hoax on the very\nemployees the measure purports to benefit. Section\n2.5 of the bill provides that it will become\noperative only if General Fund revenues are increased\nby statutes enacted during the 1971 Regular Session\nbeyond that amount needed to fund state programs in\nthe current budget. General Fund revenues were not\nincreased during the 1971 Regular Session as required\nby this bill.\n\"I recognize the sacrifice that state employees have\nhad to make in our attempts to overcome the financial\ncrisis facing the state. I am including funds in my\nbudget for the 1972-73 fiscal year to provide for\nstate employee salary increases.\n\"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,\" \" the\ngovernor said.\n-2-\n# 707\nSB 153 - Moscone\nWould appropriate $5,434,140 for the purpose of\nproviding a 6% salary increase for the 1971-72 fiscal\nyear for members of the California Highway Patrol.\nREASON FOR VETO:\n\"The basic law governing state salary policy is based\non the premise that, to the extent funds are available\nthe State Personnel Board should allocate such\nfunds within appropriations. I am aware of and very\nappreciative of the fine work being done by the member\nof the California Highway Patrol, but under the\ncircumstances I cannot single out these employees for\na salary increase when our fiscal resources do not\npermit salary increases for the many equally deserving\nemployees we have in other occupations.\n\"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,\" the\ngovernor said.\nSB 192 - Dymally\nWould increase the number of members on the Los\nAngeles County Board of Supervisors from five to\nseven.\nREASON FOR VETO:\n\"The provisions establishing a five-member board is\npart of the Los Angeles County Charter which was\nadopted by a vote of the people. The size of the\nboard of supervisors is a matter which the citizens\nof Los Angeles County alone should decide.\n\"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,\" the\ngovernor said.\nSB 375 - Beilenson\nWould permit a minor to obtain medical care related\nto the use, fitting, and dispensing of contraceptive\ndevices or drugs, without parental consent.\nREASON FOR VETO:\n\"Approval of SB 375 would remove parental consent\nfor care related to the prevention of pregnancy for\nall those under age eighteen--a group that includes\nthousands of persons who actually are still children\nin every sense.\n\"Removal of parental consent and guidance can only\nresult in further deterioration of the family unit\nto the detriment of the child and society in general.\n\"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,\" the\ngovernor said.\nSB 689 - Beilenson\nWould require the State Department of Public Health\nto establish maximum noise standards for specified\nmachinery, equipment, appliances, and related articles,\nand to appoint an advisory committee to assist in\nestablishing such standards.\nREASON FOR VETO:\n\"California is one of the major manufacturing states\nin this country with a substantial portion of its\nproducts sold outside of this state. Enactment of this\ntype of legislation will require California\nmanufacturers to comply with a multitude of standards\nwhich will result in increased product costs thereby\nplacing California industries at a competitive\ndisadvantage with other manufacturing states.\n\"In addition, placing special requirements on\nproducts sold in California but produced in other state\ncould result in the creation of trade barriers for\nCalifornia manufactured products. The end result would\nbe higher prices to the consumer and increased\nunemployment in California.\n\"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,\" the\ngovernor said.\n-3-\n#707\nSB 810 - Petris\nstantially conforms state to various changes\nmade to the federal law by the Federal Tax Reform\nAct of 1969 with respect to tax-exempt organizations\nand deductions for charitable contributions.\nREASON FOR VETO:\n\"The provisions of SB 810 are also contained in\nAB 1 of the 1971 First Extraordinary Session (Chapter\n1). I am vetoing this bill at the request of the\nauthor because of chaptering problems that would be\ncreated if this bill were approved. I am also\nvetoing SB 877 and SB 1460 for the same reason.\n\"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,\" the\ngovernor said.\nSB 845 - Grunsky\nWould appropriate $1,821,379 for 6 percent salary\nadjustment for fire suppression and forestry classes\nin the Division of Forestry, Department of Conservation\nREASON FOR VETO:\n\"I appreciate very much the outstanding job these\nemployees have been doing in protecting our forest\nland. However, to provide salary increases to\nforestry employees when there are not funds available\nfor these employees as well as increases for other\ndeserving state employees would be inequitable. The\nbasic law governing state salary policy is based on\nthe premise that, to the extent funds are available,\nthe State Personnel Board should allocate such funds\nto the various State classes within appropriations.\n\"Furthermore, the salary adjustment proposed by this\nbill would have become operative only if State General\nFund revenues were increased during the 1971 Regular\nSession of the Legislature beyond that amount\nnecessary to maintain programs in dollar amounts\nallocated in the Budget Act of 1971. General Fund\nrevenues were not increased in the manner required\nby Section 3.2 of the bill.\n\"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,\" the\ngovernor said.\nSB 877 - Coombs\nMakes a number of changes in the state income tax\nlaws to reflect changes in federal law.\nREASON FOR VETO:\n\"The provisions of SB 877 are also contained in AB 1\nof the 1971 First Extraordinary Session (Chapter 1).\nI am vetoing this bill at the request of the author\nbecause of chaptering problems that would be created\nif this bill were approved. I am also vetoing SB 810\nand SB 1470 for the same reason.\n\"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,\" the\ngovernor said.\nSB 952 - Song\nWould add drugless practitioners as another category\nof provider under the Medi-Cal program, and includes\ntheir services within the meaning of \"health care\nservices.'\nREASON FOR VETO:\n\"The licensing of drugless practitioners was\nabolished in 1951, with the exception that those hold-\ning valid licenses were allowed to continue to\npractice and have their licenses renewed periodically.\nIt is estimated that there are less than 20 drugless\npractitioners in active practice at this time in\nCalifornia.\n\"Medi-Cal currently encompasses a broad spectrum of\nproviders sufficient to provide all the necessary\nhealth care services of the program's beneficiaries.\nThe addition of a provider group that is going out of\nexistence does not enhance the program's capacity\nto provide needed health care.\n\"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,\" the\ngovernor said.\n-4-\nSB 1029 - Carrell\nWould direct the Department of Public Works to\n¿ rd two major construction ntracts during the\nnext fiscal year and would direct the California\nHighway Commission to grant \"highest\" priority for\nthe construction of Route 118.\nREASON FOR VETO:\n\"Since the road in question is not on the interstate\nhighway system, federal law will not permit inter-\nstate funds to be used for its construction; therefore\nit becomes a physical impossibility for the Highway\nCommission to schedule construction of this project\nahead of the many interstate projects that are funded.\n\"As drafted, the bill would mandate the Highway\nCommission to undertake funding of one project ahead\nof all others, and this procedure is in direct\nconflict with the historical delegation of powers to\nthe Commission. If this bill were to become law, a\nprecedent would be set that could bring chaos to the\norderly planning, budgeting and construction of the\nfinest highway system in the world.\n\"The Department of Public Works does recognize the\nneed for this highway improvement. Two major\nconstruction contracts will be awarded during the\n1972-73 fiscal year and the Department will request\nthe Highway Commission to expend every effort to\ngive this project a \"high\" priority for funding.\n\"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,\" the\ngovernor said.\nSB 1460 - Stevens\nConforms state law to changes in the federal law\nresulting from the Federal Tax Reform Act of 1969.\nAll the changes relate to income tax depreciation\nmethods. Principally, the changes are concerned with\nlimiting the use of accelerated depreciation.\nREASON FOR VETO:\n\"The provisions of SB 1460 are also contained in AB 1\nof the 1971 First Extraordinary Session (Chapter 1)\nI am vetoing this bill at the request of the author b\nbecause of chaptering problems that would be created\nif this bill were approved. I am also vetoing SB 810\nand SB 877 for the same reason.\n\"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,\" the\ngovernor said.\nSB 1497 - Moscone\nWould, among other things, require that any\npsychiatrist or physician employed by a prisoner or\nhis attorney be permitted to visit the prisoner.\nREASON FOR VETO:\n\"I fully agree that the constitutional right of an\naccused to prepare his defense must be protected. A\npart of this protection should be access to qualified\nmedical practitioners.\n\"However, SB 1497 does not require that such persons\nbe licensed by the state to insure their qualifications\nAs written, it would permit unlimited access to any\nprisoner after trial as well as before trial.\n\"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,' the\ngovernor said.\nSB 1593 - Burgener\nWould establish a Speech Pathology and Audiology\nExamining Committee within the jurisdiction of the\nBoard of Medical Examiners and would authorize\nthe Committee and the Board to license and regulate\nspeech pathologists and audiologists.\nREASON FOR VETO:\n\"The entry of the state into new areas of regulation\nis justified only if there is evidence of a compelling\npublic need for such additional regulation. There\nhas been no such showing with respect to the need\nto license speech pathologists and audiologists.\n\"Additionally, the bill could have the effect of\nlimiting the supply of speech pathologists and audiologists and thereby\nthreaten many worthwhile programs in this area that are currently being\nconducted. Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,\" the governor\nAB 285 - Meade\nWe\nd appropriate $1.3 millio from the General\nFund for general support of the University of\nCalifornia.\nREASON FOR VETO:\n\"The appropriation contained in AB 285 is intended to\ncover a deficit caused by fewer nonresident\nstudents enrolling at the University. Since the\ntotal enrollment at the University is less than\nthe number budgeted for, savings should be realized\nwhich will more than cover the $1.3 million deficit.\n\"In addition, the appropriation proposed by this\nbill would have become operative only if General\nFund revenues were increased during the 1971 Regular\nSession beyond that amount necessary to maintain\nprograms in dollar amounts allocated by the Budget\nAct of 1971. General Fund revenues were not\nincreased as required by Section 3 of the bill.\n\"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,\" the\ngovernor said.\nAB 1232 - Waxman\nWould permit a voter to report a change of name\nor party affiliation by postage prepaid postcard.\nThe Elections Code presently permits a voter to\nreport a change of address by mail.\nREASON FOR VETO:\n\"No compelling evidence has been presented to\nsupport the substantive changes in the registration\nprocess proposed by this bill. The present Elections\nCode requirements facilitate the proper registration\nof voters. I see no reasons for a change in such\nrequirements at this time.\n\"Additionally, the bill would mandate substantial\nextra costs on the counties.\n\"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,' \" the\ngovernor said.\n#######\nEJG\n-6-\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Bec\n445-4571\n12-20-71\n#708\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment\nof two new members to the California Regional Water Quality Control\nBoard, San Francisco Bay Region.\nThey are Anthony R. Turturici of San Jose and Roger A.\nMcConnell of Portola Valley.\nTurturici, director of public works for the City of San\nJose, will represent municipal government. A 43-year-old Republican,\nTurturici lives at 1836 Ken Park Court, San Jose.\nMcConnell, 41, a staff member at Stanford Linear Accelerator\nCenter, will represent county government. He is a Republican. His\naddress is 331 Old Spanish Trail, Portola Valley.\nAppointees serve four year terms and receive necessary\nexpenses.\n#####\nPB\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Ber\n445-4571\n12-20-71\n#709\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today that in the face of sky-\nrocketing increases in welfare caseloads across the country the number of\nCalifornians on welfare has now declined for the eighth straight month\nat a savings to taxpayers across the state of $100 million since last\nMarch.\nHe said figures provided to him by State Social Welfare Director\nRobert Carleson showed that during November, there were 14,000 fewer\nCalifornians on the welfare rolls than in October the first November\ndecrease in 15 years and the largest drop for the same month in the\nstate's history. The cumulative drop in the number of recipients since\nMarch amounts to 151,000.\nThe governor lauded Carleson and his department \"for pushing through\nthe administrative reforms in welfare which have made this accomplishment\npossible, an achievement which no other state can match and one which a\nhorde of zealous critics said could never be done.\"\nThe governor said the continuing caseload drop is especially\nsignificant in the light of the fact that until early this year the number\nof Californians on welfare was growing at the fantastic rate of 50,000\nper month.\n\"Had we not put into effect the administrative reforms which made\nthis possible, our projections show there would now be 390,000 more\npersons on welfare than there actually are. The burden this would have\nimposed on the people of California during these eight months would now\ntotal about $100 million in additional federal, state and local costs,\"\nhe said.\nThe decline to 2,117,080 Californians on welfare in November has\nenabled the state's total caseload to dip below that of November, 1970.\nGovernor Reagan said \"the thrust of the administration's welfare\nreform program has been to better assist the truly needy on welfare\nthose who need the help most--while, at the same time, easing the\nstaggering cost burden on the hard-working men and women who make the\nbenefits of welfare possible in the first place.\"\nHe added that \"even if the declining trend we have established begins\nto level out in the future, the fact that we have been able to bring\nwelfare back under control in California in such a dramatic way shows that\nour approach to reform is sound, that it really works, and that the states\nare able to do the job.\n- 1 -\n\"Handing the welfare problem over to the federal government is not\nthe answer. To do so would result in an ever more massive and costly\nprogram. I am mcre convinced than ever that the states can and must do\nthe job. We know it can be done. We've been proving it now for months.\" \"\nCarleson noted that \"our steady caseload decline has taken place\ndespite a myriad of confusing and often conflicting court orders,\nwithout which we could have achieved even more.\"\n#######\nEJG\n- 2 -\nCALIFORNIA CASH GRANT RECIPIENTS\n2.6\n2.5\n2.5\n2.4\n2.4\nUNREFORMED\n2.3\n$100 MILLION SAVINGS\n2.2\n2.1\nACTUAL\n2.1\n2.0\n2.0\n1.9\n1.8\n0\nJUL\nAUG\nSEP\nOCT\nNOV\nDEC\nJAN\nFEB\nMAR\nAPR\nMAY\nJUN\nJUL\nAUG\nSEP\nOCT\nNOV\n1970\n1971\nState of California\nDepartment of Social Welfare\nHuman Relations Agency\nManagement Information Systems\nDecember 20, 1971\nPUBLIC ASSISTANCE CASELOADS AND EXPENDITURES\nNovember 1971\nAid Recipients\nPayments\nProgram\nNov.\nOct.\nNov.\nNov.\nOct.\nNov.\n1971\n1971\n1970\n1971\n1971\n1970\nGrand total.\n2,117,080\n2,130,993\n2,127,778\n$160,071,594\n$160,500,059\n$147,880,717\nCash grant recipients\n2,060,048\n2,074,692\n2,030,233\n156,342,505\n156,567,146\n143,061,171\nGeneral home relief\n57,032\n56,301\n97,545\n3,729,089\n3,932,913\n4,819,546\nAveragea/\nAGED PERSONS\nCash grant recipients\n315,591\n316,121\n319,838\n105.43\n105.93\n102.72\nBLIND PERSONS (AB/APSB)\nCash grant recipients\n13,962\n14,016\n13,863\n152.13\n149.40\n152.37\nDISABLED PERSONS\nCash grant recipients\n191,638\n190,137\n182,409\n131.49\n128.95\n124.50\nFAMILIES WITH\nDEPENDENT CHILDREN\nCash grant recipients:\nFamily groups:\nchildren\n909,938\n919,595\n873,559\n84.67\n84.57\n76.53\ncases\n386,244\n391,229\n357,781\n199.47\n198.78\n186.86\ntotal persons\n1,275,222\n1,283,624\n1,219,247\n60.42\n60.58\n54.83\nUnemployed cases:\nchildren\n139,206\n143,111\n158,217\n85.79\n86.78\n75.82\ncases\n49,752\n51,612\n54,744\n240.05\n240.61\n219.14\ntotal persons\n230,877\n237,645\n261,178\n51.73\n52.26\n45.93\nBoarding Homes and\nInstitutions:\nchildren\n32,758\n33,149\n33,698\n173.07\n164.57\n153.90\nGENERAL HOME RELIEF\nTotal persons\n57,032\n56,301\n97,545\n65.39\n69.86\n49.41\nFamily cases\n2,214\n2,013\n13,857\n81.69\n86.33\n68.09\nPersons in family cases\n6,780\n5,887\n50,601\n26.68\n29.52\n18.65\nOne-person cases\n50,252\n50,414\n46,944\n70.61\n74.56\n82.57\nUnemployed in labor force (%)\n5.9\n5.6\n6.7\nXXX\nXXX\nXXX\n(Seasonally adjusted)\n(6.2)\n(7.0)\n(7.0)\nXXX\nXXX\nXXX\nCivilian population (excluding\nmilitary)\n20,091,800\n20,066,700\n19,811,400\nXXX\nXXX\nXXX\na/ Cash grant averages for adult aids computed from \"net\" person counts.\nb/ Excludes U cases.\nPreliminary.\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOP\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, Californi\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n12-21-71\nGovernor and Mrs. Reagan and their children\nwill be available for pictures only by the family\nChristmas tree at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday,\nDecember 22, at their Pacific Palisades home.\nPlease note that coverage is limited to\npictures only.\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nRELEASE: Imme\nite\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-21-71\n#710\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today that he has \"accepted\nwith regret\" the resignation of Cabinet Assistant James J. Crumpacker.\nCrumpacker, 41, a member of the governor's staff since 1967,\nhas announced that he will leave the administration on January 1, to\nopen his own communications firm, Media West Associates, in Sacramento.\n\"While I am saddened that Jim is leaving my office, I can\nunderstand his wish to resume a career in the private sector. I am\ngrateful to him for interrupting that career to serve the people of\nCalifornia and my administration. And I wish him every success in his\nnew venture,\" the governor said.\nCrumpacker, who has headed cabinet activities since November,\n1969, joined the governor's staff in April, 1967, as assistant appointment\nsecretary.\nIn 1968, he was named as assistant program development\nsecretary, and concentrated on fostering participation of the private,\nindependent and volunteer sectors in administration programs.\nIn this role, he helped to develop the Governor's Drug\nAbuse Public Education Program, in cooperation with Grey Advertising\nof San Francisco and the California Medical Association. The program\nwas financed by the private sector.\nIn his new venture, Crumpacker will specialize in advertising,\npublic relations, public affairs and environmental communications. He\nwill continue to help direct the Governor's Drug Abuse Public Education\nProgram on a voluntary basis.\nPrior to joining the administration, Crumpacker worked in\nadvertising, public relations and public affairs in San Francisco and\nLos Angeles. He was a writer and editor for radio station KYA in San\nFrancisco and the Torrance Herald. He and his wife Jane have four\nchildren. They live at 1801 11th Avenue, Sacramento.\n####\nWAS\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Bec\n445-4571\n12-21-7_\n#711\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today he has named attorney\nJack E. Lund to the Bakersfield Municipal Court bench.\nLund, 49, succeeds Judge Doyle Miller who retired.\nA graduate of Southwestern University Law School, Lund has been a\npartner in the Bakersfield law firm of Deadrich, Bates and Lund.\nHe served as a carrier pilot in the U.S. Navy during World War II.\nLund, a Republican, is a former president of the Kern County Bar\nAssociation and is a past president of the Bakersfield City Schools\nBoard of Education. He also is a director of Region 12 of the Board of\nDirectors of the California School Boards Association.\nHe and his wife Doris have three children.\nIn his new post, Lund will earn an annual salary of $30,724.\n######\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE:\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Becl\n445-4571\n12-21-71\n#712\nGovernor Ronald Reagan has signed legislation that will\nbring infants suffering from hyaline membrane disease under the\nprotection of the Crippled Children Services program.\nThe measure also appropriates $800,000 for special facilities\nand treatment of the disease which attacks the lungs of the prematurely\nnewborn.\n\"The Department of Public Health has conducted studies\nwhich show that the lives of 10 percent of infants who are afflicted with\nthis disease can be saved with intensive early care,\" the governor\nsaid.\n\"This legislation will help to save the lives of hundreds of\nchildren every year. It also will help to ease the financial burden of\ntheir parents from the staggering medical costs of providing intensive\ncare. \"\nThe measure (AB 3003) was authored by Assemblyman John\nVasconcellos, (D-San Jose).\n######\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nRELEASE:\nImme\nate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-21-71\n#713\nAs we begin the celebration of the holiday season, I ask\nmy fellow Californians to join me in considering what has been called\n\"The Miracle of Christmas.\"\nThere is nothing miraculous in the message of love that is\nmankind's legacy from the Child of Bethlehem.\nIt is instead a simple statement of truth. The truth that\nman has been endowed and has within himself the power to bring peace\non earth and extend good will to all other men if he will use that\npower.\nThat is the gift from the Child of Bethlehem the power of\nfaith, hope and above all, love. In itself not miraculous, it just\nresults in miracles.\n#####\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nRELEASE: Im ediate\nSacramento, Californi\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-21-71\n#714\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today he has signed legislation\nwhich will let non-public school children use state-supplied elementary\nschool books and enable non-public school students to enroll in public\nhigh school vocational education and science classes on a space-available\nbasis.\nIn signing the legislation (AB-2590, Vasconcellos), which also will\nallow visually-handicapped non-public school pupils to use material now\nsupplied by the State Department of Education to visually-handicapped\npublic school students, the governor said:\n\"I believe the type of assistance this bill will provide to students\nin our non-public schools is reasonable and appropriate, especially in\nthe light of the fact that the parents of these young people are paying\na heavy burden in taxes to support both the printing of state school\ntextbooks and public school classroom facilities.\n\"To have vetoed this legislation would have been to deny these\nchildren the opportunity to benefit from these textbooks and classroom\nfacilities despite the fact that their parents are helping to make them\npossible through the public school taxes they pay.\n\"In the past six years alone, the rapidly increasing costs of running\nCalifornia's non-public schools have forced closure of at least 60 of them\nAs a result, the parents of some 60,000 private school children were\ndenied a free choice, which is their constitutional right, of sending\ntheir children to non-public schools.\n\"This has caused them to have to enrol their children in our already\nfiscally strapped public schools system, further increasing the tax burden\non California's beleaguered property taxpayers.\n\"If the non-public schools in our state were forced to close due to\nfinancial difficulties, the shift of non-public school children would\nresult in an immediate additional taxpayer cost of one half billion\ndollars an almost unsurmountable disaster.\nTwenty seven states already have enacted legislation to provide\nassistance to non-public school students. California, for some time, has\nallowed private school pupils to use public school driver education\nfacilities,\" the governor said.\n######\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n12-21-71\n#715\nGovernor Ronald Reagan has signed legislation that\nprohibits the state from doing business in excess of $5,000 with any\npersons who do not comply with air and water pollution laws and\nregulations.\n\"As I have said on many occasions, the protection of the\nenvironment is everybody's business and must be the responsibility of\nevery individual and company in this state,\" the governor said.\n\"Pollution must be attacked on every front and it makes no\nsense for any state agency to contract with any individual or any\ncompany for services or materials when that individual or company has\nfailed to live up to its responsibility to protect the environment.\" .\"\nThe legislation (AB 3040) a bi-partisan effort, was\nauthored by Assemblyman John J. Miller, (D-Berkeley).\n#####\nWAS"
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