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Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secre ry
916-445-4571
2-1-73
#46
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced "with a great deal of regret"
that he has accepted the resignation of his assistant legal affairs
secretary Richard K. Turner.
Turner, 34, a native of Bakersfield, will enter private practice
in Sacramento.
"Dick Turner's contribution to the success of this administration
has been considerable," Governor Reagan said, "and it is with a great
deal of regret that I have accepted his resignation. I have relied upon
his keen legal judgment from the first day he came with us, and his
counsel will be sorely missed.
"I am confident he will have an outstanding career in private
practice and he has my deep appreciation and every good wish for the
future."
Turner joined the governor's legal affairs office in 1969. Prior
to his appointment he was a member of the state attorney general's staff
for six years and was chief attorney for the California Highway Patrol.
He received a B.A. degree in political science from Stanford
University in 1960, and his law degree from the University of California's
Boalt Hall in 1963.
In his letter of resignation Turner said: "I will always be
grateful to Governor Reagan for giving me the opportunity to serve the
people of California. My tenure in the governor's office will always be
a source of great personal satisfaction."
His position involved providing legal advice to the governor on all
official matters, liaison with all law enforcement agencies on behalf of
the governor, and development of the governor's policy on criminal justice.
He was also responsible for emergency operations in which the state is
involved such as riots or disturbances and major natural disasters.
Turner and his wife Robin have two minor children. They make their
home at 2740 Montgomery Way in Sacramento.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: E: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
2-2-73
#47
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointment of La
Jolla barber Clarence H. Eisenbeisz to the State Board of Barber
Examiners in the Department of Consumer Affairs.
Eisenbeisz, 46, a Republican, has served on the board since June,
1972. He and his wife Betty have two children. The family resides
at 1178 Archer Street, San Diego.
The appointment, which requires Senate confirmation is for four
years. Board members receive $25 per diem plus travel expenses.
#####
Garcia
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RL ALD REAGAN
RELEASE: immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
2-2-73
#48
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Fernando Oaxaca of Long Beach to the State Scholarship and Loan
Commission.
Oaxaca, 45, fills the unexpired term of Erskine J. Sandys of
Campbell who has resigned. His term will expire October 30, 1975.
The appointment requires confirmation by the state Senate.
A Republican, Oaxaca is a founder, director and a vice president
of Ultrasystems, Inc., of Newport Beach. He is also an appointee of
President Nixon to the board of directors of the Washington, D. C.,
Technical Institute, a federally supported vocational facility with about
6,000 students, primarily black or Spanish-speaking.
Oaxaca, a native of E1 Paso, is a graduate of the University of
Texas with a BS degree in electrical engineering. He and his wife
reside at 3346 East First Street, Long Beach.
State Scholarship and Loan Commission members receive their
necessary expenses when on official business.
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Califor
95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
2-2-73
#49
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of Betty
Ann Whirledge of Granada Hills to the State Structural Pest Control
Board. At the same time he announced the reappointment of Lloyd D.
McLean of Stockton to the board.
Mrs. Whirledge, the wife of Gerald W. Whirledge, will complete
the unexpired term of Alexander L. Berg of Beverly Hills, who has
resigned. She is a Republican. Her term will expire June 1, 1976.
Mr. and Mrs. Whirledge have three children and reside at 10832
Dempsey Avenue, Granada Hills.
McLean, 54, was first appointed to the board by Governor Reagan
in May, 1969. He operates Kill Pest Control, Inc., of Stockton and has
been in the business since 1951.
A Republican, McLean is a former president of the Northern
California Pest Control Association. His term will expire June 1, 1976.
McLean and his wife, Barbara Louise, have one son and they reside
at 7514 Oakcreek Drive, Stockton.
Structural Pest Control Board members receive $25 per diem while
on official business.
#####
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
2-2-73
#50
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
February 5, 1973
through
February 11, 1973
Monday, February 5
Evening
Republican Fundraiser for 22nd Senatorial
District Candidate Phil Johnson.
Odyssey Restaurant, Mission Hills
Overnight, Los Angeles
Tuesday, February 6
No public appointments scheduled
Overnight - Sacramento
Wednesday, February 7
* Courtesy call with the new world's heavy-
weight boxing champion, George Foreman, and
Assemblyman Carlos Bee, Governor's office.
Overnight - Sacramento
Thursday, February 8
Noon
St. Mary's College Executives Symposium,
Moraga. Brief remarks
Overnight - Sacramento
Friday, February 9
Evening
California Newspaper Publishers Association
Convention Dinner, St. Francis Hotel,
San Francisco. Speech.
Overnight - Los Angeles
Saturday, February 10
No appointments scheduled
Overnight - Los Angeles
Sunday, February 11
No appointments scheduled
Overnight - Los Angeles
*
Time expected to be around 10 a.m. Specific time, when set, will
be subject of separate note.
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Gray
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
2-2-73
#51
Governor Ronald Reagan today named two new members to the State
Health Planning Council and reappointed three members.
New members appointed to four year terms were Yoshi Honkawa, of
Hollywood, who is the director of legislation for fiscal services for
the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, and Mrs. Lestee
(Loretta C.) Ceasar of Vallejo.
Honkawa, a Democrat, replaces Robert S. Westphal, M.D., of Modesto
whose term has expired. He is a 1955 graduate of the University of
Southern California with a BS degree in business administration. Mrs.
Ceasar, a Republican, fills the position on the board recently created
by the legislature.
She is a board member and consultant to the Solano County
Business Development, Inc., a corporation successful in promoting
county minority enterprises. She resides at 408 Lakeside Drive, Vallejo.
Mr. Honkawa resides at 3020 Durand Drive, Hollywood.
Reappointed to the Council were: Mrs. Marvin (Phyllis R.) Smith,
Jr., of Encino; Samuel J. Tibbits, president of the Lutheran Hospital
Society of Southern California, San Marino; and, Malcolm C. Todd, M.D.,
of Long Beach. All Republicans, their terms will expire December 15,
1976.
A graduate of the University of California at Los Angeles, Mrs.
Smith is a former president of the Children's Bureau of Los Angeles,
and a member of the Governor's Advisory Committee on Mental Health.
She resides at 4200 Clear Valley Drive, Encino.
Tibbitts is a graduate of UCLA with a BS degree in public health.
He received his Masters Degree in public health and hospital administra-
tion in 1950 from the University of California at Berkeley. He resides
at 1224 Adair Street, San Marino.
Dr. Todd, a surgeon, is a past president of the California Medical
Association. He earned hi s medical degree at Northwestern University.
He resides at 5330 El Parque, Long Beach.
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
2-5-73
#52
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of Harry
S. Graham, Jr., of Burlingame, to the Repair Services Advisory Board
in the Department of Consumer Affairs. Graham will fill the unexpired
term of Keith V. Anderson, of Sacramento, who resigned. The term
expires June 1976.
Appointments to the board require Senate confirmation. Members
serve four-year terms and receive $25 per diem and expenses.
Graham, 44, a Republican, is the owner of Graham TV and Electronic
Service and will represent Industry on the board. He is a native of
Indianola, Iowa. After three years active duty with the Air Force,
he entered College of San Mateo, where he earned his AA degree in
electrical engineering and electronics.
He is active in civic, service, and professional organizations.
He is Chairman of the State Apprenticeship Committee for Electronics
Technicians. Graham is married to the former Melba Maxine Truckey.
The family resides at 1555 Alturas Drive, Burlingame.
#####
Garcia
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR R. (ALD REAGAN
RELEASE:
.mmediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
2-5-73
#53
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointments of
Mrs. Wanda E. Agostini, of Redding, and Mrs. Mildred D. Kahane, R.N.
of Carmichael, to the Board of Nursing Education and Nurse Registration.
Board members serve four-year terms and r eceive $25 per diem while on
official duty.
Mrs. Agostini, who has served on the board since January 1968,
is a graduate of Sacramento City College. In addition to other civic
and service club activities, she is the past executive secretary of the
Shasta County United Crusade. She lives at 3309 Wilshire Drive, Redding
Mrs. Kahane, a member of the board since June 1969, is a graduate
of Adelphi University, New York; did graduate work at Teachers' College,
Columbia University; and earned an M.S. degree in nursing from the
University of California.
She is presently head of the Department of Preventive Medicine,
Kaiser-Permanente Foundation Hospital in Sacramento. Prior to that,
she was Associate Professor of Nursing, California State University,
Sacramento. She is past president of District 7, California Nursing
Association. She lives at 1501 Menlo Avenue, Carmichael.
Both appointees are Republicans.
####
Garcia
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR Re ALD REAGAN
RELEASE. Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
2-6-73
#54
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of John C.
Worsley of Woodside as State Architect.
Worsley, a 53-year-old Republican and owner of an architectural firm
in Menlo Park, succeeds Fred E. Hummel of Sacramento. Hummel resigned
last December 11 to enter private practice in Sacramento.
The appointment, which pays an annual salary of $28,875, requires
confirmation by the state Senate.
Worsley is a native of Providence, R.I. He received a BA degree in
economics in 1941 from Stanford University. After serving as a naval
lieutenant during World War II, he returned to Stanford and received an
AB degree in pre-architecture in 1948. He continued his studies at
Harvard University and in 1951 received a Masters Degree in architecture.
Following graduation from Harvard, Worsley returned to Stanford as
an instructor in architecture. Prior to his resignation in 1954 to enter
private practice, Worsley was assistant to the director of the Division
of Architecture and Urban Planning at Stanford in addition to his
teaching duties.
In 1954, Worsley joined the Palo Alto architectural firm of Ernest
J. Kump Associates as project architect. During 1958-59 he was general
manager with overall administrative responsibility.
Worsley established his own firm at Menlo Park in 1959. He has
continued his association with Stanford and is now a senior lecturer at
the University.
He is a member of the California Council of the American Institute
of Architects, serving as treasurer in 1970-71 and member of the
executive committee.
Worsley and his wife Helen have six children. He is expected to
assume his new position March 1. The family resides at 25 Turkey Farm
Lane in Woodside .
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR
NALD REAGAN
RELEASE
Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
2-6-73
#55
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of James H.
Grubbs of 7542 Lakeshore Drive, Roseville, to the Contractors' State
License Board, and reappointed two members to four-year terms.
Grubbs, 55, a Sacramento variety store operator (Village Five & Dime)
replaces W. Daniel Larsen of San Diego, whose term has expired. He will
serve until June 1, 1975.
Grubbs is a past president of the Town and Country Village Merchants
Association in Sacramonto and a member of its board of directors. He is
also a former chairman of the Placer County Recreation Commission, and
served on the Folsom Lake Bridge Authority. He is a Republican.
Reappointed to four-year terms were James L. Bernoudy of Los Angeles
and Michael J. Hermreck of Nipomo.
Bernoudy, 53, operates an electrical contracting firm in Los Angeles
and resides at 5033 Southridge Avenue, Los Angeles. He is a director of
the American Building Contractors' Association and served as president
of the western region of the National Home Improvement Council in 1965.
He is a Democrat and was first appointed to the board April 21, 1969 by
Governor Reagan.
Hermreck, a 53-year-old Republican, is a former president of the
California Engineering and Grading Contractors' Association and is a
former president of the organization's Heavy Highway division. He is a
director of the American Road Builders' Association and the Central Coast
Criminal Justice Committee. He was first appointed to the board by the
governor March 11, 1969. His address is P.O. Box 217, Nipomo.
Board members receive $25 per diem while on official duty. Their
appointments require confirmation by the state Senate.
#####
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RO LD REAGAN
RELEASE:
mediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
2-6-73
#56
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointments of L. LeRoy
Crandall of La Canada and Donald A. Woolfe of Belmont to the State
Mining and Geology Board and the reappointment of two members.
The new members' terms start March 7, 1973, the effective date of
legislation (SB 520), which created their board positions and was approved
by the 1972 legislature.
Reappointed to the board were Clarence R. Allen, Ph.D., and professor
of geology and geophysics at the California Institute of Technology at
Pasadena, and Karl V. Steinbrugge, head of the earthquake department of
the Pacific Fire Rating Bureau of San Francisco.
Crandall, a 56-year-old Republican, is a 1941 graduate of the
University of California at Berkeley with a BS degree in civil engineering
He operates his own engineering firm in Los Angeles, and is a former
lecturer in civil engineering at the University of Southern California.
He resides at 4143 Forest Hill Drive, La Canada.
Woolfe, 37, is the planning director of San Mateo County. He is a
1957 graduate of the University of Washington and holds Masters Degrees
in architecture from the University of Oregon and urban planning from the
University of Washington. He is the former planning director for the
City of Mercer Island, Washington. He resides at 1715 Valley View,
Belmont.
Dr. Allen, 47, a Democrat who was first appointed to the board by
Governor Reagan June 17, 1969, is a graduate of Reed College at Portland,
Oregon, with a BA degree in physics and a Masters Degree in geophysics.
He took his doctorate in structural geology and geophysics at the
California Institute of Technology. He resides at 1160 Cordova Street,
Pasadena.
Steinbrugge, a 54-year-old Republican, was appointed by the governor
in 1969. He is a 1941 graduate of Oregon State University with a BS
degree in civil engineering. Steinbrugge is a lecturer at the University
of California at Berkeley in the College of Environmental Design,
Department of Architecture, and teaches courses in earthquake engineering
and structural engineering to fifth year architectural students. His
address is 6851 Cutting Boulevard, El Cerrito.
Board members receive their necessary expenses. Their appointments
require confirmation by the state Senate.
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR R( LD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
2-6-73
#57
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of Fresno
attorney Frank J. Creede, Jr. to the Fresno County Superior Court Bench.
He will fill the unexpired term of Judge Donald Franson, of Fresno
who has been elevated to the District Court of Appeal. The term
expires in June 1974.
Judge Creede, 46, a Republican, earned his B.A. degree from
Stanford University in 1947 after two years service in the U.S. Army
during World War II. He earned his law degree from the University of San
Francisco Law School in 1950.
He has been in private practice in Fresno and San Francisco since
that time. Prior to his appointment to the bench, he was a partner in
the firm of Creede, Dawson and Gillaspy, in Fresno.
Judge Creede is a native Californian and is married to the
former Mary Edyth Lang of Oakland. They are the parents of four children
######
Garcia
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR R ALD REAGAN
Sacramento, California 95814
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
2-6-73
Governor Reagan will meet with the new world's heavyweight
champion George Foreman Wednesday, February 7, 1973 in the Council
Room in the governor's office at 9:45 a.m.
Press coverage is invited.
######
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RO LD REAGAN
RELEASE: Y ediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
2-7-73
#58
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Robert B. Hawkins, Jr., director of the state Office of Economic
Opportunity, as chairman of the goverhor's Local Government Reform
Task Force.
Lieutenant Governor Ed Reinecke, chairman of the task force steering
committee, introduced Hawkins to the press this morning. Hawkins
outlined the task force's goals and plans for the immediate future.
Hawkins said a new director of the state's OEO would be appointed
soon.
A 31-year-old Republican, Hawkins has been director of OEO in
California since August of 1971. He holds Masters and Doctorate degrees
in political science from the University of Washington. His primary
emphasis in graduate school was on local government.
As director of the state OEO, he worked closely with county and
city governments in resolving local poverty problems.
While working for his Ph.D., he served as a member of the Faculty
Research Committee of the University of Washington's Political Science
Department, from 1967-69. He previously taught part-time at San
Francisco State College.
In 1966 he helped establish the Snohomish County Social Planning
Council, an OEO-funded Community Action Agency in Everett, Washington.
He is co-author of a book, Patterns of Issue Generation and Community
Responses on Public Policy Concerning the Poor and Minorities, published
in 1967 by the University of Washington Press.
In addition to being a Falk Fellow at the University of Washington,
he was awarded a Woodrow Wilson National Dissertation Scholarship in 1969
to study the problems of low income citizens.
Hawkins worked as district representative and administrative
assistant to former Assemblyman George W. Milias of Gilroy from April,
1964 to September, 1965.
He is a Republican. His wife, Mary, is a research consultant in
the State Office of Planning and Research, He will be paid an annual
salary of $28,875.
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RC LD REAGAN
RELEASE: _mmediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
2-7-73
#59
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Stockton attorney William R. Giffen, to the Stockton Municipal Court
bench to replace Judge Chris Papas, who was elected to the Superior
Court.
Judge Giffen, a 37-year-old Republican, earned both his B.A.
and law degrees at the University of Santa Clara. He has been a
partner in the Stockton law firm of Willis & Giffen for the past seven
years.
He is married to the former Janet Louise Ratto. They are the
parents of two boys and four girls.
Municipal Court judges receive an annual salary of $33,481.
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Garcia
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
2-7-73
#60
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of Rex
W. Cranmer, a Redlands attorney to the bench of the San Bernardino
County Municipal Court, East Division. He replaces Judge Russell
Goodwin who was elected to the Superior Court.
Judge Cranmer, 54, a Republican, is a native of Redlands. He
earned both his A.B. degree and his law degree at Stanford University.
From 1943-1946 he worked in a law firm in Los Angeles and later served
as San Bernardino deputy district attorney in 1946-47. He has been in
private practice since 1948 in Redlands.
He is married to the former Jean Larson and they are the parents
of three children.
Municipal Court judges receive an annual salary of $33,481.
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Garcia
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RC ALD REAGAN
RELEASE: (mmediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
2-7-73
#61
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
John A. Lewis, Livermore city attorney, as judge of the Municipal Court.
Lewis, 43, replaces Judge Joseph Schenone who has retired.
A Republican, Lewis has been city attorney for Livermore since
1964. Prior to his appointment at Livermore, Lewis was a deputy district
attorney for Alameda County.
Lewis is a 1951 graduate of the University of California at
Santa Barbara with a BA degree in political science. He received his
law degree in 1954 from Hastings College of the Law.
An environmentalist, Lewis is a member of the League of
California Cities, serving on the Committee on Urban Environmental
Quality. He is also a member of the National Institute of Municipal
Law Officers and in 1972 served as cochairman of the organization's
Environmental Protection Committee.
He is a former president of the UCSB alumni association. Lewis
and his wife Ann are the parents of two. minor children.
He will receive an annual salary of $33,481.
#####
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
2-7-73
#62
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Robert J. De Monte as director of the state Department of Housing and
Community [evelopment.
De Monte, 30, has been chief deputy director of the Department
of General Services since September of 1971. He succeeds Donald F.
Pinkerton of Fairfield who has resigned. Pinkerton has not announced
his future plans.
A Republican, De Monte has had the primary responsibility at
General Services for developing data processing, legal affairs, accountin
personnel management and program development.
De Monte is a 1964 graduate of California State College at
Hayward with a BS degree in accounting. He has also done graduate work
in business administration at Golden State College.
A native of Oakland, De Monte and his wife have one child.
They make their home at 2607 Morley Way in Sacramento. He will receive
an annual salary of $26,250.
#####
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR !
ALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
2-7-73
#63
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the dates for a special
election to fill the unexpired term of the late Carley Porter,
Assemblyman for the 38th Assembly District in Los Angeles County.
The special election will be May 29. The primary will be May 1.
Assemblyman Porter died December 6, 1972.
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR I
ALD REAGAN
RELEASE:
mediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
2-8-73
#64
MEMO TO NEWSMEN. Full details of the following revenue control and tax
reduction program being proposed by Governor Reagan will be presented at
a background press briefing in the governor's office today, Thursday,
February 8, at 2 p.m. In line with the background briefing policy which
has been long established by this office in connection with the budget
and other Reports to the People, we are asking that no film cameras or
broadcast tape recorders be used during the briefing itself. However,
following the briefing, radio and television newsmen who wish to film
and record interviews with members of the briefing team are invited to
do so.
Governor Ronald Reagan today proposed a long-term and far-reaching
program to reduce state taxes by imposing a constitutional control on
the total amount of state revenues which California state government
can take from the people in taxes in the years ahead.
The governor outlined his plan which also includes a permanent,
ongoing 10 percent slash in state income taxes beginning in calendar
1974--in a radio and television "Report to the People" scheduled for
broadcast this evening.
He said he will ask the legislature to place major elements of the
proposal on the ballot to be voted on by the people at a statewide
election later this year. If the legislature does not agree to the
constitutional amendment, the governor will head a petition drive to
place the plan on the ballot by initiative.
The overall program, first of its type to be proposed by any
governor, proposes a return of the great bulk of the state's $850 million
surplus to the people by means of a tax credit on this year's income
and a delay in the one cent sales tax increase which is slated to go into
effect June 1. A lesser portion of the surplus would be set aside for
one-time construction projects such as making the State Capitol Building
earthquake safe. Returning the surplus to the people can be accomplished
by the legislature during the current session.
The governor said that stringent economies in the management in
state government, more economical operation of the state's welfare and
Medi-Cal programs, and an upturn in the California economy, have made
possible the permanent 10 percent across-the-board reduction in the
state income tax he is proposing. It would be included in the
constitutional amendment to be voted on by the people.
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Report to the People
The most striking and far-reaching element of the overall program
would be the imposition of a constitutional limit on the percentage
of total personal income which state government can take from the
people in the years ahead. This also would be accomplished by
constitutional amendment or initiative.
State revenues are projected to go up from the current $9.8 billion
to $47 billion 15 years from now, five times the current level. The
"revenue control" function which the program would achieve would
gradually reduce the 8.75 percent of total state revenues which the
state presently takes down to 7.15 percent in 1989---a reduction of
almost 20 percent in the state tax burden.
Thus, after 15 years, state government would be taking in little
more than half ($27 billion) of the revenues it would be consuming
without the constitutional limitation on revenues.
The almost 20 percent reduction in state taxes which would occur
during the 15-year period is nearly equivalent to the entire income
tax now received by the state.
But, over the same period, the state will continue to experience
generous revenue growth to meet essential needs. In fact, the total
revenues of the state will have climbed nearly three times above the
present level ($9.3 billion) in 1989, if present economic growth trends
continue.
To meet any possible severe economic downturns or natural disasters
in the years alread, the governor's plan provides a continuing emergency
fund amounting to up to 4 percent of the budget of any given year.
Here is the text of Governor Reagan's televised Report to the
People
"I'm quite sure you already know the state will have a one-time
surplus of $850 million at the end of the fiscal year. This has been
made possible by stringent economies in the management of state
government, by savings realized from the welfare and Medi-Cal reforms,
the upturn in business and federal revenue sharing. But whatever the
reasons, it is taxpayers' money and it should be returned to you the
taxpayer.
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Report to the People
"We therefore are proposing a comprehensive program of revenue
control and tax reduction. First, with regard to the one-time surplus,
we think it should be used in part to delay the increase in the sales
tax now slated for June 1. The bulk of the remainder should be given
to you as a rebate on the income tax you owe in 1974. You will simply
deduct a percentage of your tax and put it back in your pocket. A
lesser portion of the surplus will be set aside for one-time construc-
tion projects such as making the Capitol Building earthquake safe.
"That takes care of the one-time surplus. But, in addition, our
economies have made possible a permanent ongoing tax cut. We propose
a 10 percent across-the-board reduction in the state income tax.
"And finally, we are proposing a long-term reduction of the state
tax burden and a constitutional limit on the percentage of the people's
income that can be ever taken by government. This, of course, means
that you will vote on this proposal since it involves a constitutional
amendment.
"State revenues are projected to go up from a current $9.8 billion
to $47 billion in 1989. If nothing is done to curb this, the state
budget in 15 years will be five times its present size.
"Before 1930, federal, state and local governments were taking
15 cents out of every dollar you earned. By 1950 it was 30 cents.
"Today government's share of every dollar you earn is more than
43 cents. Obviously freedom itself is in danger if we continue this
rate of increase. The state is presently taking more than 8½ cents
from each dollar you earn. In addition to the return of the surplus,
and the 10 percent income tax cut, we are asking you to vote an annual
reduction of that 81/2 percent until at the end of 15 years it has been
reduced to approximately 7 cents, thus limiting the total amount state
government can ever take in taxes. This amounts to a reduction in your
total state taxes of almost 20 percent over a 15-year period. That is
almost the equivalent of wiping out the entire present state income
tax and yet the state will still have nearly three times as much
revenue as it has now to meet the problems of growth.
"In the next few weeks, as soon as the constitutional language
can be written, this proposal will be submitted to the legislature with
a request that they approve putting it on the ballot at which time I
will call a special election. In the meantime, you will be given full
information on all the details of this entire plan."
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Report to the People
Here are some prepared comments of noted tax experts and economists
on the governor's program:
--CRAIG STUBBLEBINE, Ph.D., PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS, CLAREMONT MEN'S
COLLEGE, CLAREMONT GRADUATE SCHOOL CALIFORNIA:
"A constitutional initiative imposing strict limits on the taxation
of personal income and wealth is a direct and effective avenue by which
Californians may register their preferences with respect to state
spending. Should this initiative pass, Californians may look forward
to a progressive reduction in the burden of state taxation."
--WILLIAM A. NISKANEN, Ph.D., PROFESSOR, GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC
POLICY, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY:
"The proposed tax limit amendment represents a fundamental change
in the way we conduct our public business in the State of California.
Our present governmental processes do not serve us very well, primarily
because our elected representatives and public officials have an incen-
tive to spend more for government activities than is valued by the
population. The proposed tax limit amendment is based on an assumption
that the voters in California have the intelligence, information and
the right to determine the total state tax revenues."
--C. LOWELL HARRISS, Ph.D., PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS, COLUMBIA
UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK:
"One of the greatest needs in American government today is con-
trol of the growth of spending. The tax limitation plan that Governor
Reagan has proposed for California seems to me to offer a unique and
valuable opportunity for citizen participation in the spending/taxation
process."
-MILTON FRIEDMAN, Ph.D., PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS, UNIVERSITY OF
CHICAGO:
"All attempts to keep down government spending and taxes by con-
trolling individual programs have failed--defeated by a coalition of
special interests attached to specific programs. The only hope of
meeting the public's demands for an effective lid on spending is by
tackling the budget as a whole, rather than piecemeal. The governor's
proposed tax and spending ceiling to be included in the Constitution is
an imaginative venture in this direction. It provides for expenditure
control responsibly, allowing for growth in the state's economy, for
emergencies, and for a gradual transition to a lower relative level.
"The governor's proposal has an importance that extends far beyond
California. It will offer a beacon to every other state and to the
federal government. Citizens throughout the land are coming to recog-
nize that they are not getting their money's worth for the 40 percent
of their income that is being spent for them by governmental units,
federal state and local. They are demanding that they be permitted to
keep more of their own income to spend in accordance with their own
values. California may show them how to achieve this objective."
--ROGER FREEMAN, Ph.D., SENIOR FELLOW, THE HOOVER INSTITUTION:
"Governor Reagan's plan to reverse the trend of ever-increasing
tax burden and of a continuous and limitless expansion of governmental
spending and to reduce the tax load gradually over the next few years
is excellent. I expect it to be received with enthusiasm by the citi-
zens and taxpayers of California. In fact, I feel that California may
in this be setting a precedent and example for the entire nation.
Residents of other states may soon be clamoring for comparable relief
from exorbitant tax bills.
"I believe that the approach used by Governor Reagan--to reduce
the tax burden in small annual steps and to relate the tax limit to
the personal income of our citizens--is the only practicable approach
to implement it."
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Report to the Peopl
--MARTIN ANDERSON, Ph.D., SENIOR FELLOW, THE HOOVER INSTITUTION:
"The governor's plan offers the people of California a clear
opportunity to not only stop the increasing tax burden, but also to
reverse it. It is a truly innovative, eminently sensible tax reform
plan. If the people of California accept it--and I think they will--
it will mean more money in the pockets of Californians to be spent for
things they personally value and less money for government bureaucrats
to dissipate.
"We are now at the point where government spending has become so
wild and exuberant that it will only be controlled by restricting the
flow of tax money into the government coffers. The governor's plan is
a rational way to restrict this flow gradually and may be the only
viable alternative to keep us from a future fiscal crisis that could
severely damage each and every one of us."
--JAMES BUCHANAN, Ph.D., DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR PUBLIC CHOICE,
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE:
"Unfortunately, evidence accumulates that legislatures respond
largely to the pressures of the entrenched government bureaucracy,
rather than to the public at large. Until the legislature is forced
by constitutional restriction to face up to the conflicts between the
interest of the citizens and that of the bureaucracy, they will con-
tinue to take the route of least resistance. This has been, until now,
that of allowing government budgets and taxes to continue to grow.
I applaud the initiative taken by Governor Reagan of California in
attempting to resolve this major problem.'
--PETER DRUCKER, Ph.D., MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT, MEMBER OF THE
FACULTY OF CLAREMONT MEN'S COLLEGE GRADUATE SCHOOL, CLAREMONT:
"A legislature needs an absolute ceiling on the tax dollars which
it receives, so that it can get about the business of setting
priorities. Otherwise, legislators can't and won't say 'no' to spend-
ing proposals. This is the objective reality of our time."
--DAN THROOP SMITH, SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW AT THE HOOVER
INSTITUTION, AND LECTURER AT GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, STANFORD
UNIVERSITY:
"Governor Reagan's proposal will provide a basis for more rational
use of state funds and should assure the development of better programs.
It should set a precedent for other states. Its adoption in California
should help to assure the success of the efforts now being made in
Washington to limit federal expenditures."
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MAJOR FEATURES OF THE GOVERNOR'S REVENUE CONTROL AND TAX REDUCTION
PROGRAM.
1.
REVENUE LIMITATION
State tax revenues, except federal intergovernmental transfers,
employment insurance trusts, and excluded user fees, shall be limited
to that percentage of state personal income derived from dividing the
1973-74 tax revenues by the 1973 state personal income.
2.
TAX REDUCTION
The maximum allowable percentage of state personal income which
the state may take as tax revenues in 1974-75 and succeeding years
shall be reduced by 0.1 percent per year, except that if the allowable
percentage would produce less in revenues in a given year than 360
constant (1967) dollars times that year's Consumer Price Index
deflator times the state population, the constant dollar limit amount
may be used. Upon determination of the tax limit for the prospective
year, the legislature shall adjust the tax rates so as to produce a
level of revenues no greater than the limit, except as provided in the
Emergency Fund section below.
3.
EMERGENCY PROVISIONS
(a) Emergency Fund
The state shall create and maintain an Emergency Fund in an
amount not to exceed 0.2 percent of state personal income. The fund
may be appropriated by the legislature to meet emergency needs due to
economic, natural or other disaster outside the control of the
legislature and which result in costs exceeding the tax limitation.
After exhausting permissible internal borrowing and federal emergency
funds which may be available, the Emergency Fund may be utilized upon
declaration by the governor of the existence within the state of
California of a fiscal emergency, such declaration being concurred
in by a 2/3 vote of both houses of the legislature. The Emergency
Fund shall be created initially out of tax revenues received by the
state which are in excess of the tax limit and shall be re-created
each year either through carry-over of the preceding year's Emergency
Fund or by tax revenues in excess of the limit for that year. Before
the legislature adjusts the tax rates, the Emergency Fund shall be
created, or re-created in the event that all or part of its funds
have been consumed.
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(b) "Safety Valve" - Vote of the People.
Upon exhaustion of the resources available in the Emergency Fund,
and if the fiscal emergency continues, the legislature may, by a 2/3
vote, with the concurrence of the governor, impose a specific tax
increase for a specific state purpose, required to meet the existing
fiscal emergency. Such tax increase shall remain in effect no longer
than the date of the next regular statewide election, unless an
extension beyond that date is adopted through a vote of the people
a t such regular Statewide election.
4.
SPECIAL TAX LIMITATION INCREASE
The legislature may, by a 2/3 vote, place on the ballot for the vote
of the people a referendum proposal to defer the annual decrease in the
tax limit or to increase the tax limit, which shall be for a specific
purpose and shall involve the increase of a specific tax. If the
referendum is approved by the voters, the tax limit level then in
effect shall be increased only by the amount specified in such proposal.
5.
LIMIT COMPUTATION.
Estimates of State personal income and revenue limitation shall be
made by an Economic Estimate Commission, consisting of the State
Controller (Chairman), the Legislative Analyst and the Director of
Finance. They shall consult with recognized professional economists.
Estimates shall be produced and published by the Commission on October
1 and April 1 of each year for that fiscal year and the succeeding
fiscal year. Any surplus for a given fiscal year shall be determined
and published by the Commission, based upon actual revenue and total
personal income data, on August 1 following the close of that fiscal year
6.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT TAX LIMITS
The provisions of Chapter 1.5, Part 4, Division 1, of the Revenue
and Taxation Code, with the exception of Section 2164.3, shall be
incorporated in the initiative.
7.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION OF THE LIMIT
The tax limit may be raised by action of the legislature if the
State increases expenditures as required by Federal law or court action
to take over a local function, in which event local taxes shall be
reduced dollar-for-dollar. The revenue limitation shall be lowered if
the state reduces expenditures when required by federal law or court
action to transfer a function to the Federal Government.
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8.
TAX INCREASES
No State tax may be increased if such increase will produce revenues
in excess of the revenue limitation. The increase of any State tax
within the limitation shall require a 2/3 vote of the Legislature and
approval of the Governor. A 2/3 vote of the Legislature shall be
required to override a Governor's veto of a tax increase.
9.
TAX SURPLUS FUND
The State shall create a Tax Surplus Fund for any surplus of revenue
over expenditures and/or any surplus of revenues over the revenue
limitation within a given year. The Tax Surplus Fund shall be used
first to replenish the Emergency Fund, if necessary, and then only to
refund the remaining surplus to the people or decrease tax rates, as
determined by the Legislature with the concurrence of the Governor.
DEFINITIONS
1.
STATE PERSONAL INCOME
The total personal income of California as defined by the U.S.
Department of Commerce and including:
-income received by individuals from their labor and personal
investment;
-Social Security payments, minus personal contributions;
-welfare and other transfer payments;
-the imputed rental value of owner-occupied dwellings;
-income of non-profit institutions;
-government interest.
State personal income excludes income to profit-making corporations
and other business establishments.
2.
FEDERAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFER PAYMENTS
Amounts received by California from the Federal Government as fiscal
aid in the form of shared revenues and grants-in-aid, as reimbursements
for performance of general government functions and specific services
for the Federal Government, or in lieu of taxes; includes the large sums
of money received from the Federal Government for welfare, education,
health care and highways.
3.
EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE TRUSTS
Revenue from contributions required of employers and employees for
financing social insurance programs operated by the State and earnings
on assets held for such systems. The major trust funds in California
are Unemployment Insurance, Disability Insurance, Public Employees
Retirement System and Workmen's Compensation.
4. CONSTANT (1967 DOLLARS
Dollars with 1967 purchasing power as established in the national
Consumer Price Index. A revenue limit expressed in constant dollars
allows for the expansion of revenues to meet both inflation and
population growth.
5.
INTERNAL BORROWING
Procedures by which State funds may legally borrow from other State
funds on a temporary basis to meet a cash flow deficiency.
6.
FEDERAL EMERGENCY FUNDS
Funds available under Public Law 91-606, the National Disaster
Assistance Act, et al., to meet a national disaster declared by the
President.
7.
STATE TAX REVENUES
All receipts to the State Government of California. The major
components of State tax revenues are:
-the State sales tax;
-State personal income tax;
-State corporate income tax;
-State inheritance and gift tax;
-motor vehicle taxes;
-cigarette taxes;
-alcoholic beverage taxes;
-horse racing taxes;
-insurance taxes;
-miscellaneous taxes, licenses and fees.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR NALD REAGAN
RELEAS.
Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
2-8-73
#65
Governor Ronald Reagan today amended his January 30 request asking
President Nixon to declare disaster areas in three California
jurisdictions, to include Solano and Santa Barbara Counties.
In proclaiming a state of emergency in these counties today
Governor Reagan said that flooding, wind storms, and unusually high
tides in January have depleted all available state and local resources
in carrying out disaster operations according to mutual aid agreements.
State assistance has been provided by the Office of Emergency
Services, Department of Water Resources, Department of Fish and Game,
Department of Public Health, the Division of Highways, and the Office
of Architecture and Construction.
The total damage, both public and private, amounts to an estimated
$681, 356 in Solano County and $490,664 in Santa Barbara County.
The January 30 proclamation requested disaster areas be declared in
San Luis Obispo and Marin Counties, and the City of South San Francisco,
where over $12 million in damage was caused by heavy rains, wind, and
flooding last month.
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OFFI'E OF GOVERNOR
NALD REAGAN
RELEASE
Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
2-8-73
#66
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointments of the
seven member, newly constituted, board of governors for the California
Maritime Academy at Vallejo.
The present board of governors, including four members and the
state director of education (the superintendent of public instruction)
was reconstituted at the 1972 session of the legislature (AB 209 - Dunlap)
The new board will include seven members and a non-voting representative
from the federal Maritime Administration.
The members will take their seats March 7, when the legislation
creating the new board becomes effective. They are:
Garrison H. Davidson of Oakland. A Republican, General Garrison,
68, is retired. He is a former superintendent of the United States
Military Academy at West Point (1956-60), and assistant vice president
for administration at the University of California. He was also a
physics instructor at West Point and assistant football coach, and
chairman of the U.S. delegation to the Military Staff Committee to the
United Nations (1962-64).
George J. Vukasin, an Oakland city councilman. Vukasin, 38, is
vice president of the Peerless Coffee Company in Oakland. He is a
Republican, a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley with
a BA degree in criminology, and former president of the Board of Port
Commissioners for the Port of Oakland.
Edward E. Kerr of Piedmont. Kerr, 53, a retired U.S. Navy
captain, is a former professor of naval science at the University of
California at Berkeley (1968-72) and an associate professor of naval
science at Stanford University (1953-54). He is a 1942 graduate of the
U.S. Naval Academy and holds a Masters Degree in international affairs
from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. He is a Republican.
Owen A. Knorr of Sacramento. Dr. Knorr, who is the director of
the California Coordinating Council for Higher Education, holds Doctorate
and Masters degrees in biological sciences from the University of
Colorado. He is a former visiting professor at Sacramento State College
and was an associate professor of biology at the University of Colorado.
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Paul S. Mead of Hillsborough. Mead, 53, vice president of the
State Steamship Company in San Francisco, is a 1942 graduate of the
California Maritime Academy. He is a former port captain for the
American President Lines serving in Manila, Hong Kong, Yokohama and
Kobe, and was the company's manager in Japan from 1960 to 1966. He
joined the States Steamship Company as an assistant vice president in
1968, and was named to his present position in 1971. He is a Republican.
William F. Schill of Los Altos. Schill, 46, is manager of the
U.S. Fleet for the Chevron Shipping Company in San Francisco. He is a
1946 graduate of the California Maritime Academy. He is responsible
for all phases of the company's seagoing fleet of oil tankers.
William H. McPherson of Fairfield. McPherson, 50, who has a law
practice in Vallejo, was appointed to the original board by Governor
Reagan January 19, 1968. He is a former Solano County deputy district
attorney and a member of the Vallejo Economic Development Commission.
A Republican, McPherson is a 1948 graduate of Stanford University with
a BA degree in economics and history. He received his law degree from
Stanford in 1951.
Board members receive their necessary expenses.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR R ALD REAGAN
RELEASE:
mmediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
2-8-73
#67
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of former
All-American and Washington Redskin professional football player
Albert W. (A1) Couppee as a member of the state Athletic Commission.
Couppee, who is sports director of KGTV (Channel 10) in San Diego,
succeeds Alberto C. Diaz of Downey whose term has expired.
A Republican, Couppee, 52, is 1946 graduate of the University of
Iowa with a BS degree in commerce. He was an All Big 10 fullback at
Iowa in 1939-40-41, received All-American mention, played in the Shrine
East-West All Star game in San Francisco and the College All Star game
in Chicago.
He was a fullback and linebacker for the Redskins from 1945 to 1948,
when he retired to become sports director of a Des Moines, Iowa radio
station.
While in Des Moines, Couppee promoted and managed the Central Iowa
Golden Gloves Boxing Tournament. He was also chairman of the boxing
committee of the Iowa Association of the Amateur Athletic Union.
Couppee joined KGTV in 1961 and won Golden Mike awards in 1963 and
1965 for daily radio and television sportscasts. He averages
approximately 100 appearances each year as a speaker to youth groups,
civic and school clubs, veteran and church organizations.
Commission members receive $25 per diem and actual travel and
necessary expenses when on official business.
Couppee resides at 1152 Missouri Street, San Diego.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR
NALD REAGAN
RELEASE
Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
2-9-73
#68
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointment of
Ronell L. Draper of 13441 Gladstone, Sylmar to a second four-year term
as member of the State Board of Dry Cleaners in the Department of
Consumer Affairs.
Draper, a 36-year-old Republican, was first appointed to the board
by Governor Reagan February 26, 1969. He is the owner of a restaurant
in Pacoima and a past president of the Pacoima-Arleta Businessmens'
Association.
Draper and his wife Betty have three minor children. The
appointment requires confirmation by the state Senate.
Board members receive $25 per diem while on official business.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR )NALD REAGAN
MEMO T THE PRESS:
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
2-9-73
#69
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
February 12, 1973
through
February 19, 1973
Monday, February 12
HOLIDAY - Lincoln's Birthday
Overnight - Sacramento
Tuesday, February 13
10:30 a.m.
PRESS CONFERENCE
Noon
Informal Lunch as guest of Sacramento Press
Club, Top of the Cosmo, Cosmopolitan Motor
Hotel
4:00 p.m.
Briefing of Southern California newspaper
editors and publishers and radio-TV managers
on Governor Reagan's proposed revenue control
and tax reduction program, Rose Room, Interna-
tional Hotel, Los Angeles
Overnight - Los Angeles
Wednesday, February 14
9:15 a.m.
Briefing of Bay Area newspaper editors and
publishers and radio-TV managers on Governor
Reagan's proposed revenue control and tax
reduction program, North Beach Room, Airport
Marina Hotel, Burlingame
3:30 p.m.
Briefing of Valley newspaper editors and
publishers and radio-TV managers on Governor
Reagan's proposed revenue control and tax
reduction program, Governor's Council Room,
Sacramento
Overnight - Sacramento
Thursday, February 15
7:10 p.m.
Republican Party fundraising dinner and recep-
tion for State Senate candidate John Stull,
Royal Inn at the Wharf, San Diego
Overnight - San Diego
Friday, February 16
9:00 a.m.
Briefing of San Diego newspaper editors and
publishers and radio-TV managers on Governor
Reagan's proposed revenue control and tax
reduction program, Royal Inn at the Wharf,
West Coast Room, San Diego
Overnight - Los Angeles
Saturday, February 17
Sunday, February 18
No appointments scheduled
Overnight - Los Angeles
Monday, February 19
HOLIDAY - Washington's Birthday
Overnight - Los Angeles
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Gray
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR ONALD REAGAN
RELEASE:
SUNDAY A.Ms.
Sacramento, California 95814
February 11, 1973
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
2-9-73
PLEASE GUARD AGAINST PREMATURE
RELEASE
#70
State Finance Director Verne Orr today revealed that he would not
further press the University of California to study the plan to
consolidate research libraries in Northern and Southern California.
"Although the final draft of the plan has not even been written, "
Orr said, "the University expressed so many reservations about
cooperation that it would be pointless to ask them to continue working
on it."
Among other objections, University officials stated that the plan
would constitute an infringement on their immunity under the Constitution
of California.
On the contrary, Orr noted, Chancellor of the State University and
Colleges Glenn S. Dumke and his Vice Chancellor Harry Brakebill expressed
enthusiasm for the plan and volunteered their full cooperation to see
that it became successful. Orr indicated that further effort at
consolidation in both Northern and Southern California would be confined
to working with the California State University and Colleges System.
The Director of Finance further revealed that his office and the
governor's o office were working on the outline of a plan to tie
participating independent colleges and universities into the computerized
California State University and Colleges library network.
"Under the plan as we envision it," said Orr, "any private college
or university which wished to join the system would have a computer
terminal installed in its library by the state with all computer
expenses paid. Students at the participating private colleges and
universities could then request acquisition of books from the California
State University and Colleges library and have them delivered the
following day.
In return, the plan would require that private colleges and
universities who chose to enter the network would place on the computer
net a listing of all their books. Students at the California State
University and Colleges would thus have available to them the entire
library resources of every participating private college and university,
vastly augmenting material which is now available to students at public
institutions.
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"We hope to have this plan in form to present to the legislature
with the 1974-5 budget, " the Finance Director noted.
Orr further stated that some near-hysterical stories of the proposed
consolidation of research facilities envision thousands of students
busing from one campus to another daily. "Such stories would be
humorous if it were not that they were apparently written in good faith
and total ignorance,' according to Orr.
The proposed consolidation does not anticipate any mass busing of
students nor even the transport of tremendous numbers of volumes.
Department of Finance auditors, in a study of several libraries in
higher education, found that almost one-half of the books on the shelves
were neither circulated nor used within the library once in twenty years.
"We feel that this material could be consolidated, duplication
reduced, and substantial economies achieved,' said Orr. A professor
doing research or a doctoral candidate might find it necessary to visit
the central research library, but the vast majority of volumes utilized
by undergraduates would not be relocated and few undergraduate students
would need to go to the central research library for material.
California State University libraries at Los Angeles and San
Francisco are substantially smaller than their counterparts in the
University Dystem, according to Orr. However, he indicated that the
transfer of vittle used materials to these libraries would increase the
number of volumes and that the Department of Finance might propose to
the legislature sugmented funding over the next few years to improve
the availability of scarce material on the computer network.
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OFFICE or GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE:
Immediate
Sacramento, Californi
95814
Ed Gray, Press Secret
916-445-4571
2-14-73
#71
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced he has reappointed five
members to various state boards, and has filled two vacancies on areawide
mental retardation boards.
Appointed to a three-year term on the Areawide Mental Retardation
Program Board for Area VIII (Merced, Mariposa, Madera, Fresno, Tulare,
Kings and Kern counties) was Mrs. Edward C. (Vonny) Sturgeon of Fresno.
Mrs. Sturgeon, who is not registered, fills the vacancy created by the
resignation of Margaret G. Hansen of Kingsburg.
Mrs. Sturgeon, a 1949 graduate of Pacific Lutheran University,
Tacoma, Washington, with a BA degree in economics, is a member of the
board of directors of the United Cerebral Palsy of Central California
and the Central California Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis
Society.
Robert W. Perkins of Corona del Mar was appointed to the Areawide
Mental Retardation Program Board for Area XI (Orange County) for a three-
year term. He replaces Floyd S. Stevens, Jr., of Santa Ana, whose term
has expired. He is a Republican.
Perkins is a former agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
He is a graduate of the University of Southern California with a BS degree
in business administration. Areawide Mental Retardation board members
receive their actual and necessary expenses.
Mrs. Richard (Taiche W.) Kantner of San Diego was reappointed to a
four-year term as a member of the State Board of Landscape Architects.
A Republican, Mrs. Kantner has served on the board since January 15, 1969.
Paul R. Eschbacher of San Jose and Harold J. Marshall of Tujunga, bot}
doctors of podiatry, have been reappointed to the state Podiatry Examining
Committee. Both are Republicans. They were first appointed to the
committee January 27, 1969. Committee members receive $25 a day while on
official duty.
Denver C. Latimer of Los Molinos and William E. McDermott, Jr., of
Walnut Creek have been reappointed to four-year terms on the state Board
of Pharmacy. Both are Republicans and were first appointed March 18, 1969
Pharmacy board members receive $28 a daywhen on official business.
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Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secr ary
916-445-4571
2-14-73
#72
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointment of
Charles 0. Doud of La Canada to a four-year term as a member of the
state Athletic Commission.
Doud, 41, was first appointed to the commission on February 13, 1969.
The appointment requires confirmation by the state Senate.
A Republican, Doud is a graduate of the University of California at
Los Angeles with a BS degree in finance. He was an All-America tackle
on the UCLA football team in 1953.
He was a jet pilot in the U.S. Air Force from 1955 to 1958.
A stockbroker, Doud is treasurer of the Serra Club of Pasadena
and is a past president of Toastmasters International. He is also a
former member of the U.S. Air Force Academy Athletic Association; the
UCLA Varsity Lettermen's Club, and currently serves as a member of the
board of the Junipero Serra Boys' Club.
Mr. and Mrs. Doud have six children. They live at 4254 Chevy Chase
Drive, La Canada.
Commission members receive $28 per diem and their actual and
necessary expenses.
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REAGAN
Imedate
Sacramento, Californi 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secret
y
916-445-4571
2-14-73
#73
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointments of
Albert E. Hole, the state fire marshal, and Walter Pudinski, commissioner
of the California Highway Patrol, to four-year terms as members of the
California State Communications Advisory Board.
Hole, 52, was first appointed to the board by Governor Reagan on
June 6, 1967. Pudinski, 47, was named to the board September 15, 1972.
He was appointed commissioner of the highway patrol July 17, 1972.
Both are Republicans. Their appointments require confirmation by the
state Senate.
Board members receive their necessary expenses.
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Walthall
Sacramento, Califorria 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secr ary
916-445-4571
2-14-73
#74
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointments of John B.
Huntington, of Piedmont, Mrs. Caroline L. Ahmanson, of Los Angeles,
and Mrs. Nancy W. Ebsen, of Agoura, to the California Arts Commission.
The appointments require Senate confirmation.
Huntington, a San Francisco lawyer, replaces Mrs. Antonia Olker
of Chico. The 35-year-old native Californian is the president of the
Society of California Pioneers and a member of the board of directors of
the San Francisco Ballet Association. He is married to the former
Margaret Gompertz. The family resides at 74 Sea View Avenue, Piedmont.
Mrs. Ahmanson fills the unexpired term of Alfred F. Wallenstein of
Palm Springs, who resigned. The term expires July 1973. The widow of
the late Howard Ahmanson, she is president of Caroline Leonetti, Ltd.,
a self-improvement center for women. She attended the University of
California and is a graduate of the California School of Design in
San Francisco.
She is on the executive board of the Peace Corps National Advisory
Council and is a member of the Advisory Committee of the American
Association of Museums. She is also a member of numerous other civic,
social and cultural organizations.
Mrs. Ebsen will fill the unexpired term of James R. Silke of
Northridge, who resigned. The term ends in July 1974. Mrs. Ebsen, a
1940 graduate of Vassar, spent two and one half years as a Coast Guard
officer during World War II. She and her actor husband Buddy Ebsen, are
the parents of five children and two stepdaughters. She has taught drama
at the Oakwood School in North Hollywood and worked with a variety of
community theater groups.
All the appointees are Republicans. They will receive necessary
travel expenses. Full term appointments to the commission are for
three years.
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Garcia
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
MEMO TO THE PRESS
916-445-4571
2-14-73
Governor Ronald Reagan will review the California State Police
at 12:00 noon, Wednesday, February 14, 1973 at the west steps of the
state Capitol. Foul weather parade will be in the Rotunda.
The brief program will include the National Anthem by the 59th
Army Band, California Army National Guard, headquartered in Sacramento.
State police chief Guy Oates and Captain Timothy Hill will
accompany the governor during the review.
This is the first time that Governor Reagan will review the
state police.
Press coverage is invited.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
2-15-73
#75
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointment of
Clair T. Wolfsen and Elwyn F. Reynolds, both of Mariposa, to the board
of directors of the 35-A District Agricultural Association.
The association operates the Mariposa County Fair.
Wolfsen, 66, a Democrat, has served on the board since 1969. He
has been a cattle rancher in Mariposa County since 1940. He is a member
of the Sierra National Forest Advisory Board. His address is Buckeye
Road, Mariposa.
Reynolds has served on the board since 1965. The 74-year-old
Republican is a past president of the Mariposa County Chamber of Commerce.
He is also a former president of the Mariposa Lions Club and a past
commander of the local American Legion Post and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
His address is P.O. Box 407, Mariposa.
Board members serve four-year terms and receive necessary expenses.
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Garcia
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
Sacramento, California 95814
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
2-15-73
Governor Ronald Reagan will welcome to Sacramento Donald and
Dennis Witherspoon, four-year-old twins from Van Nuys, the Crippled
Children's Society Seal Twins at 11 a.m. today. They will pose for
the Crippled Children's statewide poster. Following the picture
taking, the governor will escort the Witherspoon twins to the Senate
chambers to present the children to the Senate.
Press coverage is invited.
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Garcia
offic
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
2-15-73
#76
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Newton L. Steward, Eureka broadcasting executive, to the Educational
Commission of the States. He replaces the late Henry T. Gunderson of
San Jose.
The Educational Commission, with 43-member states, is composed of
seven representatives from each member state, including the governor,
two legislators, and four other persons active in various areas of
education. Commissioners, representing a variety of political and
educational viewpoints, provide an effective resource for seeking policy
alternatives, analyzing educational innovation, and providing
communication among the states on educational matters.
Steward, 51, a Republican, is vice president and general manager of
Humboldt Bay Video Company. He is a member of the state board of
education and the governor's Commission on Educational Reform.
He is active in numerous civic groups in Eureka in addition to
several professional journalism and broadcast organizations.
Steward has attended the University of Redlands, the University of
Hawaii, the University of Colorado and the University of California.
He and his wife Elizabeth live at 936 Manzanita Avenue, Eureka,
with their three children.
Commission members serve at the pleasure of the governor and receive
actual and necessary expenses.
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Garcia
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
2-15-73
#77
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointment of
Robert J. Acosta, of Chatsworth, Harrison C. Alper, of San Carlos, and
Mrs. Bruce S. Roberts, of Wheatland, to the State Board of Guide Dogs
for the Blind.
Acosta, 33, an instructor at Chatsworth High School, is a graduate
of California State College, Los Angeles. He previously taught at
Manteca Union High School for three years.
He is an honorary member of the Granada Hills Jaycees and is on
the executive committee of the California Council for the Blind. He
lives at 9927 Desoto Avenue, Chatsworth. He is a Democrat.
Alper, 54, a Republican, is a special representative for the San
Carlos investment firm of Kelly and Morey, Inc. He is married, the
father of three children, and the family resides at 149 Kelton Avenue,
San Carlos.
Mrs. Kay Roberts, a Republican, is a 1959 graduate of California
State College in Los Angeles with a degree in home economics. She was
reared by a blind mother, Mrs. Dorothy Scott, who was the first appointee
to the State Board of Guide Dogs for the Blind under Governor Earl Warren.
Mrs. Scott served on the board from 1947 to 1962.
Mrs. Roberts and her husband have three children. The family
address is Route 1, Box 253F, Wheatland.
Both Acosta and Alper are blind and are guide dog users.
Board members serve four-year terms and receive $28 per diem.
All three appointees have served since February 1969.
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Garcia
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
2-15-73
#78
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointment of
Mrs. Jack (Arlys) Loew, of Chico to the Vocational Rehabilitation Appeals
Board. She has served on the board since August 1972. The reappointment
to a four-year term requires Senate confirmation.
Mrs. Loew, a Republican, earned her B.S. degree in Public Health
Nursing at UCLA in 1942. She did graduate work in education and
psychology at Sacramento State and earned her M.A. degree in counseling
and guidance at Chico State College in 1962.
She has worked extensively with retarded children and has served
on the Planning Advisory Group of the State Department of Rehabilitation.
Mrs. Loew also has served as program developer for the Butte County
Coordinating Council for the Mentally Retarded and was associate director
for the Far Northern Coordinating Council for the Mentally Retarded.
She is presently Research Specialist and Project Director of the
Packaged Self-instruction Program in Humboldt County Schools. Her
address is 1901 Dayton Road, Chico.
Board members receive actual and necessary expenses.
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Garcia
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
2-15-73
#79
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced that he has regretfully
accepted the resignation of Edgar M. Gillenwaters, director of the
California Department of Commerce, effective March 1.
"Ed Gillenwaters has made a tremendous contribution to the
State of California for more than six years in a number of demanding
assignments," Governor Reagan said.
"As director of the Department of Commerce, he drafted and put
into operation an ambitious range of programs to assure the balanced
economic development California must have to provide expanded job
opportunities for our people.
"He was active in organizing the California Space Shuttle Task
Force in its successful efforts to obtain this important program for
the California aercspace industry."
Gillenwaters, 40, will become vice president and director of
Sports Medicine Institute, Inc., a new non-profit foundation that will
specialize in research, education, and medical programs for the
prevention and treatment of athletic injuries. The foundation, being
developed by medical and sports world figures, including team owners,
players, managers, educators, and business interests involved in
athletics, will be located initially at Centinnela Hospital in Inglewood.
"Although we regret losing a very capable and talented
administrator," Governor Reagan said, "Ed has our best wishes as he
undertakes a challenging and exciting new venture that can have a great
and beneficial impact on the world of athletics and medicine."
The Department of Commerce includes the Divisions of Business
and Industry Development, Tourism Industry Development and International
Trade, the California Commission for Economic Development, Council of
Product Design and Marketing, and the California Museum of Science and
Industry.
Gillenwaters was one of Governor Reagan's first appointees in
1966. As deputy director of the Department of Finance, he served as
the state of California's Washington representative, acting as liaison
with the White House and Congress.
He became assistant to the governor for Intergovernmental
Relations in 1970, and in 1971 he was appointed director of the Depart-
ment of Commerce and supervised its reorganization.
In 1972, Gillenwaters was appointed by the Nixon Administration
to the National Export Expansion Council. He also has been a member of
the Cal-Job Law Review Board.
Prior to joining the Reagan administration, Gillenwaters held
executive positions with Congressman Bob Wilson, R-San Diego, and with
Barnes Chase Advertising and Rchr Industries in San Diego.
Gillenwaters, his wife Jane, and three children, will reside in
the
Balos
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area
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
Sacramento, California 95814
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
2-15-73
Governor Ronald Reagan will make an important environmental
announcement of worldwide significance Friday morning at 11:45 in the
Escadrille Room of the Proud Bird Restaurant, 11022 Aviation Boulevard,
Los Angeles.
Press coverage is invited.
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RELI E: IMMEDIATE
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
2-16-73
#81
GOVERNOR REAGAN ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT DISASTER UNEMPLOYMENT
COMPENSATION FUNDS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO DISASTER VICTIMS IN
/SOLANO
THE COUNTIES OF MARIN, SAN LUIS CBISPO, SANTA BARBARA, AND
THE CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO.
STATE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND THE U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ARE DEVELOPING THE AGREEMENT NECESSARY
FOR THIS-ASSISTANCE.
INDIVIDUALS UNEMPLOYED AS A RESULT OF THIS DISASTER SHOULD
ONE OF
CONTACT THEIR LOCAL HRD OFFICE OR/THE DISASTER ASSISTANCE
CENTERS LOCATED AT CALIFORNIA NATIONAL GUARD ARMORY, SAN
RAPAEL, CALIFORNIA, SOLANO COUNTY HALL OF JUSTICE, FAIRFIELD,
CALIFORNIA, OR 303 SOUTH HIGUERA STREET, SAN LUIS OBISPO,
CALIFORNIA, FOR ASSISTANCE.
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
MEMO TO THE PRESS
916-445-4571
2-20-73
Governor Ronald Reagan will sign a contract this morning.
February 20, with the President's Office of Emergency Preparedness
authorizing the use of federal funds in the counties of Marin, San Luis
Obispo, Santa Barbara, Solano and the City of South San Francisco,
which have been declared major disaster areas. Present at the signing,
in addition to the governor, will be John Coleman of the President's
Office of Emergency Preparedness, Robert C. Stevens, of San Francisco,
Regional Director of the federal office, and Robert L. Vickers,
deputy director, state Office of Emergency Services.
Signing is scheduled for 11:55 a.m. in the Cabinet Room in the
governor's office.
Press coverage is invited.
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Califor a 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secre ary
916-445-4571
2-21-73
#82
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointment of
John A. Nemes and the appointment of Edward J. Huber, Jr., both of Napa,
to the board of directors of the 25th District Agricultural Association.
The association operates the Napa Town and Country Fair.
Nemes, 56, is the publisher of the Napa County Record. He has
served on the board since February 1969. A founder of the Napa Valley
Bank, he is active in civic and service organizations. He and his wife
live at 1019 Mustang Road, Napa.
Huber, 46, replaces George B. Heibel, of Pope Valley, whose term
expired. Huber owns a jewelry store in Napa. He is a member of the
City Planning Commission. He lives at 1099 Coombsville Road, Napa.
Both men are Republicans.
Board members serve four-year terms and receive necessary expenses.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR ROLALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
2-21-73
#83
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointment of
Mrs. Edna M. Stein, of Encinitas, and William B. Moeser, of San Diego,
to the 22nd District Agricultural Association board of directors.
The association operates the Southern California Exposition at
Del Mar.
Mrs. Stein, a Republican, has served on the board since May 1969.
She is active in community affairs, a volunteer Red Cross worker and a
member of the Del Mar Chamber of Commerce. She and her husband,
Dr. Joseph M. Stein, live at 1470 Summit, Encinitas.
Moeser, a 52-year-old Democrat, has been a member of the board
since May 1963. The San Diego businessman is a vice president of U.S.
Financial, a real estate holding company. He and his wife, June, a
former County Deputy Marshal, live at 2471 Presidio Drive, San Diego.
Board members serve four-year terms and receive necessary expenses.
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Garcia
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Califorr's 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secre ary
916-445-4571
2-21-73
#84
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
James H. Brower, of Solana Beach, as a member of the state Race Track
Leasing Commission. He serves at the pleasure of the governor.
The position is non-salaried.
Brower was appointed as a result of his recent election as
president of the 22nd District Agricultural Association. He replaces
Franklin L. Barnes, of Julian, who continues on as a member of the
board of the association.
The 65-year-old Brower is a retired colonel, having served on
active duty for 29 years with the U.S. Marine Corps. He is active in
numerous civic and service organizations and is president and director
of the Irrigation Districts Association of California. He and his wife
live at 428 South Granados Avenue, Solana Beach.
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Garcia
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
2-22-73
#85
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointment of
C. (Rans) Pearman, of San Gabriel, to the state Fish and Game Commission.
The appointment, to a six-year term, requires Senate confirmation.
Pearman, 72, a Democrat, is chairman of the executive committee,
Community Bank in Huntington Park. He lives at 616 Roses Road,
San Gabriel.
Pearman has served on the commission since April 1967. He
receives $10 per day while on official duty.
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Garcia
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
2-22-73
#86
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Mrs. Henry R. (Marion) Drinker of 14711 Fruitvale Avenue, Saratoga as
a member of the advisory committee to the state's Preschool Educational
Programs.
Mrs. Drinker fills the vacancy created by the resignation of
Virla Krotz of Orinda who has resigned.
A Republican, Mrs. Drinker is a member of the state Board of
Education. She attended Mills College and is assistant to the director
of Project IDEA (Infant Deafness Educational Assistance) in the Santa
Clara County Department of Education.
Advisory committee members receive no compensation,
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
2-22-73
#87
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointment of two
members to the state's Hearing Aid Dispensers Examining Committee.
Mrs. John B. (Nancy) Bates of 20 Bellevue Avenue, Piedmont, and
Roy R. zumBrunnen of 1855 West Silver Lake Drive, Los Angeles, were
reappointed to four-year terms. Both are Republicans and have been
members of the committee since May 20, 1971.
Mrs. Bates is a graduate of the University of California, and is
a member of the board of directors of the San Francisco Bay Area
Hearing Society.
zumBrunnen attended the University of Minnesota and Los Angeles
State College. He is the owner and operator of a hearing aid center in
Los Angeles. He is also a former president of the Society of Hearing
Aid Audiologists and the California Hearing Aid Dealers Association.
Committee members receive $25 a day per diem when on official
business.
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
2-22-73
#88
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Antonio Perelli-Minetti, Jr., M.D., of 309 Fairway Drive, Bakersfield,
as a member of the Advisory Board for the Mentally Disordered at
Patton State Hospital.
Dr. Perelli-Minetti succeeds John R. Beukema, M.D., of Redlands
whose term has expired. His term is for three years.
A Republican, Dr. Perelli-Minetti, 50, received his undergraduate
and medical degrees from Stanford University. He is a native of Ukiah.
Advisory Board members receive their necessary expenses.
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
2-22-73
#89
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointment of four
members and the appointment of a new member to the Advisory Council on
Vocational Education and Technical Training.
James M. Gray, of Long Beach, is the new member. He replaces
John F. Weidert, of Fresno, who resigned. The term ends in November, 1974.
Reappointed to four-year terms are Dr. Melvin L. Barlow, of Los
Angeles, Herbert L. Martin, of Bakersfield, Mrs. Virna M. Canson of
Sacramento, and Mrs. Eleanore D. Nettle, of San Mateo. All have served
on the council since its inception in March 1969.
Gray, 35, a Republican, is president of Jim Gray Imports. A
graduate from California State University, Long Beach, he is a member of
the Board of Education of the Long Beach Unified School District and the
Long Beach Community College District. He will represent elementary
school boards on the council. Gray lives with his wife and two daughters
at 361 Linares Avenue, Long Beach.
Dr. Barlow, Director of Vocational Education and Professor of
Education at UCLA, will represent higher education on the council.
Dr. Barlow, 62, declined to state his political affiliation. He resides
at 3264 Mountain View Avenue, Los Angeles.
Martin, 56, a Republican, is a retired supervisor of special services
with the Kern County High School District. In addition to his twenty
years' experience in vocational education, he has also conducted programs
for the mentally and physically handicapped. He will fill the billet on
the council that calls for a person familiar with programs of technical
and vocational education.
Martin is married and lives at 4001 Marella Way, Bakersfield.
Mrs. Nettle, a Republican, is a member of the Board of Trustees of
San Mateo Junior College. She is a former member of the Coordinating
Council for Higher Education and is a former chairman of the San Mateo
County Juvenile Justice Commission. She represents community college
governing boards on the council. Her address is 400 Turner Terrace,
San Mateo.
/field director and legislative advocate
Mrs. Canson, a Democrat, is with the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People legislative office in Sacramento. She
served as Treasurer-manager for the NAACP Credit Union for fifteen years
and was also associated with the Office of Economic Opportunity. She
represents the general public on the council. Her address is 400 Turner
Terrace, San Mateo.
The terms of the reappointed members of the council will expire in
November 1976. They receive actual and necessary expenses.
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Garcia
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
2-22-73
#90
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of two
Northern California men to fill vacancies on the 17-member Advisory
Coordinating Council on Public Personnel Management.
Jack Johnston, of Sacramento, chief of the Division of Manpower and
Management Services in the Department of Water Resources, and Warren
Boggess, member of the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors, are the
new members of the council. They will serve without compensation, at the
pleasure of the governor, in the voluntary positions.
The council was established by Executive Order in May 1971 to advise
the governor on matters concerning personnel management, the education
and training of public service personnel and manpower.
The council, chaired by Dr. Randy H. Hamilton, of Berkeley, is
composed of representation from the state, county and city government,
the public, and higher education. Boggess will serve as a representative
of county government while Johnston will represent the state.
Boggess was Mayor of the City of Concord, where he served as City
Councilman for six years, prior to his election as a county supervisor.
He is the owner of Pacific States Aviation in Concord and conducts aerial
traffic surveys on KSFO radio. He holds a degree in public administration
from Stanford University and served in the armed forces as a combat pilot
in World War II. He is a Republican. Boggess is married and has three
children.
Johnston, a Democrat, entered state service as an administrative
trainee with the State Personnel Board in 1950. He has been in his present
position with the Department of Water Resources since 1965. Prior state
service includes positions with the Department of Public Health, and the
Department of Mental Hygiene at Stockton.
Johnston received a degree in political science from the University
of California, Berkeley, and served one year as an intern with the Coro
Foundation. He and his wife and five children live at 1738 - 10th Avenue,
Sacramento.
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Garcia
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
2-23-73
#91
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointment of San
Francisco housewife and environmentalist Mrs. Jean Auer and the
appointment of Wallace Don Maughan, of Carmichael, to the Water Resources
Control Board.
Maughan replaces Edward F. Dibble, of Redlands, whose term expired.
Both appointments, to four-year terms, are subject to Senate confirmation
Mrs. Auer, prior to moving to the Bay area, was active in
environmental circles in Santa Barbara and for six years participated
in studies of that area's water problems, conducted by the Santa Barbara
League of Women Voters.
She was named to the Central Coastal Regional Quality Control Board
by Governor Reagan in 1970 and later appointed to the San Francisco Bay
Regional Board.
A former school teacher, she was graduated with honors from the
University of Ohio in 1958, with a B.S. degree in education. She and her
husband Carl, owner of an equipment leasing business, have three children.
They live at 591 Miramar Avenue, San Francisco. She has served on the
board since May, 1972.
Maughan was executive director of the federal Water Resources Council
in Washington, D.C., prior to accepting the California appointment. He
has spent the past 23 years in water resources planning, and since the
mid-1950s has participated continuously in interstate and federal-state
studies.
Prior to his federal appointment, Maughan was chief, Interstate
Planning Branch in the Department of Water Resources. He received his
bachelor of science degree in civil engineering from the University of
Utah in 1944. He is a registered professional engineer in California
and Utah and is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
He resides at 5143 Bellwood Way, Carmichael.
Both Mrs. Auer and Maughan are Republicans. Their terms will
expire in January 1977.
Board members receive an annual salary of $26,250.
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Garcia
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
2-23-73
#92
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
John K. Geoghegan, of Carmichael, as director of the Department of
Commerce, effective March 1. He will replace Edgar M. Gillenwaters,
who has resigned to enter private enterprise.
Geoghegan, 39, is presently the executive secretary of the
California Commission for Economic Development. He was city manager of
Union City from 1963 to 1970 when he entered state service as executive
secretary of the State Environmental Quality Study Council.
A graduate of the University of California at Santa Barbara, with a
degree in Political Science, Geoghegan served as an intern with the Coro
Foundation, a private group that provides on-the-job training in
government and politics.
Geoghegan is married and lives with his wife and two sons at
6841 Westmore Way, Carmichael. He is a Republican.
Geoghegan will receive an annual salary of $28,875. His appointment
will require Senate confirmation.
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Garcia
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR ROMALD REAGAN
Sacramento, California 95814
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
2-23-73
There is a time change this morning for the picture taking session
with the Easter Seal Child in the governor's office.
It will be 10:15 a.m. instead of 10:45 a.m.
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Garcia
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
2-23-73
#93
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Edward S. Liska, M.D., of
San Francisco, to the Advisory Board for the Mentally Disordered at
Napa State Hospital. Dr. Liska will fill the unexpired term of
Mrs. Elizabeth Rowen, of San Rafael, who resigned. The term expires
December, 1975.
Dr. Liska, a 56-year-old Democrat, earned his A.B. degree from
Columbia University in New York, and his M.D. degree from Tufts
University, Medford, Mass.
He presently is in private practice of adult and child psychiatry.
He is also a psychiatric consultant at the Edgewood San Francisco
Protestant Orphanage. He lives at 130 Miraloma Drive, San Francisco.
Board members receive necessary expenses.
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Garcia
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
2-23-73
#94
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
San Diego attorney Robert S. Butler to the Certified Shorthand
Reporters Board in the Department of Consumer Affairs
Butler replaces Richard P. Figone, of San Francisco, whose term
expired. The appointment, to a four-year term, requires Senate
confirmation.
The 34-year-old Republican is a native of San Diego, earned his
B.S. degree in banking and finance at California State University,
San Diego, and is a partner in the San Diego law firm of Butler, Ruff &
Harrigan. He earned his law degree at Hastings College of the Law.
Butler is married and has a son and daughter. The family resides
at 6356 Mesita Drive, San Diego.
Board members receive $28 per diem.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
MEMO TO ThE PRESS
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
2-23-73
#95
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
February 26, 1973
through
March 4, 1973
Monday, February 26
No public appointments scheduled
Overnight - Washington, D.C.
Tuesday, February 27
10:00 a.m.
Press briefing by Governor Reagan on his
proposed Revenue Control and Tax Reduction
Program, National Aviation Club, Washington, D.C.
Afternoon
National Governor's Conference activities,
Washington Hilton, Washington, D.C.
Overnight - Washington, D.C.
Wednesday, February 28
National Governor's Conference activities
Overnight - Washington, D.C.
Thursday, March 1
Morning
National Governor's Conference activities
2:30 p.m.
Press availability, Capitol Hill Club,
Washington, D.C.
Overnight - Los Angeles
Friday, March 2
No public appointments scheduled
Overnight - Los Angeles
Saturday, March 3
No appointments scheduled
Overnight - Los Angeles
Sunday, March 4
No appointments scheduled
Overnight - Los Angeles
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Gray
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR NALD REAGAN
RELEASE
Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
2-26-73
#96
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of Dr. C.
Lemar Mayer of Monterey Park, to the Advisory Commission on Special
Education.
Dr. Mayer fills a new position created by the 1971 legislature.
He serves at the pleasure of the governor.
The 45-year-old Democrat is the Associate Chairman of the Department
of Special Education at California State University, Los Angeles.
Dr. Mayer earned his B.A. degree at Stanislaus State College, his
master's degree at California State College, Los Angeles, and his
doctorate at Syracuse University, New York, All his degrees are in
the educational field.
Rs is married and the father of four children. The family resides
at 1552 Trumbower Avenue in Monterey Park.
Commission members receive actual and necessary expenses.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR Rt ALD REAGAN
RELEASE: mmediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
2-26-73
#97
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of Miss Rose
Marie Brulloths, of Playa del Rey, as a member of the Job Training and
Development Advisory Board. She replaces Richard S. Amador of Monterey
Park, who resigned.
The appointment to the board, in the Department of Human Resources
Development, requires Senate confirmation. Members serve at the pleasure
of the governor.
Miss Brulloths is Evaluations Division Administrator with the
national office of Operations SER - (Jobs for Progress, Inc.), in Los
Angeles. Her staff conducts evaluations of 50 SER projects and four
regional offices.
A native of Corpus Christi, Texas, she is a graduate of Stephen
F. Austin State College in Nacogdoches, Texas, where she earned her B.A.
degree in Education. She is a Republican. Miss Brulloths resides at
7777 West 91st, E 2142 in Playa del Rey.
Board members receive $28 per diem and necessary expenses while on
official business.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR F ALD REAGAN
RELEASE:
Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
2-26-73
#98
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointment of G.
Theodore Pretzer of Fresno to the board of directors of the 21st District
Agricultural Association, which operates the Fresno District Fair, and
named three new members to the board.
The three new members, all Republicans and all from Fresno County
are: Ralph R. Coelho, 68, who replaces William J. Hutchinson of Fresno
whose term has expired; Fernando C. Machado, 40, who succeeds the late
Sidney L. Cruff of Selma; and Melville E. Wilson, 65, who fills the
unexpired term of Hollis G. Best of Fresno, who became ineligible to
serve on his appointment to the Superior Court bench.
Pretzer, whose new term will expire January 15, 1977, has served
on the board since 1969. He is a rancher and a past president of the
Fresno District Fair Association. Pretzer resides at 95 North Hayes
Avenue in Fresno.
Coelho is a farmer and president of the Pacific Farm Company and
the Pacific Produce Distributors. His term expires January 15, 1977.
He resides at 3386 North Van Ness Boulevard in Fresno.
Machado, who is also a farmer, is a first vice president of the
Farm Bureau. His term will expire January 15, 1975. He resides at
5377 South Blythe Avenue in Fresno.
Willson, president of Willson Farms, Inc., is regional vice president
of the California Chamber of Commerce and a member of the board of the
California Education Foundation on Agriculture and Food Production. His
term will expire January 15, 1976. He resides at 7615 North Charles
Avenue in Fresno.
Members receive their necessary expenses.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RC LD REAGAN
RELEASE:
amediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
2-26-73
#99
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of Robert
E. Bell and John W. (Jack) Luhring, both of Los Angeles, to the California
Job Development Corporation Law Executive Board.
Bell, 45, a political independent, is president of the Alliance
Food Corporation in Los Angeles. He succeeds Hillard Hamm of Compton
who has resigned.
A former lecturer for minority students on opportunities in the
business and industrial world, Bell is a graduate of San Diego State
College with a BA degree in public administration.
He is a director of the South East Business Development Corporation
of San Diego, and a member of the Black Business Men's Association.
Bell resides at 3916 Olympiad Drive, Los Angeles.
Luhring, 60, a Democrat, succeeds John H. Rauch of Los Angeles who
has resigned. He is executive director of Public Affairs for the Union
Bank, and is a trustee and director of the Los Angeles Job Development
Corporation. An attorney, he received his law degree from Southwestern
University in Los Angeles. He resides at 5445 1/2 Village Green, Los
Angeles.
Members receive their necessary expenses.
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR R ALD REAGAN
RELEASE:
Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
2-26-73
#100
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of H. Edward
White, Director of the Department of Industrial Relations as chairman of
the seven-man Governor's Task Force on Workmen's Compensation.
The task force will review and study the President's Commission's
report on workmen's compensation issued last year. It will conduct
appropriate inquiries, including public meetings in both Northern and
Southern California, and submit recommendations to the governor within
90 days.
Members of the task force, and areas they will represent are:
Labor
John Henning, Executive Secretary-Treasurer, California Labor
Federation, AFL-CIO, San Francisco. He resides at 185 Westwood Drive,
San Francisco.
Gerard O'Hara, Teamsters Union Legislative Representative in
Sacramento. He resides at 801 Villanova Drive, Davis.
Management
Kevin Twohy, counsel for the Self-Insurers Association, Sacramento.
He resides at 4950 Oakleaf Avenue, Carmichael.
E. L. "Bud" Miller, Executive Director of Management Counseling,
Merchants and Manufacturers Association, Los Angeles. He resides at
6716 Hillpark Drive, Apartment 307, Los Angeles.
Public
Robert Gray, Executive Director, Industrial Relations Section,
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena. He resides at 2486 Morsley
Road, Altadena.
State Government
Gleason, Payne, State Commissioner of Insurance, Sacramento. He
resides at 815 Plymouth Road, San Marino.
H. Edward White, Director of the Department of Industrial Relations
(who also was appointed Task Force Chairman). He resides at 3215 Sparr
Boulevard, Glendale.
Consultant to the task force will be Clarence Johnson, of Los Altos
Hills, Executive Director of the National Program to Improve State
Workmen's Compensation.
The task force will hold its organizational meeting in Sacramento
within 10 days, according to chairman White. Public hearings will be
scheduled in San Francisco and Los Angeles as soon as practical.
White said that he hoped to have the task force report and recommen
ations to the governor by May 15. Task force members will receive $50 pe
day for time spent in scheduled meetings, plus necessary expenses.
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR P NALD REAGAN
RELEASE:
Immediate
Sacramento, Californ a 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
2-26-73
#101
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Rexford E. Palmer of San
Leandro to the state Board of Optometry and announced the reappointment
of board president Norman Jacoby of Encino.
Both were appointed to four-year terms.
Palmer, 64, is a 1939 graduate of the University of California at
Berkeley with a degree in optometry. He is a former president of the
San Francisco Chapter of the National Optometric Association and a member
of the association's state board of directors. He succeeds David G.
Jessop, Sr., of La Mesa whose term has expired. Palmer is in private
practice in San Francisco. He is a Republican and resides at 1693 View
Drive, San Leandro.
Jacoby, 46, a Democrat, is a 1951 graduate of the Ohio State School
of Optometry and is in private practice in Van Nuys. He is a past
president of the Los Angeles County Chapter of the National Association
of Optometrists and was named "Optometrist of the Year" in 1965 by the
San Fernando Optometric Society. He resides at 17501 Margate Street,
Encino.
Board members receive $28 per diem in addition to their necessary
expenses.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR i
ALD REAGAN
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
2-26-73
MEMO TO THE PRESS
CORRECTION
Release #101-Palmer is presently a member of the California Academy
of Optometrists. Norman Jacoby is presently president of the State Board
of Optometry.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RC ALD REAGAN
RELEASE:
mmediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
2-26-73
#102
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Highland dentist Robert W.
Percy to the State Board of Public Health and announced the reappointments
of present members Mrs. Roger (Virginia) Ellis of 92 Mandarin Way,
Atherton and William A. De Fries, M.D., of 1127 West Keats, Fresno.
All three are Republicans and were named to four-year terms.
Percy, 39, who is in private practice in San Bernardino, replaces
Robert C. Tangeman of Healdsburg whose term has expired. He resides at
26248 Glenmare Street, Highland.
A native of San Bernardino, Percy is a 1957 graduate of the
University of California at Los Angeles and received his dental degree
from the University of Southern California in 1961.
Mrs. Ellis was first appointed to the board in July of 1971. She
is active in the American Cancer Society, the Heart Fund and the Girl
Scouts.
Dr. De Fries, 56, who is the Fresno County Health Officer, was first
appointed to the board in January of 1969. Born in Manilla, Phillipine
Islands, he received his undergraduate education at the University of
California at Berkeley and the University of Santa Clara. He received
his medical degree in 1940 from St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri.
A retired colonel with the United States Air Force, Dr. De Fries is
a member of the board of directors of the American Cancer Society in
Fresno, and is a member of the board of the TB and Health Association of
Fresno.
Board members receive their expenses when on official business.
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR R LD REAGAN
RELEASE:
mmediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
2-27-73
#103
Acting Governor Ed Reinecke today announced the following bills
have been signed:
SB 162 - Holmdahl
Repeals and adds provisions that boats with a
Chapter 3
market value of $400 or less are free from propert
taxation under specified circumstances,
commencing on the lien date in 1973. The bill
limits the exemption to one vessel in the hands
of an assessee on the lien date. The bill further
declares that such provisions clarify and restate
existing law.
SB 177 - Schrade
Repeals and adds provisions exempting personal
Chapter 4
property of a nonprofit zoological society used
exclusively for operating a ZOO or for purposes
of horticultural display on publicly owned
property from property taxation, if such
organization satisfies various requirements for
the welfare exemption from property taxation.
The bill declares that such provisions clarify
and restate existing law.
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Gray
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR NALD REAGAN
RELEASE:
Immediate
Sacramento, Califor. a 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
2-27-73
#104
Acting Governor Ed Reinecke today proclaimed a State of Emergency
in Sutter, Colusa, Placer, Yuba, Glenn and Napa counties, as a result
of winds and flooding which caused over $1,831,000 damage to public and
private property in January.
The action, taken at the request of each county's Board of
Supervisors, paves the way for property tax relief to businesses and
individuals affected by the floods, and for assistance to the local
governments under the state Emergency Flood Relief Law.
Under this law the counties will be eligible for financial
assistance from the state to repair or replace roads, water and sewage
treatment plants, and other public property damaged by the storm.
Damage assessments for each of the counties, compiled by the
Office of Emergency Services, are as follows:
Colusa
$600,000
Glenn
265,000
Napa
107,000
Placer
335,000
Sutter
100,000
Yuba
457,000
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