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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
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1966-74: Press Unit
Folder Title: Press Releases - May 1967
[05/19/1967 - 05/30/1967]
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, California
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
445-4571
5.19.67
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sacramento--Gov. Ronald Reagan today proclaimed the week of
May 21 through 27 as WORKSHOP WORKERS WEEK . The proclamation
follows:
WHEREAS
Manpower resources comprise the most
important single asset in the state of
California's economy; and
WHEREAS
Individual opportunity is the greatest
prize which our system of economic freedom
provides; and
WHEREAS
Many California citizens are physically
and mentally handicapped persons who
cannot compete for jobs in private indus-
try due to their handicaps; and
WHEREAS
Thousands of persons voluntarily seek
training and employment in workshops for
the handicapped located throughout the
state; and
WHEREAS
Workshop training rehabilitates the
handicapped and helps them toward economic
independence as taxpaying members of our
state; and
WHEREAS
Businesses which support the workshops
program by providing subcontracts which
permit employment of the handicapped
contribute to the economic independence
of the handicapped; and
WHEREAS
The California Legislature has requested
the Governor to proclaim the week of May 21
through May 27th, 1967, as Workshop
Workers Week;
NOW THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA,
do hereby proclaim the week of May 21 through May 27 as
WORKSHOP WORKERS WEEK, and I urge all citizens and
businesses to support the workshops program.
# # #
JAK/270
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, California
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
MEMO TO PRESS
445-4571
5.19.67
Schedule - May 22-28
Monday, May 22
2:00 pm
Groundbreaking ceremonies, California
Exposition and Fair. Remarks. Mrs.
Reagan will attend.
Tuesday, May 23
9:30 am
Brief greetings to California Peace
Officers Association; El Dorado Hotel
10:45 am
Meeting: John Shelley, Mayor of San
Francisco; Governor's Office
1:30 pm
Press Conference, Room 1190
3:30 pm
Meeting: Representatives of the NAACP:
Governor's Office
Wednesday, May 24
CHARLES SCHULZ DAY
11:30 am
Meeting and photo session: Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Schulz; Governor's Office
2:30 pm
Meeting: Representatives of the PTA;
Governor's Office
Thursday, May 25
2:30 pm
Meeting: National City Chamber of Commerce;
Council Room. Accompanied by Assemblyman
Deddeh
Friday, May 26
9:30 am
Meeting: Senator Thomas H. Kuchel;
Governor's Office
11:30 am
Meeting: Governor's Advisory Council on
Ocean Resources; Council Room
late afternoon
Depart Sacramento Airport, chartered
plane; Arrive Santa Barbara Airport
5:30 pm
Reception: Santa Barbara/Ventura counties
Republican Central Committees;
Home of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Evans,
465 Hot Springs Road, Montecito
Mrs. Reagan will attend.
7:00 pm
Depart Reception by car
overnight
Los Angeles
Saturday - Sunday, May 27-28
No public appointments scheduled at this
time
# # #
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, California
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
FOR IMMEDIATE PRESS
445-4571
5.22.67
Sacramento--Gov. Ronald Reagan announced today the appointment
of seven outstanding Californians to the Commission of the Californias
Reagan also has named 18 more men and women to act as special repre-
sentatives to the Commission of the Californias.
Lt. Gov. Robert H. Finch has been designated as Chairman of the
California delegation to the Commission. Established in 1964, the
Commission of the Californias works for the mutual benefit of Califor-
nia and Baja California in the areas of economics, education, tourism
and agriculture.
"California and our neighboring state of Baja California share
a common coastline, a common cultural heritage and mutual problems
and challenges," Gov. Reagan said. "The people who have consented to
serve on this important Commission will make significant contributions
to the future of our two great states."
Ignacio Garcia Batista, Mexicali, who is general chairman of the
Commission of the Californias, announced a meeting on Friday, May 26
and Saturday, May 27, in Mexicali.
"I am confident that this first meeting of the newly constituted
Commission of the Californias will herald a new era of friendship and
prosperity for California and Baja California," Batista said.
"The determination of Gov. Reagan of California and Gov. Sanchez
Diaz that this Commission of the Californias be a meaningful body
is reflected in their great faith in Lt. Gov. Finch, for his clarity
of vision and his sound thoughts on the future of our two states.
"The high caliber of the members of the Commission of the
Californias promises a great future for the work they have undertaken,"
Batista declared.
Regular members of the Commission of the Californias are Finch;
Pierre Allinio, El Cerrito; Milton E. Brooding, San Francisco; Mrs.
Robert J. Hitt, Orange; Herbert G. Klein, San Diego; Oscar Padilla,
Calexico; and William A. Wilson, Los Angeles.
MORE
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Special representatives named are Judge Arthur L. Alarcon, Los
Angeles; Joseph A. Beek, Sacramento; Frank Bogert, Palm Springs;
Warren Brock, El Centro; Raul R. Carrillo, Calexico; Bing Crosby,
Hillsborough; Mayor Frank Curran, San Diego; Robert L. Curry, Torrance:
Charles W. Gardiner, Los Angeles.
More are Ed Janss, Los Angeles; Consul General John F. Killea,
Tijuana; Don Koll, Newport Beach; Cyrus McKell, Riverside; Mrs. Norman
C. Roberts, San Diego; Dr. Ernest O'Byrne, San Diego; Edwin I. Power,
Vacaville ; Edward W. Smith, Fullerton; and John A. Smith, Los Angeles.
Legislative representatives are Assemblymen Wadie P. Deddeh,
Chula Vista; Patrick D. McGee, Woodland Hills; David D. Negri, San
Fernando; John R. Stull, Encinitas; Pete Wilson, San Diego; Senators
Claire W. Burgener, San Diego; James D. Mills, San Diego: Lawrence R.
Walsh, Los Angeles; Howard Way, Exeter.
# # #
PB/272
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, California
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
MEMO TO PRESS
445-4571
CORRECTION
In Press Release 272, please note the following correction:
The name of Sen. Gordon R. Cologne of Indio should be added
to the "Legislative representatives, following the name of
Claire W. Burgener.
# # #
PB
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, California
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
5-23-67
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Gov. Ronald Reagan last week signed the following bills:
May 15, 1967
SB 85 - Chapter 149
Provides penalty of 15 years to life for any
Deukmejian
person convicted of intentionally inflic-
S: 25 ayes; 11 noes
ting great bodily injury during commission
A: 62 ayes; 14 noes
of robbery
SB 86 - Chapter 150
Provides penalty of 15 years to life for any
Deukmejian
person convicted of intentionally inflic-
S: 25 ayes; 11 noes
ting great bodily injury during commission
A: 64 ayes; 10 noes
of burglary
SB 87 - Chapter 151
Provides penalty of 15 years to life for any
Deukmejian
person convicted of intentionally inflic-
S: 25 ayes; 11 noes
ting great bodily injury during commission
A: 64 ayes; 10 noes
of rape
SB 126 - Chapter 152
Makes provisions of uniform district elec-
Cologne
tion law applicable to elections held by
S: Unanimous
desert water agency; increases maximum
A: Unanimous
interest rates on agency bonds and negotiabl
promissory notes; authorizes agency to estab
lish water standby and availability charges
SB 314 - Chapter 153
Provides that salaries of employees of
Grunsky
new municiapl court shall be comparable to
S: Unanimous
other municiapl courts in county, or, if
A: Unanimous
there are none, judge shall fix salaries;
if persons received salary greater than that
specified, it shall continue until express
provision is made by law
SB 324 - Chapter 154
Technical amendment to penal code
Cologne
S: Unanimous
A: Unanimous
AB 200 - Chapter 155
Extends for two years existing privilege
Thomas
tax on sardines, pacific mackerel, jack
S: Unanimous
mackeral, squid, herring or anchovies
A: Unanimous
AB 390 - Chapter 156
Authorizes County Clerk in county over
Brown
650,000 to destroy certain records if 30
S: Unanimous
years have elapsed; minute book entries,
A: Unanimous
dockets or judgment dockets must be micro-
filmed; Secretary of State has 60 days to
request transfer before records may be des-
troyed.
AB 391 - Chapter 157
Provides that county recorder may destroy
Brown
originals of recorded documents which
S: Unanimous
have been unclaimed for 10 years and are
A: 74 ayes; 4 noes
undeliverable by mail.
AB 431 - Chapter 158
Requires Los Angeles County Flood Control
Thomas
district to reimburse county of Los Angeles
S: Unanimous
for costs incurred by county civil service
A: Unanimous
commission for services rendered
AB 653 - Chapter 159
Provides that oaths of state civil service
Milias
employees and state civil defense workers
S: Unanimous
shall be filed as prescribed by state
A: Unanimous
personnel board rule
-2-
AB 657 - Chapter 160
Specifies that, when calculating seniority
Milias
scores for layoffs, points shall be allowed
S: Unanimous
for service in classes which have substan-
A: Unanimous
tially the same or higher salaries as
class of layoff; salary to be received by
demored employee shall not exceed salary
at time of demotion
AB 728 - Chapter 161
Technical deletion from code of civil
Murphy
procedure
S: Unanimous
A: Unanimous
May 16, 1967
SB 31 - Chapter 162
Exempts vehicles leased by Senate, Assembly,
Burns & Collier
or any committee thereof, or governor's
S: Unanimous
office for more than 30 days from vehicle
A: Unanimous
code provision that such lessee will be
considered owner; requires Dept. of Motor
Vehicles to issue regular series license
plates for such vehicles upon request of
Rules Committee
SB 50 - Chapter 163
Authorizes any county water district and any
Lagomarsino
county to contract to pay and apportion
S: Unanimous
between them the costs of locating, removing
A: Unanimous
repairing or relocating any facilities owned
by either party on roads or property of
either party
SB 398 - Chapter 164
Same provisions as SB 50 between county
Lagomarsino
sanitation district or sanitary district
S: Unanimous
and any county
A: Unanimous
SB 487 - Chapter 165
Prohibits Solvang Municipal Improvement
Lagomarsino
District from making a guarantee of per-
S: Unanimous
formance in connection with issuance of
A: Unanimous
bonds for acquisition of public parking
facilities
AB 281 - Chapter 166
Revises provisions of Mojave Water Agency
Hinckley
law governing issuance and sale of nego-
S: Unanimous
tiable promissory notes and bonds of agency
A: Unanimous
and bond elections
AB 491 - Chapter 167
Increases tax that may be levied by special
Schabarum
municipal tax district to $1 per $100 of
S: Unanimous
assessed valuation; eliminates use of this
A: Unanimous
tax for acquisition cr construction of
public improvements or utilities
# # #
JAK/273
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Califo la
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
445-4571
Donald G. Livingston, administrative assistant PRESS
5.23.67
Republican Assembly caucus, today was named by Governor Ronald
Reagan as chief of the Bureau of Furniture and Bedding Inspection.
He succeeds Frank C. Freer of Sacramento and serves at the
pleasure of the governor. The post pays approximately $14,000
annually.
Livingston, 29, served in the Minority Caucus since March
of 1965 and before that was administrator of an apartment project
in San Mateo.
From 1961 to 1964 he was associated with Kaiser Aluminum
and Chemical Sales, Inc., Oakland.
A Republican, Livingston was graduated from San Francisco
State College and was an intern in public affairs in the Coro
Foundation. He is a candidate for a masters degree in public
administration at Golden Gate College in San Francisco.
Livingston was a member and vice chairman of the Oakland
Planning Commission from 1962 to 1965.
# # #
PB/274
OFFICE OF THE GOVE
OR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Califo,
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
445-4571
Two persons were named today by Governor PRESS
5.23.67
members of the El Pueblo De Los Angeles State Historical Monument
Commission.
Members receive travel expenses not to exceed $500 a year.
The terms are for three years.
Clair L. Peck Jr., Los Angeles Republican, was named to
succeed Mrs. Mary Ruth Belt of Los Angeles. Peck is associated
with the C. L. Peck Construction Co., Los Angeles.
Mrs. Dorothy A. Burnaby, Los Angeles Republican, was named
to a position created by the 1966 Legislature.
Mrs. Burnaby, wife of Homer H. Burnaby, Los Angeles
lumber executive, is an artist and has been associated with the
Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Pasadena Art Museum.
Preston Hotchkis Sr., San Marino Republican and chairman
of the board of Bixby Ranch Co., Los Angeles, was named an alternate
member.
# # #
PB/275
OFFICE OF THE GOVE!
R
RELEASE:
mmediate
Sacramento, Califor.ia
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
445-4571
5.23.67
Charles F. Hanna, chief of the Division PRESS
Standards, today was reappointed to the post by Governor Ronald
Reagan.
Hanna, a Democrat from Mill Valley, was first appointed
to the position in May of 1955. He has been in the Department
of Industrial Relations since 1946.
# # #
PB/276
OFFICE OF THE GOL NOR
Sacramento, California
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
FOR IMMEDIATE PRESS
5.23.67
CD
445-4571
Sacramento--Gov. Ronald Reagan today named Mrs. Virginia
C. Murphy of Oroville to the State Scholarship and Loan Commission
for a four-year term. She succeeds Dr. Robert G. Freeman of
Pasadena.
Appointment to the post requires Senate confirmation.
Mrs. Murphy is the wife of Dr. Frank Murphy, prominent Oroville
physician.
A Republican, she is now serving her third term on the Oro-
ville School District board and has been chairman of the board in
the past. She is a graduate of the University of Kansas.
# # #
PB/277
OFFICE OF THE GOV NOR
Sacramento, California
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
FOR IMMEDIATE PRESS
445-4571
5.23.67
Sacramento--Raymond K. Procunier, superintendent of the Deuel
Vocational Institution, Tracy, has been named by Gov. Ronald Reagan
as Director of the Department of Corrections.
He succeeds Walter Dunbar to the $23,500-a-year post, which
is subject to Senate confirmation.
Procunier, whose party affiliation is listed as non-partisan,
entered correctional work in 1948 and in 1957-58 served as director
of corrections in Utah.
He became associate superintendent of the California Medical
Facility in 1960 and four years later was promoted to departmental
supervisor of inmate classification. In 1955 he was named associate
superintendent at Deuel Vocational Institution and was advanced
to superintendent the following year.
Procunier is 43.
# # #
PB/278
OFFICE OF THE GOV NOR
Sacramento, California
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
445-4571
5.23.67
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sacramento Russell W. Porter, veteran state recreation
official, today was named by Gov. Ronald Reagan as Chief of the
Division of Recreation.
He succeeds Mrs. Rudd Brown of La Canada.
Porter, 39, a Democrat from Sacramento, was supervisor of
the Bond Act Grant Program in the division until his appointment.
The post, which pays approximately $17,000 a year, requires Senate
confirmation.
A native of North Dakota, Porter was graduated from Central
Washington State College and has done graduate work in public
administration at California State College at Los Angeles.
From 1958 to 1960 he was a recreation planner for the Cali-
fornia Public Outdoor Recreation Plan Committee and for the next
five years served as a park and recreation consultant in the divi-
sion. He became supervisor of the bond program in 1965.
Porter previously was director of recreation and parks at
San Rafael. He is a member and former president of the California
Park and Recreation Society.
# # #
PB/279
OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE: T ediate
Sacramento, Califo
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
445-4571
5.23.67
The State Social Welfare Department will borrow up to
$38 million through June 30 to meet the needs of its categorical
aid programs, if this becomes necessary, Governor Ronald Reagan
said today.
Borrowing may become necessary because the Congress has
yet to approve supplemental appropriations needed to meet the
federal share of the programs, and there is no money left in the
general fund for the programs, the governor said.
Money would be borrowed from special state funds at the
interest
regular five percent/rate. This would cost about $20,000 in interest,
the Finance Department estimates.
The borrowed funds would be repaid by the federal government
after the money is appropriated, but it is not known at this time
if the federal government would also repay the interest.
The governor said the state's ability and willingness to
borrow means the categorical aid programs will continue at their
current levels until the end of the fiscal year, June 30.
If, as expected, the appropriations bill is passed and
signed by the President by the end of this week, no borrowing will
be necessary, Governor Reagan said.
# * #
LN/280
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, California
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
FOR IMMEDIATE PRESS
445-4571
5.23.67
Sacramento--Gov. Ronald Reagan today announced that he has
proclaimed May 24, 1967, as INTERNATIONAL TRUCK SHOW DAY. The
proclamation follows:
WHEREAS
The Fourth International Truck, Trailer
and Equipment Show will be held in
Brooks Hall, Civic Center, San Francisco,
during the period May 24 - 26, 1967; and
WHEREAS
This is the largest exhibition of its
kind on the North American continent; and
WHEREAS
Thousands of visitors will be attracted
to California and San Francisco during
the above period to view the offering
of leading United States and foreign
manufacturere; and
WHEREAS
Many important meetings of trucking,
safety and related groups will be
attracted to our state because of the
International Truck, Trailer and
Equipment Show; and
WHEREAS
To an important degree, employment of
California citizens is dependent upon
trucking and its related industries; and
WHEREAS
The California State Legislature has
requested the Governor to proclaim May 24
as "International Truck Show Day" and
urge attendance of fellow Californians;
NOW THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA,
do hereby proclaim May 24, 1967, as INTERNATIONAL TRUCK
SHOW DAY.
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JAK/281
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, California
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
FOR IMMEDIATE PRESS
445-4571
5.23.67
Sacramento--Gov. Ronald Reagan announced today that he has
proclaimed May as SENIOR CITIZENS MONTH in California. The pro-
clamation follows:
WHEREAS
California now has 1,662,000 residents 65
years of age or older; and
WHEREAS
The senior citizens in our population
represent a wealth of accumulated
experience and wisdom which they impart
upon succeeding generations; and
WHEREAS
The continuity of generations provides
the sinews of heritage which strengthen
our culture and encourages hope for
future generations; and
WHEREAS
Our Senior Citizens have earned recogni-
tion for their many contributions and
for their important place in our society;
and
WHEREAS
The California Legislature has requested
the Governor to proclaim the month of
May 1967 as Senior Citizens' Month and
urge appropriate celebrations and festivities
in honor of our senior citizens;
NOW THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA,
do hereby proclaim the month of May, 1967, as SENIOR
CITIZENS' MONTH and I commend the contributions of our
senior citizens to the attention of all Californians.
JAK/282
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO
RELEASE: Im ediate
Sacramento, Californ.
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
445-4571
Governor Ronald Reagan today signed legislation PRESS
5-23-67
and eradicate the pink bollworm in California's cotton.
The bill, AB1201 authored by Assemblyman Victor Veysey (R-Brawley),
appropriates $650,000 for pink bollworm control during the balance of
the current fiscal year.
It also authorizes the director of the Department of
Agriculture, to levy a maximum assessment of 50 cents a bale to be
paid by cotton growers for the pink bollworm control program.
In signing the measure, Governor Reagan noted that cotton is
California's most important cash crop, producing a farm value close to
$300 million annually.
The pink bollworm is the most serious of all cotton pests
and reached California in 1965. Control efforts were inadequate and
too late during 1966 and the pest swept 300 miles from the Colorado
River to eastern Kern County where it now threatens the major cotton-
producing area of the San Joaquin Valley.
"This pest must be controlled and rolled back to the desert
area by this spring and summer, and it eventually must be eradicated
to prevent California from falling into mediocrity as a cotton
producer," Governor Reagan said.
The governor praised Veysey for authoring the legislation and
for guiding it through the Legislature, saying it is one of the most
important measures to reach his desk this year.
Veysey's bill contains an urgency clause which permits state
efforts at control of the pink bollworm to start immediately.
The program includes intensive and immediate efforts to prevent
the entrance of the pest into the San Joaquin Valley and to provide a
protective buffer zone across the high desert area. Intensive
surveillance would be put into effect in the low desert area with
prompt and continuing chemical treatment of fields as soon as infesta-
tion is discovered.
There also would be a coordinated program for quarantine of
cotton, cotton seed and contaminated equipment, plus cultural controls
consisting of host-free periods and destruction of host plants and
plow down of crop residues.
# # #
PB/283
HEALTH AND WELFARE AGEL
FOR MEDIATE RELEASE
Sacramento, California
Contact: Spencer Williams
May 23, 1967
Spencer Williams, Administrator of Health PRESS* and Welfare Agency, and Carel
E. H. Mulder, the Director of the state's Medi-Cal program, today urged Califor-
nia's doctors, hospitals and other providers of medical and health services to
continue serving beneficiaries of the California Medical Assistance Program.
Carel E. H. Mulder said "There is no reason to refuse treatment at this
time."
It was disclosed Monday that federal matching funds for the month of
May have been delayed as a result of differences in Congress between the Senate
and the House of Representatives over the Supplemental Appropriation bill (HR 9481).
The federal government funds 50 percent of the Medi-Cal program.
"We have received reports that some providers of service, who may have
misinterpreted Monday's announcement, are either turning away Medi-Cal patients,
or are reluctant to accept them" Mulder said,
"At most, there will only be a ten day delay in our normal reimbursement
cycle," he said.
"Congress has traditionally held appropriations for federal support of
the Public Assistance programs, including Medi-Cal, to a minimum with the under-
standing that the Administration would incorporate additional funding in the
Supplemental Appropriation bill which is introduced for all federal departments
toward the end of the fiscal year," Mulder said.
"This year there has been an unusual delay in Congressional action on
the Supplemental Appropriation. Although both the House of Representatives and
the Senate have acted, differences between the two Houses require referral of the
bill to a Conference Committee."
"All efforts are being made to resolve the issues and to pass the bill
by the end of this week, but the possibility of an extended Memorial Day Congres-
sional recess may delay enactment of the bill until after May 31," Mulder said.
"It should be stressed that this situation does not affect the eligi-
bility of Medi-Cal beneficiaries to receive health services. Both Houses of
Congress have approved full financing of the Medi-Cal obligations. The Public
Assistance items in the bill are not among those which need to be resolved in
Conference Committee," he added.
HHH
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, California
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
445-4571
5.24.67
FOR IMMEDIATE PRESS
AM
Sacramento- J. Boyd Thompson, executive secretary of the San
Joaquin County Medical Society, Stockton, today was named by Gov.
Ronald Reagan to the Board of Trustees, Stockton State Hospital.
The appointment is subject to Senate confirmation. Thompson.
a Republican, succeeds Mrs. Lena Abrew of Stockton for a four-
year term. Trustees are paid travel expenses.
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PB/284
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, California
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
445-4571
5.24.67
PRESS
Sacramento--Four prominent Californians today were named by
Gov. Ronald Reagan to four-year terms on the State Motor Vehicle Pollu
tion Control Board.
The appointments are subject to Senate confirmation.
Named were Walter R. Schmid of Tustin; Warren Biggs of Los Ange-
les, Dr. Willard F. Libby of Los Angeles and David S. Adams of Wood-
land. All are Republicans.
Schmid, a rancher and businessman, served on the State Water
Pollution Board under former Govs. Warren and Knight. He succeeds
Joseph E. Havenner of San Marino.
Biggs, owner of Warren Biggs Chevrolet Co., succeeds Richard
Maxwell Mock of Los Angeles.
Dr. Libby, who won the Nobel Prize in chémistry in 1960, is an
internationally acclaimed scientist who is professor of chemistry at
UCLA. He succeeds Ernst H. Plesset of Los Angeles.
Adams, a partner in the Woodland grain elevator and trucking
firm of Schwab & Adams, also is a Woodland area farmer who replaces
John T. Middleton of Riverside.
Schmid represents users, Biggs represents the motor vehicle
industry, Dr. Libby represents science and Adams represents agriculture.
Board members are paid travel expenses.
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PB/285
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, California
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
445-4571
5.24.67
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sacramento--Gov. Ronald Reagan announced today he has signed an
executive order activating the Governor's Commission on Ocean Resources
and has appointed 21 oceanic and other experts to the commission.
The commission will hold its first meeting in Sacramento on
May 26.
Gov. Reagan also announced that retired Air Force Col. T. R.
Gillenwaters has been employed by the State Office of Planning as a
consultant on oceanographic matters.
Gillenwaters, 64, is a lawyer whose military service included
duty in the Air Force Weather Service and in research and development.
He has a long background in oceanographic matters, including service
as legal counsel and secretary for the Oceanographic Research Institute.
He was an original board member and legal counsel for Mission Bay
Research Foundation, La Jolla, which maintained contacts with govern-
ment agencies, universités, aerospace industries, private research
groups and foreign countries engaged in oceanographic programs.
Gillenwaters is a member of the National Academy of Science's
ad hoc committee on oceanographic information and assisted in an in-
depth study of the National Oceanographic Program in Washington, D.C.
His new duties will include an examination of all ocean-oriented
activities in the state. He also will assist in the development of
programs which insure the protection and development of California's OC
ocean and marine resources.
Named to the commission by Gov. Reagan were:
Dr. F. Gilman Blake, Senior Research Scientist, Chevron Research
Co., La Habra; Dr. W. M. Chapman, Director, Division of Resources,
The Van Camp Seafood Co., San Diego; Thomas R. Gardner, Oakland;
Professor Donn Gorsline, Geology Department, University of Southern
California; Professor John P. Harville, Director, Moss Landing
Marine Laboratories, Moss Landing; Dr. Joseph Kaplan, Department
of Geophysics, UCLA; William Kielhorn, Lockheed Corp., Burbank,
Robert B. Krueger, Los Angeles; Bernard Le Mehaute, Tera Tech., Inc.
Pasadena; Professor Norman P. Miller, Office of Cultural and
Recreational Affairs, UCLA; Dr. Robert Wiegel, Coastal Engineering,
UC, Berkeley; J. Jamison Moore, Modern Mamagement Co., Los Angeles;
and Emil Mrak, Chancellor, UC, Davis, California.
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Also named were: Dr. William Neirenberg, Director, Scripp
Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla: Professor Erman Pearson,
Department of Civil Engineering, UC, Berkeley; Mr. John G. Peter-
son, Washington Fish and Oyster Co. of California, San Francisco;
Dr. David S. Potter, Defense Research Laboratories, General
Motors Corp., Santa Barbara; Dr. Andreas B. Rechnitzer, Director,
Ocean Sciences, Ocean Systems Operation, North American Aviation,
Anaheim; John E. Robb, Scientific Development Department, Bechtel
Corp., San Francisco; Professor Milner B. Schaefer, Director,
Institute of Marine Resources, UC, San Diego; Professor S. V.
Ciriacy Wantrup, UC, Berkeley.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Califorr
Contact: Lyn Nofzig
445-4571
Governor Ronald Reagan today signed into law PRESS permitting
5.24.67
bilingual instruction in California's schools.
"This measure will be of tremendous benefit to many Californians,"
the governor said in signing the bill authored by Sen. Alan Short
(D-Stockton).
"It will be particularly valuable in giving Spanish-speaking
California children more and better opportunities for quality
education," he said.
The bill (SB 53) permits local school districts or private
school governing boards to allow bilingual instruction when it is
"educationally advantageous to pupils."
It declares that state policy is to insure the mastery of English
by all pupils but also will permit bilingual instruction to the extent
that it does not interfere with the systematic, sequential and regular
instruction in English.
The bill also provides that the act should not be construed to
permit the establishment of schools or classes which separate pupils
on any basis other than those situations in which bilingual instruc-
tion is educationally advantageous to the pupils.
Studies have shown, the governor noted, that one reason for a
high drop-out rate among Spanish-speaking children is their difficulty
in understanding basic subjects which are only taught in English.
The new law, he said, will assist those students by permitting
subjects to be taught in Spanish until the student masters it in
English.
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PB/287
OFFICE OF THE GOVE} JR
Sacramento, California
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
445-4571
5.24.67
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sacramento--Gov. Ronald Reagan today announced that he has
proclaimed May 24, 1967, as CHARLES SCHULZ DAY in California.
The proclamation follows:
WHEREAS
Charles Schulz has been so thoughtful as to
introduce us to his friends--poor 'ol Charlie
Brown, Lucy and Linus Van Pelt, Snoopy and his
foe, the Red Baron, Schroeder, and all their
playmates; and
WHEREAS
Charles Schulz so brilliantly perceived that their
lives are reflections of our own; and
WHEREAS
Charles Schulz has willingly invited us to join
him in participating in the lives of Charlie Brown
and his friends who have become the beloved adop-
ted children of the families of America; and
WHEREAS
Charles Schulz, fortunately for us, became a
cartoonist instead of a baseball player; and
WHEREAS
Charles Schulz, until this time, has been a great
man without recognition from his own state; and
WHEREAS
Happiness is having Charles Schulz a California
resident; and
WHEREAS
The California Legislature has requested the
Governor to proclaim May 24, 1967 as Charles
Schulz Day as a token of the appreciation of the
people of California,
NOW THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, do
hereby proclaim May 24, 1967 as Charles Schulz Day in California.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
Sacramento, California
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
445-4571
5.25.67
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sacramento--Gov. Ronald Reagan today outlined details of his
administration's proposal to institute semi-annual payments of income
taxes for certain California taxpayers. It is designed to insure a
smoother flow of revenue into the state treasury.
"I am confident that if this proposal is adopted by the Legislature
the serious problem
that we are facing concerning the cash flow will
be eliminated," Gov. Reagan said in disclosing his installment plan for
paying income taxes.
"There are a number of advantages to this plan that are not avail-
able in other methods already advanced to solve the cash flow problem,"
the Governor said.
He pointed out that after consultations with representatives of the
State Franchise Tax Board, it was determined that the compliance and
enforcement problem for the installment plan is estimated to be far
less than other plans previously considered.
For example, he said, "absolutely no additional paperwork is created
for the employer" under the installment plan. Individual taxpayers
affected would not be required to initiate the filing of the install-
ment payment in October.
The state would mail a bill to each affected taxpayer 15 to 30 days
before the installment payment date. "Studies show," the Governor said,
that taxpayers tend to pay a bill in far greater numbers than if they
had to file a return or estimate and also send in a check by mail."
Under Gov. Reagan's plan, a prepayment amounting to one-half of
personal income tax liability would be required on or before Oct. 15
for taxpayers whose state income tax payment on income earned for the
prior year (in this case 1966) amounted to $200 or more.
If proposed rate increases now before the Legislature are enacted,
then in 1968 and subsequent years the prepayment on Oct. 15 would be
based on personal income tax liability amounting to $400 or more.
For example, if a taxpayer paid $200 or more on April 15, 1967,
his prepayment next Oct. 15 would be half of that amount, with the
remainder due as usual on April 15, 1968 based on final compilation
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of 1967 earnings. An estimated 350,000 taxpayers would be affected
this year with $145 million coming into the treasury by Oct. 15 when
the cash flow problem begins to reach its peak.
During the second year of operation, when the prepayment would
be based on taxpayers who paid more than $400 in the previous year,
an estimated 365,000 taxpayers would be required to submit payments on
Oct. 15, bringing in an estimated $265 million.
A penalty provision of 10% for those failing to pay the Oct. 15
installment would be invoked under the Governor's proposal, and
interest also would be computed on the payment plus penalty at the
rate of one-half of one percent per month until the payment is made.
Provisions also would be incorporated into the plan so taxpayers
could file an affidavit with the State Franchise Tax Board stating
that their adjusted gross income in the current year will be below that
of the previous year, thereby enabling them to elect to pay one-half
of the tax computed on their adjusted gross income,
If a taxpayer's actual adjusted gross income for 1967 differed
from the amount stated in the affidavit by more than 20%, a penalty
equal to 10% of the tax underpayment would be imposed and interest
would be collected on the amount of the underpayment from Oct. 15
until the tax is paid.
The Governor noted that the use of the affidavit is primarily
intended for situations where due to retirement or job changes, a
taxpayer had a marked difference in income from the previous year.
"This is not a complicated plan for the taxpayer to follow,"
Gov. Reagan said, "because there is no estimating unless a person's
income circumstances have radieally changed. Payments are based
on the previous year's tax liability so it is a matter of simple com-
putation."
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PB/289
OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE: P.S, FRIDAY
Sacramento, California
IAY 26
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
445-4571
Governor Ronald Reagan today directed the PRESS
5.25.67
General Services to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the
state's inventories of durable goods.
Governor Reagan took the action after Department Director
Andrew Lolli informed him that the state's durable goods inventory
is much too large.
He told the Governor that this is also the case with
consumable items.
Lolli told the governor the excessive inventories represent
an uneconomical investment of tax dollars.
The governor also directed heads of agencies, departments
and other major units as well as other key personnel "to give
full cooperation" to the task team Lolli will name to conduct
the study.
The evaluation also will include the operation, scope and
location of warehouses, equipment and personnel involved in handling
the inventories.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, Califo la
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
445-4571
5.26.67
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sacramento--Gov. Ronald Reagan announced today that he has proclaimed
the week of May 29 through June 4 as SUPPORT OUR SERVICEMEN WEEK.
The proclamation follows:
WHEREAS
American servicemen are presently engaged
fighting in defense of the freedom of
South Vietnam; and
WHEREAS
The future freedom of all Southeast Asia
and the entire free world depends upon the
defense of South Vietnam; and
WHEREAS
Our servicemen, as they have in the past,
are again offering their lives in defense
of freedom; and
WHEREAS
Our servicemen merit the unyielding support
of all Americans in their defense of our
freedoms; and
WHEREAS
The week of May 29 through June 4 is the
week during which Memorial Day occurs, and
Memorial Day has traditionally been the
day set aside to honor those who have
given their lives for our country; and
WHEREAS
The American people maintain a proud tra-
dition of supporting our servicemen; and
WHEREAS
The California Legislature has requested
the Governor to declare the week of May 29
through June 4 as Support Our Servicemen Week;
NOW THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA,
do hereby proclaim the week of May 29 through June 4 as
SUPPORT OUR SERVICEMEN WEEK, and I urge all Californians
to display the American Flag as token of their devotion
to freedom and our servicemen's display of freedom.
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REVISED ESTIMATES OF STATE GENERAL FUND REVENUE
The extremely sharp drop in residential building and slightly lower profits
than anticipated are the principal factors underlying a downward revision of
General Fund revenue announced today by Gordon P. Smith, State Director of
Finance. The revenue effect of lower profits was compounded by an unusually
large volume of refunds under the corporation tax this year. This factor alone
necessitated a $6 million adjustment in the revenue total.
In addition, current receipts from the personal income tax and the inheritance
tax are not up to expectations. Since individual incomes last year were close
to the projected level, it is probable that capital gains, the source of sub-
stantial income tax liability, dropped heavily in last year's bear market for
both securities and real estate. The inheritance tax is difficult to forecast,
since the amount of state revenue tax depends upon the volume and value of
bequests passing from decedents to heirs and friends. Currently, receipts
from this tax are being affected by the high level of interest rates which
make the discount for prepayment less attractive than it had been in recent
years.
As a result of the regular May revision by the Department of Finance, General
Fund revenue for the current fiscal year is estimated at $2,829.4 million, a
decrease of $51.1 million (1.8%) from the budget forecast. This total is
given on the accrual basis adopted last year. On a cash basis, the revised
total is $2,572.5 million, or $47.6 million below the budget projection.
Although residential building is expected to improve markedly this year, and
corporate profits should show a substantial increase in 1968, the recovery
probably will not be sufficient to realize the revenue total anticipated in
1967-68 budget computations. Largely for this reason next year's General
Fund revenue has been revised downward to $2,687.8 million, a reduction of
$38.1 million (1.5%) from the amount forecast last December. Details of
the revisions for both the current fiscal year and 1967-68 are shown in
Table 1, attached.
The change in revenue outlook makes it necessary to revise the estimates of
additional General Fund receipts under the recommended tax program. The
recomputed total is $855 million in cash and $940 million on the accrual
basis. These are reductions of $10 million and $6 million, respectively,
from the amounts shown in the Governor's tax message to the Legislature.
Changes were made in the figures for 1968-69, but the amounts involved
were relatively small. Details are shown in Table 2.
Economic data used in making these computations have been revised slightly
from the amounts used in December. Significant considerations in these
revisions were the probable postponement of the Federal surtax on individual
and corporate incomes, the changed outlook for corporate profits, escalation
of Vietnam War and the earlier resurgence in residential building.
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A comparison of the important totals for 1967 is given below.
(In billions)
Budget
Revised
National:
Gross National Product
$785.0
$782.0
Personal Income
623.5
621.0
Disposable Income
537.6
537.5
Corporate Profits
77.5
75.0
California:
Personal Income
70.3
70.0
Disposable Income
62.0
61.9
Corporate Profits
6.8
6.4
TABLE 1
REVISED ESTIMATES OF GENERAL FUND REVENUE
1966-67 AND 1967-68
ACCRUAL BASIS
(In thousands)
Source
1966-67
1967-68
Tax or Other
Budget*
Revised
Change
Budget*
Revised
Change
Alcoholic beverages:
Amount
%
Amount
%
Beer and wine
$14,700
$14,514
-$186
-1.3
$14,240
$14,100
-$140 -1.0
Distilled spirits
65,950
64,625
-1,325
-2.0
64,350
62,800
-1,550 -2.4
License fees
3,445
3,445
-
-
3,480
3,482
+2
-
Bank and corporation
476,500
462,000
-14,500 -3.0
454,000
430,000
-24,000 -5.3-
Cigarette
78,200
78,300
100
0.1
77,050
76,500
-550 -0.7
Gift
10,200
8,800
-1,400-13.7
10,050
10,150
100 1.0
Horseracing
40,032
39,857
-175 -0.4
44,991
44,450
-541 -1.2
Inheritance
142,500
129,000
-13,500
-9.5
127,500
123,800
-3,700
-2.9
Insurance
136,900
141,700
4,800
3.5
117,300
122,250
4,950
4.2
Personal income
538,900**
523,900
-15,000
-2.8
554,100
546,900
-7,200 -1.3
Private car
2,481
2,477
-4 -0.1
2,700
2,750
50 1.9
Sales and use
1,234,700
1,217,200
-17,500
-1.4
1,138,600
1,127,400
-11,200
-1.0
Total taxes
$2,744,508
$2,685,818
-$58,690
-2.2
$2,608,361
$2,564,582
-$43,779 -1.7
Other revenue
135,991
143,582
7,591
5.6
117,527
123,168
5,641
4.8
Total revenue
$2,880,499
$2,829,400
-$51,099
-1.8
$2,725,889
$2,687,750
-$38,139 -1.4
Totals, Cash basis
$2,620,088
$2,572,500
-$47,588
-1.8 $2,710,359
$2,668,880
-$41,479 -1.5
*As shown in Schedule 2A of the 1967-68 Budget.
**As adjusted by provisions of Chapter 44, Statutes of 1967.
State Department of Finance
Budget Division
May 25. 1967
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TABLE 2
REVISED ESTIMATES OF ADDITIONAL
GENERAL FUND REVENUE UNDER THE
GOVERNOR'S TAX RECOMMENDATIONS
(SENATE BILL 556)
(In Millions)
1967-68
1968-69
Tax
Cash
Accrual
Cash
Accrual
Sales and use--1% increase
$321
$374
$400
$400
Distilled spirits--75c per gal. increase
30
33
34
34
Tobacco:
Cigarettes - 3 1/2 increase
72*
78*
79
79
Cigars and smoking tobacco - 25%
wholesale price
13+
13+
12+
12+
Bank and corporation
1% rate increase
87
87
70
70
Personal income--increase from adjusting
bracket structure, raising maximum rate
to 10%, and adopting credits in lieu of
exemptions
332
355
385
390
Totals
$855
$940
$980
$985
Change from original estimate
-10
-6
0
0
*Includes $2.2 million estimated to be received in 1966-67.
+Includes approximately $2.5 million to be shared with counties and cities.
State Department of Finance
Budget Division
May 25, 1967
OFFICE OF THE GOVEPNO
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, Californ.
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
445-4571
5.26.67
PRESS
The attached statement was prepared and issued by the
State Finance Department.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNAR
Contact: Lyn Nofzi, r
445-4571
5.26.67
IMMEDIATE PRESS
Sacramento-- The Reagan administration will seek new taxes expec-
ted to produce $111 million in new revenues needed to meet an unexpec-
ted projected drop in state income this fiscal year and next.
Proposed taxes and the estimated revenues they will produce
during the next two fiscal years follow:
OUTLINE OF
RECOMMENDED SUPPLEMENTARY
TAX PROGRAM
(In Millions)
Estimated Revenue
1967-68
1968-69
Realty transfer tax:
Pick up the federal tax when
it expires Jan. 1, 1968
$5.0
$15.0
Inheritance tax:
Reduce gift tax exemption
from $4,000 to $3,000
federal level
$1.0
$1.0
Insurance tax raise rate from
present 2.35% to 2.60%
$15.0
$16.0
Sales tax:
Extend to repair services
$35.0
$45.0
Extend to sales of gas and
electricity for other than
residential use
$45.0
$65.0
Subtotal
$101.0
$142.0
Horse racing (AB 1082)
10.0
15.0
Totals
$111.0
$157.0
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1,057
1,703
LN/292
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Califor
N
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
445-4571
Samuel Conti, Concord attorney, today was PRESS appointed by
5.26.67
Governor Ronald Reagan to the Superior Court in Contra Costa
County. He succeeds Judge Homer W. Patterson, who retired last
month.
Conti, a Republican, is a partner in the Concord law firm
of Coll and Conti.
A native of Los Angeles, he was graduated from the University
of Santa Clara in 1945 with a BS and from Stanford University Law
School with an LLB in 1948. He was admitted to the State Bar in
June, 1948 and has been in private law practice since.
Conti, 44, is a former president of the Central Contra Costa
County Bar Assn. and was a member of the board of education of the
Pittsburg Unified School District.
He is married and has three children.
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PB/293
OFFICE OF THE GOV.
NOR
Sacramento, California
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
FOR PRESS
445-4571
5.26.67
Sacramento--Gov. Ronald Reagan today vetoed Assembly Bill 787
which would have provided that court commissioners could be dis-
qualified for prejudice.
It was his first veto since becoming Governor.
The Governor said he could not approve the measure because it
would further complicate the already serious problems of calendar
management in Los Angeles County courts. He also said that permit-
ting the disqualification of court commissioners would unduly burden
those courts using court commissioners without demonstrably benefittin
litigants or their attorneys.
The bill was authored by Assemblyman Craig Biddle (R-Riverside).
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Contact: Lyn Nofzig
445-4571
5.26.67
SCHEDULE MAY PRESS
MONDAY, MAY 29
no public appointments scheduled at this time
TUESDAY, MAY 30
4:40 pm
Depart Los Angeles International Airport,
Western Airlines Flight #658
5:40 pm
Arrive Sacramento Airport
WEDNESDAY, MAY 31
no public appointments scheduled at this time
THURSDAY, JUNE 1
no public appointments scheduled at this time
FRIDAY, JUNE 2
11:00 am
Meeting: representatives of the Urban
League; Governor's Office
11:30 am
Departmental Tour: Public Works and General
Services; 1220 N Street
6:30 pm
Reception: Sacramento County Republican
Central Committee; El Rancho Hotel
7:30 pm
Dinner and speech
SATURDAY, JUNE 3
no public appointments scheduled at this time
SUNDAY, JUNE 4
no public appointments scheduled at this time
JAK/295
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
445-4571
5.26.67
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PRESS
SACRAMENTO--The following is the statement by Governor Ronald
Reagan on the death of Senator J. Eugene McAteer:
"I am saddened and distressed at Senator McAteer's
sudden passing. He was an able Senator and a man who had the
best interests of his state at heart. He will be missed by
his constituents, by his fellow Legislators, by his party and
by his fellow Californians."
LN/296
OFFICE OF THE GOVF
OR
Sacramento, California
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Last week, Gov. Ronald Reagan signed the following bills:
MAY 22, 1967
SB 122 - Chapter 168
Includes two-wheeled sidecar within
Miller
definition of motorcycle
S: Unanimous
A: Unanimous
SB 313 - Chapter 169
Sets uniform times within which a party
Grunsky
must file and serve notice of intention
S: Unanimous
to move for new trial or set aside judgment
A: Unanimous
or decree
MAY 23, 1967
AB 1201 - Chapter 170
Appropriates $650,000 for pink bollworm
Veysey
control during balance of current fiscal
S: Unanimous
year; authorized Director of Agriculture
A: Unanimous
to levy maximum assessment of 50¢ per bale
to be paid by growers for control program
SB 90 - Chapter 171
Prescribes specifications for official
Schmitz
seal of county recorder; permits deviation'
S: Unanimous
from specifications if such a seal has
A: Unanimous
been previously used
SB 217 - Chapter 172
Provides that Chief Justice of California
Grunsky
and president of State Bar shall join
S: Unanimous
Secretary of State, Attorney General and
A: Unanimous
Reporter of Decisions in contracting for
publication of them; requires Reporter of
Decisions to advertise for bids
SB 234 - Chapter 173
Clarifies ambiguity in statutory provi-
Schrade
sions pertaining to required number of
S: Unanimous
publications of petition for annexation to
A: Unanimous
highway lighting district
SB 322 - Chapter 174
Danielson
S: Unanimous
A: Unanimous
SB 397 - Chapter 175
Provides additional personnel and
Mills
increases salaries in San Diego County
S: Unanimous
Marshal's office
A: Unanimous
SB 449 - Chapter 176
Exempts meat packers from marking net
Cologne
weight on packages if agreement exists
S: Unanimous
that retailer will do marking; provides
A: Unanimous
safeguards to protect against improper
marking
SB 523 - Chapter 177
Requires county agricultural commissioners
Mills
to inspect for out-cf-state-transport
S: Unanimous
apiaries and issue certificates on them;
A: Unanimous
authorizes board of rupervisors to estao-
lish fee schedule for certificates; mekes
it unlawful to alter, deface or misuse
certificates
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SB 709 - Chapter 178
Authorizes city of San Rafael to exchange
McCarthy
land granted to it by the state for another
S: Unanimous
parcel
A: Unanimous
AB 119 - Chapter 179
Amends Davis-Grunsky Act to provide that
Davis
10-year development period during which
S: Unanimous
interest and principal payments may be
A: Unanimous
deferred shall be in addition to maximum
50-year repayment period applicable to state
loans for local water projects; abolishes
requirement that interest be charged on
interest amounts for which payment is deferred
specifies flat percent annual rate tom
be applicable to loans made after effective
date of act
AB 150 - Chapter 180
Specifies that California Water Commission
Porter
is to 1) serve as clearing house and coordin-
S: Unanimous
ator for federal water project fund requests,
A: Unanimous
2) make annual review of Feather River project
construction and operation, 3) advise Dept.
of Water Resources on coordination of federal
water projects and state and local projects,
4) conduct hearings on authorization of new
features of Feather River project, 5) make
annual review of Dept. of Water Resources
planning program; empowers commission to
employ staff, etc. to carry out duties
AB 152 - Chapter 181
Extends time limit for determination by
Brathwaite
advisory agency on submitted tentative map
S: Unanimous
to 50 days
A: 43 ayes; 22 noes
AB 190 - Chapter 182
Permits absentee ballots to be obtained by
Conrad
hospitalized voters up to election day and
S: Unanimous
returned before polls close
A: Unanimous
AB 356 - Chapter 183
Adopts and authorizes Klamath River flood
Davis
control project
S: Unanimous
A: Unanimous
AB 519 - Chapter 184
Two clerks, one judge and one inspector for
Ralph and Fenton
each voting place shall be appointed in city
S: Unanimous
annexation elections conducted under annexa-
A: Unanimous
tion act of 1913
AB 520 - Chapter 185
Permits commercial use of certain traps for
Belotti
taking specified fish in tidewaters of western
S: Unanimous
Mendocino, Sonoma and Marin counties; other
A: Unanimous
species taken shall be returned to water
AB 522 - Chapter 186
Permits use of absent voter ballots in pre-
Conrad
cincts with 30 persons or less
S: 29 ayes; 1 no
A: Unanimous
AB 526 - Chapter 187
Provides that tax assessment information
Moretti
notices be sent only to mailing address of
S: Unanimous
property owner or his designee
A: Unanimous
AB 591 - Chapter 188
Repeals obsolete provision of government
Dunlap
code
S: Unanimous
A: Unanimous
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AB 611 - Chapter 189
Extends present provisions of penal code
Biddle
declaring certain misappropriation by a
S: Unanimous
mortgagor under a chattel mortgage to be
A: 58 ayes 8 noes
embezzlement when committed by any debtor
under any type of security agreement
AB 620 - Chapter 190
Increases to $50,000 amount which county
Chappie
board of supervisory may appropriate from
S: 21 ayes; 8 noes
general fund to advertise county's resources
A: 58 ayes; 6 noes
and commerce if special 4¢ tax fails to raise
such revenue
AB 624 - Chapter 191
Brings agricultural code standards in con-
Belotti
formity with requirements of U.S. Public
S: Unanimous
Health Service grade "A" pasteurized milk
A: Unanimous
ordinance
AB 654 - Chapter 192
Relates to return rights of state civil
Milias
service employees from leave of absence,
S: Unanimous
after probationary period rejection, after
A: Unanimous
temporary training assignment and from
military leave
AB 655 - Chapter 193
Simplifies process under. which state civil
Milias
service employee is terminated, demoted or
S: Unanimous
transferred for medical reasons
A: Unanimous
AB 656 - Chapter 194
Provides that, subject to rule of state per-
Milias
sonnel board, appointing agency may reinstate,
S: Unanimous
within 3 years, person who has resigned
A: Unanimous
AB 727 - Chapter 195
Increases jurisdiction of small claims court
Murphy
to $300
S: Unanimous
A: 60 ayes; 5 noes
AB 940 - Chapter 196
Removes provisions for payment of bounty on
Pattee
for mountain lions
S: Unanimous
A: Unanimous
AB 614 - Chapter 197
Grants to Humboldt County flood control
Davis and Belotti
district all powers granted to public agencies
S: Unanimous
by Davis-Grunsky Act
A: Unanimous
AB 616 - Chapter 198
Grants to Del Norte flood control district
Davis
all powers granted to public agencies by
S: Unanimous
Davis-Grunsky Act
A: Unanimous
AB 518 - Chapter 199
Increases maximum payment to inspectors of
Ralph and Fenton
precinct boards to $29; provides $5 pay
S: Unanimous
differential for inspectors over other members
A: Unanimous
of precinct boards
MAY 24, 1967
SB 53 - Chapter 200
Permits school districts of private school
Short
governing boards to allow bilingual instruction
S. Unanimous
when such is educationally advantageous to
A: 62 ayes; 7 noes
pupils; declares state policy is to insure
mastery of English by all pupils
MORE
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AB 326 - Chapter 201
Relates to reinstatement rights of civil
Hayes-Monagan-Priolo
service employees appointed to various
S: Unanimous
exempt positions
A: 55 ayes; 1 no
AB 465 - Chapter 202
Relates to reimbursing a school district for
Moretti and Cory
the actual cost of educating an alien non-
S: Unanimous
immigrant student or visitor
A: Unanimous
MAY 25, 1967
SB 24 - Chapter 203
Permits city or county to impose a tax on
Way
privilege of renting for 30 days or less
S: Unanimous
any mobilehome located outside a mobilehome
A: 61 ayes; 6 noes
park; does not apply where tenant is employee
of owner of operation
SB 145 - Chapter 204
Permits corporations chartered by act of
Petris
Congress to comply with requirements of
S: Unanimous
revenue and taxation code without amending
A: Unanimous
their articles of incorporation
SB 540 - Chapter 205
Consolidates Santa Clara water conservation
Bradley and Alquist
district with Santa Clara County flood con-
S: Unanimous
trol and water district
A: Unanimous
AB 85 - Chapter 206
Authorizes county superintendents of schools
Leroy Greene
of two or more counties to enter into con-
S; Unanimous
tracts to provide educational programs autho-
A: Unanimous
rized by law for handicapped minors; boards
of education must approve contracts
AB 167 - Chapter 207
Requires submission of reports to county
Leroy Greene
superintendent of schools re severance of
S: Unanimous
attendance, or denial of admission, of any
A: Unanimous
handicapped child who is subject to compul-
sory education
AB 508 - Chapter 208
Provides that the clerk charged with the duty
Fenton and Ralph
of conducting an election shall be the offi-
S: Unanimous
cial to be consulted by precinct board regar-
A: 71 ayes; 1 no
ding certain questions of voter qualification
AB 512 - Chapter 209
Permits use of double column for advertising
Fenton and Ralph
municipal ballots when names of all candidates
S: Unanimous
will not fit into one column
A: Unanimous
AB 556 - Chapter 210
Permits school building aid apportionment to
Chappie
be made to a district without its meeting the
S: Unanimous
minimum bonding requirements; repeals obso-
A: Unanimous
lete sections of education code
AB 962 - Chapter 211
Technical changes in vehicle code
Biddle
S: Unanimous
A: Unanimous
33 101 - Chapter 212
Creates 15-member Bicentennial Celebration
Schrade
Commission; appropriates $25,000 for use of
S: 33 ayes; 1 no
commission
A: 60 ayes; 8 noes
MORE
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SB 144 - Chapter 213
Permits Superior Court reporters to elect to
Grunsky and Bradley
receive retirement credit for prescribed ser-
S: Unanimous
vice in connection with civil cases in same
A: Unanimous
county for which he was compensated by fees
paid by litigants other than county
AB 450 - Chapter 214
Requires school boards to 1) examine certain
Leroy Greene
buildings to determine safety 2) estimate
S: Unanimous
cost of repairs or replacement, 3) make plans
A: Unanimous
same and 4) finance same upon approval of
voters by bond issuance or increased taxes
AB 555 - Chapter 215
Validates for assessment and taxation
Chappie
school districts when order necessary for
S: Unanimous
its organization was completed by Feb. 1,
A: Unanimous
1967, ir required statement and map or plat
was filed prior to April 1, 1967
AB 558 - Chapter 216
Requires extra compensation to be paid to a
Dunlap and Mobley
judge assigned to serve in a superior court
S: Unanimous
other than his own
A: Unanimous
AB 790 - Chapter 217
Allows colleges and universities which were
Pattee
entitled to, but did not receive, college pro-
S: Unanimous
perty tax exempation to qualify; allows one
A: Unanimous
year to file
AB 1167 - Chapter 218
Provides four-year staggered terms for
Porter
reclamation district trustees; revises pro-
S: Unanimous
visions re notice of nomination for trustee
A: Unanimous
and district election
AB 1297 - Chapter 219
Grants to Tehama County flood control and
Davis
water conservation district all powers granted
S: Unanimous
to public agencies by Davis-Grunsky Act
A: Unanimous
MAY 26, 1967
AB 42 - Chapter 220
Extend for two years law providing that new-
Leroy Greene
born children be subject to diagnostic test
S: Unanimous
for preventable, heritable disorders
A: Unanimous
AB 755 - Chapter 221
Provides moratorium on leasing of Del Mar
Leroy Greene and Pattee
Race Track until Dec. 31, 1967
S: Unanimous
A: 32 ayes; 4 noes
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HEALTH AND WELFARE AGENCY
FOR RELEASE PM
Sacramento, Califc ia
1 NESDAY, MAY 31, 1967
Contact: Spencer Williams
OAKLAND--Spencer Williams, Administrator PRESS of California's
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Health and Welfare Agency, called today for "a greater effort in the
field of delinquency prevention, with the chance it offers to
terminate criminal careers before they are started."
Speaking at the state conference of the ,000-member
California Probation, Parole, and Correctional Association, Williams
said his proposal "makes abundant fiscal and social-policy sense."
Williams, appointed by Governor Ronald Reagan, is the Agency
Administrator responsible to the Governor for the State Departments
of Corrections and the Youth Authority, as well as Social Welfare,
Mental Hygiene, and others dealing with social and health problems.
Williams said, "The problem of juvenile and youthful crime
is
the heart and core of the crime prevention problem. The
successful effort to correct the adolescent offender can save up to
40 years of potential law violation." " Stressing the importance of
crime prevention, Williams said, "As with a physical disease, we
must continue to improve the treatment of those in the acute stages,
we must strive to keep those who are infected from worsening, and
to really do the job, we must prevent the disease in the first
place."
Williams said the correctional system of California and
its counties "is generally credited with being the best in the
country," but he also said, "The country's best is not equal to
the tremendously increased problem that confronts us."
The speaker said, "The general public wants a greater
degree of protection than now prevails, and at the same time, a
greater degree of effectiveness as a result of the huge expenditure
of public funds. If it is true that seven of eight arrests are of
repeaters, then a significant share of the problem seems to lie in
the correctional system where most of the identified offenders are
handled. We still have a lot to learn about the treatment for this
disease."
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Speaking for Governor Reagan, Willi s said he has concern
because "The strongest, most affluent and probably most advanced
society in human history cannot protect its citizens from the
dangers of personal assault on its streets and invasions of places
of residence and business for the commission of crimes against
persons and property."
Williams continued: "Many Americans fear for their
personal safety. As many as a third of our citizens are afraid to
walk in their own neighborhoods after dark. In major cities,
apartment complexes employ armed guards with police dogs to provide
residents a sense of security and other apartment buildings are
equipped with closed-circuit television to permit continuous
surveillance of all building entrances."
Williams said, "Crime, and especially youthful crime, has
increased significantly and every indication is it will probably
continue to increase."
He said the country's youth population is increasing
rapidly and pointed out that the kind of crime most feared, the
personal attack, is typically the offense of the young man. "Arrests
for violent crime occur most frequently among 18 to 20-year-old
youths," he said, "with the 20 to 24-year age group following
closely."
Williams said the United States tends to be oriented on
the institutionalization of offenders. Of nearly 1,300,000 adult
and juvenile offenders subject to correctional system jurisdiction
in a year, he said, about a third are incarcerated. He said
yearly institutional expenditures total about $311,000,000, while
probation and parole costs about $196,000,000.
"Few would question the heavy proportion of correctional
dollars invested in institutions," he said, "if there were reason to
believe that they are really effective." " But, he continued, "The
fragmentary data available indicates recidivism rates for imprisoned
adults range from 35 to 50 percent, while the information on juvenile
institution parolees suggests failure rates in excess of 50 percent." "
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The Admin trator said the correction
field should
continue to decentralize its treatment and supervision of offenders
so more would be cared for in local communities--as with the
Department of the Youth Authority's experimental treatment programs
in which offenders are being rehabilitated in their home neighbor-
hoods more successfully than those who go to state institutions.
"We can develop better methods for separating those offenders who
offer a serious threat to the person and property of our citizens,"
he said, "from those who offer minimal threat and have the promise of
responding to an improved control and treatment capability within
the probation departments."
He said, "State and county leadership might profitably
explore our present division of the total correctional responsibility
to see if we have developed the kind of system that assures the
greatest return for our total investment." He then referred to
"the organizational model evolving in the mental health area" --
where "we are in the process of attempting to move the actual
administration of the major program effort to the county level."
Williams suggested that young people be enlisted as
volunteers to help in corrections. "Although you may think there is
some evidence to the contrary," Williams said, "I firmly believe the
youthful period has always been and still is a time of idealism, with
a willingness to serve others. Indeed, there is a considerable
reason to believe that a major reason for the 'alienation of youth'
and for the development of the so-called generation gap is our
failure to provide significant, responsible roles for those whose
prolonged education postpones the chance to assume full adult
status."
Association members were told that "Good correctional
programs are heavily dependent upon the support and availability of
a wide variety of allied services," and he named the public schools,
welfare agencies, mental health services. vocational jehabilitation
agencies, and employment services.
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Williams closed with this statement: "I reiterate, it is
the earnest desire of my office, as it is of the entire State
Administration, to continue and to strengthen the essentially good
working relationships that prevail among local, county, and state
people in the whole area of the administration of criminal justice."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, California
PRESS
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
445-4571
5.29.67
MEMO TO THE PRESS
-CORRECTION--
On the bill-signing release, #297, there was an ommission. The
description for SB 322 - Chapter 174 (page 1) should read:
"Qualifies one out-of-state doctor to take California
physycian and surgeon examination."
May 29, 1967
STATEMENT BY GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN ON PROPOSITION 14:
"It is now up to the Legislature to change the
Rumford Act in accordance with the will of the people."
A spokesman for the Governor's Office said that
in the meantime the Rumford Act becomes the law of the
state and will be administered as such.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, California
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
FOR IMMEDIATE PRESS RELEASE
445-4571
5.31.67
Sacramento- F. Calvin Locher was reappointed today by Gov.
Ronald Reagan as Deputy Director of the Department of Social Wel-
fare.
Locher, 51, a Democrat, has been in state service since 1945
and has been Deputy Director since last September.
He is married and has four children.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, California
PRESS
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
445-4571
5.31.67
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sacramento--Hugh E. Mulholland, Buena Park civil engineer,
today was named by Gov. Ronald Reagan as Deputy Director of the
Department of Public Works. He succeeds Russell J. Cooney of Merced.
Mulholland, 43, is a native of Los Angeles and was graduated
from UC Berkeley in 1951 with a B.S. in Civil Engineering. He has
been engaged in private civil and structural engineering for the past
16 years, including wide-ranging experience in both management and
development and in construction engineering.
Mulholland is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers
and the Structural Engineers Assn. of Southern California, He also
is a member of the American Public Works Assn, and the Society of
American Military Engineers.
He formerly was a member of the Irrigation Districts Assn.
of California, the Southland Water Committee and the Feather River
Project Assn, and has been active in the Los Angeles and Orange County
Chambers of Commerce and Town Hall.
A Republican, Mulholland is married and has three children.
The post pays approximately $22,500 a year.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californ
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
445-4571
5.31.67
PRESS
Governor Ronald Reagan today praised the "statesmanlike
action" of Assemblyman John G. Veneman in agreeing to drop a
proposal for withholding of state income taxes from his revenue
plan and substitute it for a semi-annual prepayment plan advanced
by the governor.
"Assemblyman Veneman's statesmanlike action in agreeing to
substitute installment payments for withholding of state income tax
is in the finest tradition of legislative responsibility," the
governor said.
"I am confident that his action will now permit the Assembly
to move forward with a revenue bill that will be in the best interests
of all Californians.
"I also want to publicly thank Mr. Veneman and pledge my
cooperation in seeing to it that this state's critical financial
situation is resolved for the benefit of the state and its people,"
the governor said.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO
RELEASE:
Imm
diate
Sacramento, Californi
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
445-4571
Governor Ronald Reagan today signed a bill PRESS designed to insure
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that local licensing and regulations of taxicab service will continue
in California.
The governor said in signing SB 143 authored by Sen. Lou
Cusanovich (R-Sherman Oaks) that the measure is another example of
his pledge to seek the return of many regulatory powers to local
governmental agencies.
The bill basically exempts from the provisions of the
Passenger Charter-Party Carriers' Act taxicab service licensed and
regulated by a city or county in vehicles designed for not carrying
more than eight persons, excluding the driver.
Governor Reagan vetoed AB 524 which provided for substitution
of duplicate ballots for ballots so damaged that they could not be
counted by an electronic or electromechanical device.
The Coleman Vote Tally System was expressly excluded from
the bill's application and for this reason a serious constitutional
question was raised, the governor said.
Governor Reagan said he had been advised by the bill's author,
Assemblyman Charles J. Conrad (R-Sherman Oaks), that he agreed the
bill should not be signed because of the constitutional question.
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OFFICE 01 PHE COUSINE
PUREASE: Im diate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
445-4571
5.31.67
Governor Ronald Reagan today set July 18 as the date for
the primary election to fill the vacancy caused by the death last
Friday of State Senator J. Eugene McAteer (D-San Francisco).
Under the law, a runoff will be held August 15 if necessary.
Governor Reagan said San Francisco Mayor John F. Shelley had
requested that a special election be held as soon as possible because
of much vital legislation still pending before the Legislature.
"San Francisco is entitled to full representation in the
State Senate," Governor Reagan said, "and I am therefore moving to
fill the vacancy as soon as it is legally possible."
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