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    "ocrText": "Ronald Reagan Presidential Library\nDigital Library Collections\nThis is a PDF of a folder from our textual\ncollections.\nCollection: Reagan, Ronald: Gubernatorial Papers,\n1966-74: Press Unit\nFolder Title: Press Releases - August 1968\n[08/17/1968-08/31/1968]\nBox: P9\nTo see more digitized collections visit:\nhttps://reaganlibrary.gov/archives/digital-library\nTo see all Ronald Reagan Presidential Library inventories visit:\nhttps://reaganlibrary.gov/document-collection\nContact a reference archivist at: [email protected]\nCitation Guidelines: https://reaganlibrary.gov/citing\nNational Archives Catalogue: https://catalog.archives.gov/\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE:\nmediate\nSacramento, Californi\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n8.19.68\n#533\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Manhattan Beach attorney\nThomas P. Foye to the Los Angeles County Municipal Court bench, South\nBay Judicial District.\nThe job pays $23,000 per year.\nFoye, a 50-year old Republican, succeeds Judge Donald Armstrong\nwho retired.\nFoye is a graduate of Loyola University law school in Los Angeles\nand was admitted to the State Bar in 1951. Since then, he has been\nengaged in private practice except for three years on the legal staff\nof the Garrett Corporation, from 1953-56.\nHe served as a Manhattan Beach city councilman from 1954-58 and\nwas mayor of the city from 1955-57.\nSince 1958 he has acted as the representative of Manhattan Beach\non the Inter-City Highway Committee.\nFoye is married and has five children, ranging in age from 21-10\nyears. He and his wife, Kathleen, reside at 820 Ardmore Avenue,\nManhattan Beach.\n* #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n8.20.68\n#534\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today he has appointed\nWilliam W. Coon of Vallejo and Frank Sieferman of Zamora to four-year\nterms on the State Soil Conservation Commission.\nThe posts pay necessary expenses.\nCoon, a 53-year old orthodontist, replaces William D. Mathews of\nEtna. Sieferman, 42, succeeds Harry Mortensen of Middletown. Both\noutgoing members' terms expired.\nCoon, a Democrat, has been president of the Suisun Soil Conserva-\nBoard\ntion District/for the past five years and is a member of the Solano\nCounty Water Council. He also serves on the nine-county Regional Parks\nand Planning Commission for The Citizens For Open Space.\nHe lives at 1020 Tuolumne Street, Vallejo.\nSieferman, a rancher and a Republican, has served as a member of\nthe Northern Yolo Soil Conservation District during the past eight\nyears. He is also a director of the Yolo County Farm Bureau.\nHis address is Road 12, P.O. Box 135, Zamora.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO.\nRELEASE: Lnmediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n8.20.68\n#535\nGovernor Ronald Reagan has reappointed Harry L. McKee of Oxnard\nto a four-year term on the State Teachers' Retirement Board.\nThe post pays necessary expenses.\nMcKee, a 48-year old Republican, was first named to the board last\nDecember.\nHe has served as a member of the Oceanview Elementary School\nDistrict for the past 16 years and is vice president of the Ventura\nCounty Boy Scout Council.\nHe is also president of the Pleasant Valley Ranch Company, vice\npresident of the Seaboard Lemon Association, and president of the Coastal\nGrowers' Association.\nMcKee lives at 3122 East Pleasant Valley Road, Oxnard.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE:\nimmediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n8.20.68\n#536\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today he has named farm supply\nstore manager Richard L. Miller and William D. Sterbenk, a PG&E\ncashier, both of Lakeport, to the 49th District Agricultural Associa-\ntion's board of directors.\nThe posts pay necessary expenses.\nMiller, a 34-year old Republican, replaces Lloyd J. Hamilton.\nSterbenk, 37, succeeds Shelden T. Deacon. Both outgoing members\nresigned.\nMiller, assistant manager of the Lake County Farm Supply Company\nin Lakeport, is secretary of the Lake County Rodeo Association. He is\nalso active in Farm Bureau, Horsemen's Association, and 4-H activities.\nHe lives at 105 North Tunis.\nSterbenk, a Republican, served for ten years as a Lakeport volun-\nteer fireman. He works as a cashier in PG&E's Lakeport office.\nHe resides at 320 Lakeshore Blvd., Lakeport.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE: I. ediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n8.20.68\n#537\nGovernor Ronald Reagan has named Chowchilla lumberman\nCharles V. Gill to a four-year term on the 21-A District Agricultural\nAssociation's board of directors.\nThe association operates the Madera District Fair.\nThe post pays necessary expenses.\nGill, a 64-year old Republican, replaces George W. Strathearn, Jr.\nwho resigned.\nGill is owner of the Home Lumber Company of Chowchilla and is a\nformer president of the Chowchilla First National Bank.\nActive in civic affairs, he served on the Chowchilla Union High\nSchool Board of Trustees for five years and was a member of the Madera\nCounty Planning Commission from 1947-58.\nHe lives at 1541 Roosevelt Drive, Chowchilla.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE:\nmediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n8.20.68\n#538\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced plans to begin construction--\nwell ahead of schedule--on more than 30 state highway projects with a\ncombined value of approximately $157 million.\nThe projects are located throughout California, ranging from\nHumboldt County in the north to San Diego in the south. All are expec-\nted to be completed within two years.\nThe governor announced that the accelerated highway construction\nprogram has been made possible as a direct result of the administra-\ntion's continuing efforts to make the maximum use of gas tax funds for\nhighway construction.\n\"As a direct result of economies and the application of sound\nbusiness practices by the California Business and Transportation Agency,\noverall highway\nthis administration is now in a position to step up the state's/con-\nstruction program,' the governor said.\nHe said the new projects are in addition to the more than $100\nmillion highway construction program begun in 1967.\nThe new projects will raise this year's highway construction budget\nfrom $402,616,000 to approximately one-half billion dollars.\nThis stepped-up construction budget was accomplished without any\nincrease in gasoline taxes or other highway-user costs.\nThe governor said that of the $157 million planned in new construc-\ntion, nearly $60 million was made possible by careful review and sub-\nsequent reduction of funds originally budgeted for purchasing of\nrights-of-way.\nAn additional $14 million was made possible through savings by the\nDepartment of Motor Vehicles and the California Highway Patrol.\nSome $17 million came from savings realized through recent low\nbids on current highway construction projects and through administra-\ntive savings within the California Division of Highways.\n\"As a result, we will now be in a position to not only save more\nlives by means of safer highways, but to provide better service to the\ndriving public and further stimulate the economy through additional\nconstruction, the governor said.\nBusiness and Transportation Agency Secretary Gordon C. Luce noted\nthat these projects will have a strong, positive effect on California's\nconstruction industry and labor unions. He pointed out that approximate-\nly half of each construction dollar is plowed back into on-site or\nback-up industry payrolls.\nLuce said the exact projects to be advanced are expected to be\nannounced soon by the California Highway Commission.\nEJG\n#\n#\n#\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER'\nRELEASE:\nmmediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n8.21.68\n# 539\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named prominent Los Angeles insurance\nattorney Richards D. Barger as California's new insurance commissioner.\nBarger, a 40-year old partner in the legal firm of Poindexter and\nBarger, is expected to assume his new duties within the next 45 days.\nThe $25,700-a-year appointment is subject to Senate confirmation.\nBarger, a Republican, will fill out the unexpired term of the\npresent insurance commissioner, Richard S. L. Roddis, who is resigning\nto accept a position as professor of law at the University of Washing-\nton. The term will end in January, 1971.\nGovernor Reagan expressed \"deep satisfaction that a man of\nDick Barger's ability and experience has agreed to accept this impor-\ntant responsibility.\" =\nReagan noted that Barger was \"selected from among many outstanding\ncandidates for the job.\"\nBarger holds a B.S. degree in business from Indiana University\nand received his law degree from the University of Southern California\nin 1953.\nAs a practicing attorney, he has specialized in life insurance and\nhealth and accident law, as well as securities and business law.\nHe was admitted to practice before the U. S. Supreme Court in 1960.\nHe is a former president of the State Bar Conference of Barristers\nand the Junior Barristers of the Los Angeles County Bar Association.\nHe served as a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association Board\nof Trustees in 1962 and was one of four directors of the Junior Bar\nConference of the American Bar Association in 1963.\nBarger is also a member of various administrative committees of\nthe State Bar and the Los Angeles County Bar Association.\nHe is married and has four children. He and his wife, Ann, live\nat 2161 Adair Street, San Marino.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVEP\nR\nRELEASE: Im' diate\nSacramento, Califol\na\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n8,22.68\n# 540\nGovernor Ronald Reagan declared today that the need for income\ntax and property tax relief is of such urgent importance to the\nthese measures\npeople of California that / must be considered on their own merits,\nand not tied to other proposals which would increase state spending\nor further raise taxes.\nHe noted that such attempts were made during the closing days of\nthe regular legislative session which was adjourned August 3.\nIn a statement, the governor said:\n\"Several weeks ago I announced that on receiving reasonable\nassurance of legislative agreement on the outlines of measures to\nbring genuine property and income tax relief to the people of\nCalifornia, I would, of course, include such subjects on the call for\na special session.\n\"Because sufficient legislative agreement and support was reached\non workmen's compensation and disability insurance, I plan to call a\nspecial session on these two matters.\n\"There were some legislators who described AB 1962-which in its\nfinal version was completely rewritten during secret meetings of a\nconference committee on the last day and a half of the session--as\na 'tax relief measure'.\n\"However, in my opinion, this description is grossly misleading.\n\"The final version of AB 1962 contained a school spending measure\nof great complexity. Cost estimates for it varied from $80/to $100\nmillion, or perhaps more.\n\"Both the origin of the proposal, and the lack of precision as to\ncost estimates, made this portion of A3 1962 all too reminiscent of\nAB 272 of the 1967 session.\n\"Californians will recall that the cost estimates of AB 272 were -\nwrong by at least $151 million.\n\"For that reason I wish to make it crystal clear that the legis-\nlative agreement, which I feel is essential, must include an agreement\nnot to tie increased spending measures into tax relief itself.\n\"California's property owners have long been greatly overburdened\nby being required to pay too great a share of the total tax load of\nlocal government.\n-1-\n# 540\n\"Our state income taxpayers. are paying considerably more than\nwas intended, and more than is necessary. They, too, should be given\nrelief in clear-cut laws which do that and nothing more.\n\"The legislative practice of permitting tax relief to take effect\nonly if tax increase measures of doubtful origin and effect are also\napproved--as typified in the final version of AB 1962--is unproductive\nand unwise. It is only used, I am convinced, because sponsors of the\nspending measures are quite sure their bills could not pass standing\nalone on their own two feet.\n\"Another very harmful and, I believe, unconstitutional pro-\nvision made in this bill was an attempt to prevent the governor from\nexercising the power given him in the Constitution to reduce\nappropriations contained in this same bill.\n\"Gince the very beginning of my administration, I have been most\neager to bring genuine tax relief to the people of California, and I\nwill not hesitate for a moment, once legislative assurance of a\nsincere desire to secure property and income tax relief in some\nmeaningful form is given to me, to put such measures before a\nspecial session.\n\"But, it would be a waste of the people's money to reopen con-\nsideration of these bills if the same types of crippling amendments\nand high-cost spending measures are to be glued into tax relief\nmeasures, as was attempted in the abortive conference committee report\non AB 1962.\n\"I will meet with the legislative leadership shortly, to\ndetermine whether there is any desire among them for genuine tax\nrelief this year. If so, I will add these items to the special call.\n\"The subject of school finance is a separate issue which should\nbe considered alone,\nIf there is substantial agreement as to\nthe necessity and extent of a school finance measure, that, too, can\nbe considered for inclusion in the special session.\"\n#\n#\n#\n-2-\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO PRESS\nSacramento, Califor. a\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n8.23.68\n#541\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced that he has signed the following\nbills:\nAB 115 - Monagan\nAuthorizes the formation of a public agency, to be\n(Chapter 1392)\nknown as a renewal area agency, for a renewal area\nfor the purpose of providing low-income, middle-\nincome, and normal market housing and sufficient\ncommercial establishments to serve persons living\nwithin a reasonable distance of the renewal area,\nand for the purpose of rebuilding or rehabilitating\nthe renewal area.\nAB 287 - Dunlap\nSpecifically includes tracer and incendiary ammu-\n(Chapter 1393)\nnition, except tracer ammunition manufactured for\nuse in shotguns, within the definition of \"destruc-\ntive devices.\" Such ammunition will be within the\nscope of the Penal Code provisions generally pro-\nhibiting possession or sale of such devices without\na permit issued by chief of the Bureau of Criminal\nIdentification and Investigation. Specifies that\nthe provisions regulating destructive devices does\nnot prohibit the use or possession of such devices\nby various military and peace officer personnel\nand full-time firemen while on duty and acting\nwithin scope of employment.\nAB 306 - Veysey\nIncreases death benefit to be paid to beneficiary\n(Chapter 1394)\nof retired member of teachers' retirement system\nfrom $400 to $500.\nAB 353 - Mulford\nCreates a State Environmental Quality Study Council\n(Chapter 1395)\nto conduct various studies and develop recommenda-\ntions including management of waste discharge.\nThe bill appropriates $25,000 for support of the\ncouncil.\nAB 361 - Chappie\nDirects the Department of Social welfare to develop\n(Chapter 1396)\nmethods and plans to provide for a uniform and\nsimplified method of determining the grant of\nassistance for the aged, blind and disabled re-\ncipients of aid. Also directs the department to\nmake an annual report to the legislature dealing\nwith the progress made in simplifying the standard\nof assistance.\nAB 362 - Chappie\nRequires the State Lands Commission to conduct or\n(Chapter 1397)\ncontract to conduct real property title searches\nof Lake Tahoe beaches dedicated for public use and\nmake the report of its findings. The bill requires\nthe county to dedicate Lake Tahoe beach property\nto the state where title thereto has been subject\nto title search by the commission and county and it\nhas by final court decree been determined to be in\ncounty. The bill also appropriates $30,000 to the\ncommission for such purpose.\nAB 365 - Bagley\nAppropriates $300,000 to the Department of Educa-\n(Chapter 1398)\ntion for the purposes of AB 908, and is contingent\nupon its enactment. AB 908 is intended to allow\nlocal school districts to contract and cooperate\nwith local business, industry or any other units\nto enrich the local educational system, with\nspecial emphasis on programs oriented toward agri-\nculture, science, business, commerce and vocational\ntraining.\n-1-\n#541\nAB 389 - Chappie\nProvides in-home and out-of-home non-medical care\n(Chapter 1399)\nservices for public assistance recipients.\nAB 561 - Stacey\nAppropriates $440,000 from the general fund for the\n(Chapter 1401)\nacquisition of Red Rock Canyon in Kern County\nfor inclusion in the state park system.\nAB 581 - Sieroty\nRepeals the Penal Code provision declaring a\n(Chapter 1402)\nperson sentenced to life imprisonment to be, sub-\nject to Adult Authority action, civilly dead.\nPrescribes certain rights which a person retains\nwho is sentenced in a state prison for life or for\na term less than life.\nAB 589 - Knox\nAuthorizes a member of the State Teachers' Retire-\n(Chapter 1403)\nment System to elect not to receive credit for\ntime served outside this state in a status which\nin this state is a requisite for membership. The\nbill authorizes such a member to apply for retire-\nment if he rendered additional service in a status\nrequisite for membership in the system for at\nleast one year, rather than two years, after\nJune 30, 1950.\nAB 630 - Dunlap\nExcludes Medicare benefits from the definition of\n(Chapter 1404)\nincome contained in the Senior Citizens Property\nTax Assistance Law.\nAB 634 - Brathwaite\nProvides that money placed in trust or life or\n(Chapter 1405)\nburial insurance purchased for funeral, cremation\nor interment expense shall be considered to have\nno value in computing the amount of property owned\nby a recipient of public assistance if the amount\ninvolved does not exceed $1,000.\nAB 645 - Bill Greene Eliminates various Welfare and Institutions Code\n(Chapter 1406)\nprovisions exempting certain income of public\nassistance recipients and substitutes a provision\nexempting any earned income of a recipient to\nthe maximum extent permitted by federal law.\nAB 686 - Dunlap\nProvides that if a portion of an estate which was\n(Chapter 1407)\ncommunity property of a husband and wife would\notherwise escheat to a state because there is no\nrelative, including next of kin of one of the\nspouses to succeed to such portion of the estate,\nsuch portion shall be distributed to the heirs\nof the other spouse.\nAB 716 - Brathwaite\nRequires county welfare departments to provide\n(Chapter 1408)\nhome care for needy children under the Aid to\nFamilies With Dependent Children program while the\nmother is away from home because she is participa-\nting in a rehabilitation, work or training program\nor is actively seeking employment.\nAB 761 - Pattee\nAuthorizes an elementary school to maintain special\n(Chapter 1409)\nprograms or classes for non-English speaking pupils\nif 15 or more pupils, rather than one in every\nfour pupils, are unable to speak, understand, read\nor write the English language well enough to carry\non normal class activities. The bill excludes\npupils participating in compensation education pro-\ngram of school district or other program funded\nthrough federal or state moneys for low-income or\ndisadvantaged pupils.\nAB 765 - Bear\nCreates the College Opportunity Grants Program\n(Chapter 1410)\nauthorizing up to 1,000 subsistence grants per\nyear for 1969-70, 1970-71 and 1971-72 to be award-\ned to economically disadvantaged students who dis-\nplay potential for academic success. The bill re-\nstricts the maximum amount of the grant to $1,100\nper academic year.\n-2-\n#541\nAB 805 - Bill Greene Requires that contractors on public works contracts\n(Chapter 1411)\napply to the Joint Apprenticeship Committee for the\ntrade and area for a certificate of approval to\ntrain apprentices. This certificate shall provide\nfor employment of a ratio of apprentices to\njourneymen, which shall not exceed that already\nestablished, but in no case less than one appren-\ntice to each five journeymen employed, with cer-\ntain exceptions.\nAB 810 - Roberti\nIncreases lump sum death benefits from $400 to\n(Chapter 1412)\n$500 for retired state employees and retired em-\nployees of contracting agencies which elected to\nbecome eligible for death benefits.\nAB 908 - Schabarum\nAuthorizes local school districts to enter into\n(Chapter 1413)\ncontracts or cooperative arrangements with busi-\nness, industry or elements of the community to\nimprove local education.\nAB 920 - Russell\nProvides for the operation of programs offering\n(Chapter 1414)\npre-service and in-service training for teachers\nwho will work in poverty area schools. Enacts\nProfessional Development and Program Improvement\nAct of 1968 for the purpose of providing and im-\nproving pre-service and in-service training for\nteachers. Requires establishment of schools as\ntraining centers to serve a number of satellite\nschools. Requires State Board of Education to\nadopt rules and regulations to implement the\nprogram.\nAB 926 - Biddle\nPermits certain credentialed teachers who were\n(Chapter 1415)\nformerly members of the State Teachers' Retire-\nment System and are employed in the public schools\nas instructors under the Economic Opportunity Act\nof 1964 to again become credentialed teachers.\nAB 933 - Murphy\nAdds speech handicapped children to the list of\n(Chapter 1416)\nexceptional children for which apportionments\nof housing and equipment may be made under the\nState School Building Aid Law of 1952.\nAB 968 - Cory\nConforms the Personal Income Tax Law to federal\n(Chapter 1417)\nrules, including the life expectancy rule rela-\nting to annuities.\nAB 1077 - Fong\nRevises the method and requirements in reporting\n(Chapter 1418)\ncomputation of average daily attendance of junior\ncollege pupils and adults attending college in\nthe academic year and summer session for all\nschool districts maintaining a junior college.\nAB 1153 - Murphy\nAuthorizes county superintendents of schools to\n(Chapter 1419)\nprovide programs and transportation therefor, for\nmentally gifted minors who reside in any school\ndistrict which has an average daily attendance\nof less than 901.\nAB 1264 - Biddle\nSpecifies that priority shall be given to credi-\n(Chapter 1420)\ntors who have levied an execution unless court\nfinds circumstances warrant another disposition.\nAB 1281 - Milias\nProvides that enlisted personnel involuntarily or-\n(Chapter 1421)\ndered to active duty for a stated duration shall\nnot lose any rights or benefits conferred public\nemployees under the provisions of the Military\nand Veterans Code if they voluntarily elect to\ncomplete the period of such duty.\nAB 1287 - Meyers\nRequires the State Personnel Board and the Depart-\n(Chapter 1422)\nment of Rehabilitation to jointly formulate pro-\ncedures for the selection and orderly referral of\ndisabled state employees who can be benefited by\nrehabilitation services and might be retrained for\nother appropriate positions within the state servic\n-3-\n#541\nAB 1291 - Meyers\nIncreases the market value of homes that the\n(Chapter 1423)\nDepartment of Veterans Affairs can lend funds on\nfrom $25,000 to $35,000.\nAB 1307 - Veysey\nAuthorizes the issuance of a probationary creden-\n(Chapter 1424)\ntial for a two-year period to 100 specially selec-\nted persons with baccalaureate degrees from ap-\nproved institutions and who have composite scores\nat or above the 50th percentile. It authorizes\nemployment of such persons by a school district\nfor service as teachers, subject to certain\nconditions.\nAB 1400 - Fong\nAuthorizes school districts to employ classified\n(Chapter 1425)\npersonnel as \"instructional aides\" to assist\nteachers and other certificated employees in su-\npervision and instruction of pupils.\nAB 1413 - Vasconcellos\n(Chapter 1426)\nEstablishes a three-year pilot program for diagno-\nsis and treatment of children suffering from\nhyaline membrane disease; provides that pilot\nprogram shall be maintained from any funds made\navailable for such purpose; appropriates $200,000\nfrom the general fund to the Department of Public\nHealth for expenditure during the 1968-69 fiscal\nyear for services to children suffering from hyaling\nmembrane and for collection of date regarding the\ncost of providing such care.\nAB 1447 - Vasconcellos\n(Chapter 1427)\nAuthorizes school district governing boards or\ncounty superintendents of schools, with approval\nof county boards of education, to enter into\nagreements to render any services which may be\nprovided children enrolled in nonpublic schools\nunder the federal Elementary and Secondary Act\nof 1965. The bill requires that payment for such\nservices be not less than the cost of rendering\nsuch services.\nAB 1474 - Campbell\nIncludes specified types of property within the\n(Chapter 1428)\nwelfare exemption from property taxation, if such\nproperty is owned or leased by a nonprofit organ-\nization established for the purpose of leasing\nproperty to the state, city or county. Establishes\nprocedures for claiming the exemption and provides\nfor a cancellation or refund of taxes imposed on\nsuch property in 1967 or 1968. Provides that\nspecial consideration is to be given where leases\nare entered into on or before December 31, 1968.\nAB 1521 - Elliott\nAuthorizes the Department of Social Welfare to\n(Chapter 1429)\nmake determination as to permanent impairment and\ntotal disability for eligibility for Aid to the\nDisabled in the county involved. Requires that\ndetermination be made in time to prevent loss of\nfederal sharing money.\nAB 1524 - Vasconcellos\n(Chapter 1430)\nDeclares that the fact that a person is, or is sus-\npected of being, a user of marijuana is not alone\nsufficient grounds upon which to order or request\nthat the person submit to a \"Nalline\" test as a\ncondition of probation or parole or to determine\nwhether such person is a narcotic addict. A judge\nmay still invoke the \"Nalline\" test provisions\nif he has reason to believe a person is or has\nbeen a user of narcotics other than marijuana.\nAB 1541 - Stacey\nEliminates the deductions from accrued salary to\n(Chapter 1431)\nbe paid to an employee when a punitive action\nagainst him is reversed by the State Personnel\nBoard, except such amount as was compensation\nearned or could reasonably have been earned by the\nemployee in the period commencing six months from\nthe day of suspension.\n-4-\n#541\nAB 1602 - Townsend\nProvides for the automatic granting of a three-year\n(Chapter 1432)\nfranchise terminable upon mutually satisfactory\nterms, to holders operating for more than three\nyears under county refuse collection franchises in\nunincorporated areas by cities annexing or incor-\nporating such areas, provided such service meets\ncertain standards.\nAB 1610 - Campbell\nEstablishes the California Education Information\n(Chapter 1433)\nSystem within the Department of Education for the\npurpose of collecting and making available infor-\nmation relating to education. Provides for organ-\nization, operation, function and conduct of the\nsystem to be financed from federal funds.\nAB 1638 - Milias\nRequires that enlisted men in the pay grade of\n(Chapter 1434)\nEl through E5 while on active duty ordered by\nthe governor under certain circumstances receive\nnot less than $12.80 per day if they certify that\nthe total pay from their civilian employment re-\nceived during such periods of active duty and their\nnormal military pay and allowances do not exceed\n$12.80 per day.\nAB 1677 - Pattee\nConforms definitions relating to corporate reor-\n(Chapter 1435)\nganizations for purposes of the Personal Income\nTax Law to definitions used in the Bank and Cor-\nporation Tax Law.\nAB 1729 - Roberti\nAdds the Trustees of the state colleges and the\n(Chapter 1436)\nRegents of the University of California to those\nstate agencies already authorized to pay reasonable\nand necessary moving expenses caused by the state's\nacquiring their property and such expenses to be\npaid from sums appropriated for the acquisition\nof said property.\nAB 1730 - Wilson\nExtends the current study of harmful drugs and\n(Chapter 1437)\nhallucinogenic substances two years. The bill\nappropriates $35,000 to the Department of Educa-\ntion for the continuation of such study during the\n1968-69 fiscal year if the superintendent of pub-\nlic instruction certifies that a request for\nspecified federal funds has been denied.\nAB 1792 - Chappie\nSets the amount considered as required for main-\n(Chapter 1438)\ntenance for a medically indigent person and author-\nURGENCY\nizes the administrator of the Health and Welfare\nAgency to decrease or increase such amounts to\nthe most liberal allowed under any public assis-\ntance program to insure the greatest federal\nparticipation.\nAB 1808 - Thomas\nMakes the Department of Motor Vehicles an author-\n(Chapter 1439)\nized agent of the Department of Harbors and Water-\ncraft until March 10,1970, for the issuance of\ncertificates of number and temporary certificates\nof number for undocumented vessels. The Depart-\nment of Motor Vehicles is to be reimbursed for\nactual expenses incurred. Both departments are\nto report to the legislature on or before March 10,\n1970, on their experiences under this arrangement\nand make recommendations.\nAB 1826 - Priolo\nPermits member of the Public Employees' Retirement\n(Chapter 1440)\nSystem who was an academic employee of the Uni-\nversity of California prior to 1963, and who is\nnot entitled to receive benefits under another re-\ntirement system, to receive current service credit\nfor such service upon making specified\ncontributions.\n-5-\n#541\nAB 1828 - Burton\nAmends and repeals various Welfare and Institutions\n(Chapter 1441)\nCode sections regarding current commitment pro-\ncedures for mentally ill persons. The amendments\nto the sections are to remain operative until the\nLanterman-Petris-Short Act becomes operative on\nJuly 1, 1969.\nAB 1865 - Russell\nCreates Educational Innovation Advisory Commission\n(Chapter 1442)\nconsisting of superintendent of education, one mem-\nber appointed by the speaker, one by Senate rule\nand 11 by the State Board of Education, and pre-\nscribes responsibilities thereof re projects quali-\nfying for federal funds received by state pursuant\nto Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-\ncation Act of 1965, as amended by P.L. 90-247.\nDesignates commission as state advisory council\nprescribed in Title III.\nAB 1907 - Deddeh\nRequires the Department of Public Works or the\n(Chapter 1443)\nappropriate local agencies with respect to high-\nways under their jurisdiction, to establish and\npromulgate criteria to be used as guidelines for\nthe placement of traffic control devices near\nschools. The bill further provides that the cost\nof furnishing traffic control personnel whose func-\ntion is to assist students in crossing streets and\nhighways is a proper charge against money appor-\ntioned to cities and counties from the Highway\nUser's Tax Fund.\nAB 1950 - Lanterman\nMakes various technical, clarifying and other\n(Chapter 1374)\nchanges in the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act.\nAB 1951 - Cory\nRequires the attorney general in preparing titles\n(Chapter 1444)\nfor statewide initiative measures which would\nrequire substantial state expense and which do\nnot include a method of financing in the initiative\nmeasure to state approximate costs of the pro-\nposal. The bill provides that the estimate costs\nwill be made by Department of Finance and Joint\nBudget Committee.\nAB 2049 - Bagley\nAuthorizes county boards of supervisors by a\n(Chapter 1445)\nfour-fifths vote to contribute not to exceed\n50 percent of certain funds accumulated for pro-\nviding facilities for veterans' associations.\nAB 2061 - Sieroty\nPermits the state, cities, and counties to employ\n(Chapter 1446)\nresidents of California who are noncitizens who\nhave declared their intent to become citizens.\nAB 2063 - Sieroty\nAuthorizes the board of any school district to\n(Chapter 1447)\nnegotiate with the authorities of any foreign\ncountry, state, territory or possession of the\nUnited States for the hiring of bilingual teachers\nto provide foreign language instruction.\nAB 2071 - Chappie\nAuthorizes the Folsom Lake Bridge Authority to\n(Chapter 1448)\nemploy an executive secretary. The authority is\nauthorized to contract with a person, firm or cor-\nporation for the construction, maintenance and\noperation of the toll bridge on behalf of the\nauthority. The bill also appropriates $6,300 for\npayment to the authority for its support in the\n1968-69 fiscal year, and requires such appropria-\ntion to be repaid from the proceeds of the first\nsale of bonds.\nAB 2098 - Bill Greene\n(Chapter 1449)\nProvides for payment of disability benefits to dis-\nURGENCY\nabled California veterans from the time of eligi-\nbility determination by the federal government un-\ntil such time as federal disability benefit pay-\nments begin. The veteran is required to assign to\nthe state the disability compensation to repay\nthese state benefits.\n-6-\n#541\nSB 39 - Dymally\nEnacts the Children's Center Construction Law of\n(Chapter 1373)\n1968 to provide assistance to school districts and\nto county superintendents of schools for the con-\nstruction of children's center facilities. The\nbill appropriates $2.8 million for allocation pur-\nsuant to a specified schedule for the purposes of\nchildren's centers.\nSB 53 - Moscone\nAllows the establishment of professional corpora-\n(Chapter 1375)\ntions for persons licensed under the Business and\nProfessions Code. The bill provides for dental,\nmedical and law corporations.\nSB 166 - Dymally\nAppropriates $100,000 to Department of Rehabilita-\n(Chapter 1376)\ntion to finance vocational evaluation and work\nadjustment services for disadvantaged persons.\nSB 398 - Sherman\nPermits a judge whose commission was issued on or\n(Chapter 1377)\nbefore September 18, 1959, to receive an incentive\nretirement allowance provided under Judges' Re-\ntirement Law.\nSB 602 - Alquist\nProvides that when a public agency lets a contract\n(Chapter 1378)\nand specifies products by a brand name or trade\nname, the specifying agency, if aware of an equal\nproduct manufactured in California, name such pro-\nduct in the specification.\nSB 606 - Dolwig\nProvides for a deduction from the cross income of\n(Chapter 1379)\na holding company commercially domiciled in Cali-\nfornia of dividends paid by an insurance company\nwhich is at least 80 percent owned by the holding\ncompany. The deduction applies only to dividends\nattributable to the California operations of the\ninsurer.\nenvironmental\nSB 710 - Carrell\nCreates a State\nQuality Study Council\n(Chapter 1380)\nto conduct various studies and develop recommenda-\ntions relative to environmental quality, including\nmanagement of waste discharge. The bill appropri-\nates $25,000 for support of the council.\nSB 719 - Sherman\nRequires the Department of Social Welfare to develop\n(Chapter 1400)\nin cooperation with county welfare departments, a\nprogram of Homemaker Services. These services\nwould be provided by homemakers employed by the\ncounty welfare department with priority given to\nthe retraining of recipients of public assistance.\nSB 809 - Burgener\nSpecifically authorizes aid to needy disabled per-\n(Chapter 1381)\nsons who are mentally retarded and in private in-\nstitutions providing care for more than six persons.\nSB 846 - Dolwig\nProvides that if an off-sale general or on-sale\n(Chapter 1382)\ngeneral license was obtained originally from the\nstate after June 1, 1961, for a fee of $6,000 and\nsuch license is later transferred intercounty, it\ncannot be transferred thereafter for consideration\nin excess of $6,000.\nSB 1047 - Petris\nAuthorizes any health facility or institution li-\n(Chapter 1383)\ncensed by the Department of Public Health or the\nDepartment of Mental Hygiene to be licensed by the\nstate Department of Social Welfare if such facility\nor institution complies with relevant provisions,\nrules and regulations as they apply to facilities\nfor the care of the aged.\nSB 1051 - Collier\nExpressly authorizes legislative bodies of muni-\n(Chapter 1384)\ncipal or public corporations or districts to con-\ntract for payroll check preparation in addition\nto other designated services.\n-7-\n#541\nSB 1087 - McCarthy\nRequires a sheriff to furnish a licensed private\n(Chapter 1385)\ninvestigator or adjustor with report as to criminal\nrecord of employee or proposed employee of such\nlicense, but prohibits information contained in\nrecord of such employee or proposed employee from\nbeing divulged to the applicant.\nSB 1143 - Marks\nAdds to the types of firearms which make the com-\n(Chapter 1386)\nmission of a felony with a weapon subject to the\nincreased penalties of a prescribed section of the\nPenal Code.\nSB 1154 - Danielson\nRequires the deposit of specified fees, collected\n(Chapter 1387)\nby the Public Utilities Commission, into the Trans-\nportation Rate Fund rather than the general fund.\nSB 1179 - Burgener\nProvides that no admission fee or tuition fee shall\n(Chapter 1388)\nbe required of any nonresident student who is a\nfull-time employee of California State Colleges,\nor who is the child or spouse of an employee,\nrather than an academic or administrative employee\nof California State Colleges.\nSB 1227 - Moscone\nSpecifies that prohibition of release of personal\n(Chapter 1389)\ninformation concerning pupils, except under ju-\nURGENCY\ndicial process, is not intended to interfere with\npreparation and distribution of junior college,\ncollege and university student directories or with\nfurnishing of lists of names, addresses and tele-\nphone numbers of junior college, college and uni-\nversity students to proprietors of off-campus\nhousing.\nSB 1228 - Moscone\nRequires public employers to negotiate in good\n(Chapter 1390)\nfaith with representatives of employee organiza-\ntions \"in an attempt to reach agreement.\" It re-\nquires the parties to prepare written \"memorandum\nof understanding\" for presentation to the local\ngoverning body. Local governing bodies are author-\nized to establish formal recognition processes\nand procedures for resolving disputes. The bill\ndoes not apply to state government.\nSB 1268 - Lagomarsino\n(Chapter 1391)\nProvides that the chief of the Division of Nar-\ncotic Enforcement may add new narcotics to the\nstatutory list of those which have a potential\nfor abuse. The bill also gives the Department of\nPublic Health authority to add to the list of re-\nstricted dangerous drugs having a potential for\nabuse. The bill further establishes a Research\nAdvisory Panel which will approve research projects\nand make reports to the legislature relative to\nthe conclusions of research on the abuse of drugs.\n# # #\n-8-\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, Californ\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n8.23.68\n# 542\nThe following bills have been vetoed by Governor Ronald Reagan:\nAB 45 - Burton\nProvides for a new tax incentive program for employer\nto encourage the hiring of unemployed or under-\nemployed persons who may be receiving public\nassistance. The Department of Employment would\ncertify persons to be employed and trained. The\nbill allows employers to deduct an additional 25\npercent of the cost of salaries and training from\ngross income in computing taxes. The number of\ntrainees would be limited to 1,500 in any fiscal\nyear and a maximum tax revenue loss limited to\n$300,000 in any fiscal year. This program would\nterminate on January 1, 1972.\nREASON FOR VETO: Governor Reagan said, \"I have\nalready signed AB 1966 (Chapter\n1357) which provides for a new tax incentive program\nfor employers to encourage the hiring of unemployed\nor underemployed persons who may be receiving public\nassistance. The approval of AB 1966 makes AB 45\nunnecessary.\"\nAccordingly, he returned the bill unsigned.\nAB 687 - Vasconcellos\nAuthorizes Regents of the University of Cali-\nfornia and Trustees of the California State\nColleges to establish and maintain children's\ncenters on the campuses of the University of\nCalifornia and the California State Colleges,\nrespectively. This would authorize the University\nand the State Colleges to establish at all campuses\na nursery for the children of working mothers.\nREASON FOR VETO: There does not appear to be any\nreal need for campus childrens'\ncenters. The enactment of SB 39 (Chapter 1373)\nwhich appropriates $2.8 million for the construction\nof 40-60 additional childrens' centers makes AB 687\nunnecessary.\nAccordingly, he returned the bill unsigned.\nAB 870 - Unruh\nEnacts the Law Enforcement Leadership Training Act\nof 1968 and creates a seven-member Law Enforcement\nLeadership Training Committee. The bill provides\nfor state payment of up to 50 percent of salaries,\nand $60 per month per diem, and travel expenses of\nparticipating law enforcement officers. The bill\nappropriates $150,000 from the general fund for the\nprogram. The program is to terminate the 61st day\nafter adjournment of the 1970 Regular Session.\nREASON FOR VETO: Governor Reagan said, \"The Com-\nmissimon Peace Officer Standards and\nTraining can accomplish the objectives of this bill\nwithout further statutory authority. The commission\nis best equipped to set priorities for law enforce-\nment training programs. For this reason I question\nthe mandating of specific training programs such as\nproposed by AB 870. The passage of AB 1203 (Chapter\n1305) will make it possible for the commission to\nconsider additional training programs, and its\nenactment eliminates any need for general fund\nappropriations to finance such programs.'\nAccordingly, he returned the bill unsigned.\n-1-\n#542\nAB 1280 - Monagan\nCreates an Educational Research Commission to\nadminister experimental schools in grades 1 through\n3 to experiment and explore problems in education.\nThe bill also requires the State Board of Education,\nin approving any state plan for the use of specified\nfederal funds, to assure that specified amounts of\nfederal funds are reserved and allocated to the\ncommission.\nREASON FOR VETO: Governor Reagan said, \"I agree that\nan urgent need exists to update\ninstructional methods to take advantage of modern\ntechnology and to research and test new educational\ntechniques. Creation of a new board or commission\nto implement a program or control the expenditure\nof funds, when an experienced agency is already\nperforming this task, detracts from efficient\nadministration and incurs unnecessary expenditures\nof public funds. Further, I have been assured by\nthe Department of Education that the intent of this\nbill will be accomplished under existing authority.\"\nAccordingly, he returned the bill unsigned.\nAB 1353 - Greene, B. Provides that when a person who has been arrested\nand booked and is then released because of police\ndetermination of mistaken identity or lack of guilt,\nthe records of such arrest and booking may, upon\npetition, be immediately sealed. Upon receipt of the\nnotice of sealing, every agency having such records\nin its possession shall seal them and shall there-\nafter not disclose the fact of arrest or booking to\nany person. The arrest and booking shall be deemed\nto have not occurred.\nREASON FOR VETO: The Senate Judiciary Committee is\ncontinuing its study of sealing of\nrecords. Further legislation in this area should be\ndeferred until the committee has had an opportunity\nto complete its inquiry.\nAccordingly, he returned the bill unsigned.\nAB 1447 - Cory\nProvides that when the release or demotion of a\ncertificated employee holding a position requiring\nan administrative or supervisory credential, except\nthe position of superintendent, is contemplated, such\nemployee shall be advised in written form not later\nthan March 15 of the current year.\nREASON FOR VETO: This bill unduly restricts school\ndistrict governing boards with\nrespect to the assignment and reassignment of\nadministrative personnel. It will require school\ndistricts to make administrative assignments for an\nentire year at least four months before the end of\nthe school year. The bill provides no method of\ndetermining when a \"demotion\" or \"release\" has\noccurred. The words \"release\" and \"demotion\" are\nnot defined in the bill nor are they to be found in\nother provisions of the Education Code.\nAccordingly, he returned the bill unsigned.\nAB 1683 - Quimby\nProvides for a pilot home reception educational\ntelevision program for adults in Los Angeles County.\nThe bill allocates $200,000 from federal funds to\nfinance the costs of the two-year pilot program.\nREASON FOR VETO: The state now supports at-school\neducation for regular enrollment.\nThere should be a more complete understanding of the\ncost of providing state-supported home television\nbefore even a pilot program is instituted.\nAccordingly, he returned the bill unsigned.\n-2-\n#542\nSB 41 - Dymally\nProvides that where a minor has been taken before\nor appears before a probation officer, the probation\nofficer shall deliver to such minor a written\nstatement informing him of the right to petition\nthe court to seal records. The bill also requires\nlaw enforcement officers who release minors taken\ninto temporary custody, where a written record of\narrest or detention has been made, to deliver such\na written statement to the minor.\nREASON FOR VETO: The Senate Judiciary Committee is\ncontinuing its study of sealing\nof records. Further legislation in this area should\nbe deferred until the committee has had an opportun-\nity to complete its inquiry.\nAccordingly, he returned the bill unsigned.\nSB 125 - Dymally\nAppropriates $250,000 to the University of\nCalifornia and $250,000 to the California State\nColleges to initiate and develop educational oppor-\ntunity programs for disadvantaged youths.\nSpecifically authorizes the University and the\nCalifornia State Colleges to accept funds from\nprivate or governmental sources for the operation\nof the programs.\nREASON\nFOR\nVETO:\nGovernor Reagan said, \"I have\nalready signed AB 765 (Chapter 1410\nwhich creates the College Opportunity Grants Pro-\ngram authorizing up to 1,000 subsistence grants\nper year for 1969-70, 1970-71, and 1971-72 to be\nawarded to economically disadvantaged students who\ndisplay potential for academic success. Approval\nof AB 765 makes S3 125 unnecessary.\"\nAccordingly, he returned the bill unsigned.\nSB 575 - Dymally\nProvides $20 per average daily attendance in\nfoundation aid to schools operated by the county\nsuperintendent in juvenile halls, homes, and camps.\nThe estimated general fund cost of $140,000 to\n$160,000 added by the bill is declared to be an\nappropriation for property tax relief within the\nmeaning of Chapter 1209, Statutes of 1967.\nREASON FOR VETO: The state allowance for efficient\nschool district organization has no relevance to\neducational programs operated by the counties.\nFurthermore, the fact that the foundation increase\nmade by SB 575 must be used for reduction of pupil-\nteacher ratios makes it a form of program enrichment\nrather than property tax relief.\nAccordingly, he returned the bill unsigned.\nSB 593 - Alquist\nPermits a special need allowance to be paid to\nrecipients of Old Age Security (OAS) whose physical\nand mental condition require boarding home care up\nto a maximum grant limit of $225 per month. Directs\nthat the Department of Social Welfare fix the appli-\ncable boarding home rates which will be consistent\nwith the out-of-home care rates set by the Health\nand Welfare administrator.\nREASON FOR VETO: The problem of providing proper\ncare and attention to a growing number of aged and\ndisabled persons in a manner that is consistent with\ntheir well being at a cost that can be controlled\nwithin the limits of the fiscal capacity of the state\nrequires an overall plan involving all types of out-\nof-home care. SB 593 is a stop-gap measure which\ndoes not adequately deal with the entire problem of\nout-of-home care benefits compared with in-home\ncare rates. The bill purports to be a property tax\nreduction measure, which it is for a few counties.\nHowever, it would be a property tax increase bill\nfor most counties. Accordingly, he returned the bill\nunsigned.\n-3-\n#542\nSB 819 - Short\nProvides for Nursing Home Administrator's State\nLicense Board, its powers and duties, and the\nstandards and procedures by which nursing home\nadministrators are to be licensed. Specifies fees.\nCreates Nursing Home Administrator's State License\nBoard Fund and continuously appropriates the money\nin such fund to the board.\nREASON FOR VETO: Consideration of SB 819 should be\ndeferred so that it may be con-\nsidered in relation to the study of healing arts\nlicensing now being conducted by the Department of\nProfessional and Vocational Standards with a view\nto determining whether the creation of a new board\nis necessary or whether some other organization\nsuch as a bureau with an advisory board, an examin-\ning committee within the jurisdiction of the Board\nof Medical Examiners would be preferable.\nAccordingly, he returned the bill unsigned.\nSB 935 - Beilenson\nEstablishes within the Department of Public Health\na nine-member Radiation Safety Board to advise the\ndepartment with respect to the adoption of regulation\naffecting the use of diagnostic X-ray and the\ncertification of persons engaged in the use of\ndiagnostic X-ray; establishes standards of education,\ntraining and experience for all persons who use\nX-rays on human beings and prescribes the means for\nassuring that these standards are met.\nREASON FOR VETO: The Department of Professional and\nVocational Standards together\nwith the Board of Medical Examiners has instituted\na comprehensive study to explore the proper role of\nlicensing in meeting California's health manpower\nneeds, to determine improved patterns of organiza-\ntion and distribution of function among licensing\nagencies, and to make better use of the skills of\nreturning veterans. Consideration of SB 935 should\nbe deferred so that the subject matter of the bill\nmay be considered and coordinated with this study.\nAccordingly, the governor returned the bill\nunsigned.\nSB 1160 - Richardson Provides that tuition fees charged foreign non-\nresident students at California State Colleges shall\nbe fixed by Trustees of California State Colleges\nat not less than $360 per year. The Trustees\nmay, under specified circumstances, waive or reduce\nthe tuition fee for not more than 7 1/2 percent of\nthe foreign nonresident undergraduate students.\nThe bill also provides that no admission or tuition\nfee shall be required of any minor student who is\nthe child of, and who maintains his place of abode\nwith, a resident of this state.\nREASON FOR VETO: Governor Reagan said, \"I must\nreluctantly veto SB 1160 because\nit contains a substantive drafting error. Inad-\nvertently, the last amended form of Section 23754\nof the Education Code was not used to amend that\nsection in this bill. Consequently, the provision\nthat no admission or tuition fee shall be required\nof any minor student who is the child of, and who\nmaintains his place of abode with, a resident of\nthis state which was deleted by the legislature\nin 1966, would be reenacted into law if this bill\nwere approved. This inadvertence would produce a\nloss of $200,000 in nonresident student fees in\n1968-69.\nAccordingly, he returned the bill unsigned.\n# # #\n-4-\nOFFICE OF THE GOVE'\nOR\nRELEASE: Im diate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n8.23.68\n# 543\nGovernor Ronald Reagan has proclaimed the week of August 25-29,\n1968 as CONGRESS OF CORRECTION WEEK.\nText of the proclamation follows:\n\"WHEREAS:\nThe citizens of California and the United\nStates are acutely concerned about the\nthreat of violence and crime in our nation;\nand\n\"WHEREAS:\nWe are aware of the necessity of breaking\nthe cycle which breeds crime and induces\nviolence, and are concerned about the\nhuman misery and degradation which are\nproducts of the aforesaid crime and\nviolence; and\n\"WHEREAS:\nMany dedicated correctional workers and\ninterested citizens devote their services\nto the protection of society by aiding in\nthe redirection of criminal offenders into\nuseful, productive and law-abiding lives;\nand\n\"WHEREAS:\nThe American Correctional Association has\nlong been the leader in developing and\nimplementing improved programs, techniques\nand methods for the rehabilitation of\ncriminal offenders; and\n\"WHEREAS:\nThe American Correctional Association and\nits affiliates will hold the 98th Congress\nof Corrections in San Francisco from\nAugust 25 through August 29;\n\"NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA do\nhereby proclaim August 25-29, 1968, as CONGRESS OF CORRECTION WEEK. \"\n#\n#\n#\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVEl OR\nRELEASE:\nIt\nediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n8.23.68\n# 544\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today he has signed legislation\nwhich will provide for \"more effective enforcement\" of those laws\nrelating to the possession of marijuana, LSD and other specified\ndangerous drugs.\nThe bill (AB-172, Biddle) amends current state law regulating\npenalties for such crimes.\nUnder terms of the bill, a judge will be able to exercise greater\ndiscretion in determining the severity of penalties for such sentences,\nin the case of first offenders.\nThe legislation raises to a felony the possible penalty for\npossession or use of dangerous drugs. It also permits a judge to set\nthe sentence for first offense possession of marijuana as a misde-\nmeanor, in deserving cases.\nJudges and other experts testified before committees of the\nSenate and Assembly that the new penalty structure provides a more\nrealistic approach to the narcotics problem, and gives a judge the\nnecessary sentencing flexibility in appropriate cases.\nThe law previously required the judge to impose a felony\nsentence in every marijuana case.\nGovernor Reagan said, \"The new law marks a step forward in\nrecognizing the tremendous danger posed by the illicit traffic in\ndangerous drugs.\n\"It also improves a judge's capability to deal with different\ntypes of marijuana offenders, = he added.\nThe legislation was supported by the California District\nAttorneys' Association, the California Peace Officers' Association,\nthe California Medical Association, the State Bar of California and\nthe State Attorney General.\n#\n#\n#\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, Califory\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n8.23.68\nFollowing is Governor Reagan's schedule for Saturday, August 24:\n9:00 a.m.\nArrive Sacramento Municipal\nAirport, proceed to Capitol\n10:25 a.m.\nAssembly Chamber for address to\nRepublican State Convention\n11:30 a.m.\nReception for Republican County\nChairmen, Governor's Office\nAfternoon\nReturn to Santa Monica. (Governor\nto remain in Los Angeles following\nweek.)\n# # #\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n8.26.68\n#545\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today he has vetoed the\nso-called \"presidential primary bill\" (SB-145, Alquist) because\nthe measure would add \"nothing to the democratic process\" and would\n\"tend to divide and splinter our major political parties.\"\nThe legislation provides that candidates on the presidential\nprimary ballot in the state would be those found by California's\nsecretary of state to be nationally-recognized candidates for the\noffice of president, or those persons whose names were placed on\nthe ballot by means of petition. The bill would enable any such\nperson to withdraw by filing an affidavit that he or she is not\na candidate.\nIn his veto letter to the Senate, Governor Reagan said:\n\"SB-145 adds nothing to the democratic process. It is, in\nfact, an infringement on the rights of certain individuals.\n\"It limits the people's responsibility by placing the responsi-\nbility for putting names on the California presidential ballot\non the shoulders of one man. This is considerably less desirable\nthan California's present open primary method which requires a\nsignificant number of persons to show an interest in a man's\ncandidacy before his name can be placed on the ballot.\n\"The proposed bill, if it were to become law, would place\nprominent political figures in awkward positions by forcing them\nto make decisions they might not wish to make, decisions that\nno one man has the moral right to force them to make.\n\"Further, the proposed new method forces a man to accept the\nalternatives of either raising money and campaigning against his\nwill or accepting political defeat.\n\"The proposed legislation will tend to divide and splinter\nour major political parties. The strong, stable two-party system\nwe have developed in our country is one of the cornerstones of\nAmerican democracy. Legislation that weakens this system should\nbe avoided.'\n#\n#\n#\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO..\nRELEASE:\n1..mediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n8.26.68\n#546\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named attorney William P. Hogoboom\nto the Los Angeles County Superior Court bench.\nThe post pays $25,000 per year.\nHogoboom, a 50-year old Republican, succeeds the late Donald Dunbar.\nHogoboom is a 1949 graduate of the University of Southern Cali-\nfornia Law School and has been a partner in the Los Angeles legal\nfirm of Iverson and Hogoboom since 1952.\nHe received his B.A. Degree in 1939 from Occidental College and\nobtained an M.S. Degree in Public Administration from U.S.C. in 1941.\nHe was student body president of the U.S.C. Law School from\n1948-49.\nHogoboom is a former vice chairman of the Los Angeles County\nBar Association's Public Relations Committee, and is a member of the\nsections on taxation and corporation, banking and business law of the\nAmerican Bar Association.\nHe is married, has five children ranging from 22-13 years of age,\nand resides at 1215 Wynn Road, Pasadena.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE:\nIm\ndiate\nSacramento, Californ\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n8.26.68\n#547\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today he has signed\nlegislation--the first of its type in the nation-which provides\ntax incentives to private lending institutions in California for\nmaking real estate loans to low income families in inner city neigh-\nborhoods.\nThe bill (AB-1832, Campbell) \"could establish a national trend\ntoward encouraging the use of more private funds from savings and\nloan associations, banks, life insurance companies and other lenders\nto develop moderate and low income housing, especially in minority\ncommunities, # the governor said.\nThe measure, part of the governor's legislative program, has\nbeen hailed as a unique approach in solving some of the more press-\ning problems of California's urban core communities.\nThe idea was conceived and developed by State Savings and Loan\nCommissioner Dr. Preston Martin.\n\"The opportunity for more families to become homeowners is a\nvital element in building good citizenship and helping to insure\ndignity for more California families,' Governor Reagan said.\n\"I believe there are many areas where the private sector and\nstate government can and must work together to solve social problems.\n\"This legislation is an excellent example of such cooperation.\"\nThrough tax incentives, the bill stimulates the flow of private\nfunds for moderate and low income families who have the desire and\nmotivation to improve their overall environment.\nThese tax incentives--or credits--are also designed to partially\ncover loan processing costs normally paid by the borrower.\nIn addition, the lenders are given a special bad debt allowance\nto protect the public's savings.\nGovernor Reagan emphasized that while the bad debt allowance and\ntax credits would serve as incentives for the individual lenders, their\noverall impact on state revenue would be minimized because they would\nbe stimulating additional lending above and beyond the present busi-\nness conducted by private lending sector.\nThe governor also noted that the bill will stimulate home con-\nstruction and employment within the construction industry.\n-1-\n#547\nHe expressed appreciation for the prompt and decisive action\ntaken by both houses of the legislature on the bill.\nIt required--and received--a 2/3rd majority vote in each house,\nThe governor had special praise for Savings and Loan Commissioner\nMartin, and Business and Transportation Agency Secretary Gordon Luce\nfor the months they and their respective offices spent with Assemblyman\nCampbell (R-Hacienda Heights) in drafting and guiding the bill through\nthe legislature.\n#\n#\n#\nEJG\n-2-\nOFFICE OF THE GOV NOR\nRELEASE: If diate\nSacramento, Califo nia\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n8.26.68\n# 548\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today he has signed into\nlaw a bill (AB-34, Milias) increasing the State of California's\ncontribution for employee medical insurance premiums from $6.00\nper month to a maximum of $8.00 per month.\nIn signing the legislation, the governor said the action\nwill bring state government's contribution for its own employees\nmore into line with prevailing practices by other private and\npublic employers.\nAssuming a continuation of past levels of enrollment in\nemployee medical insurance plans by state employees, the annual\ncost increase to the state will amount to some $2.4 million.\nThe legislation was sponsored by the California State\nEmployees' Association and was supported by the State Department\nof Finance, the State Public Employees' Retirement System and\nState Personnel Board.\nThe bill received unanimous approval in the Senate and\nwon 66 affirmative votes in the Assembly.\n#\n#\n#\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE:\nImr\ndiate\nSacramento, Californ\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n8.27.68\n#549\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today he has signed the final\nthree bills of an administration-backed bi-partisan legislative pro-\ngram designed to enable the state to deal more effectively with the\nproblems of job training and development in economically disadvantaged\nareas.\nThe three measures include:\nEstablishment of regional California Job Development Corpora-\ntions (AB-109, Campbell).\n-Formation of a Pooled Money Investment Fund (AB-1777, Monagan).\n-Creation of a Department of Human Resources Development\n(AB-1463, Unruh).\nThree other bills in the bi-partisan package, signed earlier\nby the governor, included:\n--Creation of a Small Business Assistance Program (AB-1406,\nUnruh).\n--A Tax Incentive for Job Training (AB-1966, Veneman).\n-Elimination of Discrimination in Apprenticeship Programs\n(AB-1464, Ralph).\nGovernor Reagan noted that the administration has strongly\nsupported the program package from its very inception. He expressed\n\"deep satisfaction that the legislation achieved such strong\nbi-partisan support\" and pointed to this cooperation as \"an example\nof the kind of constructive leadership which can help solve many of\nour state's pressing problems.\n\"One of the major tasks which confronts us, \" he said, \"is the\nneed to provide meaningful jobs for our thousands of unemployed\ncitizens.\n\"The legislation contained in this package clearly reflects a\ngrowing awareness that government while taking the lead--cannot\nsinglehandedly correct all the ills that beset our society.\n\"Indeed, the legislation closely involves the private sector\nin seeking to assist the disadvantaged and unemployed by first train-\ning them and then helping them to find jobs, \" the governor said.\n#\n#\n#\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER\nR\nMEMO TO THE\nESS\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n8.27.68\nC-O-R-R-E-C-T-I-O-N\nPlease correct press release #549 dated today, seventh\nparagraph to read:\n--Creation of a Small Business Assistance\nProgram (AB-1046, Unruh).\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER\nR\nRELEASE: Imr liate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n8.27.68\n# 550\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today he has signed into law\nlegislation which provides $16 million in state funds for construc-\ntion, modernization and expansion of 27 hospital facilities in\nCalifornia.\nThe bill (SB-510, Teale) appropriates the $16 million from the\nstate's general fund to the California Department of Public Health\nfor purposes of assisting local, non-profit agencies in constructing\nthe facilities.\nThe funds will be made available on a matching basis as part\nof the Hill-Harris Health Facilities Construction Program. Under\nterms of the program, the state and federal governments each pick\nup one-third of the eligible costs of construction. Local entities\nare responsible for providing the remainder of such costs.\nGovernor Reagan noted that the appropriation will enable\nhospitals, which this year were committed to construction programs,\nto honor their commitments.\nHowever, he reaffirmed the state's policy that the responsibility\nfor funding new hospital construction in the future must remain at\nthe local level, The governor said the administration will not\nrecommend further state funding in the future.\nGovernor Reagan also noted that the 1968-69 budget, which he\nsigned into law June 29, included $1,755,245 for three top priority\ngeneral hospitals in the state (Eastern District Plumas Hospital,\nPortola; Amador County Hospital, Jackson; and Madera Community\nHospital, Madera) and $1,236,710 to help fund construction of the\nCentral City Community Mental Health Center in Watts.\nHe said the $16 million appropriation contained in SB-510 will\nbe apportioned as follows:\nPUBLIC HEALTH CENTERS\nLos Angeles County\n$ 430,471\nSutter County\n51,936\nRiverside County\n36,196\nMono County\n28,711\n-1-\n#550\nGENERAL HOSPITALS\nPacific Medical Center, San Francisco\n$\n2,775,106\nSt. Mary's Hospital, San Francisco\n4,447,287\nChildren's Hospital, San Francisco\n944,258\nSaint Francis Hospital, San Francisco\n927,174\nMadera Community Hospital\n867,089\nLONG TERM CARE FACILITIES\nRidgecrest Community Hospital, Kern Co.\n$\n134,214\nSaint Mary's Hospital, San Francisco\n301,057\nMary's Help Hospital, Daly City\n251,890\nTri-City Hospital, Oceanside\n259,485\nMercy Hospital, Redding\n62,833\nDIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT CENTERS\nQueen of the Valley Hospital, Covina\n$\n309,581\nRiverside County Hospital\n316,494\nDesert Hospital, Palm Springs\n286,804\nCalifornia Hospital, Los Angeles\n791,978\nStanford School of Medicine\n248,501\nREHABILITATION FACILITIES\nFranklin Hospital, San Francisco\n$\n580,404\nRiverside Community Hospital\n369,960\nChildren's Hospital, San Francisco\n189,820\nMount Zion Medical Center, Los Angeles\n186.200\nMENTAL RETARDATION\nAND\nCOMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS\nPark Lane Residential School, Tustin\n$\n391,218\nRecreation Center for the Handicapped,\nSan Francisco\n173,769\nCentral City Community Mental Health\n$\n1,236,710\nCenter, Los Angeles\nImmanuel Hospital, Turlock\n346,745\nSan Francisco Medical Center\n1,224,458\n#\n#\n#\n-2-\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVI\nOR\nRELEASE: I diate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n8.27.68\n#551\nGovernor Ronald Reagan teday named Marysville civil engineer\nTheodore J. George as a member of the Western States Water Council.\nGeorge, who will serve at the pleasure of the governor,\nreplaces Raymond R. Rummonds of Indio.\nGeorge, a 36-year old Republican, holds B.S. and M.S. Degrees\nin engineering from the University of California and now works as\ndirector of engineering for the Marysville consulting firm of\nSt. Maurice-Helmkamp-Musser.\nHe is also a vice president and member of the board of\ndirectors of the firm.\nHe served as a resident engineer in the U.S. Navy's Civil\nEngineering Corps from 1956-59.\nGeorge serves as chairman of the Education Committee of the\nSutter County-Yuba City Chamber of Commerce. He is also on the\nU.S. Committee of the International Commission on Irrigation and\nDrainage.\nHe lives at 1685 Green Valley Road, Yuba City.\n#\n#\n#\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER\nR\nRELE 8: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n8.27.68\n#552\nGovernor Ronald Reagan has proclaimed the month of September, 1968,\nas KEEP CALIFORNIA GREEN MONTH.\nText of the proclamation follows:\n\"WHEREAS, millions of acres of forest and range lands and water-\nsheds in California constitute resources that provide many benefits\nin perpetuity; and\n\"WHEREAS, each year our economy suffers losses amounting to many\nmillions of dollars because of the needless and wasteful destruction\nof these resources by man-caused wildfires; and\n\"WHEREAS, the support of established fire prevention programs and\nthe practice of wildfire prevention methods that are known to all can\nmaterially reduce this needless waste; and\n\"WHEREAS, late summer and the fall months have historically been\nthe most hazardous periods for loss from man-caused wildfire in\nCalifornia;\n\"NOW THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, do\nhereby proclaim September, 1968, KEEP CALIFORNIA GREEN MONTH and\nurge California residents and visitors to protect our wildlife and\nother natural resources by cooperating with fire prevention programs,\nnot only during the critical months, but also on a year-round basis,\nin a common effort to keep California green and productive.\"\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERI\nRELEASE: Im liate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n8.28.68\n# 553\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Humboldt County Counsel\nThomas M. Montgomery of Eureka to the Humboldt County Superior Court\nbench.\nThe judicial post pays $25,000 per year.\nMontgomery, a 50-year old Republican, succeeds Judge Carl L.\nChristensen who retired.\nMontgomery, a 1948 graduate of Hastings College of Law in\nSan Francisco, served as Humboldt County deputy district attorney\nfrom 1955-56, and has been Humboldt County counsel since then.\nHe was admitted to the state bar in 1949, practiced as an\nattorney in San Rafael until late 1949, and opened his own law\npractice in Auburn in 1950 where he worked during the next four\nyears.\nWhile in Auburn, Montgomery served as judge of the Auburn\nPolice Court for six months.\nHe is a first vice president of the District Attorneys' and\nCounty Counsels' Association of California, and is a member of the\nLegal Advisory Committee of the County Supervisors' Association of\nCalifornia.\nMontgomery is a native of Bakersfield and attended public\nschools in Imperial Valley and Pasadena.\nHe received his A. B. Degree in history from Stanford\nUniversity in 1939.\nFrom 1941-46, he served in the U.S. Army, three years of\nwhich were spent in the South Pacific. He attained the rank of\ncaptain.\nHe and his wife, Doris, have three children and reside at\n1905 Russ Street, Eureka.\n#\n#\n#\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE:\nmediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n8.29.68\n#554\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Redwood Valley grape farmer\nCharles L. Barra as a member of the Mendocino County Board of Super-\nvisors, representing the first district.\nBarra, a 42-year old Democrat, succeeds John Mayfield, Jr. who\nresigned to accept a position as deputy director of the State Depart-\nment of Conservation August 1.\nBarra, a graduate of Ukiah Union High School, is a director of\nthe Farm Bureau, Redwood Valley Water District and the Mendocino County\nSoil Conservation District.\nHe also serves as a member of the Mendocino County Planning Com-\nmission; is a vice president of the North Coast Grape Growers' Associa-\ntion; and is on the advisory board of Bank of America branch 128.\nHis address is P.O. Box 196, Redwood Valley.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER\nR\nMEMO TO T\nPRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n8.30.68\n#555\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today that he has signed the\nfollowing bills:\nAB 863 - Leroy Greene\nAppropriates $119,157 for support of the Advisory\n(Chapter 1456)\nCommission on School District Budgeting and\nAccounting. The appropriation is contingent upon\na finding by the superintendent of public instruc-\ntion that federal funds are not available for\nthe purpose.\nAB 936 - Cullen\nPermits interest-free loans from special funds\n(Chapter 1457)\nto the general fund in an amount equal to ten\npercent of \"additions to surplus\" shown in the\nannual report of the controller for the prior\nfiscal year.\nAB 1311 - Bear\nProvides that every owner of aircraft is liable\n(Chapter 1458)\nfor the death or injury to person or property\nresulting from the permissive use or operation\nof his aircraft. The bill limits the liability\nof a owner, bailee of an owner or personal repre-\nsentative of a decedent for negligent or wrong-\nful act of person operating an aircraft with\npermission to $15,000 per person, $30,000 per\naccident and $5,000 property damage per accident.\nPunitive damages are prohibited except where the\nowner's own misconduct is a cause.\nAB 1396 - Fenton\nAbolishes the Yacht and Ship Brokers' Commission.\n(Chapter 1459)\nThe jurisdiction, functions, powers and duties\nof the commission are transferred to the Depart-\nment of Harbors and Watercraft.\nAB 1785 - Murphy\nAppropriates $146,100 from the general fund to\n(Chapter 1461)\nthe Department of Parks and Recreation to con-\nstruct a breakwater at Capitola State Park.\nAB 2025 - Crown\nVests in the Department of Public Health rather\n(Chapter 1463)\nthan in the California State Board of Pharmacy\nthe authority to license and regulate manufac-\nturers of drugs and devices in this state. The\nbill creates, under jurisdiction of the Depart-\nment of Public Health, an advisory committee to\nadvise the department on matters concerning the\ndrug manufacturing industry. The bill requires\nCalifornia-located sales or distribution outlet\nof non-licensed out-of-state manufacturer to\nobtain wholesaler's permit from the board if it\nsells or distributes only that manufacturer's\ndrugs in California. Non-licensed out-of-state\nmanufacturers, wholesalers and pharmacies are\nto obtain out-of-state distributor's license if\nthey sell or distribute drugs in California\nother than through licensed wholesaler. The bill\nalso requires persons who act as principals or\nagents for non-licensed out-of-state manufac-\nturers, wholesalers or pharmacies to register\nwith the board if they sell or distribute drugs\nin California which have not been obtained\nthrough licensed wholesaler or through sales or\ndistribution outlet which is licensed as a\nwholesaler.\nSB 40 - Dymally\nEstablishes a four-year experimental program in\n(Chapter 1450)\ntwo elementary schools to provide complete educa\ntion services in a compensatory education progra.\nSuch services are to include medical, dental,\npsychological, counseling, meals and ancillary\nservices when deemed necessary to improve the\neducation program. The bill provides that feder-\nal funds not to exceed $500,000 annually may be\nused to provide facilities for such programs.\n-1-\n#555\nSB 653 - Collier\nProvides generally for a system of aircraft\n(Chapter 1452)\nfinancial responsibility under the administration\nof the Division of Aeronautics.\nSB 655 - Collier\nRequires county assessors to provide the Cali-\n(Chapter 1453)\nfornia Division of Aeronautics with an annual\nstatement containing a list of the names and\naddresses of owners, model, aircraft registra-\ntion number and assessed value of all aircraft\nusing the airports in their counties as a base.\nSB 1075 - Dolwig\nEstablishes a state college in San Mateo County\n(Chapter 1464)\nonly. Deletes authorization for state college\nin San Mateo-Santa Clara Counties. Appropriates\n$100,000 to trustees from Capital Outlay Fund\nfor Public Higher Education for planning of the\nnext state college to be built.\n# # #\n-2-\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE:\nmediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n8.30.68\n#556\nGovernor Ronald Reagan has vetoed the following bills:\nAB 159 - Miller\nProvides a special allowance beginning in\n1968-69 to school districts which have more than\nthree percent of their average daily attendance\nresiding on property of the University of\nCalifornia.\nReason for veto:\nThis bill would establish pressures for similar\nspecial allowances for school districts with\npublic facilities within their boundaries. The\nstate already compensates such school districts\nthrough the foundation program. Whenever as-\nsessed valuation per total district average\ndaily attendance goes down due to attendance of\nstudents on tax-exempt land, state equalization\naid is increased.\nAccordingly, he returned the bill unsigned.\nAB 1344 Chappie\nProposes that a demonstration project be estab-\nlished in two counties to test the concept of\nguaranteed income as a means of reducing welfare\nrolls (similar to the Mr. X case in Sacramento\nCounty). Appropriates $100,000 from the general\nfund for the state share of cost.\nReason for veto:\nGovernor Reagan said: \"I have already approved\nAB 210 (Chapter 1369) which establishes the\nWork Incentive Program which is designed to move\nwelfare recipients off the welfare rolls and\ninto productive employment. The enactment of\nthe Work Incentive Program removes any need for\nthe demonstration project proposed by AB 1344.\"\nAccordingly, he returned the bill unsigned.\nSB 479 - Collier\nProvides that vessels under five net tons shall\nbe assessed at one percent of full cash value\nif registered in the state and used exclusively\nin taking and possession of fish or other living\nsea resource for commercial purposes.\nReason for veto:\nGovernor Reagan said: \"Last year I approved\nAB 889 (Chapter 1257) which provided that a\ndocumented vessel (a vessel of five net tons or\nmore) shall be assessed at one percent of its\nfull cash value if the vessel is engaged exclu-\nsively in commercial fishing or oceanographic\nresearch. AB 889 applied only to documented ves-\nsels because high seas fishing vessels were\nleaving California for other coastal states and\nforeign countries, The same reason cannot be\nused to support a one percent assessment for\nsmall fishing boats.\"\nAccordingly, he returned the bill unsigned.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVEI\nR\nRELEASE: I ediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n8.30.68\n# 557\nSecretary for Business and Transportation Gordon C. Luce today\nannounced the resignation of Samuel B. Nelson as state public works\ndirector.\nGovernor Ronald Reagan, in accepting the resignation, thanked\nNelson for his contribution to state service during the past year.\nNelson, a 67-year old retired general manager and chief engineer of\nthe Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, was named to the public\nworks job last October.\nLuce expressed appreciation for the efforts Nelson has made dur-\ning his year of state service in helping to implement a series of task\nforce recommendations for efficiencies and economies in the department.\nLuce also noted Nelson's productive efforts in developing close\nliaison with various departments of the executive branch.\nNelson called his service in the state post \"a rare privilege\"\nand a \"rewarding experience.\"\nGovernor Reagan said he is naming James A. Moe, chief deputy\ndirector of public works, to succeed Nelson.\nMoe, 36, joined the department as a deputy director shortly after\nthe new administration took office and was promoted to chief deputy\ndirector last September. (9-67)\nHe is a 1954 graduate of the University of Minnesota Institute of\nTechnology, and is a civil engineer.\nGovernor Reagan called Moe \"an energetic young man of proven\nexecutive ability\" who has \"done an outstanding job\" in the department\nover the past year and one half.\n\"I am very pleased Jim has agreed to accept this appointment.\n\"The State of California is indeed fortunate to have gained a\nperson possessing the administrative competence and leadership quali-\nties he brings to his new post, the governor said.\nLuce also praised Moe as \"a highly respected and very effective\nadministrator with whom I have had the pleasure of working closely\nfor many months.\nnewest\n\"I welcome him warmly as the/departmental director in the\nBusiness and Transportation Agency,' Luce said.\nAs public works director, Moe will oversee the state highway and\nbridge program, and will serve as administrative officer of the State\n-1-\n# 557\nHighway Commission and the California Toll Bridge Authority.\nHe will assume his new duties October 10. The job pays $25,700\nper year.\nOn completion of his university training, Moe served in the U.S.\nNavy for two years as an officer in the South Pacific.\nhe\nFrom 1956-67, /worked for the Pozzo Construction Company, Los\nAngeles, and was the firm's project manager prior to joining the\nReagan administration in February, 1967.\nHe is a former board chairman of the Los Angeles Junior Chamber\nof Commerce.\nMoe and his wife, Beverly, have four children and reside at\n4828 Keane Drive, Carmichael.\n#\n#\n#\n-2-\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n8.30.68\n#558\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today he has signed legislation\nwhich he said helps assure \"that the public's business is conducted in\npublic.\"\nHe referred to AB 1381 (Bagley) which enacts the California\nPublic Records Act, defines public records and requires public records\nto be open to inspection during office hours.\nThe legislation was drafted following a six-month study made by\nnumerous individuals and groups, including the county supervisors, League\nof California Cities, the attorney general, publishers, broadcasters,\nthe bar, the legislature, and others.\nThe governor noted that many departments already permit access to\npublic files as a matter of policy but that the new legislation clarifies\nexisting laws and other rulings and gives the state a comprehensive\nstatute covering most areas of state and local government.\n\"When I sought the office of governor I told the people of Cali-\nfornia that it was time to insist that the public's business be conduc-\nted in public. This administration has vigorously followed that prin-\nto\nciple and AB 1381 not only assists the state in helping/keep the public\ninformed but also requires local governmental agencies to make sure\ncitizens have access to public information,\" the governor said.\nHe also pointed out that there are some technical matters in the\nlanguage of the legislation which the author has promised to correct at\nthe next session of the legislature.\n\"At the same time,\" the governor added, \"I am hopeful that the\nintent of this legislation can be expanded to include the legislative\nand judicial branches of state government so that the right of freedom\nof information can be truly meaningful in California.\"\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE:\nmediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n8.30.68\n#559\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today issued the following Labor Day\nstatement:\n\"On the occasion of Labor Day, it is once again my pleasure to\nsalute the working men and women of America who have helped make this\nstate and nation so great.\n\"As a long-time union member, I know that the principles set forth\nby the founders of the American labor movement are still valid today and\nI urge all Californians to observe this day as a tribute to the labor\nmovement and its contributions to our society.\"\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNIC\nFOR IMMEDIA\nRELEASE\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n8.30.68\n560\nGOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE\nSeptember 2\nthru\nSeptember 6, 1968\nMonday, Labor Day\nAfternoon\nArrive Sacramento Metropolitan Airport\nTuesday, September 3\n11:45 a.m.\nBrief meeting with Lieutenant General Stanley\nRobert Larsen, Commanding General, 6th Army\nWednesday, September 4\nNo Public Appointments Scheduled\nThursday, September 5\n10:45 a.m.\nGreet Richard Nixon at San Francisco International\nAirport (Nixon advance man: Henry Cashen, 408-\n298-0300)\n3:00 p.m.\nGovernor's Council Meeting\n8:30 p.m.\nIntroduce Richard Nixon, Buck Shaw Field House,\nSanta Clara, Nixon Rally.\nFriday, September 6\n7:30 a.m.\nSacramento Host Committee Breakfast, Hotel El\nDorado\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER\nR\nRELEASE: 1. ediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n8.30.68\n# 561\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced that California will seek\nto implement the Relocation Assistance portion of the 1968 Highway\nAct just signed by the president, before the 1970 deadline.\nThe governor said that as the result of a Reagan administration\nbill, passed by the state legislature this year, California has\nalready led the way in helping alleviate the financial hardships\nsuffered by families required to move because of highway construction.\n\"We welcome the federal government's efforts in following the\nlead taken by California and hope that this new law will provide us\neven greater latitude in seeing to it that families and business dis-\nplaced by highway construction do not suffer needless financial hard-\nship\", Reagan said.\nThe new federal law referred to by the governor, in effect, picks\nup where the current California law leaves off. The present state law\n(AB-1072) was recently signed by Governor Reagan.\nIt was conceived by the Reagan administration and was the first\nbill of its kind ever passed by any legislative body-state or federal--\nwhich takes into account the major economic problems faced by families\nwhose homes are uprooted by new highways and freeways.\nIt compliments the payment of moving costs and relocation\nadvisory assistance, which California has always offered, by providing\nan important option to those persons affected.\nUnder the provisions of AB-1072, such families--especially those\nin lower income brackets--are given the opportunity to exchange the\nuprooted house for a comparable home without incurring a larger debt\nor facing the higher monthly payments normally incurred.\nThe new federal law now provides another alternative; a cash\nbonus to dislocated families who find that the cost of comparable\nhousing exceeds the amount allowed for their own home. It also\nincreases the amounts paid for moving costs.\nThe new federal law permits states to wait until 1970 before they\nimplement the new program.\n\"I don't feel that California citizens should have to wait\", the\ngovernor said.\n\"I have discussed this matter with Gordon Luce, secretary of our\nTransportation and Commerce Agency, with Assemblymen Frank Lanterman,\nBob Monagan and others, and we hope to implement this important reloca-\ntion program in California as quickly as possible\", Governor Reagan said\n\"Furthermore, in keeping with the precedent of AB-1072, we will\ncarry out this relocation without cost to the general taxpayer\", the\ngovernor concluded.\nEJG\nDEPARTMENT OF FINANC\nCaspar 'einberger, Director\nAugust 30, 1968\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\n445-4141\nSACRAMENTO--Finance Director Caspar 11. Weinberger said today he\nwill seek exemption from a U.S. Supreme Court ruling and federal\nDepartment of Labor interpretations which hold that the 40-hour work\nweek applies to special schools operated by the state.\nWeinberger said he will seek the corrective measures because the\nfederal rulings set forth a policy that approximately 200 employees at 01\nstate schools for the deaf and blind should not work more than 40 hours\nper week except in emergency situations without receiving time and one\nhalf pay for more than 40 hours.\nThe finance director said he has advised the Department of Educa-\ntion that the temporary use of existing personnel on an overtime basis\ncan and will be supported within the department's existing budget\npending adjustments in the federal law.\nWeinberger said the rulings require overtime pay for counsellors\nand food service personnel in the special schools for the deaf and\nblind. The rulings effect employees who work on a nine-month basis.\nUnfortunately, he added, some of the employees and the parents\nof some children at the schools apparently were erroneously given\ninformation that the Department of Finance was instituting an \"economy\norder by ordering a halt to overtime pay.\"\n\"Nothing could be further from the truth,\" he said. \"The entire\nsituation was caused by the new Supreme Court decision and the Depart-\nment of Labor's new regulation. We are actively engaged in seeking to\nreverse those decisions, and meanwhile, existing conditions for\nemployees will be maintained within the Department of Education's\nbudget.'\nWeinberger also said that if the federal government \"insists on\nmaintaining this new rule, some adjustments may have to be made in\nwork schedules and compensation, but that whatever changes are made\nwill be held to the minimum required by the federal government and\nour fiscal situation.\" =\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul eck\n445-4571\n8.30.68\n#562\nGove: nor Ronald Reagan announced today that he has signed the\nfollowing bills:\nAB 567 - Brown\nRequires the judge of the juvenile court and the\n(Chapter 1470)\nYouth Authority to inspect annually juvenile halls\nas well as jails and lockups that confine minors\nunder the age of 18 years in excess of 24 hours.\nAB 748 - Davis\nProvides under Judges' Retirement Law an allowance\n(Chapter 1471)\nto the surviving spouse of a judge who retired\nbetween January 1, 1951 and September 9, 1953,\nequal to 25 percent of the salary payable to the\njudge at the time he retired. The allowance would\nbe retroactive to the judge's death, subject to\na $5,000 maximum; and continue until the widow's\ndeath.\nAB 855 - Bagley\nRevises the composition of the board of directors\n(Chapter 1472)\nof the Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District.\nThe bill specifies that the directors serve at\nthe pleasure of the appointing authority rather\nthan for a fixed term. The bill also requires\nadvertising of all bridge and highway district\ncontracts for construction, repair, maintenance,\nand alteration exceeding $5,000, and public bidd-\ning on contracts in excess of $5,000 for hiring or\npurchase of equipment, supplies, or materials, and\nfor purchase of insurance except physical damage\ninsurance.\nAB 1777 - Monagan\nAllows the Pooled Money Investment Board to :-\n(Chapter 1474)\nincrease the amount of surplus money available\nfor time deposits and to place deposits in banks\nwho are members of California Job Development\nCorporation and who have made loans to such\ncorporations.\nAB 289 - Foran\nEstablishes a separate driving and licensing\n(Chapter 1469)\nexamination for motorcyclists to be given by the\nDepartment of Motor Vehicles. It provides for\nthe issuance of a special license to persons\npassing the motorcycle examination. This can\neither be a separate license or a special endorse-\nment on an existing license. The bill also\nrequires that windshield on motorcycles, after\nJanuary 1, 1969, be of safety glazing material\nand clarifies the maximum height of handlebars.\nSB 367 - Collier\nProvides, under Judges' Retirement Law, for an\n(Chapter 1466)\nallowance commencing at the date of the judge's\ndeath, to surviving spouse of a judge who died\nin office after January 1, 1966, which would\nequal 25 percent of salary payable to judge hold-\ning office to which the deceased judge was last\nelected or appointed. It provides that the amoun\nof workmen's compensation benefit be deducted frc\nallowance payable.\nSB 1198 - Way\nProvides for increasing the maximum amount of aid\n(Chapter 1467)\nfrom $85 and $80, respectively, to $100 per month\nin assistance for a child in an institution main-\ntaining a needy child and a child receiving foste\ncare in those cases and during such times as the\nfederal government contributes. The bill also\nprovides that funds distributed to public assist\nrecipients of California Indian descent by reaso\nof the enactment of certain federal legislation\nshall not be considered as income or resources C\nrecipient to the extent permitted by federal law\nSB 1230 - Moscone\nMakes it a misdemeanor to contrive, prepare, set\n(Chapter 1468)\nup, propose, or operate any endless chain scheme\nas defined,\nEJG\n#\n#\nOFFICE OF THE GOVEP\nOR\nRELEASE: Im diate\nSacramento, Califo)\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n8.30.68\n#563\nGovernor Reagan announced today that he has vetoed the following\nbills:\nSB 69 - Alquist\nIncreases the maximum average monthly payment of\nstate aid for the care of children in foster\nhomes from $80 per child to $115 per child.\nREASON FOR VETO: Governor Reagan said: \"I have\napproved SB 1198 (Chapter 1467) which provides\nfor increasing the maximum amount of aid to $100\nper month for a child in an institution for needy\nchildren or receiving foster care who is partially\nsupported by federal funds. However, this bill\nwhich would add approximately $6 million a year to\nstate welfare costs, constitutes a piecemeal\napproach to the equalization of the county share\nof welfare payments and services. This proposal\nshould be considered in conjunction with general\nproperty tax legislation.\"\nSB 303 - Moscone\nRequires local governing bodies to call upon\nresidents and community organizations in redevelop-\nment areas to form representative neighborhood\ncouncils. Community redevelopment agencies are\nrequired to consult with these councils on pro-\njects in the affected area. The bill also requires\nnew housing in a redevelopment area to be made\nreadily available to low and moderate income\nfamilies, with persons displaced by redevelopment\ngiven a priority.\nREASON FOR VETO: This bill would unduly limit\nthe functioning of local redevelopment agencies.\nThis legislation intrudes on the \"home rule\"\nresponsiveness- of local government by requiring\nthe creation of neighborhood councils. This\nrequirement together with the restrictive pro-\nvisions relating to both the type of housing and\nthe market for the housing in redeveloped areas\nwould result in eliminating much of the flexi-\nbility that has enabled these local agencies to\nsuccessfully serve the entire community.\nSB 811 - Dolwig\nDeclares state policy regarding the development\nof tide and submerged lands and requires that such\nlands be developed and used or preserved in\naccordance with specified principles. It provides\nthat the State Lands Commission and local agencies\nconduct surveys and describe the location and\nboundaries of existing grants. The bill requires\nthe Commission to publish a master boundary map\nand a boundary description for each parcel by\nDecember 31, 1980.\nREASON FOR VETO: It is estimated that the cost of\nimplementing the provisions of this bill will\nrange from $1.5 to $2.0 million during the next\nten year period. Although some provisions of\nSB 811 are perhaps desirable, it is not possible\nat this time to justify the anticipated costs by\ncomparison with the projected benefits to the\nstate.\nSB 754- Dolwig\nRequires and provides the procedure for the State\nLands Commission to make an inventory to ascertain\nand describe location and extent of all ungranted\ntidelands and to evaluate existing boundary des-\ncriptions. The bill appropriates $150,000 for\nthis purpose.\n-1-\n#563\nSB 754 - Dolwig (Continued)\nREASON FOR VETO: There are approximately 10, 000\nmiles of submerged and tidelands boundaries which\nare unsurveyed and unmapped. To prepare the\ninventory envisioned by this bill would at best\nresult in a sketchy document of very little value.\nPresently the efforts of the State Lands Commiss-\nion are directed at gathering surveys and data on\na need-to-know basis that relates to the current\nbusiness conducted by the state in this field.\nEven though the bill was amended to eliminate the\nblanket survey requirement which would have cost\nover $15 million, the benefits anticipated under\nthis legislation appear to fall substantially\nshort of justifying the accompanying appropria-\ntion.\nSB 826 - Marks\nProvides that a recipient of aid to families with\ndependent children in a program of rehabilitation\nor job training or placement shall be considered\nas unemployed and training not completed until\nhis income equals the amount of aid to which he\nand his family would be entitled if he was not\nemployed. The bill limits the program to a\ndemonstration project in one urban county and\nmakes initiation of the project dependent upon\nfederal approval.\nREASON FOR VETO: Governor Reagan said: \"I have\nalready approved AB 210 (Chapter 1369) which\nestablishes the Work Incentive Program which is\ndesigned to move welfare recipients off the\nwelfare rolls and into productive employment.\nThe approval of AB 210 removes any real need\nfor the pilot project proposed by SB 826.\n#\n#\n#\nEJG\n-2-\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nSacramento, Californi\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n8.30.68\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nFor your : information, Governor Reagan will give a brief talk\nat 10:00 a.m., Saturday, August 31, at the state convention of Young\nAmericans for |reedom, East Garden Room, Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles.\nThere will be 10 advance text.\nPB"
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