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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
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1966-74: Press Unit
Folder Title: Press Releases - May 1971
Box: P12
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE:
Immediate
Sacramento, Californ
Contact:
Paul Bec.
445-4571
5-3-71
# 260
Governor Ronald Reagan has announced the appointments of five
new members to the California Advisory Council on Vocational Education
and Technical Training, and the reappointment of four members.
The new members are: Robert E. Washington, a special assistant
on Community Relations to Lieutenant Governor Ed Reinecke; Glenn H.
Warren, manager of the Fresno Technical College; Robert B. Lawrence,
mayor of the City of Galt; Ralph April, president of the Vocational
Nursing School of California in Los Angeles, and Erwin S. Skadron,
director of Skadron College, San Bernardino.
Reappointed were Truman V. Berg, executive secretary of the
California Manpower Coordinating Committee for CAMPS (California
Cooperative Area Manpower Planning System), F. Parker Wilber, former
president of the Los Angeles Trade-Technical College, Los Angeles;
Alfonso B. Perez, principal of the Roosevelt Senior High School, Los
Angeles, and Dr. Richard M. Clowes, superintendent of Los Angeles
County Schools.
Washington, a Republican, lives at 3412 Clemens way, Sacramento.
He succeeds J. Bryan Sullivan of Los Altos Hills, whose term has expired.
He will serve a three-year term.
Warren, April and Skadron will serve three-year-terms in positions
on the council created by 1970 legislation.
Warren, a Republican, lives at 3966 North Second Street, Fresno.
Lawrence, a Republican, lives at 123 Oak Avenue ,Galt. He will
fill the unexpired term of Bruce Nestande of Anaheim, who has resigned.
The term ends in 1973.
April, a Democrat, lives at 3460 Loma View Drive, Altadena.
Skadron, a Republican, lives at 1250 Quail Court, San Bernardino.
Berg, a Democrat, lives at 6360 Land Park Drive, Sacramento.
Wilber, a Republican, lives at 5312 Palm Drive, La Canada.
Perez, a Democrat, lives at 216 West Los Amigos, Montebello.
Dr. Clowes, a Republican, lives at 32735 Seagate Drive, Palos
Verdes Peninsula.
Berg, Wilber, Perez and Dr. Clowes have all served on the Council
since 1970.
Council members are paid necessary expenses.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE:
Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
:
5-3-71
#261
Governor Ronald Reagan has signed the following bills:
AB 33 - Greene, L.
Increases the sum available for school housing
(Chapter 31)
aid for exceptional children from an amount not
to exceed 3½ percent of the proceeds from the
sale of state bonds for school building aid to
3½¹/2 percent of the total amount of these bonds
which have been or will be authorized for sale.
AB 43 - Chappie
Suspends until July 1, 1971, the application of
(Chapter 32)
vehicle licensing and certification laws to
snowmobile dealers.
AB 44 - Chappie
Provides for a loan of up to $25,000 from the
(Chapter 33)
School District Organization Revolving Fund to
the Vallecito Union Elementary School District in
order to enable the district to plan and provide
for the changes resulting from a recent transfer
of property to the district and an anticipated in-
creased enrollment beginning in the 1971-72 fiscal
year. The district will repay the loan plus
interest in two equal installments.
AB 137 - Knox
Repeals the Government Code provision setting
(Chapter 34)
compensation of various county officers. The
Constitution was amended by the voters in 1970
to provide that the salaries of county supervisors,
district attormys and county auditors be set by
each board of supervisors. Formerly, salaries for
these officials had been set by the legislature.
AB
219
-
MacGillivray Transfers two parcels of surplus land in downtown
(Chapter 35)
Santa Barbara from the Department of General
Services to the Department of Parks and
Recreation.
AB 323 - Biddle
Amends provisions of various codes to conform to
(Chapter 38)
the recently enacted California Emergency Services
Act.
AB 1384 - Russell
Appropriates $4,700,000 for the homeowners'
(Chapter 39)
property tax exemption in aigmentation of Item 292,
Budget Act of 1970.
SB 48 - Grunsky
Provides that, if a lender finances the purchase
(Chapter 37)
of real property or lends money on the security of
real property and recommends a particular insurance
company or insurance agent to he borrower, the
lender must clearly set forth in the recommendation
both the name and the mailing address of the
recommended insurance company or agent.
SB 136 - Stiern
Repeals obsolete provisions of law relating to
(Chapter 36)
taxation.
SB 186 - Burgener
Provides for the transfer of $7,623,400 from sums
(Chapter 29)
appropriated in the Budget Act of 1970 for
categorical aid programs, $6,936,400 of which is
to augment homemaker or attendant services and
$687,000 of which is to augment board and care
rate allowances.
SB 250 - Rodda
Authorizes community college districts to utilize
(Chapter 30)
the services of the county purchasing agent, with
his consent, for the sale of personal property.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
5-3-71
#262
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced he has designated
Lieutenant Governor Ed Reinecke, a professional engineer, as the
administration's Coordinator for Science and Technology.
Under the designation, the governor said, the lieutenant
governor, who is a Cal Tech graduate with a degree in mechanical
engineering, will establish a process for the identification of
specific problems in state government where science and technology
could have a high potential for corrective action, as well as
development and evaluation of proposed solutions to these problems.
Governor Reagan said, "my selection of Lieutenant Governor
Reinecke for this vital position is based on the fact that he is a
professional engineer with experience in the application of science
and technology in the resolution of public problems. This capability
makes Ed Reinecke a unique choice for this responsibility."
Reinecke said, "I am happy to accept this additional
responsibility since my experience indicates that science and technology
have much to offer state government. We plan to seek the best ideas
from the private sector, the academic community, public agencies and
citizens.
"California's future can very well be tied to the improved
use of science and technology," Reinecke concluded.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sarramedco, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
5-3-71
#263
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Harold W. Knight, III, a Santa Ana attorney, as judge of the South Orange
County Judicial District Municipal Court.
Knight, 41, a Republican, succeeds Judge Frank Domenichini,
who has been elevated to the Orange County Superior Court.
A partner in the firm of Portigal and Knight, Knight has
practiced law in Southern California since 1959.
He is a graduate of the University of Virginia and earned
his law degree at the University's school of the law.
Knight is a member of the American Bar Association, the
State Bar of California, the Orange County Bar Association, the
Association of Southern California Defense Counsel and the American
Board of Trial Advocates.
He also is active in the YMCA and the Boy Scouts of America.
Knight and his wife Nancy have four children. The family
home is in Newport Beach.
Knight will receive an annual salary of $30,724.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediace
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
5-3-71
#264
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
El Monte Municipal Judge John K. Otis to a newly-created Los Angeles
County Superior Court bench.
Judge Otis, 60, a Democrat, will receive an annual salary
of $33,396.
First elected as justice of the peace in El Monte Township
in 1950, Judge Otis was elected as judge of the El Monte Judicial
District in 1952 and has won reelection ever since, three times
without opposition.
He also has served as chairman of the Los Angeles County
Municipal Court Judges Association.
A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of California at
Los Angeles in 1935, Judge Otis earned his law degree from UC at
Berkeley.
He and his wife have two daughters. The family home is in
El Monte.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
5-4-71
#265
Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:
"We are now in the first week of May---the legislature has been
here for more than four months.
"There are only 58 days remaining before the budget must be
passed. So far it seems the majority Assembly leadership has been too
busy producing a road show aimed at getting publicity, rather than
passing a balanced budget.
"The speaker has made plain his determination to raise taxes
without really giving any consideration to the possibility that new
taxes may not be necessary.
"There is another issue, however, which is even more indicative
of the lack of leadership. That issue is withholding. Almost a year
and one half ago when I changed my position on withholding I explained
the reason for that change---that by this next fall the state's cash
flow problem without withholding would require registered warrants or
tax anticipation notes because there is not enough cash on hand or
borrowing capability to pay the bills.
"This could have been avoided if withholding had been enacted
and made effective July 1. A bill to do this was introduced January 19.
This date is of course now impossible and every passing day without
withholding makes it harder to meet the next deadline of January 1.
"Democrats and Republicans supported withholding last year.
And no one in the leadership has said he opposes withholding this year.
"The Assembly Democratic leadership apparently is willing to
play fast and loose with the fiscal integrity of this state for purely
partisan advantage. It is too late for withholding to solve our
problem this fall. We will rely on tax warrants or tax anticipation
notes this September. But passage of withholding instead of more talk
can assure we will not have the same fiscal crisis next year."
# # #
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
5-4-71
#266
Governor Ronald Reagan today sent the following letter to Frank
Carlucci, Director of the Federal Office of Economic Opportunity in
Washington, D.C. Copies of the letter were also forwarded to President
Richard M. Nixon, Vice-President Spiro T. Agnew, U.S. Attorney General
John N. Mitchell, and John Ehrlichman, counselor to the president.
"I am very much disturbed by recent actions of the Federal Office
of Economic Opportunity in relation to the investigation of the California
Rural Legal Assistance program and by the treatment being afforded the
California State Office of Economic Opportunity by Federal OEO.
"As you know, in January you made the determination that my veto of
the CRLA grant should not be overridden. Subsequently, you requested
that we agree to a full investigation of CRLA by a commission and to a
new short-term grant for a period of six months. We agreed to your
requests on the basis that this would be helpful in determining how best
to provide legal services to the rural poor in the areas that have been
served by CRLA.
"Since that time the Federal OEO has repeatedly breached the
understandings which had been agreed to by you and other federal
representatives and by representatives of my office and the state OEO.
Members of your office have made false and misleading statements to the
news media with respect to the firm understanding which was reached
jointly by the State of California and the federal government. Further,
the selection process and the orientation of the commission was not
conducted in accordance with our understandings. This has resulted in
the commission members being confused and misinformed as to the nature
and procedures of their task, and has severely hindered them in carrying
out their responsibilities. I am enclosing a copy of a letter concerning
this problem which I have sent to each member of the commission.
"If testimony presented before the commission during the past week
is true, there has also been a lack of objectivity and fairness within
Federal OEO in reviewing my veto of CRLA and the reasons supporting it.
This has even included threats to hold up the granting of federal funds
for other projects totally unrelated to CRLA, unless California altered
its position.
"These actions by Federal OEO, which are clearly detrimental to the
best interests of the citizens of California, apparently have been taken
in an effort to curry favor with the Poverty Law Establishment, and to
appease certain ultra-liberal members of congress. who consistently oppose
the president on every issue
#266
"The most recent misconduct is the premature release to the news
media of a report criticizingthe state OEO, in violation of an agreement
that such a report would not be made public until after California
officials had had the opportunity to respond with corrections of numerous
factual misstatements and erroneous conclusions contained in that report.
This premature release, and the resulting adverse publicity, seem
calculated to create a smoke screen to mask the revelation of Federal
OEO's improprieties in regard to the commission investigating CRLA, and
to aid those who are seeking to abolish any effective controls or
safeguarding of OEO funds and programs within our state.
"It is interesting to observe that our state OEO has been 'reviewed,
'evaluated,' and 'audited' by the federal government four times in the
past four months commencing immediately after the governor's veto of
the CRLA grant. We are informed that this recent attention is greater
than that shown any other state, a fact that raises at least a suspicion
of bureaucratic harassment.
"At all times in our dealings with Federal OEO, the State of
California has acted in good faith, believing that the agreements to
which we were a party would be honored by you and your subordinates.
We have been repeatedly disappointed to find that this has not been
the case.
"I am requesting that you take immediate action to rectify this
situation, to insure that further understandings with our officials will
be honored and to prevent further instances of misconduct of the type
outlined above. By separate letter to the president, I am requesting
that a meeting be set up which will include you, representatives of my
office, and your superiors, to establish necessary safeguards to govern
the relationships between the Federal OEO and the State of California so
that these types of incidents will not occur again. It is essential that
corrective action be taken so that we can act together for the best
interests of all the citizens of California, including those whom the
Economic Opportunity Act was intended to benefit."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
5-4-71
Because of business reverses of Governor
Reagan's investments, he owed no state income
tax for 1970.
# # #
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE:
Immediate
Sacramento, Califor a
Contact:
Paul Back
445-4571
5-4-71
#267
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today that the federal
government will allow California to try token co-payment by Medi-Cal
patients.
"The Department of Health, Education and Welfare has notified
the director of the Medi-Cal program, Dr. Earl Brian, that it is ready
to grant the waivers we need to give 2.5 million welfare patients some
responsibility for their health care," he said.
Governor Reagan praised the Nixon administration for giving
California the "go-ahead we have been seeking in our efforts to put
the co-payment feature into effect.
"This federal cooperation deserves the thanks of all
Californians concerned with the taxes they must pay and the cost of
their own health care," the governor said.
He noted that Dr. Brian "has played a key role in the
design of the co-payment feature" in Assembly Bill 949, the Medi-Cal
reform Plan introduced by Assemblyman William Campbell (R-Hacienda Heights
He called upon the legislature "to act swiftly so that we can
put the co-payment provision into effect."
Under the legislation, those on Medi-Cal with no outside
income or other resources would not be required to make token co-
payments. All other Medi-Cal patients would be required to pay $1
for each office visit to physicians, dentists and others, and the same
amount for prescriptions and eyeglasses.
Regional HEW Commissioner Philip Schafer wrote that federal
waivers would be granted if the state enacts the legislation and
meets
/ certain other minor administrative requirements.
These include questionnaires and statistical data to
measure the effect of the co-payment requirement.
Secretary of Human Relations James M. Hall said it would be
"the first time that any state has received an exception to the federal
regulations prohibiting co-payment in the five years of the program."
Governor Reagan said that the state has only to supply survey
questionnaires and letters of assurance concerning data for HEW appraisal
to meet all requirements except the enabling legislation.
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#267
State's
The/basic proposal already has been submitted and preceded
the HEW letter which said in part, "We are prepared to approve the
(co-payment) project and thereby grant waiver of certain federal
requirements" if the study data and legislation is forthcoming.
The Assembly bill also seeks $3 per day for hospital
or nursing home care from 550,000 indigents who would be covered under
the reform program but who are not on welfare.
Welfare patients would not be required to co-pay for hospital
and nursing home care.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Calif nia
Contact:
Paul beck
445-4571
5-5-71
#268
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment
of Sheldon D. Rodman of Pine Grove, and the reappointments of
Lucien Vaira of Drytown and Walter H. Steiner of Plymouth, to the
26th District Agricultural Association (Amador County Fair).
Rodman, 44, a Republican, will fill the unexpired term of
Frank E. Berry of Jackson who has resigned. Rodman, a Pine Grove
real estate broker, is active in local service and business
organizations. His address is P. O. Box 155, Pine Grove.
Steiner, 71, a Democrat, is a rancher and has an extensive
background in business, industrial and agricultural areas.
He has served on the board for 26 years. His address is
P. O. Box 23, Plymouth.
Vaira, 75, a Republican, has been active in livestock
organizations for many years and has served on the board since
1951. His address is Highway 49, Box 96, Drytown.
Board members serve four-year-terms and receive necessary
expenses.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELE^SE: E: Immediate
Sacramento, Calif ia
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
5-5-71
#269
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointment,
subject to Senate confirmation, of two court reporters as members
of the Certified Shorthand Reporters Board in the Department of
Consumer Affairs. They are Mack M. Racklin of Los Angeles and
George J. Kartinos of San Francisco.
Racklin, 57, is a Democrat. His address is 1117 Via Curva,
Palos Verdes.
Kartinos, a 51-year-old Republican, lives at 205 Dover
Drive, Walnut Creek.
Both men have served on the board since 1967.
Board members serve four-year-terms and receive $25 per
diem while on official duty.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Califor
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
5-5-71
#270
Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:
"In 1958 the Congress of the United States designated the
second Saturday of May in each year as 'National Fire Service
Recognition Day. 1
"Saturday, May 8, 1971, will mark the observance of this day
and afford us the opportunity to pay recognition to the fire service
of California those people who provide outstanding protection to
the citizens of our state.
"Through continued dedication to the service, the fire
departments of this state are becoming more and more professional
each day. Volunteer and paid departments alike are professional
in their educational requirements, equipment, and methods of using
this equipment.
"Even though the cost of fire protection is increasing, the
level of service is more than keeping pace and our investment in
fire protection is still one of our greatest assets.
"In these times of tension and trouble, this arm of public
safety, which is always found on the front line, should be recognized
and supported by all."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Califor
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
5-6-71
#271
Governor Reagan today sent the following letter to Assembly
Speaker Bob Moretti:
"As you so eloquently put it in January, the time for talk is
past. I am of the firm opinion the people of this state are running
out of patience with statements of who will solve problems, of whether
certain legislators will support you or me on crucial votes, of whether
one side or the other will win some sort of artificial battle to be
waged in the public press.
"I would hope, therefore, that before these needless charges and
counter charges go any further, the leadership of both parties in the
State Senate and Assembly could meat with me to decide on how best we'
can solve our people's problems, not for our benefit, but for theirs.
"It is my suggestion that we meet in my office Tuesday morning at
10 .0 'clock, or at another time if that is inconvenient.
"I await, as I am sure the people of California await, your answer. "
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, Califor .a
Contact:
MEMO TO _dE PRESS
Paul Beck
445-4571
5-6-71
Governor Reagan will issue a statement at 11:15 a.m. in the
council room in the governor's office.
For your planning purposes the governor will leave immediately
after his statement and will not respond to questions.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
5-6-71
#272
Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:
"It is difficult for me to understand or accept the necessity for
the statement I am about to make.
"Having left an occupation in which my earnings each year were
several times greater than the salary I receive in my present position
it seemed self-evident I had not sought this office for any financial
advantage nor has there been any.
"Day before yesterday a question was raised with regard to my tax
liability for the year just past. You had an almost immediate and
factual answer to that question without any attempt at evasion.
Apparently that was not enough and some have attempted to make more of
this situation than is warranted by the facts. Indeed, some have tried
to intimate that somehow there was even a question of wrongdoing.
"With all the uproar that has followed I want the people of California
to have the facts so there can be no doubt in anyone's mind.
"I have never avoided taxes or failed to pay an income tax owed in my
entire adult life. For a number of years my annual tax was consideraly
more than my present gross earnings. With particular reference to the
California income tax, during the five years I have served as governor
I have paid state income taxes totalling $91,128.22.
"However, last year rather trying year for a number of people
investment losses in relation to earnings were such that while I still
owed and paid a federal income tax I did not have a state tax liability.
Frankly I hope it does not happen again---not that I enjoy paying taxes
but because I do not enjoy losing money.
"Some of you have already noted in your stories that my tax reform
proposal last year advocated a minimum state income tax. I still advocat
such a measure. Senator Moscone was a leader in the opposition to such
a reform.
"These last 48 hours have been an example of cheap partisan politics
unparalleled in the years I have been here in the capitol.
"It is time for the leadership of the majority party to actually
display some leadership and get down to the business of offering
solutions to the problems of tax reform, welfare reform and balancing
the budget as well as holding the line on government costs and taxes.
Phoney partisan politics will not hide the fact that this session of
the legislature has accomplished very little and has avoided dealing
with much of what the people have a right to expect."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californi
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
5-6-71
#273
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
five new members to the California Advisory Commission on Marine and
Coastal Resources.
They are:
George M. Crosier, president of the International Humane
Association, Los Angeles; John R. Levikow, San Francisco architect; Jens
C. Sorensen
a graduate student at the University of California,
Berkeley; Henry K. Trobitz, lumber company manager, Arcata, and
City Manager David R. Rowe, Daly City.
Crosier, a Los Angeles civic leader and an executive vice
president of the Los Angeles Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals, succeeds the late Dr. Wilbert M. Chapman of San Diego.
A Republican, Crosier lives at 14155 Magnolia Boulevard, Sherman Oaks.
Levikow, a member of the San Francisco architectural firm of
Youell, Thornton and Warner, succeeds the late Thomas R. Gardiner of
Piedmont. A director of the California Council of Architects and
chairman of its Environmental Committee, Levikow is also active in
the Big Brother organization and is chairman of the San Mateo Chamber
of Commerce Land Planning Committee. He is a Republican. He lives
at 20 Shelburne Place, San Mateo.
Sorensen, a graduate student in the Department of Landscape
Design at the University of California at Berkeley, will succeed Dr.
Andreas B. Rechnitzer of Fullerton, who has resigned. He lives at
1506 Oxford Street, Berkeley. He is not affiliated with a political
party.
Trobitz, a past president of the California Forest Protective
Association and Arcata civic leader, succeeds Richard M. Clare of
Santa Maria, who has resigned. He is a Republican, His address is
Route 1, Box 210 A, Arcata.
Rowe, who is active in numerous professional organizations,
including the San Mateo County Association of City Managers, and the
Western Governmental Research Association, succeeds the late Dr. Milner
B. Schaefer of San Diego. Rowe is a Republican. He lives at 148
Warwick Street, Daly City.
All the appointments are subject to Senate confirmation.
Commissioners receive necessary expenses and serve at the pleasure
of the governor.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediace
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
5-6-71
#274
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
William S. Weber as Chief, State Office of Transportation Planning and
Research, The new post was created by 1970 legislation.
Weber, 39, will also serve as executive secretary to the
State Transportation Board. The appointment is effective May 10.
Both the Transportation Board and the Office of Transportation
Planning and Research are units included in the Business and Transportation
Agency headed by Brian Van Camp.
In his new position, Weber, now a management consultant in the
San Francisco office of Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Company, will assist
Van Camp and the Transportation Board in establishing statewide
transportation plans and policies. In addition, he will supervise the
Office of Transportation Planning and Research in the performance of its
statutory duties.
Weber, a 1952 graduate of Stanford University with a
Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics, has directed various management
consulting acitivities in transportation for Peat, Marwick, Mitchell
and Company of San Francisco and New York since 1966.
The clients for whom he has directed transportation studies
include Illinois Central Industries where Weber reviewed operations of
the various departments of the railroad ind instituted a management
information system; New York Central Railroad, where he assisted in
planning the relocation of tracks, yards and related facilities
necessitated by the reconstruction of five miles of the St. Lawrence
Seaway Authority's Welland Canal; and Penn Central Pailroad where he
recommended improvements in the railroad's reporting, budgeting and
work measurement systems.
Weber also has conducted rapid transit and ferry patronage
studies for the Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District.
Prior to joining Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Company, Weber
was employed from 1954 to 1966 by Southern Pacific Transportation Company
where he was in general charge of railroad operating districts and
terminals,
His annual salary will be $25,896. Weber, a Republican,
lives with his wife and their one child in San Francisco.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO
MEMO TO THE PRES
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
5-7-71
#275
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
May 10, 1971
through
May 16, 1971
Monday, May 10
11:00 a.m.
California Peace Officers Association, Del Webb
Townhouse, San Francisco. Speech.
Overnight - Sacramento
Tuesday, May 11
1:30 p.m.
PRESS CONFERENCE
Overnight - Sacramento
Wednesday, May 12
a.m.
Office appointments.
Noon
League of Cities Legislative Institute luncheon,
Elks Club. Speech.
p.m.
Office appointments.
Overnight - Sacramento
Thursday, May 13
Office appointments.
Overnight - Sacramento
Friday, May 14
8:45 a.m.
Arrive for Consumer Affairs Breakfast, Hotel
Senator.
Noon
Legislative Press Golf Tournament, El Macero
Country Club.
Overnight - Sacramento
Saturday, May 15
No appointments scheduled.
Overnight - Sacramento
Sunday, May 16
No appointments scheduled.
Overnight - Sacramento
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Back
445-4571
5-7-71
#276
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Jackson C. Davis, Oakland and Walnut Creek attorney, to the Contra
Costa County Superior Court.
Davis, 55, a Republican, succeeds the late Judge Thomas F. Fraga.
He will receive an annual salary of $33,396.
A partner in the Oakland law firm of Edwards, Cresswell, Davis,
Friborg, Lamborn & Duda, Davis has practiced law in Alameda and
Contra Costa counties since 1946.
He is a former Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation
and during World War II served with the U. S. Army Counter-Intelligence
Corps.
A native of Sacramento, Davis is a graduate of the University of
California at Berkeley and earned his law degree from UC's Boalt Hall.
He is a member of the Mt. Diablo, Contra Costa, and Alameda
County Bar Assosications, as well as the American Bar Association,
the American Judicature Society, the American Arbitration Association, th
Association of Defense Counsel and is active in Contra Costa County
civic and youth groups.
He and his wife, Lorraine, have five children. The family lives
in Lafayette.
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#277
Governor Ronald Reagan today named West Covina Municipal Judge
Thomas A. Newell to the Los Angeles County Superior Court.
Judge Newell, 46, a Democrat, will receive an annual salary of
$33,396. He succeeds Judge Harold C. Shepherd who has retired.
Appointed to the Citrus Judicial District Municipal Court in
West Covina by Governor Reagan in 1968, Judge Newell had previously
served as the court's commissioner.
He is also a former Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney
and a former Pasadena Police Officer.
Judge Newell is a graduate, Cum Laude, of the Southwestern
School of Law in Los Angeles.
He is a member of the California Conference of Judges and the
Los Angeles County Judges' Association.
Judge Newell and his wife have five children. The family home
is in Glendora.
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#278
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the following bills have
been signed:
AB 120 - Murphy
Allows a person between the ages of 18 and 21
(Chapter 45)
years who is registered to vote at federal
elections to be appointed to the Republican State
Central Committee or elected or appointed to a
Republican county central committee.
AB 141 - Knox
Defers for one year the repayment of state school
(Chapter 46)
building loan apportionments made for 1970-71 for
a school district with respect to which the board
of supervisors failed to levy a tax on the property
in the district sufficient to meet the requirements
of the State School Building Aid Law. In 1971-72
the State Controller will deduct as repayment the
amount deferred plus a 6 percent penalty charge.
AB 182 - McAlister
Adds a grandchild of an employee or spouse of
(Chapter 41)
an employee to designated relatives, the death of
whom entitles a school certificated or classified
employee to a bereavement leave of absence.
AB 283 - Wood
Repeals the Fish and Game Code provisions requiring
(Chapter 42)
the Department of Fish and Game to report biennially
to the Governor. The bill also eliminates provisions
specifying size and bag limit for salt water eels
in Fish and Game District 3.
AB 354 - Briggs
Amends the Western Interstate Nuclear Compact
(Chapter 47)
which California has ratified SO as to allow
each party state one rather than two members on
the Western Interstate Nuclear Board. The bill
also provides that California's member be appointed
by the Governor.
AB 391 - Pierson
Provides that where a county warrant is lost and
(Chapter 48)
only a portion of the original amount is still
due, the county auditor shall, upon the filing of
an affidavit, issue and deliver to the legal owner
or custodian a substitute warrant for the amount
still due.
AB 408 - Ketchum
Repeals the Government Code section which sets
(Chapter 49)
a fee of 25 cents for each page for examining the
copy of any instrument or document presented for
certification purposes concurrently with the
document or instrument to be recorded.
AB 939 - Lewis
Exempts from prohibitions against discriminatory
(Chapter 50)
life or disability insurance practices any
questions in applications for such insurance
asking for the birthplace of an applicant, if
such question is used only to identify the
applicant and not to discriminate against him.
SB 84 - Grunsky
Provides that, with respect to allowances to the
(Chapter 43)
County School Service Fund for the education of
handicapped adults, the Superintendent of Public
Instruction shall establish a system of priorities
which shall give the highest priority to those
counties wherein school districts provide no
programs or insufficient programs for educating
handicapped adults.
SB 115 - Burgener
Provides that a bid for the lease or rental of
(Chapter 40)
portable buildings or temporary quarters to a school
district may include an abstraction of that portion
of the bid which may represent tax exempt reimburse-
ment to the vendor, lessor, or his assignee.
SB 142 - Teale
Provides that when the Senate fails, rather than
(Chapter 44)
refuses, to confirm a Governor's appointee by
specified session's end, such appointee does not
remain in office, and the office becomes vacant.
However, the bill provides that a person may be
avantad interim appointment to the same office.
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
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#279
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced that he has vetoed AB-110,
Campbell. In his veto letter, the governor said:
"I am returning without my signature Assembly Bill No. 110, entitled
'An act to amend Section 11251 of the Education Code, relating to public
schools, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.'
"This measure defines 'immediate supervision' of high school pupils
enrolled in work experience education programs to include employers. It
limits the averate daily attendance for work experience pupils to one
unit per pupil per day. The bill also deletes an obsolete provision
from the education code.
"Under current statutes, only time spent under the supervision of a
certificated instructor may be counted toward the ADA of high school
students in work experience programs. Consequently, if a student is to
be credited for any time spent on the job, a certificated instructor must
be on the premises. This measure would permit high school districts with
pupils participating in the work experience program to count time spent
by the pupil on the job toward his daily ADA even though no certificated
instructor is on the premises.
"While this bill might possibly permit more efficient use of
certificated instructors' time or even reduce a school district's
requirement for instructors, there is a very real possibility that state
costs associated with this measure would be substantial. I do not
believe that the potential fiscal impact of AB-110 was fully considered
by the legislature since it was not heard by any fiscal committee.
"I recommend that the legislature consider establishing a pilot
program in which established guidelines are used to evaluate the
effectiveness and fiscal impact of the approach mandated by AB-110.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned,"
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Sacramento, Californ.
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#280
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Timothy W. O'Brien, a Ukiah attorney, to the Mendocino County Superior
Court.
O'Brien, 49, a Republican, will receive an annual salary of
$33,392. He succeeds Judge Wayne P. Burke, who has retired.
A practicing attorney in Mendocino County since 1956, he
served as the county's first contract public defender from 1956 to 1960.
O'Brien also has served in the California Attorney General's
Office and as a staff attorney for the California State Employees
Association.
A native of San Francisco, he is a graduate of Stockton Junior
College, attended the University of California at Berkeley and earned
his law degree from the University of San Francisco after World War
II service with the Air Force.
O'Brien is active in civic affairs and is a past president
of the Mendocino County Bar Association.
He and his wife. Frances, have two daughters. The family
home is in Redwood Valley.
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5-11-71
#281
Governor Ronald Reagan today reluctantly accepted the resignation of
State Human Resources Development Director Gilbert L. Sheffield,
effective June 1.
Sheffield, 41, who has served in the $30,000-a-year post since
February, 1969, said he was resigning to resume his career in the private
sector and noted, in a letter to the governor, that he had accepted the
high state post "with the understanding that I would serve about two
years."
The governor praised Sheffield for having interrupted a successful
career in business to take on the heavy responsibilities of HRD and to
put the department on its feet in its formative stages. The new
department was created by the 1968 legislature and became operational
in mid-1969. It consolidated the State Department of Employment, the
California Multi-Service Center Program, State Office of Economic
Opportunity and the California Commission on Aging.
Sheffield said he plans to return to an executive position with
Pacific Telephone in San Francisco where he was an assistant vice
president prior to joining state service.
Governor Reagan noted that Sheffield stayed on as director of HRD
at the governor's personal request---six months longer than Sheffield
had planned.
The governor expressed his deep appreciation "for the key role you
have played in shaping our welfare reform program.
"The people of California owe you a debt of gratitude for the
dedication, ability and plain hard work you have brought to your tasks,
and while I sincerely regret that you will not be here with us in the
weeks and months ahead, there is satisfaction in knowing that you will
now be able to devote to your family and career the time and attention
they also deserve," Governor Reagan said.
In his letter to the governor, Sheffield said, "It has been a unique
opportunity to work for you...a chapter in my life which I will cherish
forever. You represent for many of us the last possible hope of retaining
those concepts and principles that we have fought to defend. I hope and
pray for your continued diligence and strength."
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MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
5-11-71
Governor Reagan will receive a replica of
the new blue and white California Ecology Corps
emblem from Conservation Director James G.
Stearns tomorrow (5-12) at 11 a.m. in the
Governor's Office.
Photo coverage is invited.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
5-12-71
#282
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Santa Barbara County Deputy District Attorney Steinthor Jon Gudmunds
to the Santa Maria Judicial District Municipal Court.
Gudmunds, 37, a Republican, will receive an annual salary of
$30,724. He succeeds Judge Morris J. Stephan who has been elevated
to the Santa Barbara County Superior Court.
A practicing attorney since 1965, Gudmunds has served in the
Santa Barbara County District Attorney's Office since 1969 and
previously served as a Deputy District Attorney in Imperial County.
A native of San Francisco, he attended San Francisco State
College, Reed College in Portland, Oregon, San Diego State College
and earned his law degree at the University of San Diego School of
Law.
Gudmunds, a pilot and a reserve commander in Naval Aviation,
is active in civic affairs and is a member of the State Bar of
California, the American Bar Association and the Santa Maria-Lompoc Bar
Association.
He and his wife Ann have two children. The family lives in
Santa Maria.
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#283
Governor Ronald Reagan today reappointed three members of the
El Pueblo De Los Angeles State Historical Monument Commission.
They are Mrs. Dorothy A. Burnaby, an artist, of 141 South
Hudson Place, Los Angeles; Hubert F. Laugharn, Jr., president of an
insurance agency, 426 South Lorraine Boulevard, Los Angeles, and
South El Monte City Councilman Joseph A. Vargas of 1227 North Potrero
Avenue, South El Monte.
Mrs. Burnaby has served on the commission since 1967 and
Laugharn and Vargas have been members since 1968. All are Republicans.
Commissioners serve for three years and are paid necessary
expenses not to exceed $500 per calendar year.
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#284
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Mrs. Jean Auer of
San Francisco as a public member on the California Regional Water
Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region.
Mrs. Auer, an educator and environmentalist, will fill the
unexpired term of Mrs. Barbara Eastman of Los Altos Hills who has
become a representative of recreation and wildlife on the board. The
term ends in 1972.
Mrs. Auer lives at 591 Miramar Avenue, San Francisco. She
is a Republican.
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#285
Governor Ronald Reagan, reaffirming a pledge that his sweeping
welfare reform program will not shift additional costs to local
government, today said he has asked for the immediate introduction of
amendments in the legislature which "will enable the counties to be
confident that there will be no cost shift to them."
The
amendments scheduled to be introduced this afternoon by
Senator Clair W. Burgener (R-La Mesa), author of the governor's welfare
reform program (SB-544, SB-545 and SB-546) "will reinforce our
commitment to the counties and, at the same time, maintain the integrity
and the intent of our welfare reforms,' the governor said in remarks
prepared for a luncheon meeting of the League of California Cities'
Legislative Institute.
He pointed to the amendments as an example of the administration's
willingness to "adjust the state's financial support so that no county
will have additional costs as a result of welfare reform,
"Instead," he said, "there will be millions of dollars in savings.
At the same time, the program will enable the state to take over a
tremendous administrative load that the counties have been shouldering
alone."
Governor Reagan said that "those county officials who give up on
welfare reform are telling their citizens that a property tax increase
is inevitable. The only alternative (to welfare reform) is a massive
increase in taxes an increase that would make it much harder for
cities and local governments to finance their own operations."
He said that "if the legislature is really concerned about the
financial plight of the cities, the counties, the schools; if they are
really concerned about reducing the tax burden on our citizens, they
will pass our welfare reform program so that they can deal with these
other problems.
The governor pointed out that "the total cost of welfare and
Medi-Cal in California is running at the rate of $9 million a day.
"We can cut that cost by $2 million a day in state, county and
federal spending if we can get passage of our welfare reform program,'
he said.
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The governor said, "unless we have welfare reform, the total cost
of public assistance and Medi-Cal will go up more than $600 million
within the coming fiscal year alone." He compared this to the $500
million in increased support for public schools which took the state
four years to raise "the largest dollar increase in any comparable
period in the state's history.
"We could completely phase out all the general fund costs and the
functions of three of the four major state agencies Business and
Transportation, Resources and Agriculture and Services and the savings
would be only $154 million.
"Yet," he said, "welfare and Medi-Cal costs eight times that much
this year in state funds alone.
"Many of the reforms we proposed have been suggested by county and
local officials. Every major plan now being discussed contains elements
of our plan.
"We have a program that is workable a plan that provides a
sweeping change of direction for the welfare cost spiral that has pushed
state and local governments to the edge of bankruptcy.
"We cannot afford to delay action on welfare reform just because
Washington is talking about the same subject. They have been talking
about it for several years now and some of their previous efforts at
'reform' created the most outrageous abuses we are now trying to correct.
"California's legislature cannot abdicate its responsibility to
correct what we know to be a badly constructed welfare program which is
not achieving its purpose and which is consuming vast sums of revenue
that would be better spent for other vital programs.
"Opponents of our welfare reform say they prefer the tax increase.
I believe the people prefer welfare reform. I believe every public
official concerned with the economic stability of government at any
level should be in favor of reforming welfare, too," he said.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO.
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5-12-71
#286
Governor Ronald Reagan today named three new members to the
California Job Development Corporation Law Executive Board.
They are Richard C. Martinez of Los Angeles, a telephone
company executive; William T. Stephens, Jr., vice president of a
San Diego bank, and Richard W. Heldridge, senior vice president of a
Los Angeles bank.
Martinez, personnel supervisor for Pacific Telephone Company
in Los Angeles, will represent commerce on the board. He succeeds
Harold E. Levitt of Pacific Palisades, who has resigned.
Stephens, assistant vice president of the San Diego Trust
and Savings Bank, will represent financial institutions. He succeeds
J. Ralph Stone of Santa Rosa.
Heldridge, senior vice president of Crocker-Citizens National
Bank in Los Angeles, will represent commerce. He succeeds James J.
Viso of Santa Clara, who has resigned.
Martinez, who is active in community affairs, serves as a
counselor at the East Los Angeles Skill Center and is a member of its
advisory council. He also is a member of the Mexican-American
Industrial Opportunities Committee, Concerned Parents for Better
Education, Los Pardinos and Big Brothers of America.
He lives with his wife and three children at 5351 Bohlig Road,
Los Angeles.
Stephens, who lives at 3635 Dupont Street, San Diego, is
active in banking organizations and civic affairs, including the
San Diego Children's Home Society, Junior Chamber of Commerce and YMCA.
Heldridge, who has been active in Sacramento community affairs,
is a trustee of the Sutter Community Hospitals and a past president of
the United Crusade of Sacramento.
He and his wife Shirley have four children. He is in the
process of moving from his home in Carmichael to the Los Angeles area.
The three appointees, who will serve at the pleasure of the
governor, will receive necessary expenses. All are Republicans.
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#287
Governor Ronald Reagan today reappointed D. Gordon Meighan
Northridge businessman and dog trainer, to the State Board of Guide
Dogs for the Blind in the Department of Consumer Affairs.
Meighan, who lives at 9301 Lasaine Avenue, Northridge, has
served on the board since 1970. He is a Republican.
Board members are paid $25 per diem while on official duty.
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#288
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Salvin Swanson of Sacramento
and Richard K. Newman, Jr., of Bakersfield to the State Board of
Dry Cleaners in the Department of Consumer Affairs.
Swanson, owner of a dry cleaning firm, will succeed Charlie M.
Taylor of Los Angeles. His term will expire in 1974.
Newman, operator of a laundry, will fill the unexpired term of
Richard Gable of Fairfax who has resigned. The term ends in 1972.
Swanson lives at 2910 American River Drive, Sacramento and
Newman lives at 1709 Camino Primavera, Bakersfield.
Both are Republicans.
Their appointments are subject to Senate confirmation.
Board members are paid $25 per diem while on offical duty.
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#289
Governor Ronald Reagan said today he was very
pleased to learn that the Federal Department of
Health, Education and Welfare has found an emergency
welfare regulation filed by the state April 30
"approvable."
The regulation, signed by State Social Welfare
Director Robert Carleson, was designed to meet HEW
welfare requirements.
In a letter to Carleson, HEW Social and Rehabil-
itation Service Administrator John D. Twiname said:
"I am pleased to inform you that (the) regulation
appears to be approvable
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Twiname said, "If after consideration of any
comments received (from intervening parties in the
next 15 days) I continue to find the regulation
approvable, I will be in a position to give formal
approval if and when I am satisfied that the
regulation is in effect."
The new state regulation officially takes
effect June 1.
Twiname's letter also requested further
information and consultation on another portion of
the regulation unrelated to the existing conformity
issue.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
5-13-71
#290
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
five new members and reappointment of two members to two year terms on
the Apprenticeship Council.
The new members are Arthur D. Taylor, assistant dean of
student services and activities at Shasta College; Jerald L. Antrim,
superintendent of industrial relations, Kaiser Steel Corporation
Fabricating Division, Oakland; Dionicio Morales, executive director
Mexican American Opportunity Foundation, Los Angeles; John L. Watts,
assistant director of the Bay Counties District Council of Carpenters,
San Francisco, and Jack Horner, manager and public relations director
of Builders Exchange, Long Beach.
Reappointed were: John G. Lozano, finencial secretary of
Cement Masons Local #52, Santa Ana, and George A. Harter, executive
manager of the San Francisco Chapter of the National Electrical
Contractors Association, San Francisco.
Taylor, a Republican, lives at 4320 Old 44 Drive, Redding.
He will serve as a public member, succeeding Wesley R. Brazier of Los
Angeles, whose term has expired.
Antrim, a Democrat, of 275 Caswell Street, Napa, will serve as
an employers representative, succeeding Edward J. Hibbert of San
Francisco, whose term has expired.
Morales, a Democrat, of 1954 Shade Lane, Pico Rivera, will
represent the public. He succeeds William Mariano of Sacramento, whose
term has expired.
Watts, a Republican, of 1950 Kings Mountain Road, Woodside,
succeeds Robert H. Worthy of Sacramento, whose term has expired, as
employee representative.
Horner, a Democrat, of 3906 Walnut Avenue, Long Beach, will
represent employers. He succeeds Harry B. Winston, Jr. of Burbank,
who has resigned.
Lozano, a Republican, of 992 Acacia Street, Garden Grove, an
employee representative, has served on the council since 1969.
Harter, a Republican, of 1388 Madera Way, Millbrae, represents
employers. He also has served since 1969.
Council members are paid $25 per diem.
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#291
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Mark A. Parreira, 19, a
student at California State Polytechnic College, and Donald J. Emerson,
a Lake County civic leader, to the scenic Highway Advisory Committee.
Parreira, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis E. Perreira of Los Banos, is
the tenth college student to be named to a policy making post by
Governor Reagan.
A 1970 honor graduate of Los Banos High School, Parreira is majoring
in fruit science at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo. He is state secretary
of the Future Farmers of America and serves on several state and national
committees of the FFA. He holds a Bank of America Achievement Award in
agriculture, the 1971 Honor Medal Award from the Freedoms Foundation
and an American Farmer Degree from the national FFA.
Parreira will fill the unexpired term of Thomas A. Young of Redding
who has resigned. The term ends in 1974.
Emerson, who has numerous business interests in Lake County, is
chairman of the advertising and highway committee of the Lake County
Chamber of Commerce, a past president of the chamber, a former director
of the California Safety Council, a past president of the Redwood Empire
Association, president of the Middletown Fire Prevention District and apast
member of the travel and recreation committee of the California State
Chamber of Commerce.
He will fill the unexpired term of Mrs. Friedel Klussmann of San
Francisco, who has resigned. The term ends in 1972.
Emerson and his wife Dorothy have three children and two
grandchildren. His address is Box 69, Cobb. He is a Republican.
Committee members receive necessary expenses.
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acramento, California
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Contact:
Paul Beck
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5-13-71
The attached is for your information.
Certain names contained in the CRLA memoranda have been blocked
out to prevent the possibility of harm to innocent persons.
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State of California
LEWIS K. UHLER
RONALD REAGAN
DIRECTOR
GOVERNOR
Office of Ermmunir Opportunity
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
800 CAPITOL MALL, SACRAMENTO 95814
916 445-9670 OR 445-7011
Memorandum to:
Governor Reagan
From:
Lewis K. Uhler
"HU
Subject:
Commission Hearings on CRLA
Date:
May 13, 1971
For your information, the attached memoranda have been submitted
to the Office of Economic Opportunity Commission on California
Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. (CRLA), by Attorney F. Douglas McDan-
iel of El Centro, who has requested to testify before the Com-
mission.
The two inter-office memos are from Robert B. Johnstone, a CRDA
attorney in the El Centro office, to Marty Glick, director of
litigation for CRLA.
The memos support our contention that CRLA has been directly in-
volved in union (United Farm Workers' Organizing Committee -
UFWOC) activities--a deliberate violation of CRLA's grant con-
ditions.
Among other things, the documents display a cynical disregard
for the integrity of CRLA's proposed witnesses on the part of
CRLA attorneys.
OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OFFORTUNITY
COMMISSION ON
CALIFORNIA RURAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE, INC.
Box 36102
450 Goldon Gate Avenue
San Francisco, Calif, 94102
FORM OF REQUEST TO TESTIFY*
(Must be filed in Commission office by
Noon Wednesday, May 12, 1971)
Name of Proposed Witness:
F. DOUGLAS McDANIEL
Address of Witness:
444 So. Eighth Street, E1 Centro, CA 92243
Name of Counsel:
WILLIAM KNECHT
Address of Counsel: 2855 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94705
Concise statement of the alleged facts to be proved by such
witness in terms sufficiently specific to give State 0EO and
CRLA fair and reasonable notice of such facts and the Commission
a fair opportunity to determine the appropriateness of granting
such request:
Witness observed CRLA attorneys from the E1 Centro office
in company with U.F.W.O.C. massed pickets at an Abatti field on
June 6, 1970. Witness then and there talked to John Denvir, a
CRLA attorney, who stated that he was advising the U.F.W.O.C. pickets
to violate the restraining order then in force and that they were
trying to provoke a contempt citation.
Witness will also testify concerning his observations as a
member of the board of trustees of CRLA from August of 1967 to
January of 1969, as contemplated by Rule 4 (a).
A description of any documents to be introduced into evidence,
including the name of addressee and addressor and the date of
the document. (Copies must be attached):
CRLA inter-office memorandum dated April 2, 1971, with covering
letter of Robert Johnstone dated April 6, 1971.
Counsel will be provided to represent those witnesses which are
selected to appear but do not have counsel of their own.
*See copies of Rules attached -- note especially Rule 2(b)(1),(2)
and (3).
Witness
MARTY GLICK
April 6, 1971
ROBERT B. JOHNSTONE - EL CENTRO
EL CENTRO REFUNDING COMMISSION INFORMATION
Here is most of the El Centro Refunding Commission infor-
mation. The only thing missing is the various information
regarding opr local Advisory Committee, its meetings and
a witness who could testify as to its priorities. This
information is in the process of being "assembled."
ROBERT JOHNSTONE
RBJ:db
MAY 1212 EDITION
CSA FPMR (if CFR) 101-11.8
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Memorandum
TO
:
MARTY GLICK - Central CRLA
DATE:
4-2-71
FROM :
ROBERT B. JOHNSTONE - El Centro CRLA
SUBJECT:
EL CENTRO OFFICE OFFICE REFUNDING COMMISSION INFORMATION
I. NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF WITNESSES WHO CAN TESTIFY
AS TO CRLA:
(A.) El Centro Witnesses Listed In Bill McCable
Memo Of March 16, 1971.
(1) Ventura Huerta, Project Director
Clinica De Salubridad De Campesinos
1166 "K" Street
Brawley, California 92227
Mr. Huerta has a Master's degree in
Public Health from the University of
California and is the Director of a.
migrant clinic for migrant farmworkers
in Brawley, California set up with HEW
money. This clinic was set up largely
through the efforts of the El Centro
CRLA office which documented its need
in the face of strong opposition from
the Imperial County Board of Super-
visors and the Imperial County Medical
Society. CRLA also represented the
clinic and the Casa De Amistad, the
local funding grantee for the clinic,
in a lawsuit instituted by Brawley
doctors to stop the funding of the
clinic.
Our feeling is that some staff member
of the clinic should be a witness but
that it probably should not be Mr. Huerta
as Mr. Huerta lacks the stage presence
in articulation to be a convincing wit-
ness, (See resumes below regarding
Doctors Flannagan and Thompson of the
clinic staff.)
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Page 2.
Memo To:
Marty Glick
From:
Robert B. Johnstone
Date:
April 2, 1971
(2) Dr. David Flannagan
665 Maryland Avenue
Brawley, California 92227
Dr. Flannagan is one of the three staff doctors
at the Brawley migrant clinic mentioned above.
From the point of view of articulation and
middle class "apple pie" appearance, Dr. Flannagan
would be the ideal witness to testify to CRLA's
involvement with the clinic and related matters.
He is quite soft-spoken and articulate and can
testify to the fact that the clinic would probably
not exist without CRLA, that the clinic is very
necessary and can do so in a very convincing,
soft-spoken, middle class way.
The basic question probably comes down to a choice
between him and Dr. Thompson mentioned in the
following paragraph. Dr. Thompson is probably
not as poised or as "apple pie" looking as
Dr. Flannagan nor, perhaps, as softly articulate.
However, he was present in Imperial County during
the period of time from August 1 until Oct. 1,
1970, which were the critical months in the funding
of the clinic and can testify in more detail to
our actual involvement during those months than
Dr, Flannagan can.
(3) Dr. Thompson, Robert
Clinica De Salubridad De Campesinos
1166 "K" Street
Brawley, California 92227
See resumes of Ventura Huerta and Dr. David
Flannagan above. Basically there is nothing
more to add here. Dr. Thompson is an Internist
who prior to joining the migrant clinic in Brawley
was with The Good Ship Hope in Columbia. He is
able to testify to more of the early facts about
CRLA's involvement with the clinic. However, he
is also more excitable and does not present as
much of a middle class image as Dr. David Flannagan
does,
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Page 3.
Memo To: Marty Glick
From:
Robert B. Johnstone
Date:
April 2; 1971
(4) Michael English
Imperial County Welfare Department
1046 Commercial Street
El Centro, California 92243
Our feeling is that basically here we basically
have a choice between Michael English and his
wife, Donna English, both of whom are Social
Workers for the Imperial County Welfare Depart-
ment. Both of them know the CRLA "law and order"
song and dance by heart and in addition can
testify to the innumerable service which we
handle and also to the cooperative arrangement
we have with the Imperial County Welfare Depart-
ment in regard to divorces and adoptions. (We
de default divorces for people on welfare if
an initial questionnaire is filled out by the
Social Worker at the Imperial County Welfare
Department, this amounts to approximately 50
to 100 per year. ) I think, Donna English would
be the superior witness in this regard as
Michael's beard and hair are probably contrary
to the image we are trying to project. Donna
exudes loving, middle class concern for the
welfare of poor people and as mentioned above
knows by heart the sorgand dance. In addition,
Donna is a member of the El Centro CRLA Advisory
Committee. However, I don't think, she is the
witness we would prefer to have in that regard.
(5) Mr.
Brawley, California
Mr.
is a very convincing, soft-
spoken witness on the stand (having observed him
once in the Brawley doctor's lawsuit) and in addition
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Page 4.
Memo To:
Marty Glick
From:
Robert B. Johnstone
Date:
April 2, 1971
will basically say anything we tell him to. He
is able to testify from first-hand knowledge
and very convincingly that the presence of CRLA
attorneys in regard to the controversial Brawley
Button suit saved that campus from violence since
the Mexican-American students have come to trust
the CRLA lawyers, etc., etc. and are learning to
use the American system of justice, etc., etc.
because of CRLA lawyers. Again, I stress,
will say anything we want him to.
(6)
City Councilman
Mr.
is probably one of our most potentially
impressive witnesses. He is very soft-spoken, very
articulate and in addition to being able to testify
to innumerable individual service cases he has
referred to our office, he can give a very heart-
warming pitch on his attempts in
as a City
Councilman to convince young people to use the system
and its laws to create change rather than resorting
to violence and to the fact that because of CRLA he
has been having increasing success in so doing. Again,
I think, he would be a must as a witness and by and
large will testify to anything we want him to.
(7) Mr.
City Councilman also
Commission
of Imperial County
Much of what I have already said in regard to
is also true of
He will
testify to anything we wish him to along the "law
and order' lines. Also and, perhaps, very important
is that he will testify to the fact that while the
Unler reports purported to give the impression that
the Imperial County Economic Opportunity Commission
opposed CRLA neither he nor the Director of the
EOC were ever contacted by any member of the Uhler
Commission. One draw-back on
is that
his son,
is a CRLA attorney in the
Santa Rosa office, which gives some basis for
impeachment of his testimony.
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Page 5.
Memo To:
Marty Glick
From:
Robert B. Johnstone
Date:
April 2, 1971
(8)
Imperial County Poverty Program
I would say that as a representative of the
poor Mexican-American,
is probably
the most convincing witness we have. He
testified on the stand in San Diego in our
Brawley Doctor's suit and was absolutely
sensational as Marty Glick will, I am sure,
agree. Faced with some fairly difficult
cross-examination questions, he was totally
unflustered, humble and very, very effective.
He can testify as to individual service cases
he has sent to us and as to the necessity of
our involvement in the clinic issue and to
our very, very close ties with the Economic
Opportunity Office in terms of helping them
out with service cases.
(9)
El Centro, California 92243
Mr.
is in a very delicate political
position as he is directly under the Board of
Supervisors of Imperial County. He would make
a convincing witness; however, I would prefer
not to put him on the spot since we can probably
obtain the same basic testimony through Willie
Moreno, the Chairman of the Board of Directors
and through Ernie Caro, one of their Program
Directors. However, to the extent it is important
I am sure we could probably get Mr.
to
testify in regard to the fact that he was not
contacted at all during the whole Uhler investi-
gation despite the fact that one of his letters
was used to give the impression that the El Centro
CRLA was opposed by EOC.
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Page 6.
Memo To:
Marty Glick
From:
Robert B. Johnstone
Date:
April 2, 1971
(10) Colin O'Brian, Judge Justice Court
Post Office Box 7
Westmorland, California
Mr. O'Brian is very enthusiastically pro
CRLA despite the fact that his appointment
as Justice Court Judge was through a County
Supervisor who is anti-CRLA. I have not
approached him about the possibility of
testifying. He might; however, it would
put him very much on the spot politically.
If it is necessary and if there is a lack of
judges to testify, I will be happy to contact
him.
(B;) ADDITIONAL WITNESSES NOT MENTIONED IN THE LETTER
OF WILLIAM McCABE:
(1) Bonnie Best King
279 "J" Street
Brawley, California 92227
I would suggest that Mrs. King is a "must" as
a witness. She was an EMR teacher at Brawley
Union High School until June of 1970 and was
an EMR teacher at the very time of the CRLA
statewide EMR cláss-action. She is a lifelong
Republican and very, very articulate (her only
problem is that she sometimes talks too much).
She is able to testify very convincingly to the
validity of the EMR suit and more important to
the fact that on one occasion that she remembers
very explicitly, the intervention of CRLA
attorneys at Brawley Union High School was the
single cause of some students who thought they
had a gripe but were basically just wising off,
returning to school solely on the basis of the
fact that they trusted the judgment of CRLA
that they were wrong. This involved students of
Mrs. King who were basically trying to concoct
a racial issue where one did not exist. CRLA
attorney, Robert Johnstone, spoke with Mrs. King
and after speaking to the students they all re-
turned to school and dropped the issue and she
will very convincingly testify to this. Also,
she has expressed a willingness to testify to a
somewhat broader issue that maybe important but
maybe beyond the scope of what we are trying to
do. I think, however, it could be done and done
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Page 7.
Memo To:
Marty Glick
From:
Robert B. Johnstone
Date:
April 2, 1971
convincingly. This is the issue of CRLA
"stiring up racial turmoil where none existed
before". I am sure she would be willing to
testify that racial discrimination has existed
in the past, that it exists today and even
where it does not exist its fisticial effects
in education and job. opportunity exists, and
that the effect of CRLA, if any, in this area
has been to calm the flames of an imminent
explosion and to help to show potentially
dissident individuals that the American system
of democracy is worth preserving, etc., etc.
(2) The Rev. Oscar Newby
Neighborhood House
506 East Fourth Street
Calexico, California 92231
The Rev. Newby is a very sincere, 50-year-old
Minister who runs the Neighborhood House in
Calexico, which is basically a community center
for various poor-person, oriented activities.
He would particularly be able to testify to the
help he has gotten from us in setting up a drug-
treatment hotline in the county. We have incor-
porated this group for him and since drug abuse
prevention is always a winner, I think, he would
be important to put on the stand. He could also
testify to individual cases which have been
referred to us, etc.
(3)
or
These are two very articulate student leaders in
Imperial Valley. They would say anything we would
want them to and have basically already learned
the CRLA song and dance by heart.
Mr.,
is a Vietnam veteran also and can
probably give some good heart-throb stuff obout
trying to keep kids within the system.
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Page 8.
Memo To: Marty Glick
From:
Robert B. Johnstone
Date:
April 2, 1971
II. MEMORANDUM ON THE UHLER CHARGES RELATING TO THE LOCAL OFFICE:
The only things which should be included in addition to the
rebuttal already submitted by CRLA are as follows:
(A) INVOLVEMENT OF EL CENTRO COMMUNITY WORKER, HECTOR REYES,
WITH THE UNITED FARMWORKERS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
(This should self-destruct within 30 seconds after being
read.) For the past four years Mr. Reyes has basically
worked fulltime out of the United Farmworkers office in
Calexico. Our official position on this, of course, is
not that his time has been that extensive in that office
but that as a good community worker he uses that office
as an outreach on the basis that hundreds of poor farm-
workers pass through it every day and he is able to
communicate with them in regard to their legal problems
he then refers to CRLA. Since the refunding crsis,
Mr. Reyes has not been spending time in that office.
However, one potentially embarrassing feature of his
time there is a large number of telephone calls from that
office to the Delano UFWOC office which are billed to
our telephone. Our position on this is that we never
authorized it and that since we discovered this we
issued immediate instructions to the Telephone Company
(I believe last December) that we would accept no more
billings to this number on third party calls and that
only credit calls would be accepted. From December to
February, 1971, a number of credit calls from the
Calexico Office to Delano on Hector's credit card #
were recorded. Hector has reported his credit card as
stolen and a new card has been issued and basically our
official position on this is that someone must have
gotten a hold of his card. This has not come out yet
and hopefully it will not. There is no way that we can
deny Hector's presence, at the farmworkers' office and,
I think, our best approach to this is to readily admit
that he did spend time there in an effort to keep in
contact with the farm working poor and refer their
individual legal problems to us. In addition, as the
report reflects, he was very actively involved in the
canteloupe picketing activity in June of 1970 and has
on
occasion been a speaker at a Cesar Chavez rally.
In addition a memo was
given to Hector requidy
use of lus credit good
(copy attach
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Page 9.
Memo To:
Marty Glick
From:
Robert B. Johnstone
Date:
April 2, 1971
The rallies have always been on Sunday to my knowledge
and as to the canteloupe picketing, you have our res-
ponse in the rebuttal. He, like Mr. Johnstone of this
office and Mr. Banaga, took vacation time during that
whole period.
(B) MECHA AT IMPERIAL VALLEY COLLEGE
The only other potentially dangerous, new charges that
could be made in regard to this office would involve
an incident which was developed at Imperial Valley
College over the past six weeks. MECHA, the student
group of the college has been picketing the student
cafeteria in an effort to get them to use only UFWOC
lettuce. On March 25th, MECHA was suspended from the
campus and this has received alot of publicity in the
local papers and there is apossibility that there maybe
some student activities out there which could argueably
be called demonstrations. We are attorneys for poor
individual members of MECHA in this matter. However,
we have witnesses to the effect that the basic effort
has been to convince the students to remain peaceful,
"law and order", etc.
I am informed that at the time of their last picketing
a week ago a State Investigator from Governor Reagon's
Office investigating CRLA'was at the campus; perhaps,
in the hopes that there would be some violence he could
get pictures of. However, it was all totally peaceful
and within the first amendment so he was probably dis-
appointed and he was probably also disappointed because
no CRLA person was present.
Our position on this, of course, is that we are repre-
senting individual poor students on a First Amendment
issue uñlrelated to Chavez or the lettuce boycott.
Our further position is that this is pending litigation
and, therefore, we are not free to talk about it, But,
we do infact, represent individual members of MECHA
in this dispute with the Imperial. Valley College.
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Page 10.
Memo To:
Marty Glick
From:
Robert B. Johnstone
Date:
April 2, 1971
III. CRLA INVOLVEMENT WITH THE LOCAL BAR ASSOCIATION:
As already documented in the support letters, the President
and Vice-President of the Imperial County Bar Association
have written letters of support of CRLA. The President is
Mr. John Duddy and the Vice-President is Mr. John Pattie.
In addition, and which does not appear in our rebuttal but
which is relevant to the implication in the Unler report
that the Bar Association opposes us, local CRLA attorneys
are very active with the Bar Association in the following
respects:
(A,) CRLA attorney, Robert B. Johnstone, was on Friday,
April 2, 1971, unanimously elected by the Imperial
County Bar Association to be an alternate delegate
to the up-coming State Bar Convention in September.
(B.) CRLA attorney, Fred H. Altshuler, is the Program
Chairman of the Imperial County Bar Association.
(C.) CRLA attorney, John Denvir, is a member of the Legal
Services Committee of the Imperial County Bar
Association.
(D.) CRLA attorney, Robert B. Johnstone, is a member of the
Scholarship Committee of the Imperial County Bar
Association and, in fact, this committee was formed
by the Imperial County Bar Association at the request
of Mr. Johnstone pursuant to a State Bar resolution
endorsing the concept of local Bar scholarships for
minority students.
To give you a complete picture, including negative aspects,
the Bar Association at its February meeting did adopt by
a vote of something like 15-4 or 18-4 the Uhler Judicare
resolution. This was the standard form that came out of
Uhler's office so I don't think it will be necessary to en-
close a copy at this time. Please let me know if you want
one.
*** As Doug McDaniel of Imperial County was one of the attorneys
who attempted to commandeer the first commission hearings
and as he and his partner, Chuck Pinney, have been the stalwart
over any CRLA forces in the Imperial County Bar Association
time immemorial. It should be brought to your attention that
we have a very interesting document with Mr. McDaniel's signa-
ture on it. This is a Lawyer's Reference Service referral slip
dating from the time when we administered that program in which
a domestic matter was referred to Mr. McDaniel's office. It
was returned under Mr. McDaniel's signature with a statement
that domestic matters were not his line of business and he has
basically a corporate practice and please do not refer anymore
to him, which is very interesting in view of the fact that the
Shippolith of the Bar Association down here is that we don't
handle the real legal problems of the poor such as divorces.
A copy of this referral slip is attached. Also attached is
an article from the local newspaper on the day following the
first commission hearing when McDaniel attempted to show that
he was forcibly ejected and not allowed to testify at the
commission hearings. This should make for some interesting
cross-examination.
ROBERT J. JOHNSTONE
RBJ:mn;db
Hector Reyes
300 61 2973
P. Altohulor
Telophone Charges
In reviewing the credit card telephone calls charged to
our telephone number, I have just noticed that you have been
billing large numbers of telephone calls placed from Calexico
to Delano to up.
The CRLA credit call which you have been given 10 solely
for use in conjunction with CRLA business.
I would *Ake from you an explanation of what appeared 00
be a large number of onllo unrelated to CRLA business which
you have been charging to your ORLA tolophone crodit cards
PHA102
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Carol Bryant V Central
Feb. 0, 1971
Torri Lopes de E1 Contro
Telophone Credit Card
Hoctor Reyes informs me he Lost his solephone
credit card BO. 270-3505-164-2.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of Lewis
W. Aukeman of Ontario to the Board of Directors, 28th District
Agricultural Association (San Bernardino County Fair).
Aukeman, 44, will fill the unexpired term of the late Charles
D. Warner, of Victorville. The term ends January, 1974.
Aukeman, a Republican, is a dairyman in the Chino area and is
active in several agricultural and conservation organizations. His
address is 8425 Walnut Avenue, Ontario.
Board members receive necessary expenses.
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Dr. Herald G. Wixom, Assistant Director of the California
Department of Agriculture, has won the coveted Superior Service Award of
the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Governor Ronald Reagan announced
today.
Dr. Wixom, who is chief of both the Animal Industry and Plant
Industry divisions of the state agriculture department, is one of
only two state officials in the nation to receive the award this year.
The other is Dr. Robert J. Lee of the Animal Health Department in
Maryland.
The Distinguished and Superior Service Awards are the USDA's
highest form of recognition. Since state agencies were made eligible in
1962, only four individuals from state departments of agriculture have
won the award up to this year.
"All Californians may take pride in Dr. Wixom's achievement.
He is the man most directly responsible for California's being honored
nationally for its preeminence in the field of meat inspection," the
governor said.
"The clean and wholesome meat and poultry products available
to the California consumer are everyday evidence of this man's dedicated
effort," he said.
The basis for Dr. Wixom's award, according to the USDA citation,
was his "extraordinary professional skill and leadership in bringing
about an effective federal-state cooperative meat inspection program
which led to recognition of California as the first state in the nation
to have both its red meat and poultry inspection programs certified as
equal to federal standards."
A veteran of over 33 years with the California Department of
Agriculture, Dr. Wixom received his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree
from Kansas State University in 1938. He came to California late that
year as field veterinarian in the Los Banos area, working on a
tuberculosis eradication program.
He was appointed chief of the Bureau of Animal Health in 1962,
chief of the Division of Animal Industry in 1963, and Assistant Director
in 1968.
In addition to his service to California, Dr. Wixom has been for
three years chairman of the Brucellosis Committee of the United States
Animal Health Association, which recommends policies and procedures for
accomplishing the eradication of brucellosis to the USDA and all the. states
Dr. Wixom is a member of the Western States Livestock Health
Association, Intermountain Veterinary Medical Association, National
Assembly of Chief Livestock Sanitary Officials, American Veterinary
Medical Association, California Veterinary Medical Association and
Sacramento Valley Veterinary Medical Association.
He also holds the post of Lecturer in the University of Californ
School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive
Veterinary Medicine.
Dr. Wixom and his wife, Dorothy, reside at 2409 Manor Court
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Governor Ronald Reagan today ordered the flag to be flown at
half mast over the state capitol tomorrow (May 15) as part of a
national Peace Officers Memorial Day tribute to lawmen who died in
line of duty.
"I ask all Californians to join me in honoring the memory of
those men behind the badge who have given their lives to protect our
freedom, our property and our lives. They and their brother peace
officers have become the first line of defense against those who would
destroy all our rights, including the right to dissent," he said.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today sent the following letter to
Mr. Frank Carlucci, Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity
in Washington.
"Dear Mr. Carlucci:
"I am enclosing herewith a copy of a document that concerns me
greatly and which threatens the integrity of the entire legal services
program.
"It is a dishonorable proposal that advocates such practices as
coaching witnesses, encouraging falsehoods, etc. It also establishes
once and for all the illegal relationship between CRLA and UFWOC.
"The fact that this brazen, open, unclassified proposal was
originated by an official of a government funded agency (CRLA) makes
it doubly repugnant.
"I'm sure you agree. I am ordering an immediate investigation to
determine the facts. Under the circumstances, I am sure you will want
to find out for yourself whether or not there was any action taken
regarding the proposals, and what disciplinary action was taken by
the CRLA leadership when the nefarious scheme was received by them.
"In order to avoid unnecessary duplication, I recommend that we
combine our respective investigations. Please let me know at the
earliest possible moment your desires in this matter.
I am sure you will agree that an organization which practices,
or even condones, such activities as are proposed is not qualified to
receive any further public funding."
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GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
May 17, 1971
through
May 23, 1971
Monday, May 17
Office appointments.
Overnight - Sacramento
Tuesday, May 18
1:30 p.m.
PRESS CONFERENCE
Overnight - Sacramento
Wednesday, May 19
Noon
State Women's and Men's Club Luncheon, Elks Club.
Speech.
Overnight - Sacramento
Thursday, May 20
Office appointments.
Overnight - Sacramento
Friday, May 21
Regents' Meeting, San Francisco.
Overnight - Los Angeles
Saturday, May 22
8:00 p.m.
One Hundredth Anniversary of the Los Angels County
Medical Association, Century Plaza Hotel. Remarks.
Overnight - Los Angeles
Sunday, May 23
No appointments scheduled.
Overnight - Sacramento
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Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the following bills have
been signed:
AB 104 - Deddeh
Authorizes the board of directors of a fire protection
(Chapter 69)
district to provide for the establishment of a petty
cash fund, in an amount not to exceed $500 rather
than in an amount not to exceed $50, to be used to
pay small bills.
AB 106 - Hayes
Requires, before final distribution of an estate,
(Chapter 53)
that the federal estate tax and state inheritance
taxes be paid or that evidence of agreement for
payment of such taxes between the taxing authority
and the executor, administrator, or other persons
liable for payment of such taxes be filed. The
bill authorizes the Controller to make such
agreements respecting inheritance taxes in cases of
hardship.
AB 138 - Knox
Provides that the requirement that the clerk of the
(Chapter 70)
court submit a copy of probation order and any
subsequent changes in probationary status to the
arresting or investigating law enforcement agency
applies to a probationer who is under the care and
supervision of a probation officer. The bill also
provides for summary probation in infraction cases
as well as misdemeanor cases,
AB 173 - Hayes
Provides that the Member of the Assembly who is a
(Chapter 61)
member of the Consumer Advisory Council shall be
appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly rather than
the Assembly Rules Committee.
AB 246 - Townsend
Exempts from the definition of retail food production
(Chapter 67)
and marketing establishments roadside stands whose
retail sales solely consist of produce, or shell
eggs. It requires the State Department of Public
Health to adopt specified rules and regulations
relating to such stands. The bill authorizes use
of specified sawdust, or any other anti-slip agent
authorized by the Department in certain areas, but
prohibits use of such sawdust or any other anti-
slip agent on floors in work areas constructed
after effective date of the act. The bill also
expressly permits use of carpets on floors in sales
area or areas generally used by the public.
AB 288 - Dent
Renumbers a Government Code Section relating to city
(Chapter 54)
incorporation. The bill makes no substantive changes
in the law.
AB
299
-
Johnson, R. Requires levee district board of directors to
(Chapter 62)
utilize the county assessment roll for the district
as the basis for district taxation and that such
taxes be collected at the same time as county taxes.
AB 311 - Dent
Makes various technical changes in provisions of
(Chapter 63)
State School Building Aid Law of 1952 and the State
School Building Aid Bond Law of 1952.
AB 312 - Dent
Validates certain final apportionments of state
(Chapter 64)
school building aid based on conditional apportion-
ments made prior to the 61st day after final
adjournment of the 1971 Regular Session.
AB 330 - Z'berg
specifies that the cost of collection of a local tax
(Chapter 55)
levied under the Pleasure Riding Tax Law shall be
paid from revenues collected by such levy and allows
the use of funds for maintenance, as well as
acquisition and construction, of riding trails.
-1-
B 335 - Biddle
Li ralizes to the the Government destruction #297 con. of city provisions records. be The
chapter 55)
bill relating requires that all destroyed records
reproduced on film.
AB 379 - Stull
Permits school districts to hire a teacher as a
(Chapter 57)
temporary employee, rather than as a substitute
than one semester, to replace a regular teacher on
employee, up to a complete school year but not less
leave or absent for illness. The bill further
provides that any temporary employee so employed
for a complete school year who is reemployed for the
following year shall have been deemed a probationary
employee during the preceding year.
AB 392 - Schabarum
Authorizes the governing board of the Pomona
(Chapter 58)
Unified School District to participate in programs
through which local peace officers are provided on
school campuses, for grades 10, 11, and 12, on a
regular basis as resource personnel and to maintain
order and promote better understanding of law. The
bill also authorizes the district to apply for
federal grants and to expend school funds as
required therefor by federal law.
AB 434 - Cory
Allows a county with a population over 503,000 and
(Chapter 71)
under 1,000,000 according to the 1960 federal census
to appoint a clerk of the board of supervisors as
any other county officer is appointed. The bill
affects only Orange County.
AB 629 - Waxman
Makes the Elections Code provisions relating to
(Chapter 65)
challenges to voters and electioneering within
100 feet of the polls applicable to school district
elections.
SB 46 - Stiern
Increases the fee for recording the first page of
(Chapter 59)
documents from $1 to $2 and the fee for each
additional page recorded from 80 cents to $1. The
bill also increases the fee for filing papers from
$2 to $3.
SB 78 - Nejedly
Makes provisions authorizing declaratory relief
(Chapter 68)
action by public agencies in case of attempted
acquisition of agency-owned land for highway
purposes also applicable to attempted acquisition
for public utility route or structure purposes.
The bill also requires the Public Utilities
Commission to consider and make findings upon the
factors of community values, recreational and park
areas, historical and aesthetic values and influence
on the environment when making my order relating
to location of public utility structures.
SB 110 - Teale
Provides that the board of supervisors of a county
(Chapter 60)
may provide that amounts received from judgements,
fines, forfeitures, penalties, and charges for
current services which are either in excess of amount
anticipated or not set forth in the county budget
may be made available for specific appropriation.
SB 135 - Stiern
Continues the subvention pattern effective in 1970-
(Chapter 51)
71 for local government homeowners' property tax
exemption reimbursements when funds are appropriated.
The bill also provides that county auditors shall
allocate funds to reimburse revenue districts for
loss due to business inventory exemption when they
receive funds rather than on or before April 30th.
SB 268 - Gregorio
Deletes Route 84 from Route 1 to Route 280 from
(Chapter 66)
the California Freeway and Expressway System.
SB 320 - Senovich
Amends the Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Act to
(Chapter 52)
permit a mortgage guaranty insurance company to
insure a real estate loan where the amount of the
loan does not exceed 95% of the fair market value of
the real estate.
SB 451 - Stiern
Includes certain fraternal societies, orders or
(Chapter 72)
associations operating under a lodge system as exempt
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Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointments of
seven members to the newly-created Hearing Aid Dispensers Examining
Committee.
Named as hearing aid dispenser representatives were Emmett C.
Woodward, president of Woodward Hearing Aid Centers, Sacramento;
Verl E. Conn, Jr., vice president of Verl E. Conn and Associates, San
Diego, and Roy R. zum Brunnen, Professional Hearing Aid Center, Los
Angeles.
Woodward will serve until 1972, zum Brunnen until 1973, and Conn
will serve until 1974.
Dr. Maurice Schiff, 53, of 3943 Sioux Avenue, San Diego, was
named as otolaryngology representative on the Committee, and Dr. Victor
P. Garwood, 53, of 1240 Chautauqua Boulevard, Pacific Palisades, was
named as audiology representative. Dr. Schiff who will serve until
1973 is an Independent, and Dr. Garwood, whose term expires in 1975,
is a Democrat.
Public representatives are Mrs. Nancy W. Bates, 47, a director of
the San Francisco Bay Area Hearing Society, 20 Bellvue Avenue, Piedmont,
and Keith R. Norby, 32, a Certified Public Accountant, of 832 East
Clemenson Avenue, Santa Ana. Mrs. Bates' term ends in 1973 and Norby's
term expires in 1974. Both are Republicans.
Woodward, 61, who lives at 4919 Cameron Ranch Drive, Sacramento,
is a Democrat. Conn, 36, who lives at 4215 Karensue Street, San Diego,
and zum Brunnen, 56, who lives at 1855 West Silver Lake Drive, Los
Angeles, are both Republicans.
Committee members will receive per diem and expenses.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today reappointed Frank W. O'Neill,
trainer with the Los Angeles Lakers, to a four-year-term on the
Physical Therapy Examining Committee in the Department of Consumer
Affairs.
O'Neill, 41, who lives at 209 El Porto Street, Manhattan
Beach, has served on the committee since 1967. He is not affiliated
with a political party.
Committee members are paid $25 for each day of official duty.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed nine members to the newly
created State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators.
Named to represent non-profit charitable homes were the
Reverend John R. Steinhaus, executive director of California Lutheran
Homes, Inc., Monterey Park, and Sidney Friedman, executive director of
the Jewish Home for the Aged, San Francisco.
The Reverend Mr. Steinhaus, 46, a Democrat, lives at 841
Domingo Drive, San Gabriel. His term will expire in 1974. Friedman,
a Democrat, lives at 1379 Lasuen Drive, Millbrae. His term expires
in 1972.
Dr. Floyd L. Wergeland, 53, senior vice president of the
Medical Affairs Headquarters for the Leisure World Foundation in
Laguna Hills, will serve as a public member engaged in the practice
of medicine. He lives at 32582 Balearic Road, South Laguna. His
term expires in 1973. He is a Republican.
Mrs. Carmella Luise Riehl, 49, program coordinator for Health
Professions, University of California Extension at Santa Cruz, will
serve as a public member engaged as an educator in health care
administration. She lives at 769 North 17th Street, San Jose. Her
term expires in 1973. She is a Democrat.
Dirk A. ten Grotenhuis, 32, a Los Angeles investment counselor,
will serve as a public member on the board. He lives at 1325 Milan
Avenue, South Pasadena. His term expires in 1974. He is a Republican.
Eugene R. Erickson, 53, administrator of Rancho Los Amigos
hospital in Downey, will serve as representative of acute general
hospitals. He lives at 3908 Cerritos Avenue, Long Beach. His term
expires in 1972. He is a Democrat.
Appointed to represent proprietary nursing homes were Mrs.
Adeline Lidy, 58, administrator of the Community Convelescent Hospital,
Vallejo; Robert J. Zinngrabe, 43, owner of the Huntington Beach
Convalescent Hospital, Huntington Beach, and Marshall N. Horsman, 45,
administrator of the Beaumont Convalescent Hospital, Beaumont.
Mrs. Lidy, a Democrat, will serve until 1972. She lives at
11990 Skyline Boulevard, Oakland.
Zinngrabe, a Republican, lives at 16651 Rhome Lane, Huntington
Beach. His term expires in 1974.
Horsman, a Republican, will serve until 1973. He lives at
9482 Oak Glen Road, Cherry Valley.
Members of the Board receive necessary expenses.
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Governor Ronald Reagan has announced the establishment of a
California Indian Assistance Project to aid California Indians in
rural, reservation and urban areas.
The project, first of its type in the state, will attempt to
clarify jurisdictional responsibility for Indian-related programs
and expand the state's ability to assist the Indian population in
making better use of state and federal programs available to them,
according to H. D. Timm Williams, project director.
Williams, a San Francisco businessman and spokesman for the
Klamath River Yurok Indians of the Hoopa Valley Reservation Extension,
listed the following additional objectives of the project:
1. To strengthen state capability to understand and identify
the needs of all Indians in the state, and especially those off
reservations, to improve the quality of the Indian environment and
Indian life.
2. To improve the delivery of state services to relate to the
needs of the Indian population in all areas.
3. To improve the delivery of federal resources in conjunction
with an expanded state effort to meet Indian needs.
4. To create an opportunity for Indian leadership through
working partnerships with state officials.
Williams, an authority on Indian history and lore, has served
as Stanford University's "Prince Lightfoot" for the past 20 years and
has lectured on Indian customs on Channel 9 in San Francisco and at
colleges and schools throughout the state.
He also is a member of the Marin County Human Rights Commission.
He will be assisted by Joe Carrillo, Jr., a member of Wickchumni
Tribe of the Tule River Indian Reservation, as deputy director.
Carrillo, a graduate of Fresno State College, has served as a
field coordinator in the State Department of Public Health's Bureau of
Maternal and Child Care and assisted in the development of the California
Rural Health Board. The board, a non-profit organization is the first
all-Indian group in the nation to assume full administrative responsi-
bilities in their own health program.
The California Indian Assistance Project, is partially funded by a
grant of 38,256 from the Department of Housing and Urban Development,
and is supervised by Robert J. Keyes, special assistant to the governor
for community relations. Williams lives at 2200 Hollywood Way, Sacramen
and Carrillo lives at 520 Alvarado, Davis.
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#302
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced that he has been informed
by the Secretary of the Navy that the name "U.S.S. Los Angeles" has been
assigned to the first of a new class of huge nuclear attack submarines.
The new class, four of which will be constructed in the first
increment, is named "Los Angeles Class" using the illustrious name
previously only assigned to cruisers of the surface fleet.
To be built by Newport News Shipbuilding Corporation, where the
nuclear frigate "U.S.S. California" is now nearing launch, the new
submarine will carry the latest armaments such as subsurface-launched
rockets, homing torpedoes and highly sophisticated radar and sonar
detecting equipment.
Classed as "high speed" submarines, the new ships will be longer
than a football field (360 feet), 33 feet in diameter and will displace
6,900 tons when fully submerged.
The last ship to bear the name was the heavy cruiser Los Angeles,
a veteran of World War II and Korea.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:
"Three weeks ago I announced the establishment of the
California Ecology Corps---a program aimed at placing conscientious
objectors in Ecology Centers to help preserve and protect our
environment. As you know they are required to perform 24 months of
service in lieu of military duty.
"As is too often the case, some reacted to a positive program
with negativism, charging it was a publicity gimmick and predicting
failure.
"So I take some pleasure in announcing that as of now, the
Selective Service System has signed up about 40 volunteers for the
Corps and apparently there will be no difficulty obtaining enough
conscientious objectors to staff two or three Ecology Centers. We have
asked them to provide approximately 250 persons.
"The site of a second Ecology Center has been chosen. It will
be the Calaveras Ecology Center four miles southeast of Angels Camp
in facilities currently used by the Vallecito Conservation Camp. The
selection of Tehama Ecology Center, 25 miles east of Red Bluff, was
announced by the Department of Conservation earlier. And the site of
a third center will probably be announced in the near future.
"The monthly allowance to be paid members of the Corps will be
increased from $15 to $40 a month. This is possible because of
adjustments made within the allocations set aside to operate each
of the ecology centers.
"As I noted when we first announced creation of the Ecology
Corps, it is the first of its kind in the United States and already,
several other states have inquired about our program.
"I am very pleased with the response to this positive approach
to a problem. It is just one more example of the efforts being made
to enhance the natural beauty of our state."
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Governor Ronald Reagan today named Norwalk Mayor John
Zimmerman, Jr., to the Structural Pest Control Board in the Department
of Consumer Affairs.
Zimmerman, a Republican, will serve as a public member of
the board, succeeding Edward W. Bushing of Sacramento, whose term has
expired.
A member of the Norwalk City Council since 1957, Zimmerman
also is the owner of a Norwalk travel agency and director of
Maintenance Operation and Transportation at Cerritos College.
He is married and has two children. He lives at 11960 East
Sproul Street, Norwalk.
Members of the board serve four-year-terms and are paid $25 per
diem while on official duty.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Norman H. W. Jachens of Alameda as Chief of the Division of Housing
and Community Development.
Jachens, 35, a Republican, will succeed John E. Bowe of Dinuba,
who has resigned.
Active in Alameda County civic affairs, Jachens is manager of
an Oakland investments firm. He has served as a member of the
Alameda County Grand Jury and as a past president of the Alameda Junior
Chamber of Commerce and a director of the Alameda Chamber of Commerce.
He is married and has one daughter. His home is at 2051
Shoreline Drive, Alameda.
Jachens will receive an annual salary of $22,044.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today sent the following telegram to
Senators Cranston and Tunney of California urging their support of
the SST:
"I ask you to reconsider your stand on the further develop-
ment of the SST.
"I believe it is essential to America's continued leadership
in the field of commercial aviation and to the future of the thousands
of California aircraft industry workers whose labors have made this
nation first in the skies of the world.
"I know that you must be concerned about the jobs of these
workers and must be aware that the development of the SST will have
a $4.5 billion impact on California's economy--$175 million of which
will have an almost immediate effect in our state.
"All of us are concerned with the environment and certainly
California, as you also know, has established programs for
environmental protection that can serve as models for the entire
nation to follow.
"If further development of supersonic aircraft poses a threat
to the environment, the time to discover the facts is during the
developmental stage of a project.
"I strongly urge you to support the SST proposal now before
you---not only to maintain this nation's aerospace leadership, but
also to stimulate the economy of our state."
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The following has been approved for answering queries:
Governor Reagan supports federal backing of a loan to the
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation to enable the company to manufacture
and sell the 1011 "Tri-Star" airbus.
The governor feels, however, that the loan guarantee should
be conditioned upon the feasibility of producing the plane at
currently estimated costs, and without any significant delay beyond
presently estimated delivery dates.
He also feels that safeguards should be provided to make
certain that the loan guarantee cannot be used in any way to improve
Lockheed's competitive position over other aerospace firms in relation
to other projects.
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MEMO TO THE PRESS
Governor Ronald Reagan and members of the building and
construction industry will sign an "Affirmative Action Agreement"
to increase opportunities for minorities in the building and
construction trades at 4:00 p.m. today in his office.
Press coverage is invited.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointments of
Municipal Judge Frank Shaw to the San Francisco County Superior Court
and attorney John J. Hopkins to the San Francisco Municipal Court.
Judge Shaw, 47, a Democrat, will receive an annual salary of
$33,396. He succeeds Judge Robert Schnacke who has been elevated to a
federal court bench.
Hopkins, a Republican, will receive a salary of $30,724. He
succeeds Judge S. Lee Vavuris who has been appointed to the Superior
Court.
Named to the San Francisco Municipal Court by Governor Reagan
in 1969, Judge Shaw previously served for 12 years in the San Francisco
District Attorney's Office. At the time of his appointment, he was
the chief trial lawyer.
He is a graduate of the University of San Francisco and earned
his law degree from the USF School of Law.
Judge Shaw is a member of the San Francisco Bar Association,
the Lawyers' Club of San Francisco, the St. Thomas More Society, the
University of San Francisco Law Society and the Blackstone Post of the
American Legion.
He and his wife Patricia have four daughters.
Hopkins, 44, has practiced law in San Francisco since 1954. He
is a member of the firm of Tobin and Tobin, and the author of numerous
works on the law.
A native of Oakland, Hopkins is a graduate of Loyola University
at Los Angeles, and earned his law degree from the Stanford University
Law School.
He is a member of the State Bar of California, the Barristers
Club of San Francisco, the St. Thomas More Society of San Francisco,
the Children's Home Society of California, the California Historical
Society, the University Club of San Francisco, and the Sierra Club.
He and his wife Lorraine have three children.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today signed a far-reaching "Affirmative
Action Agreement" that will open the door for elimination of descrimination
in union membership and employment in the building and construction
industry.
The agreement is the first of its type in the nation through
which labor and management voluntarily, in cooperation with the state
government, have formulated a plan for recruiting and training minorities
in the building and construction industry.
Governor Reagan hailed the program as an "outstanding example
of how labor and management can join hands in a spirit of cooperation
to provide opportunities for other citizens, who have too often been
excluded from the right to dignity and employment.
"It is especially significant that the state government is
a cooperative partner in this plan--not an overseer. This program is
the result of an effort by management and labor to do something about
problems that face society. They did it themselves."
The objective of the agreement is to increase minority employment
in all phases of the construction and building industry and to encourage
the admission of minorities into membership of unions representing the
industry.
The plan will be implemented by a nine-member California
Affirmative Action Committee headed by the chairman of the Fair
Employment Practices Commission. Membership will include two FEPC
Commissioners, the Special Assistant to the Governor for Community
Relations, the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards, the
Director of the Department of Public Works, the Superintendent of Public
Instruction, the Director of the Department of Human Resources Development
and the State Architect.
The committee will also coordinate the activities of state
agencies participating in the project and supervise the training program
in cooperation with labor and management.
Enforcement of the agreement will be handled by local
Affirmative Action Concerned Committees which will represent labor,
management and minority groups.
Groundwork for the action plan was broken last July at a meeting
of labor and management leaders in Governor Reagan's office.
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Present at
a
signing of the Affirmative Action Agreement were:
Labor and Management
Al Clem
Operating Engineers Local No. 3
Robert H. Nambo
California Association of Sheet Metal,
Heating and Air Conditioning
Contractors
Al Figone
State Council of Carpenters
James Lee
State Building and Construction
Trades Council
Warren Mendel
Engineering and Grading Contractors
Association
Richard Greenberg
Engineering and Grading Contractors
Association
Charlie Young
Engineering and Grading Contractors
Association
Richard N. Moseman
C. K. Moseman Construction CO.
Richard B. Munn
Associated General Contractors
Robert Gulick
California Drywall Contractors
Association
Joseph Seymour
Operating Engineers Local 12
George Shirley
Plumbing Contractors Association
Robert Ringer
Building Industry of California
C. R. Graff
Associated General Contractors
P. H. McCarthy, Jr.
Attorney
Ed Park
Operating Engineers
State Representatives
Fred Hummel
State Architect
Representative for
James A. Moe
Department of Public Works
Fred Tillman, representing
Wilson Riles
Department of Education
Representative for
Director's Office
Department of Human Resources
Development
James Sims, representing
James Stratten
Division of Apprenticeship Standards
Pier Gherini
Chairman, Fair Employment Practice
Commission
Paul Meaney
Chief, Division of Fair Employment
Practice
Federal Government Representatives
Edward T. Denny
Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training,
U. S. Department of Labor, San
Francisco
Minority Representatives
Jose L. Lopez
Executive Director, Santa Clara
Valley Skills Center, San Jose
P. K. Keyes
P. K. Construction Co., Minority
Contractor
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#309
Governor Ronald Reagan today sent the following telegram to
Frank Carlucci, director of the federal Office of Economic Opportunity:
"Events of the past several days relating to the conduct of
hearings by the federal Office of Economic Opportunity Commission
into the activities of CRLA are deeply disturbing to me and should be
to you.
"Indeed, in recent weeks it has become increasingly clear that
the procedures adopted by this commission are having the effect of
muzzling witnesses whose testimony would otherwise shed valuable light
on the practices and procedures which have been and are being engaged
in by CRLA personnel.
"I regret to say that most of the fault for the current con-
fusing state of affairs must lie at the doorstep of federal CEO which
misinformed the commission members as to their proper role in these
proceedings---to investigate fully all of the facts pertaining to
CRLA's activities. That role was understood at the time the State of
California agreed to the creation of a commission. The firm under-
standing we had with the federal government--your office and the
Department of Justice--has been breached repeatedly in recent months.
"Your instructions to the CRLA investigating commission
apparently have allowed them to publicly announce their findings
piecemeal each day, instead of in a report to you. Such announcements
are being made without consideration of available information not
contained in the Uhler report.
"Thus far this week, a number of witnesses desiring to testify
to their knowledge of CRLA's activities have simply given up in
frustration after being exposed to the way in which the hearings are
being conducted.
"One woman, a former CRLA employee in the Salinas office,
became 80 disgusted after having observed first-hand 'the commission's
biased limitations on testimony' that she refused to subject herself
to the 'personal aggravations, harassment and frustrations of such a
sham.' In a telegram to the commission, she also said, 'I find that
the commission is not interested in learning the whole truth,' calling
the proceedings 'a farce and an insult to the American system of
justice. She is the same woman who was subjected to pressure by CRLA
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attorney Robert Gnaizo several months ago--in fo separate telephone
calls in one evening--to change her story about CRLA's improper
activities.
"As you may know, a number of private attorneys have stepped
forward to present witnesses and other evidence. They have requested
the opportunity to cross-examine CRLA's witnesses, but the commission
has steadfastly refused their request. It is interesting to note that
CRLA has vigorously opposed their motions to cross-examine witnesses.
"In addition, the commission has failed to give adequate notice
to witnesses who have wished to testify. In a number of cases,
invitations from the commission to testify were not received until the
day the testimony was requested, causing some to be unable to appear
because of lack of adequate time to adjust their personal schedules.
Just two days ago, private attorneys for a number of Salinas area
witnesses were not provided information as to which witnesses were
being called, or the order of matters to be considered, until the
actual beginning of the proceedings Monday in Salinas.
"Moreover, the commission has imposed a virtual gag rule on
non-CRLA witnesses, limiting their testimony only to narrow items in
the State OEO report on CRLA. Any new information--however pertinent--
is being ruled out of order.
"Because of the failure of federal OEO to make clear to the
commission its proper mandate from the very beginning--despite the firm
understanding reached between my office and the federal government
months ago--this commission has adopted procedures which are preventing
it from obtaining all the facts about CRLA. And, in so doing, the
commission has tied its hands in such a manner that the truth cannot
and will not be known---without a major change in approach.
"I urge you to clarify immediately your instructions to the
commission in such a manner as to require that its findings be filed
directly with you, all in the same context, and that the commission
members avail themselves of all offered evidence or testimony, even if
it proves CRLA is not providing legal services to the poor."
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR PRESS RELEASE #308
On page 2, Press Release 308, under the heading
Labor and Management please add:
J. J. Twombley
Regional Director, International
Union of Operating Engineers
and
Executive Secretary, California
State Conference of Operating
Engineers
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Governor Ronald Reagan today asked Californians to help see
that the State Flower does not go the way of the California Grizzly bear.
The bear, which is the State Animal, became extinct because not
enough people cared about preserving it, the governor noted.
"Today, there are only a few areas left where our State Flower,
the golden poppy, still flourishes in sizeable displays," the governor
observed.
"The California State Parks Foundation needs help to save one
of the largest and most beautiful of these areas, some 700 acres in
Los Angeles County's Antelope Valley. They hope to buy this for the State
Park System as California's first State Wildflower Preserve."
The Governor urged citizens to help by sending contributions
to the California State Parks Foundation, 315 Montgomery Street, San
Francisco, 94104.
Five dollars will buy 300 square feet, the Foundation estimates,
and $625 will save an acre.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today declared the storm-lashed Oxnard
Shore Area in Ventura County a disaster area to permit residents whose
property was damaged to claim tax relief.
The coastline area was damaged by extremely high ocean tides
and wind-driven waves on April 23.
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#312
Governor Ronald Reagan today sent to the legislature for its
consideration an executive reorganization plan changing the boundaries
of two large water quality control regions in California so that they
can be more effectively administered.
In announcing the plan, Governor Reagan said the reorganization
will result in greater efficiency and economy in the management of water
pollution control and water quality.
With the concurrence of the legislature, the plan will take effect
late this year.
The reorganization roughly splits in half two of the largest of
California's nine water quality control regions:
--The huge Central Valley Region which presently covers 39 counties
extending from the Oregon border to the Los Angeles County line, and;
--The large Lahontan Region which presently stretches from the
Oregon border to the Colorado River basin on the eastern side of the
Sierras, including the Mojave desert area.
The northern halves of both regions would be consolidated and
renamed the Sacramento Valley Region. The southern halves of the present
Central Valley and Lahontan regions would be consolidated and called the
San Joaquin-High Desert Region.
The present Central Valley Region would be divided along the
Stanislaus River watershed in Tuolumne County and the Hetch Hetchy
Aqueduct in Stanislaus and San Joaquin Counties. The present Lahontan
Region would be divided along the Alpine County-Mono County line.
In addition, the plan would extend the San Francisco Bay Water
Quality Control Region eastward to include all of the industrialized
portion of Contra Costa County.
Governor Reagan said the great distances now involved in
administering the Central Valley and Lahontan regions prevent the staffs
of the regional water quality control boards responsible for these areas
from spending as much time as they need with communities and industries
to obtain compliance with state water quality standards.
There are over 12,000 individual waste dischargers in the present
Central Valley Region.
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By making the r. ions more geographically compact, access to
regional water quality board meetings by board staffs and the public
also will be improved.
The governor said the types of water quality problems in the
northern and southern parts of the Valley make this reorganization a
logical division of responsibility.
The plan gives priority to present members of the Central Valley
and the Lahontan Boards in the naming of members to the two new boards.
Each regional water quality control board is composed of nine members,
six having specific backgrounds and two with special competence in
water quality.
The heavy industrial and municipal wastes in Contra Costa County
are discharged into the western Delta currently under jurisdiction of
the present Central Valley Regional Board. These discharges directly
affect the quality of the water flowing into San Francisco Bay and are
therefore of great importance to the San Francisco Bay Region.
The boundaries of the other six California Regional Water Quality
Control Boards are not affected by the reorganization plan.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
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Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
5-20-71
#313
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Dr. Gary S. Nye, a
San Francisco psychiatrist, and reappointed Dr. Tirso del Junco, a Los
Angeles surgeon, to four-year-terms on the Board of Medical Examiners.
Dr. Nye, 39, a resident psychiatrist on the staff of the Langley
Porter Institute in San Francisco, will succeed Dr. Philip S. Geller
of Atherton, whose term has expired.
Dr. Nye holds a degree in philosophy from Pomona College and
earned his medical degree from the University of Mississippi School
of Medicine. He is a combat veteran of Vietnam where he served as a
battalion flight surgeon with the U. S. Army.
He will establish a practice in psychiatry in Orinda in July.
Dr. Nye lives at 401 Parnassus Street, San Francisco.
Dr. Del Junco, 46, who lives at 1570 San Pasqual Drive, Pasadena,
has served on the board since 1967.
Both men are Republicans.
Board members are paid $25 per diem while on official duty.
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RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californ
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
5-21-71
#314
Governor Ronald Reagan said today that he has "accepted with
regret" the resignation of Charles E. (Chuck) Dixon as State Director
of General Services.
Dixon will leave his post early this summer to accept a position
as Vice President for Administration with the Federal National
Mortgage Association in Washington, D. C.
In announcing the resignation, Governor Reagan expressed his
regret and pointed out "All Californians owe Chuck Dixon a debt of
gratitude for his devotion and dedication to economy and efficiency
in state government. I want to express their thanks and my personal
thanks and best wishes as he begins the challenges of this new career."
In his letter to the governor, Dixon said "The privilege of
serving in your administration has truly been one of the most rewarding
periods of my career. My respect for you as an individual is matched
only by the recognition that the leadership you have brought to the
Governor's Office must be rated among the finest in the history of
California."
A veteran of more than 20 years of experience in administrative
management, Dixon joined the administration in 1967 as chief deputy
director of the State Department of Finance, taking a year's leave
of absence as Stanislaus County's Chief Administrative Officer.
He was named Director of General Services in February, 1970
after serving as a member of the "Little Hoover Commission" and the
State Health Review and Program Council.
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Sacramento, Californ
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
5-21-71
#315
Governor Ronald Reagan has ordered the flag to be flown at
half-staff over the state capitol tomorrow in tribute to Kenneth E.
Conant, a Department of Corrections program administrator, who was
murdered Wednesday at Soledad Prison.
Services for Mr. Conant, a veteran of 20 years service with the
Department of Corrections, will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow in the
First Methodist Church at Salinas.
The governor on May 10, announced that the flag at the capitol
will be flown at half-staff as a gesture of respect whenever a
California peace officer is killed in line of duty.
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MEMO TO THE RESS
Sacramento, Califor a
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
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#316
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
May 24, 1971
through
May 31, 1971
Monday, May 24
Office appointments
7:30 p.m.
Town Hall Forum on Welfare Reform, Sacramento
Memorial Auditorium. Opening Remarks.
Overnight - Sacramento
Tuesday, May 25
10:30 a.m.
PRESS CONFERENCE
Overnight - Sacramento
Wednesday, May 26
a.m.
Trustees Meeting, State Colleges Headquarters,
Los Angeles.
Evening
Los Angeles County Bar Reception, Colonade Room,
Biltmore Hotel.
Overnight - Los Angeles
Thursday, May 27
No appointments scheduled
Overnight - Los Angeles
Friday, May 28 - Sunday, May 30
No appointments scheduled
Overnight - Los Angeles
Monday, May 31
MEMORIAL DAY
Overnight - Sacramento
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national by EJG on
21-71:
FBB
S/W
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE
5-21-71
MR. WILLIAM MORENO
125 PRIMROSE
SALINAS, CALIFORNIA
I WAS SHOCKED AND SADDENED TO LEARN OF THE SAVAGE FIRE
BOMBING OF YOUR LAW OFFICES LAST NIGHT. IT WAS AN ACT
OF COWARDICE WHICH TYPIFIES THE EFFORTS OF THOSE BENT
ON USING INTIMIDATION AND FEAR TO ACHIEVE THEIR OWN
SELFISH ENDS.
I KNOW OF YOUR MANY EFFORTS AS A LAWYER TO HELP SERVE
THE LEGAL NEEDS OF POOR PEOPLE EFFORTS WHICH GO BACK
15 YEARS TO THE TIME WHEN YOU HELPED FOUND THE LOCAL
LEGAL AID SOCIETY. I ALSO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ACCEPTED
MANY CASES REFERRED TO YOU BY CRLA THE LATEST ONE
JUST TWO WEEKS AGO.
(CONTINUED)
THE COURAGE YOU HAVE DISPLAYED, ESPECIALLY IN RECENT
MONTHS--FROM THE DAY LAST JANUARY WHEN YOUR OFFICE
WINDOWS WERE SHATTERED UNTIL EARLIER THIS WEEK WHEN
YOU TRIED, THOUGH IN VAIN, TO TESTIFY FULLY ABOUT
CRLA'S ACTIVITIES IS GRATIFYING TO ME AND SHOULD BE
A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION TO OTHERS. I DEEPLY REGRET
THAT YOU WERE NOT GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE KNOWN
VALID INFORMATION ABOUT CRLA. BUT, I THANK YOU FOR
TRYING.
I HAVE SINCE URGED FEDERAL OEO DIRECTOR FRANK CARLUCCI
TO CLARIFY HIS INSTRUCTIONS TO THE COMMISSION ON CRLA
so THAT THE COMMISSION MEMBERS WILL, IN THE FUTURE,
AVAIL THEMSELVES OF ALL OFFERED EVIDENCE--EVEN IF
IT IS ADVERSE TO CRLA.
AGAIN, I SINCERELY REGRET THE LOSS YOU HAVE SUFFERED
FROM THIS SENSELESS BOMBING. OUR NATION WILL CONTINUE
TO BE STRONG ONLY IF MEN OF COURAGE, LIKE YOURSELF,
CONTINUE TO SPEAK OUT FOR THE TRUTH IN THE FACE OF
THREATS AND TERRORISM.
SINCERELY, RONALD REAGAN, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA
CC: The Honorable Lewis K. Uhler
EG:ras
OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE: Immedia
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
5-24-71
#317
Governor Ronald Reagan today signed legislation which will
reduce real estate license fees mor than one half million dollars a
year.
The bill, (AB 324) by Assemblyman Peter Schabarum (R-Covina),
will allow the reduction in fees--the first in 40 years--because the
Department of Real Estate has reduced the cost of operations.
"I am delighted that these savings can be passed on to licensees
whose fees support this department, especially at a time of rising costs
and pressures by some for increased taxes," the governor said.
Real Estate Commissioner Robert W. Karpe announced that public
hearings will be held to determine the exact amount the fees can be
reduced.
Karpe said he will continue to maintain economies in the
administration of the Department of Real Estate without lessening
service to the licensees and the public.
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RELEASE:
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acramento, Californ.
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
5-24-71
#318
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the following bills have
been signed:
AB 277 - Ketchum
Discharges the Director of Agriculture from
(Chapter 82)
accountability for the collection of sums up to $5
instead of $3 when it is impractical to collect such
amounts, and increases from $3 to $5 the amount of
a refund which may be retained by the Director unless
a request for a refund is made.
AB 420 - Barnes
Amends definition of "final compensation" for
(Chapter 76)
purposes of computing benefits under the Public
Employees' Retirement Law to an average annual
compensation earnable in last three consecutive
years of employment or in three other consecutive
years indicated by the member.
AB 553 - LaCoste
Amends the salary schedule and salary ranges for
(Chapter 77)
the various attaches of the Modesto Municipal Court.
SB 33 - Burgener
Prohibits the placement of a minor child in a
(Chapter 78)
special education class for the mentally retarded
unless the results of a complete psychological
examination substantiates the retarded intellectual
development indicated by the individual test scores.
It generally prohibits such placement if the
child scores higher than two standard deviations
below a specified norm but permits such placement
in exceptional circumstances. The bill also
prescribes procedures relating to obtaining the
written consent of the parent or guardian for the
admittance of a child into a special education
program for mentally retarded minors.
SB 85 - Grunsky
Provides that regularly employed coroners and
(Chapter 73)
deputy coroners are peace officers. The bill
prohibits coroners and deputy coroners from
carrying concealable weapons, unless authorized
to do so by ordinance or resolution of the county
board of supervisors.
SB 111 - Grunsky
Provides that at an election of harbor district
(Chapter 74)
commissioners, held subsequent to the first election
of commissioners, all candidates shall file
nomination papers with the board of commissioners
of the district not more than 99 nor less than 74
days, rather than not more than 85 nor less than 60
days, before the day of election.
SB 145 - Collier
Permits a candidate for a local elective office
(Chapter 75)
to file a statement of qualifications with the clerk
when his nomination papers are returned for filing
if the office for which he is a candidate has no
nominating election. The bill also provides that if
a statement of qualifications is filed for an
election for which nomination papers are not
required, the statement shall be filed no later
than the 59th day before such an election. It also
increases the word limitation in the statement of
qualifications from 150 to 200 words.
SB 167 - Marler
Exempts from the licensing requirements of the
(Chapter 31)
Outdoor Advertising Act manufacturers or
distributors of a product for sale who install or
furnish for installation to a retailer of that
product a sign which contains advertising pertaining
to either or both the product and the name of the
business or retailer.
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SB 276 - Deukmejian Requires that physical performance tests, which
(Chapter 79)
school districts are required to administer to
pupils, be given in any three grades designated by
the Board of Education, rather than in grades 6 and
12.
SB 282 - Teale
Authorizes school district bonds of the Modoc-
(Chapter 80)
Tulelake Joint Unified School District to be issued
on the basis of the attendance area of one or the
other of the two high schools maintained by the
district, separate and distinct from, and without
affecting the attendance area served by the other
high school.
SB 874 - Collier
Appropriates $4,375,000 in augmentation of the
(Chapter 83)
Emergency Fund, Budget Act of 1970.
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RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
5-24-71
#319
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Charles R. McGrath,
an Oxnard attorney, to the State Board of Registration for Professional
Engineers in the Department of Consumer Affairs.
McGrath, 33, will represent the public on the board, succeeding
Judge Campbell M. Lucas of Long Beach. Judge Lucas resigned when he
was named to the Los Angeles County Superior Court.
A senior partner in the Oxnard firm of Nordman, Cormany,
Hair and Compton, McGrath has practiced law in Oxnard since 1964. He
is a Republican.
McGrath and his wife Beverlee have three children. The family
home is at 5011 West Gonzales Road, Oxnard.
Members of the board are paid $25 per diem while on offical
duty.
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RELEASE:
ediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
5-24-71
#320
Governor Ronald Reagan today sent the following telegram to Attorney
General John Mitchell.
"Last Tuesday (May 18), William Moreno, a Salinas, California
attorney appeared before the Federal Office of Economic Opportunity
Commission on California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. (CRLA), in an
attempt to offer testimony showing CRLA's involvement in labor union
(UFWOC) activities--- violation of CRLA's grant conditions.
"Just two nights later, Mr. Moreno'a law offices were fire-bombed,
resulting in a $90,000 loss. Salinas Fire Chief Paul Mehringer has
called the terrorism 'definitely arson.'
"This is not the first act of intimidation against Mr. Moreno. Last
January, two days after our state OEO report on CRLA's activities was
made public, Mr. Moreno's law office windows were smashed.
"We have received reports of threats against the lives and property
of others who have provided information about CRLA's improper relation-
ships with UFWOC. From these reports, a pattern seems to have emerged--
that certain individuals or groups are resorting to threats of violence
and intimidation in an effort to discourage citizens from providing
information to the commission which would be adverse to CRLA.
"In a democratic society, such a situation cannot and must not be
tolerated.
"Moreover, it appears that federal law prohibits 'threats or force'
designed to 'influence, intimidate or impede any witness' to such a
federal inquiry. The law--Title 18, Section 1505 of the United States
Code---further provides for stiff penalties against 'whoever injures any
party or witness in his person or property on account of his attending
or having attended such proceedings or on account of his testifying or
having testified to any matter pending therein.'
"On the basis of our understanding of the applicability of the law,
I am requesting that you direct the FBI to immediately begin a full
investigation into the circumstances surrounding last week's bombing of
Mr. Moreno's law offices. Such an investigation is not only appropriate
in the case of the attempt to intimidate Mr. Moreno, but it also may
serve as some protection for others who are attempting to provide the
Commission with information about CRLA."
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The governor sent a similar telegram to federal OEO Director
Frank Carlucci asking him 'to join with me" in asking Mitchell to direct
the probe by the FBI.
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The following is the text of a telegram from Governor Reagan to
attorney William Moreno of Salinas Friday, May 21:
"I was shocked and saddened to learn of the savage fire bombing of
your law offices last night. It was an act of cowardice which typifies
the efforts of those bent on using intimidation and fear to achieve their
own selfish ends.
"I know of your many efforts as a lawyer to help serve the legal
needs of poor people efforts which go back 15 years to the time when
you helped found the local legal aid society. I also know that you have
accepted many cases referred to you by CRLA the latest one just two
weeks ago.
"The courage you have displayed, especially in recent months
from
the day last January when your office windows were shattered until
earlier this week when you tried, though in vain, to testify fully about
CRLA's activities is gratifying to me and should be a source of
inspiration to others. I deeply regret that you were not given the
opportunity to make known valid information about CRLA. But, I thank
you for trying.
"I have since urged federal OEO Director Frank Carlucci to clarify
his instructions to the commission on CRLA so that the commission members
will, in the future, avail themselves of all offered evidence even
if
it is adverse to CRLA.
"Again, I sincerely regret the loss you have suffered from this
senseless bombing. Our nation will continue to be strong only if men of
courage, like yourself, continue to speak out for the truth in the face
of threats and terrorism."
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RELEASE: Im diate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
5-25-71
#321
Governor Reagan read the following statement at the beginning of
his press conference today:
"Early this year I urged a bi-partisan effort to resolve those
differences which have for too long denied California's beleagured
homeowners the substantial and lasting property tax relief they so
desperately need.
Last year's failure by the legislature to pass our tax reform
program despite the widespread support it received at the grass roots
level prompted our hope this year that a bi-partisan approach could
result in an acceptable compromise.
"Unfortunately, five long months of negotiations have produced
little progress and no agreement on a compromise plan. The tragic result
is that the overburdened property taxpayer continues to bear an unjust
burden with no prospect of relief in sight.
"Frankly, the Democratic leadership has demonstrated little
inclination to compromise. Their attitude is especially disturbing if
you realize the plan we offered last year which failed by a single
vote has been modified to meet a number of objections brought up by
the other side.
"Because these five months of meetings have not resulted in
agreement, and to get this vital issue off dead center, I have asked
Assemblyman Bill Bagley and Senator Bob Lagomarsino to unveil the details
of our compromise tax reform program- which will require no net
increase in taxes later this week. It is now clear that continued
reliance on our negotiating sessions will not only be fruitless, but
also will help to perpetuate the void in leadership which has thus far
been demonstrated on this vitally important issue.
"Our compromise plan will sharply reduce homeowner property taxes
and keep them down.
"For example, a person owning a $15,000 home would receive a 55
percent reduction in his property taxes next year. Taxes on a $20,000
home would be reduced 40 percent and a $25,000 home would receive a 34
percent reduction in property taxes. In addition. the property tax rate
for county-provided services also will be cut.
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"Our program also puts a lid on expenditures financed from property
taxes at the local level---to assure that the homeowner tax stays down.
"This program will reduce the discriminatory business inventory tax,
provide additional relief to many senior citizens who are forced to live
on fixed incomes, and bring relief to renters.
"These are only a few highlights of the plan you will be receiving
in detail later this week.
"The time for talking about tax reform has long since passed. The
patience of the people has worn thin. And, unless the legislature acts
soon, the people will act for them---at the ballot box."
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RELEASE:
Immedi
Sacramento, Californ
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
5-25-71
#322
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the following bills
have been signed:
AB 112 - Ketchum
Prohibits an insurer from failing to renew a
(Chapter 94)
policy of automobile insurance, solely on basis
of the insured's age.
AB 324 - Schabarum
Authorizes the Real Estate Commissioner to
(Chapter 95)
prescribe lower real estate license fees by
regularion after hearing with the maximum fees
being those listed in existing statutes. The
bill also clarifies the reinstatement rights of
a license voluntarily relinquished when the
holder enters government employ.
AB 421 - Barnes
Authorizes contracting agencies of the Public
(Chapter 96)
Employees' Retirement System to elect increased
retirement benefits for local safety members and
reduces the number of alternative retirement
formulas available to contract agencies with
respect to such members.
AB 465 - Ralph
Authorizes an extension of time for school
(Chapter 97)
districts to apply to the Superintendent of Public
Instruction for an exemption from provisions
requiring specified percentages of amounts in
school district budgets to be expended for the
salaries of classroom teachers.
AB 525 - MacGillivray
Specifically provides that a commissioner of a
(Chapter 98)
city housing authority may be a member,
commissioner, or employee of any other agency or
authority of, or created for, the community.
AB 534 - Brathwaite
Specifically provides that the performance of an
(Chapter 99)
autopsy may be authorized by telegram. Present law
permits written authorizations or verbal
authorization obtained by telephone and recorded.
AB 548 - McAlister
Revises the method of selection of a law library tr
(Chapter 100)
trustee in specified instances.
AB 1175 - Chacon
Authorizes the California Highway Patrol and City
(Chapter 93)
of San Diego to exchange specified parcels of
property.
SB 31 - Greene, L.
Eliminates minimum age requirements for
(Chapter 92)
applicants for registration as a civil engineer
of licensure as land surveyor.
SB 93 - Nejedly
Prohibits the placing of any lighted fuse upon
(Chapter 84)
or adjacent to any highway except as a warning
to approaching vehicular traffic or railroad
trains, of an existing hazard and makes it
unlawful to use any fuse which produces other
than a red light.
SB 189 - Dymally
Requires the alphabetical list of state central
( Chapter 85)
committee members to be arranged by senatorial
districts for the Democratic as well as the
Republican Party. Existing law requires that
the membership list be arranged by congressional
districts for the Democratic Party.
SB 241 - Marler
Prohibits a dealer or a person holding a retail
(Chapter 86)
seller's permit from selling any new or used
vehicle, rather than motor vehicle, which is not
in compliance with provisions of the Vehicle Code.
SB 296 - Alquist
Provides that notice and an opportunity to
(Chapter 87)
review and comment must be given to a school
employee when material of a derogatory nature,
with specified exceptions, is to be placed in his
personnel file.
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SB 302 - Marler
Transfers certain functions relating to tax
(Chapter 88)
determinations for taxation of livestock from
county assessors to county tax collectors.
SB 313 - Burgener
Provides that the county officer having custody
(Chapter 89)
of specified public records may destroy them if
the board of supervisors has by resolution
authorized such destruction and that the officer
maintain copies of such documents on film. The
bill also authorizes the judge of a justice
court or municipal court to make film copies of
certain judicial records and reduces the time
after which such records may be copied and the
original destroyed.
SB 321 - Teale
Repeals the expiration date of provisions
(Chapter 90)
authorizing cemetery districts to establish
standards of permanency for grave markers, to
have purchased and erected permanet grave markers
for decedents whose estates or survivors cannot
so provide, and to accept monetary gifts and
use limited tax moneys to pay for such markers.
* * * * *
Governor Ronald Reagan has announced the veto of the following bill:
AB 136 - Brown
Prohibits certificated school personnel from
achieving permanent status in an administrative
position.
REASON FOR VETO:
"AB 136 would have the effect of repealing the
San Francisco Charter provision which authorizes
tenure for administrators in the San Francisco
Unified School District. Modification of this
charter provision is presently being considered
by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. This
is an issue that should be decided by the people
of San Francisco.
Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
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RELEASE:
Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Be
445-4571
5-25-71
#323
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
John H. Barnard, a Riverside attorney, to the Riverside Judicial District
Municipal Court
Barnard, 41, a Republican, will receive an annual salary
of $30,724. He succeeds Judge Elwood Rich who has been appointed to
the Riverside County Superior Court.
A practicing attorney in Riverside since 1961, Barnard is
a graduate of the University of Texas and earned his law degree from
the University of Southern California.
He is a member of the State Bar of California, the
Riverside County Bar Association, the American Bar Association and
the American Judicature Society.
Barnard and his wife Jean have five children.
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RELEASE: J-mediate
Sacramento, Califor a
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
5-25-71
#324
Governor Ronald Reagan today signed legislation that will make it
a felony to place any harmful substance in Halloween "treats" passed
out to children.
The law (AB-6 by Assemblyman Mike Cullen, D-Long Beach) provides
for a prison term of from one to 10 years to anyone convicted of adding
any harmful substance to food, drink or medicine that could injure
another person.
"This legislation will provide us with an additional weapon to
combat those persons who are found guilty of such despicable acts as
hiding razor blades in Halloween apples or adding drugs or other
injurious material to candy or food," the governor said.
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RELEASE: Immedia
Sacramento, Californi
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
5-25-71
#325
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Los Angeles County Deputy
District Attorney George W. Trammell, III to a newly-created Los Angeles
Judicial District Municipal Court.
Trammel, 34, a Republican, will receive an annual salary of
$30,724.
A member of the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office
since 1963, Trammell has served as a member of the Judicial Process
Task Force of the California Council on Criminal Justice, headed a
project study on judicial processes in San Francisco, sponsored by the
San Francisco Committee on Crime and the American Bar Foundation, and
was a member of a research project which studied the administration of
criminal justice in New York City under a Ford Foundation Grant.
He is a native of Long Beach, attended Stanford University and
Long Beach City College and graduated from the University of Southern
California and earned his law degree from the USC School of Law.
Trammel is a member of the State Bar of California, the
American Bar Association, the Long Beach Bar Association and the
National District Attorney's Association.
He and his wife Madeline have two children. The family lives
in Long Beach.
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RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californi
Contact:
Paul Be
445-4571
5-26-71
#326
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointment
of Mrs. Catherine L. Montgomery of San Diego and Mark Guerra of
Campbell to four-year-terms on the State Commission on Fair
Employment Practice, subject to Senate confirmation.
Mrs. Montgomery, a civic and civil rights leader, has served
on the commission since 1969. She lives at 5171 Roswell Street, San
Diego.
Guerra, a Santa Clara County educator and civic leader,
has served on the commission since 1967. He lives at 490 Sunnyoaks
Avenue, Campbell.
Both are Republicans.
Commission members are paid $50 for each day of official
duty.
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RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californ
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
5-26-71
#327
Governor Ronald Reagan today reappointed Vern W. Cartwright
of Sacramento to the State Board of Control.
Cartwright, who will serve at the pleasure of the governor,
has been a member of the board since 1967.
A Republican, he is president of Cartwright Aerial Surveys,
Inc., and lives at 1975 13th Avenue, Sacramento.
The board adopts rules and regulations concerning travel
expenses, the use of state vehicles, payment of awards to state
employees and other fiscal matters pertaining to state government.
Members are paid $25 per day for attendance at official
meetings and necessary expenses.
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Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
5-26-71
#328
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed David F. Anderson,
president of a Pasadena insurance firm, to the F.A.I.R. (Fair Access
to Insurance Requirements) Plan Governing Committee.
The committee administers the re-insurance of property
located in riot areas through a cooperative program between private
insurance companies and state and federal governments.
Anderson, 44, a Republican, has served as chairman of
the Board of the Commercial Security Insurance Exchange and president
of the Commercial Underwriters, Inc.
He lives at 610 San Marino Avenue, San Marino. He will
serve at the pleasure of the governor.
Committee members receive no compensation.
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Paul Beck
445-4571
5-27-71
#329
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Richard W. Calvin, Jr.,
of Sacramento, an administrative representative to the Youth Authority
Board, as a member of the Youth Authority Board, subject to Senate
confirmation.
Calvin, 35, who has an extensive background in community
relations, will receive an annual salary of $25,000. He will fill
the unexpired term of James Stratten, who resigned to become Chief
of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards. The term ends in 1973.
Calvin, who has served in his present post since 1969,
formerly served as community development assistant in the San Diego
City Manager's Office and as a community relations officer with the
San Diego Police Department.
He is a graduate of Dillard University and holds a teaching
credential in police science from the University of California at
Los Angeles and has completed numerous special courses in police science
and community relations.
Calvin and his wife Gladys have two sons. They live at 2154
Sarazen Avenue, Sacramento.
He is a Republican.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
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Sacramento, Califor
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Paul Beck
445-4571
5-28-71
#330
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the following bills
have been signed:
AB 46 - MacDonald
Authorizes school district governing boards to
(Chapter 104)
prepare or disseminate information or make public
or private appearances or statements for the purpose
of urging the passage or defeat of any school measure
of the district. The bill also prohibits the use
of school district funds, services, supplies, or
equipment for the purpose of urging passage or
defeat of any school measure of the district.
AB 75 - Dent
Authorizes the issuance of $350,000,000 in state
(Chapter 105)
bonds, the proceeds of which are to be used to aid
school districts in acquiring land and in
constructing and acquiring buildings, facilities,
and equipment for school programs and in repairing
specified earthquake damage. The bill calls for a
special bond election to be consolidated with the
1972 direct primary election.
AB 211 - Gonsalves
Authorizes various types of cottage cheese to be
(Chapter 106)
made from certified raw milk or partially made from
such milk. The bill requires cottage cheese made
wholly or partially from certified raw milk to be
so labeled.
AB 442 - Barnes
Includes probation officers, deputies and
(Chapter 107)
assistants and employees of a juvenile home having
as their primary responsibility the counseling,
supervision and custody of youths in such halls or
homes in local safety membership in the Public
Employees' Retirement System and probation officers
and juvenile home counselors and supervisors in
the safety membership in a county system maintained
under the 1937 County Employees' Retirement Law.
In both cases, inclusion in the safety member
category is at the option of the county.
AB
462 - Greene, L. Revises the Professional Engineers Act and the Land
(Chapter 108)
Surveyors Act by eliminating various obsolete
provisions and clarifying a provision relating to
the signing of plans by civil engineers.
SB 139 - Collier
Specifies for purposes of assessing property under
(Chapter 101)
the procedures designated for open-space lands for
the 1971-72 fiscal year that land restricted to
open-space uses by an agreement executed under the
California Land Conservation Act of 1965 shall be
deemed to satisfy the statutory requirements for
contracts, if specified standards are met.
SB 314 - Burgener
Provides that the county auditor, as well as
(Chapter 102)
board of supervisors, may establish necessary
county funds. It permits county auditor and board
of supervisors to abolish such funds. This bill
also makes other related changes to county auditor
procedures.
SB 336 - Carrell
Extends the experimental drivereducation training
(Chapter 103)
program, which compares private with public driver
education programs, from June 30, 1971 to August 31,
1971.
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#331
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Municipal Judge Jay A.
Pfotenhauer to the San Francisco City and County Superior Court.
Judge Pfotenhauer, 57, a Republican, will receive an annual
salary of $33,396. He succeeds Judge C. Harold Caulfield, who has
retired.
Named to the San Francisco Judicial District Municipal Court
in 1970, Judge Pfotenhauer has practiced law in San Francisco since
1946.
He attended California Concordia College and earned his law
degree from the San Francisco Law School.
Judge Pfotenhauer has been active in church work and has
served as director of the California Bible Society and a director of
the Missouri Synod of the Lutheran Church.
He also has been active in the State Bar of California, the
Bar Association of San Francisco, the American Bar Association and
the Lutheran Lawyers Association.
He and his wife, Dorothy, have two children. The family home is
in San Francisco.
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Sacramento, Californ'
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Paul Becn
445-4571
5-28-71
#332
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
June 1, 1971
through
June 6, 1971
Tuesday, June 1
Office appointments.
Overnight - Sacramento
Wednesday, June 2
Office appointments.
Noon
Picture on West Steps of Capitol with members of
Senate and Assembly and Constitutional Officers.
Overnight - Sacramento
Thursday, June 3
10:30 a.m.
PRESS CONFERENCE
Office appointments.
Overnight - Los Angeles
Friday, June 4
3:00 p.m.
Interview at KHJ Radio, Hollywood
7:30 p.m.
POW Dinner, Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles.
Overnight - Los Angeles
Saturday, June 5
No appointments scheduled.
Overnight - Los Angeles
Sunday, June 6
No appointments scheduled.
Overnight - Sacramento
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