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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RCN. D REAGAN
RELEASE:
mediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
4-1-74
#210
Acting Governor Ed Reinecke today announced he has signed the
following bills:
AB 404 - Beverly
Requires library district elections in unincorporated
Chapter 116
towns and villages to be held at the same time as
school district elections. The bill provides for
implementing changes in dates of election and in the
dates of the commencement and termination of the terms
of office of such library district trustees.
B 536 - Chappie
Changes the salaries, benefits, and employment
hapter 117
conditions of court reporters in the counties of
El Dorado and Nevada and provides for specified filing
fees in the two counties.
AB 2148 - Bagley
Revises the definition of nonambulatory persons with
Chapter 118
respect to the fire protection law to exclude persons
who depend upon canes and totally blind persons from
such definition.
AB 2305 - Wood
Changes the number and compensation of various
Chapter 119
personnel in the Monterey, Carmel, and Salinas
Municipal Courts and creates new positions in the
Salinas Municipal Court.
AB 2413 - Alatorre
Conditions a plaintiff's right to a default judgment
Chapter 120
in small claims courts upon presentation of evidence
proving the claim.
AB 2622 - Thurman
Includes Stanislaus and San Mateo Counties within
Chapter 121
those counties in which a person is eligible to be
elected or appointed a judge of the municipal court
of a judicial district if he is a resident eligible
to vote for a specified period in the county in which
the judicial district is situated.
# # #
Garcia
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
4-1-74
#211
Acting Governor Ed Reinecke today reappointed two Petaluma men
as directors of the 4th District Agricultural Association, which
operates the Sonoma-Marin District Fair.
One is Albert P. Behrens, 87, who has served on the board since
1938 and has been its president since 1946. He retired 20 years ago as
a bank manager and is a Republican.
The other is Max K. Herzog, 37, a director since 1970. He is a
graduate of Petaluma High School and the University of California at
Davis, where he received a degree in animal husbandry.
Herzog, managing partner of Sleepy Hollow Dairy, showed cattle at
local fairs, was active in the Future Farmers of America program during
school and was a dairy cattle judge on the Northern California fair
circuit.
His activities in recent years have included the UC Davis Alumni
Board of Directors, Sonoma County Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Board, California Commonwealth Club and Redwood Empire Holstein
Association. He is a Republican.
Directors receive their necessary expenses. New terms of Behrens
and Herzog will expire January 15, 1978.
#####
McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
4-1-74
#212
A San Diego attorney and a Newport Beach homemaker today were
appointed by Acting Governor Ed Reinecke to the state Consumer Advisory
Council in the Department of Consumer Affairs.
Selected for an unexpired term ending July 15, 1976, was J. Michael
Bollman, 34-year-old partner in the law firm of Smith, Biggins and
Bollman. He replaces James Carroll of Emeryville, who resigned.
Mrs. Verlene C. Shipp was chosen to fill the unexpired term of
C. Dan McKinnon, Jr., of San Diego, whose term would have ended July 15,
1977, had he not resigned.
Bollman, a native of Rock Island, Illinois, has been in private law
practice in San Diego since 1968. Before that he was employed by legal
firms in Los Angeles and Park Ridge, Illinois.
A member of the San Diego Consumer Credit Association, Bollman was
educated in Illinois public schools before receiving his bachelor's
degree from Coe College in Iowa, his master's in journalism from State
University of Iowa and his law degree from Chicago-Kent College of Law
in Chicago.
Mrs. Shipp is a former appointee of Governor Ronald Reagan to the
state Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers, a post she resigned
earlier this year.
Born in Los Angeles, she attended Pasadena public schools and
Pasadena City College and took special studies at the University of
California at Irvine and at the Chouinard School of Art.
She has been affiliated with the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
Women's Division; Hollywood Bowl Association, Ebell Club of Los Angeles,
Blue Ribbon Committee of the Los Angeles Music Center and was a charter
member of Citizens for Law Enforcement.
Bollman and Mrs. Shipp both are Republicans. She won the
Republican primary for the 26th District seat in the state Senate in
1970.
Members of the Consumer Advisory Council receive their necessary
expenses.
######
McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RON. D REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
4-1-74
#213
Acting Governor Ed Reinecke today appointed three doctors to the
state Child Health Board created by the legislature last year (AB 2068).
Included are:
Dr. Kent A. Zimmerman, 62, a Berkeley Democrat and author of
umerous papers on the subjects of pediatrics and mental health. He was
chief of mental health services for the state Department of Public Health
between 1950 and 1954 and was a member of the state Hospital Advisory
Council for four years in the mid-60s.
Dr. Crawford Bost, 73, of Nevada City, a Republican and former
assistant chief of the medical community health services and resources
program of the state Department of Public Health in Sacramento. Before
joining state government in 1966, he was chief of pediatrics at
Shriner's Hospital in San Francisco for more than 20 years.
Dr. Frederick Hodges, 41, a Democrat who is deputy director for
health protection in the state Department of Health in Sacramento. He
was the state's director of public health before various health agencies
of state government were combined last July into a single Department of
Health. Dr. Hodges came to state government in 1968 and was acting
chief of the farm workers health service for 10 months of 1971.
Two other appointments will be made to the Child Health Board, one
each by the chairman of the Senate Rules Committee and the Speaker of
the Assembly.
Members receive staggered, three-year terms and are paid their
necessary expenses.
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Doctor
Term Expires
Zimmerman
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Bost
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Hodges
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McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California 95814
(F.Y.I. - Not for release)
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
4-1-74
On Tuesday, April 2, 1974, Governor Reagan and
Joe Higgins, veteran Hollywood character actor noted
for his role as the sheriff in the Dodge television
commercials, will film a Public Service Announcement
at 4:30-5:00 p.m. near 48th and M Streets in Sacramento.
The PSA is being done for the Office of Traffic
Safety. Mr. Higgins, who is a master of the "double
take," is donating his services.
The plot involves Higgins stopping the Governor's
car for vehicle inspection.
Press coverage is invited.
# # #
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE:
Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
4-3-74
# 214
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced that he has signed the
following bills:
AB 497 - Meade
Provides that where a local ordinance so provides any
Chapter 124
interested person adversely affected by a decision of
the advisory agency or appeals board in relation to
the approval of a tentative subdivision map may file
a complaint with the legislative body. The bill
authorizes the legislative body to hold a hearing
on such complaint.
AB 1326 - Ralph
Revises the Food and Agricultural Code provision
"hapter 125
which establishes the requirement for a hearing by
a trial board to determine neglect of duty, incompe-
tence, or misconduct of a county agricultural
commissioner. Present law requires the convening of
a trial board upon the petition presented to the
Director of Food and Agriculture by 25 resident
freeholders or upon the presentation of satisfactory
evidence of such neglect of duty, incompetence or
misconduct. This bill deletes the provision relating
to resident agricultural freeholders. The intended
purpose of the deletion is to eliminate the exclusive
right of agricultural freeholders to bring such
charges and to continue to leave the present
provisions where any person or group may present
evidence to the Director of such neglective duty or
misconduct.
AB 1346 - Knox
Increases from 70 days to 90 days the time in which
Chapter 126
a hearing on a proposed local agency formation must
be held after filing with, and acceptance of, such
proposal with the executive officer of the local
agency formation commission. The bill also provides
that the proceedings on such proposals shall not be
initiated until an application for formation is
accepted for filing by the executive officer.
AB 1347 - Knox
Provides that disincorporation of an existing city
Chapter 127
which is proposed as a part of a plan of reorganiza-
tion may also be conducted in accordance with the
procedures for reorganization set forth in the District
Reorganization Act unless the affected city objects
thereto. The bill also changes the time in which the
executive officer of a local agency formation
commission must submit his impartial analysis of
ballot propositions to the commission for approval.
It also makes changes with respect to the time that
the commission must submit the analysis to those
officials conducting the election.
AB 1455 - Duffy
Creates within the jurisdiction of the Board of
Chapter 128
Dental Examiners a nine-member Committee on Dental
Auxiliaries appointed by the governor. It establishes
a program for certification in the categories of
dental assistant and dental assistant in extended
functions and for licensure in the categories of
dental hygienist and dental hygienist in extended
functions. The bill authorizes the Committee to make
recommendations to the Board concerning the
implementation of the program, including recommenda-
tions concerning the range of permissible functions
of each category. The Board is required to establish
such ranges and certify and license applicants who
meet prescribed educational, experience, and examina-
tion requirements.
AB 1859 - Seeley
Changes the scope of the Factory-Built Housing Law
Chapter 129
to include elements such as building components and
systems. It requires all factory-built housing
manufacturers to have the Department of Housing and
Community Development plan approval and to bear insignia. The bill
provides for optional inspection within factories by local building
departments when certified by the State, otherwise the Department of
Housing
and
#214
AB 2370 - Nimmo
Permits persons who were in employ of the State of
Chapter 130
California on or after September 16, 1940 and prior
to eligibility for membership and before December 21,
1945, entered the armed service directly from State
service without intervening private employment and
returned to state employment within six months of
discharge to receive credit for military service
upon payment of employee contributions.
AB 2523 - Dixon
Amends the County Employees' Retirement Law of 1937
Chapter 131
to provide that the marshal and assistant marshal
shall become safety members on the first day of the
calendar month following their appointment regardless
of age. The bill also provides that under certain
specified conditions a person over 35 years of age
and involved in active law enforcement may elect to
become a safety member if the county board of
supervisors adopt this provision.
AB 2664-McAlister
Changes the executor's or administrator's annual
Chapter 132
maximum surety bond allowance from $10 for bonds in
the amount of $2,000 or less, to $20 for bonds in the
amount of $4,000 or less.
AB 3170 - Badham
Appropriates $13,700,000 from the General Fund to the
Chapter 133
State Controller for reimbursement of local taxing
authorities in augmentation of Item 82, Budget Act of
1973. Item 82 of the Budget Act of 1973 appropriated
$208 million from the General Fund to the Controller
for payment to local taxing authorities for the
property tax revenue loss resulting from the Personal
Property Tax Relief Program.
SB 1407 - Collier
Requires that portion of Route 3 from Route 299 near
Ch ter 123
Weaverville to Montague to be via Main Street in Yreka.
Governor Reagan also signed the following bill with a reduction in
appropriation:
AB 276 - Burton
Approriates $5 million from the General Fund to
Chapter 122
Employment Development Department to administer a
program to reimburse private employers 50 percent
for up to 18 months for salaries and wages of Vietnam
veterans employed by employers if specified conditions
are met by the employer.
REASON FOR REDUCTION:
"I am reducing the appropriation contained in
Section 2 of Assembly Bill No. 276 from $5,000,000
to $1,000,000.
"The reduced appropriation of $1,000,000 should be
adequate to demonstaate the effectiveness of the
employment training program proposed by this bill.
"Additional funding can be made available in future
budgets if there is a showing that this program
promotes meaningful job training opportunities for
California's Vietnam veterans.
"with this reduction, I approve Assembly Bill #276."
Governor Reagan also vetoed the following bill:
AB 2041 - Knox
Provides that if the disability of certain local safety
employees continues beyond one year, they shall be
entitled to disability indemnity under the workmen's
compensation law for apperiod not to exceed 240 weeks
within five years, rather than until the effective date
of retirement under the Public Employees' Retirement
System. The bill limits the total amount of disability
pension and workmen's compensation indemnity payments in
such cases to an amount not in excess of full salary.
REASON FOR VETO:
"I share the concern of the League of California Cities
and the County Supervisors Association that AB 2041 will
mandate potentially significant costs on local government
and thus would violate the letter and the spirit of
Section 2231 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
Garcia
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Califo ia 95814
Clyde Walthall, P1 ,S Secretary
916-445-4571
4-3-74
#215
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Patricia A. Gayman, his
scheduling secretary since 1967, as director of the state Department of
Consumer Affairs.
Miss Gayman will serve at the governor's pleasure in the $31,128
post, which has been vacant since the March 8 resignation of John T.
Kehoe to enter the Republican primary as a candidate for State
Treasurer.
She came to California the year following her birth in Houston,
Texas, graduated from Glendale High School and received a bachelor's
degree from Occidental College in Los Angeles and a master's in
political science from the University of California at Berkeley.
After teaching government at Palos Verdes High School in southern
California for one year, she attended Claremont Men's College the summer
of 1964 as a fellow in economics.
Then U.S. Senator George Murphy hired her as a research assistant
in Washington, D.C., that fall and, 2½ years later, she resigned as the
senator's acting press secretary to return to California.
Her parents live in La Canada. She is a Republican.
######
OF
THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
STATE CALIFORNIA * SEAL
OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES
XXXIII
P.O.BOX 9577 SACRAMENTO CALIFORNIA 95823 PHONE 9164456231
NEWS RELEASE
916-421-4990
Contact:
April 3, 1974
Stephanie Bradfield
Emergency Gasoline
Information Officer
Marketing Bulletin
No. 7
Governor Reagan today announced that Riverside County has
been released from the gasoline emergency marketing regulations
and that Alameda County will be released effective April 7.
These actions were taken at the request of the County Boards
of Supervisors.
The odd/even gasoline marketing plan has been effective in
these counties since March 1. The Boards said they had
"terminated the local emergencies, 11 and asked the state to
"rescind" its emergency orders on the above dates.
-OES- -
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Pres Secretary
916-445-4571
4-4-74
#216
Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:
"In this year's State of the State Address, I proposed changes in
the law that would reduce the flood of spending measures that flow down
to my desk from the legislature at every session. Those proposals were
in line with Proposition One, our tax limitation plan of last year.
"Today, I am happy to announce that Assemblyman Bill Bagley and
Senator John Stull will soon introduce those proposals in the form of
legislation.
"Good government demands fiscal restraint. During the past seven-
plus years, I have not hesitated to reduce appropriations or blue-pencil
unnecessary spending items from the budget. Had not this action been
taken, a tax increase would have been necessary almost every one of
those seven years just to balance the budget.
"Fiscal responsibility should be a two-way street, in the governor's
office and in the legislature. The state constitution requires the
governor to submit a balanced budget. And, if necessary, he is required
to propose higher taxes to make sure the budget is balanced. I believe
the same requirement should apply to the legislature.
"Accordingly, Assemblyman Bagley and Senator Stull will introduce
a Constitutional Amendment imposing the same restraint on the legislature
It provides that the budget bill passed by the legislature shall not
propose expenditures in excess of available state resources. If it does,
then the legislature would be required to pass a companion bill by
June 15 of each year to provide the additional revenues to balance the
budget.
"This amendment to the constitution would have the effect of
eliminating most of the unnecessary spending proposals that have
contributed to the yearly increase in the cost of government and the
constant drain on the taxpayers' resources.
"In addition, they will introduce legislation that will require the
following:
"(1) Neither house of the legislature shall approve a bill with an
expenditure of $1 million or more unless it contains: a new tax to pay
for it; a corresponding reduction in the state budget; or, a statement
that it can be funded from existing revenues.
"(2) Require every expenditure bill and amendment to contain a
revenue synopsis for ensuing years by the legislative analyst.
"And (3) Require that any bill needing a tax increase contain a
statement in bold-face type saying that a tax increase will be
needed to fund the proposal.
"We will be happy to answer your questions."
#####
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR ROM D REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
4-4-74
#217
Three new judges, including City Councilman Billy G. Mills, have
been appointed by Governor Ronald Reagan to the Superior Court bench in
Los Angeles County.
Mills, a 44-year-old Democrat, replaces Judge Allen Miller who
retired.
The other appointees are Municipal Court Judge Betty Jo Sheldon
and Los Angeles attorney Christian E. Markey, Jr. Mrs. Sheldon is a
Republican and Markey is a Democrat.
Mrs. Sheldon, a municipal court judge since 1967, replaces Judge
Robert Firth, who was elevated to a federal judgeship. Markey, 44,
replaces Judge Rodney Potter, who was elevated to Appellate Court.
Mills, a graduate of Compton College and UCLA, has served on the
Los Angeles City Council since July 1, 1963. He was a counselor and
probation officer for Los Angeles County for nearly three years in the
late 1950s.
Mrs. Sheldon, prior to becoming a Municipal Court judge, was a
Superior Court Commissioner for 13 years. She received bachelor's and
law degrees from the University of Southern California.
She was the first woman inheritance tax attorney for the State of
California, having been appointed by State Controller (and later U.S.
Senator) Thomas Kuchel in 1951. She also was among the first women to
be associated with a major New York City law firm when she became an
associate of Jackson, Nash, Brophy, Barringer and Brooks.
Markey, a reserve quarterback on the University of California's
Rose Bowl teams of 1949-50-51, received his law degree at UCLA and
served for a time on the UC Board of Regents.
He is currently a partner in the legal firm of Munger, Tolles,
Hills and Rickershauser.
Superior Court judges receive an annual salary of $37,615.
#####
McKelvey
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Pre Secretary
916-445-4571
4-4-74
#218
Governor Ronald Reagan today made his nine appointments to the new
California Commission on Aging, created by the 1973 legislature (AB 2263).
The 15-member body has among its duties and functions the following:
advocacy on behalf of older persons and advice to the Office on Aging,
within the state Health and Welfare Agency, on policies relating to
programs for the elderly.
The governor's appointees include:
Dr. Carroll L. Estes, assistant professor in residence, Human
Development Training Program, at the University of California in San
Francisco. Miss Estes is a Democrat who holds college degrees from
Stanford, Southern Methodist and the University of California at San
Diego.
Eleanor Fait, who between 1961 and 1971 was a state supervisor of
the California Department of Employment's Older Worker Program. In that
capacity, Miss Fait supervised the activities of older worker specialists
in more than 100 offices throughout the state. She is a Republican.
William C. McColl, 77, of Sun City, who retired in 1957 and who was
administration manager for the building of the Pan American Highway in
Honduras and Nicaragua during World War II. A Republican, he is a past
state director of Allied Senior Citizens Clubs, Inc., an organization he
also served as governor of its region covering Riverside, San Bernardino
San Diego and Imperial Counties.
Dr. Wayne A. Neal, 76, chairman of the Palm Springs City Commission
on Aging. He has served since last year on the Riverside County
Commission on Senior Affairs. In the past, Dr. Neal assisted in the
formation of the Mayor's Commission on Aging in San Diego and was for 14
years the executive director of the San Diego County Council of Churches.
He is a Republican.
Roger S. Watson, 71, director of the senior citizens program of the
Orange County Community Action Council. He is serving currently on the
Foster Grandparents Advisory Board of Fairview Hospital in Costa Mesa,
the Feedback Foundation Advisory Board in Santa Ana which provides 700
daily hot meals to low-income elderly persons, and the councils on aging
for Huntington Beach and Orange County. He is a Republican.
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Paul Cowgill, 4, of San Bruno, chairman of the San Mateo County
Commission on Aging and a past vice president of the Senior Forum. A
Republican, he helped organize a small, but effective band of seniors
in 1970 operating out of Little House in Menlo Park, a multipurpose
senior center.
Ruth Green, 57, assistant director of social services for San Diego
Leased Housing and a 1973 Republican candidate for the 79th Assembly
District seat. She is a past "Employee of the Year" for the San Diego
County Probation Department, where she was a probation officer and step-
parent adoption specialist. Mrs. Green founded the first organization
of Negro Republican Women for Political Action and the first Business
and Professional Women's Club of Black Women.
Archer R. Kirkpatrick, 71, a Corning tax and business consultant
who is president of the American Association of Retired Persons, board
chairman of Tehama County Senior Citizens and is involved with other
senior programs. A Democrat, he was appointed by Governor Reagan in
1971 to represent the state at the White House Conference on Aging.
Charles H. Lavis, 69, owner and operator of Berkeley Office
Equipment Company in Berkeley. He is legislative chairman of the
Berkeley Chamber of Commerce and belongs to the American Association of
Retired Persons. He is a Republican.
Commission members receive travel and necessary expenses. They
serve at the governor's pleasure. Terms, limited to three years, are
chosen by lot at their first meeting
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McKelvey
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE:
mmediate
Sacramento, Californ.
95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
4-4-74
#219
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced that he has signed the
following bills:
AB 772 - Hayden
Requires that the Commission of Housing and
Chapter 150
Community Development adopt regulations for garage
door springs for installation in buildings subject
to the State Housing Law. The bill prohibits the
selling, offering for sale or installing of noncomplying
garage door springs after the effective date of the
regulations.
AB 1132 - Wood
Increases the maximum state employee merit award
Chapter 138
from $150 to $1,000 in cases in which a larger award
has not been approved by the legislature.
AB 1808 - Brown
Deletes limitations on expenditure of funds during
Chapter 154
the 1973-74 fiscal year for the Medi-Cal management
prototype system set forth in the Budget Act of 1973
and provides instead that the Department of Health
shall by June 30, 1974, enter into a contract calling
for implementation and operation of a statewide claims
processing and information retrieval system. The bill
further provides that such contract shall not be
entered into unless an award has been made in
accordance with the request for proposal for a
statewide Medi-Cal intermediary.
AB 2324 - Wood
Allows taxpayers filing income tax returns on a fiscal
Chapter 139
year basis to claim a credit for the income tax
withheld in their return for the fiscal year in which
2483
the tax was withheld.
AB 2348 Nimmo
Confers a water right to owners of dams or other
Chapter 140
impoundment structures constructed prior to January
1, 1969, with capacities not in excess of 10 acre-
feet provided there existed no water rights litigation
between private parties as a matter of record prior
to January 1, 1974, notwithstanding nonconformance
with the existing application and permit procedures.
The bill also exempts such owners from requirements
for filing a statement of diversion and use with the
State Water Resources Control Board.
AB 2571 - Papan
Specifies, with certain exceptions, that the
Chapter 141
manufacture, importation, keeping or offering or
exposing for sale, giving, lending or possessing of
a specifically described instrument or weapon commonly
known as nunchaku, or specifically described metal
plate instrument, is a felony and provides for
destruction of such weapons as nuisances.
AB 2643 - Cullen
Requires that notice of proposed actions regarding
Chapter 142
administrative regulations shall be delivered to the
Office of Administrative Hearings for publication in
the next issue of the California Administrative
Register. The bill requires that a copy of each
issue of the California Administrative Register and
any supplement thereto be furnished to each standing
committee of both houses of the legislature. The
bill further requires notice of such action to be
accompanied by a cost estimate prepared by the
Department of Finance.
AB 2672 - Wood
Revises procedure under which charges of neglect of
Chapter 143
duty, incompetence, or misconduct against county
agricultural commissioners are made and heard.
AB 2704 - 'Berg
Requires the Division of Exposition and State Fair,
Chapter 152
Department of Parks and Recreation, to administer the
California Exposition and State Fair under the
direction of an exposition and fair administrator in the governor's
office. The bill appropriates $50,000 to the Department of Parks and
Recreation for purposes of carrying out the provisions of the act. The
bill will remain in effect until AB 2703 is enacted and becomes
operative. AB 2703 is in enrollment and will become operative on July
1, 1975.
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#219
AB 2749 MacDonale
Provides for the San Anto, Water Conservation
Chapter 153
District to be governed under the Water Conservation
Law of 1931 rather than the Water Conservation Act
of 1927. The bill also authorizes the San Antonio
Water Conservation District to change its name to the
Ojai Water Conservation District.
AB 3184 - Lanterman
Supplements the Budget Act of 1973 by including the
Chapter 144
state's share of costs for in-home supportive
services in the appropriation to the Department of
Benefit Payments, and by requiring that the transfer
of any unencumbered funds so appropriated shall not
exceed $3,800,000 and, after June 1, 1974, shall be
transferred to augment Item 280 (County welfare
administration).
SB 852 - Marler
Requires school districts, not having adequate
Chapter 145
development center facilities for the education of
mentally retarded and physically handicapped pupils
where the education of such pupils is provided in
development centers, or not having adequate special
education facilities for the education of mentally
retarded and physically and educationally handicappe
minors being cared for in licensed children's
institutions or foster homes, to apply for
construction funds under the state School Building
Aid Law. The bill provides that the State
Allocation Board may make apportionments under the
state School Building Aid Law of 1952 for the
construction of the additional required development
centers and special education facilities. The bill
further provides authority to the governing board
of the Chaffey Community College to lease, for a
three-year period, a building which is used
exclusively for voluntary adult vocational education
programs, and exempts such building from Field Act
requirements.
SB 1445 - Song
Revises the Banking Law with respect to adverse
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claims to contents of rented safety deposit boxes
and revises the Savings and Loan Association Law
with respect to adverse claims to savings accounts.
SB 1489 - Grunsky
Authorizes the San Luis Obispo County Flood Control
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and Water Conservation District to issue revenue
bonds under the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 for the
benefit of a zone or zones within the district.
SB 1494 - Grunsky
Increases the borrowing limitation of the Monterey
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Peninsula Airport District from a fixed maximum
rate of 5 percent to a fixed maximum rate of 7
percent. The bill also increases the total amount
the district may borrow under prescribed provisions
from $250,000 to $1,000,000.
SB 1530 - Collier
Authorizes the payment of the claim of the original
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contractor awarded a contract by a public entity
which fails to file a payment bond, where such
failure is the result of inadvertence or excusable
neglect.
SB 1541 - Collier
Extends the date by which the statement and map or
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plat of fire protection districts created during the
1973-74 fiscal year before the effective date of
this bill are required to be filed for assessment
and taxation purposes for the 1974-75 fiscal year
from January 1, 1974 to March 1, 1974.
SB 1609 - Walsh
Defines "tire chains" as devices which are designed
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for use on tires to improve stopping, traction,
and cornering ability upon snow or ice-covered
surfaces and are of a type which comply with
regulations adopted by the Commissioner of the
California Highway Patrol. The bill specifies that
it is an infraction to sell, offer to sell, lease,
install, or replace on a vehicle for use on a
highway, any tire chains not complying with
regulations of the commissioner.
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SB 1626 - Biddle
Authorizes the state Department of Health to extend
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for two years, rather than one year, the dates
relating to substantial progress and for completion
of construction for specified hospital facilities
when the delay results from the death of the
original applicant.
SB 1686 - Song
Deletes the Government Code provision prohibiting
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receipt of compensation for services by members and
masters of the Commission on Judicial Qualifications.
The bill also provides that retired judges shall
receive compensation while acting as a master, as
well as a referee, before the Supreme Court or any
court of appeal or before the Commission on Judicial
Qualifications.
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McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE:
Immediate
Sacramento, Californ.
95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
4-4-74
#220
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced that on the basis of
supply-demand projections for the balance of 1974 prepared by the
State Energy Planning Council, he strongly supports the continuation
of the 55 m.p.h. speed limit.
The report indicates increased supplies of gasoline that will
become available in late May as a result of the lifting of the Arab
oil embargo will still fall short of unconstrained demand by about
9-1/2 percent.
"Although the increased price of refined oil products because
of the high price of Persian Gulf crude oil will tend to reduce demand
a little, the report indicates that we will still have to conserve our
use of gasoline," Governor Reagan said. "The 55 m.p.h. speed limit is
the simplest and fairest conservation measure available.
"There's an added bonus. We're losing about 100 fewer
Californians per month in the form of highway fatalities. We can
argue about whether we are saving 25 million or only 20 million gallons
of gasoline per month with the 55 speed limit -- the savings are in that
range -- but we know how many people died in auto accidents in February
1973 and in February 1974. A lot of us are still walking around whom
wouldn't be except for the lower speed limits."
The governor also cautioned that gasoline supplies are not
expected to increase much above the levels of last month until about
mid-May.
"We must be careful not to lapse back into our old driving habits
in anticipation of gasoline that won't reach the pumps for another six
weeks."
According to the report Governor Reagan also noted that while
overall shortage of petroleum products will be considerably reduced
beginning in the last half of May, the supply will not fully meet
demand by an average of about 8 percent for all products. California
refinery capacity could not meet demand during much of 1973; that
capacity has not increased by demand for petroleum products has gone
up, particularly for fuel oil to replace rapidly dwindling supplies
of natural gas for the generation of electricity and to power industry.
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"The need ti conserve electricity and n ural gas, as well as
gasoline, will be as important as before," Governor Reagan said. "We
need to keep our heating thermostats at 68°F and our air conditioning
thermostats set at 78°F at least until the energy available to California
can catch up with our needs. Otherwise we may ourselves hurt the
economy of California more than the Arab nations did with their embargo."
In line with the recommendations of tis Energy Planning Council,
Governor Reagan also:
Urged the California Public Utilities Commission to continue its
studies to develop economic incentives to conserve electricity and
natural gas and to emphasize and encourage all other practical energy
conservation measures.
Gave the go-ahead to the Energy Planning Council to develop
recommendations for: expediting an increase in petroleum refining
capacity, expediting nuclear power plant siting and construction,
and assisting electric utilities and industry in obtaining adequate
supplies of fuel oil.
will petition the federal government to adjust its residual fuel
allocation program to an annual rather than a monthly basis.
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californ 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
4-5-74
#221
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the following bills have
been signed:
AB 2151 - Bagley
Exempts from sales and use taxes the sales of hot
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prepared foods by caterers or other vendors to air
carriers engaged in interstate or foreign commerce
for consumption by passengers. The bill also adds
a provision expressing legislative intent expressed
in legislation enacted in 1971 to exempt from sales
and use taxes the sales of hot prepared foods to
passengers by an air carrier engaged in interstate
commerce.
SB 1499 - Berryhill Defines turf grass cultivated and harvested for
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sale and transplanting as a growing crop exempt
from property taxation. The bill provides for
claims by county auditors for reimbursement for
property tax revenues lost by reason of this act.
The bill is operative until the end of the fifth
fiscal year after its effective date.
SB 1576 - Marks
Provides that whenever a special election, or a
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special primary election, to fill a vacancy in
Congress or the state legislature is consolidated
with a statewide election, the candidates to fill
the vacancy shall appear on the consolidated ballot
immediately preseding the candidates for that same
seat at the statewide election or the clerk at his
option may print a separate and distinct ballot.
The bill also increases membership of the Democratic
and Republican county central committees in a city
and county from six to eight and specifies that in an
Assembly district that lies only partially within a
city and county, the eight members shall be elected
from that portion of the Assembly district contained
within the city and county.
SB 1878 - Nejedly
Provides for payment in California of federal-state
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extended unemployment insurance benefits commencing
on effective date of bill up to July 6, 1974.
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McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE
Immediate
Sacramento, Californi. 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
4-5-74
#222
Governor Ronald Reagan today reappointed two businessmen and named
four others to the state Commission on Housing and Community Development
One of the reappointees, Donald H. Stoneson of San Francisco, was
the governor's choice as the new commission chairman.
Stoneson, 51, has served on the commission since 1968. He will
replace Elwood A. Teague of Los Angeles as chairman. The latter resigned
at the end of his term. Stoneson is affiliated with Stoneson Development
Corporation and is a Republican.
Also reappointed was Arnold J. Romeyn, 57, vice president and
secretary-treasurer of Kit Manufacturing Company of Long Beach, a firm
which produces mobile homes and trailers on a national basis. Like
Stoneson, Romeyn has been on the commission since 1968. He is a past
president and director of the Trailer Coach Association and is a
Republican.
New appointees include:
Norman F. Busch, a 48-year-old Garden Grove Republican, who has been
involved for 20 years in mobile home park planning, construction and
operation. He is president of Security Land Development Company of
Stanton. He will fill the vacancy created by Teague's resignation.
James B. Aitken, 54, executive vice president of Cousteau-Aitken,
Inc. in Oakland since 1972 when he conducted a study of pollution and the
sinking of Venice, Italy, for Captain Jacques Yves Cousteau. An inventor
and holder of several patents, Aitken currently is designing a $2 million
intermediate school in Dublin (CA.) which includes a proposed solar
energy system for lights, heating and cooling. He is a Republican, a
native of San Francisco and replaces Donald L. Hardison of El Cerrito on
the commission.
Donald C. De Lutis, 39, vice president and regional manager for John
Nuveen and Company of San Francisco, a major New York investment banking
firm, since 1968. He moved to San Francisco in 1965 and was West Coast
office manager of Lee Higginson Corporation before joining his present
company. A Republican, he replaces Alfred D. Stalford of Beverly Hills,
whose term on the commission expired.
Richard W. Strong, 43, San Bernardino County's deputy county counsel
since 1968. A graduate of UCLA, with degrees in finance and law, he was
admitted to the State Bar in 1961. A Republican, he replaces Ronald B.
Swenson of San Jose, whose term expired.
Commission appointments are subject to Senate confirmation. Members
receive $25 per diem plus expenses.
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Term Expires
Romeyn
10-20-76
Busch
10-20-76
Aitken
10-20-76
De Lutis
10-20-77
Strong
10-20-77
Stoneson
Governor's pleasure
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Califorr
95814
Clyde Walthall, Pres. Secretary
916-445-4571
4-5-74
#223
Nine members of a new 53rd District Agricultural Association board
of directors were appointed today by Governor Ronald Reagan.
The board will run the Desert Empire Fair, receiving necessary
expenses, under 1973 legislation.
Appointed were:
Carl D. Johnson, 32, a journeyman carpenter at the U.S. Naval
Weapons Center at China Lake. A volunteer in the development of the
fairgrounds at Ridgecrest for several years, he was appointed last summer
by the former board of directors to complete the term of Lee Wengler.
He is a Republican.
Robert N. Waters, a 41-year-old Democrat who also is employed at
the U.S. Naval Weapons Center, China Lake. He has been on the old fair
board since its incorporation nine years ago and was its final president.
He has lived in Ridgecrest for 10 years.
Judith M. Beatty, a clerk-typist at the U.S. Naval Weapons Center.
She has been secretary and a director of the Desert Empire Fair Board
for the past 1½ years, serving on the rodeo queen and parade committees.
Mrs. Beatty is a Republican.
Richard L. Mahan, 42, an electronics mechanic at the Naval Weapons
Center and a China Lake city councilman. He also is the publicity
director and announcer at Inyokern Drag Strip, director and announcer
of the Indian Wells Valley Youth Football League, and a member of the
old fair board. He is non-partisan.
Roy W. Martin, 45, who retired from federal civil service last year
after seven years at the Naval Weapons Center. He was on active duty
with the U.S. Navy for 15 years. He was on the old fair board for
nearly five years and is a Republican.
Gene Richardson, 50, field representative for Kern County Supervisor
LeRoy M. Jackson. He has served on the fair board for two years and was
a school board member between 1959 and 1969. He was manager of the
Ridgecrest Chamber of Commerce for two years and is a Republican.
Cliff Urseth, 43, publisher of The Daily Independent in Ridgecrest
and a fair board member for the past five years. He is a Republican,
past director of the Ridgecrest Chamber, and belongs to various civic
and fraternal organizations.
Robert L. McGill, 34, manager for Continental Telephone Company in
Ridgecrest for the past four years. He is the immediate past president
of the Ridgecrest Chamber and a past president of the Ridgecrest Lions.
He is a Republican.
Gerald P. Hucek, 35-year-old president of Hucek International Travel
Service. A resident of Ridgecrest since 1949, he spent nine years with
Bank of America and had achieved the level of assistant vice president
before leaving to open his own business. He is a Republican.
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Term Expires
Appointee
Term Expires
Johnson
1-15-75
Richardson
1-15-77
Waters
1-15-76
Urseth
1-15-78
Beatty
1-15-76
McGill
1-15-78
Mahan
1-15-75
Martin
1-15-77
Hucek
1-15-78
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californi 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press secretary
916-445-4571
4-5-74
#224
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed a former mayor of Newport
Beach and the superintendent of a school district in San Jose to the
Council on Intergovernmental Relations.
Both will fill unexpired terms on the council resulting from
resignations.
They are Doreen D. Marshall, who was elected Newport Beach mayor
in 1968, and William J. Jefferds, superintendent of the Alum Rock Union
Elementary School District.
They replace Clifford R. Anderson, Jr., of San Marino, and W. Odie
Wright, Jr., of Long Beach.
Mrs. Marshall was designated by the governor as the council's new
chairman. Her term will end November 21, 1975.
A Republican, she was Newport Beach's vice mayor for two years
before becoming mayor and served on the city council and city planning
commission for several years. She served on the Lieutenant Governor's
Local Government Task Force on Coastline Preservation, which completed
its study in March 1970.
Jefferds, a 44-year-old Independent, receives a term which expires
next November 21. He has been Alum Rock superintendent since 1968 and
has been an instructor at both San Jose State and Santa Clara
universities.
He is president of the California National Guard Association and
chairman in Santa Clara County for the March of Dimes Walk-a-Thon.
Jefferds received his bachelor's degree and elementary administration
credential from San Jose State and his doctorate from the University of
California at Berkeley.
Council members receive their necessary expenses.
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McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR R ALD REAGAN
RELEASE
Immediate
Sacramento, Californ.
95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
4-5-74
#225
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointments of
Benjamin R. Olson of Blythe and Melville E. Willson of Fresno as
members of the state Board of Food and Agriculture.
Olson, 64, who declines to state his political affiliation, fills
the vacancy created by the resignation of Warren H. Brock of El Centro.
A former member and president of the Palo Verde Unified School
District, Olson is a graduate of the University of California at
Berkeley with B.S. and M.S. degrees in agricultural economics and farm
management.
He organized and is the former manager of the Blythe Alfalfa
Growers cooperative. He has managed several farms and ranches and
presently operates his own ranch in the Blythe area.
Willson, a 66-year-old Republican, is president of Willson Farms,
Inc. He succeeds Earl S. Smittcamp of Clovis. Smittcamp has resigned.
A native of Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, Willson moved to California
in 1922. He is a naturalized citizen. He attended Business College in
Fresno.
He is a member of the board of directors of the 21st District
Agricultural Association and is a member and past president of the
Sequoia Council of the Boy Scouts of America.
The terms of both appointments expire January 15, 1975.
Board members receive their necessary expenses.
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McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Califor a 95814
Clyde Walthall, Pre. Secretary
916-445-4571
4-5-74
#226
Eric E. Younger, son of the state Attorney General, today was
appointed to the Municipal Court bench in Los Angeles County by
Governor Ronald Reagan.
Younger, 30, has been an assistant attorney general in the state
Department of Justice since June 1971. He replaces Judge Betty Jo
Sheldon, appointed earlier this week by the governor to the Superior
Court bench.
A Republican, he will receive $34,605 annually as a Municipal
Court judge.
Younger attained a bachelor's degree from the University of
Southern California in 1965 and received his law degree from Harvard
in 1968. He was an associate with the Los Angeles law firm of Gibson,
Dunn and Crutcher for three years.
In his Department of Justice post, he has been the principal legal
advisor to the state Attorney General on matters relating to the Crime
Control Act of 1973 and its predecessor, the Omnibus Crime Control and
Safe Streets Act of 1968.
Younger is a former Hermosa Beach policeman, Los Angeles County
sheriff's deputy and City of Pasadena reserve police officer. He also
has been a lecturer at USC and the University of California at Irvine.
He is married and has two children.
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McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEA Immediate
Sacramento, Californ.
95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
4-5-74
#227
Governor Ronald Reagan today reappointed three members of the state
Cancer Advisory Council to new terms expiring January 15, 1978.
They are Drs. Sol Silverman, Jr., and David A. Wood, both of
San Francisco; and Helene G. Brown of Reseda. The doctors both have
been on the council since 1959 while Mrs. Brown has served since 1961.
Dr. Silverman, a 47-year-old Democrat, is chairman of the school
of dentistry, division of oral biology, at the University of California
Medical Center, San Francisco. He received his bachelor's, master's
and doctorate degrees from the University of California.
Dr. Wood, a 59-year-old Republican who was educated at Stanford
University, is director emeritus of the Cancer Research Institute at
the University of California Medical Center.
Mrs. Brown is a UCLA graduate who has been affiliated with the
American Cancer Society and the Medical Research Association of
California. She is a Democrat.
Council members receive their necessary expenses.
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McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE
Sacramento, Califor a 95814
Clyde Walthall, Pret Secretary
916-445-4571
4-5-74
#228
Kings
Three members of the Tulare County Fair Board (24a District
Agricultural Association) were reappointed today by Governor Ronald
Reagan.
Included is Louis A. Hansen, 77, of Corcoran, who was first
appointed to the board in 1947 by then Governor Earl Warren, who chose
the first board. A diversified rancher who is active in civic and
community affairs, Hansen is a Republican.
Also reappointed were Hanford residents Joseph F. Costa, 75, and
Elbert Montgomery, 67. Costa has been on the fair board since 1953
and Montgomery since 1960.
Costa, a Republican, is one of California's top team ropers as a
member of the Rodeo Cowboys Association. He is a retired official of
Overland Stockyards.
Montgomery, a Democrat, has been engaged for many years in ranching
in Kings County. He is a member of the California Farm Bureau.
The appointments, calling for reimbursement of necessary expenses,
expire January 15, 1978.
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McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Califor a 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
4-9-74
#229
* Governor Reagan has signed into law the following bill:
AB 3191 - Keysor
Provides for a warning on the ballot and related
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election materials when two or more candidates with
identical names file for the same office. Requires
each candidate's name to bear an identifying mark
if any such candidate requests such a mark. The
bill specifies that a proposition may be submitted,
at the June 4, 1974, direct primary election, as
proposed by Proposition 5 of that election, to
authorize the use of motor vehicle revenues for
public mass transit guideway purposes in county or
counties, or specified area thereof.
*
The governor signed this bill Friday, April 5, too late to release
that day. On Monday, April 8, the governor's office duplicating machines
were dismantled as part of a move by some office personnel. So, although
the bill was signed April 5 we were unable to issue a release to you
until today (April 9).
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McKelvey
April 9, 1974
Telephone statement given to AP, UPI, and the Sacramento Bee
in response to inquiries on Governor Reagan's federal income
tax obligations.
"Governor Reagan's federal income tax obligations
for 1962-65 and for all other years have been paid in
full.
"During the years 1962-1965 there were some disputes
between accountants and the IRS over certain items. All
of these questions were ultimately resolved between the
accountants and the IRS, and the taxes were paid accordingly."
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
4-10-74
#230
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced he has accepted with regret
the resignation of Caspar W. Weinberger, Jr., as assistant to the chief
of Information Services. His resignation is effective April 12.
Weinberger resigned to become chief press officer to Brian Van Camp,
who is seeking the Republican nomination for Secretary of State.
Weinberger, son of U.S. HEW secretary Caspar Weinberger, joined the
administration in 1972. A 1968 graduate of Harvard, he is a former
writer, director and producer of documentaries at KRON-TV in San Francisco
He was also a reporter for WGBH-TV in Allston, Massachusetts.
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
4-11-74
#231
Acting Governor Ed Reinecke today announced that he has signed
the following bill:
AB 2726 - Arnett
Provides that school districts may choose one or
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two options in treating interdistrict average daily
attendance for purposes of both the State Foundation
Program apportionments and local revenue limits.
It provides that tuition charged pursuant to
interdistrict attendance shall be limited to actual
cost for the grade level or program, rather than to
the district of attendance revenue limit. The
bill also requires a district of residence to
increase or decrease its revenue limit in the
amount of any shortage or excess that exists
between the district's revenue limit and the
tuition paid to districts of attendance.
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californi
95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
4-12-74
#232
Governor Ronald Reagan today issued a statement in support of
National Volunteer Week in California, April 21-27.
In a letter to George Romney, former governor of Michigan and now
chairman of the board and executive officer of the National Center for
Voluntary Action, Governor Reagan said:
"I am pleased to join the National Center for Voluntary Action and
other individuals and organizations across the state in observing
April 21-27, 1974, as National Volunteer Week in California.
"The many humanitarian and educational projects supported by the
voluntary agencies and organizations throughout California provide an
important aid to the disadvantaged and physically ailing people in our
state.
"The flexibility of the volunteer forces has long led the way in
providing innovative programs that respond to and reflect the changing
needs of our time. The leadership and dedication of the members of
voluntary agencies and organizations have strengthened both the moral
and physical well-being of our society.
"I urge all Californians to join with me and do their part in
supporting these invaluable groups of people helping people."
The National Center for Voluntary Action, headquartered in
Washington, D.C., is a nonprofit organization established to promote
and encourage the concepts of citizen volunteer action throughout
America.
The National Center provides information, technical expertise and
other services to private groups and individuals interested in the
creative mobilization of our nation's greatest resource, the private
citizen.
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RC LD REAGAN
MEMO TO E PRESS
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
4-12-74
#233
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
April 15, 1974
through
April 21, 1974
Monday, April 15
Return to Los Angeles from Phoenix
Tuesday, April 16
11:00 a.m.
News Conference - Greater LA Press Club
600 North Vermont, Los Angeles
p.m.
Return to Sacramento
Wednesday, April 17
1:45 p.m.
Swearing-in of Miss Patricia Gayman, director,
Department of Consumer Affairs, governor's
office. Press coverage invited.
8:00 p.m.
Appearance on UC Davis Campus, Freeborn Hall
Remarks and & & A.
Thursday, April 18
11:00 a.m.
Brief Meeting with Cal Poly Royal Queen,
Cathey Harris, governor's office.
Press coverage invited.
Friday, April 19
A.M.
YPTV Taping, Channel 36 (KGSC),
1536 Kerley, San Jose
Noon
Better Business Bureau luncheon,
Mediterranean Center, Hyatt House Hotel,
San Jose. Remarks.
Evening
RSCCC Dinner - Le Baron Hotel, San Jose. Speech.
Saturday, April 20
No public appointments scheduled
Sunday, April 21
No public appointments scheduled
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR ROM D REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
4-16-74
#234
Governor Ronald Reagan today reappointed two directors of the
9th District Agricultural Association and named a replacement for a
third director on the board which operates the Redwood Acres Fair.
Reappointed were Earl J. Ambrosini, a 52-year-old Democrat who has
been a director since 1962, and Lawrence A. Ford, Jr., 39, a Republican
who has served since 1970.
The new director is Steven R. Sheppard, a 29-year-old Republican.
He replaces Wayne Vickers of Eureka, who resigned at the conclusion of
his four-year term.
Ambrosini, a native of Ferndale who still lives there, graduated
from Cal Poly at San Luis Obispo and is a former agriculture instructor
at Fortuna Union High School. A dairyman, he belongs to various service
organizations, has been a volunteer fireman and has served on the Federal
Housing Administration Board.
Ford was born in Eureka, but now lives in Arcata where he is a sheep
and cattle rancher. He received a bachelor's degree in general
agriculture from Colorado State University and served in the U.S. Navy
as a commissioned officer and as commanding officer of a Naval Reserve
unit in Eureka.
Sheppard is the owner and operator of a number of businesses in
Eureka, including Chain Saw Sales, Western Chain Saw Company, Water
Equipment Unlimited, The Hitch'n Post, Redwood National Advertising and
Sheppard's Sequoia Stables. He graduated with honors from Shasta College
in 1967 and is a past president of the Western States Power Saw Dealers
Association.
Terms for all three expire January 15, 1978. They will receive
their necessary expenses.
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McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
4-16-74
#235
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Sacramentan Harvey W. Kuzel
to the Citizens Advisory Council in the Department of Health. He
replaces Joseph T. DeSilva, of North Hollywood, who resigned.
Kuzel, a 55-year-old Republican, is presently in the real estate
and securities management business. A graduate of the University of
Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, he was a retail and wholesale credit
manager with Union Oil Company for eighteen years prior to going into
business for himself.
He is married and the father of two children. As a council
member, he will receive actual and necessary expenses for his three
year term.
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Garcia
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE
Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
4-16-74
#236
Three members of the 12th District Agricultural Association Board
of Directors were reappointed today by Governor Ronald Reagan.
All three live in Ukiah. They received terms which expire
January 15, 1978 and will be paid their necessary expenses.
Included are William Nelmes Smith, 68, a retired vice president of
Bank of America; Goerge O. Hunter, 60, managing editor of the Uhiah
Daily Journal; and Earl W. Fullerton, 65, owner and operator of
Fullerton Equipment Company.
Smith and Fullerton have been directors since 1958, Hunter since
1960. The former two are Republicans, Hunter is a Democrat.
Smith, a graduate of Elk Grove High School and the American
Institute of Banking, joined Bank of America in 1924 at Elk Grove where
he remained until a 1941 move to Ukiah. He was appointed vice president
and manager of the bank in 1964 and retired May 1, 1971.
Hunter has been the Journal's managing editor for 16 years. The
native of Seattle had worked previously for the Santa Maria Times and
the San Luis Obispo Telegram-Tribune. He attended the University of
Washington during the early depression years, served four years with the
U.S. Air Corps during World War II, then completed his education with a
bachelor's degree in agricultural journalism at Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo
in 1954. His wife is also an editor of the Journal.
Fullerton has been affiliated with the Redwood Empire Association
for 29 years. He is married and has a son and daughter.
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McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RO. LD REAGAN
RELEASE:
mmediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
4-16-74
#237
Governor Ronald Reagan today reappointed two members of the
21st District Agricultural Association (Fresno District Fair) Board and
appointed Fresno attorney Lawrence E. Wayte to fill a third directorship.
Reappointed were Robert K. Kanagawa, 56, a Sanger nurseryman, and
Harry S. Baker, a 70-year-old Fresno cotton dealer.
Wayte, 37, replaces Floyd A. Boyd of Fresno, whose term expired.
The terms of all three will expire January 15, 1978, during which
time they will receive their necessary expenses.
Wayte, a graduate of Stanford University and Hastings Law School,
is a partner in the law firm of McCormick, Barstow, Sheppard, Coyle and
Wayte. He and Kanagawa are Republicans, while Baker is a Democrat.
Kanagawa and Baker have been association directors since 1970.
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McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
4-16-74
#238
Tehama County Supervisor William Flournoy was reappointed today by
Governor Ronald Reagan to the board of the 30th District Agricultural
Association, which runs the Tehama Totem Fair.
At the same time, the governor appointed two new directors. They
are Mrs. Clara E. Staheli of Corning and Mrs. Margorie F. Dahlberg of
Red Bluff.
The three will receive their necessary expenses during terms
expiring January 15, 1978.
Flournoy, a 53-year-old Democrat, was elected to the Tehama County
Board in 1966 and is seeking re-election this year. He is a livestock
rancher and farmer who has been on the fair board since 1962 and has
belonged to the Tehama County Cattlemens Association for 25 years.
Mrs. Staheli, a graduate of Eureka High School and Humboldt State
College, replaces Ward A. Anderson of Red Bluff, whose term on the board
expired. She is president of both the Corning Memorial Hospital
Auxiliary and Native Daughters (Olivia Parlor No. 309) and secretary
of the Tehama County River Park. A teacher for 15 years, she has won
more than 6,000 ribbons from various fairs in California.
Mrs. Dahlberg, an employee of the Tehama County Health Department,
replaces Barbara C. Wray of Gerber, whose term expired. The new director
has been an exhibitor at both the Tehama Totem and Los Angeles County
Fairs. For three years she has trained contestants and coordinated the
Tehama Totem Fair's queen contest.
Mrs. Staheli is a Democrat and Mrs. Dahlberg a Republican.
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McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
4-16-74
#239
John R. Fullerton, an engineer with the Ventura County Fire
Department, was appointed to the state Board of Fire Services today by
Governor Ronald Reagan.
Fullerton, a 43-year-old Republican, is the last of 11 governor's
appointees to the board, which was created by 1973 legislation. The
others were appointed March 26.
A resident of Ventura, Fullerton has been with the fire department
since 1955. He is a trustee of Los Angeles Baptist College.
His term, calling for payment of his actual and necessary expenses,
will expire January 1, 1976.
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McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
4-16-74
#240
Three Antelope Valley Fair directors were reappointed today by
Governor Ronald Reagan, in addition to a replacement for the late
Joseph Shreve of Palmdale on the 50th District Agricultural Association
board.
Reappointed to terms expiring January 15, 1978 were:
A. C. Warnack, 48, owner of six construction and engineering firms
in the Antelope Valley. He has been on the board since 1966 and is a
Democrat. He lives in Lancaster.
Clyde G. Golding, 47, also of Lancaster, owner of the Antelope
Valley Insurance Agency and one of five originators of youth baseball
in the Valley. He has served since 1970 and is a Republican.
Mrs. Neta D. Rephun of Lancaster, a realtor (Neta Deeter) in that
city since 1952. She was the city's first (and only) woman honorary
mayor in 1965-66 and the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce Woman of the Year
in 1963. A Republican, she has been on the fair board since 1971.
Replacing Shreve is Lt. Col. Joseph P. Davis, Jr., 51, retired
U.S. Air Force pilot, who is employed in customer relations at Rockwell
International in Palmdale. He holds a bachelor's degree from Oklahoma
State University and is a Republican. He fills the unexpired term of
Shreve extending to January 15, 1976.
Directors of the association receive their necessary expenses.
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McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR NALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
4-16-74
#241
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointments of
Mrs. Florenz T. Dolwig and Edward J. Bigelow, and the reappointment of
Joseph L. Sonka to the 29th District Agricultural Association board of
directors. All are from Sonora.
Mrs. Dolwig, a Republican, replaces John E. Kelley, of Sonora,
whose term expired. She is also a member of the board of directors of
the Scenic Brook Estates Mutual Water Company of Sonora. Her term will
expire January 15, 1977.
Bigelow, 51, a Democrat, replaces Thomas W. Borden of Sonora who
resigned. The term expires January 15, 1975. Bigelow is the
Agricultural Commissioner, Director of Weights and Measures, and Air
Pollution Control Officer for Tuolumne County.
Sonka, 39, a Republican, has served on the board since April 15,
1970. He is a Tuolumne County rancher, raising sheep, apples and
cattle. His term on the board will expire January 15, 1977.
The association operates the Mother Lode Fair.
Board members receive necessary expenses.
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Garcia
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
4-16-74
#242
Governor Ronald Reagan today reappointed Mrs. Harriet M.
(Russel L.) Stockwell, of El Cajon, to a second four-year term on the
San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board,
Mrs. Stockwell, a Republican, is an active civic leader and was
recently named "Citizen of the Year" by the El Cajon Chamber of Commerce.
She is chairman of the El Cajon Planning Commission and chairman of the
San Diego Public Services Agency Advisory Board. She is a past state
president of the League of Women Voters.
Board members receive actual and necessary expenses.
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Garcia
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR .ONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
4-16-74
#243
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Michael W. Poggenburg as the executive secretary of the Council on
Intergovernmental Relations. He replaces James A. R. Johnson of
Sacramento who resigned in December 1973 to enter private business.
Poggenburg has been the acting executive secretary since that time.
Poggenburg, a 28-year-old Republican, was born and raised in
Berkeley. He is a 1967 graduate of California State University, Chico,
with a degree in political science. He earned his law degree at
Humphrey's College of Law in 1972.
Prior to his appointment, Poggenburg was executive director of
the Advisory Coordinating Council on Public Personnel Management in the
state Personnel Board.
He is married to the former Linda Bergemann of Lafayette.
The position of executive secretary pays an annual salary of
$21,312.
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Garcia
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
4-16-74
#244
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Rodney J. Blonien of Petaluma as his assistant legal affairs secretary.
Blonien, 27, replaces James D. Garbolino, who resigned March 31
to enter private law practice in Roseville. He will receive $23,484
annually and serve at the governor's pleasure.
Blonien has been a deputy California attorney general since 1971
in the criminal law section in San Francisco. In that capacity he has
undertaken several special assignments in the areas of narcotics and
drug abuse and search and seizure.
He was educated at Brophy College Preparatory High School in
Phoenix, Arizona, where his parents still live; the University of San
Francisco, where he received a bachelor's degree in political science
in 1968; and the University of Santa Clara, where he received his law
degree in 1971. He was USF student body president in the 1967-68
school year.
His collegiate honors included Alpha Sigma Nu, the national Jesuit
honor fraternity; Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities,
1966-68; and assignment to the staff of the Santa Clara Lawyer
publication, 1969-71.
Blonien, a Democrat, teaches evening division classes at Santa
Rosa Junior College in California Search and Seizure Laws and Consumer
Law.
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McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR
NALD REAGAN
RELEAS
Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
4-16-74
#245
Students of the California State University and Colleges will get
more financial help in the next academic year if a proposal today by
Governor Ronald Reagan is adopted by the legislature's fiscal committees.
The governor seeks a $300,000 state expenditure to administer a
federal student scholarship program that could result in an additional
$9 million for students with financial need.
Today's proposal came in letters from state Finance Director
Verne Orr to chairmen Willie Brown of the Assembly Ways and Means
Committee and Randolph Collier of the Senate Finance Committee. The
committees are currently holding separate hearings on the state budget.
According to Governor Reagan, the Federal Higher Education
Amendments of 1972 created a basic educational opportunity grant program
(BEOG) intended to provide a foundation level of aid for needy college
students. "In its first year, the governor said, "only about half of
the $122 million appropriated nationwide for BEOG has been spent.
Students from low-income families have been denied these grants because
of the program's administrative complexity and the students lack of
knowledge about it. State funding will lead to the availability of
maximum participation by students and full implementation of this
important concept of direct grants to worthy students."
According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, last fall California
had 15 percent of the nation's college and university enrollment and 30
percent of the community college population. Nine out of ten California
college students were at a public school, in comparison with 61 percent
in the state of New York, the same report indicated.
In addition, the report showed that California supports nearly 2½
times as many students (1,321,000 to 542,000) in public higher education
as New York, which is a distant second nationally.
In his 1974-75 budget, Governor Reagan requested $62 million in
financial aid for students from low-income families to get a college
education, an increase of 8 percent over the current year.
Of the $62 million projected by the governor, $41.6 million will be
provided through the state Scholarship and Loan Commission an increase
of more than $36 million since Reagan took office in 1967.
Another $11.2 million of the total is earmarked for expenditures on
Educational Opportunity Programs and related services.
"The total student financial aid picture in California is bright,'
said Reagan. "The opportunities for California youth to achieve higher
education, regardless of their financial status, has never been better.
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McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RO LD REAGAN
RELEASE:
Immediate
Sacramento, Californi
95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
4-17-74
#246
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced that he has signed the
following bills:
AB 1142 - Garcia
Requires the Department of Parks and Recreation to offer
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to the City of Los Angeles an operating agreement or
lease for El Pueblo de Los Angeles State Historic Park
for a term of three years which provi es for the
maintenance of Olvera Street in its present condition
except as necessary to meet building code seismic
requirements and to cancel the joint powers agreement
for this unit dated December 1, 1955. The bill also
appropriates $700,000 for the restoration of the Pico-
Garnier Block in this unit and declares the bill an
urgency statute.
AB 2080 -Kapiloff Eliminates exceptions to the general requirement that
Chapter 166
the county tax collector collect all property taxes.
The bill also repeals the provision authorizing a county
board of supervisors to require either the assessor or
tax collector to collect taxes on the unsecured property
AB 2764 - Mobley
Provides for the addition of a voted increase in the
Cgapter 167
maximum tax rate, to be effective commencing with 1973-
74 fiscal year, which has a termination date and whose
sole purpose was providing construction funds, to the
maximum general purpose tax rate otherwise applicable
to school districts.
SB 628 - Stull
Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to
Chapter 160
allocate funds to the Department of Education from
prescribed state school fund allocation schedule for
purposes of research, program development, and evaluation in the education
of the handicapped or gifted pupils rather than special education. The
bill deletes the requirement that prescribed amounts of such funds be
utilized for research through contractual agreements with California
Universities. The bill also requires the State Board of Education to
adopt rescribed rules and regulations, and to annually review problems
and issues in the education of the handicapped and gifted pupils.
SB 1106 - Collier Requires the Department of Finance to sell all interests
Chapter 161
of the state in the real property and appurtenances of
the Los Guilucos School facility to Sonoma County for
$1,250,000.
SB 1178 - Short
Permits the applicant for an apprentice barber certificate
Chapter 162
who fails his first examination to take a second examin-
ation within 90 days without completing the presently
required 250 hour further course of study. The bill
makes the requirement of further study applicable only if the second
examination is not taken within the 90-day period or, if so taken, is
failed. The bill also eliminates the present limitation of two apprentices
per shop and the requirement that an applicant work under the "immediate
personal" supervision of a registered barber.
SB 1844 - Marks
Deletes the requirement that administrative advisers
Chapter 163
(legal) employed by any school district be employed
under the same time-in-position conditions as prescribed
for obtaining permanent status under the tenure system
for certificated positions.
Governor Reagan also signed AB 1841 with the following deletion:
AB 1841 - Duffy
Allows an unlicensed person to perform acupuncture for
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the primary purpose of scientific investigation as a £
function of a formal program under jurisdiction and
affiliation of an approved medical school. The Board of Medical Examiners
is required to provide grants for this purpose from a $150,000 General Fund
Appropriation.
DELETION:
"I am deleting the $150,000 appropriation contained in
Assembly Bill No. 1841.
"Necessary funds for medical school research into the
therapeutic value of acupuncture can be best handled through the budgetary
process which is the established method of funding medical research.
With this deletion, I approve Assembly Bill No. 1841."
OF
THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
STATE STATE CALIFORNIA * SEAL
OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES
XXXIII
P.O.BOX 9577 SACRAMENTO CALIFORNIA 95823 PHONE 916-445-6231
916-421-4990
NEWS RELEASE
Contact:
April 18, 1974
Stephanie Bradfield
Emergency Gasoline
Information Officer
Marketing Bulletin
No. 10
Governor Ronald Reagan has released Los Angeles and Ventura
Counties from the California Emergency Gasoline Marketing
Regulations at the request of their Boards of Supervisors.
Los Angeles and Ventura have become the last of nine counties
to terminate the local emergency situations which prompted
them to request the regulations in early March.
The program was designed to reduce lines at gas stations, and
to provide an orderly system for purchasing gasoline. The
counties in which the plan was implemented reported lines were
substantially reduced, and the plan contributed significantly
to a more orderly gasoline marketing procedure.
"The availability of gasoline was improved considerably, " said
Herb Temple, OES Director, "so continuing the emergency system
is unnecessary. " The Governor's action becomes effective
immediately.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR P ALD REAGAN
RELEA
-
Immediate
Sacramento, Californ d 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
4-18-74
#247
(CQ)
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Mrs. Loretta C. Ceasar
of Vallejo as a member of the Child Development Program Advisory
Committee.
Mrs. Ceasar will represent the state Advisory Health Council on
the committee. She replaces Dr. F. Harold Johnson of Roseville, who
is no longer eligible to serve.
A mother of five, Mrs. Ceasar has been involved in numerous civic,
social and political activities in Vallejo and Solano County, including
Girl Scouting, PTA, NAACP and a taxpayers' association.
Her husband is a teacher in the Vallejo Unified School District
and is executive director of Solano County Business Development, a non-
profit corporation of which Mrs. Ceasar is a board member and consultant.
A Republican, she will be pai her necessary expenses as a committee
member and will serve at the governer's pleasure.
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McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californi 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
4-18-74
#248
A Glendale chiropractor today was reappointed by Governor Ronald
Reagan to the state Board of Chiropractic Examiners.
The term of Dr. Cynthia E. Preiss will expire February 10, 1978,
and she will be paid $25 per diem for duty on the board, which is part
of the Department of Consumer Affairs.
Dr. Preiss, a Republican, has served on the board since March 1971.
The native of Elgin, Illinois, was graduated from the Los Angeles
College of Chiropractic, where she served as that institution's only
female associated student body president. She was licensed in 1967
and now has a private practice in Glendale.
She is involved in numerous professional and business organizations.
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McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californi
95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
4-18-74
#249
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced that he has signed the
following bills:
AB 2190 - Maddy
Defines classes of persons who must be given notice
Chapter 171
in trust proceedings. The bill prescribes the
circumstances in which a court may require additional
notice or appoint a guardian of a beneficiary or
beneficiary class.
AB 2670 -Lanterman Revises provisions of the Health and Safety Code
Chapter 172
governing the conduct of hearings and notices
concerning granting of variances from air pollution
control regulations; and specifies procedures to be
followed by hearing boards in these matters.
AB 2671 - Wood
Appropriates $500,000 from proceeds of the State School
Chapter 173
Building Aid Bond Law of 1966 as a state loan for the
construction or purchase of facilities for a regional
occupational center or program in Monterey County.
AB 2695 - Badham Specifies that prescribed maximum amounts of compensa-
Chapter 174
tion to members of school district city boards of
education or governing boards is applicable to members
of newly organized or reorganized school districts.
The bill authorizes the governing board of any school
district unified during the 1973-74 fiscal year but not
effective until July 1, 1974, to exercise until that
date, all powers necessary to meet and confer with a
certificated employee council, adopt a merit system,
and appoint a personnel commission. It further validates
all such acts and proceedings taken prior to effective
date of this act which would otherwise have complied
with such provisions.
SB 1405 - Alquist Authorizes the recording in the county recorder's
Chapter 168
office of certifications issued by an agency of the
federal government to authenticate the birth or death
of a United States citizen abroad. The bill also
authorizes the county recorder of the county of last
permanent residence to record an authentication of birth
of a child born to a United States citizen outside of
the United States.
SB 1574 - Mills
Authorizes the Department of Health, upon approval of
Chapter 170
the Director of Finance, to approve a county appropria-
tion in excess of the two-tenths mill of assessed valua-
tion limit for crippled children services if the county
expresses an intent to appropriate additional funds and
the State is able to match the county appropriation
within the current state appropriation for such purpose.
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SB 1603 - Song
States that the obligations of a distributor or retail
Chapter 169
seller of used goods sold in this state under the Song-
Beverly Consumer Warranty Act extend to sales of all
used goods regardless of when such goods may have been
manufactured.
AB
SB
3100
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Fenton Makes clarifying amendments to provision relating
Chapter 175
to home solicitation contracts.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californ'
95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
4-18-74
#250
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointments of
Robert C. Johnson of Watsonville, Dr. Karl A. Lamb, of Santa Cruz,
and Charles W. Spencer of Aptos to four year terms on the 14th District
Agricultural Association board of directors.
He also appointed Clarence O. Hansen, of Felton, to fill the
unexpired term of F. Norman Clark, of Santa Cruz who resigned.
Johnson, 38, is secretary- treasurer of the Sunnyside-Watsonville
Corporation and is a Democrat. He has served on the board since April
23, 1962.
Dr. Lamb is a 41 year old Republican and is the Associate
Professor of Government at the University ofCalifornia at Santa Cruz.
He has been a member of the board since August 2, 1968.
Spencer, 67, is the Postmaster in Aptos. He is a Democrat and
has served on the board since January 27, 1960.
Hansen, 63, a Democrat, is the President of Felton Quarry. His
term on the board expires January 15, 1976.
Board members receive necessary expenses.
The association operates the Santa Cruz County Fair.
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Garcia
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californ
95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
4-18-74
#251
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointment of
Earl Bradley, of Turlock, James H. Condoni, of Oakdale, and Frank
M. Dompe of Crows Landing, to the 38th District Agricultural Association
board of directors. The association operates the Stanislaus County Fair.
Bradley, 80, a Democrat, has served on the board since November
24, 1959. He has served as chairman of the board for two four-year
terms.
Condoni, a 41 year old Republican, was first appointed to the
board on June 25, 1970. He owns and operates the Clover Ranch.
Dompe, 53, a Republican, is the President of a farm managing
business.
He has served on the board since June 26, 1967.
Board members serve four year terms and receive necessary
expenses.
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Garcia
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RC ALD REAGAN
REL SE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californi 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
4-18-74
#252
Governor Ronald Reagan today said he deplored "yet another
act of violence' after being informed of the bombing of the headquarters
of the Western Conference of Teamsters in Burlingame.
The governor said:
"Fortunately, this senseless act of violence occurred at a
time when the building was not occupied, but that doesn't erase the
fact that it was part and parcel of the increasing violent atmosphere
that has been building in some sections of the country in recent
months.
"I know that law enforcement officials will move quickly
in an effort to identify and apprehend those responsible for this
stupid act. The general public can help, too. If we are to stop this
senseless violence, anyone having information about a particular crime
should pass it along to the appropriate authorities. They may be
assured that the source of the information will be kept strictly
confidential.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, Californi
95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
4-19-74
#253
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
April 22, 1974
Through
April 28, 1974
Monday, April 22
11:00 a.m.
Dedication of Dr. William G. Bonelli Center
for Instructional Resources, College of the
Canyons, Valencia. RR remarks.
2:15 p.m.
YPTV, Channel 10, Sacramento.
Tuesday, April 23
10:30 a.m.
NEWS CONFERENCE
1:45 p.m.
Swearing in of Doreen Marshall, Chairman
of the Council on Intergovernmental Relations.
Press coverage invited. Governor's Office.
Wednesday, April 24
Noon
Buffet lunch with secretaries, patio, governor's
office. Press coverage is invited.
Thursday, April 25
10:30 a.m.
Holbrook School, 3333 Ronald Way, Concord,
for the Great Snail Race.
NOTE: Governor Reagan will provide a press bus for the trip to
Concord and the Great Snail Race. The bus will leave from
the west side of the Capitol at 9:15 a.m. A box lunch will
be served aboard the bus. Background information for
advance story will be provided on Monday afternoon.
RSVP the press office by NOON Wednesday, April 24.
2:45 p.m.
Photo with California March of Dimes Poster
Boy, Marty Mimmack. Press Coverage is invited.
governor's office.
P.M.
Depart for Des Moines, WHO Radio 50th
Anniversary Celebration, Drake Relays.
Friday, April 26
Noon
WHO Luncheon, Des Moines
Saturday, April 27
Drake Relays, Des Moines
Sunday, April 28
Evening
Texas GOP Fundraiser, Houston.
NOTE: Information will be provided Monday on WHO, the
governor's participation in the Drake Relays and
Texas GOP Fundraiser.
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californi
95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
4-19-74
#254
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced that he has signed the
following bills:
AB 2099 - Arnett
Chapter 178
Authorizes San Mateo County to adopt a
comprehensive water resources management
plan.
SB 491 - Nejedly
Requires the responsible state agency to
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consult with, and obtain comments from, the
State Air Resources Board in preparing an
environmental impact report on a highway or
freeway project, as to the air pollution
impact of the potential vehicular use of such
highway or freeway.
SB 1231 - Zenovich
Revises the definition of "commercial loan"
Chapter 177
as used in the Personal Property Brokers Law.
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Garcia
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR R ALD REAGAN
RELEASE
Immediate
Sacramento, Californ_ 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
4-19-74
#255
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of six new
members to the state Hospital Advisory Board in the Department of
Consumer Affairs. Five of the appointments are to replace members whose
terms had expired and one is to fill a new position created in 1973 by
the legislature.
The appointees are:
Ralph A. Rendon, of San Diego, vice president of the Bruce Farley
Corporation. The 27-year-old Republican replaces Sherman F. Wagenseller
of Los Angeles. His appointment expires October 15, 1975.
Dr. Irvin Ungar, who is the director of the Department of Applied
Physiology at St. Mary's Hospital in Long Beach. He is 65 and replaces
Arlene W. Lillie of Stockton. His term expires October 15, 1976.
Ronald J. Davey, administrator of Roseville Community Hospital,
replaces Robert Roberts of Redding. Davey is a Republican. His
appointment expires October 15, 1975.
Dr. Luis Arismendi, 42, a Republican from Stockton, replaces
Harry L. Miller, of San Marino. His term expires October 15, 1976.
Charles S. Dyer, 47, a Republican, is the administrator of the
Tustin Community Hospital. He replaces Dr. William K. Eaton, Jr.
His term expires October 15, 1977.
Appointed to the newly created position on the board is John R.
Pence, administrator of Plumas District Hospital in Quincy. He is 50,
a Democrat, and his term expires October 15, 1976.
Representing hospital administrators on the board are Davey,
Dr. Arismendi, Dyer and Pence. Rendon and Dr. Ungar represent the
general public.
Board members receive actual and necessary expenses.
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Garcia
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RO' LD REAGAN
MEMO
0 THE PRESS
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
4-22-74
#256
Governor Ronald Reagan accepted an invitation to the Concord
Holbrook Elementary School's Great Snail Race from Jenna Holt. Jenna,
8, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Holt of Concord, and is in the
third grade.
Each member of her class was asked to invite someone to this
gastropod mollusk competition.
Her letter of invitation:
"Dear Governor Reagan:
"Our third grade class is sponsoring the Fourth Annual Great
Snail Race on Thursday, April 25, 10:49 a.m. at Holbrook School.
"We would like you to be an official judge. Last year's race
was over in less than two minutes. There were over 600 snails entered.
Don't miss this great event. To get out of the rat race. To enjoy a
snail's pace. Join us at the Great Snail Race.
"Sincerely yours, Jenna Holt."
Rules for Great Snail Race:
1--Snails can hear, so no shouting.
2--Snails have feelings, so no teasing.
3--Snails like to live, so no squashing.
The race course will be a nine-inch wide circle, with three-
inch rings. The winner will be the snail that crawls over the finish
line (the outside circle) or the snail which crawls the farthest from
the center in three minutes.
Each snail can be decorated with a number, stripes, or painted
a color of your choice.
Prizes: Ribbons for first, second, and third will be given
for each room race. The Great Race prizes will be: 3rd, 17 tiny
pieces of bubble gum; 2nd, 11 small pieces of bubble gum; 1st, 8 giant
pieces of bubble gum, plus your picture taken with the champion snail.
(Press note: The press bus to the Great Snail Race at Concord
will leave from the west side of the Capitol at 9:15 a.m. Thursday,
April 25. There are 47 seats on the bus. First come, first served.
Box lunches will be provided. Return estimated 1:30-2:00 p.m. RSVP
the Governor's Press Office by noon Wednesday, April 24.
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Decretary
916-445-4571
4-23-74
#257
Governor Ronald Reagan will be in Des Moines, Iowa, Friday
and Saturday (April 26-27) to participate in the 50th anniversary
celebration at Radio Station WHO and act as Grand Marshal of the Drake
Relays Parade.
On Sunday (April 28) he will be in Houston, Texas, to address
a testimonial dinner for GOP National Chairman George Bush. Former
Texas Governor John Connally will be the dinner chairman and will
introduce Governor Reagan.
Mrs. Reagan will accompany the governor.
Following is the schedule of events:
FRIDAY, APRIL 26
11:00 a.m.
Press availability, Hotel Fort Des Moines.
Noon
WHO 50th Anniversary luncheon, Grand Ballroom,
Hotel Fort Des Moines. Live radio and television
in Des Moines. Governor participates.
7 p.m.
Drake Relays Coaches Banquet, Grand Ballroom,
Hotel Fort Des Moines. Governor speaks.
SATURDAY, APRIL 27
10:00 a.m.
Drake Relays Parade begins. Live TV by WHO.
Noon
Luncheon with Drake University officials and
Governor and Mrs. Robert Ray of Iowa. No speech.
1:45 p.m.
Presentation of Drake Relays Queen at the annual
track meet. Governor participates.
SUNDAY, APRIL 28
6:05 p.m.
Press Availability, Room 201, Albert Thomas
Convention Center, Houston.
7:00 p.m.
Testimonial dinner for George Bush, Convention
Center, Governor speaks.
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McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR F ALD REAGAN
RELEASE:
Immediate
Sacramento, Californ.a 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
4-23-74
#258
Governor Ronald Reagan today reappointed a UCLA anthropology
professor and a South Pasadena architect to the state Historical
Landmarks Advisory Committee.
They are Dr. Clement W. Meighan, 49, who was chairman of the
anthropology department on the Westwood campus between 1961 and 1964,
and Raymond Girvigian, 47, who has practiced architecture in the
Los Angeles area since 1957.
Both are Democrats, have served since March 1970, and were given
new terms extending to January 15, 1978. They will receive their
necessary expenses.
Dr. Meighan was chairman of the faculty of UCLA's College of
Letters and Science between 1971 and 1973 and was acting director of
the Latin American Studies Center at the university in 1962. He has
published more than 100 items in professional journals and is the
author of two textbooks. He received his bachelor's and doctorate
degrees from the University of California at Berkeley.
Girvigian's experience includes the architecture of schools,
hospitals, civic centers and community recreational facilities in such
cities as Pico Rivera, La Puente, Rosemead and Lawndale.
A resident of South Pasadena since 1967, he has served on the
National Park Service's Advisory Board study of historic American
buildings, and with various state and national American Institute of
Architects committees.
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McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RC LD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde W lthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
4-23-74
#259
Joseph E. Hertzig of Paloma was appointed today and two others
were reappointed by Governor Ronald Reagan as directors of the
Calaveras County Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee, which is operated by
the 39th District Agricultural Association.
Hertzig, 54, replaces Howard L. Mosbaugh of Altaville, who
resigned at the conclusion of his term on the board.
Reappointees include Norval A. Tanner, 57, of Murphys, and Mrs.
Eve K. Zumwalt of Mokelumne Hill. Both have served since June 1970.
New terms for the three, all of whom are Republicans, will expire
January 15, 1978. They will receive necessary expenses.
Hertzig, a cattleman, is a member of the Calaveras County Farm
Bureau, 4-H leader and member of its council, chairman of the Calaveras
Agriculture Preserve screening committee and organizer and chairman
of the Calaveras Junior Livestock Show and Auction Committee, which
handles youth activites at the Calaveras County Fair.
Tanner has lived in Calaveras County his entire life. He
graduated from Bret Harte High School and attended the University
of California at Davis. He owns a heavy equipment company and is
active in the Lions Club and Native Sons.
Mrs. Zumwalt is a teacher at San Andreas Elementary School and
has more than 35 years of teaching and administrative experience in
Sacramento, Jackson and Calaveras County. She is a graduate of San
Francisco State College and has traveled extensively both on this
continent and in Europe. She is a life member of the National
Education Association.
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McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR F ALD REAGAN
RELEASE:
mediate
Sacramento, Californ 4 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
4-23-74
#260
Two directors of the Orange County Fair, which is run by the
32nd District Agricultural Association, were reappointed today by
Governor Ronald Reagan.
They are Robert W. Krone, 46, of Arthur Young and Company,
certified public accountants in Santa Ana, and Dr. Maurice S. Nadridge,
49, a Placentia physician and surgeon.
Both have served since February 1970. They will receive their
necessary expenses during new terms which expire January 15, 1978.
Krone, a Republican, was educated at UCLA before joining Ira
N. Frisbee and Company, a CPA firm, in 1954. Thirteen years later he
joined Arthur Young and Company. He served four years in the Air Force
toward the end of World War II.
Dr. Nadridge, a Democrat, has been in private practice in Orange
County since 1959. He is a graduate of Hollywood High School, Los
Angeles City College and the University of Southern California, where
he was cum laude. After serving in the European Theater in World War
II as an intelligence staff interpreter of German, he attended USC
graduate school. He graduated from the College of Osteopathic
Physicians and Surgeons in 1958 and received his medical degree from
the University of California at Irvine in 1962.
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McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RC LD REAGAN
MEM
TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
4-25-74
N-O-T-I-C-E O-F C-A-N-C-E-L-L-A-T-I-O-N
California's March of Dimes Poster Boy,
Marty Mimmack, is unable to meet with Governor
Reagan today at 2:45 p.m. Marty's group was
unable to complete transportation arrangements.
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Walthall (RAS)
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RO' LD REAGAN
RELEASE:
Immediate
Sacramento, Californi. 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
4-25-74
#261
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced his nomination of
Sacramento Superior Court Judges George E. Paras, 49, and Robert K.
Puglia, 44, to the 3rd District Court of Appeal to two new
appellate court positions created by 1973 legislation.
The nominations must be confirmed by the State Commission on
Judicial Appointments made up of Supreme Court Chief Justice Donald
Wright, Attorney General Evelle Younger and Senior Presiding Justice
Frank Richardson of the 3rd Appellate District, which covers 23
California counties.
Prior to his appointment to the Superior Court bench in 1969,
Judge Paras practiced law in the Sacramento community. He is a member
of the State Bar, the Sacramento County Bar Association and Delta Theta
Phi law fraternity. He is a graduate of Sacramento Junior College and
the Stanford University Law School.
Puglia is a former chief deputy district attorney of
Sacramento County (1961-1969), and was a professor of law at McGeorge
College of the Law. Prior to joining the Sacramento County District
Attorney's Office in 1959, Puglia served as a deputy state attorney
general in San Francisco and Sacramento. He is a graduate of Ohio
State University and earned his law degree at the University of
California's Boalt Hall.
Judge Puglia was named to the Sacramento County Superior
Court bench in 1971.
The annual salary for an appellate court judgeship is
$45,139.
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23 Counties, Third District Court of Appeal:
Siskiyou, Modoc, Trinity, Shasta, Lassen, Tehama, Plumas, Colusa,
Glenn, Butte, Sierra, Sutter, Yuba, Nevada, Yolo, Placer, Sacramento,
El Dorado, San Joaquin, Amador, Calaveras, Alpine and Mono.
Walthall (RAS)
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
4-25-74
#262
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Berger C. Benson, of San
Mateo, to the State Fish and Game Commission. He will serve the
unexpired term of C. Ransom Pearman of San Gabriel, who resigned.
The term ends January 15, 1979.
Benson is president of the San Francisco branch of the Mzuri
Club, a national conservation club. He is also on the board of
trustees of the National Mzuri Safari Foundation and a member of
Game Conservation International and Ducks Unlimited.
A 1961 graduate of San Jose State, he is a painting contractor
in San Mateo. Commission members receive $10 per day while on
official duty. The appointment requires Senate confirmation.
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Garcia
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
4-25-74
#263
Governor Ronald Reagan today signed the following bills:
AB 690 - Dunlap
Adopts and authorizes the Fairfield Streams Project,
Chapter 183
in accordance with similar federal action, for
acquisition of lands, easements, and rights-of-ways
and relocation of roads, bridges, and utilities. The
bill further provides that the appropriation amount
for state participation shall be made upon the
recommendation and advice of the Reclamation Board
and that no state funds shall be appropriated until
federal advanced engineering and design funds are
available.
AB 1674 -Russell
Establishes & time limits for the sale of surplus
Chapter 185
state property to public agencies.
AB 2075 -Kapiloff
Requires the State Board of Equalization to prescribe
Chapter 186
procedures and forms for the free public libraries,
free museums and public schools property tax exemptions.
The bill requires persons claiming such exemptions to
make an annual filing with the assessor. School
districts are exempted from such requirement.
AB
2083
-Kapiloff Defines "comparable lands" and "representative sales
Chapter 187
information" for purposes of assessment of land under
an enforceable use restriction. The bill makes other
technical changes relating to Board of Equalization
appraisals.
AB
2087
-Kapiloff
Authorizes the State Board of Equalization to impose
Chapter 188
escape assessments on state assessed (utility) property
The bill imposes a 25 percent penalty assessment on
utilities which willfully or fraudulently fail to
report or fail to report such information accurately.
AB 2528 - Burton
Directs the governor to proclaim March 7 as "Arbor Day."
Chapter 189
The bill does not create an additional state holiday.
The governor is presently required to proclaim
September 28 as "Cabrillo Day."
AB 2615 -L. Greene
Permits school buildings not conforming to the Field
Chapter 190
Act structural safety standards to be utilized after
June 30, 1975 provided that the Stato Allocation Board
authorizes such use, and repair, reconstruction or
replacement of inadequate facilities has commenced.
The bill requires the school district governing board
requesting such authorizations to adopt a resolution
declaring the board's intention to continue use of the
building. It further requires that school districts
seek approval from the State Allocation Board prior to
the 1974-75 fiscal year in order to levy the ten cent
($0.10) restricted permissive tax rate allowed for
increasing Field Act construction funds.
AB 2782 - Chappie
Extends from July 1, 1975, to July 1, 1979, the
Chapter 191
authority of both the Tahoe City Public Utility
District and the South Tahoe Public Utility District
to fix, for each fiscal year, an increased water
standby or immediate availability charge, with any
funds derived from such increase to be used only for
acquisition of nonpublic domestic water supply systems.
The bill includes the North Tahoe Public Utility District in such authority.
AB 2800 - Duffy
Authorizes the Director of the Department of Food and
Chapter 192
Agriculture, upon the recommendation of the Cotton
Pest Control Board, to expend $152,000 from the
Agriculture Fund to supplement the research by the
University of California on the male confusion
technique for pink bollworm control.
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AB 3237 - McAlister
Revises the prescribed wording of a ballot measure
Chapter 193
for an increase or decrease in the revenue limit
per unit of average daily attendance of a school
district or community college district. It also
validates elections and proceedings which substantially
complied with prior law or with the law as changed by
this act.
SB 747 - Stiern
Makes procedural changes relating to equalization of
Chapter 180
assessments for property taxation purposes.
SB 1309 - Robbins Requires that one department at each of the four
Chapter 181
branches of Los Angeles Municipal Court District
handling the largest volume of traffic arraignments
remain open and in session at night for trial or other
disposition of infractions. The bill requires the
Judicial Council to study the operation and effect of
such night sessions, and authorizes such a study of
other night sessions conducted in the state.
SB 1466 - Moscone States policy of the state regarding conducting
Chapter 182
elementary, secondary and community college classes
and courses without regard to the sex of the enrolled
students. The bill prohibits specified discriminatory
acts by school districts on the basis of sex of the
pupil, with specified exceptions.
SB 1717 - Nejedly
Requires the board of directors of the San Francisco
Chapter 184
Bay Area Rapid Transit District to submit, not later
than May 1, 1074, to the legislature the boundaries
of the nine election districts within the District
from which the members of the board are to be elected,
if the proposition requiring that the board be elected
is adopted by the district voters at a special
election to be held on June 4, 1974. The bill
specifies that the boundaries of the election districts
are to be as established by the board unless the
legislature 3nacts a statute which becomes effective
on or before May 20, 1974, that establishes and defines
such boundaries.
SB 1895 - Dills
Authorizes the Los Angeles County Superintendent
Chapter 179
of Schools to make an emergency loan to the Compton
Unified School District from the County School Services
Fund. The bill also requires the County Superintendent
of Schools with the cooperation of the Superintendent
of Public Instruction to review the financial manage-
ment of the district.
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Garcia
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR R ALD REAGAN
RELEAS
Immediate
Sacramento, Californ.
95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
4-26-74
#264
Governor Ronald Reagan has issued the following executive order:
"Whereas, it is the duty of nations and states, as well as of men,
to owe their dependence to God who created us; and
"Whereas, this nation and especially this state have been the
recipients of God's best blessings; and
"Whereas, many of us have forgotten God's involvement in our lives
and have assumed that these blessings were produced by us; and
"Whereas, serious problems now exist in our country for which we
need divine solutions; and
"Whereas, God promises such solutions conditional upon our actions,
as stated in II Chronicles 7:14:
'If my people, which are called by my name, shall
humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face,
and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear
from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will
heal their land.'
"Now, therefore, I, Ronald Reagan, Governor of the State of
California, do hereby proclaim the day of April 30, 1974, to be
A DAY OF HUMILIATION, FASTING, AND PRAYER
in California and urge the citizens of this state to join with those
across this nation and to humble ourselves before God, to acknowledge
our dependence upon Him, to ask forgiveness for our sins, and to give
thanks for His great love for us."
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, Californi
95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
4-26-74
#265
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
April 29, 1974
through
May 5, 1974
Monday, April 29
No public appointments
Tuesday, April 30
No public appointments
Wednesday, May 1
12:00 noon
Review California State Police
(Mrs. Reagan to accompany Governor)
West steps of Capitol. Press coverage is
invited.
6:30 p.m.
Legislative reception, County Supervisors
Association, Woodlake Inn.
8:00 p.m.
Law Day U. S. Banquet, Mather Air Force
Base Officers' Open Mess, RR speech.
Thursday, May 2
10:00 a.m.
NEWS CONFERENCE
6:00 p.m.
Consular Corps Reception, St. Francis
Yacht Club, San Francisco.
8:00 p.m.
TWA Management Club Dinner, Hilton Inn,
San Francisco Airport. RR Speech.
NOTE: Mrs. Reagan will accompany governor to Consular
Corps reception and the TWA management dinner)
Friday, May 3
No public appointments
Saturday, May 4
11:00 a.m.
Dedication, Angeles Forest Military Memorial,
Charlton Flats area, Angeles National Forest.
RR Speech.
NOTE: Governor Reagan will dedicate the first living
memorial to Americans who lost their lives in Vietnam.
This living tree memorial will provide a perpetual
tribute to the approximately 6,000 Californians who diec
in Southeast Asia from 1961-73. The memorial is
located on State Highway 2 about 40 miles north of
the Los Angeles Civic Center. The memorial is sponsore
by the Greater Los Angeles Chapter of the Association
of the U. S. Army.)
Sunday, May 5
No public appointments scheduled
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californ
95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
4-26-74
#266
Following is the text of a letter by Governor Reagan to Congressman
Ray Madden, chairman of the House Rules Committee regarding federal
land use planning legislation. Copies of the letter were also sent to
all members of the California Congressional Delegation. The legislation,
is
(HR 10294)/authored by Congressman Morris Udall of Arizona.
"California recognizes the need for the nation and each state and
locality to maintain a land use planning process so that land---our most
valuable resource---is used wisely. State and local agencies must develo
balanced environmental, economic and social objectives in order to meet
this responsibility. This process can best be accomplished by allowing
the states and localities to determine and solve their own land use and
environmental issues.
"In attempting to accomplish environmental goals, federal agency
administrators frequently issue guidelines and regulations which attempt
to meet national as well as state objectives. Often the effect of this
action is that a 'functional feudalist,' concerned with only one issue,
dictates the land use objectives of states and localities. A federally
mandated 'guideline' on land use that might apply to a non-urban state
may not apply to a complex state like California that has highly
urbanized as well as non-urban, resource-oriented areas.
"In California we are taking steps to develop a mechanism which
will provide for the establishment of statewide environmental, social
and economic objectives. This mechanism is attainable at the state
level by coordination of functional planning, resolution of local
jurisdictional conflicts while preserving local authority and respecting
private property rights.
"The federal government should recognize California's leadership in
this field and work to insure that state and local as well as national
environmental goals are balanced with economic and social goals. In
referring to the pending national land use legislation in his State of
the Union speech in January of this year, President Nixon stated: 'This
legislation would reaffirm that the basic responsibility for land use
decisions rests with state and localities, and would provide funds to
encourage them to meet their responsibility.'
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"HR 10294 does not meet this objective. We believe that the states
and localities must develop a balanced approach to land use needs and
maintain a process in order to conserve limited resources. We believe
it is impossible to centralize land use decision making at the federal
level without: (1) establishing an arbitrary bureaucratic machinery
that would almost guarantee administrative chaos, or (2) seriously
infringing on the constitutionally guaranteed concept of private
ownership of property; it appears to us that the legislative approach
contained in these measures would inevitably raise such constitutional
issues.
"A year ago, in outlining principles to be used on guidelines for
land use legislation in California, I stated that California would be
pleased to implement sound legislation, but HR 10294 as written does
not meet our criteria. While we appreciate the interest in establishing
a federal land use policy, such a policy should not require a federal
infringement into an area of responsibility reserved to the states and
localities.
"Ronald Reagan. II
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Garcia
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RON. ) REAGAN
MEMO TO .E PRESS
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
4-29-74
Governor Ronald Reagan and Senator Randolph Collier will
hold a special news conference Wednesday, May 1, 1974 at 10:30
a.m. in Room 1190. Accompanying Governor Reagan and Senator
Collier will be representatives of the County Supervisors
Association, the League of California Cities, the California
Taxpayers Association, and the State Chamber of Commerce.
Purpose of the news conference concerns introduction of major
legislation in the field of public employe-employer relations.
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RC..ALD REAGAN
RELEA.
Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
9160445-4571
4-29-74
#267
Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:
"I want to emphasize that the energy shortage is still with
us. Increased oil imports are reducing its severity but not eliminating
the basic problem. Demand has simply outgrown our ability to supply
and process energy.
"Petroleum refining capacity has not yet caught up with the
significant new demand for fuel oil created by the need to replace our
drastically reduced natural gas supplies. Where 50 percent of our
electricity was generated by natural gas and only seven percent by
fuel oil just a short time ago, those percentages have now very nearly
reversed.
"This means that less oil can be made into gasoline.
Californians must continue to observe the 55 mile per hour speed limit
and to eliminate unnecessary driving. It also means that we must
continue to conserve natural gas and electricity in our homes, shops
and factories. The less natural gas and electricity we use as consumers
the less oil the utilities will have to burn to generate electricity.
"California has been fortunate in that this past winter was
warm and wet. Hydroelectric generation has been very high and we needed
to burn less oil than expected in the generation of electricity. We
can't count on that happening again next winter. The utilities will
need all the oil they can store going into next winter to assure an
adequate supply of electricity.
"I therefore urge all Californians to keep up their energy
conservation efforts. There will be enough gasoline, electricity,
and natural gas for everyone's needs but only if we use them carefully
and wisely."
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
4-30-74
#268
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the resignation of
Rudy C. Garcia as his associate press secretary and the appointment of
Garcia as assistant secretary-communications of the state Health and
Welfare Agency, effective May 3.
Garcia, 44, joined the governor's staff in April 1971. He was the
governor's assistant press secretary for 19 months before being
elevated to the associate press secretary post last December.
"Rudy has been a tremendous asset, the governor said. "I have
enjoyed traveling with him and observing the mutual respect he and
members of the news media have for each other. Jim Jenkins (state
Health and Welfare secretary) is getting a fine man."
Garcia, who replaces Anthony P. J. Browne in the agency post, was
a Navy journalist for 10 years of a 24-year career in which he rose
from seaman to lieutenant commander. He was public affairs officer for
the San Diego Naval Training Center and for the Commander Pacific Fleet
Training Command.
During service in Vietnam he was awarded a Bronze Star Medal with
Combat "V" and Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry.
Garcia attended San Diego City College and George Washington
University in Washington, D.C.
In his new position, he will receive an annual salary of $28,548.
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McKelvey