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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
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Collection: Reagan, Ronald: Gubernatorial Papers,
1966-74: Press Unit
Folder Title: Press Releases - August 1970
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
8-4-70
#385
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Mrs. Stanley E. Semas, Auburn horse breeder, to fill an unexpired term
on the board of the 20th District Agricultural Association (Auburn
District Fair).
Mrs. Semas succeeds Alexander V. Gomez of Loomis, who has
resigned. His term ends on January 15, 1972.
Active in horsemen's and livestock groups, Mrs. Semas is a
member of the Tahoe Cattlemen's Association, the American Quarter Horse
Association and the Placer County Farm Bureau.
She and her husband operate a cattle and horse ranch and a
ranch supply business. They live at Route 1, Box 1257, Auburn.
Mrs. Semas is a Republican.
Board members receive necessary expenses.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
8-4-70
#386
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the re-appointment of
Peter G. Ohm of Stockton and the appointments of Alfred S. Anderson
of Stockton and Ellsworth S. Beckman of Lodi, to four-year-terms on
the Second District Agricultural Association (San Joaquin County Fair)
board.
Ohm, a farmer, of 3400 West Howard Road, Stockton, has served
on the board since 1954.
Anderson, a bank vice president and Stockton civic leader,
succeeds Skipper K. Yee of Stockton, whose term has expired.
Anderson lives at 7232 Woodside Drive, Stockton.
Beckman, a farmer active in community and agricultural affairs,
succeeds Sherwood W. Beckman of Lodi, whose term has expired. The new
appointee lives at 7868 East Highway 12, Lodi.
All three men are Republicans.
Board members are paid necessary expenses.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
8-4-70
Governor Ronald Reagan will receive the California Press
Photographers Association "In-Focus Award" in his office this afternoon
following the 1:30 press conference.
Press coverage is invited.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
8-4-70
#387
Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:
"I would like to begin today's press conference by reiterating this
administration's concern over the federal policy of withholding highway
trust fund monies from California and other states. I say reiterating
because we have been on record for some time regarding the policy of
withholding federal highway funds in violation of the trust fund agreement
"This money is collected from highway users throughout the nation to
build better and safer highways with particular emphasis on construction
and completion of the federal interstate freeway system.
"Although Congress has authorized the spending of approximately $5.5
billion nationally during the current fiscal year, there are strong
indications that the U.S. Department of Transportation plans to distribute
substantially less than this amount.
"Our concerns that this might happen were, in fact, borne out when
California's allocation for the first quarter of this year was only
$84 million---down $19 million from the same period last year which,
itself, was $20 million less than the trust fund could have supported.
"Congress never intended that this money be held up or diverted.
On the contrary, the fund was specifically established to assure that the
federal highway program would be placed on a firm financial footing-
completely supported by the nation's highway users, a sizeable number of
whom live in California.
"If the funds that are now available were distributed to the states
in an orderly manner, California could get an additional $200 million in
construction projects under way this year.
"Obviously, this would assist us tremendously in our efforts to work
toward completion of the interstate system while, at the same time, further
improving the safety of our highways and freeways. As a general rule,
for every mile of conventional highway which is converted to freeway,
another life is saved each year.
"If this were the sole reason to speed up construction of the system,
it would surely be worth it---for saving lives should be one of our very
highest priorities.
"However, there is yet another benefit which could mean a great deal
to all who are working to improve California's economy.
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#387
"A substantial number of California construction workers are now
unemployed and the additional $200 million in federal monies paid into
the fund by the people of California would provide employment for about
15,000 workers.
"A year ago, when President Nixon asked all levels of government to
make voluntary cutbacks in construction to fight inflation, this
administration responded immediately by pledging its full support until
the danger had subsided.
"Today, in a letter to the president, I have strongly urged that
California be allocated its portion of the trust fund monies so that we
can move ahead swiftly- not only to build better and safer highways,
but also to give our state economy a strong shot in the arm."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
8-4-70
#388
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the
appointment of King Karpen, president of an Alhambra bedding company,
and the re-appointment of Leonard Barban, vice president of a Los
Angeles furniture company, to four-year-terms on the California
Advisory Board of Furniture and Bedding in the Department of
Professional and Vocational Standards.
Karpen, who lives at 955 Winston Avenue, San Marino
succeeds Milton M. Goldberg of San Carlos, whose term has expired.
A Republican, Karpen will represent upholstered furniture manufacturers
on the board.
Barban, a Democrat, has served on the board since
1966. He represents retailers. He lives at 11986 Foxboro Drive,
Los Angeles.
Board members are paid $25 per diem while on
official duty.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE: Inmediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
8-5-70
#389
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the following bills
have been signed:
AB 28 - Belotti
Requires the Department of Fish and Game to
(Chapter 558)
notify the board of supervisors of specified courties
when a request is made for a depredation antlerless
deer hunt and requires the board of supervisors
to notify the Fish and Game Commission within
30 days after receipt of such notice of its
recommendation regarding such proposed hunt.
AB 295 - Priolo
Changes the deadline for filing declaration as
(Chapter 559)
a write-in candidate from the fifth to the eighth
day prior to the election.
AB 411 - Dunlap
Authorizes local school districts to provide
(Chapter 560)
basic reading instruction under the Miller-Unruh
Act for students in kindergarten. The bill
becomes effective on July 1, 1971.
AB 495 - Veysey
Provides that the Cotton Abatement District Act
(Chapter 561)
shall remain in effect until February 1, 1975.
The bill also provides that the required payment
of a fee for each bale of cotton and the
appointment of a Cotton Pest Control Board,
which is effective until February 1, 1971, be
extended to February 1, 1975.
AB 784 - Belotti
Provides that no privilege tax is applicable to
(Chapter 549)
fish improted into California from another
state or country and which are for human
consumption and are not thereafter canned or
cooked.
AB 886 - Moorhead
Provides that automatic review of bail with
(Chapter 562)
respect to the person detained because he
cannot post it, may be waived by the defendant.
AB 1209 - Roberti
Permits a defendant named in a complaint, or
(Chapter 563)
cross-complaint, in inter-pleader to file an
answer setting out the basis for his claim
and any affirmative defenses in lieu of, or in
addition to, other pleadings. The answer
shall contain allegations of fact as to ownership
of, or other interests in, the amount of the
property in the affirmative defenses and the
relief requested.
AB 1217 - Cory
Makes nonsubstantive amendments to the Education
(Chapter 550)
Code.
AB 1219 - MacDonald
Eliminates the Coordinating Council on State Program
(Chapter 564)
for the Blind. The Council consists of the Director
of Education, Rehabilitation, Social Welfare, and
Public Health.
AB 1400 - Ryan
Permits a city to act by resolution as well as
(Chapter 565)
by charter or ordinance to provide that city
offices shall not be closed on enumerated
state holidays.
AB 1431 - Moorhead
Provides that if a public guardian is the duly
(Chapter 566)
designated officer providing conservatorship
investigation and is granted temporary letters of
conservatorship, his official oath and bond as
public guardian are in lieu of any other bond or
oath. The bill also provides that if a public
guardian is appointed conservator, his official
bond and oath as public guardian are in lieu of the
conservator's bond and cath on the grant of letters
of conservatorship.
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#389
AB 1432 - Moorhead
Provides for the issuance of letters of
(Chapter 567)
guardianship or conservatorship to public
guardians in the same manner as such letters are
issued to other persons. The bill also provides
that the public guardian's official bond and oath
are in lieu of the guardian's or conservator's
bond and oath upon grant of specified letters.
AB 1524 - Powers
Provides that specified events such as marriage,
(Chapter 568)
dissolution of marriage and the birth of a child
automatically terminate a prior revocable designation
of beneficiaries under the Public Employees'
Retirement System. The bill provides for payment
to designated survivors in the event that there is
no effective designation of beneficiary at the
time of death.
AB 1533 - Chappie
Provides that the State Board of Equalization or
(Chapter 569)
an assessor may disclose appraisal data to any
assessee regarding his property, and that the
Board may disclose any appraisal data to any
assessor. The bill specifies that the
information and records which an assessee may inspect
shall include market data.
AB 1591 - Hayes
Provides that salaries of judicial officers and
(Chapter 551)
employees who are exempt from civil service and
whose salaries are fixed by a state court or
judicial agency are subject to the approval of the
Chairman of the Judicial Council instead of the
Department of Finance. The bill also deletes the
requirement that the clerk of the Supreme Court
serve as secretary of the Judicial Council.
AB 1644 - Moorhead
Provides that a person who has been temporarily
(Chapter 570)
released from a State prison facility for purposes
of employment, education, or medical treatment
or research and who has willfully failed to return tc
custody shall be punished as an escapee.
AB 1718 - Wilson
Permits formation of area housing councils composed
(Chapter 571)
of cities and counties. It requires such councils
to develop area housing plans, The bill also
permits area housing councils to require payment of
a limited surcharge on building permits issued
by member cities and counties, to be returned to
member cities and counties which adopt and implement
area housing plan as a housing element of their
general plan.
AB 1791 - Moretti
Revises the Insurance Code provisions relating to
(Chapter 572)
membership and composition of the governing
committee of the California Riot and Civil
Disorders Insurance Association. The bill requires
the state to make annual premium payments for
a specified period of time to the Association for its
assuming the obligation of the state under the
National Housing Act.
AB 1798 - Ryan
Authorizes cities to require or provide for the
(Chapter 577)
preventive abatement of weeds, including prevention
chemical control, where they may occur as a
seasonal recurrent nuisance on specified parcels
of property.
AB 1850 - Beverly
Prescribes a procedure which a lender shall follow
(Chapter 573)
when he cancels an insurance policy when the
insured has financed the premium and granted the
lender a power of attorney to exercise the
insured's option to cancel the policy.
AB 1895 - McCarthy
Allows assessors to make escape assessment for all
(Chapter 552)
incorrectly allowed exemptions. The bill also
requires that state reimbursements to local taxing
agencies for revenue loss from incorrectly allowed
exemptions, if not repaid, be deducted by the State
Controller from the next reimbursement to such
agencies.
#389
AB 1943 - Russell
Establishes a reserve for working capital in the
(Chapter 574)
General Fund in the amount of the difference
between the gross surplus available for
appropriation, determined by the Controller not
counting such reserve, and cash in the General
Fund in the treasury at the end of the fiscal
year after adjustment for temporary loans under
specified provisions. The bill also requires the
Governor to use figures for reserve for working
capital determined by the Controller for the past
actual year, when submitting the budget.
AB 1980 - Bagley
Provides that any person in the state instead of
(Chapter 575)
any citizen of the state has a right to access to
public records. The bill specifies that
declaratory or injunctive relief is available to
enforce the right of inspection of public
records. The bill also defines confidential
records for purposes of prohibiting disclosure of
certain records of the Division of Industrial
Safety of the Department of Industrial Relations.
AB 2159 - Beverly
Provides that cancellation of specified types of
(Chapter 576)
automobile insurance policies shall not be
effective unless a notice of cancellation is
mailed or delivered to the named insured within
required time period.
AB 2165 - Burke
Consolidates five elected marshals' offices of
(Chapter 578)
Orange County into one appointive position and
provides for the continued employment of the
present marshals.
AB 2183 - Veysey
Provides that under specified conditions melons
(Chapter 553)
and vegetables in field bins or bulk may be
shipped out of state for a distance of not
exceeding 25 miles into adjoining states if a permit
is obtained from the Director of Agriculture.
AB 2304 - Fong
Makes several technical changes in the property
(Chapter 554)
tax laws. The bill corrects cross references,
deletes obsolete language and renumbers some
provisions of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
AB 2305 - Fong
Provides that a person who certifies in
(Chapter 555)
writing that aircraft jet fuel purchased by him
is not subject to the jet fuel tax and who later
uses the fuel in a taxable manner shall be
considered an aircraft jet fuel dealer selling
such fuel and be liable for the tax. The bill
permits the State Board of Equalization to issue
written authorization to certain transit
operators to purchase fuel subject to use fuel
tax from a vendor without payment of the tax to
the vendor.
AB 2398 - Hayes
Provides that a patient may initiate proceedings
(Chapter 556)
to compel production of medical records if the
custodian of such records refuses to make them
available during business hours within five days
after an authorized demand. The patient is
entitled to all reasonable expenses, including
attorney fees, incurred in any proceeding to
compel production of medical records.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVE
R
RELEASE: Imme late
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
8-5-70
#390
Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following:
"There is something basic in the American character that
makes him respond from the heart when others are struck by tragedy
and disaster. We have done this throughout our history and we
are doing it today.
"This week, disaster in the form of a hurricane--struck
the coast of Texas.
"More than 65,000 residents of this area are victims of
this disaster in one way or another.
"As usual, the American Red Cross was on the scene almost
immediately with aid. Today, the Red Cross is asking Californians
to contribute $700,000 to continue this aid. I ask all Californians
to give generously through their local chapters to this relief
program."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californ
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
8-6-70
#391
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the following
bills have been signed:
AB 294 - Priolo
Provides that in general law cities and counties
(Chapter 592)
where the election board provides for the ballots
to be counted at a central counting place or places,
the board or person who canvasses the returns may
appoint not less than three deputies to open the
envelopes or containers. The bill provides that
if, after examination, any precinct returns are
still incomplete, ambiguous, not properly
authenticated, or otherwise defective, the board
or person canvassing the returns may require the
attendance of the precinct board members.
AB 541 - Dunlap
Eliminates six-month limitation on the disclosure
(Chapter 593)
of a certain mental patient's records by his
physician after completion of the records.
AB 889 - MacDonald
Permits a statement of partnership to state the
(Chapter 606)
name and date of withdrawal of a partner and that
the partnership was not dissolved by such
withdrawal. The bill provides that such
information shall be conclusively presumed to be
true in favor of bona fide purchaser for value of
real property from the partnership, unless the
partner or his personal representative files the
specified statement.
AB 1373 - Greene, B.
Makes nonsubstantive amendments to the Public
(Chapter 607)
Resources Code.
AB 1484 - Foran
Requires the driver of any vehicle approaching a
(Chapter 608)
railroad grade crossing to stop not less than 15
feet, rather than 10 feet from the nearest rail.
AB 1611 - Greene, L.
Deletes architecture from the fields of graduate
(Chapter 594)
instruction over which the University of California
has exclusive jurisdiction in public higher
education.
AB 1686 - Roberti
Permits a school district governing board to
(Chapter 595)
require parent, guardian, or relative home and
business addresses and phone numbers so that a
school can contact someone in event of an
emergency.
AB 1723 - Crandall
Makes the Vehicle Code provision prohibiting
(Chapter 596)
driving, parking, or stopping of vehicles or
animals on designated public premises, unless
in accordance with regulations established by
the governing board or officer thereof, applicable
to units of the state park system.
AB 2000 - Murphy
Provides that the signature, countersignature or
(Chapter 609)
attestation of a public officer or deputy on
bonds or coupons or both is valid and sufficient
even if the officer or deputy ceases to be
officer or deputy before delivery of the bonds.
AB 2093 - Murphy
Makes technical amendments to the Government Code
(Chapter 610)
sections relating to county fire protection
services.
AB 2260 - Stull
Permits bonds of a school district to be offered
(Chapter 598)
for sale as a group with bonds of other school
districts in the county when authorized by the
school district governing boards. The bill
authorizes 7 percent maximum interest rate on the
bonds.
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AB 2307 - Fong
Provides that in the eve
the Governor declares
(Chapter 599)
a holiday, other than those specified in the
law, and the schools close, though not at the
direction of the Governor, such closing shall be
deemed a closing for a holiday declared by the
school district governing board. The bill also
provides pay for school employees for such
holidays, including any which occurred in the
calendar year, 1969.
AB 2340 - Stacey
Extends time for health facilities or
(Chapter 611)
institutions to comply with certain licensing
provisions from July 1, 1970, to July 1, 1972.
AB 2351 - Collier
Increases the types of libraries in which
(Chapter 597)
elementary textbooks may be displayed as a
condition to adoption by the State Board of
Education. The textbooks may be displayed in
school and college libraries as well as in public
libraries.
AB 2436 - Wilson
Allows recordation of a certificate describing
(Chapter 613)
real property and any lien thereon claimed
pursuant to law for the abatement of a nuisance
upon such property.
AB 2346 - Knox
Makes several technical amendments to the
(Chapter 612)
Corporate Securities Law of 1968.
SB 125 - Alquist
Clarifies language authorizing employment by
(Chapter 579)
community colleges of teachers to be classified as
temporary employees.
SB 179 - Mills &
Requires peace officers or employees of a
Barnes
humane society or animal shelter to take an
(Chapter 580)
injured cat or dog found in a public place to
a veterinarian for a determination of whether
the animal shall be immediately and humanely
destroyed or shall be hospitalized under proper
care and given emergency treatment. Funds for the
treatment of injured animals will come from dog
license fees. The cost of such treatment is to
be repaid by the animal's owner.
SB 333 - Cologne
Authorizes discovery and use of depositions in
(Chapter 581)
arbitration proceedings resulting from actions
for injury to or death of person caused by the
wrongful act or neglect of another. The bill
limits such provisions to arbitration proceedings
relative to such actions, unless the parties to
arbitration agree otherwise.
SB 474 - Cologne
Provides grounds on which the Secretary of State
(Chapter 600)
may refuse to appoint a person as a notary
public or revoke or suspend the commission of a
notary public: (1) false or misleading advertising
wherein such person has represented that he has
duties, rights and privileges that he does not
possess by law; (2) his giving legal advice while
not an active member of the State Bar; or (3) not
being of good moral character.
SB 521 - Marler
Authorizes boards of supervisors or a city
(Chapter 601)
council doing its own assessing to provide for the
assessment or reassessment of property damaged.
or destroyed to the extent of more than $1,000 by
a major misfortune or calamity in an area or
region subsequently declared by the Governor to
be in a state of disaster and to base the taxes
on such property on its value in the damaged or
destroyed condition according to a prescribed
procedure.
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SB 575 - Moscone
Provides that a cross-complaint may be dismissed
(Chapter 582)
if summons has not been served and return filed
within three years after filing. The bill also
provides that cross-complaints are subject to
dismissal if not brought to trial within two years
(discretionary) or within five years (mandatory)
after filing.
SB 577 - Moscone
Increases the fee for reporting testimony in
(Chapter 614)
contested cases in the superior courts from
$45 to $55 per day. The bill increases the
salaries of official reporters in Mendocino, San
Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, Sonoma, and
Stanislaus Counties. The bill also provides that
official reporters of the Municipal Court of the
El Cajon Judicial District shall be paid salary
and per diem of reporters of the San Diego County
Superior Court.
SB 638 - Sherman
Allows county welfare departments and probation
(Chapter 583)
departments to institute a court action to
declare a child free from the custody and control
by parents.
SB 752 - Danielson
Revises the California Uniform Gifts to Minors
(Chapter 584)
Act to include various changes in the 1965 Uniform
Gifts to Minors Act.
SB 756 - Danielson
Provides that service of process on a foreign
(Chapter 585)
corporation which has its right to do business in
this state forfeited under the Bank and Corporation
Tax Law may be effected in same manner as that of
a foreign corporation whose right to do business
has not been so forfeited.
SB 817 - Dymally
Authorizes the State Board of Education to
(Chapter 586)
approve expenditures for language development and
mathematics projects if specified priorities have
been met.
SB 849 - Cologne
Authorizes a party dissatisfied with costs
(Chapter 602)
claimed to move to tax costs in certain proceedings,
or to retax costs in unlawful detainer
proceedings, within 10 days, rather than five
days.
SB 863 - Grunsky
Allows a defendant reasonable time to answer a
(Chapter 587)
complaint after an order granting or denying a
motion to transfer certain cause or proceeding
has been appealed from and a stay granted, or
has been subject to mandate, irrespective of
whether such order was reversed by the appellate
court.
SB 919 - Danielson
Permits a person who meets specified requirements
(Chapter 588)
to take the examinations for a physician's and
surgeon's certificate.
SB 968 - Deukmejian
Permits a person who meets special qualifications
(Chapter 603)
to take the examination for an optometrist's
license.
SB 975 - Coombs
Establishes a bidding system for awarding
(Chapter 589)
construction contract for any public project
over $3,000 by a public leaseback corporation.
SB 994 - Grunsky
Removes the limitation of 150 miles on the
(Chapter 590)
effectiveness of a subpoena duces tecum in those
cases where the party requesting the production
of records does not desire the personal attendance
of the custodian; and the records are to be
delivered by mail as provided in the Evidence
Code.
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SB 1023 - Coombs
Provides for venue of actions by and against a
(Chapter 604)
local agency, as defined, in a manner similar to
actions by and against a city or county.
SB 1212 - Moscone
Provides that property distributed pursuant to
(Chapter 591)
court order or any payment properly made before
notice of petition to file a late claim against
an estate shall not be subject to such claim.
SB 1391 - Cologne
Provides that the court shall not make an order
(Chapter 605)
authorizing leases for a period exceeding ten
years if any heir, legatee, or devisee who has
an interest in the property to be leased objects.
Present law provides that the court shall not
make the order if any person interested in the
estate objects at the hearing.
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WAS
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Bec
445-4571
8-7-70
#392
Governor Ronald Reagan today ordered the State Department of
Corrections to cooperate in an immediate investigation by Marin County
authorities into the slaying of a Superior Court Judge and the wounding
of a Deputy District Attorney and others.
"I want to extend my deepest sympathies to the families of Judge
Harold Haley, Deputy District Attorney Gary Thomas and others who were
the innocent victims of this vicious attack. And I want to assure
their families that a thorough investigation of this tragedy will be
made immediately," the governor said.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
8-7-70
#393
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
August 10, 1970
through
August 16, 1970
Monday, August 10
No public appointments scheduled.
Overnight - Sacramento
Tuesday, August 11
10:00 a.m.
PRESS CONFERENCE
Overnight - Sacramento
Wednesday, August 12
No public appointments scheduled.
Overnight - Sacramento
Thursday, August 13
No public appointments scheduled.
Overnight - Los Angeles
Friday, August 14
No public appointments scheduled.
Overnight - Los Angeles
Saturday, August 15
No public appointments scheduled.
Overnight - Los Angeles
Sunday, August 16
No public appointments scheduled.
Overnight - Sacramento
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
8-10-70
#394
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
San Mateo Municipal Court Judge G. Brooks Ice to the San Mateo County
Superior Court bench to succeed the late Judge Conrad B. Reisch.
Judge Ice, 59, began the study of law after World War II
service with the Army, in his off-duty hours while he served as an
officer of the California Highway Patrol.
He holds degrees from the University of California's Hastings
College of Law and from San Jose State College. He also attended
Colorado Agricultural College and the Stanford University Graduate
School of Education.
In 1952, he was appointed a Deputy District Attorney of
San Mateo County and four years later became a partner in a San Mateo
County law firm. He was appointed to the Central Judicial District
Municipal Court in 1968.
Active in numerous civic and fraternal groups, he has
served as a member of the Panel of Hearing Officers of the American
Arbitration Association, as an Associate Government Appeal Agent for
Selective Service and as a member of the Board of Governors of the
Hastings College of Law Alumni Association.
He will receive an annual salary of $31,816
Judge Ice and his wife Mary live in Hillsborough.
He is a Republican.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVER
RELEASE:
mmediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
8-11-70
# 395
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the
following bills have been signed:
AB 289 - Johnson, H. Increases from 15 to 20 years from the date of
(Chapter 636)
discharge the period within which an applicant
for a "Cal Vet" farm and home purchase loan may
file an application.
AB 561 - Britschgi
Provides that an "entrance examination" for the
(Chapter 637)
purpose of granting veterans preference in
certain state civil service examinations is any
open competitive examination other than one for a
classification having a requirement of both
college graduation and two or more years of
experience.
AB 619 - Schabarum
Provides that specified penalty provisions
(Chapter 617)
pertaining to kindergarten class size standards
and specified restrictive provisions pertaining to
instructional aides are not applicable to an
experimental kindergarten program which has been
approved by the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
AB 768 - Stull
Requires that 6 percent interest be paid on certain
(Chapter 638)
property tax refunds paid as a result of a
reduction in assessed value by a board of equaliza-
tion or by a court action to recover taxes.
AB 831 - Knox
Provides that elections of local hospital
(Chapter 623)
districts be conducted pursuant to Uniform District
Election Law. The bill substitutes the appropriate
voluntary area health planning agency for the
State Department of Public Health as the agency
whose findings regarding need for hospital beds
in a hospital service area must be filed with the
supervising authority prior to a hearing on a
petition to form a hospital district. The bill
set rules governing the expiration of board member
terms. It requires district boards to establish
capital outlay fund before tax revenues can be
used for capital improvements.
AB 1018 - Dent
Adds "STP", its salts and derivatives to the
(Chapter 624)
restricted dangerous drugs category.
AB 1103 - Brown
Amends the Welfare and Institutions Code relating
(Chapter 625)
to the appointment of counsel for minors in
juvenile court hearings and provides that the court
shall appoint counsel unless there is an intelligent
waiver to the right of counsel and provides that the
parent or guardian shall pay for counsel if they
have the ability to do SO.
AB 1129 - Bee
Authorizes the Superintendent of Public Instruction
(Chapter 626)
to exempt from class size penalties pilot programs
of team instruction in reading conducted in an
elementary school within a unified school district.
The bill
requires the school district to submit a progress
report on pupils participating in the program. The
State Board of Education is required to review the
program annually.
AB 1356 - Belotti
Amends the Milk Stabilization Law to establish a
(Chapter 627)
procedure for the filing of briefs after a public
hearing on milk prices.
AB 1357 - Belotti
Amends the Milk Stabilization Law to require the
(Chapter 628)
Director of Agriculture to provide on request a
written statement of the basis for the minimum
price for fluid milk which are established after a
price hearing.
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AB 1393 - Dent
Excludes the amount of interest to maturity on
(Chapter 639)
outstanding bonds of an acquired school district
in determining bonding capacity of the acquiring
school district for purposes of the School Building
Aid Law.
AB 1666 - McCarthy
Increases from $500 to $1,000 the amount of the
(Chapter 640)
liability that may be imputed to a parent for
injury or damage suffered on account of the
wilful misconduct of their minor child.
AB 1754 - Briggs
Includes sanitary sewer facilities within
(Chapter 629)
provisions of the Subdivision Map Act relating
to construction and financing of storm sewers,
drains, and other facilities.
AB 1800 - McCarthy
Extends the period from one to two years during
(Chapter 630)
which a taxpayer under the Personal Income Tax
Law may replace involuntarily converted property
and have the gain thereon recognized only to a
limited extent.
AB 1801 - McCarthy
Extends the period from one to two years during
(Chapter 641)
which a taxpayer under the Bank and Corporation
Tax Law may replace involuntarily converted property
and have the gain thereon recognized only to a
limited extent.
AB 2077 - Knox
Increases the maximum tax rate from 5 cents to 10
(Chapter 642)
cents per $100 of assessed value that any regional
park district may levy on all real and personal
property within the district to carry out any
of its objects or purposes and to pay its
obligations. The bill eliminates the provision
allowing such districts to levy an additional tax
rate of 5 cents per $100 for fiscal years 1969-70
through 1974-75 for general purposes.
AB 2107 - Townsend
Amends the Chiropractic Initiative Act to augment
(Chapter 643)
the authority of the Board of Chiropractic
Examiners to adopt regulations and take disciplinary
action.
AB 2205 - Stacey
Eliminates the Health and Safety Code provision
(Chapter 644)
conditioning continuation of the Emergency Medical
Care Services Program on the receipt of federal
funds.
AB 2250 - Quimby
Permits wineries with bona fide public eating
(Chapter 631)
places to sell brandy as well as wine to consumers
for consumption on the premises and also to use
wine and brandy in the preparation of food and
beverages to be consumed on the premises.
AB 2298 - Wilson
Expands the definition of "improvement," for
(Chapter 645)
purposes of the Park and Playground Act of 1909,
to include urban open space lands.
AB 2364 Waxman
Requires the voter's pamphlet to bear a statement
(Chapter 632)
that it does not list all candidates (if true), that
the statements of qualifications therein are
volunteered by the candidates, and that such
statements are printed at the candidate's expense
(if true).
AB 2441 - Moretti
Redefines "insurer" for purposes of basic
(Chapter 633)
property insurance inspection and placement plan
provisions. The bill provides that inability to
obtain basic property insurance after deligent
effort through normal channels may be shown in a
specified manner. The bill also expands nonvoting
membership of governing committee of industry
placement facility in plan to include one representa-
tive of surplus line brokers.
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AB 2465 - Sieroty
Deletes from the California freeway and expressway
(Chapter 634)
system a 2.1 mile portion of Route 1 from Route 90 t
Dewey Street in Santa Monica.
AB 2525-Britschgi
Authorizes a county to expend funds collected
(Chapter 646)
under a former local vehicle license fee for rapid
transit purposes.
SB 98 - Grunsky
Revises the law relating to fictitious business
(Chapter 618)
names.
SB 223 - Dymally
Broadens the exemption of offices of physicians,
(Chapter 635)
dentists or chiropodists from licensure as a clinic
or dispensary to include the leasing of the clinic
or office premises.
SB 460 - Sherman
Specifies that, in a county having three or more
(Chapter 619)
municipal courts, the judges of those courts
shall elect two, rather than one, of their members
to serve as trustees on the county law library
board. The bill requires the board of supervisors to
appoint as many additional trustees as may be
necessary for a seven-member board in a county
where there are three or more municipal courts.
SB 547 - Moscone
Provides that upon filing of the first notice of
(Chapter 621)
motion for a new trial by a party, each other
party served with such notice shall have 15 days
from the date of service within which to file and
serve his own notice of motion for a new trial.
SB 560 - Sherman
Defines U-turns and substitutes U-turn for
(Chapter 620)
language in various Vehicle Code sections prohibiting
certain vehicle turns.
SB 956 - Stevens
Extends from January 1, to June 1, 1970, the date
(Chapter 622)
by which documents relating to certain simultaneous
city and school district boundary changes must be
filed with state and local agencies for assessment
and tax purposes during the 1970-71 fiscal year.
The bill also provides for an extension to June 30,
1970, for certain detachments of territory from
recreation and park districts.
SB 969 - Coombs
Amends the Improvement Act of 1911 to require a
(Chapter 616)
local legislative body to give notice and call a
hearing if the lowest responsible bid is 15 percent
more than the engineer's estimate of cost. Present
law permits a legislative body to give such notice
and call a hearing if the lowest bid is 10 percent
more than the engineer's estimate of costs.
SB 1421 - Whetmore
Moves back, by 14 days, various dates preceding
(Chapter 615)
the printing of ballots for an election. The bill
provides that an initiative measure may not be
placed on a statewide special election ballot if
it qualifies less than 131 days before the election.
The bill also prohibits certain candidates from
using their primary election ballot designation
at the general election.
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#396
Governor Ronald Reagan today signed legislation he proposed earlier
this year which for the first time in California history establishes
uniform sanitation and health requirements for all grocery stores and
retail food outlets in the state.
The bill (AB-323, Townsend and Hom) a key element in the
governor's 1970 consumer protection legislative program- is the fourth
of six major pieces of legislation proposed by the governor this year
which he has enacted into law. The three bills which he has already
signed will:
--Strengthen the state's ability to protect the insurance buying
public by preventing property insurers from summarily cancelling fire,
homeowner and personal property insurance policies without good cause
(AB-165), Beverly).
--Assure that information obtained from clients in the preparation
of state and federal income tax returns is maintained in the strictest
confidence (SB-485, Marks).
--Permit the adoption of high safety standards for all tires used
on motor vehicles in the state (AB-733, Lewis).
The two remaining pieces of legislation would:
-Combat misleading and deceptive practices of those in the franchise
industry whose activities reflect unfairly on the rest of the industry
(SB-647, Bradley).
--And, guarantee that the accounts of small investors in financially
troubled industrial loan companies be protected from loss (SB-1290,
Sherman).
Governor Reagan said AB-323 "will, for the first time in California
history, establish uniform sanitation and health standards for grocery
stores and retail food outlets throughout the state with particular
emphasis on perishable foods--thus, protecting virtually every citizen,
young or old, who has occasion to make such food purchases."
He called the new law "a major step in the state's efforts to assure
that the food we buy in such stores as these meets adequate standards of
cleanliness and purity."
The new uniform regulations which will be enforced by local health
departments replace a hodgepodge of sanitation requirements which have
varied from county to county. Some smaller counties in the state have had
little or no sanitation standards governing retail food distribution,
up to now.
The State Department of Public Health will function as both a
coordinator and consultant to local health departments in the enforcement
of the new law.
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8-12-70
#397
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Torrance Municipal Judge Auten F. Bush to the Los Angeles County
Superior Court bench. He succeeds Judge Lloyd Davis, who has retired.
Judge Bush, 59, was appointed to the South Bay Judicial District
Municipal Court at Torrance by Governor Ronald Reagan in 1967. As a
Superior Court Judge, he will receive an annual salary of $31,816.
He had previously served as City Attorney of the cities of
El Segundo, Palos Verdes Estates, Hermosa Beach and Avalon; and as
City Prosecutor of Palos Verdes Estates and Hermosa Beach. He was
also a Deputy City Attorney of Redondo Beach.
He is a past president of the Inglewood-South Bay Bar Association
the South Bay Hospital District and has been active in other civic and
legal groups.
A graduate of the University of Oregon, Judge Bush earned his
law degree at the University of California's Hastings College of Law.
He and his wife Ellen have three children. The family home
Marketton
is in Hermosa Beach.
Judge Bush is a Republican.
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#398
Governor Ronald Reagan today stepped up California's battle against
smog by signing into law a precedent-setting bill which will impose
stiff fines up to $6,000 per day on individuals, companies, or
state and local public agencies which violate cease-and-desist orders
issued by local air pollution control districts or the State Air
Resources Board.
The governor said "the stringent new law (AB-88, Schabarum) moves
California further into the forefront of the battle against smog by
giving smog control authorities around the state the tools they need to
crack down even harder on air polluters."
He also noted that the legislation parallels the basic provisions
of another tough new law the Porter-Cologne Act, supported and signed
by the governor last year which authorized the imposition of $6,000-
per-day fines on water polluters in California.
AB-88 also subjects any person who disobeys state or local smog
regulations to a $500-per-day penalty, and authorizes the attorney general
district attorneys and lawyers for local air pollution control districts
to bring such actions in court. The bill further gives such cases
special precedence on court calendars.
Governor Reagan called the legislation "a major step forward in the
state's continuing efforts to, once again, make our waters and skies
clear and blue for this and future generations of Californians."
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Contact:
Paul BE-K
445-4571
8-13-70
#399
Governor Ronald Reagan today wrote into California's lawbooks two
key provisions of the tough Omnibus Clean Air Law he proposed to the
legislature last January measures which will require strict compliance
at the local level with the state's increasingly tougher non-vehicular
smog standards, and create by far the most comprehensive air quality
measurement network in the nation.
He called his Omnibus Clean Air package "the most comprehensive and
far-reaching legislative plan of action ever proposed by any state or
nation. If
The overall program of which the two measures (AB-83 and AB-87,
Schabarum) he signed today are important features is aimed at giving
California the long range tools necessary to crack down even harder on
the two main causes of smog: the internal combustion engine, and open
burning and industrial smoke.
AB-83 mandates the creation of an air pollution control district in
every county where one does not presently exist. It also requires that
either a regional air pollution control district, or a basin-wide
coordinating council, be formed in each of the eleven air basins of the
state by no later than July 1, 1971.
The bill further requires that each regional district or basin-wide
council file a plan for controlling smog by January 1, 1972. If the
State Air Resources Board (ARB) determines that the plan is inadequate
to meet the state's air quality standards, the board would then draw up a
plan of its own. The local districts would then be required to comply
with, and enforce, the ARB plan.
Governor Reagan called the coordinated, basinwide approach to air
pollution control "a reasonable and logical tool for effectively meeting
and overcoming our statewide smog problem."
"Just as we have already moved, statewide, on increasingly more
stringent vehicle emission standards, we will now be able to insure that
non-vehicular air quality standards also are observed and enforced
across the length and breadth of the state," the governor said.
AB-87 will, for the first time, establish a statewide Air Monitoring
Network to measure air quality. Although the Mulford-Carrell Air
Resources Act and federal law require certain data on air quality,
up to now such measurements have been made on a haphazard basis, and in
only certain areas of the state. While a few local air pollution control
agencies have conducted their own monitoring operations, without state
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support, others have eceived state assistance do r this purpose. And,
in yet other instances, the state alone has done the monitoring.
Furthermore, there has been no clear state policy on the
responsibility for air quality measurements.
Governor Reagan said the new law will correct this situation by
authorizing the State Air Resources Board to create what will be, by far,
the most comprehensive and extensive statewide air quality measurement
network in the nation.
The network will enable the ARB to gather and assemble such data
from every region in California so that the board will know whether its
strict air quality standards are being met and, if not, what new control
programs must be developed to see to it that the standards are, indeed,
achieved.
"In effect, " the governor said, "the new system will enable us to
prevent from happening in rural areas what has already happened in a
number of our metropolitan areas---by maintaining a scrutinizing, day-by-
day watch on smog through the sophisticated sensors of the monitoring
equipment."
"The enactment
of both of these tough new laws is another
example of this administration's continuing commitment to the all-out war
against the debauching of our environment.
"By signing them into law, we are not only further strengthening
California's already tough controls on smog, but we are adding the teeth
which are necessary to enforce them."
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MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
8-12-70
Governor Reagan will sign two major bills in his 1970 anti-smog
legislative program tomorrow, Thursday, August 13, at 9:30 a.m., at a
special ceremony in his office. The bills, by Assemblyman Peter
Schabarum, are:
1. AB-87---which authorizes the state Air Resources Board to
establish a state-wide program for obtaining air quality measurements
on a continuing basis throughout the state.
2. AB-83---which activates air pollution control districts in
counties which up to now have not had them. It also calls for the
formation of regional districts or basin-wide coordinating councils
in the 11 air basins established by the Air Resources Board.
We will have a press release on the signing at the time of the
ceremony.
Press coverage is invited.
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GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Bec.
445-4571
8-13-70
#400
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointment of
John B. Weiss of Los Gatos to a four-year-term on the Unemployment
Insurance Appeals Board, subject to Senate confirmation.
Weiss, 49, who has served on the board since 1967, will receive
an annual salary of $27,500.
His home is at 15968 Hidden Drive, Los Gatos.
He is a Republican.
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#401
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
William F. Lanam, executive director of the San Mateo County Bar
Association, to the San Mateo County Central Judicial District Municipal
Court bench. He will receive an annual salary of $29,270.
Lanam, 41, a Democrat, succeeds Judge G. Brooks Ice who has
been elevated to the San Mateo County Superior Court.
Named as executive director of the San Mateo County Bar Association
and Administrator of the Court Appointed Counsel System in 1969, he
previously was in the private practice of law and has also served as
a Deputy District Attorney and Supervising Probation Officer in San
Mateo County.
Lanham holds degrees from San Francisco City and State Colleges
and earned his law degree from the University of San Francisco.
He is a member of the California State Bar, the San Mateo Bar
Association, the San Francisco Bar Association, the American Trial
Lawyers Association, the California Public Defenders Association, the
National Legal Aid and Public Defenders Association and other civic
and legal groups.
He is married and has six children. The family home is in
Burlingame.
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#402
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the following bills have
been signed:
AB 263 - McCarthy
Authorizes members of the California Highway Patrol
(Chapter 648)
to inspect vehicles in an automobile dismantler's lot,
as well as in other specified places, for purposes
of investigations of vehicles wrecked or dismantled,
as well as for locating stolen vehicles and
investigating title and registration of vehicles.
AB 529 - Barnes
Authorizes the Board of the Public Employees'
(Chapter 676)
Retirement System to enter into an agreement with a
contracting agency and the board of supervisors of a
county maintaining a retirement system under the
County Employees' Retirement Law of 1937 for
termination of agency's participation in the System
and the inclusion of employees in the county system.
AB 530 - Barnes
Provides that when a legislative body deems it to be
(Chapter 677)
in the public interest, it may initiate and adopt
an ordinance or resolution establishing a specific
plan or amendment thereto.
AB 535 - Thomas
Extends the privilege tax for the support of the
(Chapter 678)
Marine Research Committee, on handling of designated
fish from December 1, 1970, to December 31, 1972.
AB
565 - Brathwaite Requires that if food offered for sale in a
(Chapter 679)
restaurant contains any food additive not on the
Federal Drug Administration safe list, this must be
noted on the menu. If the additive does not appear
in the menu, the food will be deemed misbranded under
the California Pure Foods Act.
AB 572 - Crandall
Requires that a notice of disciplinary action to
(Chapter 650)
classified school personnel contain the specific
acts and omissions on which the disciplinary action
is based and any rule or regulation violated.
13 648 - Deddeh
Provides that a state college employee who is
Chapter 680)
reassigned from a nonacademic year position to an
academic year position any time subsequent to Januaryl
1965, shall be entitled to a lump sum payment for
vacation.
A3 819 - Russell
Directs the Educational Innovation Advisory Commission
(Chapter 71G)
to review and to make recommendations to the State
Board of Education with regard to the policies and
practices relative to hiring, advancement and
assignment of statewide level administrators of
projects and project funding under Title III of
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
AB 875 - Hayes
Provides that a child 12 years of age or over who has
(Chapter 651)
been relinquished for adoption but has not been
adopted may change his name by petition to the superici
court signed by the child and the adoption agency to
which he has been relinquished.
A3 895 - Dunlap
Permits authorized emergency vehicles to be equipped
(Chapter 681)
with a flashing headlight system to be used under
specified conditions. Such systems are to be approved
by the California Highway Patrol.
AB 953 - Moorhead
Includes as a crime solicitation of another to commit
(Chapter 682)
or join in commission of an assault with a deadly
weapon or instrument or by means of force likely to
produce great bodily injury. The bill specifies that
punishment for the offense of solicitation of another
to commit or join in commission of any of the listed
crimes may he by both designated imprisonment and fine.
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AB 954 - Moorhead
Authorizes a sheriff or chief of police, in the
(Chapter 683)
event a prisoner elects to decline treatment by the
county or city jail physician and to provide medical
treatment at his own expense, to have him removed
from jail to a privately owned or operated medical
facility or hospital located in county approved by a
judge of the superior court for such treatment.
AB 974 - Johnson, H. Amends the Employment Agency Act to exempt certain
(Chapter 695)
overseas employment agencies from the requirement of
using the word "agency" in the conduct of their
business.
AB 1026 - Green, L. Extends through the 1970-71 fiscal year the provision
(Chapter 684)
providing that, upon approval of Superintendent of
Public Instruction, the deductible amount of fire
insurance for any school district with an average
daily attendance of less than 50,000 may exceed $1,000
for each occurrence. The bill requires the legislativ
analyst to conduct a study of school property losses
resulting from specified causes, costs of school
districts to insure against such losses, and the
amount of such losses which is uncompensated by
insurance and to recommend a program for state
participation in payment of excessive losses or
school property insurance premiums.
AB 1054 - Dent
Eliminates provision for a 90-day observation period
(Chapter 685)
in a state hospital or county hospital prior to
commitment of mentally disordered sex offenders to
a state hospital for an indeterminate period.
AB 1056 - Sieroty
Repeals the Labor Code provisions prohibiting the
(Chapter 652)
employment of aliens by contractors or subcontractors
on public works projects. The repealed provisions were
declared unconstitutional by the California Supreme
Court in 1969.
AB 1057 - Sieroty
Repeals the Labor Code restrictions on the employment
(Chapter 653)
of aliens in State and local government.
AB 1073 - Hayes
Prohibits court commissioners of superior and
(Chapter 686)
municipal courts from engaging in the private
practice of law.
AB 1125 - Johnson, H. Includes within the definition of dwellings subject
(Chapter 687)
to homestead condominiums, planned developments,
stock cooperatives, community apartment projects,
and property situated on real property under a lease
of 30 years or more.
AB 1127 - Johnson, H. Specifies that officers enforcing a writ of
(Chapter 654)
restitution obtained in an unlawful detainer action
either personally serve such writ on the tenant or
post the writ on a conspicuous place on the property.
The bill provides that if writ is posted, an
additional copy thereof shall also be mailed to the
tenant.
AB 1158 - Hom
Establishes a procedure to increase from 5 to 7 the
(Chapter 688)
number of members of the board of directors of a
local hospital district which provides at least
225 hospital beds.
AB 1194 - Hayes
Includes the report to the court from the investigating
(Chapter 655)
agency in adoption proceeding among those documents
which must be filed in the office of the county clerk
and which the judge cannot authorize anyone to inspect
except in exceptional circumstances and for good cause
The bill also prohibits a county clerk, upon the
written request of any party to action and upon order
of a judge of the superior court, from providing
certain documents for inspection or copying unless
the name of the natural parents of the adopted child
or information tending to identify such parents is
deleted.
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AB 1203 - Badham
rovides that a railroad m.
purchase or otherwise
(Chapter 689)
acquire and use all property necessary for the
conduct of its business, rather than all property
as is absolutely necessary for the conduct of its
business.
AB 1241 - Porter
Permits the maximum interest rate on metropolitan
(Chapter 696)
water district bonds to exceed 7 percent if the
district board determines by a two-thirds vote of
the board that the interests of the district and the
public interest or necessity require that such bonds
be sold subject to a higher maximum rate in order
to obtain needed funds.
AB 1315 - Russell
Includes public school teachers who are employed in
(Chapter 697)
classes organized under the Manpower Development and
Training Act of 1962, the Economic Opportunity Act
of 1966, and the Adult Education Act of 1966, and
other training and education programs in the State
Teachers' Retirement System.
AB 1347 - Wood
Provides for various different specified testing
(Chapter 690)
facilities and organizations, including the Director
of Agriculture, to determine the weight or measure
or percentage of milk fat and fluid skim milk
components for the purposes of payment for milk,
cream, or any fluid derivative of milk or cream.
AB 1401 - Vasconcellos
Permits the Trustees of the California State
(Chapter 698)
Colleges to use day labor for any emergency
that may occur on a campus (rather than only for
"acts of God") provided the total expenditure per
incident does not exceed $3, 500.
AB 1406 - Brown
Extends the filing period for senior citizens
(Chapter 656)
property tax assistance claims in cases where the
claimant was prevented from filing a timely claim
because of a medically certified incapacity.
AB 1473 - Stacey
Allows the State Board of Medical Examiners to
(Chapter 657)
delegate its authority to approve examination
applicants, approve issuance of certificates, and
to issue certificates to persons who qualify for a
reciprocity certificate, or whose application is
based on a diplomate certificate.
1496 - Johnson, R. Provides that the Director of Agriculture shall
Chapter 699)
establish a system for certifying colony strength
for bees used in pollination of agricultural crops.
1502 - Knox
Deletes the prohibition against the use of specified
(Chapter 700)
words in signs advertising the sale of alcoholic
beverages at retail for consumption on the premises.
AB 1529 - Chappie
Authorizes the Director of Parks and Recreation
(Chapter 691)
to exchange certain lands at Malakoff Diggins State
Historic Park and San Clemente State Beach for other
lands of comparable value.
AB 1532 - Chappie
Requires approval of plans and specifications by the
(Chapter 701)
Department of General Services prior to award of a
contract where state funds are utilized for any
building or facility subject to the law relating to
building access for the handicapped. The bill
requires the application for approval to be
accompanied by a filing fee determined by the
Department of General Services.
AB 1540 - Chappie
Revises the provision establishing a rebuttable
(Chapter 702)
presumption that the full cash value of property
fixed by a local board of equalization is correct when
the assessor proposes to change such value during
the succeeding two years, commencing with the
1971-72 assessment year.
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AB 1566 - Knox
Requires, rather than permits, that the general plan
(Chapter 717)
of a city or county include a conservation element
for the conservation, development and use of natural
resources and requires them to designate solid and
liquid waste disposal facilities in the land use
element. The bill provides that each city and county
must comply with such requirements by July 1, 1972.
AB 1617 - Z'berg
Provides that employees of Sacramento County may
(Chapter 718)
receive sick leave credit at retirement on a day-
for-day basis.
AB 1635 - Mulford
Provides for the transfer of 90 percent of all fines
(Chapter 703)
and forfeitures of persons arrested or notified by
regional park police officers and charged with
violating provisions of the Vehicle Code or vehicle
regulations of the district to the general fund of
the regional park district and the remaining 10
percent to the general fund of the county in which
the regional park is located.
AB 1642 - Moorhead
Extends the statute of limitation on forgery so that
(Chapter 704)
the crime may be prosecuted at any time within three
years from its discovery rather than requiring it to
be prosecuted within three years of its commission.
The bill also removes the limitation upon prosecution
for kidnap for ransom or robbery if the victim suffers
bodily harm.
AB 1645 - Barnes
Provides for service credit under a retirement system
(Chapter 705)
established under the County Employees' Retirement
Law of 1937 for county service in which the person
was not a member because of a provision deferring
membership until 180 days after entry into service.
Member contribution would be required for such
service credit.
AB 1675 - Cory
Increases from 50 percent to 75 percent of capital
(Chapter 706)
and surplus the statutory limit on the amount that
a state bank may invest in fixed assets.
AB 1717 - Wilson
Makes it unlawful for a physician or a clinical
(Chapter 658)
laboratory to charge or solicit payment from any
patient for any clinical laboratory service not
actually rendered unless specified conditions are
complied with.
AB 1739 - Thomas
Specifies that burial at sea of cremated remains may
(Chapter 707)
be carried out either by boat from any harbor in
state, or by air, three miles from the nearest
shoreline.
AB 1852 - Briggs
Increases the maximum permissible charge by a
(Chapter 659)
personal property broker on the portion of a loan
between $700 and $1500 from 1 percent to 1½ percent
per month.
AB 1924 - Knox
Classifies agents ofthe Bureaus of Narcotic
(Chapter 708)
Enforcement and Criminal Identification and
Investigation, along with the deputy and assistant
directors of the Department of Justice, as "policemen"
for Social Security purposes. The bill becomes
operative as of such time as a ruling or regulation
authorizing inclusion of the employees described in
the definition of "policemen."
AB 1953 - Crown
Directs the Department of Public Health, without
(Chapter 709)
impairing existing programs, to give priority to
specified medical conditions in use of funds provided
for crippled children services in the Budget Act of
1970.
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AB 2080 - Fenton
Permits contracting agencies under the Public
(Chapter 719)
Employees' Retirement System to separately include
local firemen or policemen or both within the
provisions that provide for continuation of a part
of retirement allowances to survivors.
AB 2314 - Quimby
Permits any agency, commission, or board provided for
(Chapter 692)
by a joint powers agreement entered into prior to
January 1, 1971, between the County of San Bernardino
and any city thereof, which has the power to operate
sanitary sewer facilities to issue revenue bonds
below the par or face value thereof. The bill is
effective until July 1, 1971.
AB 2442 - Moretti
Provides that any nonprofit corporation, created by
(Chapter 710)
one or more public agencies, whose board of directors
is appointed by such public agencies and which is
formed to acquire, construct, reconstruct, maintain
or operate any public work project, is a local agency
within the meaning of the Ralph M. Brown Act.
AB 2529 - MacGillivray Extends from January 1, 1970, to April 6, 1970,
(Chapter 711)
the time in which the statement, map or plat
regarding annexation to a city may be filed with the
State Board of Equalization for the annexation to be
effective for assessment and tax purposes for the
1970-71 fiscal year. The bill applies to cities
completing annexations on March 30, 1970.
SB 23 - Nejedly
Provides that variances to zoning ordinances shall
(Chapter 660)
not be granted which authorize a use or activity not
otherwise expressly authorized by the governing
zoning regulation.
SB 71 - Grunsky
Adds an approved public health laboratory to
(Chapter 661)
laboratories that a physician may submit a blood
sample to determine the Rh factor of a pregnant woman.
SB 91 - Song
Authorizes the exercise of the right of eminent domain
(Chapter 662)
by common carriers operating upon waterways with
respect to terminal facilities, lands, or structures
for the receipt and transfer of passengers or property
The bill also requires public agencies to secure
either written permission or a court order prior to
entering on private property to conduct surveys,
studies, tests, and similar activities related to
locating public projects. Advance deposit by the
public agency of the amount of damage from such
activities is provided for as a condition of the
court order.
SB 316 - Schrade
Permits a city or county to adopt an ordinance
(Chapter 663)
requiring payment of a fee as a condition of approval
of a final subdivision map or issuance of building
permit for purposes of defraying cost of constructing
bridges.
SB 507 - Dolwig
Empowers the Counties of San Mateo, Marin and Santa
(Chapter 712)
Clara to adopt rules and regulations with respect
to logging which are stricter than those provided
under the Forest Practice Act and those promulgated
by the forest district forest practice committee.
SB 520 - Marler
Provides that the territory of any school district
(Chapter 713)
which was included in a specified unification proposal
which was defeated and which territory has been
restored to its existence as a separate elementary
school district or high school district, as the case
may be, will be exempted from the areawide elementary
school and high school foundation program provisions
and areawide aid and tax support provisions.
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SB 611 - Wedworth
Provides that the Fish and Game provisions making
(Chapter 665)
it unlawful to deposit or permit specified litter
to pass into state waters do not apply to a refuse
disposal site authorized by the appropriate local
agency having jurisdiction or to the depositing of
such materials in a container from which the materials
are routinely removed to a legal point of disposal,
rather than to the depositing of such materials in a
container or refuse disposal dump maintained for the
disposal of such materials by any federal, state or
local government agency, or the property owner.
SB 757 - Danielson
Allows a community college governing board to hold
(Chapter 666)
meetings anywhere in the community college district,
high school district, unified districts or combination
thereof served by the community college district, as
it may by resolution determine. The bill requires
notice of location, date, and time of meeting to be
posted in each community college in the district at
least 10 days prior to a meeting.
SB 793 - Alquist
Limits the property taxing power of the Santa Clara
(Chapter 667)
County Transit District to taxation solely for bond
redemption purposes.
SB 869 - Grunsky
Deletes the Education Code provision authorizing
(Chapter 668)
elementary school pupils to attend the school they
would otherwise have attended when that portion of
the elementary school district in which they reside
is included in a unified district containing no
elementary school, and authorizing interdistrict
attendance agreements between the school district in
which the pupil resides and the district containing
the school which the pupil attends.
SB 932 - Dolwig
Authorizes the Estero Municipal Improvement District
(Chapter 669)
to acquire and construct reclamation of land for small
craft harbor, rather than for private small craft
harbor, purposes.
SB 988 - Moscone
Requires the State Lands Commission, within 3 years,
(Chapter 670)
at the cost of the Port Commission of the City and
County of San Francisco, to provide a description of
harbor lands transferred to the City and County of
San Francisco in 1968. The bill also authorizes the
City and County of San Francisco to lease specified
lands held by it in trust for 40 years, rather than
for 20 years, for purpose of developing and promoting
aquatic sport.
SB 1094 - Marler
Provides that the requirement that corporations file
(Chapter 671)
specified statement with the Secretary of State does
not put any person dealing with a corporation on
notice or under duty to inquire about the content of
such statement. The bill provides that suspension of
corporate powers on failure to file the specified
statement with the Secretary of State shall be
effective upon transmittal to the Franchise Tax
Board of the notification of suspension.
SB
1278 - Lagomarsino Permits Embarcadero Municipal Improvement District
(Chapter 672)
to acquire and operate recreational facilities.
The bill also provides that the District may acquire
or construct the reclamation of land for small craft
harbor, rather than private small craft harbor,
purposes.
SB 1313 - Stiern
Deletes various obsolete provisions allowing
(Chapter 673)
reassessment of property destroyed by disaster and
late filing of statements and maps with the Board of
Equalization for assessment purposes.
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Governor Reagan also announced he has vetoed the following bills:
AB 1028 - Brown
Permits the employment of persons between the ages
of 18 and 21 as musicians, for entertainment purposes
only, in premises selling and serving alcoholic
beverages. The bill restricts the areas of such
employment, and provides that no alcoholic beverages
shall be sold, served, consumed, or taken into such
area.
REASON FOR VETO: Governor Reagan said, :This bill
permits the employment of persons
18 to 21 years of age as musicians in premises selling
and serving alcoholic beverages, but restricts the
area of such employment.
"I recognize that AB 1028 is intended to provide
additional employment opportunities for young
musicians. I am in support of this objective. I
believe that young musicians could perform in the
great majority of licensed establishments without
being adversely affected.
"However, the bill makes no distinction whatsoever
between those establishments in which such young
musicians could appropriately perform, and those where
nudity, obscenity, and other forms of so-called
"adult" entertainment are a principal attraction.
"Unfortunately, there are not sufficient safeguards
in the legislation to insure against potential
harmful effects on these young people.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
AB 1285 - Stacey
Includes licensed vocational nurses and psychiatric
technicians within the definition of "professional
employees" for purposes of the right to representation
by professional employees organization under the
public employer-employee relations law.
REASON FOR VETO: Governor Reagan said, "This bill
includes licensed vocational
nurses and psychiatric technicians within the
definition of "professional employees" for purposes
of the right to representation by professional employee
organizations under the public-employee relations
law.
"This would be another instance of unnecessary state
interference with local government. Experience of
other states has shown that the public agency must
retain the broadest possible flexibility in
determining negotiating units. To restrict this
latitude by expanding the definition of professional
employees and proliferating the representation units
makes it difficult for government to establish
workable and sound employee relations programs.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
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MEMO TO THE PRESS
Contact:
Paul B R
445-4571
8-14-70
Because the end of the current legislative session is quickly
approaching, no public appointments have been scheduled for Governor
Reagan next week, with the exception of a fundraising dinner for
Senator George Murphy which the governor will attend Thursday evening,
August 20, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. Vice President
Agnew will be the keynote speaker.
In order to keep the governor's schedule as free as possible, no
press conference is scheduled for the coming week.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE:
Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
8-17-70
#403
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the
following bills have been signed:
AB 3 - Barnes
Provides for improvement in the "automatic cost-
(Chapter 647)
of-living" provisions of the Public Employees'
Retirement Law by earlier adjustment after
retirement and by increasing the maximum permitted
adjustment. Changes are effective on the first
annual adjustment date after an actuarial interest
rate of 5.25 percent or higher has been fixed under
the system. The annual maximum increase to the base
allowance is increased from 1½ percent to 2 percent.
AB 48 - MacDonald
Provides that fraudulent receipt of payments under
(Chapter 693)
aid to families with dependent children shall
be treated as a felony if the defrauded amount
exceeds $200, and, as a misdemeanor if the
defrauded amount is less than $200.
AB 218 - Campbell
Makes it a felony to simultaneously possess two
(Chapter 730)
designated chemical ingredients of methamphetamine
("speed") with the intention to manufacture the
drug. Exemptions are provided for drug manufacturer
licensed by this state and persons authorized to
possess the drugs by regulations of the Pharmacy
Board.
AB 390 - Greene, B.
Authorizes the establishment of a revolving fund
(Chapter 731)
for immediate or emergent need of aid recipients
in Los Angeles County.
AB 523 - Johnson, R. Authorizes the Director of Agriculture to
(Chapter 732)
contract with local milk inspection agencies to
handle the inspection of soft serve ice cream
establishments.
AB 623 - Biddle
Provides that a person arrested for driving a
(Chapter 733)
motor vehicle while under the influence of
intoxicating liquor who has chosen a chemical
test of blood alcohol content, and either is
incapable, or states he is incapable, of
completing the chosen test, has a choice of
submitting to and completing any remaining tests
or test and that the arresting officer must
so advise him. The bill specifies that failure to
submit to and to complete, rather than to submit to,
a test will result in a six-month suspension of the
driving privilege.
AB 642 - Brown
Changes the composition of the membership of the Bay
(Chapter 734)
Area Air Pollution Control Advisory Council.
AB 654 - Hayes
Includes within categories of person under 21
(Chapter 735)
years of age for whom an action may be brought
for the purposes of having such person declared
free from the custody and control of parents those
persons who have been left without provision for
their identification by a parent or others for
six months. The bill provides that failure to
provide identification for six months is
presumptive evidence of intent to abandon.
AB 752 - Ketchum
Provides for dissemination of ballot pamphlets
(Chapter 736)
for all elections on city formations and
annexations and elections on formations of
specified districts. The bill specifies that the
pamphlets are to include an impartial analysis
prepared by appropriate local agency formation
commission as well as arguments for or against
the proposal.
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AB 761 - Beverly
Revises the Personal Property Brokers Law with
(Chapter 737)
respect to the making of loans, the licensing of
brokers, the keeping of records, annual reports,
charges and fees, and insurance.
AB 825 - Johnson, R. Exempts from registration vehicles equipped with
(Chapter 738)
a water tank owned by a farmer and used exclusively
to service his implements of husbandry and
subjects such vehicles to the same equipment and
device requirements as if registered if owner has
obtained identification plate as set forth in the
Vehicle Code.
AB 931 - Dunlap
Requires school districts, with specified
(Chapter 739)
exceptions, to make payments of wages and payroll
orders and warrants for payment of wages to classi-
fied employees on the last working day of month in
which the employee was in paid status.
AB 960 - Bagley
Provides that a grand jury shall not spend money
(Chapter 740)
or incur obligations in excess of the amount
budgeted by the county board of supervisors for
its investigative activities unless the proposed
expenditure is approved in advance by presiding
judge of superior court after the board of
supervisors has been advised of the request.
AB 970 - Crown
Provides for a mandatory felony sentence in the
(Chapter 741)
event of conviction for the illegal selling or
transporting of destructive devices. The bill
increases the punishment from a maximum of three
years to a minimum of 15 years. It also carries
a mandatory requirement for confinement in the
state prison for at least one year, without
possibility of probation, parole or a suspended
sentence.
AB 1086 - Burke
Amends the Probate Code to permit specified
(Chapter 742)
distributees of money to present a claim for
money or property in the form of an affidavit,
in lieu of filing a prescribed petition, to the
judge of superior court which made the assignment
or distribution.
AB 1208 - Dent
Repeals the Education Code provision containing
(Chapter 743)
a termincation date relating to the employment of
architectural and engineering firms on a temporary
basis.
AB 1220 - Barnes
Amends the Teachers Retirement Law to require
(Chapter 744)
deduction of the lesser of either 4 percent of
the refundable balance of $25 from each refund
for termination of service and imposes a like
fee for redeposits upon reentry into the State
Teachers Retirement System, for administrative
expenses.
AB 1317 - Russell
Provides that the State Board of Control may
(Chapter 745)
delegate to the Department of Public Works, under
such terms and conditions as are acceptable to
the Board, authority to order discharge from
accountability for collection of delinquent real
property rental accounts which do not exceed
$300.
AB 1449 - Dunlap
Provides that redeposit of contributions of a
(Chapter 746)
member who became a member of another county system
or of the Public Employees' Retirement System shall
be in the fund of the county at the time of
separation, and that upon redeposit the member's
retirement allowance shall be computed on the
basis of the law at retirement rather than the
law at the time of leaving county service.
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AB 1454 - Z'berg
Enacts the "Uniform Minor Student Capacity to
(Chapter 747)
Borrow Act, = providing that any written
obligation signed by a minor 18 or more years
of age in consideration of an educational loan
received by him from any person is enforceable as
if he were an adult at time of execution, if
specified conditions are met. The Act reflects
the recommendations of the National Conference of
Commissioners on Uniform State Laws.
AB 1543 - Chappie
Requires that any statement or affidavit for
(Chapter 748)
property tax purposes made by a taxpayer
asserting timely filing of a document by mail be
made within one year of the deadline applicable
to the original filing of such documents. The
bill also states that mailed payments received
under the property tax law need not be accepted
if received more than 30 days after the date and
time set by law for the payment.
AB 1590 - Hayes
Provides for involuntary commitment to a narcotics
(Chapter 749)
facility by the superior court of defendants who
were convicted of crime or had probation
revoked, if the superior court hearing determines
that the defendants were addicted to or in
imminent danger of addiction to narcotics.
AB 1694 - Bee
Requires that the notice of intended transfer
(Chapter 750)
for a limited alcoholic beverage license or on-sale
general seasonal license include a description
of the entire consideration paid, with a
designation as to form of payment.
AB 1732 - Thomas
Provides that Pacific mackerel may not be taken
(Chapter 751)
or possessed at any time for commercial purposes,
except that a load of fish taken may contain up
to 18 percent by weight of Pacific mackerel, when
they are taken incidentally with other fish.
AB 1740 - Bagley
Eliminates the authority of public administrators
(Chapter 752)
to deposit estate moneys with the county treasurer.
Under current law, the public administrator may
either deposit these monies in a bank or savings
and loan account, or with the county treasurer.
AB 1749 - Murphy
Authorizes any officer in charge of a jail, before
(Chapter 753)
whom any person arrested for any Vehicle Code
misdemeanor or infraction is brought, to release
such person on his written promise to appear as
provided for in the Penal Code, in lieu of admitting
such person to bail.
AB 1776 - Arklin
Authorizes the Department of Parks and Recreation
(Chapter 754)
to contract with any public or private agency for
the collection of fees and rentals and for the
operation of a reservation system in connection
with the State Park System. The bill also provides
that such a contract may contain provisions which
would allow the agency to retain a portion of the
fee or rental as reimbursement for the cost of its
services.
AB 1779 - Wood
Provides that the Public Utilities Commission shall
(Chapter 755)
require less accident insurance of air operators
who fulfill certain specified requirements than
generally required of commercial operators.
AB 1847 - McCarthy
Eliminates preference for those needing employment
(Chapter 756)
in issuing licenses to blind persons for operation
of vending stands.
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AB 1996 - Murphy
Specifies that it shall be conclusively presumed
(Chapter 757)
that a statute enacted last is intended to prevail
over statutes enacted earlier at the same
session in absence of an express provision to the
contrary in a statute enacted last, rather than in
the absence of an express provision to the
contrary. The bill specifies that it shall be
presumed that a statute which has a higher
chapter number was intended by the legislature to
prevail over a statute which has a lower chapter
number in the absence of an express provision to
the contrary in a statute which has a higher
chapter number, rather than in the absence of an
express provision to the contrary.
AB 2031 - Campbell
Amends the Medical Practice Act to permit waiver
(Chapter 758)
of the internship requirement for graduates of
foreign medical schools who meet prescribed
qualifications.
AB 2148 - Fenton
Authorizes commissioners of municipal courts to
(Chapter 759)
conduct arraignment proceedings if directed to
do so by the presiding or sole judge of the court.
AB 2393 - Duffy
Changes the name of the Social Worker and Marriage
(Chapter 760)
Counselor Qualifications Board of the State of
California to the Board of Behavioral Science
Examiners. The bill also makes technical
amendments to the clinical social worker's licens-
ing law.
AB 2418 - McCarthy
Prohibits any city or county from approving a
(Chapter 761)
subdivision map for a subdivision fronting upon
any lake or reservoir owned partially or
entirely by any public agency including the state,
which does not provide or have available
reasonable access by fee or easement from public
highways to any water of the publicly owned lake
or reservoir upon which the subdivision borders
either within the subdivision or a reasonable
distance from the subdivision.
SB 90 - Song
Provides that no evidence is admissible in a
(Chapter 720)
civil action to charge a person concerning
representations made by him as to the credit of a
third person unless such representation or a
memorandum thereof is in writing and is either
signed by or in the writing of the person to
be charged.
SB 114 - Richardson
Permits the killing by shooting of all domesticated
(Chapter 721)
game mammals by their owner or his employee,
rather than permitting killing only domesticated
deer by shooting.
SB 188 - Coombs
Authorizes the plaintiff and defendant in a
(Chapter 722)
small claims court hearing to offer evidence
by witnesses appearing at times other than at
the hearing only with permission of court.
SB 429 - Grunsky
Authorizes the court, when a public defender
(Chapter 723)
or assigned counsel is appointed at the expense
of a county to represent a person who is a minor,
in a criminal proceeding, to order the parent or
guardian of such minor to reimburse the county for
all or any part of expenses of such appointed
counsel if it determines that the parent or
guardian has ability to pay such expense.
SB 440 - Sherman
Permits a contracting agency to fix the amount of
(Chapter 724)
its contribution under the Meyers-Geddes State
Employees' Medical and Hospital Care Act, but not
less than the amount specified.
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SB 489 - Neyedly
Clarifies the venue and sub-venue requirements
(Chapter 725)
for actions on contracts within the Unruh Retail
Installment Sales Act and the Rees-Levering Act
relating to automobile sales.
SB 594 - Sherman
Specifies that it is a misdemeanor to knowingly
(Chapter 726)
register as a voter a nonexistent person, to
knowingly register a person who is ineligible to
register or to knowingly register a person under
a false name or address.
SB 784 - Mills
Redefines "meet and confer in good faith" for
(Chapter 727)
purposes of public employer-employee relations
to require meeting and conferring within a
reasonable period of time.
SB 1015 - Coombs
Extends the filing time for instruments required
(Chapter 728)
to qualify land as open space land for assessment
purposes.
SB 1132 - Song
Makes the alternative death benefit and life
(Chapter 729)
annuity payable under a county retirement
system established under the County Employees'
Retirement Law of 1937 on election of the
surviving spouse available only where the member
dies in service after five years of service or as
a result of service-connected injury or disease
and changes the computation of the annuity.
SB 1410 - Moscone
Requires that emergency service and care be
(Chapter 674)
provided to any person requesting it or for whom
it is requested, for any condition in which the
person is in danger of loss of life or serious
injury or illness, rather than only loss of
life, at any licensed hospital that maintains
and operates an emergency department to provide
emergency service to the public when such
hospital has appropriate facilities and
qualified personnel available to provide such
services or care. The bill also includes dentists
and podiatrists in provisions presently exempting
hospitals, employees, and physicians from
liability in any action arising out of a refusal
to render emergency services or care if reason-
able care is exercised in certain determinations.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
8-18-70
#404
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Frank M. Booth, Jr., to the Advisory Committee on Factory-Built Housing.
He succeeds the late H. Elmer Renz of Fullerton.
Booth, a Republican, is president of Frank M. Booth, Inc., a
Marysville heating and air conditioning firm.
He is a graduate of the University of Santa Clara with a
Bachelors degree Cum Laude in Mechanical Engineering.
Booth, 52, served in the United States Air Force as a Captain
and has been active in both civic and business organizations, including
Rotary International, Marysville-Yuba County Chamber of Commerce,
Boy Scouts of America and a director of the Yuba-Sutter Industrial
Development Corporation.
He will serve at the pleasure of the governor, and receive
actual and necessary expenses.
His address is P. O. Box 5, Marysville.
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PB
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul B
445-4571
8-18-70
Governor Reagan will sign into law two key provisions of the
tough Omnibus Clean Air Law he proposed to the legislature last
January, at separate ceremonies in his office tomorrow and Thursday.
2:00 p.m. August 19
SB-505 (Sherman): Requires that smog
(Wednesday)
control systems on all new cars sold in
California be properly adjusted and
certified for optimum performance by a
state-licensed Official Motor Vehicle
Pollution Control Station.
The filing of a false certification would
be the basis for revocation of an automobile
dealer's license by the Department of Motor
Vehicles, and/or revocation of the license
of any Official Motor Vehicle Pollution
Control Station by the California Highway
Patrol.
10:00 a.m., August 20
SB-262 (Marks, Badham: Enables California
(Thursday)
motorists to order and display personalized
automobile license plates. The extra fee
for the plates is $25 which (after deducting
plate production and processing costs) will
go into a new state fund to preserve and
protect California's environment.
In proposing the legislation, Governor Reagar
said: "The plan will provide every
motorist with the opportunity to help
solve the smog problem he has helped to
create. The personalized plates will serve
as a symbol of his concern for improving
our environment."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
8-19-70
In a memo to the press yesterday (8-18-70) we scheduled
the signing of SB 262 (Marks, Badham) for 10:00 a.m. Thursday, August 20.
Due to a conflict in the governor's schedule, the signing
ceremony for SB 262 has had to be postponed until 11:30 a.m.,
Friday, August 21. Press coverage is invited.
The signing of SB 505 (Sherman) remains on the governor's
schedule for 2:00 p.m. today. This bill is a key provision in the
Omnibus Clean Air Law which Governor Reagan proposed to the legislature
last January. (See yesterday's Memo to the Press.)
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
8-19-70
#405
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Herbert L. Ashby to the California Council on Criminal Justice.
Ashby, 40, assistant secretary, state Department of Human
Relations, Agency succeeds Spencer Williams who has resigned.
A graduate of the University of New Mexico in 1952, Ashby
received his law degree from the University of San Francisco in 1958,
and was president of the Student Bar Association, 1957-58.
Prior to entering state service, he was Ventura County
Assistant District Attorney. His major assignments included trial
of criminal cases, recruiting and training Deputy District Attorneys,
as well as court, probation and health department assignments.
Ashby, a Democrat, is married and has three children. The
family home is at 4612 Ashville Court, Carmichael.
Council members serve at the pleasure of the governor, not
to exceed four years, and receive actual and necessary expenses.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVE OR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
8-19-70
#406
Governor Ronald Reagan today signed into law another key
provision of the tough Omnibus Clean Air Law he proposed to the
legislature last January--a bill to assure that smog control systems
on all new cars sold in California are properly adjusted and
certified for optimum performance prior to the time of sale.
"This legislation," he said, "is the first of its kind
ever to be enacted by any state or nation, and represents a major
step forward in this administration's continuing efforts to reduce
smog."
The governor said "the measure (SB-505, Sherman) writes
into the law more of the teeth necessary for helping the state to
enforce compliance with California's increasingly tougher motor vehicle
emission standards."
Since 1966 auto manufacturers have been required to equip
new cars with smog control systems to meet the state's standards.
However, studies by the State Air Resources Board show that these
systems are not always properly adjusted for optimum performance--prior
to sale or delivery of the new car to the customer.
The new law will make such adjustments mandatory, either at
the factory or by the dealer. The measure also requires that the
emission control adjustments be certified by Official Motor Vehicle
Pollution Control Stations. These inspection stations are licensed,
policed and regulated by the California Highway Patrol. Most
automobile dealers in the state already are, or can become, licensed
inspection stations under the CHP's present program.
Although the legislation also covers transfer of ownership
of used cars, the main thrust of the new law is to require that smog
control systems on all new cars sold in California are properly adjusted
prior to sale by the dealer.
The filing of a false certification could be the basis for
revocation of an automobile dealer's license by the Department of
Motor Vehicles, and/or revocation of the license of any Official
Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Station by the CHP.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVER JR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
8-19-70
#407
Governor Ronald Reagan today signed legislation which extends the
death penalty to cases where great bodily harm is caused by the explosion
of a bomb including the "molotov cocktail."
The measure (AB-1003), by Assemblyman Craig Biddle (R-Riverside),
was supported by the governor.
"As you know,' the governor said, "a wave of bombings has hit the
country in recent months, and California has not been spared.
"I know I share the hopes of all law abiding citizens in the state
that the new law will somehow help to curb this most tragic and
senseless form of violence," he added.
The new law sets the penalty of death or life imprisonment
without parole, at the discretion of the jury, when a person is convicted
of willfully and maliciously exploding a "destructive device" causing
great bodily injury to another. The law includes "molotov cocktails"
in the definition of "destructive devices."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
8-20-70
#408
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the following bills
have been signed:
AB 301 - Veysey
Authorizes school districts located in counties
(Chapter 769)
contiguous with Mexico and maintaining a regional
occupational center to enter into student exchange
agreements with trade and technical schools in
Mexico.
AB 605 - Wilson
Increases the membership of the Home Ownership
(Chapter 770)
Training and Management Program Advisory Committee
from five to nine. The bill deletes the stated
emphasis on preoccupancy training as an element
of a pilot study by the Department of Housing and
Community Development.
AB 1170 - Fong
Includes within the state scenic highway system
(Chapter 772)
all of, rather than only a portion of Interstate
Route 580. The bill also includes Interstate
Route 680 within Alameda County in the scenic
highway system.
AB 1242 - Porter
Extends the time for publishing or posting
(Chapter 773)
notices of the pendency of applications for
unappropriated water from 15 to 20 days after
the date of issuance of the notice. The bill also
specifies that no person shall be excused from
testifying before the State Water Resources
Control Board on the ground that his testimony
may tend to incriminate him or subject him to
any penalty, and specifies that no person shall
be criminally prosecuted or be subject to any
criminal penalty, for or on account of any matter
before the Board which he has been compelled as
witness to testify.
AB 1571 - Wilson
Amends the definition of Factory-Built Housing
(Chapter 774)
by deleting the reference to a habitable room
and adds in its place a reference to, "an
individual dwelling room or combination of rooms
thereof." The definition is further amended to
include units designed for use as part of an
institution for resident or patient care. The
bill adds a provision for reciprocity with other
states when the Commission of Housing and
Community Development determines that the law
and regulations of another state are equal to
those of California and that they are being
enforced.
AB 1618 - McCarthy
Provides for the submission of Assembly
(Chapter 763)
Constitutional Amendment Nos. 3,4,9,32,36,40,
42,43,49,65,66,67, and 68 to the voters at the
1970 general election.
AB 2450 - Roberti
Specifies that the executive officer of the State
(Chapter 764)
Personnel Board shall administer the civil service
statutes under rules of the Board, subject to right
of appeal to the Board. The bill becomes operative
only upon the adoption of Assembly Constitutional
Amendment No. 36 by the voters,
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SB 438 - Stevens
Allows records relating to public social services
(Chapter 765)
for which grants-in-aid are received by this
state from the United States government to be
made available to the head of a law enforcement
agency charged with conducting criminal
investigations into violations of state law
involving fraudulent or other unauthorized use
of public assistance payment checks or warrants.
SB 685 - Cusanovich
Increases the combined current and prior service
(Chapter 767)
pension for local miscellaneous members of the
Public Employees' Retirement System by changing
the benefit formula from one-sixtieth to one-
fiftieth if the contracting agency so elects.
SB 749 - Marler
Authorizes the rate of interest which bonds or
(Chapter 768)
notes issued under the State College Revenue
Bond Act of 1947 may bear, and the yield
resulting to purchasers thereof, to exceed
seven percent to the extent of any debt service
grant applicable to such interest which the
federal government has agreed to pay with
respect to such bonds or notes.
SB 780 - Mills
Directs the Secretary of State to revise
(Chapter 762)
Assembly Constitutional Amendment 79 of 1969
and ACA 36 of 1970.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE:
ummediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
8-20-70
#409
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today that he has asked Secretary
of State William P. Rogers to convey to the Soviet Union California's
concerns about the activities of the Russian fishing fleet off the
northern and central California coast, and to determine if joint
U.S. -Soviet fishing agreements have been violated.
In a letter to Rogers, the governor said:
"I am very much concerned about the Soviet fishing fleet operating
off the north and central California coast.
"My concern is based upon reports which, if verified, could
constitute a disregard for agreements the United States signed with the
U.S.S.R. on January 31, 1969.
"The agreements referred to, included two issues of great importance
to the conservation of the fisheries off our coast; one relates to the
size of fishing nets, and the other concerns the rock fish population.
"With regard to the first matter, a Soviet net recently recovered
off Eureka, California, had a 1½ inch mesh-inner liner, which is less
than the 2.4 - 2.8 mesh agreed upon by the United States and Russia.
The other issue is raised because reports made by fishermen and other
governmental agencies indicate that the Russian fleet may be conducting
specialized fishing for rock fish, which, if substantiated, also would
be a violation of the agreements.
"I am advised that another conference between the U.S.S.R. and the
United States will be held this fall on the subject of these fishing
agreements. Prior to that conference, it would be appropriate for our
S
government to contact the U.S.R. to convey our concerns and to
determine if, in fact, fishing violations have occurred."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN &
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
8-20-70
#410
Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:
"Because a small band of senators chose to deny passage of our
long-sought tax reform program, the people of California tonight
suffered a staggering setback in their efforts to obtain substantial
and lasting property tax relief.
"Despite the personal appeal of a fellow senator who lies
bedridden in a Southern California hospital, not one of his 13 senate
colleagues was willing to cast the deciding courtesy vote in his behalf.
"If this kind of affront is difficult to comprehend, then it is
equally inconceivable to me that a mere 13 senators could block a
program which received the approval of 93 out of 119 members of the
legislature or more than three-quarters of the total membership of
both houses.
"In the Senate itself, a total of 27 members--out of 40--have
voted for the program at one time or another. Sixty-six of the eighty
members of the Assembly cast yes votes.
"The program had widespread public support--from virtually every
segment of the citizenry: public officials from both political parties,
including mayors, county supervisors, city councilmen. Many leading
newspapers across the state urged passage, not to mention civic and
service organizations, and countless individual taxpayers.
"Only this week, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted
unanimously to endorse the program.
"And, this support multiplied as the program survived the test of
months of legislative and public scrutiny.
"But, tonight the hopes of millions of Californians for tax relief
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were dashed by the irresponsible actions of/small minority of 13
senators who chose to put face-saving considerations- for primarily
partisan political reasons--ahead of the interests of the people.
"As governor, I would be derelict in my duty if I failed to take
this opportunity to serve notice on California homeowners that during
the months ahead their property tax bills will continue to mount
higher and higher.
"When they view with understandable alarm the severity of these
increases, I hope they will remember that passage of this tax reform
program would have sharply reduced homeowner property taxes--and have
held them down-by from 25 to 40 percent.
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"I also hope they will recall how hard we tried to help them get
that relief--and who the 13 senators were that denied it:
"Alfred Alquist, Anthony Beilenson, Clark Bradley, Randolph Collier,
Mervyn Dymally, James Mills, George Moscone, Nicholas Petris, Albert
Rodda, Alan Short, Walter Stiern, Stephen Teale, James Wedworth."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
8-21-70
Governor Reagan will announce approval
of a $50,000 grant through OEO for Bay Area
Indian organizations at a ceremony in his
office at 11 a.m. today.
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PB
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE:
Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
8-21-70
#411
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the approval of a pilot
demonstration grant of $50,000 to the Bay Area Native American Council
(BANAC), which represents the urban Indian organizations in the San
Francisco-Oakland-San Jose area.
The grant is being made by the Office of Economic Opportunity
(OEO) under the auspices of the San Francisco Federal Regional Council,
composed of the regional directors of the Departments of Health,
Education, and Welfare, Housing and Urban Development, Labor and the
Office of Economic Opportunity.
Meeting with the Governor today to approve the grant were
Robert Coop, Chairman of the Regional Council; H. Rodger Betts, Regional
Director, OEO; and George Woodard of BANAC.
Coop said each agency will contribute an equal share of the total
grant, which will be administered and monitored by the Office of Economic
Opportunity under Betts. OEO will report to the Regional Council.
Purpose of the grant will be to have Indians independently
assess Indian needs in the Bay Area, survey existing program resources
already available, set priorities, and develop proposals for
responding to unfilled needs in areas such as education, manpower,
health and housing.
It also will serve to bring together Bay Area Indians in a
unified approach to planning for the unique needs of urban Indians.
Governor Reagan ordered the State of California to provide
support and cooperation. Technical assistance will be made available
through OEO from the resources of the Regional Council agencies.
Coop described the Regional Council's approach as an example of
practical application of President Nixon's message to the Congress of
July 8, 1970, which stated that there is "a new and balanced relationship
between the United States Government and the first Americans that is at
the heart of our approach to Indian problems."
The Council action also is a demonstration of the several federal
agencies working cooperatively to solve regional problems.
and
Indians who have left the reservation/are outside the jurisdiction
of the Bureau of Indian Affairs are thereby faced with serious problems
and as a result often do not take the opportunity to participate in
programs for disadvantaged people.
Often they are lost in the anonymity of the city, cut off from
family and friends, and slow to establish community ties.
"The grant to BANAC is a positive step toward meeting the
problems of the American Indian population in Northern California,"
said Coop.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVER JR
RELEASE: immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
8-21-70
#412
Governor Ronald Reagan today signed legislation he proposed to the
legislature last January the first law of its type in the world
which will enable California motorists to help fight pollution by ordering
and displaying their own personalized license plates.
Under the new law (SB-262, Marks and Badham), automobile owners
throughout the state will be able to order license plates containing
almost any combination of up to six letters or numbers so long as they
don't conflict with regular plates or use offensive language for $25.
The special fee for the plates will go into a new state fund to
fight air pollution and support other programs to preserve and enhance
the beauty of California's environment.
The plan---a key provision in Governor Reagan's proposed Omnibus
Clean Air Law---is the first personalized license plate program ever
to be enacted by any state or nation for the specific purpose of funding
anti-pollution programs. It drew the strong support of such diverse
organizations as the Sierra Club, the Planning and Conservation League,
oil companies, and the automobile clubs of Northern and Southern
California.
At a ceremony in his office, Governor Reagan said:
"I am extremely pleased to be able to sign this measure into law.
"As you know, it was a key provision in the far-reaching Omnibus
Clean Air Law we submitted to the legislature earlier this year---the
most comprehensive battle plan to fight smog ever proposed by any state
or nation.
"The new law will enable California motorists to play a direct and
critically important role in the continuing battle against smog and other
forms of pollution by ordering and displaying their own personalized
license plates.
"The special plates will serve as a symbol of the motorist's personal
concern for preserving and enhancing the beauty of California's
environment.
"As I have said before, smog is not produced by some mysterious
'they.' It is 'we' who share the responsibility for producing it. This
plan will provide all of us who own and drive cars with an opportunity
to help solve the smog problem we all help to create.
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"The extra $25 fee for the personalized plates except for actual
production and processing costs---will go into a new state fund to
protect California's environment.
"This is the first time that any state or nation has dedicated
such a license plate program exclusively to the fight against pollution.
And if it is successful here---as I am confident it will be other
states are certain to follow California's unchallenged lead in the
battle to protect the environment.
"This is a totally bi-partisan program which received strong support
in the legislature, and has the backing of such diverse organizations
as the Sierra Club, The Planning and Conservation League, the oil
companies and the state's major automobile clubs.
"The program needs and deserves not only the support of the general
public but also of the media and all levels of the public and private
sectors.
"Application forms for the personalized plates will soon be
available at many banks, service stations, and other businesses as
well as local offices of the Department of Motor Vehicles and the
California Highway Patrol."
The following are examples of expressions of support for the program.
Richard Wilson, president, Planning and Conservation League:
"I wish to congratulate Governor Reagan and the legislature for
enacting this new law which will provide money for the new environmental
protection fund.
"In addition to other programs to protect and enhance the
environment, money in the new fund can be used for conservation
education- to assist in training young people to the need for preserving
California's environment. This represents a significant step forward in
our efforts to improve the quality of life in California."
Michael McCloskey, executive director, Sierra Club:
"The Sierra Club is pleased that Governor Reagan is signing this
important measure to raise money from the sale of special license plates
for use in environmental programs. We hope that the program will be
pursued vigorously and that all Californians will take this opportunity
to make a contribution toward the state's environmental quality."
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K. C. Vaughan, president, Western Oil and Gas Association:
"We think it is a great thing for the people of the State of
California to have an opportunity voluntarily to participate in the
every day fight against smog.
"These personalized license plates will proclaim to everyone that
the driver has joined with industry and government and his fellow
Californians in making a significant and strong contribution to the
attack on air pollution.
"We applaud the legislature and the governor for joining to
make this possible."
Charles Wherry and Neil Petree, presidents of the California State
Automobile Association and the Automobile Club of Southern California,
respectively:
"The Automobile Club of Southern California and the California
State Automobile Association applaud the enactment of the personalized
license plate program. We are enthused about the opportunity to
contribute to the improvement of the environment in the State of
California and we hope to assist in publicizing the availability of the
personalized plates.
"We are pleased that this legislation will afford the motorists of
California an opportunity to purchase the new plates, a portion of the
proceeds from which can then be used for programs to help reduce motor
vehicle air pollution."
Dr. A. J. Haagen-Smit, chairman, Air Resources Board, State of
California:
"As chairman of the California Air Resources Board, I am most
pleased at the signing into law of the Environmental Protection and
Research Act. The adoption of this legislation is a very important step
toward providing the means for protecting and improving the quality of
California's environment.
"I pledge the full cooperation of the Air Resources Board supporting
the objectives of the Act and urge all the people of California who are
able, to join in this worthy cause.
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FACT SHEET California Environmental Protection Program.
1. Fees paid for personalized plates after deduction of plate
processing and production costs--will go to a special California
Environmental Protection Program fund to preserve and protect the
environment of California, including, but not limited to, the control
of pollutants generated by motor vehicles.
2. Persons wanting to order personalized plates can obtain application
forms at any Department of Motor Vehicles office; also at many service
stations and automobile dealerships. The form should be filled in and
mailed with the $25 fee to the address given on the form. Checks or
money orders must be made payable to the Department of Motor Vehicles.
A "special plate" renewal fee of $10 will be due each year, starting
in 1971, in addition to the registration renewal fees normally payable.
3. Personalized plates will be issued only to the registered owner of
the vehicle on which they are to be displayed. If the owner sells,
trades or otherwise gives up possession of the vehicle, he must either
take off the plates and surrender them to the Department of Motor
Vehicles or complete a transfer of the plates to another vehicle. The
fee for transferring the plates will be $12.
4. The plates will be the same color--gold on blue---and the same
design as regular plates now being issued. They may be attached to
passenger cars only no trucks, trailers or motorcycles.
5. An applicant may request a combination of not less than two or more
than six letters and/or numbers. Any blank space requested will be
counted the same as a letter or number.
The application form has spaces for a first, second and third choice
of desired letter and/or number combinations. If a person chooses three
or more letters he may designate a number or numbers (from 1 to 99) that
he will accept with his first, second or third choice when the letter
combination is not available without numbers. On the line provided on
the back of the application he should write "preceded by" or "followed
by" and then the number (s) he selects.
6. To avoid confusion with ordinary license plates, requestors cannot
select three letters preceded or followed by three numbers (MMM111)
(789ABC). Also excluded are letter-number combinations used on trucks,
trailers and motorcycles; amateur radio call letters.
DMV may reject combinations that might be misleading (FBI, CHP),
or offensive to good taste.
If none of the choices submitted are available, the applicant will
receive a refund of his $25 application fee with an invitation to try
again.
7. "Open application period" will end September 22, 1970. Early in
October a drawing will be held for all combinations received during the
30 days for which there is more than one application. Applications
mailed after September 22 will be processed on a first come, first served
basis.
It is important to be patient in awaiting delivery of the plates,
especially if a heavy initial response results in large numbers of
applications being filed. Each set of plates must be manufactured
individually after being matched against a variety of lists. When ready,
the plates will be mailed to the local DMV office which the applicant
designated on his application. The office will notify him when his plates
are ready to be picked up in exchange for his current plates and
registration card, This will probably not be until near the end of
October 1970.
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YOUR "PERSONAL"LICENSE PLATE says:
CALIFORNIA
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"I've staked my claim to a cleaner California"
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CALIFORNIA
CALIFORNIA
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Governor Reagan Says :
"Now you too can help protect California's environment - by
RONALD REAGAN
GOVERNOR
California Environmental Protection Program
ordering and displaying your own personalized car license plate.
Application for Personalized License Plates - Fee $25
(Mail to DMV, P.O. Box 2770, Sacramento, CA 95808)
"If you would like to join in the fight against pollution - to
preserve and enhance the beauty of our state - then I urge you
NAME
PRINTOR TYPE TRUE FULL NAME
PLEASE READ INSTRUCTIONS ON THE REVERSE SIDE.
to support this very worthwhile program which establishes a new
I hereby make application for personalized license plates to be affixed to a passenger
state fund to protect California's environment."
motor vehicle. I request the following combination of letters and/or numerals (combina-
tion not to exceed six positions or be less than two positions):
First Choice
Under a new state law, for just $25 you can order almost any
Second Choice
combination of up to six letters and/or numbers - so long as they don't
Third Choice
conflict with regular license plates, or use offensive language.
Location of DMV office where I will surrender my present license plates and current
registration card in exchange for personalized license plates.
To demonstrate your active concern about protecting California's
Office Name or Location
I have read the instructions on the reverse side hereof and understand the conditions
environment, complete the application form (to the right) and mail to
under which these plates are to be issued.
SIGNATURE
DMV, P. O. Box 2770, Sacramento, Ca. 95808, with your $25 check.
STREET ADDRESS
APT. NO.
The fee will go into a new state fund to fight air pollution and support
CITY
STATE
ZIP CODE
other environmental programs.
FOR DEPARTMENT USE ONLY
(Please see other side.)
SUSPENSE RECEIPT NO.
DATE FEES PAID
ACT NOW
Anything (Almost) Goes
All applications mailed by September 22
will have an equal chance for the more
You may request a combination of not less than two, nor
more than six letters and/or numbers. (But see exceptions
popular combinations of letters and num-
listed below). Blank spaces count the same as letters.
bers, with a drawing scheduled for early
Please don't ask for dashes, commas, periods, etc. They're
not available.
October to decide duplicate requests. Re-
quests mailed after September 22 will be
To avoid confusion with ordinary license plates you cannot
select three letters preceded or followed by three numbers
processed first come, first served.
(MMM111) (789ABC). Also excluded: Letter-number combi-
nations used on trucks, trailers, and motorcycles; amateur
The first new personalized plates should
radio call letters. DMV may reject combinations that might
be ready about November 1. Your local
be misleading (FBI, CHP) or offensive to good taste. Other-
wise, it's up to your own creativity!
DMV will let you know when you can pick
up your plates.
The plates will be issued only to the registered owner of the
vehicle on which they will be used. Sorry, they're for
passenger cars only. - no trucks, trailers or motorcycles.
Personalized plates will be the same color (gold on blue)
California Environmental Protection Program
and design as regular plates now being issued.
The application form has spaces for a first, second and
Personalized License Plate Application Instructions
third choice of desired letter and/or number combinations.
1. Each application must include a $25 fee, which will be deposited in the Califor-
If you choose three or more letters you may designate a
nia Environmental Protection Fund. Make check or money order payable to the
number or numbers (from 1 to 99) that you will accept with
Department of Motor Vehicles.
your first, second or third choice when the letter combina-
tion is not available without numbers. On the line provided
2. Plate number on duplicate requests will be assigned by drawing. If your choice is
on the back of the application write "preceded by" or "fol-
not available, but you would accept it preceded or followed by a number, 1 through
lowed by" and then the number(s) you select.
99, please indicate the number
DMV will notify you of the plates you will be assigned.
If you submit three choices and none is available, you will
4. Plates will be sent to the DMV office you indicate to exchange your present
receive a refund of your $25.00 with an invitation to try again.
license plates.
Mail correspondence on personalized plates to DMV, P. O.
5. If plates are intended for a new car to be purchased, indicate this on the DMV
Box 2770, Sacramento, California 95808.
office line on the face of the form.
6. The department has the right to refuse any combination of letters and/or numbers
that may carry connotations offensive to good taste and decency, or which would
Note: Even though you won't receive your new plates until
be misleading, or in conflict with any license plate series now issued. (Example
late in 1970, the law requires you to go through the regular
BOB123 or 123BOB is not acceptable.)
renewal procedure in January and pay the additional $10
renewal fee for 1971, along with your regular annual regis-
7. The personalized plates will be your personal property subject to: (a.) Payment
tration fee.
of an additional $10 fee each calendar year. (b.) Payment of an additional $12 fee
each time the plates are transferred to another vehicle. (c.) Must be surrendered
when you sell, trade or otherwise dispose of the vehicle to whichthey are assigned,
The plates are yours as long as you keep up the annual re-
if you do not transfer the plates to another vehicle at that time.
newal, though there is a $12 fee if you want to transfer them
to another vehicle.
*California's Environmental Protection Program: to preserve and protect Califomia's
environment, especially by controlling air pollution generated by motor vehicles.
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
44504571
8-21-70
#413
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today he has named Mrs. Kay
Valory of Lafayette to the State Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals
Board.
She succeeds Adrienne Sausset of Sacramento in the $18,000
a year post. The appointment is subject to Senate confirmation.
Mrs. Valory, who served until recently as the state's
Consumer Counsel, has been a resident of Lafayette for the past 18
years.
She and her husband, Mark, a designer-builder, have six sons.
Mrs. Valory, a Republican, attended Richmond High School and
the University of California at Berkeley.
She is a member of the California Historical Society and Alpha
Delta Chi.
She will serve at the pleasure of the governor.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
8-21-70
#414
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today the formation of an advisory
committee to bring more shipbuilding and ship repair to California.
He said that the national administration has placed high priority on
recovering this nation's former position in international trade. One
element of the effort is the revitalization of the nation's Merchant
Marine fleet, which has been allowed to deteriorate in recent years.
Governor Reagan, noting the national administration's determination
to bring the Vietnam conflict to a close, said the success of this
effort will give the United States a greater opportunity to pursue the
vital need for modernizing some of the components of our Navy.
Taking these factors into account, he said, "I believe it is both
timely and appropriate that such a committee of prominent leaders from
both labor and management- men who are involved in shipbuilding and ship
repair in our state---be established for the purpose of bringing more
work and jobs to this major industry of California. We have great
resources and a number of unique capabilities which must be reemployed
as the nation begins its transition from a wartime economy. Mr. Louis
Ets-Hokin, president of the Ets-Hokin Corporation, has played a key role
in helping to form this committee to bring shipbuilding and ship repair
to California.
"To insure that there is a close working relationship with state
government, I have asked J. Bryan Sullivan, State Director of Commerce,
to serve as chairman of the advisory committee."
Governor Reagan outlined three initial objectives of the committee:
--To identify the opportunities for additional shipbuilding,
modification, and repair within the planned programs and revitalization
of our Merchant Marine and modernization of our Navy
--To determine the capabilities of California's maritime industry for
fulfilling the requirement of these programs
--And, to identify those areas in which state government can be of
assistance to the industry, working with California's Congressional
and the national administration
delegation/in Washington to make certain that our capabilities and
capacities are fully utilized in carrying out these national programs.
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Named as vice chairmen of the executive committee, representing
industry, were:
--John Murphy, National Steel and Shipbuilding, San Diego
-Robert Mayer, Todd Shipyards, San Francisco
--John E. Marriner, Manager, California Shipbuilding Corporation,
Long Beach.
Executive Commitee vice chairmen from labor are:
--Thomas Rotell, Chief, Marine Metal Trades Union, San Francisco.
Berne Breuilotte, Member, IBEW (California representative)
Clarence A. Briggs, General Regional Representative, Plumbers, Carpenters
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United Brotherhood
of Carponters and Joiners of America
and Electricians Unions.
The senior consultant to the committee will be Louis Ets-Hokin,
San Francisco.
Other committee members are:
Representing labor, Freeman Brown, IAM, San Diego; Ed Rainbow,
Business Representative, Boilermakers Union, San Francisco, and
Joseph Ziff, Business Representative, IBEW, San Francisco.
Representing industry, Wilton Colberg, Manager, Colberg Shipyards,
Stockton; William C. Brigham, General Manager, Bethlehem Steel, and
President of West Coast Shipbuilders Association; and Cliff LeGette,
Triple A Machine Shop, San Francisco and San Diego.
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MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
8-21-70
#415
Governor Reagan will be on vacation next week, August 24th
through August 30).
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a
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Paul Beck
445-4571
8-25-70
#417
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Gilbert Harelson to the San Diego County Superior Court bench. He
succeeds retired Judge John Hewicker in the $31,816 per year post.
Harelson, 51, is a graduate of the University of Southern
California Law School.
A resident of San Diego County for many years, Harelson has
served as Deputy District Attorney for that county and as City Attorney
for La Mesa. From 1959 to date, he has been a partner in the law firm
of Harelson, Enright, Leavitt and Knutson.
Active in numerous civic and legal organizations, he has
served as president of La Mesa Lions Club and on the Board of Directors
of La Mesa Chamber of Commerce.
Harelson is a member of the Foothills Bar Association, San
Diego County Bar Association, State Bar of California and American Bar
Association. He also is a former member and vice president of the
Board of Directors of the San Diego County Bar Association.
Harelson, a Republican, and his wife Henrietta have two
children and reside in La Mesa.
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Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
8-24-70
#416
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Kenneth J. Bourguignon, president of a Van Nuys engineering and
construction firm, to the Commission on Housing and Community
Development.
The 52 year-old Republican will fill the unexpired term of
Donald Pinkerton of Fairfield who has resigned. Term ends
October 20, 1970.
Bourguignon and his wife, Dorothy, reside in Northridge at
8942 Oak Park Avenue. They have one son.
Commission members receive $25 per diem while on official
duty.
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Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
8-26-70
#418
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
three new members to the Board of Directors of the 34th District
Agricultural Association (Modoc County Fair).
They are David I. Grove, Robert F. Brooks, and Donald R. Koza.
Grove, 50, an Eagleville rancher, succeeds Ben R. Cambron of
of Alturas, whose term has expired. Active in several civic and
agricultural organizations, he is a member of the Cattlemen's
Association and Master of the Eagle Grange and a director of Surprise
Valley Soil conservation District. He is a Republican.
Brooks, 44, a graduate of UCLA operates Brooks Insurance in
Alturas. He succeeds Robert L. Schluter, whose term has expired. A
Republican, he is past vice president of the California Elks Association,
and chairman of the Modoc County Planning Commission.
Koza, 47, an Alturas general contractor, replaces Herman
Weber, whose term has expired. Koza, a Republican, is a graduate of
Kent State University and Montana School of Mines and is a member of
the Bureau of Natural Resources and American Institute of Mining and
Metallurgical Engineers.
Board members serve four-year-terms and are paid necessary
expenses.
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RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
8-27-70
#419
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Mike R. Elorduy, a veteran California labor union leader, to the
Industrial Welfare Commission.
Elorduy, of Sacramento, is Secretary-Treasurer of the
Teamsters' California State Council of Cannery and Food Processing
Unions, and a native Californian.
He replaces Kenneth Bourguignon of Northridge who has
resigned.
Governor Reagan, in announcing the appointment, said "I am
very pleased that Mr. Elorduy will serve on this very important
commission. His long association with the labor movement and his
impressive background in civic and union affairs will be of great
assistance to the commission and the people of California."
Elorduy began his career with Libby, McNeil and Libby
Canning Company of Sacramento in 1934. He became recording secretary
of the Cannery Workers and Warehousemen's Union Local 857 in 1940,
became president of the local in 1944, and in 1960 was elected
secretary-treasurer of the Teamsters' California State Council of
Cannery and Food Processing Unions. He has twice been re-elected to
the post.
The 55 year-old Democrat is a member of the Policy Committee
of the Western Council of Cannery and Food Process Workers Unions, and
has been on the Teamsters' Legislative Council in Sacramento since 1960.
Elorduy, long active in civic affairs, is a member of the
Board of Directors for the American Red Cross, Community Welfare Council,
Society for Crippled Children and Sacramento Safety Council. He was
vice president of the United Crusade for the Sacramento Area and is a
member of the Sacramento Chamber of Commerce Agribusiness Committee and t
the California State Industrial Safety Conference. He also is a
commissioner of the Sacramento-Yolo Port District.
Elorduy is married and has two sons. The family home is at
5025 U Street, Sacramento.
Members of the Commission receive $25 per diem while on
official duty. He fills the unexpired term ending January 15, 1973.
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#420
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the following bills
have been signed:
AB 15 - Johnson
Appropriates $164,000, or as much as may be
(Chapter 785)
necessary to the Mountain View School District in
Los Angeles County to pay current contracted
indebtedness from the 1969-70 fiscal year. The
bill requires the Superintendent of Public Instructi
to withhold from apportionments from the State
School Fund to the District during the 1970-71,
1971-72 and 1972-73 fiscal year a like amount plus
approximately 7 percent interest.
AB 67 - Biddle
Places Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 47
(Chapter 776)
on the general election ballot.
AB 522 - Badham
Authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to
(Chapter 778)
issue, under specified conditions and for an
additional fee, personalized license plates. The
bill provides that all revenue derived from such
fees shall be deposited in the California
Environmental Protection Program Fund. This bill
provides for a $35 fee for personalized plates.
SB 262 provides for a $25 fee. This bill provides
that it may be cited as the Badham-Marks
Environmental Protection and Research Act. SB 262
provides that it may be cited as the Marks-Badham
Environmental Protection and Research Act. The
last chaptered bill will prevail with respect to
the above-cited differences.
AB 1042 - Priolo
Provides that upon a decision of the Supreme Court
(Chapter 786)
that the Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General,
Controller, Secretary of State, Treasurer, or
Superintendent of Public Instruction has ceased to
discharge the duties of his office for three
consecutive months due to physical or mental
disability caused by the disease, illness or
accident the Governor shall appoint an acting
officer until such time as Supreme Court determines
the officer is able to perform the duties of his
office. The bill changes the Commission on
Governorship to the Commission on Constitutional
Officers. The bill is operative on adoption of
Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 43 by the
voters.
AB 1071 - Zenovich
Appropriates state revenues from the Property Tax
(Chapter 777)
Relief Fund for subventions to eligible school
districts to make up for revenues lost due to the
reduction in assessed valuation occasioned by taxati
procedures on wine, winery products, or brandy.
AB 1369 - Stacey
Adds an alternative tax rate levy condition for very
(Chapter 787)
low wealth elementary school districts not eligible
for bonus foundation program increases, to enable
them to qualify for supplemental support allowances.
AB 1815 - Stull
Permits a municipal water district board to issue
(Chapter 788)
authorized bonds of the District after territory
has been detached from an improvement district if
the remaining territory will be benefited,
Requires notice and hearing prior to such board
determination.
AB 1868 - Conrad
Amends the Usury Law to provide that the making or
(Chapter 784)
negotiating of a loan with a finance charge in
excess of that permitted by law is a felony.
Present law makes "loan sharking" a misdemeanor.
The bill becomes effective when approved by the
voters at the 1970 general election.
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AB 2447 - Deddeh
Codifies various provisions relating to dueling,
(Chapter 789)
marriage contracts, plurality of votes in elections,
residence, the fiscal year, and perpetuities to
be omitted in a partial revision of the California
Constitution if the voters approve Assembly
Constitutional Amendment No. 65.
SB 662 - Sherman
Extends from six months to twelve months the period
(Chapter 780)
after having received a report on the examination
of school buildings that the governing board of a
school district must call an election, if necessary
to submit a bond proposition or to authorize an
increase in the maximum tax rate to raise
sufficient funds to reconstruct or replace school
buildings not constructed to the Field Act standard
SB 539 - Sherman
Authorizes, in eases of nonresident decedents
(Chapter 775)
who died without a will preliminary distribution
of the California estate of such decedent to an
administrator duly qualified and appointed in
the state of the decedent's residence. The
bill also specifies as one of the conditions to
make a preliminary distribution in cases where a
nonresident decedent left a will, that the will
has been admitted to probate in California.
SB 815 - Dymally
Provides that the ballot designation for a
(Chapter 781)
candidate must be the actual profession, vocation
or occupation of the candidate at least 59 days
prior to the general election. The bill also
allows the designation of more than one profession,
vocation or occupation.
SB 1268 - Coombs
Provides for the issuance of state bonds in
(Chapter 782)
total amount not to exceed $60,000,000 for
planning and developing facilities for recreation
and fish and wildlife enhancement. The bill
provides for submission of the bond proposal to
voters at the 1970 general election.
SB 1360 - Coombs
Enacts Colorado River Toll Bridge Compact for
(Chapter 783)
purpose of construction of a toll bridge crossing
the Colorado River near Needles.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, Californi
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
8-28-70
#421
Governor Reagan's vacation in southern California will continue
until next Thursday (September 3) evening when he and Mrs. Reagan will
attend a dinner given by President Nixon in honor of President
Gustavo Diaz Ordaz of Mexico, at the hotel Del Coronado, Coronado.
The following morning (September 4) at 8 a.m., the governor will
address the annual Sacramento Host Breakfast at the Woodlake Inn,
Sacramento.
No other public appointments are scheduled for the remainder of
the week.
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Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
8-31-70
#422
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
John J. McCoy, chief deputy of the Riverside County Sheriff's Department
as director of the California Disaster Office.
McCoy, 42, a veteran law enforcement officer with experience
in civil defense and disaster work, will succeed Colonel Charles Samson
in the $25,000 per year post. His appointment is subject to Senate
confirmation.
McCoy, national general chairman of the Law Enforcement
Intelligence Unit and a member of the California Council on Criminal
Justice Task Force on Organized Crime, has served as law enforcement
coordinator for the Riverside County Sheriff's Department in mutual aid
activities since 1963.
He also has helped to direct all Civil Defense exercises in
Riverside County and directed law enforcement and rescue operations
during 1968 and 1969 flood disasters and fire problems in the county.
A native Californian, McCoy is a graduate of Occidental
College in Los Angeles and holds a law degree from Southwestern
University Law School.
He has attended the Riverside Sheriff's Academy, the
California Highway Patrol Academy, the FBI's Police Management and
Legal Advisors Schools and police institutes at the California State
College in Los Angeles, the University of California at Riverside and
Riverside City College.
He holds a life-time teaching credential from the State Board
of Education and has been an instructor in law enforcement at Riverside
City College.
McCoy joined the Riverside County Sheriff's Department in
1952, working his way from a patrol deputy to his present post. He
also served two years with the California Highway Patrol.
He is president of the Riverside County Peace Officer's
Association and is active in the Riverside Sheriff's Association, the
California Peace Officers Association and the Riverside County
Traffic Advisory Committee.
McCoy and his wife Nancy have two daughters.
He is a Republican.
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