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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
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1966-74: Press Unit
Folder Title: Press Releases - February 1971
Box: P11
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californ
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
2-1-71
#47
The following letter was sent today to Attorney General Evelle J.
Younger by James M. Hall, Secretary of the Human Relations Agency:
"Dear Attorney General Younger:
"As you are aware, the California Medical Assistance Program
(Medi-Cal) provides health care and related services, including nursing
home services, to recipients of public assistance and medically needy
persons. It has come to my attention that certain persons and
organizations representing, or purporting to represent, providers of
nursing home services to the Medi-Cal program are acting in concert in
an attempt to control rates paid for such services. It appears that such
actions may Constitute illegal trade practices on the part of the
persons and associations involved.
"You are therefore requested to investigate whether in fact any
nursing home providers have entered into any agreement or combination
to fix prices or otherwise restrain or control the availability of
nursing home services contrary to the laws of California or the United
States.
"You may be assured of our full cooperation in carrying out your
investigation and our desire to pursue all appropriate legal remedies if
such violations of law are established.
Sincerely,
JAMES M. HALL
Secretary"
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, Califor
MEMO TO
:
ESS
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
2-1-71
James M. Hall will be sworn in as secretary of Human Relations
Agency at 11:50 a.m. today, in the governor's office.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVE.
DR
RELEAS
Tuesday P.M.'s
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
February 2, 1971
445-4571
# 48
BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS
The Governor's proposed 1971-72 General Fund Budget totals
$4,875.4 million an increase of $29.3 million or 0.6% (six-tenths of
one per cent) over the final 1970-71 budget approved by the
Legislature. Special Funds for 1971-72 total $1,494.7, an increase
of $113.9 million over 1970-71 and Bond funds total $368.6 million,
a decline of $13.8 million or down 3.6% from the 1970-71 bond fund
total.
The total 1971-72 budget including all funds is $6,738.7, an
increase of $129.4 million or approximately 2% higher than the final
1970-71 budget approved by the Legislature. (See Table)
Tax Relief-Shared Revenues
The proposed 1971-72 budget includes $344 million in on-going
tax relief programs, $235 million for homeowner property tax relief,
an increase of $17 million over the $218 million earmarked for
homeowner property tax relief during the 1970-71 budget year. The
special program of property tax relief for senior citizens is up
$1.4 million, from $8.6 million during the 1970-71 budget year to a
proposed $10 million in 1971-72.
Shared Revenues (funds collected by the State and returned to
local governments for various programs) total $665 million in the
proposed 1971-72 budget. Major items of shared revenue include
approximately one half of the State's gasoline tax revenues; three
cents of the 10 cent per package state cigarette tax which goes to
local government (a total of $74 million in 1971-72) and $13 million
in liquor license renewal fees.
State Employee Benefits
The proposed 1971-72 budget includes a package totaling $11
million for employee benefits. Unemployment insurance is being
extended to cover state employees, at an estimated cost of $234,000.
Funds also are included which provide money to finance payment of
time and one-half for overtime work at a cost of $7.7 million and
$3.1 million to provide funds for night shift differential payments
2.
for employees required to be on duty in evening hours.
In addition, the 1971-72 budget includes funds to increase by an
additional $2 per month per employee the State's contribution to
employee health insurance. The State's monthly contribution will
increase from $10 per employee per month in 1970-71 to $12 per
employee per month in 1971-72. Note: Nearly half of the State's employee
will receive 5% merit salary increases during the budget year 1971-72.
(See Governor's Message)
Mental Health Services
The budget for 1971-72 includes a total of $312 million for
mental health services, $16 million more than the $296 million
authorized in the 1970-71 budget approved by the Legislature. The
State is earmarking $187 million to finance local mental health
services (Lanterman-Petris-Short program, etc.) during 1971-72. This
is approximately $22 million more than the amount authorized in the
final 1970-71 budget.
The Department of Mental Hygiene budget totals approximately $125
million in 1971-72 compared to $131 million in 1970-71. The $6 million
decline reflects the continuing downward trend of patient population
in state hospitals, and the continuing increase of funding for local
mental health programs. Estimated patient population for all state
hospitals:
June 30, 1970
24,270
June 30, 1971
22,304
June 30, 1972
20,804
Higher Education and Public Schools
The 1971-72 budget contains approximately $676.6 million for
highest in the State's history,
higher education,/compared to $668.1 million in 1970-71. State support
for state colleges totals about $316 million, an increase of $5.4
million over the $310.6 million in the final 1970-71 budget approved
by the Legislature. The 1971-72 budget allocates approximately
$337.1 million to the University of California, approximately the
same amount approved by the Legislature for the University in the
Message
final 1970-71 budget. (See Governor's Budget/for comments on
University and State College teaching load).
The 1971-72 budget provides approximately $20 million for the
State Scholarship and Loan Commission, $3.4 million more than budgeted
in 1970-71. During the past four fiscal years, between 1967-68 and
3.
1971-72 funds for student scholarships and loans have increased a
total of approximately $14.6 million or 270%.
The 1971-72 budget proposes an allocation of $1,629 million for
public schools. Local assistance allocated under the Average Daily
Attendance (ADA) formula, plus textbooks, etc. totals $1,542 million.
The 1971-72 budget continues funding the
cost-of-living
increase ($88 million net) authorized during the 1970 session by the
Legislature and Executive Branch.
Social Welfare-Medi-Cal
The 1971-72 budget allocates approximately $677 million for
Social Welfare, $65 million less than the $742 million authorized by
the final budget approved by the Legislature.
General Fund support for medical assistance (Medi-Cal) is fixed
at $589 million in the 1971-72 budget submitted to the Legislature,
an increase of more than $105 million over the 70-71 figure.* *
(Additional administrative and legislative changes affecting Medi-Cal
expenditures will be announced. See Governor's Budget Message.)
The average monthly caseload of persons eligible for Medi-Cal
during fiscal 1970-71 is currently 2.4 million.
*Amount of General Fund support after June 1970 Legislative revisions
in Medi-Cal and December 1970 administrative cost reductions.
OVERALL BUDGET TOTALS*
(In Millions of Dollars)
1970-71
1971-72
Change $ and %
Authorized Budget
Proposed Budget
(+) or (-)
General Fund
4,846.1
4,875.4
29.3 (0.6%)
Special Funds
1,380.8
1,494.7
113.9
(8.2%)
Bond Funds
382.4
368.6
-13.8 (-3.6%)
Totals, all
$6,609.3
$6,738.7
$129.4 (2.0%)
Funds
*Final Budget Approved by Legislature (With legislation passed during
session)
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SALARY INCREASES FOR CALIFORNIA STATE EMPLOYEES
1960-61 to 1970-71
Effective Date
Average Adjustment
(General and Special
Categories Combined)
7/1/60
6.2%
7/1/61
.5%*
4/1/62
6.0%
7/1/62
1.2%**
1/1/64
6.1%
7/1/64
0.8%***
7/1/65
4.4%
4/1/66
4.5%
General Increase
(Only)
11/1/66
0.9%+
7/1/67
5.1%
4.9%
7/1/68
5.7%
5.0%
7/1/69
5.6%
5.0%
7/1/70
5.0%
5.0%
Aggregate Total
52.0%
* Special Increase for Psychiatric Technician Classes
** 6% Adjustment for certain categories (clerical)
*** 2-5% Adjustment for certain categories (clerical)
+ 5-17% Increase for nursing and related categories (retroactive)
During the period 1960-69, the California Consumer Price
Index increased an aggregate total of 23.6%. The increase
for 1970 is officially projected at an annual rate of 5.5%,
making the 10-year (1960-70) increase in the cost of living
a total of 30.5%.
Sources: Department of Finance/State Personnel Board Compilations
and Summaries. Division of Labor Statistics and Research,
Department of Industrial Relations.
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Califor
la
Contact:
Paul back
445-4571
2-1-71
#49
Governor Ronald Reagan today administered the oath of office to
James M. Hall as Secretary of California's Human Relations Agency.
Hall, former Secretary of Business and Transportation in Reagan's
cabinet, was named to the post December 23, 1970, to replace Lucian B.
Vandegrift.
Joining Hall, 37, in his new post will be three assistants to the
secretary: Thomas M. McMurray, Alex R. Cunningham and Clyde E. Walthall.
McMurray, 31, a Notre Dame University graduate and former special
assistant to Governor Reagan, will handle programs and management.
Cunningham, 34, a graduate of Villanova University, served with
Hall in the Business and Transportation Agency, handling internal and
external communications, and will continue in that capacity with the
Human Relations Agency.
Walthall, 44, Press Secretary to former Speaker of the Assembly,
Robert T. Monagan, will handle the agency's legislative program.
Bernard P. Donnelly will continue in his present position with the
Human Relations Agency, in charge of budgets.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVER
RELEASE: It diate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
2-1-71
#50
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today he has approved a short-
term grant to California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. (CRLA) which will
expire in six months.
The limited grant was issued by OEO Director Frank Carlucci
Saturday (January 30) in Washington, D.C., when he announced that the
governor's veto of a $1.8 million, 12-month grant to CRLA during 1971
had been sustained by his office.
In signing the short-term extension of funding for CRLA,
Edwin Meese III, executive assistant to the governor, reiterated the
position of the Reagan administration on the matter.
"So far as this administration is concerned, " he said, "the new
grant is only a temporary funding measure to preclude any interruption
of necessary legal services to the rural poor.
"This transition period also will give us the opportunity to fully
develop an alternative method to better provide legitimate civil legal
services to the rural poor---under a new plan operated through local
bar associations."
Under the terms of the grant approved today by the governor, CRLA
funding will be terminated July 31, Meese emphasized.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVER
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RELEASE: 10 M., TUESDAY,
Sacramento, California
FEBRUARY 2
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
2-2-71
Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:
"The budget to operate state government was sent to the legis-
lature this morning.
"It is a very austere budget. It is also a budget that meets
our responsibilities to the people of California without increasing
taxes. I am sure you must agree that is essential to the well-being
of our citizens.
"Of course there will be protest from those who believe govern-
ment should never restrain itself and the solution to every problem is
to ask the taxpayer for more of his money.
"This administration flatly and strongly rejects that
philosophy.
"The executive and legislative branches of California have a
real opportunity this year and all of us should view it in that light
instead of wringing our hands in despair while we blithely ignore the
misery of the taxpayer.
"This is a balanced budget. Admittedly, it does not contain as
much for some functions of government as we would like to provide.
"But tremendous excesses in two areas welfare and Medi-Cal-- are
absorbing money that should be used for more constructive purposes
including providing for those Californians who must depend on all of us
for their livelihood.
"I will shortly send to the legislature proposals for massive
reform of these two programs reforms that will save the taxpayers
money, at both the state and county levels, salvage those whose spirit
has been destroyed by the dole, and give more help to the truly needy.
"I have no doubt the budget we have submitted will be
controversial.
"There are those who will say we have not given sufficient funds
to our college and University system, overlooking the fact that higher
education has been the highest priority of this administration
receiving a 60 percent increase in state funds over the past four years.
Even this budget contains a record amount of taxpayers' dollars for
higher education.
"Some critics will charge we have neglected the public schools.
But again they choose to ignore the facts because substantial amounts
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of state money have been allocated to the local school districts during
this administration. And we are vigorously working on modern and
effective techniques to help the schools spend their tax dollars more
efficiently while simultaneously improving the quality of teaching.
"But as I said there are things we would have likedto do but
can't until the economic slump is ended. This budget contains no
money for cost-of-living raises for state employes, including university
and college professors. Our state employes are dedicated and have
worked hard to make government more responsive to the people. I am
sorry we have to ask them to help us through these times in this way.
However, we will be able to meet the five percent merit salary increase
due almost half our employes and we have proposed a new package of
benefits which has been consistently requested by all our employes.
"I know there is concern among some that the worthwhile and
necessary services provided by government may be too sharply curtailed.
I don't think this is true and I am sure the people wouldn't approve the
alternative increasing taxes and continuing the disastrous system
of welfare and Medi-Cal. To choose this alternative would mean another
huge increase next year and every other year until all of us are bank-
rupt.
"California is at a crossroad one way means fiscal irrespons-
ibility and ever more costly government. We choose instead long
overdue reforms and responsibility to the taxpayers."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERI
RELEASE: ] ediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
2-2-71
#52
Governor Ronald Reagan today reappointed chairman Ralph A. Nissen
of Williams and two other members to four-year terms on the California
Exposition and Fair Executive Committee.
Reappointed were Dr. Herbert C. Sanderson of 3949 Park Road,
Sacramento, who has served on the committee since 1968, and Nelson G.
Dong, a Stanford University student, who was appointed to fill an
unexpired term in November, 1970. His address is P.O. Box 7402,
Stanford.
Nissen, who lives in Williams, has served on the committee since
1968. His address is P.O. Box 216.
Committee members receive necessary expenses.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVER
RELEASE: 1 ediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
2-2-71
#53
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Henry E. Gonzales and
re-appointed Charles Hayden, both of Auburn to four-year terms on the
20th District Agricultural Association (Auburn District Fair) Board of
Directors.
Gonzales, 39, sales manager for Radio Station KPOP, Roseville, is
active in numerous Auburn civic organizations and served as the 1970
president of the Auburn District Fair Boosters Association. He succeeds
A. J. Calley of Auburn, who has resigned.
A Republican, Gonzales lives at 161 Electric Street, Auburn.
Hayden, 51, assistant manager of the Bank of California in Auburn,
has served on the board since 1967. A Republican, he lives in Auburn
at Post Office Box 466.
Board members are paid necessary expenses.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVER
R
RELEASE:
mediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
2-2-71
#54
Governor Ronald Reagan today re-appointed Kenneth J. Bourguignon of
Northridge and Jack Freeman of Beverly Hills to four-year terms on the
Commission On Housing and Community Development, subject to Senate
confirmation.
Bourguignon, 52, president of a Van Nuys engineering and contracting
firm, has served on the commission since 1970. He lives at 8942 Oak
Park Avenue, Northridge.
Freeman, 61, owner of a Beverly Hills floor covering company, has
served on the commission since 1967. He lives at 317 North Palm Drive,
Beverly Hills.
Both men are Republicans.
Commission members are paid $25 per diem while on official duty.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVE1
R
RELEASE:
mediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
2-2-71
#55
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointment of
Albert W. Turner of Glendale to a four-year term as a member of the
Industrial Safety Board.
Turner, 61, who is supervisor of employee relations for the
Southern California Gas Company and a member of the Secretary of Labor's
Advisory Board on Occupational Safety and Health, has served on the
board since 1967.
Turner lives at 730 Cavanagh Road, Glendale. He is a Republican.
Board members are paid $25 for each day of official duty.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVER
R
RELEASE:
mediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
2-2-71
#56
Governor Ronald Reagan today named James B. Keegan, a Santa Rosa
banker and sportsman, and Dr. Bradford W. Lundborg, a Santa Rosa
physician and conservationist, to four-year terms on the California
Regional Water Quality Control Board, North Coastal Region.
Keegan, 55, a Redwood Empire District Vice President for Wells
Fargo Bank, succeeds Wanda A. Zankich of Bodega Bay, whose term has
expired, as a public member of the board.
Active in numerous civic and service organizations, Keegan is a
member of the Redwood Region Conservation Society, Ducks Unlimited,
the Isaac Walton League and the Natural Resources Committee of the
California State Chamber of Commerce.
He lives at 1559 East Foothill Drive, Santa Rosa.
Dr. Lundborg, 43, of 5815 Bennett Valley Road, Santa Rosa,
succeeds Ray E. Welsh of Fort Bragg, whose term has expired. He will
represent wildlife and recreation on the board.
Active in numerous conservationist groups, Dr. Lundborg is president
of the Sonoma County Organization for Planned Environment, the Sierra
Club and COAST (Coastal Access People for Open Space).
Both men are Republicans.
As board members they will receive necessary expenses.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVER
R
RELEASE:
mediate
Sacramento, California
37,615
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
2-3-71
#57
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Lewis F. Sherman, a member of
the California State Senate from 1967-70, to the Berkeley-Albany
municipal court bench.
The newly created judicial post pays an annual salary of $30,724.
Sherman, a resident of Berkeley where he practiced law for 20
years before his election to the 8th district senate seat in 1966, is a
graduate of the University of California at Berkeley and Hastings College
of Law, San Francisco.
During his term in the senate, he served on a number of committees,
including judiciary, and as chairman of the Committee on Governmental
Organization. At the conclusion of the 1967 legislative session, he was
named by the Capitol Press Corps as one of the outstanding freshman
senators in the state.
During World War II, Sherman rose from private to captain in the
Army Air Corps. He flew 90 combat missions in Europe and received such
battle ribbons as the Air Medal and 16 Oak Leaf Clusters. He was also
awarded the Croix de Guerre by the French Republic for his participation
in the liberation of France.
Sherman, a 53-year-old Republican, is a past president of the
Berkeley-Albany Bar Association and the Berkeley YMCA Men's Club, and is
a past vice president of the Albany-North Berkeley Kiwanis Club.
He and his wife Mary have two children.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californ
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
2-3-71
#58
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the final population count
for California's 58 counties based on the 1970 census.
The final figures were obtained from the U. S. Bureau of Census
at the request of the governor. Population figures for all California
cities--including the.counties--will be made public on Friday.
The statewide population has been certified by the Bureau of Census
and given to President Nixon. It reflects a total population of
20,098,863 for California---a 27 percent increase over the last decade.
The total includes 145,729 Californians abroad who were counted into
the census for the first time.
Because of the increase in population, California will have five
additional Congressman to be selected in the 1972 election.
Alameda
1,073,184
Nevada
26,346
Alpine
484
Orange
1,420,386
Amador
11,821
Placer
77,306
Butte
101,969
Plumas
11,707
Calaveras
13,585
Riverside
459,074
Colusa
12,430
Sacramento
631,498
Contra Costa
558,389
San Benito
18,226
Del Norte
14,580
San Bernardino
684,072
El Dorado
43,833
San Diego
1,337,854
Fresno
413,053
San Francisco
715,674
Glenn
17,521
San Joaquin
290,208
Humboldt
99,692
San Luis Obispo
105,690
Imperial
74,492
San Mateo
556,234
Inyo
15,571
Santa B rbara
264,324
Kern
329,162
Santa Clara
1,064,714
Kings
64,610
Santa Cruz
123,790
Lake
19,548
Shasta
77,640
Lassen
14,960
Sierra
2,365
Los Angeles
7,032,075
Siskiyou
33,225
Madera
41,519
Solano
169,941
Marin
206,038
Sonoma
204,885
Mariposa
6,015
Stanislaus
194,506
Mendocino
51,101
Sutter
41,935
Merced
104,629
Tehama
29,517
Modoc
7,469
Trinity
7,615
Tulare
188,322
Mono
4,016
Tuolumne
22,169
Monterey
250,071
Ventura
376,430
Napa
79,140
Yolo
91,788
Yuba
44,736
Total Res.
19,953,134*
*Does not include Californians abroad.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE: I ediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
2-3-71
#59
Governor Ronald Reagan today elevated Municipal Court Judge
S. Lee Vavuris to the San Francisco County Superior Court bench.
Vavuris, 58, succeeds Judge Andrew Eyman who retired from the
$33, 396-a-year post.
A Democrat, Vavuris is a native of San Francisco and a 1944
graduate of the University of San Francisco Law School.
He became a municipal court judge in 1966 following 22 years in
private practice in San Francisco.
A veteran of World War II, he is a past commander of the Hellenic
Post of the American Legion. He is also a founder and former president
of the Greek American Club.
Active in civic affairs, Vavuris serves as a member and past
president of the San Francisco Library Commission, and is a former
president of the California Library Association.
He and his wife, Angela, have two children and reside in San
Francisco.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californ
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
2-4-71
#60
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Thomas J. Dandurand, 37, a
San Francisco attorney, to a newly-created Municipal Court bench in
San Francisco.
Dandurand, who will receive an annual salary of $30,724, has
practiced law in San Francisco for the past 10 years and has been a
partner in the firm of Bronson, Bronson and McKinnon since 1969.
A native of Los Angeles, he is a graduate of Stanford University
and earned his law degree from the University of San Francisco Law School.
Dandurand, a Republican, is a member of the American Bar Association,
the San Francisco Bar Association, the Association of Insurance Defense
Counsel and the California Trial Lawyers Association.
He and his wife have two children. They live in San Francisco.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE:
mediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
2-4-71
#61
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today that, following lengthy
discussions with Defense Department officials and a close examination of
the new federal budget, there are no defense base or military installation
closures scheduled for California in the near future,
He said he has been assured that prior to any significant reductions
in defense base employment in California, he will be given an opportunity
to discuss them in advance with defense officials.
These actions, he said, will contribute to the continued stability
of California's employment picture during the year ahead.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
MEMO TO THE 1 ESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
2-5-71
#62
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
February 8, 1971
through
February 15, 1971
Monday, February 8
Noon
KCRA Noon News, Sacramento
Overnight - Sacramento
Tuesday, February 9
1:30 p.m.
PRESS CONFERENCE
Overnight Sacramento
Wednesday, February 10
11:00 a.m.
Presentation of Medal of Valor Awards (3),
Governor's Office
Overnight - Sacramento
Thursday, February 11
No public appointments scheduled
Overnight Los Angeles
Friday, February 12
LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY
No appointments scheduled
Overnight - Los Angeles
Saturday, February 13
No appointments scheduled
Overnight - Los Angeles
Sunday, February 14
No appointments scheduled
Overnight - Los Angeles
Monday, February 15
Designated Washington's Birthday
No appointments scheduled
Overnight . - Sacramento
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE: IL ediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
2-8-71
#63
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Irving H.
Krulevitch, director of quality control for a Sunnyvale
pharmaceutical company, to a four-year term as a member
of the Advisory Committee on Drug Manufacturing.
Krulevitch, 49, a Democrat, succeeds Dr. James E.
Tingstad of San Rafael who has resigned.
Krulevitch, who holds a degree in agricultural
bacteriology from the University of Wisconsin and a
degree in food science from the University of California,
lives at 440 Harrington Court, Los Altos.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVER'
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RELEASE:
mediate
Sacramento, Californ. a
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
2-8-71
#64
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the re-
appointment of John E. Weaver and Randall G. Reiff,
both of Woodland, to four-year terms on the board of
directors of the 40th District Agricultural Association
(Yolo County Fair).
Weaver, a bank vice president and general manager,
lives at 440 Court Street, and Reiff, a farmer, resides
at 216 Toyon Drive.
Both have served on the board since 1967. They
are Republicans.
Board members receive necessary expenses.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Mark T. Gates, Jr.,
a Los Angeles attorney, and Newton L. Steward, a Eureka broadcasting
executive, to four-year terms on the State Board of Education, subject
to Senate confirmation.
Gates, 33, succeeds Dr. Thomas G. Harward of Needles, whose
term has expired, while Steward, 50, will replace W. Howard Day of
Long Beach, whose term also has expired.
A member of the law firm of Gates, Morris, Merrell and Stephens
in Los Angeles, Gates holds degrees from Dartmouth College and the
Stanford University Law School.
He is a member of the American Bar Association, the Los Angeles
County Bar Association, the State Bar of California and is active in
the USO and the YMCA.
Gates lives at 340 North Cliffwood Street, Los Angeles, with
his wife Elizabeth and their three children.
Steward, 50, vice president and general manager of Humboldt
Bay Video Company, is a member of the Governor's Commission on
Educational Reform.
He is active in numerous civic groups in Eureka in addition to
several professional journalism and broadcast organizations.
Steward has attended the University of Redlands, the University
of Hawaii, the University of Colorado and the University of California.
He and his wife Elisabeth live at 936 Manzanita Avenue, Eureka.
They have three children.
Both men are Republicans.
Members of the State Board of Education are paid expenses while
on official duty.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today named Boyd W. Walker, a UCLA
zoology professor, and Mrs. Diane P. Cooley, a Santa Monica
the
conservationist, to/California Regional Water Quality Control Board,
Los Angeles Region.
Walker, 53, who has served as professor of zoology and ecology
at UCLA since 1948, will succeed John W. Lowery of Los Angeles, whose
term has expired, as wildlife and recreation representative on the
board.
He is project director of the Salton Sea Research Project, a
member of the Board of Governors of the American Society of Ichthyology
and Herpetology, the American Wildlife Society, American Fisheries
Society, Wilderness Fly Fisherman, Trout Unlimited and other sports
and conservationist groups.
Mrs. Cooley, 42, succeeds Mrs. Ellen S. Harris of Beverly Hills,
who has resigned, as a public member of the board.
A former assistant dean of women at Colorado College and a staff
member of the Long Beach Chapter of the American Red Cross, Mrs. Cooley
is active in the Girl Scouts, the Sierra Club, the Audubon Society,
the California Historical Society, California Tomorrow and other
conservationist and civic groups.
Walker lives at 15935 Alcima Avenue, Pacific Palisades and Mrs.
Cooley lives at 2154 La Mesa Drive, Santa Monica, Both are Republicans.
They will serve four-year terms.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today reappointed Stephen C.
Bilheimer and Arnold Eddy, both of Los Angeles, to four-
year terms on the board of the California Museum of
Science and Industry.
Bilheimer, a Southern California civic leader and
chairman of the board of Silverwoods, and Eddy, who is
associated with the University Travel Service, have
served on the museum board since 1967.
Bilheimer lives at 142 South Rockingham Avenue,
Los Angeles, and Eddy lives at 5254 Village Green,
Los Angeles.
Both are Republicans.
Museum board members are paid necessary expenses.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today named three new members and
reappointed two others to the board of directors of the First District
Agricultural Association (California Home Garden and Spring Show).
The new members are Mrs. Marilyn O. Benz, a Piedmont writer
and civic leader, Mrs. Jane H. MacNeur, an Oakland civic leader and
mortuary company owner, and J. Dillas Black, an Oakland banker and
floriculturist.
Reappointed were Wallace E. Breuner Jr., of Oakland, businessman,
and Frank H. Ogawa, Oakland City Councilman and nursery owner.
Mrs. Benz, who lives at 35 Glen Alpine Road, Piedmont, succeeds
Mrs. Marjorie A. Medeiros of Fremont, whose term has expired.
Mrs. MacNeur, 122 LaSalle Avenue, Piedmont, succeeds Kimiko
Fujii of Hayward, whose term has expired, and Black, 6 Lorita Avenue,
Piedmont, succeeds Charles R. Hitchcock of San Leandro, who has
resigned.
Breuner, 5585 Bacon Road, Oakland, has served on the board
since 1969, while Ogawa, 11041 Ettric Street, Oakland, has been a
board member since 1967.
All are Republicans.
Board members receive necessary expenses.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed D. W. (Bill) Holmes of
Madera, chairman of the Commission on California State Government
Organization and Economy (Little Hoover Commission) to a six-year term
on the Public Utilities Commission.
Holmes, 45, a Republican, succeeds Albert W. Gatov of Kentfield in
the $30,000 a year post. Gatov's term has expired.
A member of the commission since 1967 and its chairman since 1968,
Holmes has operated an investment securities firm in Madera since 1955.
He is a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers
Inc. and is active in numerous civic organizations in Madera, including
the Boy Scouts of America, the Elks and the American Cancer Society.
A graduate of the University of San Francisco, he is a Marine Corps
combat veteran of World War II.
Holmes and his wife Maxine have four children. The family home is
at 29181 Road 26, Madera.
His appointment is subject to Senate confirmation.
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#70
Governor Ronald Reagan today ordered the State
of California to make available whatever assistance and
resources may be necessary to back up the efforts of
local authorities in dealing with the earthquake
situation in Southern California.
He said he will proclaim a state of emergency in
Los Angeles County and noted that he is asking President
Nixon to take similar action at the federal level.
"I have assured Los Angeles County officials
that the State of California will provide whatever assist-
ance and resources may be needed to deal with the effects
of the quake," he said.
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scheduled for 1:30 p.m. today has been
cancelled because of the earthquake.
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Governor Reagan will depart executive airport,
Sacramento, at approximately 1:45 p.m. today for
Los Angeles. Tentative plans call for him to make
a helicopter tour of the earthquake-damaged areas
upon his arrival in Los Angeles and to then receive
a preliminary briefing on the situation at the state
command post located in the Junipero Serra Building
in downtown Los Angeles.
The governor will meet with the press there
following the briefing. Estimated time approximately
4:30 p.m. He will remain in Los Angeles overnight
and will meet with Vice President Agnew and other
officials Wednesday morning.
Details will be announced when times and places
are firmed up.
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#72
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Mrs. Wilma B. Muth, Bishop
civic leader, and Mrs. Laurel W. Ames, South Lake Tahoe writer and
conservationist, to four-year terms on the California Regional Water
Quality Control Board, Lahontan Region.
Mrs. Muth, a Republican, will succeed Mrs. Mary DeDecker of
Independence, whose term has expired, as a public member of the board.
Mrs. Ames, a Democrat, will succeed Gale O. Kenyon of Barstow,
whose term has also expired. She will serve as wildlife and recreation
representative.
A former city councilwoman of Bishop, Mrs. Muth is also a
former member of the State Advisory Hospital Council and is active
in several Inyo County health planning groups.
She lives at 398 Vista Road, Bishop.
Mrs. Ames, author of several works on conservation and a
correspondent for the San Francisco Chronicle, is a member of the
League to Save Lake Tahoe, the Lake Tahoe Historical Society, the
Lake Tahoe Children's Theater, the Lake Tahoe Sailing Club and
California Tomorrow. Her address is Box 412, South Lake Tahoe.
Board members are paid necessary expenses.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appoint-
ment of Paul T. Shirley of Santa Cruz to a four-year term
on the Narcotic Addict Evaluation Authority.
Shirley, 31, who owns ambulance companies in Santa
Cruz and Santa Barbara, succeeds Rudolph Castro of Yorba
Linda in the $11,970 a year post. Castro has been
elevated to the Youth Authority Board.
Active in civic affairs, Shirley has served as
a member of the Santa Cruz County Planning Commission.
He also has served as assistant personnel officer of
the Federal Bureau of Prisons in Pennsylvania and Michigan
and as confinement administrator of the U.S. Army Stockade
in Nuremberg, Germany.
Shirley and his wife Patricia have one son. They
live at 1244 Laurent Street, Santa Cruz.
He is a Republican.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Dr. Neil C. Andrews,
professor of surgery at the University of California at Davis Medical
School, and reappointed three other members to four year terms on the
Cancer Advisory Council.
Reappointed were Dr. Ralph J. Thompson, Jr., of Loma Linda, Mrs.
Marvel L. Brenner of San Bernardino, and Dr. George S. Sharp of Pasadena.
Dr. Andrews, 54, succeeds Dr. Edward Zalta of Glendora, who did not
seek reappointment, as a representative of physicians and surgeons on
the council.
A thoracic surgeon and specialist in heart diseases, Dr. Thompson
is a member of the California Medical Association, the Yolo County
Medical Society, the California Thoracic Society, the Yolo County Cancer
Society and the Sacramento Branch of the American Cancer Society. He
holds degrees from the University of Oregon, the University of Oregon
Medical School and Ohio State University. Dr. Andrews lives at 2108
Loyola Drive, Davis.
Dr. Thompson, 42, a member of the staff of the Loma Linda University
Hospital, has served on the council since 1967, representing physicians
and surgeons. He lives at 25080 Crestline Drive, Loma Linda.
Mrs. Brenner, 61, a business woman and civic leader, is a director
of the San Bernardino County Branch of the American Cancer Society. She
has served as a public member of the council since 1967. She lives at
225½ East Sonora Drive, San Bernardino.
Dr. Sharp, 69, chairman and executive director of the Pasadena
Foundation for Medical Research and a consultant to the Pasadena Tumor
Institute, has served on the council since 1967. He represents non-
profit cancer research institutes.
Dr. Sharp lives at 1000 South Orange Grove Boulevard, Pasadena.
Council members are paid necessary expenses.
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A thoracic surgeon and specialist in heart
diseases, Dr. Andrews (instead of Thomson) is a
member of the
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Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Michael I. Neil, a San Diego
attorney and decorated Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam conflict, to
the California Veterans Board. He succeeds G. Harvey Mydland of Whittier
who has resigned.
The governor also reappointed Wing K, Fat of Sacramento to the
board.
Both appointments, for four year terms, are subject to Senate
confirmation.
Neil, 30, is the first veteran of Vietnam to be named to the board.
As a captain and a platoon commander with the First Marine Division, he
won the Navy Cross, Purple Heart and six air medals for combat service
in Southeast Asia from 1966 to 1970. His infantry platoon was also
awarded the Meritorious Unit Commendation.
A native of Long Beach and a graduate of San Diego State College,
Neil earned his law degree from the University of California's Boalt
Hall in 1966.
Neil, who lives at 718 Forward Street, La Jolla, is a partner in
the San Diego law firm of McAdam and Neil.
Fat, 44, who has served on the board since 1966, lives at 2220
Tulip Way, Sacramento.
Both men are Republicans.
Board members are paid $20 per day while on official duty.
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#76
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
February 15, 1971
through
February 21, 1971
Monday, February 15
DESIGNATED WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY
Overnight - Sacramento
Tuesday, February 16
10:30 a.m.
PRESS CONFERENCE
Overnight - Sacramento
Wednesday, February 17
No public appointments scheduled
Overnight - Sacramento
Thursday, February 18
No public appointments scheduled
Overnight - Los Angeles
Friday, February 19
Regents Meeting, UCLA Extension
Noon
Governors Industrial Safety Conference,
Biltmore Hotel
Return to Regents Meeting
Overnight - Los Angeles
Saturday, February 20
No appointments scheduled
Overnight - Los Angeles
Sunday, February 21
Depart for Washington, D.C.
Overnight - Washington, D.C.
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Governor Ronald Reagan will present decorations to commanders
of California Army National Guard air defense battalions at 1:30 p.m.
today in his office.
The governor will award the Legion of Merit (the nation's
fifth highest decoration) to Colonel Neil E. Allgood, battalion
commander of the 4th Bttn. 251st Artillery, Long Beach; the Army
Commendation Ribbon to Lieutenant Colonel Angelo C. Liberato, battalion
commander, First Bttn. 250th Artillery, San Francisco, and State of
California Medal of Merit awards to six battery commanders.
Press coverage is invited.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed eight members to the
15-member Ventura-Los Angeles Mountain and Coastal Study Commission.
The commission, created by the 1970 legislature through a bill
authored by Senator Robert S. Stevens (R-Los Angeles) will study and
propose regional conservation and development policies to protect the
region's natural resources.
The eight commissioners named by the governor are:
Merritt H. Adamson, Malibu civic leader and developer;
Alfred J. Dietsch, businessman and attorney;
Dr. James G. Edinger, associate professor of meteorology at UCLA;
Norman H. Emerson, assistant planner for the City of Thousand Oaks;
Harold R. Hochmuth, corporate director of property for McDonnell-
Douglas Corporation and conservationist;
Dr. Rimmon C. Fay, a marine biologist;
Mrs. Judith A. Rains, a Ventura teacher and conservationist; and
Dr. Stephen E. Salenger, assistant professor of clinical psychiatry
at USC and environmental consultant.
Other commissioners appointed by participating agencies are:
Los Angeles City Councilman Marvin Braude;
Ventura County Supervisor Thomas Laubacher;
Edward Ehlers, program development officer for the Department of
Ocean Development and Navigation in the State Resources Agency.
Other members will be named by the Los Angeles County Board of
Supervisors, the Southern California Association of Governments, the
State Lands Commission and the State Office of Planning.
Adamson, 44, of 22360 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, is a third-
generation resident of the area and president of the Adamson Companies
which own Malibu Canyon. He will represent real estate and development.
He is a Republican.
Dietsch, 39, of 265 Tavistock Avenue, Los Angeles, is an attorney, a
member of the Westlake Village Executive Committee, and is active in the
Sierra Club and numerous legal, conservationist and civic groups. He will
serve as economics representative. He is a Republican.
Dr. Edinger, 52, of 1433 Tigertail Road, Los Angeles, is the author
of several works on meteorology and air pollution. A member of the
Technical Advisory Committee to the State Air Resources Board, the Board
of Editors of Educational Monographs of the American Meteorological
Society and a member of the Committee on Air Pollution Meteorology of the
American Meteorological Society, he will serve as air pollution
representative. He is a Democrat.
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Emersor, 23, of 14956 Magnolia Boulevard, Sherman Oaks, has
served as a consultant and research assistant to several ecological,
environmental and planning organizations including the Regional Plan
Association of Southern California. He will represent planning. He
is a Democrat.
Hochmuth, 58, of 6710 Wooster Avenue, Los Angeles, has an extensive
background as an Army officer, a forester and an educator. He has
served as president of the Friends of the Santa Monica Mountains Parks,
as a conservationist consultant to the National Wildlife Federation and
has been active in the California Wildlife Federation and the Isaac Waltor
League. A Democrat, he will represent parks and recreation.
Dr. Fay, 41, of 715 Howard Street, Venice, is owner of a firm that
supplies living marine organisms for teaching and research programs, and
the author of numerous works on oceanography and ecology. He is active
in numerous scientific organizations including the International
Association on Water Pollution Research and the Research Committee of
the Ocean Fish Protective Association. He will represent water quality.
He is a Republican.
Mrs. Rains, 29, of 1891 Linda Vista, Ventura, is active in civic
affairs and is a member of the Planning and Conservation League, the
Save San Francisco Bay Association, the Save-the-Redwoods League, and is
an organizer and officer of the Environmental Coalition of Ventura
County. She will represent conservation. She is a Democrat.
Dr. Salenger, 34, of 647 Thornhill Road, Calabasas, is active in
numerous medical groups and is an environmental advisor to the Sierra
Club, the Planning and Conservation League and the Friends of the Santa
Monica Mountains Park. He will represent public health. He is a
Republican.
All the appointments are subject to Senate convirmation.
Commission members will be paid exenses.
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#78
Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:
"This weekend California will be honored by the presence of 40
amputee servicemen from the Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
who will tour Disneyland as part of the social rehabilitation project of
the National Amputation Chapter #76 of the Disabled American Veterans of
Whitestone, New York.
"On behalf of all Californians, I want to welcome these brave veterans
of the Vietnamese conflict and express my pride in the fact that they
will be in our state from February 19 through 23.
"At the same time I want to thank Disneyland and the Disneyland Hotel
for hosting their visit and Charles Boren, executive vice president of
the Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers of Hollywood.
He has arranged for the motion picture industry to assist the veterans
by helping compensate for their expenses while in California.
"Throughout its history, the motion picture industry has responded
swiftly and without fanfare when it could be of service to those who
have served their nation. And too often their efforts have gone
unnoticed and unheralded- but I am happy to personally call attention
to their latest efforts."
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Governor Ronald Reagan today vetoed federal re-funding of a $1.6
million grant to the Oakland Economic Development Council, Inc. (OEDCI)
because the OEDCI stafflas "seriously undermined the effectiveness of...
taxpayer-funded programs for the poor by violating its OZO mandated
grant conditions and undercutting the authority of the OEDCI's board of
directors."
In announcing the governor's decision, Edwin Meese III, executive
assistant to the governor, said the action was taken "after extensive
conferences with Oakland city officials and other community leaders,
including a number of OEDCI board members."
Meese also emphasized that the governor would be willing to approve
90-day interim funding "if such a request is received and if it includes
safeguards which will assure that the OEDCI board of directors can assume
full control and direction over the program."
He said the governor was taking the action "in the firm hope that
the program can soon be reconstituted so that it will yield benefits to
the poor which are commensurate with its potential."
"I have requested that the State Office of Economic Opportunity
/as soon as possible
meet with OEDCI board members, Oakland city officials, community
leaders and federal OEO representatives to develop a method by which
OEDCI can play a responsible and responsive role in the life of the
community," he said.
In a letter to H. Rodger Betts, Regional Director of the Office of
Economic Opportunity in San Francisco, Meese said:
"It has been apparent to us for some time that OEDCI staff personnel
have seriously undermined the effectiveness of taxpayer-funded programs
for the poor under the board's authority. They have not only persisted
in violating the conditions of their grant, but have also undercut the
authority of OEDCI's board of directors.
"Despite the fact that board members have worked diligently to
establish their rightful position of authority and assume their lawful
control over the program, the executive director and many on his staff
have impeded the maturation of the board process--acting as though there
has been no higher authority than the staff itself.
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"Indeed, if they nave been unresponsive to the board members whom
they are supposed to serve, then they have been even less responsive to
the best interests of their community and the needs of its disadvantaged
citizens," he told Betts. "You are, of course, familiar by now with the
joint evaluation of OEDCI by representatives of federal and state OEO and
the City of Oakland which was unanimously accepted January 25 by the
OEDCI board's specially appointed 11-member investigating committee.
"This fully documented evaluation verifies the existence of major
program deficiencies about which the governor has repeatedly expressed
deep concern. This concern was specifically expressed in connection with
the conditional approval of the OEDCI grant in July 1970. Unfortunately
the promises for reform made at that time have failed to materialize,"
Meese said.
The evaluation was highly critical of the activities of OEDCI staff
members. It charged that:
--An OEDCI staff member was guilty of conflict-of-interest. While
receiving a full-time salary from OEDCI, this person also was an officer
in a corporation which was receiving consulting fees from a delegate
agency of OEDCI. Despite the fact that the situation became known in
mid-1970, disciplinary action has still not been taken.
--OEDCI Council members have lost confidence in the staff of OEDCI.
Many feel that the staff is more involved in political activities than in
carrying out the principal objectives of the Economic Oppourtunity Act.
Council members expressed severe criticism of the (staff) executive
director's partisan political pronouncements at council meetings.
--OEDCI staff and delegate agency personnel were involved in
unauthorized political activities during the summer of 1970.
--When the OEDCI staff was asked what it was doing about including
the public sector in the planning of OEDCI programs, the (staff)
executive director indicated he and his staff had given up hope of being
able to work with city officials and were instead concentrating on voting
/would
them out of office. He further stated that the OEDCI staff work to that
end.
--It appears that what the OEDCI staff is contemplating in connection
with the (Oakland) city council elections (April, 1971) could possibly be
in violation of OEO instructions prohibiting unauthorized political
activities.
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--Even those OELJI council members who regularly attend meetings
are not well informed on the activities and programs of OEDCI. The
present system of providing voluminous packages of proposals, reports and
other materials to OEDCI council members only days, or even minutes,
before meetings is not conducive to developing a well-informed council.
A further source of frustration to council members is the fact that they
have been unable to get information about programs and guidelines from
the OEDCI staff when requested. Many council members expressed strong
belief that this system is perpetuated by OEDCI staff to keep the council
ill-informed.
--Council members expressed the belief that the OEDCI (staff)
executive director has usurped the power of the council. Some (standing
committee) members attribute part of the blame for the poor attendance
to members not being notified (by the OEDCI staff) of meetings, and
meetings being called without sufficient notice.
--In past months, OEDCI council members representing the public
sector have been intimidated, harassed and threatened, so that most of
them no longer attend meetings. Newly appointed representatives from the
public sector state that the hostility expressed toward them by OEDCI
staff and some council members is very evident. This evaluation team
reviewed evidence of recent threats of physical violence made against
council members by the OEDCI staff.
--OEDCI staff members violated a special OEO condition of (last
year's) grant which requires the Council to approve all OEDCI direct
union activities. OEDCI staff members violated this condition by picketin
the Regional Department of Labor offices on December 15, 1970.
Numerous other documented instances where OEDCI staff personnel
have engaged in improper activities are on file with the State Office of
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Governor Ronald Reagan today reappointed Louie Erickson, Hornitos
cattle rancher, and Mrs. Helen V. Callan, Mariposa housewife and civic
leader, to four-year-terms on the board of the 35-a District Agricultural
Association (Mariposa County Fair and Homecoming).
Erickson, whose address is P. O. Box 326, Hornitos, and Mrs. Callan,
whose address is Star Route, Mariposa, have served on the board since
1967.
Both are Republicans.
They are paid necessary expenses.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Robert A. Smith, a Hollywood
automobile dealer, to a four-year-term on the New Car Dealers Policy
and Appeals Board.
Smith, who lives at 953 Flintridge Avenue, Pasadena, succeeds
Warren Biggs of Los Angeles, who did not seek reappointment.
Smith is a Republican.
Board members are paid $25 per diem while on official duty.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed 15 members to the new
Commission for Teacher Preparation and Licensing, which embodies
improvements in professional teaching standards, recommended in his
educational reform program.
The new commission, created by 1970 legislation, is empowered to
establish credential requirements, accredit teacher education programs
in colleges and universities, issue credentials, adopt and develop
examinations, establish standards for evaluating teacher competence,
identify specialist teachers and suspend and revoke credentials.
Commissioners who will serve four-year-terms are:
ELEMENTARY CLASSROOM INSTRUCTORS
Mrs. Elaine Pfeiffer, 3735 Alcamo Place, Santa Barbara, a first grade
instructor at the Hope School, Santa Barbara, and Arthur B. Myers,
1913 Mabury Street, Santa Ana, an instructor in the Garden Grove
Unified School District. Mrs. Pfeiffer is not registered. Myers is
a Democrat.
HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOM INSTRUCTORS
Mrs. Barbara D. Anderson, 6111 Fulmar Street, San Diego, an English
instructor at Lincoln High School, San Diego, and Miss Mary Ann Stewart,
3000 Ralston Avenue, Belmont, an instructor at Woodside High School.
Both are Republicans.
PUBLIC SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR
Thomas L. Goodman, 4313 Vista Largo, Torrance, superintendent of the
Torrance Unified School District. He is a Republican.
CERTIFICATED EMPLOYEE
Mrs. Marcella T. Johnson, 1708 132nd Street, Compton, curriculum
specialist, Instructional Planning Branch, Los Angeles City Schools.
She is a Democrat.
COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY FACULTY MEMBERS
Dr. Harry O. Walker, 101 Toyon Drive, Woodland, associate dean
of the college of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, UC-Davis;
Dr. William L. Winnett, 1080 Crestview Drive, Millbrae, Professor of
Business, San Francisco State College; Dr. Conrad Briner, 1221 Cambridge
Avenue, Claremont, professor of education, Claremont Graduate College;
and Dr. Jack E. Conner, 2741 Jennifer Drive, Castro Valley, professor
of English, California State College at Hayward.
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Dr. Walker and Dr. Briner are Republicans. Dr. Winnett and Dr.
Conner are Democrats.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS
Mrs. Kathleen Crow, 842 Oxford Road, San Marino, San Marino School
Board trustee and John Cimolino, 375 South Corry Street, Fort Bragg,
president of the Fort Bragg Unified School District board. Both are
Republicans.
PRIVATE CITIZENS
Mrs. Virginia Braun, 1585 Orlando Road, Pasadena, a housewife and
civic leader; Mrs. Eunice L. Evans, 15 White Oak Drive, Lafayette,
a housewife and civic leader, and J. Stanley Green, 830 Misty Isle Drive
Glendale, executive secretary to the Governor's Commission on Educational
Reform. All are Republicans.
Commission members, whose appointments are subject to Senate
confirmation, will receive necessary expenses.
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Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
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Governor Reagan will arrive in Washington, D.C.
Sunday evening (February 21) to attend the National
Governors Conference. He will meet with Secretary
Richardson at the HEW Building at 4 p.m., Monday
and host a dinner for the California Congressional
Delegation at the Madison Hotel Monday evening.
On Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday (February
23-25), he will attend meetings of the National
Governors Conference and will speak and answer
questions at the Press Club of Washington at the
Sheraton-Carlson Hotel beginning at 6 p.m., Thursday.
The governor will return to California Friday,
February 26.
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Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
2-22-71
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Governor Ronald Reagan has announced the appointment of William
M. C. Miller of Malibu and the reappointment of Gardner M. Pittman of
Bakersfield to four-year-terms on the State Board of Registration for
Geologists.
Miller, 30, director of advertising for Lockheed Aircraft in
Burbank, succeeds Glenn A. Brown of Tujunga, whose term has expired.
Miller, who lives at 3575 Rambla Pacifico in Malibu, will
serve as a public member of the board. He is a Republican.
Pittman, lead development geologist for the Getty Oil Company,
has been a member of the board since 1969. He serves as representative
of District 3, Petroleum Geologists.
A Republican, he lives at 3306 Wenatchee Avenue, Bakersfield.
Board members serve four-year-terms and are paid per diem and
expenses.
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Governor Ronald Reagan has announced the appointment of Frank
S. Kim, a Stockton attorney and civic leader, to the Stockton Judicial
District Municipal Court.
Kim, 40, a Democrat, succeeds Judge Norman Sullivan who has
been elevated to the San Joaquin County Superior Court. He will
receive an annual salary of $30,724.
Kim, who has practiced law in Stockton since 1960, is a
former San Joaquin County Deputy District Attorney and has been a
partner in the firm of Kim and Rishwain since 1966.
He has served as chairman of the Stockton City Planning
Commission, as a director of the Community Council of Stockton and
San Joaquin County and is active in numerous other civic and service
groups including a number of Chinese American organizations.
He also is a member of the San Joaquin County Bar Association,
the State Bar of California, the California Trial Lawyers' Association
and the American Arbitration Association.
A native of Marysville, he attended Yuba College, Sacramento
State College and earned his law degree from the University of
California's Hastings College of the Law.
Kim and his wife Patricia have four children. The family
home is in Stockton.
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Governor Ronald Reagan has announced the appointment of
Kenneth G. Ziebarth, Jr., an Upland attorney, to the West Valley
Judicial District Municipal Court.
Ziebarth, 39, who also serves as city attorney of Chino and
deputy city attorney of the cities of Montclair and Upland, will
succeed Judge Richard Garner who has been elevated to the San
Bernardino County Superior Court. He will receive an annual salary
of $30,724.
A partner in the law firm of Maroney, Demchuk, Ziebarth and
Brandt, Ziebarth is a former mayor and city councilman of Montclair
and is active in numerous civic groups including the Montclair Chamber
of Commerce, the West End Family Counseling Service and the Boy
Scouts of America.
He also is a member of the American Bar Association, the
American Trial Lawyers Association, the State Bar of California, the
California Trial Lawyers Association, the San Bernardino County Bar
Association and the Western San Bernardino County Bar Association.
In 1965, Ziebarth was selected by the California State
Jaycees as one of the five "Outstanding Young Men of California,"
and was awarded a "Regional Brotherhood Citation" by the National
Conference of Christians and Jews.
A graduate of St. John's University of Collegeville,
Minnesota, he earned his law degree from the William Mitchell College
of Law in St. Paul.
Ziebarth and his wife Bonnie have nine children. The family
home is in Montclair.
Ziebarth is a Republican.
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445-4571
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Governor Ronald Reagan has announced the appointment of
Santa Ana City Attorney William L. Mock to the newly created West
Orange County Judicial District Municipal Court.
Mock, a Republican, will receive an annual salary of $30,724.
A former deputy city attorney and chief trial deputy city
prosecutor for the City of Pasadena, Mock has served as Santa Ana's
City Attorney since 1966.
Mock, 42, is a member of the American Bar Association, the
State Bar of California, the U. S. Supreme Court Bar and the Orange
County Bar Association.
He is a graduate of the Pasadena Junior College and earned
his law degree from Drake University.
Mock and his wife Carolyn have three children. The family
home is in Pasadena.
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Paul Beck
445-4571
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Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:
"All Californians are aware, I am sure, that the Red Cross
has been on the job continuously assisting the victims of the tragic
Southern California earthquake that occurred on February 9. While
still engaged in this program of relief, now the Red Cross is called
upon to help the victims of the devastating tornadoes in Mississippi,
Louisiana and North Carolina.
"In the Southern California earthquake, the Red Cross has
already provided assistance to 9,500 families and it is estimated
that it will assist 12,000 families before the relief effort is
complete.
"These heavy demands have made it necessary for the Red
Cross to issue an appeal for funds throughout the nation. The Red
Cross responded immediately to the needs of our people. I now urge
every Californian to respond as immediately and as generously to the
Red Cross. "
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Governor Ronald Reagan has announced the appointment of
Franklin R. Jewett, Ventura rancher and civic leader, to the
Ventura County Board of Supervisors in the First District.
Jewett, 62, a Republican, will receive an annual salary of
$14,400.
Active in numerous civic and agricultural groups, Jewett
served as the first president of the Ventura County Junior
College District Board, is a past president of the Ventura County
Farm Bureau Federation, a board member of the Community Memorial
Hospital and was 1968 chairman of the Ventura County Grand Jury.
He and his wife Velma live at 721 Via Arroyo, Ventura. They
have two sons.
Jewett will fill the unexpired term of H. F. Robinson.
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MEMO TO THE PRESS
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
2-26-71
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Governor Reagan will hold a press conference this afternoon at
Los Angeles International Airport on his arrival from Washington, D.C.
Members of the press wishing to cover the press conference may
obtain arrival details for planning purposes by calling the governor's
press office.
Immediately before departing from Washington, the governor issued
the following statement:
"When we submitted our budget to the legislature I pointed out that
while it was technically balanced, we would subsequently propose a
sweeping welfare and Medi-Cal reform program which would require specific
legislative and administrative changes.
"Then a week ago, I requested permission to address the legislature
and outline the details of the program. We knew, of course, that such
a message also would be of vital interest to the people of California and
for that reason we were very hopeful that the occasion would be televised
across the state. We felt it would be especially important for the people
to know first-hand what we are proposing and why knowing full well that
special interest groups, including welfare rights organizations, would
strongly oppose the program.
"Permission to make the address was granted by the Senate Pro Tem on
two separate occasions earlier this week, but I regret to say that he has
since changed his mind and withdrawn the permission something I find
very disappointing and difficult to understand. In the meantime, the
Assembly Speaker has not yet given a final answer.
"Having been denied the opportunity to address the legislature in
person, I will, of course, submit a written message. But it now appears
that I will have to seek other means to inform the people first-hand of
the specific reforms we will be proposing."
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MEMO TO THE PRESS
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
2-26-71
Governor Reagan will hold a Press Conference today at
2:30 p.m. in Room 318, Satellite 8, Los Angeles International
Airport.
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Acting Governor Ed Reinecke today announced he has
signed the following bills:
SB 199 - Marks
Authorizes the California State Education Agency
(Chapter 6)
for Surplus Property to waive, under specified
conditions, charges otherwise required by law for
delivery of certain surplus federal food in its
possession. The bill also specifies that the
charges for surplus food delivered directly by
the federal government to a party for distribution
shall be only for the actual cost of the agency
of related document processing.
SB 96 - Moscone
Specifies that in civil cases where the court has
(Chapter 7)
jurisdiction of the defendant by his general
appearance, an action cannot be dismissed for
failure to obtain judgement in three years, unless
no answer has been filed.
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