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1966-74: Press Unit
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[08/14/1968-08/16/1968]
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE RESS
Sacramento, Californ
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
8.14.68
#513
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today that he has signed the
following bills:
AB 133 - MacDonald
Authorizes a juvenile court to impose upon certain
(Chapter 1225)
relatives and other persons liable for support of
a minor, liability for the cost of probation
supervision, pursuant to order of the juvenile
court, of a minor by the probation officer.
AB 170 - MacDonald
Authorizes boards of supervisors to provide work-
(Chapter 1226)
men's compensation benefits, with specified
exceptions, to juvenile court wards performing
rehabilitative work without pay in county depart-
ments pursuant to a juvenile court order.
AB 179 - Negri
Provides that the suspension of registration and
(Chapter 1227)
required storage of a motor vehicle under the
Financial Responsibility Law may be ended if the
owner or driver of the motor vehicle files with
the department proof of ability to respond in dam-
ages for a period of three years.
AB 180 - Brathwaite
Provides for reassessment of property that was
(Chapter 1228)
destroyed or damaged during the flood of November,
URGENCY
1967, in Los Angeles County and in the disorders in
Contra Costa County during July, 1968.
AB 267 - MacDonald
Makes it a misdemeanor for a person who is without
(Chapter 1229)
lawful business on a junior college campus to
disrupt school activities and refuse to leave after
being requested to do SO.
AB 364 - Bagley
Provides for the establishment of up to 20 three-
(Chapter 1230)
year pilot programs for the identification and
improvement of achievement levels of mentally
gifted disadvantaged minors among the educationally
handicapped and culturally deprived school age pop-
ulation. The financing of such projects shall be
with funds appropriated for that purpose or with
unspecified federal funds.
AB 428 - Veneman
Requires county superintendent of schools to submit
(Chapter 1231)
a statement of statistical facts concerning a
school measure which is to be printed and dis-
tributed to the voters, if he finds that any ballot
argument which is to be printed contains an
erroneous statistical fact. The bill requires
that all ballot arguments and superintendent's
statement on school measures to be verified.
AB 545 - Biddle
Permits California Highway Patrol officers and
(Chapter 1232)
employees of Youth and Adult Corrections Agency
to purchase, transport and possess tear gas for
use in the discharge of their duties.
AB 822 - Fenton
Increases the number of judges in the East Los
(Chapter 1233)
Angeles Municipal Court District from 3 to 4.
AB 885 - Bagley
Increases the number of superior court judges in
(Chapter 1234)
Marin County from 4 to 5.
AB 962 - Bear
Authorizes school districts, on and after July 1,
(Chapter 1235)
1971, to expend district funds to pay all or any
portion of insurance or health benefits coverage,
including but not limited to, medical, dental,
life, and income protection insurance or benefits,
for district employees and their dependents.
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AB 967 - Cory
athorizes savings and loan _ssociations to make
(Chapter 1236)
loans, advance credit, and purchase obligations
representing loans and advances of credit for the
purpose of financing the acquisition of mobile
dwellings, subject to rules and regulations of the
savings and loan commissioner.
AB 971 - Crown
Provides that the Medi-Cal program shall not pay
(Chapter 1237)
for a drug where, because of differing prices
charged by the manufacturer on a discriminatory
basis or discriminatory refusal to sell by the
manufacturer, the drug is not available on the same
terms and conditions to all providers of prescrip-
tion services. The bill also provides that the
Medi-Cal program shall not pay for a drug which is
found to be overpriced in comparison to another
drug which has an equivalent therapeutic effect.
AB 1030 - Johnson, H. Eliminates the need for a magistrate or court
(Chapter 1238)
commissioner to have jurisdiction of the offense
in order to fix and take bail for the appearance
of a person who has been arrested without warrant
for a bailable offense and has not been taken before
a magistrate and no warrant fixing his bail has
been issued.
AB 1043 - Green, L.
Requires that the computation of the "Collier
(Chapter 1239)
factor" for equalizing school district property
assessments be computed to three, instead of two
decimal places.
AB 1062 - Townsend
Enables the Public Utilities Commission to require
(Chapter 1240)
cable television corporations to comply with
certain safety rules and regulations.
AB 1084 - Duffy
Establishes new standards by which the administrator
(Chapter 1241)
of Health and Welfare Agency extends and reduces
medical assistance within fiscal limits.
AB 1085 - Duffy
Adds a new section to the Medi-Cal law defining
(Chapter 1242)
"elective services" as any treatment service which
can be postponed without seriously affecting the
health of the person. Provides that the director,
with the advice of the Health Review and Program
Council and representatives of providers, shall
determine which services are elective. Excludes
"elective services" from minimum coverage as
specified in the law.
AB 1132 - Z'berg
Allows a court, in any civil action or in the
(Chapter 1243)
taking of any deposition therein, to fix the
compensation of a person, not a party to the action,
who testifies as an expert witness under subpoena.
The bill provides that the party requiring such
attendance is to pay such compensation and prohibits
making such payment an allowable cost.
AB 1355 - Greene, B.
Provides that a teacher, vice principal, or
(Chapter 1244)
principal shall not be subject to criminal prosecu-
tion or criminal penalties, if during the performanc
of his duties, he exercises the same degree of
physical control over a pupil that a parent would
be legally privileged to exercise except that such
control may not exceed the amount of physical con-
trol over a pupil reasonably necessary to maintain
proper and appropriate conditions conducive to
learning.
AB 1358 - Greene, B.
Specifically makes it unlawful for a labor organi-
(Chapter 1245)
zation to discriminate against any person because
of his race, religious creed, color, national
origin, or ancestry in the election of officers of
the labor organization or in the selection of the
labor organization's staff.
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AB 1372 - Johnson, H.
Increases the number of judges in the Citrus
(Chapter 1246)
Judicial District from 4 to 5.
AB 1420 - Barnes
Abolishes the Poultry Improvement Commission and
(Chapter 1247)
the Poultry Testing Project Fund and transfers the
balance of the fund to the general fund. The
bill directs the Department of General Services to
sell specified property of the commission and to
deposit the proceeds in the general fund.
AB 1449 - Brown
Requires the licensing agencies in the Department
(Chapter 1248)
of Professional and Vocational Standards, in coop-
eration with the director, to establish license
periods and license renewal dates which will best
distribute renewal work of all agencies throughout
year.
AB 1455 - Deddeh
Requires the Department of Youth Authority to
(Chapter 1249)
provide assistance up to $100,000 out of money
made available for the purpose to defray in whole
or in part the cost of construction of a border
check station facility on the Mexican border.
AB 1459 - Pattee
Deletes provisions relating to use, standards,
(Chapter 1250)
licenses and labels for imitation milk, imitation
cream, and imitation milk products generally.
AB 1572 - Veysey
Provides that any certificated employee of a
(Chapter 1251)
district who accepts a certificated position with
a county superintendent of schools, any certificated
employee of a county superintendent who accepts a
certificated position with a school district of a
different county superintendent, or any certifi-
cated employee of the State Department of Education
who accepts a certificated position with a school
district of a county superintendent shall have his
accumulated sick leave transferred in the same
manner as provided for when transfers are made
between school districts.
AB 1598 - Chappie
Permits the California Industries for the Blind to
(Chapter 1252)
contribute $6 per month for each non-civil service
URGENCY
production worker for health insurance.
AB 1612 - Mobley
Deletes from the Subsequent Injuries Fund law the
(Chapter 1253)
requirement that a compromise and release agreement
be submitted to the Department of Finance prior to
filing with the Workmen's Compensation Appeals
Board.
AB 1622 -- Cory
Requires that certain persons meeting prescribed
(Chapter 1254)
qualifications be granted permission to take an
examination to determine their fitness to receive
a certificate for registration to practice barbering
upon payment of the required fee.
AB 1641 - Shoemaker
Authorizes the holder of the standard teaching
(Chapter 1255)
credential with specialization in elementary
teaching to teach elementary level reading in high
schools, as well as in continuation education
classes or continuation high schools.
AB 1654 - Zenovich
Revises the Motor Vehicle Fuel License Tax Law
(Chapter 1256)
with respect to refunds of tax paid on fuel used
for purposes other than motor vehicles operated on
the public highways of the state.
AB 1660 - Stull
Authorizes the Department of Fish and Game to
(Chapter 1257)
obtain land and water for the purpose of establish-
ing ecological reserves for purpose of protecting
rare or endangered wildlife or aquatic organisms
or specialized habitat.
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AB 1795 - Z'Berg
equires the Capitol Buildi.g and Planning Com-
(Chapter 1258)
mission to develop and carry out a master plan for
the Capitol Mall and requires the State Office of
Planning and the Department of General Services to
provide administrative assistance to commission.
The bill also creates the Capitol Mall Advisory
Committee.
AB 1867 - Hayes
Provides that except where permitted by specified
(Chapter 1259)
provisions of law every person who intentionally
or negligently causes or permits any oil to be
deposited in the waters of this state shall be
liable civilly in an amount not exceeding $6,000,
and shall, in addition, be liable to any govern-
mental agency responsible for cleaning up or abating
such oil for all actual damages in addition to
reasonable abatement costs.
AB 1875 - Dunlap
Raises the jurisdictional monetary maximum of
(Chapter 1260)
justice courts from $500 to $1,000. Provides that
such courts, in cases at law, shall have jurisdic-
tion in actions to enforce payment of delinquent
unsecured personal property taxes if the legality
of the tax is not contested by the defendant.
AB 1913 - Knox
Provides that the "county officer" members of a
(Chapter 1261)
local agency formation commission shall be county
supervisors only, rather than auditor, controller,
assessor, surveyor or engineer. The bill includes
city disincorporations under definition of
"proceedings" over which commission must review.
The bill further provides that local agency forma-
tion commission may contract for health and
retirement benefits for its employees.
AB 1969 - Porter
Specifies that the Education Code provision making
(Chapter 1262)
it unlawful for any public school employer to
appoint or designate any classified employee for
the purpose of representing classified employees
in matters relating to employer-employee relations
shall not be construed to limit the right of an
employee organization to designate such persons to
represent it in employer-employee relationships.
AB 1998 - Quimby
Increases the number of superior court judges in
(Chapter 1263)
San Bernardino from 10 to 11 on and after January 1,
1969.
SB 76 - Marler
Allows a new car dealer to disconnect an odometer
(Chapter 1216)
while the car is being transferred from one new
car dealer to another. The dealer must advise the
purchaser in writing of the approximate number of
miles the car was driven with the odometer dis--
connected.
SB 478 - Collier
Revises icense the refund provisions of the Motor Vehicle
(Chapter 1217)
Fuel/Tax Law with respect to persons operating motor
vehicles off the highways. The bill also revises
provisions of the Use Fuel Tax Law relating to the
use of certain farm vehicles and certain construc-
tion equipment and to the use of fuel in such
vehicles.
SB 841 - Short
Appropriates $291, 627 from the general fund to the
(Chapter 1218)
Department of Public Health for assistance to
counties, including a city and county, in the
construction of development centers for mentally
retarded children pursuant to act of Congress
entitled the "Mental Retardation Facilities
Construction Act.' # Prohibits allocation unless
federal assistance is available, and shall be
received by a county for such construction.
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SB 849 - Dills
Permits the use of trawl nets between Point Sur
(Chapter 1219)
and Cape San Martin in waters not less than one
nautical mile from shore. The bill is effective
until the 61st day following final adjournment of
the 1970 regular session of the legislature.
SB 964 - Coombs
Reduces the license fees for agricultural and
(Chapter 1220)
wildlife fireworks signal flares and model rocket
engines from $1,100 to $25. Requires a $25
registration fee for signal flares rather than
$1,100 license fee. The bill prohibits the sale
of do-it-yourself fireworks kits.
SB 966 - Mills
Changes the number of signatures on nomination
(Chapter 1221)
papers for Assemblyman and State Senators from a
minimum of 20 (maximum of 30) to a minimum of 40
(maximum of 60).
SB 1178 - Stevens
Revises the law defining who are peace officers
(Chapter 1222)
and delineating the powers, functions, and duties
of such officers.
SB 1207 - Sherman
Provides that when a minor in a juvenile court
(Chapter 1223)
detention hearing or hearing on a petition is
alleged to be a person described in Section 601
or 602 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, he
shall be represented by counsel and court shall
appoint counsel for the minor. The bill provides
that where parent or guardian can afford counsel
but do not provide counsel, the court shall appoint
counsel at the expense of the parent or guardian.
SB 1245 - Marks
Authorizes any minor who has reached 18 years of
(Chapter 1224)
age to consent to the donation of his blood.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
MEMO TO THE
ESS
Sacramento, Californ
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
8.13.68
#514
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
August 14, 1968
through
August 18, 1968
Wednesday, August 14
No public appointments scheduled
Thursday, August 15
1:45 p.m.
Picture for Chinese Heritage Week, Governor's
Office
Friday, August 16
Depart Sacramento Municipal Airport, 1 p.m.,
for San Diego Airport.
Arrive San Diego, proceed to Bahia Hotel for
private meeting with Richard Nixon
Return to Los Angeles
7:15 p.m.
Fund-raising dinner for Dr. Max Rafferty,
Statler Hilton
Overnight - Los Angeles
Saturday, August 17
No public appointments scheduled
Sunday, August 18
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, Califor
a
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
8.13.68
# 515
Chappie
Acting Governor Hugh Burns vetoed Assembly Bill No. 945:
Directs the Department of Social Welfare and
the Department of Rehabilitation to jointly
select persons for rehabilitation services.
It provides that the joint agreements con-
trolling this selection include provisions
for the most effective use of federal funds
and authorizes budgetary transfers where
this will result in additional federal funds.
REASON FOR VETO:
The author requested that the bill not be approved
because of certain technical defects.
Accordingly, the bill was returned unsigned.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO
RELEASE: Im mediate
Sacramento, Californ
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
8. 14.68
# 516
Governor Ronald Reagan today reappointed Lorraine J. Marchi
to a four-year term on the Advisory Board of the Langley Porter
Neuropsychiatric Institute in San Francisco.
The post pays necessary expenses.
Mrs. Marchi, a resident of San Francisco, was first appointed
to the board June 3, 1960.
She is a 1939 graduate of Lowell High School, San Francisco,
and later attended Stanford University and the University of
California.
She is a former president and founder of Aid to Visually
Handicapped, and since 1959 has served as national executive
director of the organization.
She was named as one of the "ten distinguished women in
San Francisco" in 1959 by the San Francisco Examiner.
Mrs. Marchi, a Republican, has also served as president of the
Conference for California's Exceptional and Rehabilitation Needs
since 1966.
She lives at 173 Jordan Avenue, San Francisco.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
8.14.68
#517
Governor Ronald Reagan has vetoed AB 1456 (Deddeh) :
Provides that when a school district or office of county superin-
tendent of schools desires to provide health and welfare benefits it
may do so by contracting for plans approved by employee representatives
or employee organizations.
REASON FOR VETO:
The selection of health and welfare benefit plans should be the
subject of negotiation between the school district and its employees.
However, the final authority to select such plans properly rests with
the school district because it must pay all or a part of the cost of
such benefits.
Accordingly, the governor returned the bill unsigned.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, Californi
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
8.14.68
Governor Reagan will present the state's highest award--the Medal
of Valor with Diamond--to Albert W. Bayer, chairman of the California
Aeronautics Board, at a ceremony in the governor's office today at
11:30 a.m.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE:
Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
8.14.68
#518
Governor Ronald Reagan today presented the state's highest award--
the Medal of Valor with Diamond-- to Albert W. Bayer, chairman of the
California Aeronautics Board, for "an act of extraordinary heroism at
great risk to his own life and safety, in saving the life of another
person."
The award was presented during a ceremony in Governor Reagan's
Capitol office.
Governor Reagan read a citation describing Bayer's act of heroism
and presented him with the Medal of Valor and diamond pin. The pre-
sentation was made on behalf of all the people of California.
The governor commended Bayer for his bravery and skill and cited
Bayer's actions as an excellent example of what individuals can do who
are not afraid to "get involved."
The citation said:
"On November 25, 1967, Albert W. Bayer performed an extraordinary
act of heroism, at great risk to his own safety and life, in saving the
life of another person.
"On the afternoon of the above date, a young man became marooned on
a narrow rock ledge near Havasu Palms and was unable to descend. The
ledge, approximately two feet wide, was completely surrounded by
perpendicular cliffs.
"Becoming aware of the boy's dangerous situation, and realizing
that immediate rescue was imperative because of the unlikelihood of his
surviving the night, San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office personnel
requested Bayer, who had flown to the area in his helicopter, to attempt
the rescue.
"In the increasing darkness and after several unsuccessful attempts,
Bayer succeeded in placing the tips of the helicopter's skids on the
ledge. Although aware of the possibility of a fatal shift in the air-
craft's center of gravity, he instructed the boy to jump aboard. Only
great skill and total disregard for his own safety enabled Bayer to
maintain control and prevent serious injury to himself and his passenger
while consummating the rescue.
"The State of California takes great pride in presenting to Albert
W. Bayer the highest honor within its power to bestow upon one of its
employees, this citation and Medal of Valor pin for an act of heroism
extending far above and beyond the call of duty or service."
Governor Reagan indicated that, following the rescue, U.S. Coast
Guard Air Rescue experts said that Bayer had displayed exceptional
courage and piloting skill in carrying out the successful rescue
operation. They cited the tendency of a small helicopter operating
under these circumstances to lose power and crash unless perfect control
is maintained at all times.
"There is no margin for error in this type of flying" Governor
Reagan quoted the Coast Guard as saying.
Bayer was appointed to the California Aeronautics Board in 1966.
He has a wide background of experience and leadership in the field of
aeronautics and has headed the management and aviation consultant firm
that bears his name, A. W. Bayer and Associates, since 1963.
He and his wife, Rita, are the parents of two children, Christopher
and Kathleen.
The family resides at 3411 La Silva Place, Palos Verdes.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE: F. mediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
8.14.68
#519
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today he has named
F. W. "Bill" Boone of San Ramon, an official of the Aerojet-General
Corporation, as state coordinator of Atomic Energy Development and
Radiation Protection.
The post pays $20,000 per year. Boone, a 37-year old Republican,
will serve at the pleasure of the governor.
He succeeds Gene A. Blanc of Sacramento who resigned.
Boone, a resident of Concord, will officially assume his new
duties with the state September 3.
He is a 1952 graduate of Villa Madonna College, Covington, Kentucky.
He received an M.S. Degree in Industrial Hygiene Engineering from
Harvard University in 1957 and continued his graduate studies at the
University of Idaho from 1957-60 in advanced physics.
Boone went to work for Aerojet-General Nucleonics in 1960 as
deputy manager of the firm's Health and Safety Department. Four years
later he was promoted to manager of the department. When the company's
Security Department and Health and Safety Department were consolidated
several months later, he was named manager of the Plant Control Depart-
ment. He assumed full responsibility for the company's security program
in 1965.
Before joining Aerojet, he worked for three years in General
Electric's Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Department.
Boone is a member of the American Industrial Hygiene Association,
Health Physics Society, American Society of Safety Engineers and
American Nuclear Society.
He resides at 564 Dar Court, Concord.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Califor a
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
8.14.68
# 520
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Karl A. Lamb, associate
professor of government at the University of California-Santa Cruz,
to a four-year term on the 14th District Agricultural Association's
board of directors.
The association operates the Santa Cruz County Fair.
The post pays necessary expenses.
Lamb, a 35-year old Republican, replaces Bernardo P. Pino who
resigned.
Lamb earned his doctorate in 1958 from Oxford University and
serves as associate dean of the graduate division at the Santa Cruz
campus of the University of California.
He is vice president of the Northern California Political
Science Association and is a director of the Santa Cruz Boys' Club.
He is married and has two children.
He lives at 215 Sheldon Avenue, Santa Cruz.
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PRESS RELEASE
August 14, 1968
Department of Finano
Caspar W. Weinberger, Director
445-4141
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
"California's General Fund surplus at the end of the 1967-68
fiscal year is a source of great pride to this administration,
although we do not believe that surplus is as large as indicated in
the controller's preliminary figures," State Finance Director
Caspar W. Weinberger said today.
"Our preliminary figures of the revenues received are approxi-
mately $10 million less than the estimates furnished by the controller's
office this morning.
"Furthermore, Weinberger pointed out, "as Mr. Flournoy has said,
his expenditure figures are also preliminary. We believe the final
expenditure figures, when fully reported by all departments, will be
considerably higher than the controller's figures. Final figures are
not yet available and the vagaries of the accrual method will continue
to make estimating hazardous.
"In any event, the exact 1967-68 closing surplus is not the
important figure. In order to know what expenditures can be safely
made during the current fiscal year, for which the various appropria-
tion bills passed by the legislature would be effective, we must try
to estimate our revenues and expenditures during this fiscal year SO
that we will know what the picture will be like on June 30, 1969.
"Our current preliminary estimates (and they can only be that,
until we know more clearly what effect economic conditions will have
on revenues and what actual expenditures will be made) are that we
will have a surplus of approximately $85 million on June 30, 1969.
This is an increase of about $36 million from the estimate we made in
May, and it is due to the continuing inflation which is bringing in
more tax revenues than had been anticipated. That, of course, also
means that everything we buy during the current fiscal year will be
more expensive, to economies effected by this administration, to the
reduced case loads in Medi Cal and welfare, the fact that many persons
eligible for senior citizens property tax relief did not apply, and
other factors.
"In any event, an $85 million surplus for a $51/2 billion budget
is no more than a soft margin, given the problem of estimating 12
months ahead.
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"A vitally imp tant fiscal fact of life
have in mind is that
in all likelihood, we will be still forced to spend about $45 million
more than we will take in during the current fiscal year because of
permanent constitutional and statutory formulas. It is only the fact
that we managed to end the last fiscal year with a surplus that
eliminates the need for asking for additional taxes.
"Many will no doubt leap to the assumption that because we had
a surplus at the end of the last fiscal year, we should spend that
entire surplus during the coming fiscal year. Fortunately, this is
not the administration's philosophy.
"The governor this year repeatedly called for property tax
relief in the amount of $155 million and income tax relief in the
amount of $35 million, but neither measure was approved by the
legislature. As a result, inequities built into the income tax laws
are continuing and more will be collected from the taxpayers than
should be. Rather than recommending that this sum be spent it is my
intention to urge the governor to preserve this sum so that the
legislature will have another opportunity to return it to the
taxpayers as recommended by the governor this year, " Weinberger
said.
"I am sure that the people of California will be as pleased and
as proud as we are that our emphasis on efficiency, economy and cost
control in government has succeeded to the extent that it has; but
our success in achieving a surplus and what the controller correctly
calls 'a very sound fiscal position' after the major crisis we
inherited, would be lost if it is assumed that surpluses are for
spending. Surpluses should be returned to the taxpayers. It is my
hope that the legislature will soon agree, so that the benefit of the
economies we have achieved, as well as the fortuitous gains that have
come about through inflation, can be restored to the people.
"New or revised programs for the state government are certainly
not precluded by this philosophy. We are constantly trying to do
things better and to fill genuine needs that exist; but by the same
token, we are not going to spend money simply because there is some
money on hand.
Ever since we solved the financial crisis we inherited, the
governor's vetoes of money bills generally have been based upon the
idea that the first priority is to return excess state moneys to the
taxpayers. This is a novel, but, we believe, welcome and necessary
change in state fiscal policy.'
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PRESS RELEASE
Department of Finar
Caspar W. Weinberger, Director
445-4141
Please correct press release dated August 14, 1968, last
paragraph, Page 1, to read:
"In any event, an $85 million surplus for a 5½¹/2 billion budget
is no more than a safe margin, given the problem of estimating 12
months ahead.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californi
Contact:
Paul Bec
445-4571
8.14.68
#521
Governor Ronald Reagan today signed into law a bill which could set
the stage for additional legislation to end the proliferation of licens-
ing practices and boards in the healing arts
The bill--SB 1006--authored by Senator Alfred E. Alquist (D-San Jose
consolidates two categories of physical therapists ("licensed" and
"registered") under the heading of "physical therapists."
The bill was sponsored by the Licensed Physical Therapists Associa-
tion for the purpose of simplifying and improving administration and
eliminating confusion among users of physical therapist services.
In signing SB 1006, Governor Reagan noted that the legislation
represents a compromise between the two groups affected--the licensed
and registered therapists. He praised both groups for the spirit of
cooperation which they have demonstrated during the several years in
which this legislative concept has been developing.
"The demand for health care services by the public is growing
faster than the ability of the health professions to provide them. This
situation is further complicated by proliferation of licensing prac-
tices and boards in the healing arts,
"I believe this bill demonstrates what can be done to coordinate
better certain segments within the healing arts profession, to improve
regulatory jurisdiction and to better serve the health needs of the
people of California," Governor Reagan said.
Among those participating in the bill-signing ceremonies in
Governor Reagan's office today were Alquist, William Fawx, executive
secretary, Physical Therapy Examining Committee; Flora Souza, president,
Physical Therapists Association, and Frank Reynolds, deputy director,
Department of Professional and Vocational Standards.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today signed into law a bill creating the
first organizational structure of its kind in the nation. It will
permit the State of California to realize the maximum potential of
computers and other highly developed technological equipment and
procedures.
The bill--SB 959 authored by Senator George Miller (D-Martinez)
also reduces duplication in certain critical areas and permits greater
cooperation between the state and local governments.
The bill represents a significant achievement in interagency and
intergovernmental cooperation. It is a joint effort of the Executive
Branch Control Agencies (General Services, Management Services, and
Finance); the Office of the Begislative Analyst, the Intergovernmental
Board on Electronic Data Processing and the State Electronic Data
Processing Policy Committee.
SB 959 has the support of the County Supervisors Association, the
League of California Cities, the California Association of School
Administrators and the California School Boards Association.
In signing the bill, Governor Reagan stated that " the use of
computers in state government has been growing at a rapidly increasing
pace. Ten years ago there were about three computers in state
government; today there are over seventy.
"The annual cost of using this equipment has climbed to over
$35 million.
"Although individual governmental agencies and departments have
derived significant benefits from the use of computers, the problems
connected with these important new tools have grown too complex to
permit each entity to operate independently.
"To assure maximum benefit from the use of these modern techniques
and to help improve the functions and overall efficiency of government,
there must be top level involvement from state and local jurisdictions.
"SB 959 will assure this involvement and overall coordination."
The bill establishes the intent of the legislature regarding the
use of electronic data processing technology under definitive policies.
SB 959 gives statutory authority to the Intergovernmental Board on
Electronic Data Processing, the State E.D.P. Policy Committee, and the
Office of Management Services which were created by Governor Reagan
through Executive Order in 1967.
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Under the terms
the bill:
1--The Intergovernmental Board on Electronic Data Processing will
establish goals and generate policies governing coordination,
cooperation, joint efforts and cost-sharing involving the use of
data processing. It will also establish priorities, coordinate and
implement standards, review applications for grants-in-aid, establish
and maintain a liaison with similar activities being formed at the
federal level and within other states.
2--The State Electronic Data Processing Policy Committee will
provide policy direction and approve and authorize the E.D.P. master
plans. This committee consists of the lieutenant governor, elected
constitutional officers, agency secretaries, directors of finance and
general services, the chairman of the Intergovernmental Board of E.D.P.,
as well as representatives of the legislature and private industry.
This policy committee will cease to exist on January 1, 1971.
3--The Office of Management Services will develop policy recommenda-
tions as well as short and long range master plans for the approval
of the policy committee. Further, they will be responsible for the
and
evaluation / effectiveness of data processing utilization. Organiza-
tional placement is at the discretion of the governor until January 1,
1971 at which time this function will fall under the jurisdiction of
the Department of Finance.
The director of the Office of Management Services also serves as
the executive secretary of the State E.D.P. Policy Committee.
The provisions of SB 959 are compatible with the recommendations
of the Governor's Task Force on Efficiency and Economy in Government.
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#523
Governor Ronald Reagan today signed into law a bill authorizing
the State of California to open negotiations with the city of
San Francisco for transfer of the Port of San Francisco from the state
to the bay city,
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In a statement, the governor said:
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"I am extremely pleased that the efforts of this administration
in pushing the port bill through the legislature have resulted in success
I am therefore very happy to add my signature to the legislation.
"Efforts to open negotiations to make the transfer possible have
been a key goal of the administration ever since I took office.
"I want to emphasize that this bill does not actually transfer the
port, but merely authorizes negotiations to begin for its possible
eventual transfer.
"One of the major elements of our overall policy is to return those
areas of responsibility which are truly local in nature to our cities
and counties.
"The action we have taken today should be further evidence of our
determination to put this policy into practice wherever and whenever
appropriate.
"I am optimistic that the negotiations which will now ensue between
the state and the City of San Francisco will be fruitful and result in
a mutually satisfactory agreement.
"Certainly, this administration will make sure that the interests
of the taxpayers of the state--the people who now own the port--are
protected.
"At the same time, this administration considers that the people
of San Francisco are in the best position to administer the port and
to assure that its function can most effectively represent local needs.
"It is important to note that all other ports in the state are
already operated by local governmental authorities. Transfer of the
would
Port of San Francisco / merely remove it from being an exception to
the rule."
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Sacramento, Californ
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#524
Following is the text of telegrams sent to Vice President Hubert H.
Humphrey, Washington Governor Daniel J. Evans, Oregon Governor Tom
McCall and San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto by Governor Ronald Reagan:
"I would like to call your attention to the fact that large amounts
of false information are being circulated in connection with efforts to
boycott California table grapes in New York, Detroit and other large
markets.
"The boycott, along with the misinformation, is causing serious and
unwarranted damage to California grape growers, is affecting employment
opportunities for farm workers and is depriving consumers of needed
fresh fruits.
"Those conducting the boycott are falsifying information about
agricultural labor conditions in California and are ignoring the
desires of most grape pickers. The boycott is an attempt to compel
employers to force farm workers to join the United Farm Workers against
their wishes.
"It has nothing to do with working or living conditions.
"As late as July 10, 1968, the USDA statistical reporting service
notes that California farm workers' earnings are the highest in the
U.S., well above those of either New York or Michigan.
"In addition, California provides coverage to farm workers in 9
out of 10 major labor law categories listed by the Department of
Labor as essential or desirable. In contrast New York provides
coverage in five categories, Michigan in one.
"The only coverage not available to California farm workers is
unemployment insurance and bills have been introduced in the California
Legislature to provide this.
"California grape workers are not strike breakers but are legal
residents of the United States and are bonafide employees many of
whom have long standing (work) records and who have refused to join
the farm workers union out of their own choice, although the union
has had ample opportunity to solicit their membership.
"Concerned growers are preparing legislation to be presented at
the next session of the legislature to establish procedures for
handling agricultural labor problems that will protect both workers
and growers. I have been advised that charges have been filed with
the NLRB claiming that this boycott is illegal and not in the best
interests of the public. I trust you will consider all the facts
before giving any support to this boycott."
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Sacramento, California
Contact:
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Governor Ronald Reagan announced that he has signed the following
bills:
AB 58 - Monagan
Allows a local school board to grant to certificated
(Chapter 1295)
employees up to three days bereavement leave without
a loss in pay. Additionally, the board may enlarge
the class of relatives who may be considered as
members of the immediate family.
AB 194 - Duffy
Establishes a research advisory panel to coordinate
(Chapter 1334)
the study of narcotics and dangerous drugs and to
approve those projects soliciting marijuana from
the Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement for research.
AB 195 - Duffy
Appropriates $40,000 to the University of California
(Chapter 1296)
for a research project on the effects of marijuana
usage.
AB 202 - Hayes
Applies the provisions of the Brown Act requiring
(Chapter 1297)
public meetings to advisory bodies of a local
agency created by formal action of local agency.
AB 263 - Murphy
Requires that public agencies give certain stop-
(Chapter 1298)
notice claimants under a public works contract a
notice of filing a notice of completion or a notice
of cessation of labor.
AB 392 - Hayes
Provides that all claims on an estate by any public
(Chapter 1299)
entity must be filed within four months of notice
of death or they are barred, unless such claims
come within the prescribed exceptions.
AB 423 - Knox
Authorizes school districts which are required to
(Chapter 1335)
enter into contracts for services for physically
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handicapped minors to contract with school districts
in other counties for such services. The bill
authorizes such contracts with districts in other
counties even if there is a district in the same
county offering such services.
AB 460 - Quimby
Exempts from sales and use tax the gross receipts
(Chapter 1336)
from the sale, storage, use or other consumption
of meals served to patients in hospitals, children's
nurseries, homes for the aged and mental institutions.
AB 530 - Chappie
Extends from July 1, 1968 to July 1, 1971 the in-
(Chapter 1337)
crease in maximum school district tax rate provided
union high school districts to pay judgment debts,
and makes districts with a regular school average
daily attendance up to 4,000 rather than 1, 250.
AB
556
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Brathwaite Allows the representative of a surety company or a
(Chapter 1300)
bail bondsman to appear in cases where a bond has
been forfeited to request that the court discharge
the forfeiture.
A3 572 - Miller
Authorizes the use of earthquake safety override
(Chapter 1301)
tax funds for engineering surveys of the structural
safety of school buildings.
AB 576 - Negri
Amends the Rees-Levering Motor Vehicle Sales and
(Chapter 1338)
Finance Act to require that the seller refund the
property or thing of value traded as a downpayment,
rather than permitting the seller to refund such pro-
perty or thing of value or, if it cannot be returned,
the cash value thereof, in the event a conditional
sales contract is not executed. The bill also makes
a willful violation of the Rees-Levering Act a
misdemeanor.
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AB 685 - Chappie
Defines public entities to which funds in the Airport
(Chapter 1302)
Assistance Revolving Fund may be made available.
The bill prohibits use of such funds for airports
not open to use by the general public. The bill
also authorizes Division of Aeronautics to fix
reasonable fees for licenses or permits required
by it.
AB 807 - Bagley
Redefines "mentally gifted minor" and specifies that
(Chapter 1339)
such minors who are determined to be culturally
deprived must be measured by criteria other than
solely by standardized test scores.
AB 840 - Cory
Exempts a golf cart from registration if it is
(Chapter 1303)
operated on local streets which are designated by
local authorities and further operated in accor-
dance with rules prescribed by that local authority.
The speed zones for such operation must be 25 miles
or less.
AB 869 - Sieroty
Provides that certificated and classified school
(Chapter 1340)
employees may use sick leave for reasons of personal
necessity, rather than personal emergency.
AB 896 - Bee
Appropriates 1,750,000 from the State Highway Fund
(Chapter 1341)
to the Department of Public Works for studying and
performing all preliminary work necessary for the
construction of a new Dumbarton Bridge.
AB 1010 - Powers
Extends the ten-hour day and 58-hour work week to
(Chapter 1342)
women employees of railroads.
AB 1012 - Powers
Requires that specified wages which cannot be de-
(Chapter 1343)
livered to a woman or minor for whom such wages
were collected by the Division of Industrial Welfare
within six months from date of collection to be
deposited in special deposit fund in the state
treasury.
AB 1203 - Knox
Provides that expenses of administration of the
(Chapter 1305)
Commission on Peace Officers' Standards and Training
are a proper charge to the Peace Officers' Training
Fund rather than the general fund. The bill also
augments the Peace Officers' Training Fund in the
amount of 20 percent of each penalty assessment
levied on designated traffic offenses.
AB 1204 - Milias
Authorizes the Department of General Services to
(Chapter 1318)
dispose of specified parcels of land upon giving
public notice, and to quitclaim certain property
back to the County of Imperial.
AB 1257 - Veneman
Provides for the formula for allocation of the pro-
(Chapter 1306)
perty factor for aircraft of an air carrier or an
air taxi for use in determining local property tax
and Bank and Corporation Tax.
AB
1302 - Schabarum Provides that the Department of Motor Vehicles shall
(Chapter 1307)
require upon registration of 1955 through 1965 year
model vehicles previously registered out of state
that they be equipped with certified crankcase
pollution control devices. Exception is made in the
case of registration to an owner whose residence is
in a county, district or area not subject to air
pollution control.
AB 1304 - Z'berg
Provides that the arresting officer shall bring a
(Chapter 1308)
child declared habitual truant before the probation
officer, rather than juvenile court. The bill per-
mits, rather than requires, a county superintendent
of schools to request a petition in juvenile court
on behalf of a child who is a habitual truant, ir-
regular in attendance, or habitually insubordinate
or disorderly in school.
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AB 1320 - Hayes
Revises the licensing procedures performed by the
(Chapter 1309)
Highway Patrol with respect to armored cars, pri-
vate ambulances, lamp and brake stations, motor
vehicle pollution control stations and the trans-
portation of explosives. It provides that all li-
censing will be for a one-year period and that a
fee will be applicable in each case.
AB 1329 - Briggs
Authorizes branches of the California Rehabilitation
(Chapter 1310)
Center to be established in any facility made avail-
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able on the grounds of a state institution, as well
as in existing institutions of the Department of
Corrections and the Department of Youth Authority
and in halfway houses.
AB 1347 - Shoemaker
Authorizes the board of governors of the State
(Chapter 1311)
Nautical School, the governing boards of school
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districts and county superintendents of schools to
take all necessary action to participate in programs
authorized under prescribed federal acts.
AB 1419 - Lanterman
Transfers the power to license psychiatric clinics
(Chapter 1344)
from the Department of Public Health to the Depart-
ment of Mental Hygiene. The purpose of the transfer
is to allow psychiatric clinics to participate in
the Short-Doyle local mental health programs.
AB 1450 - Brown
Requires the boards within Department of Professional
(Chapter 1345)
and Vocational Standards to cooperate with the direc-
tor of the department in determining the form, time,
and price of directories of certificate holders or
licensees.
AB 1464 - Ralph
Amends several sections of the Labor Code pertaining
(Chapter 1346)
to apprenticeship standards. The bill requires that
specific selection procedures for apprenticeship
training programs be established and be made avail-
able to all applicants. The bill also provides
for a new procedure for handling of complaints
alleging discrimination in the selection of
apprentices.
AB 1483 - Cory
(Chapter 1347)
States that the insurance tax shall be one percent
on gross premiums derived from policies or contracts
issued in connection with a pension plan or profit-
sharing plan of certain charitable organizations
and public schools.
AB 1494 - McGee
Abolishes the Board of Social Work Examiners and
(Chapter 1348)
creates a Social Worker and Marriage Counselor
Oualifications Board of the State of California
consisting of nine members appointed by the governor.
AB 1553 - Knox
Prohibits the collection of a license fee for the
(Chapter 1312)
privilege of auctioning real estate from any real
estate auctioneer whose business is limited exclu-
sively to auctioning real estate, except by the
city in which he has a permanent place of business.
AB 1588 - Chappie
Prohibits a policy of disability insurance or a
(Chapter 1349)
health care service plan contract from providing an
exception for other coverage where such other cover-
age is entitlement to specified Medi-Cal benefits.
The bill requires each such policy or contract to
be interpreted not to provide an exception for such
Medi-Cal benefits.
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AB 1595 - Chappie
Requires work or training-related expenses of a
(Chapter 1313)
recipient of Aid to Families with Dependent Chil-
dren to be paid by the state and county and requires
each county welfare department to establish day
care services programs so that such recipients may
participate in work incentive program. The bill
appropriates $500,000 for the state's share of pro-
gram costs.
AB 1618 - Briggs
Permits agreements to exclude persons from automo-
(Chapter 1314)
bile liability insurance policies either within the
policy itself or on a separate writing which may
not be incorporated in the policy.
AB 1664 - Assembly Education Committee
(Chapter 1350)
Authorizes the state to enter into the Interstate
Agreement on Qualification of Educational Personnel.
AB 1680 - Quimby
Provides for the cancellation or refund of 90
(Chapter 1351)
percent of property taxes paid by certain persons
and organizations which were otherwise eligible
for the cemetery, college, exhibition, church,
orphanage or welfare exemption but which did not
make a timely application therefor. The relief so
provided must be claimed before January 15 of the
year following the year in which the late filing
occurred.
AB 1690 - Knox
Prohibits contingent fee contracts for reports to
(Chapter 1315)
public bodies on feasibility of public projects or
sale of public securities.
AB 1741 - Crown
Substitutes the California World Trade Authority for
(Chapter 1352)
the San Francisco and Southern California World
Trade Authorities and the California World Trade
Authorities Coordinating Council.
AB 1759 - Ketchum
Authorizes the Department of Social Welfare or any
(Chapter 1353)
county welfare department to contract with the
Department of Education to provide child care ser-
vices for AFDC recipients including former or po-
tential families, wherein welfare will pay either
total cost or so much of the cost as will permit
maximum federal participation. Provides that the
Department of Social Welfare will make funds avail-
able to the county department for non-federal sharing
of the child care services by utilizing moneys avail-
able in Item 282 of the Budget Act of 1968. Further
stipulates that the funds allocated will be used
for child care services required because of parti-
cipation in a work incentive program or approved
vocational development programs.
AB 1779 - Monagan
Authorizes the State Lands Commission to exchange
(Chapter 1354)
lands of equal value whenever it appears to the com-
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mission to be in the best interests of the state in
order to enhance the configuration of the shoreline
or navigable waterways.
AB 1889 - Crandall
Requires the state librarian to make available on
(Chapter 1355)
loan for legally blind persons or those visually
or physically handicapped and unable to read con-
ventional printed materials, tape recordings of
books and other materials selected by the state
library similar to its general program for providing
library materials to legally blind readers. The
bill appropriates $15,000 to initiate such a program.
AB 1919 - Milias
Appropriates $93,000 from the general fund for sup-
(Chapter 1356)
port of the Center for Technological Education ad-
ministered at San Francisco State College.
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AB 1966 - Veneman
Provides for a new tax incentive program for employ-
(Chapter 1357)
ers to encourage the hiring of unemployed or under-
employed persons who may be receiving public assis-
tance. The Health and Welfare Agency would certify
employers and trainees. Allows certified employers
to deduct additional 50 percent of the cost of salar-
ies and training from gross income in computing
taxes. The number of trainees would be limited to
2,500 and a maximum fiscal year tax loss of $300,000.
An appropriation of $50,000 is provided for admin-
istration. Requires that 50 percent or more of the
trainees are to reside in the economically disad-
vantaged area defined in Section 9111 of Unemploy-
ment Insurance Code as set forth in AB 1463. These
areas include but are not limited to the following:
Alameda County, West Berkeley, Hayward, Oakland,
and Northwest Alameda in Contra Costa County, North
Pittsburgh, Richmond, Fresno, Bakersfield, Los
Angeles, portions of Orange County, Sacramento, por-
tions of Riverside County, portions of San Bernardinc
County, San Francisco, Stockton, San Diego, Central
San Jose, and Vallejo.
AB 2015 - Mobley
Appropriates $140,000 from the State Water Quality
(Chapter 1358)
Control Fund to the State Water Resources Control
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Board for a loan to the City of Madera to permit
necessary planning and development of adequate
sewage treatment facilities.
AB 2024 - Crown
Revises the funding and administration of the
(Chapter 1316)
Crippled Children Services Program. The bill will
fund all parts of the treatment program, including
diagnosis and therapy, on a uniform 75 percent
state-25 percent county basis, similar to the Short-
Doyle program in the mental health field. The
bill becomes operative on July 1, 1969.
AB 2039 - Crown
Amends Education Code to authorizem Trustees of
(Chapter 1317)
the California State Collegesto deposit and maintain
in local trust accounts, funds received from speci-
fied sources for specified purposes.
SB 23 - Carrell
Requires the Department of Public Works to remove
(Chapter 1319)
the center strip and pave a portion of State High-
way Route 118 in San Fernando Valley from curb to
curb, with the further provision that the depart-
ment should include appropriate provision for left-
turn lanes. It further requires the department to
commence such work prior to January 1, 1969, and
continue with due diligence until it is completed.
SB 29 - Grunsky
Excludes the military population of each county
(Chapter 1264)
from the population figure used to determine the
annual county share of costs of the Medi-Cal pro-
gram.
SB 50 - Dymally
Authorizes the Fair Employment Practices Commission,
(Chapter 1320)
upon request of specified parties, to provide assis-
tance, by way of conference, conciliation and per-
suasion, to communities and persons in resolving
disputes, disagreements or difficulties relating to
discriminatory practices. The bill requires that
activities of commissioners and employees of com-
mission in providing conciliation assistance shall
be conducted in confidence and without publicity.
SB 53 - Carrell
Provides that the state will not administer the
(Chapter 1265)
sales and use tax ordinance of a city or county
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which imposes such taxes in addition to those per-
mitted under the Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales
and Use Tax Law. Exempts from this prohibition un-
til March 1, 1969, cities with a population of
1,000,000 or more which impose such additional
taxes at the rate of one percent.
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SB 86 - Rodda
Provides for the cancellation or refund of any pro-
(Chapter 1266)
perty tax for any fiscal year beginning during cal-
endar year 1968 and any calendar year thereafter, on
property owned by any organization qualified for
the college, cemetery, orphanage, welfare or church
exemption, if such property presently qualifies for
the exemption and was acquired after the lien date
but prior to the commencement of the fiscal year.
SB 93 - Grunsky
Provides an allowance of $910 per unit of average
(Chapter 1321)
daily attendance for blind pupils who are provided
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individual instruction in mobility.
SB 113 - Collier
Exempts a school district from holding an election
(Chapter 1267)
to fill a vacancy on the governing board where no
nomination or only one nomination is made by the
54th day prior to the election date unless the elec-
tion has been consolidated with another school board
election in which more than one candidate has been
nominated for the board. It vests power in the
board to appoint the person nominated, or if no
person is nominated, any qualified person may be
appointed by the board.
SB 128 - Dymally
Establishes a pilot program to assist families in
(Chapter 1322)
the adoption of "hard-to-place" children. Provides
for waiver of adoption fees for adoptive parents who
participate in program. Requires State Department
of Social Welfare to report annually to the legisla-
ture, making its final report in 1971. Authorizes
director of finance to transfer funds for in lieu
foster care payments up to the amount of estimated
reduction in foster care payments resulting from
placement of hard-to-place children; to become oper-
ative January 1, 1969; no placements of children
to be made under program after December 31, 1971;
in lieu foster payments to continue after December 31,
1971; in lieu foster payments to continue after
December 31, 1971, for as long as needed, not to ex-
ceed three years from placement date.
SB 200 - Rodda
Provides that the Trustees of the California State
(Chapter 1268)
Colleges may, upon recommendation of the chancellor,
allow a major in education if such major meets the
requirement of the diversified major and such cours-
es are taken in the several academic schools or de-
partments other than education or educational meth-
odology. The bill requires in addition to such
major in education, a major in a subject matter area
commonly taught in the public elementary schools to
be completed within 5th academic year.
SB 244 - Cologne
Authorizes municipal water districts to issue general
(Chapter 1269)
obligation bonds of the district or any improvement
district thereof without an election if: the prin-
cipal amount of such bonds does not exceed unissued
balance of bonds authorized at election prior to
May 9, 1967; the bonds are issued for same purpose
as the unissued bonds were authorized; the bonds
are otherwise duly issued, except for the election.
SB 298 - Teale
Changes the name of the Board of Vocational Nurse
(Chapter 1323)
Examiners to the Board of Vocational Nurse and Psy-
chiatric Technician Examiners. The bill provides
for the licensing, rather than the certification of
psychiatric technicians. The bill prohibits perfor-
mance of psychiatric technician services by any per-
son after January 1, 1970, without a psychiatric
technician license.
SB 335 - Wedworth
Appropriates $25,000 from general fund to Department
(Chapter 1324)
of General Services for support of the California
Advisory Commission on Marine and Coastal Resources.
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SB 397 - Sherman
Prohibits an employer from discharging
(Chapter 1270)
an employee for taking time off to serve
as required by law on an inquest jury or
trial jury, if the employee, prior to
taking such time off, gives reasonable
notice to employer that he is required
to serve.
SB 443 - Mills
Authorizes the board of directors of any
(Chapter 1325)
transit district or rapid transit dis-
trict to establish special benefit dis-
tricts within a part of the territory of
the district, when the board determines
that land adjacent to the district's
transit stations will be specially
benefited by the operation of a transit
system.
SB 535 - Dills
Requires emergency ambulances to be
(Chapter 1271)
equipped with a resuscitator.
SB 592 - Burgener
Permits the governing body of a state or
(Chapter 1272)
local agency to meet in executive session
with its representatives to consult and
discuss employer-employee relations such
as salaries, salary schedules, or com-
pensation paid in the form of fringe
benefits.
SB 595 - Collier
Authorizes intercounty transfers of on-
(Chapter 1273)
sale general licenses, subject to the
same limitations as to eligible counties
and numbers of such transfers as presently
governs intercounty transfer of off-sale
general licenses. No license transferred
intercounty can be retransferred for two
years, and the consideration for retransfer
cannot exceed $10,000 or $6,000 if the
license was originally obtained from the
state for 6,000.
SB 596 - Grunsky
Imposes a duty on the owner of a dog which
(Chapter 1274)
has bitten a human being to take such
reasonable steps as are necessary to
remove any danger to other persons pre-
sented by such animal.
SB 723 - Grunsky
Requires reimbursement of the cost
(Chapter 1275)
incurred by a school district employing
a member of Teachers Professional Standards
Commission for replacement of such member
attending meetings of commission, or
any committee or subcommittee thereof, to
be included in apportionments from state
school fund.
SB 745 - Burgener
Includes integrated programs for physically
(Chapter 1326)
handicapped minors within the definition
of "special day classes" for state school
fund apportionment purposes.
SB 769 - Bradley
Provides there is no prohibited conflict-
(Chapter 1276)
ing interest if the only interest of a
public officer is that of a landlord or
tenant of the party contracting with the
public agency and the contracting party
is the federal government or another
public agency. The bill also provides that
there is no conflict of interest in a
contract made pursuant to competitive
bidding under a procedure established by
law if the public officer's or employee's
sole interest is that of an officer,
director or employee of a financial
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institution with which a party to the
contract has the relationship of borrower
or depositer, debtor or creditor.
SB 784 - Miller
Permits a public agency to prohibit, by
(Chapter 1277)
resolution, the management and confiden-
tial employees of the agency from repre-
senting any employee organization on
matters within the scope of representation.
SB 830 - Lagomarsino
Declares that it is state policy to pro-
(Chapter 1278)
vide for the conservation of state water-
ways possessing extraordinary scenic,
fishery, wildlife, or outdoor recreation
values. In addition, the bill directs the
administrator of the Resources Agency to
develop a California-protected waterways
plan.
SB 856 - Way
Revises the standards under which State
(Chapter 1279)
Board of Education may approve unifica-
tion proposals dividing existing high
school districts, to eliminate present
financial ability standard prohibiting
approval where a 10 percent or greater
variation will ensue among the proposed
new districts, and substitute new stand-
ards by which assessed valuation levels
per pupil in the proposed districts are
compared with the overall level in the
whole territory involved, with variations
of up to 10 percent permitted, or up to
15 percent where the level in each pro-
posed district is more than the statewide
average assessed valuation per pupil.
SB 895 - Short
Amends the dry cleaners licensing law to
(Chapter 1280)
require licensing of coin-operated dry
cleaning establishments. It changes the
compositions of the board to provide two
public members and five licentiates with-
out regard to category of license.
SB 912 - Collier
Makes it unlawful for any person licensed
(Chapter 1281)
under the provisons relating to healing
arts to represent expressly or impliedly
in any advertisement that he will furnish
in connection with his professional
practice or business any commodity or
service free or without cost.
SB 938 - Miller
Provides, on request of a lessee or
(Chapter 1282)
lessor, for the separate assessment of
leased land and improvements if certain
conditions are satisfied. The assessor
is given discretion to assess the leased
premises to either the lessee or lessor.
In the latter event, all notices of
assessment and tax bills shall be mailed
to the lessor in care of the lessee or
copies of such notices or bills shall be
mailed to the lessee.
SB 942 - Rodda
Increases maximum teacher's credential
(Chapter 1283)
fee from $15 to $20 and appropriates all
URGENCY
fees for issuance of credentials without
regard to fiscal year. Deletes priority
schedule for use of a special purpose
appropriation for branch offices, con-
version to data processing and completion
of a microfilming project. Provides for
special purpose fee of $5 rather than the
amount in excess of $10.
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SB 1014 - McCarthy
Extends period from June 6, 1967 to
(Chapter 1285)
July 6, 1971 in which the Bolinas Harbor
District must substantially improve granted
tidelands or have them subject to reversion
to the state. The bill also requires the
district to develop a harbor development
plan and to jointly meet and hold public
hearings with the Marin County Board of
Supervisors.
SB 1017 - Collier
Authorizes the provison for payment on a
(Chapter 1286)
reimbursement basis of, or exclusion of,
chiropractic expenses in disability
insurance policies.
SB 1033 - McCarthy
Increases the number of superior court
(Chapter 1287)
judges in Marin County from four to five.
SB 1039 - Petris
Prohibits the inclusion of specified
(Chapter 1288)
provisions in motor vehicle conditional
sale contract.
SB 1045 - Rodda
Provides that no election is required with
(Chapter 1289)
respect to leases or agreements regarding
real property and school buildings which
do not effect an increase in the existing
applicable maximum tax rate of a junior
college district.
SB 1070 - Danielson
Makes special provisions for Meyers-Geddes
(Chapter 1290)
Act coverage for state officers and
employees permanently assigned to duties
outside of the state on the same basis as
such coverage is afforded state employees
working within the state.
SB 1081 - Bradley
Declares that Stanford University medical
(Chapter 1291)
facilities are deemed to be held and used
exclusively for educational purposes. The
bill also provides for cancellation or
refund of taxes on property reasonably
necessary for the educational purposes of
Stanford University for fiscal years
commencing in 1966, 1967 or 1968.
SB 1109 - Marks
Establishes a rebuttable presumption that
(Chapter 1328)
the most necessary public use for property
appropriated for public use as a state,
regional, county, or city park is such
use and declares such presumption to be
one affecting the burden of proof.
SB 1118 - Petris
Allows a one-time adjustment in the basis
(Chapter 1292)
used for apportionment of taxes in a
URGENCY
redevelopment project to offset the
reduced tax revenues resulting from changes
in assessment practices. The bill effects
only Alameda County.
SB 1214 - Moscone
Revises the law relating to the collection
(Chapter 1293)
of taxes on part of a parcel of real
property and the law relating to the
redemption of a part of tax-sold and tax-
deeded property to bring these two areas
of law into closer conformity. The bill
also prohibits payment of taxes on
redemption of an undivided interest in a
parcel and prohibits separate valuations
of property divided into more than four,
rather than 10, parcels.
SB 1224 - Moscone
Makes it unlawful, on and after July 1,
(Chapter 1329)
1969, to engage in the practice of clinical
social work without a license, rather than
permitting persons to engage in such
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practice, but prohibiting the use of the
title "certified clinical social workers"
without being certified as such.
SB 1233 - Moscone
Requires that emergency service and care
(Chapter 1330)
be provided to any person requesting it
or for whom it is requested, for any
condition in which the person is in
danger of loss of life at any licensed
hospital that maintains and operates an
emergency department and has qualified
personnel available to provide such
services and care. The measure also
requires the person requesting care or
the person responsible for accompanying
such person, to execute an agreement to
pay the charges for such service and care.
The bill also provides immunity from lia-
bility arising out of refusal to render
emergency services or care to the hospital,
its employees, and any physicians under
certain circumstances.
SB 1263 - Dymally
Specifies that experience as a clinical
(Chapter 1263)
technician in the armed forces may be
equivalent to the experience required
for registration as a clinical laboratory
technologist trainee, if such experience
as a technician is approved by the State
Board of Public Health.
SB 1270 - Bradley
Permits employees who are eligible for
(Chapter 1331)
certain survivor benefits under the
Public Employees' Retirement Law to con-
tinue to be so eligible for five years
if, as a result of the lawful merger of
contracting agencies, they become employees
of an agency included in the federal social
security system.
SB 1274 - McCarthy
Provides state school financing for
(Chapter 1332)
experimental programs for deaf and hard
of hearing children between the ages
of 18 months and three years.
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Governor Lonald Reagan has vetoed the following bills:
AB 1744 - Meyers
Provides that juvenile hall group
counselors and supervisors engaged in
the custody of youths detained under
physical security, may be deemed to be
safety members in communities under the
County Employees Retirement Law of 1937.
REASON FOR VETO:
Safety membership provides more liberal
retirement benefits for those public
employees whose occupation is sufficiently
dangerous as to require an unusually high
degree of physical fitness. AB 1744
extends safety membership to a class of
employees who are not frequently exposed
to danger.
Accordingly, the governor returned the
bill unsigned.
AB 1180 - Meyers
Provides a procedure for review of the
dismissal of employees with probationary
status under county civil service.
REASON FOR VETO
The present law with respect to the dis-
missal of county employees with probation-
ary status has promoted the effectiveness
of county government in California.
AB 1180 could impair the efficiency of
county government.
Accordingly, the governor returned the
bill unsigned.
SB 778 - Miller
Requires the secretary of state to
publish a "special district roster"
every two years.
REASON FOR VETO
There does not appear to be any compelling
need to publish a special district roster
at this time. If at a later date there
is a showing of such need, provision should
be made for the special districts to
reimburse the secretary of state for the
cost of publishing the roster. There is
no provision in SB 778 for such reim-
bursement.
Accordingly, the governor returned the
bill unsigned.
SB 559 - McCarthy
Provides that right-of-way costs for
recreational features of flood control
and water conservation projects shall be
eligible for financial assistance from
the state. It requires local agencies to
enter into a contract with the Department
of Water Resources stating that the local
district will develop and operate the
recreational features of these projects
before state funds may be allocated for
right-of-way costs.
REASON FOR VETO:
The current policy on federal flood con-
trol projects is for the state to pay the
cost of lands, easements and rights of way related to flood control
only. This liberal acquisition policy has been criticized. on the ground
that such costs should be borne in part by the direct beneficiaries.
SB 559 would require the state to assume further additional costs for
benefits that would accrue primarily to local agencies. Accordingly,
the governor returned the bill unsigned.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today signed legislation removing the
present conclusive presumption that highways have a higher public
priority than parks.
The bill--SB 1109--stipulates that there will be no such presump-
tion and provides that disputed highway routes will be resolved through
a judicial determination as to the most necessary public use of the
property
SB 1109 was drafted by the Governor's Joint Resources Highway
Committee established by Governor Reagan specifically to enable the
Division of Highways and the Department of Parks and Recreation to
work together to solve mutual problems. It was carried by Senator
Milton Marks, (R-San Francisco).
In signing the bill at special ceremonies in his office, the
governor said SB 1109 "is a milestone in its field and a victory for
all of the people of California."
Governor Reagan had special praise for what he described as the
imaginative thinking and cooperative spirit of John A. Legarra, State
Highway Engineer, William Penn Mott, Jr., Director of Parks and
Recreation and the members of the Joint Resources-Highway Committee
in cooperation with Senator Marks.
"This bill isaproof that both highway and park development can
proceed in the best interest of the people of this state and with full
recognition of its transportation and environmental needs and problems,"
the governor said.
SB 1109 specifically provides that:
a. When considering a route affecting a park, the California
Highway Commission will give written notice to parks of its intent to
set the route through park property. The owner of the park shall have
120 days to bring action which, in effect, could stop the highway
route. This will allow independent determination by a judge if there
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b. The Highway Commission shall attempt to avoid parks and take
extra precautions if a route does in fact go through a park.
C. If no action is filed by the owner of a park within the 120
day period, there will then be a conclusive presumption that the
adopted highway route, then, IS of greater public importance and it
would not be stopped.
Present at the bill signing ceremonies in Governor Reagan's office
were Marks, Gordon Luce, Secretary of the Business and Transportation
Agency; Norman B. Livermore, Administrator of the State Resources
Agency: Vernon J. Cristina, Chairman of the California Highway
Commission.
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Governor Ronald Reagan urged President Johnson today to take
immediate steps to reach a long-range solution to the problem of
seizure of U.S. fishing boats by South American nations. Four more
California boats were seized last week.
In a letter to the president, Governor Reagan said the seizure
of the California tuna boats by Ecuador last week was "only the latest
in a series of harassments and seizures of American ships fishing in
international waters off various countries of South America."
Governor Reagan commended the signing of S. 2269 by the president
as a constructive interim step, but said a permanent agreement must
be reached to halt the recurring harassment of U.S. fishing vessels
by South American warships.
The Senate measure passed by Congress and signed into law by the
president Monday requires that foreign aid funds to nations which
illegally seize American vessels be reduced by a sum equal to the
amount of fines imposed on our vessels.
Four San Diego-based tuna boats with a total of 54 crewmen aboard
were seized last Thursday while fishing 21 to 27 miles off the coast
of Ecuador on the high seas. Ecuador initially demanded $250,000 in
fines, license fees and taxes, but the boats were released Monday after
the industry paid $202,000. The seizure by Ecuadorian warships was
the sixth such incident this year.
Ecuador and several other Latin American nations claim a 200-mile
territorial sea. The United States recognizes a three-mile territorial
sea plus an additional nine-mile exclusive fishing zone.
Governor Reagan told the president in a letter he was pleased with
the signing of S. 2269 which, he said, "may help, in part, to alleviate
this recurring problem.
"However, I respectfully request that you call an immediate high
level conference between top officials of the United States, Ecuador
and the other South American countries involved to resolve the existing
immediate and long-term problems, the governor said.
"The right of American vessels to ply the high seas is a
traditional right and it must not be infringed, = he said.
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The following bills have been vetoed by Governor Ronald Reagan:
AB 113 - Hayes
Permits judges eligible to retire under incentive
retirement provisions of Judges' Retirement Law
to obtain certificates of extension so that they
can serve for additional periods of time without
losing rights to such benefits, such extensions
being subject to the approval of the Commission
on Judicial Qualifications.
REASON FOR VETO: The incentive retirement pro-
visions of the Judges' Retire-
ment Law have proven to be an effective method
of encouraging judges to retire at age 70. AB 113
would defeat the purpose of the incentive retire-
ment provisions by permitting judges to serve past
70 without losing the advantages that goes with
earlier retirement.
Accordingly, the governor returned the bill
unsigned.
AB 343 - 'Berg
Makes mendatory rather than discretionary the
advance payment of taxes and assessments by the
Department of Veteran's Affairs for veterans
holding farm or home loans.
REASON FOR VETO: AB 343 removes needed adminis-
trative flexibility with respect
to the payment of taxes and assessments to holders
of Cal-Vet loans. The bill would require the
Department of Veterans Affairs to set aside
approximately $25 million a year for tax loans.
This would result in 1600 fewer home loans to
California veterans.
Accordingly, the governor returned the bill
unsigned.
AB 564 - Brown
Requires the Department of Social Welfare to
establish adoption services in the counties which
do not have a county adoption agency. The bill
also appropriates $100,000 to initiate these
services.
REASON FOR VETO: The governor has already approved
SB 409 (Chapter 879) which per-
mits the Department of Social Welfare to establish
public adoption services in the 33 counties which
do not provide them. The approval of SB 409 makes
AB 564 unnecessary.
Accordingly, the governor returned the bill
unsigned.
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Governor Ronald Reagan announced today that he has signed the
following bills:
AB 210 - Chappie
Provides the means for implementation of the
(Chapter 1369)
Work Incentive Program provisions of Public Law
9.0-248 whereby the administration of the work
and training activities in connection with
public assistance recipients are transferred
from the public welfare system to the public
employment system. The bill abolishes the
existing revisions of law relative to the
community, work and training as administered by
the 58 county welfare departments under the
supervision of the State Department of Social
Welfare. The bill provides necessary appropria-
tion to the State Department of Employment and
the means for transferring funds from the public
assistance appropriation to the Department of
Employment in accordance with the requirements
of federal law. The bill further provides pro-
cedures whereby the State Department of Employ-
ment can disburse the assistance payments for all
persons accepted under the Work Incentive Program.
AB 801 - Priolo
Establishes a Graduate Community Teaching Fellow-
(Chapter 1370)
ship Program at the University of California
effective July 1, 1969. This measure provides
$15,000 to the university for planning purposes
this year in order that a new mathematics pro-
gram might be implemented starting in 1969.
AB 867 - Veysey
Appropriates $50,000 in 1968-69 and $300,000
(Chapter 1371)
each of the fiscal years 1969-70 and 1970-71
to assist local school districts in providing
new or expanded programs in work experience
education.
AB 1046 - Unruh
Enacts Small Business Assistance Program Law.
(Chapter 1372)
Under this pilot program technical assistance
will be provided by qualified nonprofit associa-
tions, under contract with the state, to eligible
persons in connection with the establishment of
new, and operation of, existing small businesses
in low income areas in the state. This bill is
operative only if AB 109 is signed. This is one
of the six job training bills.
SB 279 - Danielson
Increases the maximum limit of a Cal-Vet home
(Chapter 1359)
loan from $15,000 to $20,000. Redefines the
term "veteran" to include therein a person who
served in the active military, naval, or air
service of the United States for a period of not
less than 90 consecutive days or was discharged
from the service due to a service-connected
disability within such period, any portion of
which was on or after August 5, 1964, and prior
to a future date to be established by the legis-
lature and rendered service in a campaign or
expedition for which a medal has been authorized
by the government of the United States. Provides
that on and after two years from the effective
date of this legislation all applications for sucl
benefits are to be filed within 15 years from the
date of the applicant's discharge from the service
SB 424 - Carrell
Allows the transportation of poles, timbers,
(Chapter 1360)
pipes, or integral structural materials not
exceeding 80 feet in length upon a semitrailer
and a pole or pipe dolly used in connection with
a truck tractor.
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SB 483 - Dymally
Requires the Department of Corrections to inform,
(Chapter 1361)
in writing, any person eligible to petition for
a certificate of rehabilitation and pardon prior
to his discharge or release on parole, of his
right to petition for and of the procedure for
obtaining such certificate.
SB 580 - Moscone
Prohibits in criminal actions, after the filing
(Chapter 1362)
of any complaint or other accusatory pleading
and before a plea, finding or verdict of guilty,
judges and their clerks from, respectively, read-
ing and accepting written reports of law enforce-
ment officers or witnesses to any offense or any
information reflecting the arrest or conviction
record of a defendant or any other representation,
with specified exceptions of affidavits required
or authorized by statute, or as provided in the
rules of evidence, or with the consent of the
accused given in open court.
SB 628 - Short
Authorizes a loan of not more than $2,000,000 of th
(Chapter 1363)
the proceeds of bonds to be issued under the
State School Building Aid Bond Law of 1966 for
allocation to Stockton Unified School District
for construction of a permanent campus for a
newly -created regional occupational center
school to be located in San Joaquin County.
SB 670 - Schmitz
Limits access to written records of pupils of
(Chapter 1364)
any public, private, or parochial school.
SB 689 - Bradley
Repeals the partial sales tax exemption relating
(Chapter 1365)
to material and fixtures to be used pursuant to
certain construction contracts entered into for
a fixed price before August 1, 1967. The bill
becomes operative only if the state sales and use
tax rate becomes less than 4 percent.
SB 1013 - Collier
Provides that the Golden Gate Bridge and Highway
(Chapter 1366)
District and the state may, by agreement, provide
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for the prepayment of $5,000,000 plus interest
owed to the state by the district. The amount
received by state is to be credited to state
highway fund and to general fund in amounts
mutually agreed upon by the Departments of Public
Works and Finance.
SB 1015 - Rodda
Authorizes the computation of tuition charges
(Chapter 1367)
based on revised formulas for elementary school
pupils attending junior high schools operated by
a high school district. It permits tuition owing
for the 1967-68 school year to be computed under
the revised formula at the election of the high
school district affected, and extends to September
15, 1968, the date for making the final payment
or adjusting payments previously made.
SB 1028 - Petris
Provides that in cases requiring an automatic
(Chapter 1368)
appeal when a judgment of death is rendered, if
the defendant is unable to afford services of
counsel, the Supreme Court shall appoint counsel
to represent him in any appeal to the Supreme
Court, or any appeal or other review in the
United States Supreme Court.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today proposed the formation of a series
of "drug abuse councils" at junior high schools and high schools
throughout California.
The suggestion was originally contained in the administration's
"Creative Paper" on law and order, issued in May. The proposal would
utilize community resources "to cope with our growing narcotics
problem, the governor said.
He noted that the proposal has received the endorsement of the
California Congress of Parents and Teachers, the California Medical
Association and the California Peace Officers Association.
"I am pleased, he said, "that these influential organizations
have lent their support and assistance to the plan.
"The success of any community program depends, of course, on
the willingness of the people to act. I am confident that the great
resources of our citizens can be translated into effective local
action to help eradicate the evils of the deadly narcotics traffic
within California,' he said.
Governor Reagan's proposal calls for establishment of drug
abuse councils by parent-teacher groups. Both the organizational
structure and operation of the councils would be left to local parent-
teacher units.
In forming a council, a parent-teacher group would be encouraged
to enlist the aid of county medical societies and law enforcement
agencies, which have already pledged their support of the plan.
"The councils have the potential of providing action on critical
social and medical problems at the local level, " the governor said.
"I believe that parents, teachers and school administrators are deeply
concerned--and ready to act--to meet this menace head-on. Law enforce-
ment officials tell us they cannot solve the problem alone. And,
medical people are expressing grave concern about the effects of the
and illegal
indiscriminate/use of drugs.
"In some areas of the state, groups of parents and youngsters
are beginning to candidly examine the drug problem, hoping to head
off the wholesale poisoning of our youth.
"We know that drugs are getting into the hands of the sub-teens,
boys and girls ages 10-12, and even younger. It is imperative; it is
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vital to the survival of our youth that we launch an organized attack
against narcotics," the governor said. "I believe formation of
narcotics councils at the school level, which will include medical
and law enforcement participation, is an effective beginning in the
battle to save our children," he added.
Parent-teacher units will be advised of the proposal in letters
from the governor in September. Evaluation of the effectiveness of
the program will be conducted later with the assistance of the
statewide PTA organization.
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California has moved up from eighth to third place among the
states in the total number of handicapped persons rehabilitated into
productive employment, Governor Ronald Reagan announced today.
achievement in the
California's/rehabilitation of the handicapped was
confirmed in a telegram from Miss Mary E. Switzer, administrator
of the Social and Rehabilitation Service of the Department of Health,
Education and Welfare in Washington, D.C.
The wire congratulated the governor and the California Department
of Rehabilitation on the state's "outstanding record in restoring
10,389 handicapped persons to activity and useful work during the
past fiscal year.
"Your efforts in the rehabilitation program will serve as an
example for others, she said.
Governor Reagan noted that Director Robert E. Howard and the
entire staff of the Department of Rehabilitation "have worked very
hard in the past year to accomplish these results.
"This is an increase of 67 percent more rehabilitations than the
record set by the department in the fiscal year of 1967, " he said.
"Not only is the increased number of successful rehabilitations
important, but behind this accomplishment is also an increase in the
quality of services we have been able to extend to disabled persons.
"More of the 50,000 persons coming to us each year for rehabilita-
tion are being accepted as capable of being helped.
"Any client walking in our door now has twice as good a chance
of being rehabilitated into a productive life than might have been the
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