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12/21/1972-12/31/1972
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-21-72
#669
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today that he has vetoed the
following bills:
AB 719 - Murphy
This bill would control the marketing of
manufacturing grade milk. It would permit the
establishment of a guaranteed minimum price and
would authorize a pooling program for manufacturing
grade milk.
REASON FOR VETO:
"There has not been sufficient showing of a
compelling need to support the extension of a
guaranteed price for manufacturing grade milk.
I do not believe that the best interests of the
consumer or the producer would be served by the
imposition of mandated prices at this time.
"Accordingly, I am returning this bill unsigned."
SB 95 - Alquist
This bill would, among other things, increase the
level of state support for the community colleges.
REASON FOR VETO:
"SB 95 as it was enacted by the legislature was
expected to cost approximately $60 million. As a
consequence of some chaptering problems with Senate
Bill No. 90, the estimated cost as it was delivered
to my desk was approximately $111 million. I think
it is appropriate that this bill be returned to the
legislature so that they may again fully review the
issue of community college financial aid during the
10legislative session in light of the adjustments
in aid made for lower grade levels in Senate Bill
No. 90."
(Governor Reagan also said the administration will
work with the legislature during the coming session
to eliminate the technical difficulties in this
legislation and review the complex problems of
community college financing.)
"Accordingly, I am returning this bill unsigned."
#####
Gray
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RON D REAGAN
RELEASE:
mediate
Sacramento, California
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-20-72
#670
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of Carmel
City Attorney William B. Burleigh to the Monterey-Carmel Municipal
Court Bench. Judge Burleigh fills a new judicial position created
by the 1972 legislature.
Judge Burleigh, 37, a Republican, was graduated cum laude from
the University of Colorado and earned his law degree at the University
of California, Berkeley. He is married and the father of three children.
The family resides in Carmel.
Municipal Court judges receive an annual salary of $33,481.
####
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR NONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
5814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-21-72
#671
Governor Ronald Reagan today signed major legislation which will
enable middle and low income families with children attending non-public
schools to claim a state income tax credit to help defray some of the
cost of educating their children.
The new law (AB-1724, McCarthy) which goes into practical effect
in calendar 1973, will make it possible for hundreds of thousands of
California families earning less than $19,000 (adjusted gross income)
per year to claim a credit on their 1973 state income tax returns.
Governor Reagan said the legislation, which will cost the state
an estimated $16 million in revenues per year, "holds out the very
real prospect that many of our most financially hard-pressed non-public
schools will benefit indirectly in that the growing burden on families
who choose to send their children to these schools will be eased."
He pointed out that these same families already help support our public
school system through their taxes.
Noting that the more than 400,000 youngsters (K-12) now attending
non-public schools in California make for a reduced load on our public
chool system, he said it would cost the taxpayers at least $500 million
more to finance the state's public education program if our private
schools were to suddenly close their doors because of the current fund-
ing crisis confronting them.
In signing the legislation, Governor Reagan said that he would
have preferred a bill to give a tax credit to all families with
children attending non-public schools. "This would have resulted in
even greater help to our private educational systems, and I sincerely
hope that the legislature will broaden the measure I have signed to
cover all such families during the coming session.
"Nevertheless, this bill represents a good first step in our
efforts to substantively recognize the valuable role played by our
non-public schools in meeting the educational needs of our children,"
said.
One of the objectives of AB 1724 is to make it less difficult
for financially hard-pressed non-public schools to pass along their
growing costs through increased tuition. Another objective is to ease
the direct financial burden on parents who choose to place their
children in private schools.
# # #
Gray
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary 95814
916-445-4571
12-21-72
#672
Governor Ronald Reagan today named two new members and announced
the reappointment of another to the Areawide Mental Retardation Program
Board for Area II, which includes Siskiyou, Modoc, Trinity, Lassen,
Shasta, Tehama, Plumas, Glenn and Butte Counties.
Reappointed to a three-year term was Joseph F. McGie of Gridley.
He has served on the board since September 14, 1970. His term will
expire June 30, 1975. He is the retired director of special services
for Butte County Schools and is a Democrat.
The two new members are Dean M. Dennett of Redding, and Mrs.
Constance C. Arrowsmith of Red Bluff. Both are Republicans.
Dennett is director of Shasta County's program for mentally gifted
minors. He succeeds the late John D. Mitchell of Redding.
Mrs. Arrowsmith, former director of counseling at Red Bluff High
School, replaces Mrs. Joyce M. Stevens of Red Bluff, whose term has
expired.
Board members receive their expenses when on official business.
####
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: mediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-21-72
#673
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of Robert
M. Olson of Arcadia as judge of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County.
Olson, a 48-year-old Republican, succeeds Judge Maurice T. Leader
who has retired.
A native of Alhambra, Olson is a 1949 graduate of the University
of Southern California. He received his law degree from USC in 1951.
Mr. and Mrs. Olson have three children. He will receive an annual
salary of $36,392.
######
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE:
Immediate
Sacramento, California 5814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-22-72
#674
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the following bills have
been signed:
AB 30 - Thomas
Prohibits amateur boxing contests, sparring matches
Chapter 1268
or exhibitions on the same program as professional
boxing events unless the promoter of the
professional event provides, if feasible, disability
insurance for participating amateurs.
AB 69 Deddeh
Creates the Department of Transportation in the
Chapter 1253
Business and Transportation Agency.
AB 208 Powers
Provides that certain private and fraternal burial
Chapter 1269
parks of 10 acres or less, now exempt from the
requirements of the Cemetery Act and the Health and
Safety Code relating to endowment care, lose their
exemption if they collect care, maintenance, or
embellishment deposits or set up trusts for burial
purposes.
AB 235 Carpenter
Appropriates certain funds received by the state from
Chapter 1189
the Metropolitan Water District of Southern Californi
to the Department of Parks and Recreation for
development at Bolsa Chica State Beach.
AB 357 Duffy
Transfers from the State Personnel Board to the
Chapter 1270
Department the authority to examine and qualify
dairy inspectors employed by county inspection
agencies.
AB 486 Gonsalves
Makes two technical changes in the Gonsalves Milk
Chapter 1271
Pooling Act. The bill extends from two to four
months the time period after August 31 of each year,
as the time for allocations of new quota, The other
amendment relates to partial transfer of pool quotas
in situations where the pool quota exceeds the
production base. It provides for a proportionately
equal transfer in those situations where the
producers pool quota exceeds his production base.
AB 740 Porter
Requires State Water Resources Control Board and the
Chapter 1256
regional water quality control boards to issue
waste discharge requirements for persons discharging
or proposing to discharge pollutants into the
navigable waters of the United States as required
or authorized by the Federal Water Follution Control
Act, The bill specifies that any person who has
discharged pollutants, except as permitted by waste
discharge requirements, or who has violated specified
requirements shall be subject to a civil penalty not
to exceed $10,000 for each day in which such
violation or refusal occurs. The bill further
specifies that the amount of a state construction
grant under the Clean Water Bond Law of 1970 shall
equal at least 12½½ percent of the eligible project
cost, rather than the minimum amount required by
federal law.
AB 1101 Dunlap
Requires street and highway construction contracts
Chapter 1272
advertised after July 1, 1973 to call for grates
which are not hazardous to bicycle riders where
bicycles are permitted.
AB 1105 - McCarthy
Makes technical amendments to provisions of the
Chapter 1273
Sales and Use Tax Law, Unemployment Insurance Code,
and the Gasoline Tax Law.
- 1 -
AB 1404 - Foran
Requires travel promoters to hold in trust 90
Chapter 1274
percent of sums received for certain other services
provided in conjunction with air or sea
transportation as well as such sums received for
air or sea transportation. The bill requires such
promoters to file with the Department of Consumer
Affairs and keep current certain information
regarding their operations, and pay an annual fee
sufficient to cover administration costs.
AB 1445 - Mobley
Updates and improves the California Commercial Feed
Chapter 1275
Law. It broadens the coverage under the law
providing for special regulations of drugs, premixed
additives and unwanted or deleterious substances in
animal feed. Another feature of the bill provides
for a five member advisory board to advise the
director in all matters pertaining to the
administration of the law.
AB 1446 - Mobley
Authorizes state agencies to use credit cards for
Chapter 1276
purchases, obtaining services, and hiring equipment.
The purchases may not exceed $50 per transaction.
The Department of General Services is required to
submit a report on the cost and savings which have
occurred as a result of this legislation to the
legislature by the fifth calendar day of the 1974
and 1975 regular sessions of the legislature.
AB 1489 - Thomas
Authorizes employment of investment counsel on the
Chapter 1277
staff or on a consulting basis by the Board of
Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement
System and requires the board on and after July 1,
1974, when it elects to contract with outside firms
for investment counseling services to obtain
proposals and hold a public meeting. The bill also
requires annual investment performance reports.
AB 1576 - Waxman
Permits the State Board of Optometry to require
Chapter 1278
licensees to submit specified proof that they have
kept informed of certain recent developments in the
practice of optometry during the preceding year,
rather than the preceding two-year period, as a
condition to renewal of license. The bill also
permits board to charge fee of up to $10 for issuance
of specified evidence of licensure other than
certificate of registration.
AB 1724 - McCarthy
Provides a state income tax credit for the cost of
Chapter 1260
educating dependents in private school (K-12). The
credit is limited to taxpayers with adjusted gross
income of $19,000 or less on a graduated scale
ranging from $25 per student for taxpayers with
adjusted gross income of $18,000-$19,000 to $125 per
student for taxpayers with adjusted gross income of
less than $15,000. The credit is available with
respect to the 1973 taxable year and thereafter.
AB 1798 - Biddle
Establishes a training center for correctional
Chapter 1249
personnel in the Department of Corrections.
AB 1925 - Knox
Creates the California Pollution Control Financing
Chapter 1257
Authority. The Authority is authorized to issue and
sell revenue bonds and bond anticipation notes to
finance the construction and operation of pollution
control facilities.
AB
1963 - Johnson, H. Provides that when an accusatory pleading is filed
Chapter 1279
alleging an offense punishable by incarceration for
more than 90 days, the defendant is entitled to a
certificate from the court which describes the
disposition of the charges.
AB 2033 - McCarthy
Creates an on-sale special beer and wine license for
Chapter 1280
hospitals, convalescent homes, and rest homes.
- 2 -
AB 2198 - Brown
Exempts public assistance recipients who
Chapter 1281
successfully complete approved job training programs
from examination or certification fees required by
state law if the employment opportunity is for the
job for which the recipient was trained.
AB 2284 - Chacon
Enacts the Bilingual Education Act of 1972 to
Chapter 1258
promote bilingual programs in public schools.
Appropriates $5,000,000 to the Department of
Education for purposes of act for expenditures, as
prescribed, in the 1972-1973 and 1973-1974 fiscal
years.
AB 2316 - Townsend
Amends the Private Investigator and Adjuster Act to
Chapter 1282
authorize the Bureau of Collection and Investigative
Services to adopt regulations requiring uniformed
employees of private patrol operators to register
with the Bureau. The bill eliminates the authority
of cities and counties to register and impose local
regulations on private patrol operators or their
employees, except as to street patrol special
officers, persons who provide street patrol service,
and employees of private patrol operators who are
unable to furnish evidence of current registration
with the Bureau.
AB 2368 - Mobley
Establishes an Apiary Board in the Department of
Chapter 1283
Agriculture. The board will act in an advisory
capacity to the director of the Department of
Agriculture. In addition, the bill creates a fund
through assessment of bee hives to be used for
disease control and research programs in beekeeping.
AB 2393 - Cullen
Modifies legislation enacted earlier this year
Chapter 1254 -
relating to electronic data processing and
consolidation of computer installations.
AB 2395 - Davis
Makes the unexpended balance of funds appropriated
Chapter 1284
in 1969 available for allocation for repair or
restoration of local facilities and local highway
facilities damaged or destroyed by natural disasters
occurring between September 1, 1972 and June 30, 1973
It also makes the unexpended balances of the Street
and Highway Disaster Fund available for state highway
damage occurring during the same period. It
transfers $2 million from the portion of the fund
available for local road repair to the portion of
the fund available for state highway damage repair.
SB 451 - Coombs
Requires mandatory certification of all avocadoes
Chapter 1261
prepared for marketing. The certification is for
compliance with Agricultural Code quality and
packaging standards.
SB 503 - Stiern
Amends the Budget Act of 1972 to make a park bond
Chapter 1262
act appropriation payable to the City of Corcoran
rather than Kings County. The bill corrects an
error in the wording of the Budget Act.
SB 678 - Harmer
Requires quadrennial actuarial valuation of the
Chapter 1263
Judges' Retirement Law by the State Controller
commencing June 30, 1973.
SB 714 - Deukmejian
Establishes a comprehensive and integrated system
hapter 1255
for the prevention of narcotic and drug abuse and
the care, treatment, and rehabilitation of narcotic
addicts and drug users.
SB 1061 - Carpenter
Permits an industrial loan company to purchase
Chapter 1264
contracts and choses in action from any personal
property broker upon approval of the transaction by
the Commissioner of Corporations.
- 3 -
SB 1112 - Gregorio
Enumerates, as additional conditions under which
Chapter 1265
persons 16 and 17 years old are exempted from
compulsory school attendance laws. The bill
specifically permits persons 16 and 17 years of
age and not graduated from high school to
voluntarily enroll in continuation classes.
SB 1238 - Coombs
Requires a person to pay a five percent penalty plus
Chapter 1266
interest charges on any delinquent sum due to the
State Lands Commission.
SB 1330 - Richardson Extends the authority of the Director of Parks and
Chapter 1267
Recreation to convey all lands included within the
Puddingstone State Recreation Area to the County of
Los Angeles upon specified condition to include
lands adjacent thereto which are under the
jurisdiction of the director.
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Walthall
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 5814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-22-72
#675
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the following bills have
been signed:
AB 240 - Powers
Amends the Land Surveyors Act by eliminating the
Chapter 1300
provision that a civil engineer who is also a
licensed land surveyor may renew or reinstate both
his civil engineer certificate and his land surveyor
license by paying only the fees which relate to his
civil engineer certificate.
AB 335 - Quimby
Requires that notices containing information
Chapter 1301
concerning the assessment of properties receiving
homeowners' or veterans' exemptions shall be
directed to the same address to which the exemption
claim forms were sent.
AB 390 - MacDonald
Includes overtime pay and sick leave among the
Chapter 1302
subjects which the Trustees of the California State
University and Colleges are required to provide for
by rule in the government of their appointees and
employees.
AB 625 - Burke
Revises the maximum commissions which can be
Chapter 1303
retained by the county treasurer out of the total
inheritance taxes paid to and accounted for by him
in any one year.
AB 743 - Porter
Amends the Cobey-Alquist Flood Plain Management Act
Chapter 1304
to require the appropriate public agency to develop
necessary flood plain regulations within one year
following notification by the Department of Water
Resources or the Reclamation Board to meet the
requirements of a federal flood control project. It
requires the Department or Board to review these
regulations and recommend any provisions necessary
to provide adequate flood plain regulations.
AB 763 - Keysor
Specifies that if a school district governing board
Chapter 1305
consists of seven members and not more than two
vacancies occur, the vacent position or positions
shall not be counted for purposes of determining how
many members of the board constitute a majority.
The bill also provides that whenever unanimous action
of all or a specified number of the members of the
governing board is required, the vacant position or
positions shall be excluded from determination of
the total membership constituting the board.
AB 970 - Foran
Provides for the registration and regulation of
Chapter 1306
shorthand reporting corporations.
AB
1040
- Brathwaite Requires all public entities to adopt rules and
Chapter 1307
regulations relating to the Uniform Relocation
Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies
Act of 1970. Such rules and regulations must be in
conformity with guidelines adopted by the Commission
of Housing and Community Development, which guide-
lines shall be consistent with the federal guidelines
for both federally and nonfederally aided projects.
AB 1110 - Waxman
Permits Los Angeles County to collect property taxes
Chapter 1308
on possessory interest in two installments.
AB 1122 - Badham
Requires a permit from the Department of Aeronautics
Chapter 1309
for expansion of existing airports in accordance with
the law requiring permits for new airport sites.
AB 1143 - Russell
Includes within provisions relating to electronic
Chapter 1287
repair dealers repair of audio or video recorder or
playback equipment and excludes repair of certain
equipment the use of which requires FCC license.
The bill also includes designated equipment normally
used or sold for use in private motor vehicles as
well as the home.
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#675
AB 1147 - Wood
Changes the required composition of the California
Chapter 1310
Advisory Board of Furniture and Bedding to provide
that after the effective date of the changes,
vacancies occurring in the office of an industry
member of the board shall be filled by appointment
of an industry member at large without regard to any
branch of the industry. The bill also makes
clarifying amendments to the Furniture and Bedding
Inspection Act relating to applications for licenses
and license requirements.
AB 1263 - Wilson
Increases the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Repair
Chapter 1288
Services to include persons who repair, service and
maintain major home appliances such as room air
conditioners, freezers, washers, dryers,
refrigerators, dishwashers and other appliances.
Changes the industry representatives to the Advisory
Board of the Bureau to include representatives of
the major home repair industry.
AB 1276 - Monagan
Authorizes the Director of Agriculture to use money,
Chapter 1311
deposited in the Department of Agriculture Fund and
not expended pursuant to designated provisions for
research in nutritional problems of teenagers and
the significance of milk in their diet. The bill
authorizes the director to appoint an advisory
committee to advise him concerning the appropriate
agency or institution to carry out such provisions.
AB 1315 - Wilson
Provides that a statement regarding the availability
Chapter 1312
of schools in a subdivision shall be included in the
subdivider's notice of intention to sell subdivided
lands.
AB 1384 - Knox
Provides that membership of a nonprofit corporation
Chapter 1313
formed for purpose of defraying or assuming cost of
certain healing arts professional services shall
include at least one-fourth of all licentiates of the
particular profession residing in California, rather
than one-fourth of all such licentiates. The bill
also appropriates $36,000 from the General Fund to
the Attorney General for the purpose of defraying
the expense of enforcing the Knox-Mills Health Plan
Act during the 1972-1973 fiscal year.
AB 1385 - Quimby
Adds one general building contractor member and one
Chapter 1314
public member to Contractors' State License Board.
AB 1691 - Porter
Provides for certification of all sewage treatment
Chapter 1315
plant operators and supervisors for governmentally
owned systems. The State Water Resources Control
Board will administer the program.
AB 1705 - Brown
Specifies that where an employer or insurer requests,
Chapter 1316
a deposition be taken of an injured employee, such
employee shall receive a copy of the transcript of
deposition without cost to employee, and a reasonable
allowance for attorney's fees, at the discretion of
the Workmen's Compensation Appeals Board, to be paid
by the employer or insurer.
3
1791 - Johnson, R. Establishes permanently in the law, a definition and
Chapter 1317
standard for several ascidified dairy products and
yogurt.
AB 1801 - Knox
Provides for creation of marriage, family or child
Chapter 1318
counseling corporations under control of Board of
Behavioral Science Examiners.
AB 1820 - McAlister
Deletes the exception authorizing a written waiver,
Chapter 1319
affecting, or impairing of claims and liens of persons
with respect to works of improvement other than those
involving construction contracts on or for a single
family dwelling or duplex entered into by an
individual owner.
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#675
AB 1912 - Barnes
Authorizes funds of school district of 100,000 or
Chapter 1320
more average daily attendance which are received
from the rental of school property pending
construction of school facilities thereon, to be
held in a bank clearing account for up to three
years and to be used by the district to pay certain
costs resulting from rental of such property. The
bill also authorizes the investment of such money
along with other moneys deposited in clearing
accounts as specified.
AB 1966 - McAlister
Requires payment in money of vested vacation time to
Chapter 1321
a terminated employee where the contract of employ-
ment or employer policy provides for paid vacation.
AB 1986 - Powers
Deletes requirement of United States citizenship
Chapter 1285
for licensure in specified businesses and professions
AB 2074 - Briggs
Makes various changes in Industrial Loan Law,
Chapter 1322
including provisions relating to duties of the
Commissioner of Corporations.
AB 2185 - Barnes
Expands the definition of "county peace officer, "
Chapter 1323
as used in the Public Employees' Retirement Law, to
include specified employees of a sheriff employed in
a county jail, detention or correctional facility
whose primary duty and responsibility is supervision
and custody of persons committed thereto.
AB 2294 - Warren
Makes a technical amendment to legislation enacted
Chapter 1324
earlier this year relating to the procedure of claim
and delivery.
AB 2394 - Dunlap
Makes provision for the Fairfield-Suisun-Vacaville
Chapter 1326
Judicial District. The bill provides for a western
division to include the Fairfield-Suisun Judicial
District, and for an eastern division to include the
Vacaville Judicial District.
AB 2341 - MacGillivray Authorizes the governor to adopt a state oil
Chapter 1325
spill contingency plan. The bill authorizes use
of volunteer workers and provides workmen's
compensation coverage for them. The bill also makes
expenses of operating the state oil spill contingency
plan recoverable from the State Water Pollution
Cleanup and Abatement Account of the State Water
Quality Control Fund. The bill makes the spiller
liable for costs of cleanup, in addition to other
liability, in action brought by the Attorney General.
SB 148 - Way
Appropriates to the Trustees of California State
Chapter 1289
University and Colleges certain revenues in the
State College Parking Revenue Fund received from
parking facilities for specified transportation
studies. The bill also provides for transfer to the
Regents of University of California and State College
Parking Revenue Fund, respectively, of amounts equal
to 50 percent of total fines or forfeitures collected
from persons who are convicted of violating, or are
charged with the violation of, parking regulations
applicable to parking on property of the University
of California or the state colleges.
8B 210 - Holmdahl
Authorizes a board of supervisors to order the
hapter 1290
opening, laying out, or alteration of a private
byroad for the necessity of one or more residents or
landowners of any road district, upon petition of a
single resident or landowner of the road district.
SB 282 - Zenovich
Includes "kickboxing," within the provisions
Chapter 1291
regulating boxing. The bill requires the State
Athletic Commission to adopt specified rules and
regulations governing kickboxing contests and matches
and kickboxing exhibitions.
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SB 542 - Petris
Provides that no regulations of the Department of
Chapter 1292
Mental Hygiene shall be adopted which prohibit a
psychiatrist, psychologist or clinical social worker
from employment in any professional, technical or
administrative positions in a local mental health
program. The bill provides that where the director
is not a psychiatrist, the local program shall have
a psychiatrist on its staff.
SB 685 - Song
Requires every manufacturer, distributor, or
Chapter 1293
retailer making express warranties with respect to
consumer goods to provide the buyer at the time of
sale with either the name and address and telephone
number of a service repair facility central directory
within this state, or the toll-free telephone number
of a service and repair facility central directory
outside this state, rather than requiring the name
and address and telephone number of the service and
repair facility within this state.
SB 903 - Gregorio
Amends the San Mateo County Flood Control District
Chapter 1294
Act to allow the District Board of Supervisors
greater flexibility in regulating and equitably
financing various flood control improvements within
the district.
SB 1049 - Song
Authorizes the Board of Behavioral Science Examiners
Chapter 1286
to establish specified standards for equivalent
means of meeting experience requirements for clinical
social worker license. The bill also provides for
creation of licensed clinical social workers
corporations, under control of the Board of Behaviora
Science Examiners.
SB 1075 - Carpenter
Provides for suspension of a commercial lobster
Chapter 1295
fishing permit by the Department of Fish and Game
when a complaint has been filed in court charging
the holder of such permit with violation of
designated provisions regarding the taking of
lobsters. It permits the holder of the suspended
permit to request a hearing within 20 days after
request, and requires a decision within a reasonable
time on whether the permit suspension shall be
terminated or continued until disposition of the
complaint by the court.
SB 1084 - Carpenter
Provides for suspension of a commercial abalone
Chapter 1296
fishing permit by the Department of Fish and Game
when a complaint has been filed in court charging
the permit holder with violation of designated
provisions regarding taking of abalones. Allows
the holder of a suspended permit to request a hearing
as prescribed which shall commence within 20 days
after such request has been made, and requires that
a decision be made within a reasonable time on
whether the permit suspension shall be terminated
or continued until disposition of the complaint by
the court.
SB 1154 - Song
Makes several technical amendments to the Trading
Chapter 1297
Stamp Law.
in
1174 - Behr
Authorizes prehospital placement of mentally
Chapter 1298
retarded or mentally disordered persons in a
licensed or certified facility. The bill authorizes
the Department of Mental Hygione, rather than Social
Welfare, to pay for such care as well as for care of
those released from a hospital. The bill also
authorizes Social Welfare to contract with Mental
Hygiene for protective social services. Allows Mental
Hygiene to contract for these services with public
or private agencies.
SB 1239 - Deukmejian
Changes from January 1, 1973, to July 1, 1973, the
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date by which cities and counties must conform zoning
ordinances to general plans.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-22-72
#676
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of three
new members to the Intergovernmental Board on Electronic Data Processing.
New members are Edwin B. Wheeler, Assistant Secretary of Health
and Welfare Agency. He replaces Bernard P. Donnelly who is no longer
with the agency. James E. Moriarty, Contra Costa County Supervisor,
replaces Paul J. Anderson of Riverside who resigned. John J. Madigan,
Butte County Supervisor, replaces the late John F. McInnis of San Rafael.
California's Intergovernmental Board on Electronic Data Processing
was established in 1967 and consists of 14 members, representing the
state, counties, cities and public school districts. The board
integrates and coordinates intergovernmental information systems,
encourages the sharing of costs, systems and programs, and makes availabl
education and training in the data processing field.
Wheeler, a retired Marine Corps Major General, was appointed
Assistant Secretary of Health and Welfare for operations in 1972. He
will represent his agency on the board.
Moriarty, of Moraga, will be the county supervisors representative
on the board. Madigan of Chico, will be the alternate county supervisors
representative on the board.
Positions on the board are non-salaried and members serve at the
pleasure of the governor.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE:
mediate
Sacramento, California 5814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-22-72
#677
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the following bills have
been signed:
AB 210 - Bagley
Authorizes one experimental program for deaf or
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severely hard-of-hearing children who are at least
six months of age, to be conducted by a school
district or county superintendent of schools, with
approval of the county board of education and the
Superintendent of Public Instruction.
AB 359 - Vasconcellos Permits school district governing boards to
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contract with private entities, approved by the
Superintendent of Public Instruction, to provide
venereal disease education, as well as drug
education, in the public schools, with each school
to remain under complete control of public school
officers. The bill requires notification to the
parent or guardian of pupils enrolled or to be
enrolled that such classes are to be offered. The
bill permits the parent or guardian to request in
writing that his child not participate in the
instruction program. It prohibits a pupil from
attending any class in venereal disease or drug
education, if the school has been requested that
the pupil not attend such class.
AB 637 - Dunlap
Permits a specified retirant of the State Teachers'
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Retirement System who was a school physician and city
director of public health to receive service credit
upon payment of contributions and interest. The
bill also provides that final compensation and
service of members of retirement systems established
pursuant to the County Employees Retirement Law of
1937 shall be computed on basis of concurrent
retirement if they are required to retire because
of age while a member of such a system or the Public
Employees' Retirement System.
AB 675 - Brathwaite
Provides a woman who has requested a maternity leave
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of absence on the advice of her physician, who is
denied such leave, who then has voluntarily left her
most recent employment because of pregnancy, and who
is ineligible to receive unemployment compensation
benefits because of such leaving, shall become
eligible to receive such benefits after the birth of
her child, or other termination of her pregnancy,
if she is in all other respects eligible.
AB 744 - Fenton
Revises definition of "speed trap" to include a
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particular section of a highway with a prima facie
speed limit which is not justified by an engineering
and traffic survey conducted within five years prior
to the date of the alleged violation, and where
enforcement involves the use of radar or other
electronic devices which measure the speed of
moving objects. This bill is similar to SB 938 (Walsh
which was vetoed on August 15.
AB 780 McCarthy
Increases the maximum fees which the Division of
Chapter 1347
Industrial Safety may charge for inspection of
elevators. The bill also appropriates $210,000 to
be used for elevator inspections.
AB 818 - Barnes
Permits reemployment of a person retired under the
Chapter 1348
Public Employees' Retirement System for disability
who has not attained mandatory retirement age without
reinstatement from retirement in a position other
than that from which he was retired or a position in
the same classification if the board finds he is not
disabled for the position in which he is to be
employed. The bill provides for reduction in the
member's allowance to an amount which when added to
the compensation received, equals the maximum
compensation earnable in the position he held at
retirement.
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AB 1213 - Greene, B. States it is the intention of the legislature that
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prisoners in state prisons and local detention
facilities, and persons in custody of the Department
of the Youth Authority, shall be afforded reasonable
opportunities to exercise religious freedom.
AB 1503 - Duffy
Authorizes the State Department of Public Health to
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approve experimental health manpower pilot projects
sponsored by nonprofit educational institutions or
non-profit community hospitals or clinics for the
purpose of developing new kinds or combinations of
health care delivery systems.
AB 1674 - Barnes
Consolidates and revises provisions for survivor
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allowances under the Public Employees' Retirement
System payable on death of a retired member. The
bill modifies the cost-of-living adjustment for
members of a local system included in PERS. The bill
further permits a local member to receive service
credit for employment in a district which becomes a
subsidiary district of a city which is a contracting
agency if he is employed by the city to render
service to such district and becomes a member in
such employment.
AB 1737 - Gonsalves
Requires the State Board of Equalization to bring
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actions to enjoin county officials from violating
property tax laws or rules and regulations pertaining
thereto. The bill also requires the Board of
Equalization to prescribe rules and regulations
which will provide retail grocers who sell both items
taxable under the Sales and Use Tax Law and items
exempt from such law an alternative method by which
to report tax liability under such law.
AB 1919 - Hayes
Requires a good faith defense by a public employee,
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or reasonable good faith cooperation in the defense
of a public employee by a public agency, as a
condition to indemnification of the employee for a
judgment or claim paid by him.
AB 2139 - Dunlap
Authorizes boards of supervisors to encourage
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compatible uses of restricted land under the
California Land Conservation Act of 1965,
particularly public outdoor recreational uses, and
authorizes such boards to indemnify the owners of
property from claims arising by reason of such use.
The bill also requires the conservation element of
general plans to be prepared and adopted by June 30,
1973.
SB 53 - Alquist
Directs the Department of Public Works to sell or
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exchange excess real property within one year of its
determination to be excess. It further directs the
department to adopt rules and regulations for
determining what property is available for sale or
exchange.
SB 164 - Coombs
Increases from $2,354,120 to $3,426,600 the maximum
Chapter 1332
total of recreation and fish enhancement grants
authorized to be made by the Department of Water
Resources to the San Bernardino Valley Municipal
Water District under provisions of the Davis-Grunsky
Act.
SB 318 - Harmer
Requires that when an employee's resignation from
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state civil service is set: aside because it was
obtained by mistake, fraud, duress, undue influence
or, for any other reason was not the free, voluntary
and binding act of the person resigning that the
employee shall be reinstated to his former position
and paid his salary for the period of absence
resulting from resignation less any compensation the
employee earned or might reasonably have earned during
any period commencing more than six months after the
initial date of resignation.
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SB 401 - Grunsky
Imposes liability on an employer for medical
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treatment and disability benefits accrued prior to
an employee's death. The bill also specifies that
where a deceased employee leaves no surviving
dependent heir, or other person entitled to receive
it, and such compensation payable shall be paid to
the State Treasurer and credited to the subsequent
Injuries Fund. The bill was introduced to implement
Proposition 13.
SB 541 - Collier
Authorizes the Department of Parks and Recreation
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to purchase State Lands Commission lands in Trinity
County and to exchange such lands for private lands
in Sonoma and Mendocino counties. The bill
appropriates $750,000 from the General Fund for
such purposes.
SB 637 - Dills
Authorizes licensed drug manufacturers and
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wholesalers and licensed pharmacists to supply home
hemodialysis products to home hemodialysis patients
on condition that such products are furnished in
conformity with regulations adopted by the Pharmacy
Board to insure safe distribution and that the
patients have completed a full course of hemodialysi
training given by a renal dialysis center
accredited by the Department of Public Health. The
bill also exempts such products from sales tax to
the extent they constitute medicine.
SB 918 - Lagomarsino
Eliminates a provision as added by legislation
Chapter 1337
enacted earlier this year which exempts from jury
duty persons called for jury service who have served
in one trial until completion or made four
appearances within preceding three years, if they
so request.
S3 981 - Nejedly
Requires the State Air Resources Board to prepare
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and submit, not later than July 1, 1973, a report
to the legislature on proposed guidelines for an air
pollution control element in general plans. The
bill also appropriates $50,000 from the Motor Vehicle
Account in the State Transportation Fund to the Air
Resources Board for the preparation of the guidelines
S3 1281 - Rodda
Provides that apprentices enrolled in classes
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maintained by high schools be classified as regular
students for purposes of state school fund
apportionment.
SB 1380 - Stevens
Amends and supplements the Budget Act of 1972 to
Chapter 1340
appropriate $500,000, payable from the State Beach,
Park, Recreational, and Historical Facilities Fund,
for relocation expenses in connection with land
acquisition for the state park system.
SB 1390 - Grunsky
Permits receipt of benefits under certain
Chapter 1341
circumstances by survivors of a person who was
required to change his membership from the State
Teachers' Retirement System to the Public Employees'
Retirement System on July 1, 1971.
SB 1490 - Marler
Provides for specified reductions in county shares
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under Medi-Cal for counties which did not exercise
the county option for the period from July 1971,
through September 1971.
SB 1494 - Marler
Reduces Butte County's share of Medi-Cal costs for
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1971-72 from $1,120,000 to $952,000. The reduction
is proposed to correct an administrative error in the
original computation of Butte County's share.
SB 1500 - Kennick
Combines provisions for continuation of part of the
Chapter 1327
retirement allowance to the spouse, child, or parents
after death of patrol, warden, forestry, and law
enforcement members of the Public Employees' Retire-
mentSystem, and provides that such benefit shall not
be reduced by federal survivor benefit, The bill
modifies the allowance payable to local miscellaneous
and safety members already retired under certain
optional settlement.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californi 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-22-72
#678
Governor Ronald Reagan today signed legislation providing property
tax relief for California's Old Age Security (OAS) recipients.
The bill, AB 1896 by Assemblyman Alister McAlister (D-San Jose)
provides property tax relief approximating the benefits elderly
homeowners receive under California's Senior Citizens Property Tax
Assistance program.
Under the bill, OAS recipients whose property taxes are in excess
of $180 a year will receive a special need allowance up to a maximum
of $500 to pay their taxes.
The new law will expire in March of 1975, permitting the legislature
time to evaluate its financial impact on the state under provisions of
the new federal welfare program (HR-1).
Elderly homeowners, 65 or over, are ineligible under present law
for Senior Citizens Property Tax Assistance if they are receiving Old
Age Assistance grants.
Under current law, California counties have the option of paying
recipients a special needs allowance which could include property taxes.
The 1972-73 state budget provides $1.5 million which is allocated to
county welfare departments to pay for special needs.
The new statute will cost the state an estimated $334,000 a year,
will be matched by the federal government.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-22-72
#679
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced he has
denied Oklahoma's request for the extradition of
Barbara Frisby of Oakland.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Grav, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-26-72
#680
Governor Ronald Reagan today reluctantly accepted the resignation
of Charles P. Tyson II, a member of the governor's staff since January,
1967. Tyson, 31, is resigning to become vice president of the Hobart
Development Corporation, a San Diego real estate investment and
development firm.
A political science graduate of Stanford University, Tyson left
the savings and loan business in Fremont in 1966 to join the campaign to
elect Governor Reagan. As a member of the governor's staff he has served
as an assistant to the cabinet secretary, assistant to the governor's
executive secretary and as staff assistant to the governor.
Governor Reagan said he was accepting Tyson's resignation "with
reluctance. The dedication and abilities you have brought to your
assignments as a member of my staff will surely be missed. Yet, I know
you have served much longer than you originally intended and I deeply
appreicate the valuable contribution in time and effort you have made as
a part of our team," the governor said.
"I wish you and your wife every success for the future as you now
renew your career in the private*sector," Governor Reagan added.
Tyson called his years on the governor's staff "one of the greatest
opportunities and experiences of my life. It has been an honor to serve
on your staff and an experience I will always remember with fond memories.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 5814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-26-72
#681
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
William R. Hollingsworth, Jr., as judge of the South Bay Judicial
District Municipal Court in Los Angeles County.
The 45-year-old Republican fills the vacancy created by the
elevation of Judge Thomas Fredricks to the Los Angles County Superior
Court bench.
Hollingsworth, a former Manhattan Beach city councilman, mayor and
assistant city attorney, has served as a judge pro tem in the South Bay
Municipal Court for the past 10 years.
A native of Washington, D.C., Hollingsworth received a B.A. degree
in 1949 from Pomona College and his law degree from Stanford in 1952.
He will receive an annual salary of $33,481.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-26-72
#682
Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement
concerning the death of Harry S. Truman:
"The death of President Truman represents a loss to all of us as
Americans. It is a personal loss to me. I knew him and respected him
both as our president and as a man.
"In life as in death, his will to live was matched by his
determination to see freedom survive. The momentous decisions he made
were among the most critical in our nation's history. They might well
have broken a lesser man. The moral leadership and courage he brought
to the presidency have earned him a warm and revered place in the hearts
of all who cherish freedom.
"He will be known to future generations as one of our greatest,
most courageous presidents."
/immediately
In President Truman's memory, Governor Reagan ordered flags to be
flown at half staff on state buildings.
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Gray
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 5814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-26-72
#683
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the following bills have
been signed:
AB 6 - Schabarum
Provides for exemptions for no more than two
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unified school districts from the limitations on use
and qualifications of substitute teachers and on
minimum sessions, class sizes, and related matters,
if it can be shown to the Superintendent of Public
Instruction that the exemptions can create more
effective educational programs.
AB 227 Arnett
Requires a county to determine whether an applicant
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for assistance under aid to the needy disabled
program qualifies for county general assistance when
the granting of aid is delayed due to necessary
verification for eligibility determination. The bil.
provides that if general assistance is granted and
the applicant's eligibility is subsequently verified
he is entitled to aid from the date of application
less the general assistance grant. The bill require
the county to pay the entire cost of general
assistance where the county does not forward the
application to the state within 30 days from the
date of the initial application. It provides
further that where the state has not acted upon the
application within 30 days from the date it is
forwarded by the county, that the county is entitled
to reimbursement for the entire amount of general
assistance granted.
AB 300 Fong
Makes eligible for participation in special
Chapter 1373
education programs for educationally handicapped,
physically handicapped, and mentally retarded,
persons up to 21 years of age, rather than minors
only; and makes related technical changes eliminating
designation "minors" in reference to pupils who may
be participating.
AB 339 - Barnes
Revises limitations on the $1,000 exclusion from
Chapter 1359
gross income for compensation received by reason of
military service under the Personal Income Tax Law,
and authorizes such exclusion for military pensions
and retirement pay and pay for military service on
other than extended active duty but limits such
exclusions by 50 cents for each $1 of adjusted gross
income in excess of $15,000.
AB 503 - Quimby
Includes California State Policemen who have
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graduated from an academy certified by the Commission
on Peace Officer Standards and Training within
specified disputable presumptions under the workmen's
compensation law with regard to heart trouble and
pneumonia "injuries" arising out of and in the
course of employment.
AB 568 - Townsend
Exempts licensed hearing aid dispensers from the
Chapter 1361
provisions of the Business and Professions Code which
prohibit healing arts licensees from offering for
sale or selling services or commodities under a
representation that the offering for sale or sale is
at a discount.
AB 1003 - Brathwaite Provides that any female prisoner has the right to
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summon and receive the services of any physician and
surgeon of her choice to determine if she is pregnant
If she is, she is entitled to a determination of
medical services needed and to the receipt of the
services from the physician of her choice. The cost
of such medical services are to be borne by the
prisoner.
AB 1004 - Brathwaite Prohibits imposition of conditions or restrictions
Chapter 1363
on obtaining an abortion by female prisoners other
than those contained in Therapeutic Abortion Act.
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AB 1198 - Briggs
Prohibits restaurants from using the term "hamburger"
Chapter 1364
in any advertisement or menu to refer to a meat
product which does not meet standards of "hamburger"
as defined. The bill requires the menu of
restaurants selling or serving imitation hamburger
to post ingredients or list on menu. The bill makes
a specific exception for hamburger which contains not
more than 10 percent added protein and water and
which does not contain added binders and extenders.
The bill further provides it is unlawful and
constitutes misbranding to violate any provision of
act or regulation promulgated thereunder.
AB 1277 - Monagan
Includes all classes of correctional counselors in
Chapter 1365
the Department of Corrections within the definition
of "law enforcement member" for purposes of the
Public Employees' Retirement System.
AB 1496 - Duffy
Declares legislative intent to afford Medi-Cal
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recipients the opportunity to enroll as regular
subscribers in prepaid health plans and to improve
quality and reduce the price of health care services.
It establishes a separate chapter in the Welfare and
Institutions Code for prepaid health plans. The new
chapter specifies administrative powers and duties
of the Department of Health Care Services, establishe
a basic schedule of benefits for prepaid health
plans, and authorizes the Director to establish the
scope and duration of such services. The bill
enumerates standards of participation for such pre-
paid health plans and prohibits the department from
contracting with any prepaid health plan in which an
officer, employee, or member of the legislature has
a financial interest.
AB 1709 - Brown
Authorizes the Board of Pharmacy to permit a person
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certified by it as having had sufficient and
equivalent education and experience in pharmacy,
including at least two years' practical experience
in a foreign country within the previous five years,
to take the Board's examination for a pharmacist
license.
AB 1896 - McAlister
Grants additional aid in an amount not to exceed
Chapter 1368
$500 in any fiscal year as a special need to Old Age
Security Law recipients in the amount of property
taxes on their homes in excess of $180 in any fiscal
year.
AB 2169 - Burton
Requires the Department of Fish and Game to issue a
Chapter 1369
renewable sport fishing license to any person 62
years of age or older who has been a resident of this
state for the five years immediately preceding and
whose total income does not exceed $140 per month,
without payment of a license fee, authorizing him to
take fish from the ocean waters of this state and
amphibia anywhere in the state.
SB 520 - Alquist
Requires delineation by the state geologist of
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hazardous fault zone areas within which local
government is to carefully consider possible under
geologic hazards, in accordance with criteria
established by the State Mining and Geology Board,
prior to approving further development. The bill
appropriates $100,000 for purposes of the act.
SB 796 - Whetmore
Provides for licensing of speech pathologists and
Chapter 1355
audiologists by a Speech Pathology and Audiology
Examining Committee created by the bill.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONI
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REAGAN
RELEASE: I ediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-26-72
#684
Governor Ronald Reagan today signed legislation increasing the
monthly amount the state contributes to county administered foster care
programs.
The legislation (AB 2089, Brathwaite) authorizes the state to
raise its monthly contribution to the counties for this purpose from
the current $80 to $120 per month.
Governor Reagan said the legislation is not only intended to be
of benefit generally to children in foster care programs, but also will
enable the state to help counties in their efforts to ease the local
property tax burden by transferring some $7.5 million a year in costs
for the program from the counties to the state. The legislation takes
effect immediately (urgency).
The governor said he realized AB 2089 will be chaptered out by
SB 90 as of June 1, 1973. However, he said the administration will push
for legislation early next year to continue the same benefits provided
in AB 2089 after June 1, 1973.
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Gray
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR LD REAGAN
RELEASE:
mediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-26-72
#685
Governor Ronald Reagan, expressing grief and sorrow at the death
of former President Harry S Truman, today proclaimed Thursday, December
28, 1972, an official day of mourning "to honor the memory of one of our
greatest presidents."
The Governor called on all citizens to join in the observance of
the day.
Governor Reagan's proclamation said: "The President of the United
States, Richard M. Nixon, has ordered that all executive departments,
independent establishments, and other governmental agencies shall be
closed on Thursday, December 28, 1972, as a mark of respect for Harry
S. Truman, thirty-third President of the United States. I, Ronald
Reagan, Governor of the State of California, do hereby declare Thursday
December 28, 1972, a day of mourning set apart in reverence to the
memory of a great leader, former President Truman, to be observed
consistent with section 6700 (n) of the California Government Code and
by all schools, colleges and universities.
"I call upon all businesses and all citizens to join in the
observance of this day which is being set aside to honor the memory
of former President Truman," the proclamation said.
State departments and agencies will maintain sufficient work
forces necessary to meet emergency situations and provide vitally
necessary public services.
The proclamation was issued December 26, 1972.
The governor's office pointed out that, as to whether cities,
counties or districts shall be closed, such is dependent upon their
own individual charters, ordinances or resolutions passed by their
governing boards.
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Gray
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-26-72
#686
Governor Ronald Reagan today signed legislation enacting the
California Uniform Controlled Substance Act, which establishes five
classifications for narcotics and restricted dangerous drugs.
The bill brings California statutes into conformity with federal
law (the Federal Uniform Control Substances Act of 1970).
The measure, AB 192 by Assemblyman William Campbell (R-Hacienda
Heights), also regulates the substances with respect to prescriptions,
treatment of users and addicts, manufacture, sale, furnishing, and use of
each drug or narcotic.
Administration and enforcement of the new act will be by the
California State Board of Pharmacy and the Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement
in the State Department of Justice.
Existing offenses and penalties relating to narcotics and dangerous
drugs, under present law, are not altered by the Act. Its provisions
also conform with SB 714, the Campbell-Moretti-Deukmejian Drug Abuse Act
signed into law by Governor Reagan December 15, 1972.
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-27-72
#687
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced that he has signed a
measur appropriating $750,000 to pay overtime to California Youth
Authority employees for the period from January 13, 1970 through June
30, 1971.
The legislation (AB 2199 - Brown) was introduced at the request
of the California State Employees' Association and was supported by
the Reagan administration.
Action to pay all CYA employees time and a half for overtime was
prompted by a federal court interpretation of the Fair Labor Standards
Act.
AB 2199 was passed as urgency legislation and takes effect
immediately.
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Gray
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 5814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-27-72
#688
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the following bills have
been signed:
AB 151 - Chappie
Provides that there shall be no gas tax refunds on
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fuel used in various off-highway vehicles,
commencing January 1, 1973, and provides for a
transfer of the revenue attributable to the tax on
such fuel from the Motor Vehicle Fuel Account to
the Off-Highway Vehicle Fund, which is continuously
appropriated to provide facilities for the operation
of such vehicles.
AB 350 Cory
Requires the State Lands Commission and the Attorney
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General to review certain proposed leases for the
development of marine-oriented apartments and
townhouses. The bill also deletes the authority of
port districts receiving state monies to lease a
portion of its land and water area for the develop-
ment of boatslips.
AB 376 Quimby
Makes provision of the Subdivision Map Act
Chapter 1388
authorizing dedication of land for park or
recreational purposes, or payment of fee in lieu
thereof, as condition of approval of final
subdivision map applicable to final approval of
parcel maps if the division of land is made by a
person engaged in business of developing and selling
real estate or is a division of land not
constituting a subdivision which is used for
residential purposes.
AB 654 Barnes
Allows minimum premium or charge of $25 annually on
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surety bonds for state, county, city or district
officers. The bill makes permissive the provision
on classification of money paid into county
treasury as to funds and account affected. The bill
also makes changes relating to county fiscal
procedures.
AB 862 - Waxman
Provides that the Unemployment Insurance Appeals
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Board shall attach to all its decisions in which a
request for review may be taken an explanation of a
party's right to review. The bill also requires that
where the Director of Human Resources Development or
any other party, with specified exceptions, seeks
judicial review of a decision of the Unemployment
Insurance Appeals Board he shall do SO within six
months.
AB 874 - McCarthy
Requires the Division of Industrial Safety to
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transmit specified information in letter form to a
complaining party or his representative and to his
employer relative to results of an inspection
concerning unsafe conditions in places of employment
AB 1363 - Quimby
Provides that, with respect to certain provisions
Chapter 1387
relating to the dedication of land or payment of
fees or both for park or recreational purposes as a
condition of subdivision map approval, such
provisions do not apply to specified condominium
projects.
AB 1368 - Ralph
Provides that community colleges may refuse to
Chapter 1389
provide instruction related to an apprenticeship
program if the sponsor of such program fails to
demonstrate good faith effort at compliance with the
state plan for equal opportunity in apprenticeship,
as determined exclusively by either the Division of
Apprenticeship Standards or the California
Apprenticeship Council.
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AB 1857 - Z'berg
Provides that the proponent of any testimony to be
Chapter 1390
( fered by a witness at a st e administrative
hearing who does not proficiently speak the English
language shall provide an interpreter approved by
the hearing officer conducting the proceeding. The
bill further provides that the cost of the
interpreter shall be paid by the agency having
jurisdiction over the matter if the hearing officer
so directs, otherwise by the party providing the
interpreter. The bill further authorizes the Office
of Administrative Hearings to compile and publish a
list of approved interpreters.
AB 1627 - MacDonald
Authorizes the Superintandent of Public Instruction
Chapter 1391
to grant the five-year exemption from provisions
effecting a reduction in state support to school
districts not maintaining prescribed minimumclass
size standards to an additional district with
respect to one elementary school maintained by that
district.
AB 1633 - Greene, B.
Makes a number of changes in the Education Code
Chapter 1392
relative to area vocational planning committees.
The bill also requires the legislative analyst to
evaluate the effectiveness of the committees and
report his findings and recommendations to the
legislature by March 1, 1973 and August 1, 1973.
AB 1741 - Brathwaite Gives to the Departments of Correction, Mental
Chapter 1393
Hygiene, Rehabilitation, and Youth Authority all
powers granted to housing authorities to provide
low-rent housing for persons requiring after-care.
The bill also authorizes the Department of Housing
and Community Development to contract for such
programs and requires the departments involved to
adopt and enforce rules and regulations for
implementation of the program.
AB 1846 - Maddy
Establishes the procedure, alternate to that
Chapter 1394
prescribed by the Field Act and other provisions of
the Education Code, for approval of factory-built
school buildings, by permitting the Department of
General Services and the Department of Education to
approve, in accordance with standards adopted by the
Department of General Services, a manufacturer's
plans and specifications of factory-built school
buildings.
AB 1882 - Greene, B.
Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to
Chapter 1395
approve courses of vocational training for purposes
of loans therefor. The bill aiso authorizes savings
and loan assoniations to make specified secured or
unsecured loans for payment of expenses of such
vocational education.
AB 1961 - Ketchum
Amends the Geologist License Law to include
Chapter 1396
geophysicists. The bill adds a geophys 1st member
to the Board of Registration for Geologists and
renames the board by including a reference to
geophysicists.
AB 2044 - Pierson
Increases the amount of bond required for applicatic
Chapter 1397
for issuance of an insurance broker's license from
$1,000 to $5,000.
AB 2204 - Greene, B.
Requires the awarding agency to notify the Division
Chapter 1399
of Apprenticeship Standards upon award of specified
public works contract, and requires the division to
notify local joint apprenticeship committee regarding
such award. The bill also imposes other specified
duties upon the awarding agency regarding the ratio
of journeymen to apprentices employed by a contracto:
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AB 2267 - Crown
Appropriates $20,000 to California Crime
Chapter 1400
Technological Research Foundation to study security
of explosives storage facilities and to recommend
statewide standards for alarm systems to the
legislature, provided the board of directors of the
foundation agrees to undertake such study.
AB 2278 - Fong
Provides that a person retired for service under
Chapter 1401
the State Teachers' Retirement System meeting
specified criteria may receive a disability
retirement allowance if he can prove that he was
eligible for disability retirement but was unaware
of such eligibility.
AB 2335 - Murphy
Exempts leasing transactions of certain resource
Chapter 1402
conservation districts from sales and use taxes
from August 1, 1965, through December 31, 1972.
AB 2350 - Dent
Authorizes the Department of Parks and Recreation to
Chapter 1403
condemn property/to replace recreationalvtrails
acquired through eminent domain by another public
entity, provided that the property to be acquired
is in the immediate vicinity of the property being
replaced.
AB 2390 - Maddy
Changes salary ranges of various court attaches of
Chapter 1404
the municipal court established in the Fresno
Judicial District. The bill also provides for the
Delta Judicial District consisting of two municipal
court judges.
SB 125 - Gregorio
Provides that there shall be no gas tax refunds on
Chapter 1405
fuel used in various off-highway vehicles, commencing
January 1, 1973, and provides for a transfer of the
revenue attributable to the tax on such fuel from
the Motor Vehicle Fuel Account to the Off-Highway
Vehicle Fund, which is continuously appropriated to
provide facilities for the operation of such vehicles
Entitles consulate officers or employees whose
government exempts such representatives of the
United States from national, state and municipal
taxes to a gas tax refund.
SB 652 - Bradley
Requires school district governing boards to
Chapter 1374
establish and maintain inventory of items of
equipment whose market value exceeds $200.
SB 656 - Rodda
Specifies that "educationally handicapped minor" and
Chapter 1375
"physically handicapped minor" include persons up to
21 years of age. The bill prohibits community
colleges from initiating programs for mentally
retarded minors after May 1, 1973, except programs
planned before July 1, 1972, or programs that are
not state funded. The bill also incorporates
additional changes in law regarding the definition
of "nondistrict resident" for community college
attendance purposes.
SB 772 - Harmer
Requires a four-year study of the California
Chapter 1376
community college system to be made by the Coordinating
Coordinating Council for Higher Education. The bill
appropriates $150,000 for purposes of funding this
study.
SB 840 - Moscone
Requires registration of voters except during the 29
Chapter 1356
days immediately preceding any election. The bill
provides that voters who register after the 54th day
before an election need not be mailed sample ballots
or statements of qualifications but shall receive
polling place notices, state ballot pamphlets and
notices that they are not receiving sample ballots
nor statements of qualifications of candidates. The
bill also permits absent voters to have their ballots
counted if they are returned to any precinct board
in the county prior to the close of the polls.
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SB 919 - Lagomarsino Manes statutory changes to implement a
Chapter 1377
reorganization of the Department of Justice.
SB 931 - Burgener
Extends the effective period of the Public Service
Chapter 1378
Internship Program from June 30, 1973, to June 30,
1976. The bill provides that the program is to be
administered by the advisory coordinating council on
public personnel management rather than by the state
Scholarship and Loan Commission.
SB 1142 - Marler
Revises provisions under which a veteran who has
Chapter 1379
once acquired a farm or home under the Veterans'
Farm and Home Purchase Act of 1943 may be granted a
subsequent opportunity to obtain a Cal-Vet farm or
home loan.
SB 1209 - Marler
Authorizes an institution to issue a degree when
Chapter 1380
there is full accreditation of the institution,
program, or specific course of study. The bill
authorizes the Superintendent of Public Instruction
to approve an institution to issue a degree or a
diploma when he determines that the institution has
certain prescribed capabilities.
SB 1262 - Collier
Specifies that the term "local agency" does not
Chapter 1381
include a bridge and highway district so that the
district is not subject to the building ordinances
and zoning ordinances of any city or county in the
district. The bill authorizes the district to study,
construct, acquire, improve, maintain, and operate
any mode of transportation partly without, as well
as within, the district.
SB 1360 - Beilenson
Requires that any person selling, giving away, or
Chapter 1357
otherwise furnishing a pregnancy test, obtain a
certificate of acceptability from the State
Department of Public Health declaring such materials
approved by the department. Licensed physicians,
pharmacists and public health agencies are exempt.
The bill also requires local health agencies to
make pregnancy testing services available free or
at cost.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-27-72
#689
Governor Ronald Reagan today signed legislation granting a five
percent increase in retirement benefits for some members of the Public
Employees' Retirement System or their eligible survivors.
The bill, SB 135 by Senator Robert J. Lagomarsino (R-Ventura,
Santa Barbara Counties), grants the increase to state or local school
district employees who retired or members who died on or before December
31, 1970.
The increase in benefits is in addition to the cost-of-living
adjustments provided by the retirement system.
Cost of the measure, estimated by the State Department of
Finance, is $1,830,000 annually.
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RON D REAGAN
RELEASE:
mediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-27-72
#690
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced that the following bills have
been signed:
AB 192 - Campbell Enacts the California Uniform Controlled Substances
Chapter 1407
Act, which establishes five schedules of narcotics and
See Release #686
restricted dangerous drugs classified according to the
need for strictness in regulation and regulates such
drugs with respect to prescription, manufacture, sale,
furnishing, and use and the treatment of users and
addicts.
AB 968 - Foran
Makes several clarifying amendments to the Sales Tax
Chapter 1408
for Transportation Act of 1971.
AB 2089 - Brathwaite Increases the maximum amount payable for each child
Chapter 1371
under foster care programs from $80 to $120.
See Release #684
AB 2126 - Greene, L. Authorizes any member of the board of directors of a
Chapter 1398
voluntary area health planning agency who has signed
a petition for a hearing on appeal by the Health
Planning Council, by filing an affidavit with the
council which states that he signed the petition by
mistake or inadvertence and requests withdrawal of his
signature from the petition, to withdraw his signature
from the petition at any time prior to the date on
which the Health Planning Council grants a hearing,
as specified. The bill provides that such changes
apply to any appeal pending on or after the effective
date of the bill.
AB 2196 - Brown
Provides that no regulation adopted by any agency in
Chapter 1412
the Department of Consumer Affairs except one relating
to examinations or the qualifications necessary for a
license, and no fee change, shall take effect until
submitted to the director of the department for review
but shall become effective 30 days after such submis-
sion unless expressly disapproved by the director on
the ground that the regulation or fee change is
injurious to the public health, safety, or welfare.
The bill permits such disapproval to be reversed by
unanimous vote of the agency proposing the fee change
or regulation.
AB 2249 - Z'berg
Increases the maximum limit of a "Cal-Vet" home loan
Chapter 1410
from $20,000 to $25,000. The bill also provides that
the Department of Veterans Affairs may purchase for
purpose of Cal-Vet home and farm contracts real
property subject to a participation contract where the
purchase price plus the contract does not exceed
$25,000 or equal more than 90 percent of the market
value as determined by department appraisal, whichever
is lesser amount.
SB 135 - Lagomarsino Provides for a five percent increase in retirement
Chapter 1413
benefits for retired state and school employees and
See Release #689
the survivors of such employees. The bill applies to
employees retired or employees who died cn or before
December 31, 1970.
B 823 - Dills
Provides a specified monthly allowance for survivors
Chapter 1409
of members of the Legislators' Retirement System who
die before retirement and who elect to be subject to
provisions and are not covered by federal social
security. The bill also makes provision for election
by the surviving spouse of one-half of a member's
retirement allowance applicable to spouse of any
member credited with 20 or more years of service at the
time of retirement and regardless of the date of
retirement.
SB 1507 - Schrade
Increases the maximum Cal-Vet home loan amount from
Chapter 1411
$20,000 to $25,000.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE:
Immediate
Sacramento, California 5814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-27-72
#691
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the following bill has
been vetoed:
SB 433 - Beilenson
Relates to contraceptives for minors.
REASON FOR VETO:
"This legislation represents an unwarranted
intrusion into the prerogatives of parents. If it
were to become law, it would mean that any doctor
who presumed to be able to determine whether a child
under 18 was "sexually active" could give birth
control pills and other birth control devices to
that child without the consent of the parents.
"When government assumes such authority and strips
parents of such consent prerogatives, it has gone
too far. I believe parents must continue to have
the right to give their consent on matters of such
fundamental concern to them.
"The fact that parents may not know that a daughter
is seeking to obtain an abortion does not constitute
grounds for justifying the removal of yet another
and equally important parental prerogative.
"Nor does the argument that some parents may not
know or be concerned with the sexual activities of
their minor children---including whether or not
these children are seeking birth control pills and
devices---represent a justifiable reason for
penalizing the many other parents who do care.
"If this bill were to become law, I believe it could
establish yet another opening wedge into the ultimat
removal of parental authority and prerogatives in
any number of other areas.
"Further, because the pill and certain other
internal birth control devices do not protect
against venereal disease, this legislation could
serve to compound our VL problem.
"In my opinion, this legislation, if it were to
become law, could be taken by at least some young
people as tacit approval by the state of such sexual
activity.
"Simply because sexual permissiveness may exist
among certain young people does not mean the state
should make it any easier for them. If we took the
same attitude toward crime, we would very likely
follow the line that 'crime exists, and it will
continue to exist, therefore let's just accept it.'
To condone crime on this basis would be absurd.
"I balieve that many parents are deeply concerned
about the permissive attitudes toward traditional
moral values which seem to exist within certain
segments of the youth culture. To sign this legis-
lation would be to take the state yet another legal
step down that road. In my opinion, the state has
no right to even tacitly seem to condone such
behavior---particularly among children who, in too
many ins tances, are not yet mature enough to under-
stand the full implications of their actions. I
also believe the public should have the right to be
fully aware at all times of how state licensed
practitioners are treating or advising their children.
"Again, any further erosion of parental prerogatives
in this area can only further endanger the
traditional, vital role of the family structure in
our society.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
Governor Reagan said.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-27-72
#692
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today that he has vetoed the
following bills:
SB 837 - Dymally
Authorizes members of the Fair Employment
Practices Commission to file complaints alleging
unlawful employment practices.
REASON FOR VETO:
"The law already allows any person to file a
complaint. In addition, the Commission has
authority to file complaints through the Attorney
General's Office. There is not sufficient
evidence that this expansion of authority for
individual Commissioners is needed.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the governor said.
SB 1165 - Behr
Require the State to make payment to providers
of Medi-Cal services upon certification that they
believe claims submitted to the Medi-Cal fiscal
intermediaries have been lost.
REASON FOR VETO:
"Through this legislation, current Medi-Cal Reform
Plan goals could be subverted by loss of timely
utilization review and service limit controls
provided by the prior authorization and label
requirements. In addition, recovery of other
medical insurance coverage would be complicated
and circumvention of the billing requirements
would become possible.
"The state continually has worked with individual
providers and their associations with the goal of
improving the Medi-Cal program. I believe this
is the most desirable manner for developing
solutions to billing problems.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the governor said.
SB 1167 - Behr
Require the Director of the Department of Health
Care Services to obtain the approval of the
Health Care Commission before postponing elective
services under Medi-Cal.
REASON FOR VETO:
"If it becomes necessary to reduce the cost of
the Medi-Cal program because of unforeseeable
fiscal difficulties, prompt action by the director
is essential and required by law. To require the
approval of the Health Care Commission could
result in substantial program deficits through loss
of valuable time. The Commission was created to
advise the director on program matters, but cannot
now override his decisions. I have not been pre-
sented any sufficiently compelling reasons to
limit or weaken his authority to take immediate
action.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned," "
the governor said.
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AB 178 - Garcia
Would confer peace officer status upon a variety
of persons including Los Angeles city parking
control checkers, animal control officers, animal
license inspectors, housing authority patrolmen in
Los Angeles County, and investigators throughout
the state who are regularly employed and paid as
such by the office of a public defender.
REASON FOR VETO:
"Public defenders' investigators have the primary
responsibility of assisting the defense in a
criminal case to determine those facts which are
relevant to the case. They have no responsibility
or duty to affirmatively enforce any provision of
law.
"There being no statewide minimmm standards for
employment as a public defender investigator, there
can be no assurance that all public defender inves-
tigators will possess qualifications commensurate
with other types of peace officers.
"The other categories of employees included in
AB 178 have not demonstrated a sufficient need
to require peace officer status.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the governor said.
AB 327 - Brathwaite
Appropriate a maximum payment of $18,000 to a
specific provider of pharmaceutical services under
the Medi-Cal program for claims submitted after
the time limitations required by law.
REASON FOR VETO:
"The requirement for the timely submission of
billings assures the close fiscal control required
for the administration of the Medi-Cal program.
"At each administrative level, the determination
has been made that the claims in question should
not be paid. Additional legal remedies remain
open to this provider. I believe it is more
appropriate that these additional legal avenues
be pursued.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the governor said.
AP 633 - Badham
Require the state and, where possible, the federal
government to share in the cost of welfare payments
that are erronecusly made as a result of regulation
changes which became operative less than 45 days
after their adoption.
REASON FOR VETO:
"To adopt the policy proposed by this bill would
put the state in the position of financing costs
resulting from county failure to carry OUT new
policies required by the state. Such a procedure
would condone the disregard of emergency regulations
and would erode the county incentive to implement
normal regulations. I feel this policy would under-
mine the most effective means currently available
to the state for maintaining effective welfare
operations.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the governor said.
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AB 714 - Barnes
Would extend the "one-half" survivors allowance to
state miscellaneous members and school members
of the Public Employees' Retirement System.
REASON FOR VETO:
"A comprehensive review of employee pay and benefits
is now under way and when completed will permit
consideration of further benefits for state
employees. The report is due in April. I intend
to defer action on any major changes in the system
of employee benefits until that report is com-
pleted.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the governor said.
AB 791 - Ralph
Would authorize members of the Fair Employment
Practices Commission to file complaints alleging
unlawful employment practices.
REASON FOR VETO:
"The law already allows any person to file a com-
plaint. In addition, the Commission has authority
to file complaints through the Attorney General's
Office. There is not sufficient evidence that
this expansion of authority for individual
Commissioners is needed.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the governor said.
AB 884 - Townsend
Would require that teaching credential subject
matter examinations include a test for knowledge
on drug abuse adequate for the teaching of the
required drug abuse curriculum.
REASON FOR VETO:
"I have already approved SB 714 which requires all
candidates for teaching credentials to complete
a unit requirement in health education which would
contain course material on drugs and drug abuse.
The enactment of SB 714 makes AB 884 unnecessary.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned," "
the goveroor said.
AB 900 - Cullen
Would establish procedures for determining the costs
of skilled nursing home and intermediate care
facility services at least yearly, and provide for
rates of payment for such services under Medi-Cal
based on these studies.
REASON FOR VETO:
"The formula proposed by AB 900 would substantially
increase the profit allowance to nursing home and
intermediate care service providers without
corresponding increases in patient care. I can find
no compelling reasons for mandating such rate-setting
procedures in the law.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
AB 1278 - Beverly
This bill was substantially amended in the closing
days of the session to include the provisions of
AB 569 and AB 599, bills which I vetoed in August,
REASON FOR VETO:
"In my view, no compelling reasons have been
advanced which would justify a reversal of my
action in vetoing those two bills.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
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SB 601 - Alquist
Would increase the death benefit for retired state
employees.
REASON FOR VETO:
"A comprehensive review of employees pay and benefits
is now under way, and when completed will permit
consideration of further benefits for state employees.
The report is due in April. Until it is completed,
I intend to defer action on any major changes in the
system of employee benefits.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
AB 1704 - Brown
Would require the Department of Public Works to land-
scape and maintain certain lands as parks for public
use. Any land located within any city with a popula-
tion of 100, or more, held by the department for
state highway purposes, would be subject to this
:
requirement if it is not to be used within two years
after its acquisition.
REASON FOR VETO:
"Enactment of AB 1704 would cause the State of
California to have two state agencies responsible for
the landscaping and maintenance of parks. This bill
would cause the Department of Public Works to initiate
an extensive and entirely new parks function.
"Aside from the obvious inefficiencies and unnecessary
duplication of effort in such an arrangement, there
would be additional legal problems created for the
Department of Public Works, including tort liability
problems and questions concerning the future use of
park land.
"Moreover, the Department of Parks and Recreation and
Public Works already have authority to enter into
operating agreements for different public uses of land
"Additionally, the cost to the Department of Public
Works would be prohibitive and would further aggravate
an already serious deficiency in transportation funds.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
AB 1831 - Cory
This bill would have amended the law relating to
permissive override taxes for the education of
students in the seventh and eighth grades.
REASON FOR VETO:
"The enactment of SB 90 eliminated most of the per-
missive overrides, including the seventh and eighth
grade override. Both the author and I agree that the
passage of SB 90 makes AB 1831 unnecessary.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned." "
AB 1938 - Cory
Would provide industrial disability retirement for
local miscellaneous members of the Public Employees'
Retirement System at the option of individual employers.
It does not apply to the majority of the mlscellaneous
members employed by the state and school districts. I'
will reverse the development of uniformity of benefits
for miscellaneous members which was substantially
achieved by 1971 legislation and render impractical
the common funding of liability for such benefits
established by the same legislation.
REASON FOR VETO:
"The provision of special disability benefits in a retirement system for
injuries, for which workmen's compensation is also provided, should be
reexamined before extending it further.
"I have signed legislation applicable to all members at this session
improving ordinary disability retirement benefits. A study of the whole
subject of a proper level of retirement and related benefits is now under
way. The results could lead to the establishment of a program which can
be applied to all miscellaneous members. Accordingly, I am returning the
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AB 2371 - Mobley
Would appropriate $22,021 from the Health Care
Deposit Fund to settle a claim filed by Fresno
County, which was denied by the State Board of Control.
REASON FOR VETO:
"The Fresno County Department of Mental Health
originally submitted claims for reimbursement of
Medi-Cal services. These claims were denied because
they did not meet required program guidelines for
authorization. This denial was upheld by a finding
of the State Board of Control.
"At the time these claims were submitted, the Medi-
Cal program was operating under 'cost trim'
regulations to conserve our limited funds. The
guidelines were well-defined and all providers were
required to comply with them. To permit an
exception in this instance would be a disservice to
the many providers who cooperated in making the 'cost
trim' a success. In my opinion, there are no
extenuating circumstances in this situation which
would justify an appropriation to pay for services
which were not authorized.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
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OFFICE OF COVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Imm diate
California 614
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-27-72
#693
Governor Ronald Reagan today signed legislation to upgrade the
treatment, care and services for children suffering chronic kidney
disabilities.
The bill, AB 1416, introduced by Assemblyman John Vasconcellos
(D-San Jose), appropriates $590,000 annually to the State Department of
Public Health to support the program for children 18 years old and younger
Services for youths with chronic kidney problems is administered by
Public Health through the Crippled Children's Services Program.
Under provisions of the bill, the funds will be used either in
existing dialysis and kidney transplantation programs or to establish
new programs.
They will support kidney dialysis at the three pediatric centers
located at San Francisco General Hospital, Children's Hospital in Los
Angeles, and the University of California at San Diego, along with home
dialysis, outpatient clinic care, and kidney transplants.
The bill provides the funds can be used only to pay costs not
recoverable from patients or third parties such as insurance companies,
private foundations or other health programs.
The measure also changes the makeup of the Regional Dialysis Center
Review Committee. New members will include a physician specializing in
kidney transplantation and at least two physicians specializing in
pediatric nephrology.
Under current law, the review committee has the responsibility of
establishing standards for the expenditure of state funds at regional
centers and to assure the availability of specialized personnel,
resources, necessary to enable the centers to function and care for
patients with severe uremia.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RON D REAGAN
RELEASE:
T
ediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-28-72
#694
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced that the following bills have
been signed:
AB 1082 - Fenton
Declares that a person making a home solicitation
Chapter 1415
regarding the sale of goods or services must disclose
the following information prior to any sales disc. S-
sion: (1) his identity, (2) who he represents, (3)
the kind of goods or services being offered. He must
show the consumer an ID card disclosing this informa-
tion. Misrepresentation by the solicitor is declared
unlawful.
AB 1416-Vasconcellos Changes the membership of the regional dialysis
Chapter 1416
center review committee. It authorizes the
See Release #693
$590,000 appropriated by the bill to be used for cente:
dialysis, home dialysis, outpatient clinic, or kidney
transplantation services for children 18 years of age
or younger under specified conditions.
AB 1538 - Meade
Permits the Department of Consumer Affairs, Attorney
Chapter 1417
General, or any district attorney to request evidence
of the facts on which advertising claims are based if
the claims purport to be based upon factual objective,
or clinical evidence or compare the product's effec-
tiveness or safety with other brands or products. The
bill authorizes such agencies to seek termination or
modification of unsupported ads and to disseminate
information regarding the supporting data for the ads.
AB 1657 - Lewis
Waives certificated staffing requirements to allow
Chapter 1418
the Covina Valley Unified School District to continue
for three more years an experimental kindergarten
program which employs one teacher and two instructional
aides, rather than two teachers, to work with two
kindergarten classes, and allows that experimental
program to be expanded from one to three schools in
the district. The bill also extends the Supplementary
Education Act of 1971 through 1974-75 rather than
terminating that act after 1973-74.
SB 1373 - Dills
Provides, in addition to school districts, that cities,
Chapter 1414
counties, districts, and other public agencies may
provide for certain health and welfare benefits for
the spouse and dependent children of their employees
and officers and provides that such agencies may
validate or approve any prior, current, or future
payments or claims resulting from insurance or health
benefits or health and welfare benefits given their
officers and employees and their dependents.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-28-72
#695
Governor Ronald Reagan today signed legislation to protect
newsmen from being forced to reveal the source of any information they
receive.
Specifically, the bill, AB 1848 by Assemblyman William T. Bagley
(R-San Rafael) provides that a newsman cannot be held in contempt for
refusing to disclose a source of information by a judicial, legislative,
administrative body, or any other body having the power to issue
subpoenas.
The bill applies to publishers, editors, reporters or any other
person connected with or employed by a newspaper, wire service or press
association, and to news reporters or any other person connected with or
employed by a radio or television station.
"I believe in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution
which guarantees the freedom of speech and press, Governor Reagan said.
"The legislation I have signed today is in keeping with that Amendment
and strengthens the newsman's privilege.
"A free press is one of this country's major strengths. And the
right to protect his source of information is fundamental to a newsman
in meeting his full responsibilities to the public he serves."
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-28-72
#696
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today that he has vetoed the
following bills:
AB 609 - Moretti
Would add four public members to the State Lands
Commission.
REASON FOR VETO:
"While I support the general objective of adding
public members to state commissions, I question
the need for the change in composition of the
State Lands Commission proposed by AB 609. Two
of the three members of the Commission are elected
officials, and they reflect the concerns of the
public at large.
"AS 609 involves additional changes that would
hinder the operation of the Commission. The bill
would expand the Commission to seven members,
but it would require five affirmative votes for
any action of the Commission; thus a minimum
quorum would not be able to take action. In my
opinion, this would represent an unsatisfactory
situation. Also the qualifications required for
the proposed new public members appear to have
been set up in an unbalanced manner, focusing on
only one aspect of the Commission's work.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the Governor said.
AB 758 - Brown
Would cause utilization controls for outpatient
services under the schedule of basic benefits
to be lost.
PEASON FOR VETO:
"If a recipient utilizing all 24 services within
a month or so, leaves the program for a short
time and then returns, he would be eligible for
an additional 24 services. It would be extremely
difficult, if not impossible, to identify this
person and to determine what, if any, services
of the original 24 might have been used.
"Through this legislation, an unwarranted burden
would be placed on the recipient who uses all 24
services the first month. For the balance of
the year, be vould then be subject to outpatient
services available only through prior authoriza-
tion from the Supplemental Schedule of Benefits.
"The measure also would remove all utilization
controls of any kind from hospital inpatient
procedures for therapeutic abortions. There are,
currently, utilization controls over therapeutic
abortions performed on an outpatient basis. But,
under this legislation, inpatient services would
have no controls.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the Governor said.
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AB 1439 - Luffy
Would appropriate $200,000 from the General Fund
to the Board of Governors of the California
Community Colleges to establish and operate train-
ing and retraining programs which will meet the
need for psychiatric technicians qualified to work
in community mental health programs.
REASON FOR VETO:
"Community college programs for the training of
psychiatric technicians were proposed and funded
initially on the basis that the excess costs would
be supported by the Vocational Nurses and Psychia-
tric Technicians Examiners Funds. Basic and
equalization aid are already directed to support
these programs from the General Fund. It is
appropriate that the special costs of such train-
ing programs be met by the related special funds.
"I am not approving this bill because it would
transfer the excess cost of these training pro-
grams to the General Fund. From another point of
view, it should be stressed that local mental
health programs are in a better position to assess
their needs for such training programs and to
obtain the necessary extra support required through
the mechanisms provided in the Short-Doyle Act.
'Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the Governor said.
AB 1744 - Brathwaite
Would require the assessment of certain federally
assisted housing for persons with low or moderate
incomes by the capitalization of income method,
effective on the 1974 lien date.
PEASON FOR VETO:
"The present federal Section 236 housing program
and reac supplement projects are too inflexible
to cover the cost of property taxes assessed on
the normal basis of fu cash value. Although the
problem is national in scope, AB 1744 seeks to meet
this federal inflexibility only in fornia by
mandating the assessment of such property by
capitalizing the income of such housing rather
than using market value C** replacement cost. The
resultant subsidy to this federally assisted pro-
gram would shift $5,000,000 of tames to other
property taxesvers of this state, rather than solv-
ing the problem directly by congressional action.
"In addition, I am opposed to the mandatory treat-
ment of this one classification of property For
assessment purposes in lieu of present statewide
regulations which give local assessors the Elexi-
bility necessary to exercise the best possible
assessment practices. Such a mandate could lead
to future requests to have the State assume the
$5 million loss of local property tax revenue, and
could also lead to additional tax subsidies to
other special types of property.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the Governor said.
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AB 1745 - Chacon
uld establish a "Learning sistance Program" on
a pilot basis in one school district. The program
would enroll up to 80 pupils with I.Q. scores rang-
ing from 73 to 90.
REASON FOR VETO:
"I can find no substantial evidence to support the
need for the pilot program proposed by AB 1745.
It will redirect needed funds away from existing
educationally handicapped programs. The bill also
runs counter to the current educational trend in
special education which is away from the creation
of new categories.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the Governor said.
AB 1757 - H. Johnson
Would authorize the undisclosed recording of a
witness' statement in a criminal case by a defense
attorney or his investigator.
REASON FOR VETO:
"Defense attorneys and their investigators are not
subject to constant supervision in their use of
electronic eavesdropping equipment. Since disclo-
sure of all statements recorded without the witness
permission would not be mandatory, this bill con-
tains a built-in potential for abuse.
"It is my opinion that this potential for abuse
would constitute a serious threat to the right of
privacy of witnesses in criminal cases.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the Governor said.
AB 1884 - Bill Greene
Would appropriate $170,000 to increase the number
of local area vocational education committees from
four to nine as well as require the Superintendent
of Public Instruction to allocate federal funds if
such money should become available.
REASON FOR VETO:
"I do not believe the area committees should be
increased in number until their effectiveness has
been further evaluated.
"I have signed AB 1633 which requires an analysis
of the value of the four existing local area advi-
sory committees by the Legislative Analyst's office.
I believe this will provide the kind of additional
information needed regarding the merit of possible
expansion.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the Governor said.
AB 2091 - McAlister
Would provide for a change in the method of ap-
pointing members of the Personnel Commission in 13
school districts which adopted the merit system
for classified employees prior to 1965.
REASON FOR VETO:
"The current method of commissioner appointments
has served these districts well by removing the
influence of political considerations in the
appointments.
"At the recommendation of those districts involved,
I am returning the bill unsigned," the Governor
said.
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SB 138 - Carrell
uld entitle Department of tor Vehicle employees
who administer the driving part of a driver's 11-
cense test to a one year leave of absence with
three-fourths pay in lieu of temporary disability
payments for work-related injuries.
REASON FOR VETO:
"In vetoing SB 138, I am not making a judgment on
the merits of this proposal. I believe the piece-
meal extension of special benefits should be halted
and a new look taken at the rationale for establisl
ing employee benefits in state service.
"It is my belief that entitlement qualification for
this type of employee benefit, of which this pro-
posal is only one of a number passed by the Legis-
lature, should be based on need and at an equitable
level for all state employees.
"At my direction, the Secretary for Agriculture and
Services has been conducting a study of employee
benefits. Under his direction, the task force is
currently developing information and recommendation
which will result in legislative proposals at the
next session of the Legislature.
"I shall await the outcome of that study before
approving any legislation which extends further
special benefits to one group of employees while
ignoring others.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the Governor said.
- Behr
Removes prior authorization from all physician
services provided to Medi-Cal beneficiaries. It
also would allow the Director of Health Care
Services to place on P. prior authorization a ben-
eficiary found to be abacing the program by
obtaining unnecessary services.
REASON FOR VETO:
"In 1971, I signed legislation requiring prior
authorization of medical services. This require-
ment has proven effective in controlling program
costs, while insuring the provisio of necessary
care to Medi-Cal beneficiaries.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the Governor said.
SB 314 - Harmer
Would allow state employees to credit unused sick
leave toward their retirement.
REASON FOR VETO:
"SB 314 confuses sick leave protection with retire-
ment benefits, The bill would discriminate against
employees who leave state service before retirement.
It also would tend to encourage employees to stay at
work when sick, I do not believe it will help curb
occasional sick leave abuses.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the Governor said.
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SB 419 - Moscone
Mot under specified conditions, include pregnancy
within the definition of disability for purposes of
the unemployment disability compensation law.
REASON FOR VETO:
"On the surface, this legislation might seem to be
necessary to follow the general provisions of the
program since its purpose is to compensate, in part,
for those wages lost by individuals who are unem-
ployed because of sickness or injury.
"Upon closer review, however, it is interesting to
note that of all those persons affected by the Dis-
ability Fund, only about 24,000 female claimants
would benefit from this proposal in a year like
calendar 1972. And yet the costs for providing such
benefit would mandate an increase in the taxable
wage ceiling from $8,500 up to $9,000. Even with
the increase, the Disability Fund would suffer an
annual loss of $500,000 a year beginning
January 1, 1974, and, in addition, unfinanced
starting costs exceeding $6.0 million.
"SB 419 does not offer a realistic approach to the
situation. While I am in agreement that the finan-
cing of pregnancy expenses from some source is
needed, I cannot agree that such benefits should be
provided from the Disability Insurance Fund. The
vast majority of California's employees would gain
nothing from this proposal and might, in fact,
suffer from a possible increase in the employee
contribution tax rate to cover such costs.
"Mccordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the Governor said.
SB 816 - Carpenter
Would exempt, during its first five fiscal years,
the Orange County Transit District from specified
limitations on the use of funds allocated to it unde:
the Mills-Alquist-Deddeh Act for public transporta-
tion purposes.
REASON FOR VETO:
"I have already approved AB 968 which contains the
exemptions found in SB 816. The provisions of
AB 968 will go into effect immediately and will have
uniform application throughout the state, Nothing
would be served by the approval of SB 816 at this
time.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
said the Governor.
SB
1105
-
Zenovich
Would permit the Department of Veterans Affairs,
in a situation where the department would authorize a home improve-
ment loan to a Cal-Vet purchaser but for lack of available funds,
to convey title to a purchaser subject to a deed of trust and per-
mit the purchaser to further encumber property subject to the
interest of the department. Requires each such deed of trust to
contain provision permitting department to declare all sums secured
thereby immediately due and payable if purchaser sells, transfers,
or further encumbers property.
REASON FOR VETO:
"SB'1105 is a technically faulty bill that attempts
to change the means by which participants in the Cal-Vet loan pro-
gram can use their equities to obtain funds for home improvements.
"Adequate procedures already exist, and are in widespread use. I
am reluctant to change the methods now employed, when no practical
benefit would accrue to those veterans with Cal-Vet loans.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned," the Governor said
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SB 1164 - Behr
uld place a seven day time limit on processing
ior authorization requests under Medi-Cal, and
require a response to the provider within that
time. It would also require the Medi-Cal con-
sultant to justify denials or modifications of
requests, by citing specific program regulations
or stating sound medical reasons for this decision.
REASON FOR VETO:
11 The bill would place inflexible time restrictions
on the Medi-Cal consultants. There is no allowance
for temporary workload fluctuations or staff short-
ages. At present, treatment authorization requests
are processed on the average within two to three
working days, considerably less than the time
specified in the bill, The consultants now give
reasonable explanations for denials of requests,
and, when appropriate, cite applicable regulations
under present departmental policy.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the Governor said.
SB 1467 - Zenovich
Provides for the allocation of state funds to
county volunteer search and rescue units to
defray the cost of search and rescue operations.
REASON FOR VETO:
"Although SB 1467 only appropriates $20,000 to
develop a method of allocating state money to
counties for search and rescue expenses, it will
require future appropriations of $250,000 a year
for that purpose. At present, many State and
federal agencies do assist counties on many search
and rescue operations, but this bill would require
a new subvention in addition to present assistance.
"I am opposed to the establishment of any new
subsidy for this purpose at this time, and since
the bill serves no purpose unless such a subsidy
is provided in future years, I am returning
SB 1467 unsigned," the Governor said.
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OF COVERNR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE:
Immediate
Sacramento, California 5814
Ed Gray, Press Secretal
916-445-4571
12-28-72
#697
Governor Ronald Reagan today named 15 persons to the California
Coastal Zone commissions which were established as a result of passage
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of Proposition 20 in the recent November General Election.
Unlike the other 75 appointments which will be made to the
commissions, Governor Reagan's appointments are subject to Senate
confirmation. A total of 90 appointments will be made, half of which
will be appointed by, and come from, local governments and regional
agencies.
of the governor's 15 appointments, two are to a statewide Coastal
Zone Conservation Commission and the remainder are for six regional
commissions. The governor has two appointments to each of five regional
commissions and three appointments to a sixth regional commission (the
North-Central Coast Regional Commission which represents San Francisco,
Marin and Sonoma Counties).
The state Coastal Zone Conservation Commission, which must meet on
or before February 15, 1973, will be composed of 12 members. In addition
to the governor's two appointments to this commission, the Speaker of
the Assembly and the Senate Rules Committee have two appointments each.
Each of the six regional commissions will make one appointment to the
statewide commission.
Governor Reagan's appointments are as follows:
California Coastal Zone Conservation Commission:
Melvin B. Lane of Atherton. A 50-year-old Republican, Lane is
executive vice president of Lane Magazine and Book Company and publisher
of Sunset Books. He is a 1943 graduate of Stanford University and is
chairman of the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission.
Roger T. Osenbaugh of Alhambra. A 42-year-old Republican and
insurance executive, Osenbaugh is president of Osenbaugh Associates in
Pasadena. He is a former baseball player in the Pacific Coast League,
holds Bachelor and Masters degrees from Stanford University and is a
member of the Sierra Club.
North Coast Regional Commission for Del Norte, Humboldt, and
Mendocino Counties:
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Donald W. Hedrick, Ph.D., of Arcata and dea of the School of
Natural Resources, California State University at Humboldt. A 55-year-
old Republican, Dean Hedrick earned his Ph.D. in ecology and resource
management from Texas A&M University in 1951. He is responsible for six
undergraduate and four graduate curricula in fisheries, forestry, natural
resources, oceanography, range and wildlife management. From 1959 to
1961 he served as a pasture agronomist with the Ministry of Agriculture
and Natural Resources in Nigeria.
John M. Mayfield, Jr., of Ukiah and executive vice president of
Microphor, Inc., in Willits. A 36-year-old Republican, Mayfield holds a
BA degree in business administration from Humboldt State College, Arcata.
He is a former member of Mendocino County Board of Supervisors and served
as deputy director of the State Department of Conservation from 1968 to
1971.
North Central Coast Regional Commission for Sonoma, Marin and San
Francisco Counties:
-Melville Owen of Kentfield. A 40-year-old Republican lawyer
practicing in San Francisco, Owen holds a BA degree from Principia
College, Elsah, Illinois, and earned his law degree at Hastings College
of the Law. He is a member of the San Francisco Bay Conservation and
Development Commission and the governor's Earthquake Council.
-Ellen J. Johnck of San Francisco. A 13-year-old Republican,
Miss Johnck is currently doing graduate work in environmental planning
at the University of California at Berkeley. She holds a BA degree in
political science from Elmira College, Elmira, New York, and is a former
recreation planner with the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, U.S. Department
of the Interior.
Kenneth M. Stocking, Ph.D., of Santa Rosa and provost of the
Environmental Studies School, California State College, Sonoma. A
61-year-old Democrat, Dr. Stocking holds AB and MA degrees in biological
sciences from University of the Pacific. He took his doctorate in plant
ecology and taxonomy at the University of Southern California. He is
currently committee chairman of the Sonoma County Comprehensive Health
Plan.
Central Coast Regional Commission for San Mateo, Santa Cruz, and
Monterey Counties:
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Charles B. Kram of Pebble Beach and a mem r of the Monterey
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County Planning Commission. A 65-year-old Republican, Kramer is a
graduate of the University of Michigan School of Business. He is also
chairman of the Citizens Committee for Monterey Beaches, and a member
of the Advisory Committee to the Monterey-Santa Cruz Counties Air
Pollution Control Board.
-Frank J. Lodato of Menlo Park, president of Action Films, Inc.,
in Mountain View. A 46-year-old Republican, Lodato holds a BA degree in
economics from Stanford and a MA in education. He also has a MA degree
in political science from Princeton. Lodato is a member of the League
to Save Lake Tahoe.
South Central Coast Regional Commission for San Luis Obispo, Santa
Barbara and Ventura Counties:
--M. Bruce Johnson of Goleta and chairman of the Department of
Economics, University of California at Santa Barbara. A 39-year-old
Republican, Dr. Johnson is a graduate of Carleton College, Northfield,
Minnesota, and earned his masters and doctorate degrees at Northwestern,
Evanston, Illinois.
--Emmons Blake, vice mayor of San Luis Obispo. A 51-year-old
Republican, Blake is a graduate of California Polytechnic State
University at San Luis Obispo. He is a former member of the San Luis
Obispo City Planning Commission. He was first elected to the San Luis
Obispo City Council in 1965 and was reelected to a second four-year term
in 1969.
South Coast Regional Commission for Los Angeles and Orange Counties:
Donald B. Bright, Ph.D., of La Habra, professor of biology and
chairman of the Department of Biological Science, California State
University at Fullerton. A 42-year-old Democrat, Dr. Bright holds a BA
degree in Zoology and MS and doctorate degrees in biology from the
University of Southern California. He has done extensive research in
the fields of fish and wildlife, and tropical ecology.
-Donald W. Phillips of Long Beach is a city councilman. A 47-year-
old Republican, Phillips attended the University of Michigan and Wabash
College. He has been a member of the Long Beach Planning Commission
since 1965 and is a former chairman and vice chairman of the group. As
chairman, he established the commission's environmental committee.
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San Diego Regional Commission for San Diego County.
Evan V. Jones of San Diego. A 53-year-old Republican, Jones is
president and owner of the Ace Auto Parks, Inc., in San Diego. He is a
graduate of Stanford University and a parking and traffic consultant
for Stanford, as well as the San Diego and Dallas stadiums, the Buffalo
Bills and the Denver Broncos professional football teams.
Malcolm A. Love of San Diego is a former president of San Diego
State College. A 68-year-old Republican, Love was president of San Diego
State from 1952 to 1972. He is a 1927 graduate of Simpson College and
holds masters and doctorate degrees from the University of Iowa and
honorary degrees from the University of Nevada and the University of
San Diego *
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californi
95814
Ed Gray, Press Secret
y
916-445-4571
12-28-72
#698
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced that he has vetoed the following
bill:
AB 1527 - Campbell Would among other things, grant authority to
corporations organized for profit and registered
under the Knox-Mills Health Plan Act to offer
prepaid health care service plans to the public
and provide health care services to subscribers
through specified professional corporations.
REASON FOR VETO:
"A majority of the legislative leadership has
requested that I return the bill unsigned so that
the subject of the bill may receive a more
comprehensive legislative review next session.
"While I am not necessarily opposed to the principle
contained in AB 1527, I do agree that it should be
subject to further legislative study.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
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Gray
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR ROMALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-29-72
#699
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the following bills have
been signed:
AB 384 - Maddy
Permits revenue raised from state college student
Chapter 1426
body organization membership fees to be used for
support of governmental affairs representatives.
AB 562 - Miller
Requires the Department of Parks and Recreation to
Chapter 1427
acquire the historic townsite of Allensworth for
inclusion in the state park system and to develop
such lands.
AB 833 - Ryan
Changes the title of the Certified Master Teacher
Chapter 1428
Law of 1970 to the Statewide Certified Master Teacher
Law of 1972. The bill removes the three-year
limitation on the master teacher selection program
and makes all school districts with an average daily
attendance of over 100 eligible to participate.
AB 984 Brathwaite Provides for purposes of the Personal Income Tax Law
Chapter 1429
that a surviving spouse whose spouse died during
either of the two preceding taxable years and meeting
specified requirements may file a joint return.
AB 1157 - Keysor
Enacts the Tom Carrell Memorial Tunnel and Mine
Chapter 1430
Safety Act of 1972.
AB 1848 - Bagley
Revises the newsmen's privilege to provide that a
Chapter 1431
newsman cannot be adjudged in contempt for refusal to
See Release #695
disclose the source of information by a judicial,
legislative, administrative body, or any other body
having power to issue subpoenas.
AB 2014 Arnett
Establishes a "California Educational Facilities
Chapter 1432
Authority." The Authority will have the power to
borrow money, issue bonds which are not obligations
of the state, and to loan money to private colleges
and universities for the construction of dormitories
and educational facilities.
AB 2199 - Brown
Appropriates $750,000 to pay the claims of Youth
Chapter 1433
Authority employees for overtime pursuant to the
See Release #687
Fair Labor Standards Act for the period January 13,
1970 through June 30, 1971.
AB 2265 - Stull
Creates the Council for Private Postsecondary
Chapter 1434
Educational Institutions. The bill requires the
council to advise the Director of Education on various
matters regarding policies for administration of
provisions for regulation of postsecondary
educational institutions.
AB 2324 - Chappie
Defines "public purpose" for which DeWitt State
Chapter 1435
Hospital property transferred to Placer County must
be used as any use which is of a public character or
will benefit the employment or economy of the
surrounding area.
SB 109 - Song
Increases the salary of Members of the legislature
Chapter 1419
from $19,200 to $21,120, effective December 2, 1974.
See Release #700
The bill also increases the allowance received from
the legislator's retirement system for service during
1973 and 1974.
SB 921 - Lagomarsino Allows for the creation of a college community
Chapter 1420
services district in the Isla Vista area of Santa
Barbara County adjacent to the University of
California, Santa Barbara.
SB 1044 - Marks
Requires, rather than permits, the labor commissioner
Chapter 1421
to take assignment of specified claims of employees.
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SB 1148 - Marks
Requires a creditor to notify an applicant in writing
Chapter 1422
of a denial of credit or increase in credit charges
which results wholly or partly from information from
a credit reporter.
SB 1187 - Grunsky
Appropriates $2,500,000 from the Bagley Conservation
Chapter 1423
Fund to the Department of Parks and Recreation for
land acquisition in the Santa Cruz Mountains Area,
Unit #417 of the state park system.
SB
1249
-
Beilenson Requires the Commission of Housing and Community
Chapter 1424
Development to adopt regulations relating to noise
insulation for new hotels, motels, apartment houses,
and other residential occupancies, except for
detached single family dwellings, and would
specifically apply these regulations to new housing
occupancies, owned, operated or maintained by any
public entity.
SB 1358 - Beilenson Prohibits clinics and specified hospitals and
Chapter 1425
medical staffs of such clinics and hospitals which
permit sterilization operations for contraceptive
purposes to be performed therein from requiring
individuals upon whom such sterilization operation
was to be performed to meet any special nonmedical
qualifications which are not imposed on individuals
seeking other types of operations.
AB 1490 - Thomas
Requires an annual audit of State Teachers' Retire-
Chapter 1436
ment System and Public Employees' Retirement System
by a certified public accountant or public accountant
who is not in public employment. The bill provides
that such audits shall not be duplicated by Department
of Finance or the Auditor General.
AB 1685 - Crown
Requires the Attorney General to establish
Chapter 1437
regulations with respect to storage and dissemination
of criminal offender record information and education
of persons dealing with such information.
AB 1908 - Barnes
Makes state college policemen who meet certain
Chapter 1438
standards state safety members and provides for
increased service pension for such employees.
SB 357 - mills
Establishes pprocedures for cities and counties to
Chapter 1442
create historic zones and to contract with the
owners of qualified historic property within such
zones to restrict the use of th property to
uses consist nt with its characteristics as
property of historical significance for a if
minimum period of 20 years.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-29-72
#700
Governor Ronald Reagan today signed a measure (SB-109, Song)
to raise state legislators' salaries to $21,120 per year, but the
increase will not go into effect until the end of 1974.
The legislators will continue to earn their current yearly
salary of $19,200 for the next two years until December 2, 1974.
When the new salary takes effect, two years from now, the
legislators will have gone three years without a salary increase.
The increase will represent a cost-of-living hoost amounting to
slightly over 3 percent per year. They began earning their present
$19,200 @nual salary January 4, 1971, as a result of legislation which
was enacted into law in 1969.
SB-109 also provides the governor greater flexibility in fixing
the salaries of employees in his office. It provides that no member
of his staff may earn more than $31,500 per year the same limitation
which applies to department directors with the exception of the
governor's executive assistant.
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OFFICE OF OVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-29-72
#701
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced that he has signed the
following bills with specified reductions:
AB 814- Greene, B. Establishes an experimental California career
Chapter 1441
guidance center project to serve as a potential
regional manpower development resource center. The
State Board of Education is required to select the
site of the center and to adopt guidelines for its
operation.
REASON FOR REDUCTION: "I am reducing the appropriation contained in
Section 8 of Assembly Bill No. 814 from $500,000
to $50,000.
"I am aware of the problems and needs addressed by
AB 814 and I am sympathetic to the intent and purposes
of this bill. However, I have been informed that
the funds identified in the bill to finance a pilot
career guidance center have already been largely
obligated to local school districts to assist with
current 1972-73 operations. Since AB 814 is not
an urgency measure and will not become immediately
effective, the pilot carerr guidance center will
require funding for only a few months of 1972-73.
Therefore, I have reduced the appropriation in
AB 814 to $50,000 for use in the remainder of 1972-73.
Further, to make funds available, I have asked the
Director of Finance to propose reserving $125,000 in
the 1973-74 Budget Bill to support the pilot center
during 1973-74 from the source of funds identified
by AB 814 in the 1972-73 Budget Act.
"With the above reduction, I approve Assembly Bill
No. 814."
SB 191 Alquist
Requires the Department of Parks and Recreation to
Chapter 1439
undertake a study and prepare a plan regarding
Inglenook Fen and requires the department to submit
the study and plan to the legislature no later than
June 15, 1973.
REASON
FOR
REDUCTION: "I am reducing the appropriation contained in
Section 3 of Senate Bill No. 191 from $30,000 to
$10,000.
"The reduced appropriation will be sufficient for the
Department of Parks and Recreation to complete the
study and plan required by this bill.
"With the above reduction, I approve Senate Bill
No. 191."
SB 820 - Zenovich
Appropriates $329,000 from the General Fund to the
Chapter 1440
Department of Social Welfare for a demonstration
project to purchase workshop services and related
costs for current and potential recipients of aid to
the needy disabled.
REASON FOR REDUCTION: "I am reducing the appropriation contained in
Senate Bill No. 820 from $329,000 to $165,000.
"I believe that the purpose of the demonstration
project can be accomplished with a reduced
appropriation. The $165,000 appropriation will fund
400 workshop stations.
"With the above reduction, I approve Senate Bill
No. 820."
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Governor Reagan today announced the following bills have been
vetoed:
AB 111 Cline
Would confer special tax advantages to heads of
households who represent less than 5 percent of all
persons filing state income tax returns. The cost
to the state would be approximately $20 million per
year.
REASON FOR VETO:
"Heads of households already receive larger state
personal exemption tax credits than other unmarried
persons and in addition enjoy a special tax rate
schedule to compute their federal and state income
taxes. These tax advantages are sufficient
recognition of the status of heads of households
without allowing them, as this bill would provide,
to compute their taxes on the fictitious premise that
they are married and filing a joint return.
"Tax relief should be across the board rather than
favoring a small select group of taxpayers. This is
the approach taken in SB 90 as to property tax relief
and the same policy should apply to income tax relief.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
Governor Reagan said.
SB 1462 Wedworth
Would provide for a transfer of an additional $50
million to the Bagley Conservation Fund, effective
January 1, 1973.
REASON FOR VETO:
Recent court decisions and the passage of Proposition
20 by the people have materially altered certain
aspects of the ownership of land, particularly near
the coast. Since the various commissions provided by
Proposition 20 are only now being formed, it is too
early to determine how the conflict between public
and private use of beach land will be resolved.
"The Bagley Conservation Fund originally carried $35
million for acquisition of beach and park land.
Approximately two-thirds of this amount remains to
be spent in the next two fiscal years. In addition,
earlier this year, I signed into law AB 392 (Chapter
912), which will place a $250 million bond issue
before the voters in 1974. If passed by the state's
voters, it will provide funds for continued park
acquisition and the development of recreational
facilities.
"In view of the amount of money now or potentially
available for acquisition of beach and park land,
there appear to be ample resources for the most urgent
needs in the immediate future.
"As the coastline commissions clarify the status of
public and private use, there could well be need for
additional funds to assure adequate public ownership
and access to needed beach and park lands.
"The option will then be available of appropriating
general funds for specific purchases or offering to
the voters an opportunity to authorize bond funds for
purchase of park lands, beach properties, recreational
facilities in areas such as Lake Tahoe, together with
any required acquisitions along the banks of wild
rivers.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned, "the
governor said.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
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Governor Ronald Reagan announced today that he has vetoed the
following bills:
AB 5 - Murphy
Creates the Joint Legislative Committee on
Corrections Administration and the office of
Ombudsman for Corrections.
REASON FOR VETO:
"It is almost identical to AB 1181, which I
returned unsigned last year.
"Appropriate procedures for airing complaints are
currently available to inmates of all penal in-
stitutions. Besides the internal procedures
established within the various departments for
correction of complaints, the inmates in this
state have ready access to the courts and legal
assistance. An Ombudsman for corrections would
very likely have the effect of duplicating
existing functions, and would interpose a barrier
to the efficient rehabilitation programs now
being conducted.
"Additionally, the creation of an Ombudsman who
is reasponsible to the legislative branch of govern-
ment would represent an unwarranted infringement
upon the separation of powers guaranteed by our
Constitution.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the Governor said.
AB 80 - Crown
Appropriates $1,500,000 from the General Fund to
the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and
Training for allocation to local agencies for
equipment for law enforcement agencies.
REASON FOR VETO:
"The state and federal governments already are
providing substantial local assistance appropria-
tions for law enforcement activities through the
California Council on Criminal Justice and the
Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.
In the current year, the Council has received
approximately $35,000,000 from federal sources for
distribution to local law enforcement agencies
and the state has provided $2,900,000 matching
funds. In addition, $12,170,000 has been appro-
priated through the Commission on Peace Officer
Standards and Training for local assistance
allocation.
"I believe that this bill is unnecessary because
its intent can be achieved within the existing
resources in the Peace Officer Standards and
Training Fund. In the past year (1971-72),
$10,400,000 was appropriated to the fund of
which only $7,815,000 was used. Consequently,
$2,585,000 remains in the Fund.
"Accordingly, I am returning this bill unsigned."
the governor said.
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AB 401 - Maddy
Requires an increase in the California State
University and Colleges student body organization
fee from $20 to $30; it is intended that the monies
derived be utilized as a source of funds for a
variety of activities.
REASON FOR VETO:
"We must face up to an important question: Into
just what kinds of memberships may we force
students and what kinds of fees should students
be made to pay in order to receive an education
in California?
"Many on-campus and off-campus activities should
be voluntarily supported and only by those students
with a true interest in the activities. Some,
perhaps, are fundamental to education and should
be state supported.
"I believe that other funds than those from com-
pulsory student body fees should be found for
many of these programs.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the Governor said.
AB 408 - MacDonald
Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to
conduct a study to determine the need for a per-
manent public office in the City of Simi Valley.
Additionally, the bill would appropriate $30,000
to establish such an office in temporary quarters.
REASON FOR VETO:
"The Department of Motor Vehicles routinely con-
ducts facilities planning studies to evaluate and
determine current and future needs for providing
service to the public. Such a study was completed
for the Ventura County areas in May of 1972 and
recommended that one central location be established
to serve the Thousand Oaks - Simi area. The
Department has proposed two possible sites for
that location; one is in northeast Thousand Oaks
and the other is in west Simi.
"The request for an office in temporary quarters
would appear to be unnecessary in view of the
study results determining the desirability of
one centrally-located permanent office in the
area. Additionally, the present Thousand Caks and
newly located Winnetka offices provide service
within reasonable distances.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the Governor said.
AB 636 - Brown
Expands demonstration programs for intensive instruc-
tion in reading and mathematics for low-achieving pupils
from grades 7, 8, and 9 to grades 7 through 12 and appro-
priates $3 million per year to finance the expansion of
such program.
REASON FOR VETO: "I have already signed legislation extending the dur-
ation of the present program through 1975 and it
currently receives $3 million in General Fund support.
"I believe that if additional funds are made available
for reading and math programs, they should be placed
with the child at the earliest stages of his or her
education. California's elementary school students
will receive greater benefits under SB 1302, a bill 1
have already signed which appropriates a total of $65
million to reconstruct our K-3 educational programs.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned," the
Governor said.
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AB 807 - Sieroty
Would establish certain minimum rights of persons
confined in county jails.
REASON FOR VETO:
"The Board of Corrections currently is promul-
gating minimum standards for local detention
facilities. Among those standards, certain rights
are included which are afforded to all inmates.
Beyond those minimum statewide standards, it is
my belief that local authorities are aware of the
circumstances which will allow them to best admin-
ister their local facility.
"The various diffencnces between local detention
facilities may call for the application of different
standards as to what inmates should or should not
receive in the mail.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned," =
the Governor said.
AB 976 - Duffy
Authorizes the performance of acupuncture by an
unlicensed person for the primary purpose of
scientific investigation. It seeks to expand the
authority adopted earlier this year to practice
acupuncture only at approved medical schools.
REASON FOR VETO:
"The research effort at medical schools is now
underway. Until further research has been com-
pleted, a broadening of authority to practice
acupuncture is premature.
"The State Board of Medical Examiners has requested
that the bill be vetoed. I concur in their
opposition at this time.
"Accordingly, I am returning this bill unsigned,"
the Governor said.
AB 1274 - Burton
Appropriates $5 million from the General Fund to
the Department of Human Resources Development to
reimburse private employers 50 percent for up to
18 months for salaries and wages for employment
of specified Vietnam veterans.
REASON FOR VETO:
"While the concept is laudable, this program would
largely duplicate an existing federal program,
Jobs Optional, administered by the Department of
Human Resources Development which finances the
training of disadvantaged persons and gives first
priority to veterans. The funds in that program
are presently more than adequate.
"Passage of Assembly Bill 1274 would mean the
spending of $5 million in General Fund money to
perform a function already adequately financed
by the federal government.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned," "
the Governor said.
AB 1417 - Vasconcellos Appropriates funds to assist selected hospitals
to develop an increased capability to perform
kidney transplantation procedures and establish
four kidney transplantation centers.
REASON FOR VETO:
"I have been informed that in the field of kidney
transplantation, the number of transplants is
severely limited because of the continued shortage
of suitable donor kidneys, not suitable trans-
plantation facilities. The addition of four new
kidney transplantation centers to the 16 currently in operation,
as called for in the bill, would not increase the number of
kidneys available for transplanting.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
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AB 1459 - Vasconcellos Requires the State Department of Mental Hygiene
to maintain most existing state hospitals at
specified levels of service until various detailed
conditions are met.
REASON FOR VETO:
"The bill is apparently intended to fund all
existing state hospital operations at their
current level, with the exception of programs
for the mentally ill at Agnew and Mendocino.
This would result in a costly and unnecessary
expenditure of the taxpayer dollar. Individual
hospital facilities are closed because they are
no longer economically feasible to operate. To
continue to staff and operate hospital programs
at existing levels, in the face of a continuing
decline of patients, is not justified and would
be detrimental to employees and costly to the
local programs at the hospital.
"The bill assumes that closure of a hospital in
a particular locale means that the county no
longer has access to a state hospital. This is
not the case, since each county would continue
to receive needed state hospital inpatient services
to the degree necessary at another state hospital.
"Approval of this measure would create bureau-
cratic red tape which would tend to stifle the
dynamic and innovative character of community
mental health programs and make it very difficult
to make changes in the state hospital system.
"Further, this bill is unnecessary as I have
signed AB 1871 requiring the state to give nine
months notification of any state hospital
closure. Also, the legislature has adopted ACR 59
which directs the State Department of Mental
Hygiene to develop and submit to the Legislature
by September 15, 1973, a plan for phasing out and
future use and disposition of state hospitals for
the mentally ill. This plan must include a
detailed inventory of services now provided by
counties and recommendations for transfer or
reduction of manpower, transfer of funds, utili-
zation or disposition of plants and land, and a
timetable.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the Governor said.
AB 1687 - Miller
Authorizes each city or county to adopt health and
safety ordinances setting forth the rights and duties
of landlords and tenants. In addition, it would
authorize any city or county to adopt and enforce
fair housing laws more stringent than governing
state laws.
REASON FOR VETO:
"The Civil Code already sets forth in detail the con-
tractual: relationship between landlord and tenant.
To permit each city and county to establ sh
separate and different relationships would create
administrative conflicts at all levels of government.
"The area of fair housing was preempted by the state
with the passage of the Rumford Fair Housing Law
and should remain a matter of state preemption.
The rights of the individual, as those rights apply
to equal access in housing, is not a local right
but rather one enjoyed equally throughout the state.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the Governor said.
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AB 1703 - Brown
Would continuously appropriate specified sums to
the Trustees of the California State University
and Colleges and to the Board of Governors of the
California Community Colleges for higher education
opportunity programs.
REASON FOR VETO:
"The net effect of this bill would be to establish
the present educational opportunity program with
its weaknesses as well as its strengths on a per-
manent ongoing basis at a specified minimum level
of support.
"This Administration has consistently opposed the
enactment of continuous appropriations for ongoing
programs. In addition, the particular program in-
volved was developed in haste as an attempt to
solve an urgent problem. However, during its life,
numerous weaknesses and problems have developed
which warrant a close analysis. During the past
several months my staff has been meeting with many
groups in an attempt to find a more effective
method of aiding the economically disadvantaged
in their quest for an education.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,'
the Governor said.
AB 1778 - Sieroty
Would reduce the flexibility of our trial courts
to impose either felony or misdemeanor punishment
upon persons convicted of possession of marijuana.
The legislation would reduce marijuana possession
to a simply misdemeanor regardless of the number
of convictions which a person might have, regard-
less of the quantity of marijuana possessed, and
with no concern as to whether the marijuana
possessed is in its more refined form of hashish,
hash-oil or pure THC (tetra-hydracanaband)
REASON FOR VETO:
"Four years ago, I signed legislation which reduced
the penalty for this crime from a felony to a crime
punishable as either a misdemeanor or a felony, at
the discretion of the judge. In my opinion, our
law concerning the punishment for marijuana possessic
is one of the best in the United States, be-
cause it has the built-in flexibility which allows
marijuana cases to be treated according to their
individual seriousness.
"In this connection, I want to call attention to
this administration's comprehensive drug abuse
treatment program which I signed into law recently,
This law provides for a suspension of criminal
proceedings against the first-time narcotic offender
and dismissal of any charges once the individual
successfully completes a treatment and prevention
program. I believe this program will provide a
much needed opportunity for the treatment of the
youthful and first-time offender.
"We shall continue to study the results of medical
findings concerning marijuana and its abuse. It
should be pointed out that a recent report pub-
lished in the "Journal of the American Medical
Association" indicated the possiblity of damage
to the central nervous system and to the brain
as a result of chronic marijuana use. In light of
the increasing body of medical evidence which
shows potentially serious physical harm from
marijuana use, we should not reduce the deterrent
effect of the laws which prohibit its possession.
"Accordingly, I am returning this bill unsigned,"
the Governor said.
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AB 1808 - Crown
Requires the Department of Public Health to
establish criteria for determining which areas
of the state are in need of medical transport
systems to assist in crippled children's services.
REASON FOR VETO:
"Although I understand the good intentions of AB 1808
I do not believe there is a need for this legis-
lation at this time.
"Emergency and ambulance services have been paid
by Crippled Childrens' Services for many years.
To establish a pilot transport service in any
given area would only tend to confuse those who
need to be helped most. In addition those
instances where an emergency medical team would
have to make onsight visits to high risk infants
to prepare them for any kind of journey would
still remain. In any event, many of these very
critical cases will continue to need air trans-
portation to the nearest medical centers.
"Finally, it does not appear feasible to establish
medical centers far removed from the large centers
of population where the majority of high risk
infants reside and the demands on medical centers
continue to grow.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the Governor said.
SB 336 - Short
Requires that all license fees for harness race
meetings conducted at the California State Fair
and Exposition be deposited in a special account
in the State Treasury to be available only for
expenditure by the California State Fair and Ex-
position.
REASON FOR VETO:
"The net effect of this bill would be to restrict
the use of a portion of General Fund revenues for
a special purpose. This could establish a danger-
ous precedent if exteneded to other functions of
state government.
"Further, this bill would result in misleading
representation of the California State Fair and
Exposition's operating costs. In so far as it
is not self-supporting, the funds required for
support should be clearly represented in the
budget without artificially increasing its
revenues through the device proposed by this bill.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the Governor said.
SB 424 - Petris
Grants the homeowners property tax exemption to
property owners who receive welfare even though
their welfare grant contains an allowance for
property taxes.
REASON FOR VETO:
"Welfare grant costs are shared between federal,
state and county governemtns. Property tax
relief costs are borne solely by the state's
General Fund. As a result, California has con-
sistently maintained the policy of providing addi-
tional benefits to welfare recipients in lieu of
tax relief. For example, the current year's
budget authorizes a $1.5 million Unmet Shelter
Need program, and, this year's property tax relief
measure increases welfare grants $2 a month. I
favor continuing the existing policy, particularly
in view of the fact that it undoubtedly will acain
have to be reviewed in the near future because of
the amendments made to the federal Social Security
Act by HR 1 (PL 92-603).
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the Governor said.
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SB 584 - Petris
Requires payment of an additional grant to welfare
recipients for unmet shelter needs.
REASON FOR VETO:
"The program proposed by SB 584 basically is the
same as that submitted to me in item 257.1 of the
current budget. I reduced the amount appropriated
in that item. This action was in keeping with
the state and county fiscal arrangements establish-
ed by the Welfare Reform Act of 1971.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the Governor said.
SB 1261 - Collier
Revises the formula under which subventions are
made to local public libraries. It makes a con-
tinuous appropriation to the State Librarian to
support the program.
REASON FOR VETO:
"I cannot support this bill because one of its
most important provisions would remove appropria-
tions for state support of local library systems
from the annual cycle of review and approval by b
Legislature and the administration. Such funding
should be considered annually in relation to
other needs and priorities. This administration
has consistently opposed the enactment of additional
: continuous appropriations.
"Further, the bill would increase substantially
state support in an area where existing efforts
have encouraged local financing to meet locally
determined priorities.
"Accordingly, I am returning this bill unsigned,"
said the Governor.
SB 1263 - Moscone
Extends the termination date of the Bilingual
Demonstration Program authorized for San Francisco
in 1969 from July 1, 1972 to July 1, 1975, and
would appropriate $90,000 to support the program
during 1972-73, 1973-74 and 1974-75.
REASON FOR VETO:
"I have already signed AB 2284 (chapter 1258), a
statewide bilingual education program with $5
million appropriated to the Department of Education
for this purpose. The provisions of AB 2284
satisfy the need for such a program in the San
Francisco Unified School District.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the Goveror said.
SB 1419 - Roberti
Grants inmates in state prisons the unlimited right
to engage in the exchange of personal correspondence
subject to the right of prison authorities to in-
spect that correşponsence, search for contraband, or
prevent a conspiracy to commit a crime or the
commission of a crime, or a violation of prison
rules.
REASON FOR VETO:
"Enactment of SB 1419 would eliminate the public's
protection from receiving unsolicited, undesirable
letters from prison inmates. Under its terms,
prison authorities would be powerless to prevent
inmates from writing to anyone, unless the letter
involved the commission of a crime or was a threat
to the security or orderly operation of the prison.
"The Department of Corrections recognizes the ben-
efits of constructive outside contacts and already
has a liberal mail policy. It should retain the
right to selectively prevent improper correspondence
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned," "
the Glvernor said.
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SB 279 - Petris
Causes a new group of Medi-Cal eligibles to be
created, who would receive program benefits with
separate, more liberal financial and resource
eligibility criteria than other Medi-Cal applicants.
REASON FOR VETO:
"Because the financial and eligibility standards
are higher than allowed under federal law and
regulations, there would be no federal financial
participation in the cost of care for persons
qualifying under the bill whose income and
resources are above allowable federal maximums.
This would constitute a 50 percent loss of pro-
gram funds or an additional cost to the General
Fund of $18.8 million.
"As an alternative to this legislation, I prefer
to take advantage of Public Law 92-603, the
Social Security Amendments of 1972, recently
signed by President Nixon. Under this act,
Medicare will provide financial assistance to all
disabled kidney diseased patients, including those
under age 65, who meet social security eligibility
requirements. Medi-Cal will continue to provide
assistance to those not eligible for Medicare.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the Governor said.
SB 1447 - Grunsky
Requires regional occupational centers or pro-
grams to contract with private vocational schools
for pupil training unless it is determined that
regional centers can provide the needed training
better and at less expense. State school funds
would flow to the local school agency for pupil
attendance under such contracts.
REASON FOR VETO:
"This proposition seems reasonable if we are to
gain full benefits from our public and private
training centers by offering a broad array of
vocational and technical student training. Tech-
nological advance and changing job requirements
stress the need for up-to-date and relevant job
training. The measure offers a reasonable alter-
native to asking occupational centers to unneces-
sarily duplicate the expensive facilities and
equipment needed for such programs.
"However, SB 1447 leaves unclear several basic
questions regarding the granting of state aid
for such private school assistance and the pro-
ponents of the measure have themselves acknowledged
these deficiencies and have expressed a will-
ingness to correct them. Consequently, while I
am returning the bill unsigned, I have asked my
staff to work with the author to develop more
definitive legislation for consideration at the
next legislative session.
AB 488 - Dunlap
Authorizes school districts to establish on a
pilot basis alternative schools and classrooms.
REASON FOR VETO:
"Interested parents, pupils and teachers could
request governing boards to institute such pro-
grams. Each school district could then enroll
not less than 2½ percent, nor more than 10 per-
cent, of its total average daily attendance of
the preceding year.
"I question the need for the experimental pilot
program proposed by this bill. There is a more
compelling need to evaluate the worth of the
many existing 'experimental' and 'innovative'
programs now in existence before embarking on new
ones.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned," "
the Governor aaid.
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AB 1360 - Quimby
Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction
to appoint a State Instructuonal Television Ad-
visory Committee. The superintendent is to
take appropriate steps to provide a high-quality
instructional television service for public
school children.
REASON FOR VETO:
"The wording of this legislation is vague in that
it leaves all the specifics of actually carrying
it out to be generated through rules and regula-
tions which will be adopted at some future time.
It provides no mechanism for assuring that
children will actually receive a better education.
It fails to provide a mechanism for documenting
the kinds of effects the program will have on
children. Nor does it specify the kinds of
indicators necessary for determining how children
will benefit.
"The bill reserves the definition of high pri-
ority needs for instructional television programs
to the Department of Education rather than
specifically encouraging such input from local
school districts. In addition, AB 1360 is ex-
tremely vague with respect to who develops or
provides 'high quality' program service for each
of the regions which the bill will create.
"Even if the legislature were to appropriate
funds for the legislation in fiscal 1973-74,
these funds would have to go through the Depart-
ment of Education which would disperse them to
the regional organizations with whom the depart-
ment is contracting. This would be a significant
change from our present system where funds go
to districts and they choose the regional assoc-
iation or delivery system which best serves their
needs.
"In sum, this legislation makes broad, sweeping
statements which allude to somehow improving the
quality of instructional television for youngsters
but provides almost no information on the actual
operational or procedural practices which will
be implemented to accomplish this task,
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the Governor said.
AB 1366 - Quimby
Appropriates $250,000 for an instructional tele-
vision program to be administered by the Los
Angeles City Unified School District.
REASON FOR VETO:
"The enactment of SB 90, which provides an add-
itional $51 million in school aid to the Los
Angeles school district makes this bill unnecessary.
The Los Angeles Board of Education may, if it
wishes, allocate a portion of the additional
school monies provided in SB 90 to accomplish the
funding and other goals contained in AB 1366.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill ungigned,"
the Governor said.
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AB 1697 - Quimby
Creates the California Telecommunications Author-
ity with responsibilities, among others, for
establishing statewide policy as it relates to
non-commercial educational broadcasting and for
planning the development of a statewide public
telecommunications system utilizing a multitude
of transmissions systems and broadcasting facili-
ties to achieve this objective.
REASON FOR VETO:
"I have long advocated that non-commercial ed-
ucational broadcasting can best serve the ed-
ucational, cultural and community needs of the
citizens of our state by means of strong local
independent stations that provide for diversifi-
cation of system control. Under the authority
which would be created by AB 1697. non-commercial
educational broadcasting could ultimately become
a centralized, state-controlled and operated
system.
"I believe local independent educational tele-
vision stations must first be responsive to local
needs and this can only be accomplished through
a continuing emphasis on local programming.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the Governor said.
AB 2268 - Crown
Establishes procedures, operative July 1, 1978,
for recording, reporting, storing, and dissemina-
ting criminal offender record information to be
accomplished through the Department of Justice.
The bill would also create a Criminal Record
Dissemination Board for conducting a continuing
study into the practice of dissemination of
criminal record information to noncriminal
justice agencies.
REASON FOR VETO:
"I question the need for the Criminal Record
Dissemination Board proposed by this bill. A
board is not necessary. The work of the seven
member board and its staff could be performed
within the structure of the Department of Justice.
"I will support legislation next legislative
session which will establish procedures dealing
with criminal offender record information.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the Governor said.
AB 2348 - Dunlap
Authorizes up to six additional members to be
appointed to each state hospital advisory board
and requires board membership to consist of at
least one representative from each county within
the state hospital service area, except in service
areas of over 11 counties.
REASON FOR VETO:
"This bill would more than double the number of
members of the advisory boards of each state hos-
pital. In some cases a state hospital has two
advisory boards, one for the hospital program
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for the mentally retarded and one for the program
for the mentally disordered. The present number
of members of each hospital advisory board and
the method of appointing members from nominees sub-
mitted by the various counties served by the hos-
pitals provides fair and adequate representation
of the counties affected.
"Furthermore, in view of the declining population
in state hospitals because of the shift of treat-
ment to community facilities, the proposed increase
in state hospital advisory boards is untimely and
inconsistent.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned," H
the Governor said.
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SB 1264 - Moscone
Requires school districts to apply to Department
of Education for federal and state funds to pro-
vide at least one nourishing meal a day.
REASON FOR VETO:
"It is the desire of this administration that
children in school may have the opportunity to
have a nutritional meal so that they may take
full advantage of their educational experience.
"It should be recalled that I signed, and this
administration implemented, legislation in 1970
(AB 318) which, in this fiscal year, will provide
approximately $60 million in federal aid and
$15 million in state and local aid to support
school lunches for California school children.
This program serves some 1,750,000 lunches daily ---
600,000 of the meals at no pupil charge. Some
125,000 breakfasts also are provided daily at no
pupil charge. Over 900 school districts, in-
cluding 5,700 individual schools participate in
this program.
"Recently the legislature and this administration
were jointly successful in implementing a school
finance reform measure which gave school districts
considerable additional financial support along
with the flexibility necessary to fund and
operate adequate local school programs.
"However, this bill would mandate on approximately
167 other school districts the requirement that
they apply for participation in these programs.
The measure would force application under threat
of injunction by the Attorney General irrespective
of a district's needs, desires or ability to
support such programs. To place the kind of
straight jacket on any school district which
this bill would impose would subvert the concept
of local control and, in, so doing remove the
flexibility local school districts need to deter-
mine the course they wish to follow.
"It should be noted that all school districts are
governed by boards which are elected by and
responsible to the voters.
"Nevertheless, I will be writing a letter to all
California school districts in the coming week
who are not now participating in nutritional pro-
grams and request that they again fully examine
the needs of their pupils and their communities
to determine whether future participation in
this worthwhile effort is appropriate or advisable.
But to force any district -- against the expressed
wishes of its elected governing board -- to
apply for participation is contrary to sound
school administration.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned," =
the Governor said.
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AB 2118 - Quimby
Authorizes a television consortium of five or more
community college districts to apply to the
Chancellor of the California Community Colleges
for a planning grant to assist in the formation
and development of such consortium. The Chancellor
would provide statewide coordination of such
efforts and would produce at least one exemplary
telecourse each year.
REASON FOR VETO:
"While I am not opposed to the formulation of
consortia among the community colleges for such
purposes as this bill provides, I am opposed to
mandating television program production on the
Chancellor.
"In the pursuit of his responsibilities, the
Chancellor may well decide that production of one
exemplary telecourse per year is desirable. Such
a program should then take its fair and proper
place among all the other priorities in competi-
tion for community college financial resources.
"The insertion of a state mandated program, and
appropriation of the funds to produce it, are
inconsistent with this concept of operation.
"Accordingly, I am returning this bill unsigned,' "
the Governor said.
AB 1710 - Brown
Makes certain provisions of the Labor Code re-
lating to wages, hours, and working conditions
that are now applicable to adult women applicable
also to adult men.
REASON FOR VETO:
"Virtually every segment of the business community
in California has advised me of their opposition
to this bill. They assert that the bill is
premature, and that its effect on California
employers and employees alike could be disastrous.
I share their incern.
"The action proposed by this bill would unnessarily
involve state government in matters presently
reserved for the collective bargaining process.
Matters of wages, hours and conditions of labor
for adult males should not be subject to further
government intervention at this time.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
the Governor said.
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