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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
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1966-74: Press Unit
Folder Title: Press Releases -
09/18/1970-09/30/1970
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE: Imm iate
Sacramento, Californi_
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
9-18-70
#467
Governor Ronald Reagan today selected three major California
metropolican areas where unemployment has been highest among aerospace
workers to participate in a $9 million manpower program.
The areas, and the approximate amounts designated for each, are:
Los Angeles-Orange counties, $5.4 million; Santa Clara County,
$1.7 million; and San Diego County, $1.9 million.
Governor Reagan said the program--to be directed primarily toward
on-the-job training and retraining of aerospace workers so that their
experience and past training can be converted to new occupations--will
be administered by the California Department of Human Resources
Development (HRD).
He said the state program was part of a nationwide $25 million
federal allocation.
The $9 million will be used to develop a broad and diversified
mixture of programs to meet critical unemployment needs.
The program, however, will not be limited to unemployed aerospace
workers. It also will be aimed at helping blue collar workers who can
possibly benefit from it.
One of the objectives of the new program will be to help unemployed
aerospace workers to redirect their skills away from government-oriented
work and into the private sector, particularly in the area of small
business.
In addition, part of the allocation will be used to counsel and
orient aerospace workers in job-seeking techniques and how they can,
on their own initiative, take steps to convert their skills and exper-
ience to occupations where opportunities for jobs exist. It is con-
ceivable that some of these workers can put their knowledge and
experience to work combatting some of the environmental problems which
face our nation.
Cooperative Area Manpower Planning System (CAMPS) committees are
now developing specific plans for each of the three concerned areas.
Specific details of how the program will work are still in the planning
stage but they are expected to be worked out and announced within the
next several weeks.
Governor Reagan emphasized, however, that his administration will
continue to make strong efforts to secure aerospace and other related
contracts from the federal government for California which has the
greatest concentration of expertise and talent in this field of any
place in the nation.
# # #
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE
Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
9-18-70
#468
Governo: Ronald Reagan announced today the following bills have
been signed:
AB 59 - Chappie
Permits the legislature, by concurrent resolution to
Chapter 1346
name any major bridge, not otherwise named by the
legislature, for a serviceman killed in action who
was a resident of the county in which the bridge is
located, from names submitted to the Department of
Public Works by veterans' associations.
AB 86 - Schabarum
Authorizes State Air Resources Board, upon finding
Chapter 1347
after a public hearing that any air pollution rule
or regulation of any local or regional authority
will not achieve applicable air quality standards,
to repeal such a rule or regulation and to
promulgate a rule or regulation which would achieve
such standards, which shall have same force and
effect as a rule or regulation of the local or
regional authority, and which shall be enforced by
such local or regional authority.
AB 149 Wilson
Enacts the Consumer Credit Reporting Act, which
Chapter 1348
regulates certain persons who issue credit rating
reports about persons who apply for extensions of
credit for personal, family or household purposes.
AB 158 Deddeh
Modifies definition of "resident student" for
Chapter 1349
purposes of determining tuition charge by Californi
State Colleges. The bill provides that under
specified circumstances a person whose spouse is in
the active military services shall be deemed to be
a resident for state college tuition purposes.
AB 181 - Dunlap
Increases the number of judges of the superior cour
Chapter 1152
in Solano County from 3 to 4.
AB 286 - Stacey
Makes it a misdemeanor to create an airborne
Chapter 1350
hazard within 5 miles of an airport.
AB 337 - MacDonald
Authorizes a school district which has less than
Chapter 1351
40 pupils enrolled in kindergarten classes to make
application to the Superintendent of Public
Instruction requesting approval to maintain two
kindergarten classes of 150 minutes each on same
day taught by the same teacher. The bill establish
for such classes, an average daily attendance
multiplication factor of 0.500. The bill also
authorizes the superintendent to waive certain
fiscal penalty provisions if he determines that
such waiver is necessary to avoid extreme hardship
to the school district.
AB 395 - MacDonald
Appripriates $75,000 to the Department of Motor
Chapter 1352
Vehicles for the establishment of a branch office
in the Simi Valley-Thousand Oaks area in Ventura
County.
AB 404 Lewis
Requires a school lease or agreement election to
Chapter 1353
be held in conjunction with a statewide primary of
general election. The bill requires a majority,
rather than 2/3 vote for the lease of school sites,
facilities and equipment. The bill also affords a
school district governing board three years rather
than one year to enter into a lease agreement after
an election.
AB 478 - Knox
Authorizes the Bay Area Air Pollution Control
Chapter 1354
District to increase by $0.007 the maximum annual
amount that it may apportion to counties within the
district for support of district for the 1971-72
and 1972-73 fiscal years.
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a coroner or his appointed deputy occurred when
AB 485 - Foran
Requires that the death of the deceased by a
Chapter 1355
notified driving, riding in, or struck
while he vehicle, was to take a blood sample from the the alcoholi body
motor to make chemical tests to determine if any,
and or barbituric derivative acid contents,
of the body.
AB 497 - Beilenson
Eliminates the crime of statutory rape and makes suc
Chapter 1301
act the crime of unlawful sexual intercourse.
AB 517 - Bagley
Provides that persons entitled to a refund of excess
Chapter 1356
contributions for unemployment compensation insuranc
or unemployment disability insurance shall receive a
credit or refund on his personal income tax rather
than filing a claim for refund with the Director
of the Department of Human Resources Development.
The bill is operative January 1, 1972, but only in
the event a system of payroll withholding has been
enacted in 1970. It is operative January 1, 1973
if withholding is enacted in 1971 and inoperative
if no withholding system is adopted prior to 1972.
AB 538 - Milias
Requires those persons or agencies involved in
Chapter 1357
operations affecting fish in water-courses or gravel
beds to report proposed activities to the Department
of Fish and Game and to accept, subject to specified
review procedures, or to arbitrate, as required,
modifications of such activities proposed by the
Department after onsite investigation is made.
AB 549 - Miller
Provides the board of trustees of a law library
Chapter 1358
shall, in a county with three or more municipal
courts, contain seven members, two of whom may be
municipal judges elected by their fellow judges.
Provides that where only one such municipal judge
so elected, the seventh member shall be a member of
the bar of the county.
AB 604 - Wilson
Requires the Department of Housing and Community
Chapter 1359
Development to review, before a specified date and
every two years thereafter, the relocation plans of
community redevelopment agencies and the progress
made by such agencies in implementing suchplans,
AB 659 - Dunlap
Includes salaries of instructional aides employed
Chapter 1360
by a school district under supervision of a
classroom teacher in the definition of "salaries
of classroom teachers" for purposes of the
education provision requiring such salaries to be
recorded separately from other expenses of the
district.
AB 684 - Bagley
Includes all state-owned tide and submerged lands
Chapter 1383
situated in San Mateo, San Francisco, Marin, Sonoma,
Alameda, Santa Clara, Del Norte, and certain
prescribed lands in Solano and Contra Costa Counties
among various specified areas that may not be leased
by the State Lands Commission for oil and gas
purposes, except under specified exceptions, until
March 1, 1975. The bill would also prohibit the
State Lands Commission from permitting the taking
of cores or other samples by means of drilling
operations on or under the tide and submerged lands
in the above mentioned counties. The bill also
extends the exceptions for which State Lands can
permit the taking of cores or other samples by
means of drilling operations.
AB 975 - Biddle
Requires the Department of Corrections to undertake
Chapter 1384
a pilot study on the operational usefulness and
efficiency of employing a computer to match job
offers of interested employers with parolees or
prisoners with parole dates, and to determine
employment patterns and problems of parolees in
and returning to specified parole region encompassin
the greater Los Angeles area.
#468
AB 1041 - Johnson, R. Conforms the California red meat and poultry meat
Chapter 1385
inspection laws with the federal meat inspection act
AB 1137 - Dunlap
Requires state agencies to conform with all local
Chapter 1386
air pollution regulations which are more stringent
than state standards. It also authorizes the State
Air Resources Board to adopt air pollution
regulations for state agencies in performing their
duties in areas where no state or local standards
are applicable.
AB 1148 - Cory
Provides for industrial disability retirement for
Chapter 1361
local miscellaneous members of the Public Employees'
Retirement System at the option of the employing
contracting agency. The bill provides for
modification of the allowance payable in the event
of earnings in a gainful occupation outside of
System covered employment.
AB 1162 - Duffy
Extends until the 91st day after final adjounrment
Chapter 1362
of the 1972 Regular Session of the legislature the
termination date for the provisions requiring the
Director of Agriculture to enforce provisions of the
Agricultural Code equally with regard to all
agricultural commodities and products sold in
California.
AB 1180 - Greene, B. Requires that all voted and unvoted ballots and other
Chapter 1387
relevant material be examined as part of the recount
and that no absentee ballot results may be released
before voting polls are closed.
AB 1234 - Moretti
Empowers the Savings and Loan Commissioner to extend
Chapter 1363
to state licensed savings and loan associations any
right, power, privilege, or duty extended to specified
federal institutions but not authorized by Financial
Code.
AB 1.235 - Miller
Provides that priorities in the Work Incentive
Chapter 1388
Program (WIN) shall be (1) an employment and training
program; (2) a special work projects program; and
(3) an institutional and work experience training
program.
AB 1261 - Beverly
Permits a contracting agency under the Public
Chapter 1407
Employees' Retirement System to separately provide
increased retirement benefits to local policemen,
local firemen, and lifeguards.
AB 1320 - Bagley
Extends the coverage of the Emergency Flood Relief
Chapter 1389
Saw appropriation from September 1, 1969, to
October 1, 1969.
AB 1351 - Chappie
Recreates the California-Nevada Interstate Compact
Chapter 1365
Commission.
AB 1418 - Knox
Requires any minor who has lived continuously in the
Chapter 1390
state for more than 10 years immediately preceding
residence determination date to be deemed a resident
of California for junior college attendance purposes
notwithstanding the residence of either living parent
or guardian of the minor.
AB 1420 - Knox
Authorizes local districts, authorities, and agencies,
Chapter 1366
not including cities or counties, to appear before
the legislature and support or oppose legislation,
either directly or by an association or a
representative. The bill makes chairmen of the
Assembly and Senate Committees on Local Government,
respectively, ex officio nonvoting members of the
Council on Intergovernmental Relations.
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AB 1574 - MacGillivray
Provides for designation of specified federal
Chapter 1408
and state banks as county disbursing agents to
pay salaries to county employees who so elect.
The bill also increases the mileage allowance of
the board of supervisors of Santa Barbara County
from 9 cents to 10 cents.
AB 1580 - Dunlap
Directs local and regional air pollution control
Chapter 1367
districts, including Bay Area Air Pollution Control
District, to establish, by January 1, 1972, emission
standards for lead compounds emitted into the air fro
nonvehicular sources. The bill requires the State
Air Resources Board to establish such standards in
areas which are not in such districts or where a
district fails to establish such standards by
January 1, 1972.
AB 1599 - Brathwaite Exempts nonpartisan, charitable organizations
Chapter 1409
organized for charitable purposes under the laws of
the state from the prohibition against solicitation
on school premises if the purpose of the solicitation
is nonpartisan and charitable and it has been
approved by the county board of education or by the
governing board of the school district in which the
school is located.
AB
1630 - Lanterman Authorizes the Department of Public Works to
Chapter 1368
reimburse the owner of a one to three family dwelling
for refinancing cost in acquiring similar property
if property is acquired for state highways. The bill
requires such acquired property to be subject to a
bona fide and recorded first mortgage or deed of
trust for a minimum of 2 years before the first
offer by the department.
AB 1643 - Moorhead
Authorizes the State Board of Education to secure
Chapter 1391
from State Bureau of Criminal Identification and
Investigation records pertaining to applicant for a
certification document. The bill requires the
Department of Mental Hygiene to furnish all
information and records on both holders and
applicants for certification documents, but requires
the consent of such persons.
AB 1698 - Badham
Deletes provisions relating to highway carriers' city
Chapter 1410
tax exemption and enacts "Highway Carriers' Uniform
Business License Tax, providing specified license
fee to be paid by designated persons and corporations
engaged in business as highway carriers, to be in lie
of license taxes by cities or cities and counties.
AB 1722 - Crandall
Prescribes the terms of office for the first elected
Chapter 1369
unified school district governing board members,
whose election was on December 10, 1968 and which
election was consolidated with the election for the
formation of the new district.
AB 1863 - Crandall
Permits a local legislative body to declare itself by
Chapter 1392
ordinance to be the redevelopment agency of the
community at any time after adoption of an ordinance
declaring the need for an agency to function in the
community. The bill deletes the requirement that the
governing body of a city or county make findings that
a housing authority has failed to transact business
or exercise powers for at least two years before the
governing body may declare itself to be commissioners
of the authority.
AB 1965 - Miller
Requires the preliminary examination to be held
Chapter 1371
within 10 court days of arraignment or plea, if the
defendant is in custody. The bill permits a
defendant to waive the 10 day request.
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AB 2163 - Burke
Provides that when certificated employees are
Chapter 1372
required to serve a longer period of time in each
school day than the minimum school day in order to
be compensated, the duties required of such persons
during this extended time shall be directly related
to and restricted to their normal assignment.
Present law requires that the duties during such
extended time shall be directly related to and
restricted to their normal classroom assignment.
AB 2174 - Mulford
Provides that any person who pickets or parades in
Chapter 1411
or near building which houses a court of this state
with the intent to interfere with, obstruct, or
impede the administration of justice or with the
intent to influence any judge, juror, witness, or
officer of court in the discharge of his duty is
guilty of a misdemeanor.
AB 2287 - Campbell
Extends the authority of a school district to have
Chapter 1373
work done on school property by day labor or force
account where the total cost does not exceed
$3,500 rather than $2,000, or the total hours of
work will not exceed 350, as an alternative to the
present authorizations limiting the power on the
basis of the dollar amounts to be expended on the
work.
AB 2313 - Monagan
Directs the Regents of the University of California
Chapter 1393
to allocate for expenditure on health science
facilities for fiscal year 1970-71, the cash income
from the educational fee received in fiscal year
1970-71 and designated by regents for capital
outlay purposes.
AB 2366 - Hayes
Enacts the Consumer Affairs Act. It eliminates
Chapter 1394
the Office of the Consumer Counsel, and transfers
its functions to the Department of Consumer Affairs
(formerly the Department of Professional and
Vocational Standards).
AB 2445 - Collier
Includes, among the charges upon which a permanent
Chapter 1395
certificated school employee may be immediately
suspended, the willful refusal to perform regular
assignments without reasonable cause, as prescribed
by rules and regulations of the employing school
district.
AB 2513 - Wilson
Provides that no record of survey of land shown on
Chapter 1374
the latest adopted county assessment roll as a unit
or as contiguous units, which shows division of such
land into additional parcels, shall be filed with
the county surveyor or recorder, unless there is a
specified certification attached thereto, indicating
compliance with the Subdivision Map Act and local
regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
SB 97 - Grunsky
Enlarges the boundaries of an existing offshore
Chapter 1375
oil and gas sanctuary to include all stateowned tide
and submerged lands within San Luis Obispo County.
The bill includes such tide and submerged lands in
San Luis Obispo County within those areas in which
the taking of cores or other samples by means of
drilling operations is forbidden.
SB 132 - Grunsky
Includes state-owned tide and submerged lands in
Chapter 1376
San Luis Obispo County within those areas in which
the taking of cores or other samples by means of
drilling operations is forbidden, and in which any
permit issued by the State Lands Commission for the
conduct of geological or geophysical surveys on such
lands must contain a provision expressly prohibiting
the taking of core S or samples, subject to
specified exceptions.
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SB 272 - Song and
Establishes the obligations of manufacturers,
Karabian
distributors, and sellers of consumer goods, and
Chapter 1333
rights of the buyers thereof, with respect to
warranties.
SB 394 - Cologne
Repeals the provisions relating to the termination
Chapter 1300
of the New Car Dealers Policy and Appeals Board.
SB 480 - Song
Specifies that clinical social workers are "psycho-
Chapter 1396
therapists" for purposes of the privilege protecting
confidential communications between psychotherapist
and patient, but such privilege does not apply to
criminal proceedings. The bill provides that there
is no psychotherapist-patient privilege if the
patient is under 16 years old,
and the psychotherapist has reasonable
cause to believe the patient has been the victim of
crime and that disclosure of the communication is in
the best interest of the child.
SB 481 - Song
Specifies that certain schoolpsychologists are
Chapter 1397
"psychotherapists" for purposes of the privilege
protecting confidential communications between
psychotherapists and patient, but such privilege
shall not apply to criminal proceedings. The bill
also provides that there is no psychotherapist-
patient privilege if the patient is under 16 years
old, and the psychotherapist has reasonable cause
to believe the patient has been victim of crime,
and that disclosure of the communication is in the
best interest of the child.
SB 576 - Moscone
Permits the San Francisco Unified School District
Chapter 1334
to hold classes in certain elementary schools for
fewer number of days than other schools in the
district under specified conditions. The bill's
provisions are made retroactive to the 1969-1970
school year.
SB 610 - Stevens
Provides that a bank, bank officer, or agent who
Chapter 1335
delivers or produces copies of records, reports, or
account status files for law enforcement agency
investigating crime report involving fraudulent or
other illegal use of bank drafts, checks, or other
demand orders shall not be civilly liable to any
person for delivering or producing such copies.
The bill requires that such material be kept
confidential by law enforcement agency, and makes
disclosure by an employee of an agency for a purpose
not directly related to the investigation or to the
judicial or administrative proceedings a misdemeanor.
SB 618 - Sherman
Provides that a truck tractor and two semitrailers
Chapter 1336
rather than a truck tractor, semitrailer and a semi-
trailer designed to transport a forklift truckmay
exceed 60 feet, but may not exceed 65 feet, in total
length.
SB 624 - Moscone
Continues the Board of Pilot Commissioners for San
Chapter 1302
Francisco, San Pablo and Suisun bays, together with
the Pilotage Rate Committee, in existence after
January 1, 1971.
SB 645 - Short
Revises the provisions of law regulating the
Chapter 1399
licensing of nurses' registries, and transfers the
duty of licensing and regulation from the Labor
Commissioner to a newly created Division of Consumer
Affairs within the Department of Professional and
Vocational Standards. The bill provides for operatio
of certain changes in the event Governor's
Reorganization Plan No. 2 becomes effective.
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SB 648 - Nejedly
Requires spaying or neutering of cats over six
Chapter 1303
months of age when sold or given away by a public
pound, society for the prevention of cruelty to
animals shelter, or humane shelter. The bill also
requires deposit of spaying or neutering fees with
such agency for cats under six months of age.
SB 707 - Sherman
Revises the law relating to licensing of clinical
Chapter 1377
laboratories, and the persons working therein. The
bill transfers licensing duties from the State Board
of Public Health to the Department of Public Health.
SB 725 - Teale
Provides that all laws in force on November 2, 1970,
Chapter 1337
fixing salaries of members of governing bodies of
counties are continued in force and effect as local
ordinances, The bill is not operative unless
Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 19 is adopted
by the voters in November.
SB 787 - Beilenson
Requires a person who supplies or distributes water
Chapter 1378
to a user for domestic purposes to provide the State
Department of Public Health an analysis of the water
The Department would be required to establish
standards and regulations necessary for testing
water supplies.
SB 819 - Dymally
Provides that the practical examination for a
Chapter 1338
cosmetology license is to include the standard
methods for dressing all textures of hair. The bill
also provides for either a written or an oral test,
or both, rather than a written and oral test in
prescribed subject areas.
SB 821 - Kennick
Authorizes the Director of the Youth Authority,
Chapter 1339
with the approval of the Director of Finance, to
enter into a contract with a county to furnish
temporary detention facilities and related services
for juveniles in the custody of the county probation
officer.
SB 910 - Dymally
Requires the governing board of each school district
Chapter 1340
to provide library services for pupils and teachers
by either establishing and maintaining school
libraries or by contracting for library services.
The bill also makes numerous related technical and
other changes in provisions relating to library
services provided by county superintendents,
employment and certification of library personnel,
care and custody of library books and materials, and
related matters.
SB 950 - Lagomarsino Deletes provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure
Chapter 1341
relating to actions against vessels and adds such
provisions to the Harbors and Navigation Code.
The bill prescribes possessory vessel lien procedure
It requires keeping of records and rendering of
reports with respect to stored vessels.
SB 998 - Mills
Authorizes counties to appropriate funds annually
Chapter 1342
for fire protection.
SB 1013 - Marks
Provides optional membership in the State Teachers'
Chapter 1401
Retirement System to persons who are members of the
System because of previous school employment and
who are employed to render service of an educational
nature in the office of the Chancellor of the
California Community Colleges.
SB 907
Requires the Trustees of the California State
Chapter 1340
Colleges to eliminate all policies which
detrimentally and unreasonably affect the hiring of
female employees by reviewing various employment
practices and taking corrective measures. The bill
requires the trustees to report to legislature in
January, 1971.
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SE 1041 - Alquist
Authorizes the Board of Governors of the California
Chapter 1343
Community Colleges to issue a community college
instructor credential, supervisor credential,
librarian credential, counselor credential, and
student personnel worker credential to any person
who has partially fulfilled the minimum requirements
for the particular credential on the condition that
such person completely fulfill such requirements
within a reasonable period of time.
SB 1060 - Short
Requires the State Building Standards Commission to
Chapter 1402
adopt by reference, as part of the State Building
Standards Code, applicable national specifications,
published standards, and model codes, where
appropriate, with exceptions where necessary. The
bill also adds a mechanical engineer who is also
registered as an electrical engineer, to be appointe
by the governor, to the commission.
SB 1177 - Grunsky
Revises formulas for determining the relative
Chapter 1380
district ability of junior college districts formed
since June 30, 1964, for purposes of determining
the minimum state share for construction costs under
the Junior College Construction Act of 1967.
SB 1190 - Moscone
Increases the number of licensed junior
Chapter 1304
electrologists for each licensed electrologist that
may engage in the occupation of electrologist under
the supervision of such licensed electrologist from
one to four.
SB 1192 - Dolwig
Revises the definition of "established place of
Chapter 1381
business" to require that an automobile dismantler's
established place of business must be in an area
zoned for that type of business. It also deletes
the restrictions on use by automobile dismantlers
of rooms as an office in specified dwelling units.
SB 1235 - Rodda
Provides that when the county superintendent of
Chapter 1403
schools proposes to reject the budget of the
personnel commission he must first call a public
hearing on the proposed rejection. This bill
further changes existing law by providing that the
county superintendent of schools may, with the
concurrence of the commission, amend the proposed
budget.
SB 1253 - Schmitz
Places the conduct of school elections under the
Chapter 1344
authority of county election officials rather than
under the authority of school district personnel
and the county superintendents of schools.
SB 1273 - Marks
Revises and updates the Collection Agency Act.
Chapter 1382
SB 1328 - McCarthy
Provides for the licensing of educational
Chapter 1305
psychologists by the Social Worker and Marriage
Counselor Qualifications Board. The bill also
adds two licensed educational psychologists to
the Board.
SB 1415 - Richardson Excepts from the provision imposing criminal
Chapter 1345
sanctions with respect to persons convicted in this
and other jurisdictions of felonies who own or
possess concealable weapons, persons who have been
convicted under federal law if they were not
sentenced to more than 30 days in federal corrections
facility, or were not fined more than $1,000, or
did not receive both such punishments.
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OFFICE ON THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact
Paul Beck
445-457L
9-18-70
#469
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced plans for a pioneering
program to help heroin addicts back on the long road to useful and
productive lives.
The program, part of the administration's all-out campaign
against drug and narcotics abuse, was announced as the governor signed
legislation that will permit counties to set up methadone programs in
local mental health facilities under strict medical controls.
(Methadone is an inexpensive, synthetic narcotic which blocks
the euphoric effect of heroin and abates the addict's craving for it.)
The measure, (SB 1271) by Senator Howard Way, R-Exeter, permits
the use of local mental health facilities for treatment and research
under programs to be established with the approval and assistance of the
Department of Mental Hygiene and the Research Advisory Panel--a group
of medical, legal and pharmaceutical experts who review research proposals
on narcotics.
In signing the bill, Governor Reagan said, "our first priority
must be given to discovery of a cure for narcotic addiction and while
I want to emphasize that methadone is not a panacea for the heroin
problem, it is a promising approach for the treatment of addicts and
can be an important first step in leading them back on the long road to
useful and productive lives."
He noted that the California Medical Association is encouraging
carefully controlled studies of new methods and scientifically controlled
research to treat heroin addicts and safeguard their health.
"I am hopeful that our program will become a model for other
states and even nations to follow," the governor said. "It certainly
will help reduce a major cause of crime and could very well be the
salvation of those who carry the burden of this addiction, and their
families."
The Governor said the policy of the administration on the
program will be:
1. To permit the use of methadone under the strictest controls
after other therapeutic methods have been tried.
2. That research and evaluation must be essential parts of the
program.
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3. That each program must meet. the criteria established by
the Research Advisory Panel.
4. That each program must include or have available auxiliary
services that seek and treat the cause of the addiction and assist the
addict back to a normal productive life.
5. That the programs must meet all the scientific and
drug control requirements of the Federal Food and Drug Administration
and the Federal Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs.
6. That rehabilitation programs which aim to totally eliminate
and strike at the basic causes of drug dependence will continue to be
encouraged.
7. That the Department of Corrections will continue its
efforts to establish a methadone program within its institutions and
will provide for parolee participation in programs outside of
correctional institutions.
The Governor also signed AB 232, which will facilitate the
establishment of methadone programs in the state under the control and
supervision of the Research Advisory Panel.
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Public employees will no longer be required to live in the
communities where they work as a result of legislation signed today
by Governor Ronald Reagan.
"The rule of local residency is a holdover from horse and
buggy days," the governor pointed out. "It has caused financial and
other hardships for firemen, policemen and other public employees
who are entitled to the same consideration as other citizens."
The bill (SB1114) was authored by Senator Jack McCarthy, R-
San Rafael.
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GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
September 21, 1970
through
September 22, 1970
Monday, September 21
a.m.
Office appointments
1:30 p.m.
Signing of proclamation for White Cane Day
Overnight - Sacramento
Tuesday, September 22
9:50 a.m.
Governor Reagan, accompanied by Senator Marler
and Assemblyman Ray Johnson, will ignite the
United Fund Torch which will be held by the
first of 21 runners who will carry it to
Woodland. The ceremony will take place on the
west steps of the capitol.
1:30 p.m.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today signed legislation creating
the Office of Planning and Research to develop long-range plans and
comprehensive programs for the state's growth and protection of its
environment.
Under the measure (AB 2070) authored by the Assembly Select
Committee on Environmental Quality, the State Office of Planning will
be abolished and its functions absorbed by the new office which will
operate out of the Governor's Office.
In addition to planning for California's needs 20 to 30
years ahead, the new office will also coordinate the activities of
other state agencies concerned with growth and the environment, and will
be responsible for centralized planning for the development and
implementation of statewide environmental goals and policies.
Among other responsibilities of the new office will be:
1. To assist in formation, evaluation and updating of long
range goals and policies for land use, population growth and
distribution, urban expansion, open space, resource preservation and
utilization.
2. To assist in the preparation by appropriate state
departments and agencies of intermediate and short-range plans to guide
programs concerning transportation, water development, open space,
recreation and other functions related to the environment.
3. Evaluate plans and programs of all departments and
agencies and recommend new policies, programs and actions to resolve
conflicts and advance statewide environmental goals.
4. Assist the Department of Finance in preparing the
annual state budget as it relates to programs and priorities to achieve
state environmental goals and objectives.
5. Coordinate development of policies and criteria to
ensure that federal grants-in-aid administered by the state will advance
statewide environmental goals and objectives.
6. Coordinate the development and operation of a statewide
environmental monitoring system.
7. Coordinate research activities of the state government
directed to growth and development of the State and the preservation of
environmental quality.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today signed into law a bill which
provides for the waiver of tuition fees--at the state colleges and
the University of California--by the children of law enforcement
officers and firemen killed in the line of duty.
The new law (AB-338, Cullen) designated as the Alan Pattee
Scholarship Act, prohibits the collection of fees or tuition of any
kind from any state college student in California who is the surviving
child of such a slain policeman or fireman. It also makes similar
provisions applicable to the University of California if the regents, by
resolution, so decide.
"Although no amount of financial remuneration could begin
to compensate the families of these brave men, this new law will
nevertheless provide a helpful token of appreciation from a deeply
grateful state," the governor said.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today signed into law a key element of
his 1970 legislative program which establishes admission priorities for
undergraduate students at the University of California and the state
colleges.
The legislation (AB-58 , Chappie) expresses legislative
intent that three main categories be established insofar as practicable,
for enrollment planning and admission priorities, in this order:
1. Continuing undergraduate students in good standing.
2. Transfer students who have successfully completed the
first two years of their baccalaureat program.
3. Students entering at the freshman or sophomore levels.
The new law says that within each of these categories it
is the intent of the legislature that five specific priorities be
considered when processing applications for admission--in the following
order of priority:
1. Residents of California who are recently released
veterans of the U. S. Armed Forces.
2. California community college transfer students.
3. Applicants who have previously enrolled at the campus
to which they are applying, provided that they left the school in good
standing.
4. Applicants who have a degree or credential objective
that is not generally offered at other public institutions of higher
education in California.
5. Applicants for whom the distance involved in attending
another institution would create financial and other hardships.
These priorities had already been established by the state
college trustees when the bill was passed by the legislature.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today signed legislation to
prohibit oil and gas leases in state waters in the Santa Barbara
Channel unless the State Lands Commission determines that the leases
will not result in seepage or spillage of oil or damage scenic
or aesthetic values.
A moratorium on oil and gas leases and drilling has been
in effect on state-owned coastal tidelands and submerged tidelands in
the channel since February, 1969.
In signing the bill (AB 150), authored by Assemblyman
Don MacGillivray, R-Santa Barbara, the governor said the measure
"will provide further protection for the beaches of Santa Barbara and
gives the state the legal controls it must have to make certain there
is no repetition of the problems that have caused damage to this
beautiful stretch of coastline."
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Governor Ronald Reagan today signed two bills that will
"meet California's increasing demands for new electric power and at
the same time protect and preserve our natural environment and
wildlife."
The measures, part of the governor's environmental protection
program, were carried by Assemblyman John Briggs, R-Fullerton.
The first bill (AB-1942) directs the Resources Agency to
develop a program of research on improved methods of power plant siting,
specifically authorizing a feasibility study on the siting of
underground nuclear power plants.
The second bill (AB 1247) directs the agency to cooperate
with California's electrical utilities and the Public Utilities
Commission to develop a 20-year siting plan to meet the state's needs.
"The legislation will give us the tools we need to prevent
future air pollution by an over-concentration of power generating plants
and allow us to cooperate with municipal and investor owned utilities
to find the most desirable fuel sources which have the least possible
adverse effect on the environment," he said.
The two bills carry a total appropriation of $350,000
from the Environmental Protection Program Fund.
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Governor Ronald Reagan announced today the following bills have
been signed:
AB 49 - MacDonald
Provides that no resident hunting license may be
Chapter 1404
issued unless the applicant presents evidence that
he has held either a resident hunting license
issued in a prior year, a certificate of competency
in hunter's safety or a certification that the
applicant has successfully completed a hunter's
safety course in another state.
AB 315 - Schabarum
Makes statutory changes necessary to conform the
Chapter 1428
statutes to Governor's Reorganization Plan No. 2
of 1969.
AB 339 - Fong
Requires that public hearing on the personnel
Chapter 1445
commission annual budget be held not later than
May 30 of each year, rather than during the month
of May. The bill further provides that if the
county superintendent of schools proposes to reject
the budget as submitted, he shall, within 30 days
after the commission's submission of the budget,
hold a public hearing after giving notice to the
commission and the governing board. After the
hearing, the county superintendent may reject or,
with a concurrence of the commission, amend the
proposed budget.
AB 820 - Russell
Designates the law relating to public school
Chapter 1413
employee organizations, the Gordon H. Winton, Jr.,
School Employer-Employee Relations Act, or the
Winton Act.
AB 955 - Chappie
Provides that persons under the jurisdiction of the
Chapter 1406
Department of the Youth Authority who attend regula
community college attendance centers shall be
deemed to be district residents for the purposes
of computing average daily attendance. The bill
also makes other changes in computing the average
daily attendance for community colleges and
authorizes the Board of Governors of California
Community Colleges to utilize a system of attendanc
accounting and reporting on a districtwide basis.
AB 973 - Townsend
Excludes from definition of dealer for purposes of
Chapter 1446
the Vehicle Code, persons engaged exclusively in
business of selling, purchasing, servicing, or
exchanging racing vehicles or parts for racing
vehicles, or trailers designed and intended by the
manufacturer exclusively for carrying racing
vehicles.
AB 1055 - Ralph
Appropriates $20,000 from General Fund to the
Chapter 1429
Attorney General of California for purpose of
carrying out study of police-community relations
requested by House Resolution No. 153 of the 1969
Regular Session. The bill requires the Attorney
General to report findings, conclusions, and
recommendations to the legislature.
AB 1153 - Deddeh
Requires employers whose employees belong to
Chapter 1447
Public Employees' Retirement System to apply for
disability retirement of any employee believed
disabled. The bill prohibits separation of
employees because of medical disabilities unless
the employee waives the right to retire for
disability at that time.
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AB 1404 - Belotti
Creates a Board of Pilot Commissioners for Humboldt
Chapter 1448
Bay and Bar and prescribes organization, membership,
powers, and duties of the board, to be operative
only if Senate Bill 382 is not enacted.
AB 1581 - Beverly
Requires that borrowers of loans secured by real
Chapter 1430
property be notified in writing by lenders of late
payment charges assessed against them. With respect
to the first delinquency, the borrower must either
be given six days from the date notice is sent to
pay the delinquency or be notified of the date after
which a late charge will be assessed. On subsequent
delinquencies the borrower must either be notified
that he will be charged unless payment is received
by a certain date or be informed by a semi-annual
statement of the total amount of late charges impose
in the previous six-month period.
AB 1676 - Deddeh
Requires that the housing allowance paid to a
Chapter 1424
recipient of aid to the disabled living with parents
with a net income of less than $15,000 be determined
according to his parents' ability to provide such
housing needs.
AB 1760 Chappie
Makes a series of amendments to the Vehicle Code
Chapter 1431
provisions relating to the dismantling of vehicles
by licensed automobile dismantlers. The bill also
imposes a minimum penalty of $50 on any person
convicted of violating provisions prohibiting a
person from abandoning a vehicle upon any highway
or upon public or private property without the
prescribed permission.
AB 1763 - Chappie
Provides that the state architect shall be an
Chapter 1449
advisory member of the Building Standards Commission.
It requires the commission to adopt by reference,
applicable national specifications, published
standards and model codes where appropriate. The
bill extends from 90 days to one year the period
between amendments to the code.
AB 1797 - Ryan
Clarifies the authority of the Board of Governors
Chapter 1450
of the Community Colleges, the Department of
Education. and the new Commission for Teacher
Preparation and Licensing with respect to credentials
The bill also specifies the functions which may be
performed by the holder of a community college
instructor credential.
AB 1860 - Chappie
Authorizes an allowance to a recipient of aid to
Chapter 1432
needy disabled for attendant services when rendered
by a responsible relative with whom the recipient is
living when the Director of the Department of Social
Welfare determines that such service is necessary to
prevent the institutionalization of the recipient and
cannot be obtained from any other person.
AB 2045 - Assembly
Makes various legislative findings and declarations
Select Committee on
concerning environmental quality. It requires stat
Environmental Quality
and local governmental agencies to prepare
Chapter 1433
environmental impact reports, containing specified
information on projects which may have significant
effect on the environment. It requires state
agencies to request funds in their budgets to
protect the environment from problems caused by
their activities, to review their present authority
and procedures, and to propose to the governor by
January 1971, any changes which are necessary to
comply with the act.
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AB 2057 - Foran
Revises provisions of state law relating to exempt
Chapter 1425
transportation and use of explosives, enforcement,
regulations, reports, permits, storage, possession
and use of explosives, records, and penalties for
violation.
AB 2063 - Cullen
Provides that the Governor's Reorganization Plan
Chapter 1434
No. 1 of 1970 shall become operative July 1, 1972.
AB 2203 - Cullen
Removes the requirement that the governor submit
Chapter 1435
reorganization plans to the Commission on California
State Government Organization and Economy and the
legislative counsel prior to submission to the
legislature, and that the legislative counsel prepa.
a digest of the plan. The bill provides that a
reorganization plan may be submitted at any time
during a regular session. The bill further provide
that a plan becomes effective after 60 calendar
days of continuous session of the legislature, from
the date of submission, or at a later date as the
plan may unless either house makes the requisite
finding and reference.
AB 2300 - Wilson
Requires the Commission of Housing and Community
Chapter 1436
Development pursuant to the State Housing Law to
adopt rules and regulations imposing the same
requirements as are contained in specified uniform
industry codes. The bill requires a city or county
to adopt ordinances or regulations imposing the
same requirements contained in such industry
uniform code within a specified period. It
authorizes a city or county, in adopting such
ordinances or regulations, after making express
finding of need to adopt changes to make
modifications of such requirements.
AB 2433 - Milias
Provides for the State Mining and Geology Board,
Chapter 1437
district oil and gas commissioners, district forest
practice committees, the California Water Commissio
and State Board of Agriculture to have two public
members who have an interest in and knowledge of th
environment. The bill increases the membership of
the State Mining and Geology Board, district forest
practice committees, and the number of district oil
and gas commissioners by two.
AB 2464 - Sieroty
Prescribes the limitations on the leasing or
Chapter 1438
cooperative development or operation of tide and
submerged lands for the conduct of any oil and gas
development or extraction within certain areas of
the County of Los Angeles.
SB 22 - Nejedly
Requires a doctor who knows, or has reasonable caus
Chapter 1415
to believe, that a patient is suffering from
pesticide poisoning or any disease or condition
caused by a pesticide to report such fact to the
local health officer. The local health officer is
to report such cases to county agricultural
commissioner, Director of Agriculture, and the
State Director of Public Health.
SB 48 - Nejedly
Provides that persons designated as security
Chapter 1416
officers by the Bay Area Rapid Transit District are
peace officers while engaged in the performance of
their duties. The bill requires the District to
adhere to standards for recruitment and training
established by the Commission on Peace Officer
Standards and Training.
SB 293 - Rodda
Designates the law relating to public school
Chapter 1412
employee organizations, the Gordon H. Winton, Jr.,
School Employer-Employee Relations Act, or the
Winton Act.
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SB 322 - Beilenson
Revises the Health and Safety Code provisions
Chapter 1414
relating to issuance of licenses to sell
prophylactics; the sale, furnishing, or distribution
of prophylactics which fail to meet specified
standards; the persons to whom a licensed retailer
may dispose of prophylactics; and the prophylactics
which may be sold by a licensed retailer.
SB 463 - Song
Prohibits licensees under the Furniture and Bedding
Chapter 1427
Inspection Act from giving an unconditional guarante
of replacement without charge relating to the qualit
of an article of upholstered furniture or bedding
which exceeds 5 years from the date of sale, except
that the offering of a warranty which allows for a
schedule of replacement charges based upon the
period of use is not precluded.
SB 527 - Carrell
Amends various provisions of the vehicle code
Chapter 1439
relating to the registration of vehicles and vessels
SB 533 - Cologne
Provides that inheritance tax appraisers who have
Chapter 1440
not passed specified qualification examinations shal
not remain in office after June 30, 1971, as
inheritance tax referees. The bill prohibits the
appointment of persons as inheritance tax appraisers
if they have not passed one of such examinations
between the 61st day following final adjournment of
the 1970 regular session of the legislature and
June 30, 1971.
SB 631 - Coombs
Permits the transfer of Cal-Vet loan balance to a
Chapter 1398
smaller home, when housing needs diminish because
of termination of necessity to provide housing for
children or other dependents.
SB 680 - Lagomarsino Provides, with respect to cases where a motion to
Chapter 1441
return property or suppress evidence is granted,
and either the case is dismissed in the furtherance
of justice or the people appeal in a misdemeanor
case pursuant to specified provisions, that the
defendant shall be released on his own recognizance,
rather than only that he shall be released, if he
is in custody, and not returned to custody unless
proceedings are resumed in the trial court and he
is lawfully ordered by the court to be returned to
custody.
SB 805 - Carrell
Defines "club" for purposes of a club license under
Chapter 1442
the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act as including
nonprofit social luncheon club meeting specified
requirements. The bill exempts from the prohibitio
against the sale of alcoholic beverages near a
university any on-sale licensee off of the grounds
or campus of Stanford University.
SB 872 - Rodda
Creates in the Department of Education a Bureau of
Chapter 1420
Indian Education headed by the Indian Coordinator.
It also creates American Indian Education Council
and prescribes its composition and functions.
SB 907 - Dymally
Requires the Regents of the University of Californi
Chapter 1419
to review practices and procedures regarding
employment and advancement of female employees of
the university; and to review opportunity for
qualified female employees to advance to executive
positions within departments and divisions.
SB 1089 - Sherman
Permits the Department of Aeronautics to cause to
Chapter 1417
be examined, as well as to examine, downed aircraft
transmitting devices submitted to it for approval
by manufacturers, and requires such manufacturers
to submit information required by department and
fees, as determined by department, to defray costs
of testing such devices.
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Repeals the Retirement Sy ems Law and substitutes
Chapter 1443
in its place the Retirement Systems Disclosure Law.
The bill affects private retirement systems.
SB 1325 Burgener
Specifies that a recipient of aid to the disabled
Chapter 1426
living with parents with a net income of less than
$15,000 shall receive a housing allowance to be
determined according to his parents' ability to
provide such housing needs. The bill authorizes the
Director of the Department of Social Welfare to
establish a graduated schedule of housing allowances
based on such income which may be modified to
operate within appropriated funds. The bill
appropriates $1,800,000 for the 1970 fiscal year
for such purposes and requires the director to
adopt and modify housing schedule allowances to
operate within such funds.
SB 1350 Beilenson
Revises various provisions of state law relating to
Chapter 1421
the control and security of explosives.
SB 1416 - Grunsky
Provides that any person who pickets or parades in
Chapter 1444
or near a building which houses a court of this
state with the intent to interfere with, obstruct,
or impede the administration of justice or with
the intent to influence any judge, juror, witness,
or officer of the court in the discharge of duty
is guilty of a misdemeanor.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today signed two bills that will
provide a $50 million Cal-Vet loan program for veterans of the Vietnam
conflict and will give them first priority in enrolling in the
California State Colleges and the University of California.
The measure setting up the Cal-Vet fund (AB 1826) authored
by Assemblyman Ernest N. Mobley (R-Fresno) provides an alternate
financing program separate from the existing Cal-Vet plan, to
specifically meet the needs of veterans from Vietnam.
It calls for the sale of Revenue Bonds annually for a 10
year period at an interest rate below 7 percent with the bonds to
reach maturity in 30 years.
"This measure will make it possible for young men
returning from service in Vietnam to marry and move into their own
homes without the worry of crushing monthly installments," the
governor pointed out.
The second bill (AB 58) by Assemblyman Eugene A. Chappie,
R-Cool, will give Vietnam veterans with the "capacity and motivation
to benefit from higher education" first priority in enrolling in
the school of their choice.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today singed legislation that
cracks down on litterbugs.
The bill, SB-902, establishes mandatory fines for
littering, increases penalties for repeated convictions and provides
that 50 percent of all fines and forfeitures will be used by cities
and counties to clean-up litter.
The measure provides penalties of from $10 to $500 for
minimum
a first offense and would up the/fines to $25 and $50 upon conviction
of the second and third offenses.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today signed a bill that removes
a 91/2 mile section of Route 64 through scenic Malibu Canyon from the
California freeway and expressway system.
In signing the measure (SB 801) by Senator Lou Cusanovich
of Sherman Oaks, the governor pointed out that it is a policy of his
administration not to allow public works to damage the scenic beauty
or natural environment of California.
"By removing this freeway route from our system we will
preserve the delicate ecology of a beautiful gorge and mountain area
that contains the only year-round natural stream in Los Angeles County,"
the governor said.
He added that the deletion of the canyon route, between
Route 1 near Malibu Beach to Route 101 near Hidden Hills, would save
California taxpayers an estimated $100 million.
"I also believe that the Kanaan-Dume Highway--a four-lane
thoroughfare now under construction in the area-will adequately meet the
needs of traffic from the West Valley area to the Malibu public beaches,"
he said.
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Gove mor Ronald Reagan today signed legislation that will
empower the State Air Resources Board to make comprehensive studies
of both private and public air pollution research programs and report
their findings to the legislature.
The bill (SB 848) by Senator Gordon Cologne, R-Indio,
appropriates $9,250,000 for the study, of which $8,325,000 will come
from the Motor Vehicle Fund and $925,000 from the California Environmental
Protection Fund (personalized license plate sales).
The measure also allocates $750,000 to the University of
California for development of a comprehensive air pollution research
program.
"The fight against air pollution is being waged on many
fronts and this measure will allow us to concentrate on every aspect
of the problem and take the necessary steps toward a practical solution,"
the governor said.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today signed legislation that
brings women under the protection of the California Fair Employment
Practices Act.
The measure (AB 22) makes it a matter of state policy
that sex will not prohibit an individual from rights of employment and
other freedoms granted without regard to race, religion, color, national
origin or ancestry.
"I believe that women are entitled to all the benefits and
protections of the law that are applied to men," the governor said.
"A nation that prides itself on providing equal opportunities to all
certainly cannot afford to ignore or prevent the contributions to our
society made by women."
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Governor Ronald Reagan today signed legislation that will
establish up to three home dialysis training centers and two
additional regional centers for the treatment of victims of kidney
disease.
In signing the bills (AB 2389 and AB 2390), the governor
pointed out that the state provides financial assistance to two
centers in San Francisco and Los Angeles, and stressed the need for
training of competent personnel for patients who undergo dialysis in
their homes.
"These programs are very expensive but to victims of
serious kidney disease they can be a matter of life or death," the
governor said. "I believe that we must make every effort in the
private as well as the public sector, to provide needed treatment and
encourage medical research into the cause and cure of kidney disease."
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Governor Ronald Reagan today signed legislation which will insure
the continued development and implementation of conservation education
programs in California public schools.
The new law (SB-948, Lagomarsino) appropriates up to $176,000 in
state and federal funds to supply materials and develop grant programs
for conservation education in school districts around the state.
Governor Reagan called conservation education "an important
component in our overall efforts to fight pollution, by assuring that
our children are made fully aware of the urgent need to protect and
preserve the environment."
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Governor Ronald Reagan today signed into law a bill which permits
the exemption of the first $7.50 of any income received by recipients of
aid to the disabled and old age security in calculating net income to be
deducted from standard welfare grants.
In effect, the legislation (AB-1712, Townsend) provides that
recipients who receive social security, a retirement annuity or other
income, will receive a net grant increase of up to $7.50 per month---on
top of the so-called Federal Social Security "pass-on" of $4 per month
which was authorized earlier this year by the federal government.
In addition, the state provided cost-of-living increases to the
aged, blind and disabled last December amounting to $5.50 per month for
aid to the aged and disabled, and $6.50 for aid to the blind.
California leads every major state in aid to the aged, disabled
and blind. This December, the state will provide another cost-of-living
increase amounting to.$6 for the aged and disabled, and $7 in aid to
the blind.
Over a four-year period---beginning with the 1967-68 allowances
the state has provided cost-of-living increases totaling $18.50 for old
age security recipients, $19.50 in aid to the disabled, and $21,50 for
the blind.
Governor Reagan said his action in signing the bill "will be
especially helpful at this time, when many of our older citizens are
caught in a tight squeeze between fixed income and a rise in the cost
of living."
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Governor Ronald Reagan announced today he has signed two long-range
bills into law aimed at further escalating the state's battle against smoa
One measure (AB-1174), by Assemblyman Peter Schabarum (R-Covina),
prevents the sale of any car in California, beginning with 1972 models,
which requires high octane gasoline (of greater than 91 octane) to
operate.
The bill also requires that tests of 1972 and later model vehicles
by the State Air Resources Board be conducted with gasoline of 91 octane
or less.
Governor Reagan said the tough new law "will further reduce smog-
producing pollutants from automobiles in California."
The other bill (AB-919), Assemblyman Frank Lanterman (R-La Canada),
will impose an additional registration fee on motor vehicles which have
a compression ratio of more than 8.5 to 1, beginning with 1975 model cars
which do not meet the state's increasingly tougher emission standards.
Any revenue gained by the state would be used to finance research
into ways for reducing and eliminating automobile-caused smog.
Lanterman, noting that the higher the compression ratio in internal
combustion engines, the greater the emission of smog-causing nitrogen
dioxide, said the bill "is a guideline inducement to the automobile
industry to provide by a tax incentive low emission-producing engines
of low compression ratios."
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Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
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Governor Ronald Reagan announced today the following bills have
been signed:
AB 9 - Cory
Exempts fuel utilized with a pollution reduction
Chapter 1507
system approved by the State Air Resources Board
from sales and use taxes from January 1, 1971, to
December 31, 1975, and provides that cost of
installing such system shall be excluded from market
value of a vehicle for purposes of the Vehicle
License Fee.
AB 58 - Chappie
Expresses legislative intent that prescribed
Chapter 1529
categories be established insofar as practicable in
a specified order, for the purpose of enrollment
planning and admission priorities at the under-
graduate resident student level at the University
of California and the California State Colleges.
AB 299 - Priolo
Prohibits certain candidates from using their
Chapter 1472
primary election ballot designation at the general
election. The bill allows designation of more than
one profession, vocation, or occupation on the ballo
The bill further provides that the Secretary of Stat
shall not permit candidate designations which sugges:
an evaluation.
AB
321
-
Subcommittee Provides that the diesel tax on compressed natural
on Air Pollution
gas measured at standard pressure and temperature
Chapter 1509
is 7 cents per 100 cubic feet and on liquid natural
gas, liquified petroleum gas and other fuels 6 cents
a gallon, rather than 7 cents a gallon. The bill
provides that the diesel tax shall not apply to fuel,
other than diesel fuel, used in vehicles with system
approved by State Air Resources Board as meeting
specified emission standards, for the period
extending from Januarly 1, 1971, to December 31, 197:
AB 325 - Warren
Prohibits the sale and importation into California
Chapter 1510
of any species or subspecies of birds, mammals, fish,
amphibia, and reptiles that the Fish and Game
Commission finds is an endangered or rare animal
subject to certain exceptions.
AB 403 - Hayes
Adds prescriptions of medicines by dentists to that
Chapter 1511
class of medicines which are exempted from the sales
and use tax. The bill also expands the present
definition of exempt medicines to include sutures,
whether or not permanently implanted, bone screws,
bone pins, pacemakers, and other articles
permanently implanted in the body. The new exemption
statute would become operative July 1, 1971.
AB 455 - Chappie
Reduces the number of required inspections of
Chapter 1512
mobilehome parks from at least once annually to
once biannially. The bill revises the fee schedule
for the mobilehome park annual operating permit.
AB 458 - Chappie
Provides that in determining fair market value of
Chapter 1453
open-space land, for purposes of the inheritance
tax, as one of the factors, consideration may be
given to the enforceable restrictions on the land.
AB 468 - Assembly
Increases the salaries of certain county boards of
Committee on Local
supervisors. The bill deletes provisions setting
Government
salaries of district attorneys and county auditors
Chapter 1513
to reflect change in California Constitution if
Proposition 2 is approved by the voters in November.
AB 508 - Foran
Adds, deletes, and revises descriptions of, various
Chapter 1473
routes included in the state highway system, the
California freeway and expressway system, and the
state scenic highway system.
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AB 532 - Zenovich
Provides for the licensing of hearing aid dispensers
Chapter 1514
by an examining committee of the Board of Medical
Examiners in the Department of Professional and
Vocational Standards.
AB 560 - Britschgi
Repeals the California Disaster Act and reenacts its
Chapter 1454
provisions, with various revisions and substantive
changes, as the "California Emergency Services Act.
It renames the California Disaster Office as the
"Office of Emergency Services."
AB 651 - Veysey
Requires the governing boards of all school districts
Chapter 1474
and county boards of education, instead of city
boards of education, to appoint a supervisor of
attendance. The bill authorizes a school district,
with approval of the county board of education, to
contract with the county superintendent of schools
to supervise attendance of pupils of the district.
AB 726 - Priolo
Provides that the State Department of Public Health
Chapter 1515
shall adopt regulations prescribing minimum
standards for the sanitation of beaches used by the
public. Such regulations will apply to private
as well as public beaches which are open to the
public. Local health officers having jurisdiction
are to inspect all beaches and after giving notice
may close all or a portion of any beach not
complying with the established standards.
AB 745 - Cullen
Authorizes an eligible student who has been awarded
Chapter 1516
an initial grant on the basis of need under the
College Opportunity Grant Program at a public
community college to transfer to another eligible
college without being eliminated from the program.
AB 762 - Greene, B.
Provides that student body funds for kindergarten
Chapter 1455
and grades 1 to 6 may be used to finance activities
for noninstructional periods or to augment or enrich
school district programs.
AB 798 - Campbell
Revises provisions imposing fiscal penalties for
Chapter 1475
excessive class sizes in grades 1 to 3, inclusive,
to exempt school districts with an average
enrollment of less than 30.0 and with no classes
with enrollment in excess of 32, and to require
counting of excess of pupils over 30 in classes
maintained by subject district.
AB 887 - Cory
Provides that all state colleges with full-time
Chapter 1517
equivalent enrollment of 10,000 or more shall
operate on a year-round basis within three years
of the attainment of that enrollment figure. It
also provides that those colleges currently operatin
on a year-round basis shall continue to do so, and
that those colleges which have an enrollment of
10,000 or more on the effective date of the bill
shall convert to year-round use by 1976.
AB 890 - Moretti
Includes Lake County in the mountain trading area,
Chapter 1518
rather than in the northern California trading area,
in that provision of the Alcoholic Beverage Control
Act which divides the state into trading areas for
the purpose of providing different selling or
resale prices.
AB 921 - Davis
Requires California regional water quality control
Chapter 1464
boards to render assistance to persons against whom
a cease and desist order is issued in making
available current information on successful and
economical water quality control programs and
information and assistance in applying for federal
and state funds.
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AB 933 Dunlap
Clares lists or rosters of Lenants of a housing
Chapter 1465
authority and all leases confidential and not
available for public inspection. The bill specifies
that such leases and lists or rosters are open for
inspection by any government agency. The bill
requires the housing authority preparing or
submitting to an audit of funds not subject to
audit by a federal agency to prepare and file with
the Department of Finance a budget for the year of
audit.
AB 969 Greene, L.
Requires the office of the legislative analyst to
Chapter 1466
undertake a comprehensive study relating to target
school districts, and requires such report and
recommendations be made to the legislature on or
before the fifth calendar day of the 1971
legislative session.
AB 979 Mulford
Revises the Private Investigator and Adjuster Act.
Chapter 1467
AB 992 - Stacey
Provides that no fee shall be required from the
Chapter 1476
United States on applications, permits, or licenses
to appropriate water in furtherance of Bureau of
Reclamation projects, but authorizes contractual
arrangements providing for reimbursement of
services provided by State Water Resources Control
Board in connection with any such applications,
permits, or licenses.
AB 1020 Campbell
Exempts from sales, transactions, and use tax
Chapter 1456
purchases of truck trailers with unladen weight of
6,000 pounds or more for use exclusively outside
of California, under prescribed conditions. The
bill covers purchases from a dealer within or
without this state for use exclusively in inter-
state commerce or exclusively outside of California
The bill isoperative from July 1, 1971, to
December 31, 1974. It also requires the legislative
analyst to report to the legislature by October 1,
1973, on the net revenue effect of the bill.
AB 1053 Consalves
Prohibits, on and after January 1, 1972, the
Chapter 1477
selling of any new bicycle or pedal for use on a
bicycle that is not equipped with reflector on each
pedal which is approved by the California Highway
Patrol and is visible from the front and rear of
the bicycle for a distance of 200 feet during
darkness.
AB 1066 Vasconcellos Permits a license to carry concealed firearm to
Chapter 1478
be issued for period of less than one year. The
bill also permits inclusion in such license of any
reasonable restrictions or conditions which the
issuing authority deems warranted, including
restrictions as to time, place, or circumstances
under which persons may carry a concealed firearm.
AB 1081 Quimby
Exempts from sales tax tangible personal property
Chapter 1457
which, pursuant to contract of sale, is required to
be, and is, shipped out-of-state by the retailer
either by retailer's facility, or by carrier or
forwarding agent.
AB 1082 Quimby
Provides for performance by counties of city
Chapter 1479
assessment and tax collecting functions free of
charge where all cities within a county agree to
use the county assessment roll and have the county
perform such functions.
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A3 1247 - Briggs
Directs the Resources Agency, in cooperation with
Chapter 1533
affected public utilities and the Public Utilities
Commission, to draw up a 20-year plan governing
location of new electric powerplants and additions
to old plants containing recommendations pertaining
to environmental considerations and types of fuel
to be used. The bill specifies that an application
for certification by the Public Utilities Commission
shall be subject to review by the Secretary for
Resources in accordance with the plan.
AB 1316 - Russell
Requires the Director of the Department of Human
Chapter 1468
Resources Development to file with the Secretary of
State each year his computation of the limitation
on taxable wages for unemployment insurance tax in
the next calendar year including a summary and the
sources of data upon which the computation is based.
The bill also requires the Director to file with the
Secretary of State an official tabulation of the data
on which employers' tax rates for the unemployment
insurance tax are set for a calendar year.
AB 1350 - Chappie
Ratifies the California-Nevada Interstate Compact
Chapter 1480
which allocates unused waters of Lake Tahoe and the
Truckee, Carson and Walker River Basins between the
States of California and Nevada.
AB 1385 - Dunlap
Permits the superintendent of a state hospital to
Chapter 1481
petition the court who committed an insane defendant
for permission to grant leaves of absence to such
defendant if he is of the opinion the defendant is
insane but has improved to the extent that he is no
longer a menace to the health and safety of others
and will benefit from a leave of absence. The bill
provides that, if the court grants permission, leaves
of absence may be granted under specified terms and
conditions.
AB 1494 - Badham
Authorizes the commissioner of the California
Chapter 1469
Highway Patrol to adopt and enforce reasonable
regulations regarding certification of ambulance
drivers. The bill also requires any attendant on
duty in ambulance or, if there is no attendant, the
operator thereof to possess specified first aid
certificates.
AB 1519 - Badham
Provides an alternative procedure pursuant to which
Chapter 1458
California water districts may become authorized to
exercise specified powers relating to the provision
of sewage facilities. Provides alternative procedure
not requiring an election within district, for
authorizing such districts to issue general
obligation bonds.
AB 1531 - Chappie
Specifies that commencing on July 1, 1971,
Chapter 1519
expenditures on highways within the National System
of Interstate and Defense Highways as constituted on
July 1, 1971, within a county shall not be considered
expenditures for meeting requirement of county
minimum state highway expenditures, unless the
county board of supervisors approves otherwise.
AB 1541 - Chappie
Provides that when valuing timberlands assessed as
Chapter 1459
open-space lands, county assessors and the State
Board of Equalization may consider the present
worth of income attributable to compatible uses in
determining the value of the land, as well as the
present worth of the future harvest of the timber.
The bill also establishes a rebuttable presumption
with respect to such valuations that "prudent
management" does not include use of land for
recreational purposes, unless the land is actually
devoted to recreational use.
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AB 1569 - Ketchum
Provides for changes in standards and the required
Chapter 1482
conditions of production of Grade A raw market milk
for pasteurization to improve milk quality.
AB 1594 - Hayes
Provides that any retail installment contract for
Chapter 1483
goods which provides for lien on real property where
goods sold are not to be attached to such real
property shall be in violation of the law and
subject to penalties applicable to violations of
the law.
AB 1648 - Crown
Permits counties to retain, for purposes of
Chapter 1484
offsetting the cost of collection, a portion of the
monies collected for child support and as
restitution for improperly obtained welfare
assistance,
AB 1668 - Sieroty
Adds service of five or more years with the United
Chapter 1485
Service Organizations as service for which credit
shall be received under State Teachers' Retirement
System for retirants on same basis as military or
American Red Cross service rendered prior to
September 10, 1957.
AB 1707 - Cory
Prohibits the sale, furnishing or distribution of
Chapter 1486
any restricted dangerous drug, in solid or capsule
form, unless the drug has on it identifying device,
insignia, or mark of manufacturer of drug.
AB 1712 - Townsend
Exempts income to the extent permitted by federal
Chapter 1520
law from being considered income for purposes of
federally assisted adult categorical aid programs.
AB 1814 - Stull
States that in the event a reassessment, under the
Chapter 1487
Improvement Act of 1911, is not confirmed within
7 months of the date of filing in the clerks'
office of the original assessment, the legislative
body shall pay from its general funds the 7 percent
interest added to the cost and expenses of the work
plus the incidental expenses of such reassessment
in the event that a reassessment is made.
AB 1927 - Powers
Requires that, in civil cases in the Sacramento
Chapter 1521
County Superior Court lasting longer than five
judicial days, a fee per day equal to the per diem
rate for official reporters shall be charged to
the parties for reporter services beyond the fifth
day.
AB 1933 - Zenovich
Permits registration without payment of back fees
Chapter 1489
for any used vehicle, except a used trailer coach,
purchased in December, provided a certificate of
nonoperation for the preceding 11 months is
presented along with full fees for the ensuing year.
AB 1948 - Campbell
Makes the Penal Code provisions with respect to the
Chapter 1490
contents of arrest warrants and service of
telegraphic copies or abstracts of arrest warrants
applicable to the issuing authority or agency other
than only the issuing magistrate, judge or justice,
AB 2023 - Greene, L. Requires the Department of Education to submit
Chapter 1491
annual reports to the legislature on the
compatibility and results of any new test adopted
to be administered under the California School
Testing Act of 1969.
AB 2036 - Johnson, R. Provides for annual publication and distribution
Chapter 1492
of audited statements of the financial condition
of auxiliary organizations primarily serving a
single state college and of auxiliary organizations
primarily serving the Trustees of the California
State Colleges or the California State Colleges.
The bill also specifies the kinds of organizations
included within meaning of terms "auxiliary
organization" and "state college auxiliary
organization.
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AB 2162 - Burke
Declares the policy of state that grant of
Chapter 1493
tidelands or submerged lands made after January 1,
1971, within an area designated by the Department
of Navigation and Ocean Development as a location
of a small craft harbor of refuge shall contain
reservation and condition with respect to planning
and construction of small craft harbor of refuge
facilities by grantee.
AB 2193 - Briggs
Allows school district elections to be held on the
Chapter 1494
second Tuesday in April in each even-numbered year.
AB 2234 - Chappie
Requires any person, except licensed dealers, from
Chapter 1522
transferring or operating a snowmobile on or after
January 1, 1971, unless he first obtains a
certificate of ownership without registration.
AB 2240 - Hayes
Makes a comprehensive revision, reorganization and
Chapter 1523
recodification of the California statutes relating
to the exemption of debtors' property from
attachment, execution and similar judicial process.
AB 2288 - Campbell
Permits the State Board of Public Health to issue
Chapter 1495
a clinical laboratory technologist's license
limited to the fields of toxicology, clinical
chemistry, clinical microbiology and
immunohematology.
AB 2332 - Gonsalves
Requires the California Highway Commission in
Chapter 1496
adopting a freeway location to consider
recommendations of the Department of Public Works
concerning locations for mass public transportation
facilities along the proposed freeway corridor,
and authorizes expenditure of State Highway Fund
money for providing locations for such facilities.
AB 2341 - Priolo
Authorizes any school district to lease real
Chapter 1497
property or buildings to private persons, firms or
corporations on an available site regardless of any
other provision of the Education Code and
authorizes joint use of such buildings except those
buildings utilized for classrooms or other purposes
involving group participation by pupils.
AB 2347 - Knox
Revises safety requirements relating to floors and
Chapter 1498
walls in buildings under construction or repair an
creates specific safety requirements for structural
steel framed buildings.
AB 2404 - Lanterman
Authorizes school district governing boards to
Chapter 1501
provide an educational program for educationally
handicapped minors who reside in all nonprofit,
tax-exempt, licensed children's institutions withi)
the district. The bill specifies that instruction
be given at appropriate grade level in the
institution, or for a pupil who resides in the
institution and who is able to function in a schoo
setting instruction to be given at the appropriate
grade level in the public school facilities.
AB 2466 - Duffy
Deletes from the provisions relating to the
Chapter 1502
involuntary treatment of drug users from the Healt
and Safety Code and places them in the Welfare and
Institutions Code so that they may more properly
relate to the other provisions of the Lanterman-
Petris-Short Act. The bill also deletes obsolete
provisions of law related to the commitment of drug
users to state hospital.
AB 2490 - Wilson
Establishes a State Office of Narcotics and Drug
Chapter 1503
Abuse in the Human Relations Agency, to deal with
various problems relating to narcotics addiction
and drug abuse.
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AB 2501 - Greene, B. Provides that the Division of Apprenticeship
Chapter 1504
Standards may obtain an injunction, against persons
who willfully violate any laws, regulations or
orders governing applicants for apprenticeship or
apprentices registered under the Labor Code chapter
on apprenticeship.
SB 170 - Coombs
Increases from 87½ percent to 981/2 percent the amount
Chapter 1505
to be allocated to the counties of the allocation
to the state for the Federal-Aid Secondary Highway
System. The bill also authorizes a county to
exchange its FAS allocation for nonfederal funds
from the State Highway Fund if its allocation for
a year is less than $100,000, or if its allocation
exceeds $500,000, to make such exchange for an
amount in excess of $500,000.
SB 473 - Cologne
Provides that no programs, courses, classes, or
Chapter 1525
instructions in cosmetology shall be initiated or
expanded by any regional occupational center, high
school, public community college, or state college
until it has been established by the appropriate
governing body, that a definite need exists for such
courses or unless the report of the governing body
is read at a public meeting.
SB 557 - Dymally
Requires the Department of Parks and Recreation to
Chapter 1506
study the feasibility of acquiring and developing
the townsite of Allensworth in Tulare County and of
including it in the state park system. The bill
provides for the appointment of a citizen's
advisory committee to assist the department with
respect to the feasibility study.
SB 528 - Dymally
Appropriates $10,000 from unexpended appropriation
Chapter 1460
made for purposes of work experience programs, to
the California Museum of Science and Industry for
development and operation of Higher Horizon Summer
Program.
SB 742 - Wedworth
Provides that in city annexations certain territory
Chapter 1526
shall be deemed contiguous if not separated from
the annexing city by more than 3,000 instead of by
750 feet.
SB 993 - Grunsky
Requires a court reporter to deliver, rather than
Chapter 1461
file, the original transcript and copies of
proceedings on preliminary examination to the county
clerk of county in which the defendant was examined
where defendant is held to answer, and requires the
county clerk to file the original transcript with
the papers in the case and deliver copies of
transcript to the district attorney and each
defendant.
SB 1020 - Coombs
Revises requirements relating to the notice of
Chapter 1462
certain liens. It requires recordation of the
notice of lien before prescribed liens become
effective. The bill also prescribes force, effect,
and priority of specified liens and the property
against which liens attach and prescribed time and
manner of collection and laws applicable to
assessment for costs of abatement which are liens.
The bill further authorizes, if specified condition
exist, release of property subject to certain liens
or subordination of such liens to other liens and
encumbrances,
SB 1215 - Collier
Authorizes the board of a recreation and park distr:
Chapter 1528
to provide, by resolution, that all members of the
board of directors shall be elected, and requires
the supervising authority to appoint directors unde:
specified conditions, It requires that each member
of the board of directors of a recreation and parks
district be either qualified voter of the district
a qualified voter of this state and an owner of rea
property within the district or proposed district.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today signed consumer protection legislation
which requires that the interest rate on conventional home loans
which contain a variable interest rate---cannot vary upward or downward
more than one-half percent per year.
The legislation (AB-1583), by Assemblyman Robert Beverly (R-Redondo
Beach), specifies that the interest rate on such loans must go down as
well as up, if the standard goes down instead of up.
The bill further states that the lender is required to clearly set
forth the variable rate provision in the note, and that the borrower
must also be permitted to repay the loan in whole, or in part, within
90 days of any increase in the interest rate.
The legislation does not apply to FHA, Cal-Vet or VA loans.
Governor Reagan said the new law will provide added protection to
many home buyers who need to know in advance exactly what to expect
when they accept their loan obligations."
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RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californ:
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
9-20-70
#489
Governor Ronald Reagan today signed a bill which raises
the allowable monthly income permitted for parents whose children
attend state-sponsored child care centers.
The bill (SB 79) by Senator Tom Carrell, D-San Fernando,
also requires the legislature to annually adjust the eligibility amount
to reflect changes in the cost of living.
Under the measure, a parent with one child may now make
$510 per month instead of $463, if he is the sole wage earner while
working parents with a child may now earn $695 per month instead of
$648.
"These changes will allow many parents to continue to work,
knowing that their children are cared for and in many instances could
mean the difference between whether a working mother can earn a living
or be forced to go on welfare," the governor said in signing the bill.
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RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
9-20-70
#490
Governor Ronald Reagan today signed into law a bill that will
permit local authorities to close public meetings if the disruptive
tactics of revolutionary groups make it impossible to continue public
business.
"There have been numerous attempts in California by revolution-
ary groups to completely disrupt the activities of city councils and
other public bodies. This law provides a reasonable method of ensuring
the orderly conduct of the public's business," the governor said in
signing the measure (AB 981) by Assemblyman Don Mulford, R-Oakland.
"I believe that this bill provides local authorities with
the means they must have to continue to conduct the business of public
agencies despite the efforts of revolutionaries to disrupt them in
extreme situations while, at the same time, protecting the public's
right to know, by insuring the presence of the news media at these
sessions."
The legislation specifically states:
"The legislature finds that it is in the public interest to
allow duly accredited representatives of the press or other news media
to attend sessions from which members of the general public have been
excluded by reason of a willful disturbance."
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#491
Governor Ronald Reagan today signed into law a bill (AB-317, Crown)
which extends the partnership relationship between state and local
government to include additional support of cities and counties by
providing necessary safety equipment for law enforcement officers as
funds become available particularly through the federal law enforcement
assistance program.
In approving the measure, Governor Reagan emphasized that the
action "will not lead to state interference in the management and
administration of local police and sheriff's departments.
"Fiscal and administrative responsibility for local law enforcement
must remain with local agencies, " he said.
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#492
Governor Ronald Reagan today signed a bill giving California
Highway Patrolmen a three percent pay raise over and above the five
percent pay increase already granted this year to state employees.
In signing the legislation (AB-1333, Foran) which raises to eight
percent the overall pay raise for CHP members during the current fiscal
year
Governor Reagan stressed the loyalty and dedication of the
Highway Patrol and expressed regret that he could not grant the full
five percent increase called for in the bill.
"The people of California take tremendous pride in their Highway
Patrol, and we are all deeply grateful for the loyalty and dedication
to duty which the patrol has displayed during these turbulent times,"
the governor said.
"I sincerely regret that our tight fiscal situation will not permit
an evenlarger increase at this time, = he added.
The new pay level will provide state traffic officers an additional
$2,505,015 in salary benefits above and beyond the five percent
increase granted at the start of the present fiscal year.
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445-4571
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#493
Governor Ronald Reagan today signed legislation that
places children's centers, day care programs and the educational programs
for pre-school children in the centers under the control of the Office
of Compensatory Education.
"I believe that this bill establishes a sound approach to
the education of youngsters from culturally deprived areas and can
provide the learning tools that will assist them and their parents to
a better way of life," the governor said.
The bill (AB 750) was authored by Assemblyman Jerry Lewis,
R-San Bernardino.
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445-4571
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#494
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today that he has signed the
following bills:
AB 18 - Murphy
Establishes a procedure for calculating un-
(Chapter 1571)
claimed refundable gas tax funds attributable
to agriculture off-highway use and requires
transfer of such funds to the Department of
Agriculture fund.
AB 24 - Cullen
Provides that certain racing associations are
(Chapter 1612)
required to pay breeders out of certain deducted
amounts, rather than certain deducted
commissions.
AB 85 - Subcommittee
Requires the State Air Resources Board to adopt
on Air Pollution
test procedures to measure compliance with its
(Chapter 1552)
nonvehicular emission standards and those of
local and regional authorities. It authorizes
the board to revise test procedures when, in
its judgment, development and improvement of
testing techniques and instruments warrant such
revision. The bill prescribes an opacity
standard of No. 2 on the Ringlemann Chart for
nonvehicular sources of air contaminants. The
bill also authorizes local and regional author-
ities to establish additional, stricter stand-
ards than those set forth by law, as well as by
board, for nonvehicular sources of air pollution.
AB 168 - Veysey
Requires an applicant for a farm labor con-
(Chapter 1588)
tractor's license or for renewal of such
license to demonstrate such a degree of know-
ledge of the laws and regulations concerning farm
labor contractors as the Labor Commissioner
deems necessary for the safety and protection
of farmers, farmworkers, and the public in an
examination.
AB 182 - Short
Provides for an allowance to school districts
(Chapter 1570)
for education of educationally handicapped
minors who reside in the district and for whom
adequate educational facilities do not exist
and cannot reasonably be provided. Such allow-
ance is to be paid to the parent or guardian
for tuition at public or private nonsectarian
school.
AB 236 - MacDonald
Allows a county superintendent of schools to
(Chapter 1540)
delegate the task of appraisal of properties
where required in connection with allocating
bonded indebtedness where a district is divided
in a reorganization. The bill provides that
the appraisal costs shall be a charge against
the resulting districts' general funds, and
prescribes a formula for allocating such
charges.
AB 292 - Hayes
Enacts the Consumers Legal Remedies Act which
(Chapter 1550)
provides specific legal remedies for consumers
who suffer damage as a result of the method, act
or practice declared to be unlawful by the act.
AB 326 - Foran
Establishes an Office of Transportation Planning
(Chapter 1551)
and Research in the Business and Transportation
Agency.
AB 644 - Murphy
Adds a representative of the county offices of
(Chapter 1578)
education, selected by a majority vote of the
county superintendents, as a member of each area
vocational committee created by the Vocation and
Technical Training Act of 1969.
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AB 679 - Campbell
Makes the Speaker of the Assembly an ex officio
(Chapter 1541)
member of the Board of Trustees of the Cali-
fornia State Colleges. The bill is to be opera-
tive only if Assembly Constitutional Amendment
No. 32 of the 1970 Regular session is approved
by the voters in November.
AB 747 - Stull
Provides that as between employees hired on the
(Chapter 1577)
same day, in school districts with average daily
attendance in excess of 15,000, seniority may
be assigned at random by an independent auditing
firm.
AB 859 - Veysey
Requires separate testing of educationally handi-
(Chapter 1542)
capped minors for purposes of Miller-Unruh Basic
Reading Act of 1965. The bill requires the
Department of Education to annually prepare com-
parative analysis of such test scores or results.
The bill also provides that special educational
programs shall be provided in accordance with
standards which shall emphasize fundamental
school subjects with the aim of returning such
pupils to regular school programs at earliest
possible date consistent with interest of the
pupil.
tax,
AB 919 - Lanterman
Places a progressive /increasing with compres-
(Chapter 1586)
sion ratio on all cars, of 1975 or later model,
with ratios of more than 8.5 to 1. It exempts
cars which meet emission standards and emit no
other deleterious substances.
AB 978 - Britschgi
Amends the Pharmacy Act and the Pure Drugs Act
(Chapter 1554)
to require, except where the prescriber orders
otherwise, that the quantity of a drug sold on
prescription be shown on the label of the drug's
container.
AB 996 - Chappie
Makes it a trespass to drive any vehicle upon
(Chapter 1608)
real property belonging to or lawfully occupied
by another and known not to be open to the
general public, without the consent of the
owner. The bill also provides that anyone who
fails to leave the property of another after
being requested to do so by the person in lawful
possession is guilty of a misdemeanor.
AB 1146 - Hayes
Requires, in counties which have established a
(Chapter 1575)
conciliation court, completion and filing of the
questionnaire in proceedings for dissolution of
marriage only, rather than in proceedings for
dissolution of marriage and judgment of nullity.
The bill authorizes a court to award all commun-
ity property and quasi-community property to a
part in proceeding under Family Law Act if net
value of such property is less than $5,000 and
the other party cannot be located. It terminates
except as otherwise agreed by parties in writing,
obligation of party under order or judgment for
support or maintenance of the other party upon
the death of either party. The bill further
provides that money or property received by a
married person for damages for his personal
injuries is his separate property if such money
or damages is received after final judgment of
dissolution of marriage.
AB 1171 - Fong
Provides that student attendance and participa-
(Chapter 1576)
tion in approved coordinated instruction systems
programs of instruction using various teaching
techniques, under the coordination and evaluation
of, but not requiring the immediate supervision
of, a certificated employee, may be included in
the computation of average daily attendance of
a community college district. The bill provides
that state aid apportionments shall not be
greater than one-half the current costs of
conducting such programs.
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AD 1416 - Wilson
Allows a police officer to release a person
(Chapter 1603)
arrested without a warrant when the person
was arrested only for being under the influence
of narcotic drugs or dangerous restricted drugs
and such person is delivered to a facility or
hospital for treatment and no further proceedings
are desirable. If the person is released, the
bill requires the releasing officer or his
superior issue a certificate describing the
action as detention only.
AB 1436 - Wilson
Provides that general local development plans
(Chapter 1553)
shall include a housing element to be reviewed
by the Department of Housing and Community
Development to assure compliance with guidelines
adopted by the department in cooperation with
the State Office of Planning and the Council on
Intergovernmental Relations. Such guidelines are
to conform as nearly as possible to that of the
federal Department of Housing and Urban
Development.
AB 1475 - Stacey
Includes duly authorized federal employees, when
(Chapter 1593)
engaged in enforcing applicable state or local
laws on property owned or possessed by the
United States and with written consent of sherift
or chief of police, respectively, in whose
jurisdiction such property is situated, within the
definition of peace officers.
AB 1525 - Powers
Makes certain welfare fraud investigators and
(Chapter 1589)
inspectors peace officers when individually
designated as such by local ordinance or
resolution.
AB 1583 - Beverly
Requires specific provisions for variable inter-
(Chapter 1584)
est rate real property loans and authorizes the
Savings and Loan Commissioner, the Superintenden'
of Banks and the Insurance Commissioner to adopt
regulations establishing standards upon which
variations in the interest rate shall be based.
AB 1595 - Hayes
Provides that, under first preference for award
(Chapter 1545)
of custody of minor child, custody should be
awarded to either parent according to best
interests of child but, other things being equal
custody should, rather than shall, be given to
mother if child is of tender years. The bill
also provides that except as otherwise agreed
in writing, a court may modify or revoke a decre
or judgment granting support to either party
upon proof that the wife is living with another
man although she is not married to him.
AB 1607 - Zenovich
Allows the Department of Aeronautics to purchase
(Chapter 1606)
emergency search and rescue equipment and to
make the equipment available to recognized
search and resoue groups. The equipment shall
remain the property of the department.
AB 1625 - Karabian
Provides that before any minor is admitted to
(Chapter 1543)
a special educational program for mentally re-
tarded minors he shall be given specified tests,
and that all minors presently participating in
specified programs for mentally retarded shall
be retested. The bill specifies that any minor
who is determined to be misplaced in a special
education program for the mentally retarded shal
be withdrawn from such program upon consultation
with his parents or guardian and placed in a
compensatory educational program or similar
supplementary educational program.
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AB 1640 - Moorhead
Removes the costs of con rvatorship investiga-
(Chapter 1561)
tion from the list of services provided by a
county under the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act and
not reimbursed by the state under the Short-
Doyle Act. It provides for reimbursement of
conservatorship investigation services according
to prescribed state-county funding formula. The
bill revises the duty of the State Department of
Social Welfare to provide protective social
services for mentally retarded and mentally
disordered persons. The bill also provides
that the State Department of Social Welfare may,
rather than shall, pay for service in private
facilities for patients released from state
hospitals, and requires such payments to be made
from funds specifically made available for that
purpose.
AB 1705 - Cory
Includes specified substances within the defini-
(Chapter 1611)
tion of restricted dangerous drugs.
AB 1721 - Crandall
Exempts from the use tax tangible personal
(Chapter 1546)
property loaned for purposes of a driver educa-
tion program, the loan of car by a retailer to
a state college, the University of California,
an accredited private or parochial secondary
school for driver training purposes, or to a
veterans hospital or similar nonprofit facility
to provide instruction to disabled veterans in
the operation of specially equipped motor
vehicles.
AB 1825 - MacDonald
Requires annual renewal of out-of-state drug
(Chapter 1597)
distributor's license, and registration of
certain principals and agents of out-of-state
manufacturers, wholesalers or pharmacies.
AB 1886 - Cory
Provides for the establishment and maintenance
(Chapter 1601)
of educational programs for multihandicapped
minors. It makes provisions for maximum class
size waivers, consultant and supervisory services
and full-time personnel, transportation allow-
ances, educational and housing facilities, and
establishing additional classes to a maximum of
400.
AB 2010 - Greene, B.
Increases the number of governor appointees on
(Chapter 1538)
the California Advisory Council on Vocational
Education and Technical Training from 20 to 23.
The additional three members are to represent
private post secondary education institutions.
The bill also increases from 12 to 17 the number
of representatives on each area vocational
committee. Three of the additional members to
represent private post secondary education
institutions, and two are to be public members
knowledgeable about the disadvantaged.
AB 2032 - Campbell
Allows students in work experience education
(Chapter 1537)
programs which meet state standards and coor-
dinated by a school district to be included in
the computation of average daily attendance.
The responsibility for supervision of the stu-
dents must be shared by the employer and a
certificated school employee of the district
involved.
AB 2074 - Knox
(Chapter 1617)
Provides that physically handicapped minors may
be admitted to schools or classes at the age of
18 months, upon the prior approval of the
Superintendent of Public Instruction. The bill
further amends the law dealing with experimental
programs for the physically handicapped by in-
cluding deaf-blind, and other multihandicapped
pupils as eligible for enrollment in such
programs.
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AB 2167 - Russell
irects the State Lands Com ssion to inventory
(Chapter 1555)
all vacant state school lands with unique environ-
mental values. The bill requires a report to
the legislature by January 1, 1973. The bill
requires future transferees of interests in any
of these state lands to submit a report to the
State Lands Commission setting forth their in-
tended use of the land. The bill also requires
previous recipients of grants of state owned
lands in trust to submit a report to the State
Lands Commission and the legislature relative
to its use and development of the granted lands
up to the present time.
AB 2173 - Stull
Specifies that the exempt breakage provisions of
(Chapter 1581)
the Horse Racing Act of 1967 are applicable where
a racing association's predecessor would have
qualified with respect to the total amount of
parimutuel pools of the preceding year.
AB 2180 - Joint Com-
Requires all cities and counties to prepare and
mittee on Open Space
adopt plans for the long-range preservation of
Lands
open-space lands in their jurisdiction and re-
(Chapter 1590)
quires zoning and other local action concerning
open-space land to conform with the plan. The
bill prohibits any taking or damage to private
property by any city or county through the
adoption of an open-space zoning ordinance.
AB 2184 - Moretti
Repeals and reenacts in one article various pro-
(Chapter 1572)
visions relating to racing at county fairs, dis-
trict agricultural association fairs, and the
California State Fair and Exposition,
The bill
also revises provision for Appaloosa horseracing
at the California State Fair and Exposition and
district and county fairs.
AB 2185 - Moretti
Provides for 8 weeks of harness racing to be
(Chapter 1536)
conducted by a private operator at the Cali-
fornia Exposition and Fair.
AB 2213 - Brown
Permits an unlicensed person employed in a
(Chapter 1605)
licensed clinical laboratory, if he meets
specified requirements, to perform venipuncture
or skin puncture for the purpose of withdrawing
blood for test purposes, upon specific authoriza-
tion from a licensed physician and surgeon except
when such blood is drawn at the request of a
peace officer to determine the alcoholic content
therein.
AB 2221 - Schabaram
Provides that members of the Navigation and Ocean
(Chapter 1544)
Development Commission shall serve four-year
terms and specifies qualifications for member-
ship. It transfers to the Department of Naviga-
tion and Ocean Development all of the powers,
functions, and jurisdiction of the Department of
Parks and Recreation with respect to boating
facility construction. The bill also deletes
the limitation on the annual reapportionment of
Motor Vehicle Fuel Fund moneys appropriated to
the Harbors and Watercraft Revolving Fund with
respect to construction of small craft harbor
and boating facilities at sites owned or under
control of the state.
AB 2247 - Wilson
Appropriates $5,200,000 in the 1970-71 fiscal
(Chapter 1535)
year, $5,600,000 in the 1971-72 fiscal year, and
$6,000,000 per annum commencing with the 1972-73
fiscal year, rather than $4,000,000 per annum
from the Motor Vehicle Fuel Fund to the Harbors
and Watercraft Revolving Fund.
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AB 2378 - Mobley
Provides that a farm labor contractor may deposit
(Chapter 1587)
with the Labor Commissioner a time certificate
or surety bond, rather than a surety bond only,
as a condition to obtaining a license as a farm
labor contractor.
AB 2402 - Lanterman
Requires the Department of Social Welfare to
(Chapter 1560)
pay reasonable cost of services for mentally
disordered patients released or discharged from
state hospitals and in private facilities. It
prchibits payment by the department of care or
services for mentally disordered persons re-
leased or discharged from a state hospital and
in other facilities unless requested by the
local director of mental health services of the
county and provision is made in the county Short-
Doyle plan and for mentally retarded persons
released or discharged from a state hospital on
and after July 1, 1971. The bill also authorizes
the Department of Social Welfare to provide
protective social services, including care in a
private home or facility to judicially committed
patients released from a state hospital on leave
of absence or parole, at request of the Depart-
ment of Mental Hygiene.
AB 2523 - Foran
Amends the Education Code provision relating
(Chapter 1580)
to the affidavit required to be filed with the
Superintendent of Public Instruction by persons
or operations of institutions offering academic
degrees. It relieves from the requirement of
filing the application all operators of degree
granting institutions other than those whose
sole authority to issue degrees rests on their
having filed an affidavit of possessing $50,000
worth of property devoted to educational purposes
SB 79 - Carrell
Revises the total monthly income permitted for
(Chapter 1598)
admission to a children's center from $463 to
$510 where one parent, with one child, is the
sole wage earner, and from $648 to $695 where
both parents, with one child, are working.
The bill requires the legislature to annually
adjust the eligibility figures for admission
to such centers to reflect changes in cost of
living as indicated by State Personnel Board
findings as to salaries in private industry
and in state service.
SB 123 - Nejedly
Requires all persons regardless of age to ob-
(Chapter 1539)
tain a certificate of competency, in hunter
safety, principles of conservation and sports-
manship in order to obtain their first resident
hunting license. A hunter safety instruction
validation stamp would be added for a fee of
one dollar.
SB 128 - Beilenson
Makes it unlawful to import into the state for
(Chapter 1557)
commercial purposes, or to sell within the
state, the dead bodies, or any parts or products
thereof, of specified reptiles and mammals.
SB 163 - Rodda
Revises and recodifies laws affecting bond
(Chapter 1549)
liability of various school districts upon
reorganization.
SB 173 - Grunsky
Provides that regularly employed coroners and
(Chapter 1591)
deputy coroners are peace officers, and specifies
their primary duties, and their authority as
peace officers.
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SB 214 - Marler
Provides that the Director of Agriculture may
(Chapter 1470)
establish by regulation standard container, lid,
marking consumer package, sizing of commodities,
and package,
and packing
arrangements for any fruits, nuts and vegetables
for which specific quality standards have other-
wise been provided by law and which meets other
specified requirements.
SB 383 - Collier
Provides that loans made by the State Allocation
(Chapter 1471)
Board to the city of Crescent City for redevelop-
ment purposes be considered a grant rather than
a loan.
SB 399 - Harmer
Includes "STP," psilocybin, "MDA" and "PCP"
(Chapter 1595)
within the meaning of "restricted dangerous
drug."
SB 445 - Cologne
Provides that state college policemen are peace
(Chapter 1592)
officers upon any state college campus and area
within one mile of exterior boundaries of each
campus, rather than only upon a particular state
college campus.
SB 470 - Sherman
Enacts the "California Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
(Chapter 1573)
Law," which revises and restates the laws relat-
ing to cosmetics, foods, and drugs.
SB 529 - Dymally
Provides allowances for mentally retarded and
(Chapter 1562)
severely mentally retarded minors who are re-
evaluated and reexamined to facilitate the return
of such minors to regular classrooms. The bill
specifies that allowances will be granted for
each of two next succeeding fiscal years follow-
ing the reevaluation or reexamination.
SB 530 - Dymally
Authorizes a school district maintaining a
(Chapter 1563)
junior college to exempt from payment of all or
a part of nonresident tuition fees, nonresidents
who have been determined by the district
governing board to be self-supporting inhabitants
of the district for one year and eligible for
state and federal educational opportunity grants
or aid.
SB 551 - Deukmejian
Makes it a trespass to drive any vehicle upon
(Chapter 1607)
real property, belonging to or lawfully occupied
by another and known not to be open to the
general public, without the consent of the
owner, his agent, or the person in lawful
possession thereof, or to refuse or fail to
leave land, real property, or structures belong-
ing to or lawfully occupied by another and not
open to the general public, upon being requested
to leave by a peace officer and any such person.
SB 636 - Bradley
Revises the computation of community college
(Chapter 1564)
nonresident tuition fees.
SB 736 - Wedworth
Revises provisions of the Education Code relat-
(Chapter 1565)
ing to hiring date seniority of certificated
employees, both tenured and probationary.
SB 765 - Burgener
Eliminates the statutory maximum for protective
(Chapter 1559)
social services, and provides that board and
care services shall be provided to all mentally
disordered patients who are released from state
hospitals.
SB 801 - Cusanovich
Removes the Malibu Canyon segment of Route 64
(Chapter 1547)
from the California freeway and expressway
system.
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SB 848 - Cologne
Requires the State Air Re arces Board to con-
(Chapter 1599)
duct research relating to air pollution and to
make annual reports to the legislature. The
board is to appoint screening committee to
review, and give its advice and recommendations
with respect to such research projects. The bill
appropriates $9,250,000 for such purposes,
$8,325,000 of which is from the Motor Vehicle
Fund and $925,000 of which is from the Cali-
fornia Environmental Protection Program fund.
SB 902 - McCarthy
Prescribes a mandatory fine and minimum and
(Chapter 1548)
maximum punishment for first, second, and third
and subsequent offenses of littering. The bill
requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to
record nonvehicular litter convictions.
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Governor Ronald Reagan announced today that he has signed the
following bills, with certain deletions or reductions in appropriations:
AB 592 McCarthy
Requires the Department of Social Welfare to
(Chapter 1615)
establish in two counties a pilot project to
prepare and deliver meals to handicapped or
infirm persons eligible for adult categorical
aid and to handicapped or infirm persons
qualifying for aid to the aged except for their
age and who without such service may require
protective living arrangements. The bill
appropriates $50,000 from the General Fund
provided the federal government makes available
an amount equal to or in excess of such sum
prior to July 1, 1971 to be allocated to the
designated counties for such purposes.
(The governor eliminated the $50,000
appropriation because the so-called "Meals on
Wheels" program can be developed within the
$550,000 appropriation to the State Department
of Social Welfare, in this year's budget,
for pilot programs of this nature.)
AB 1050 Milias
Makes various legislative findings and
(Chapter 1616)
declarations concerning environmental protection
natural resources protection, and conservation
education. It specifies certain requirements
regarding conservation education in courses of
study from grades 1 to 12, and appropriates
$676,000 from the Environmental Protection
Program Fund.
(In deleting the appropriation, the governor
said he had already signed a bill (SB-948,
Lagomarsino) to provide up to $176,000 in state
and federal funds to supply materials and
develop grant programs for conservation
education in school districts around the state.
He said the Lagomarsino bill will insure the
continued development and implementation of
conservation education programs in California
public schools.)
AB 1333 Foran
Appropriates $4,175,024 from the Motor Vehicle
(Chapter 1614)
Fund to raise salaries of members of the
California Highway Patrol for the period from
July 1, 1970, to June 30, 1971.
(The governor reduced the appropriation to
$2,505,015 which gives CHP members a three
percent pay raise---over and above the five
percent pay increase already granted this year
to state employees. Both salary raises add up
to an eight percent pay raise this year. The
governor said: "The people of California take
tremendous pride in their Highway Patrol, and
we are all deeply grateful for the loyalty and
dedication to duty which the patrol has displaye
during these turbulent times. I sincerely
regret that our tight fiscal situation will not
permit an even larger increase at this time."
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SB 432 - Petris
Appropriates $750,000 to the Department of
(Chapter 1613)
Public Health to distribute to local health
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departments for the prevention of German
Measles (Rubella).
(The governor reduced the appropriation to
$200,000 which will be used as a reserve in the
event vaccine provided by the federal government
is insufficient to meet the needs of the program
or other unforeseen circumstances. The federal
government has already allocated 2 million units
of vaccine to meet California's needs. When the
bill was passed by the legislature, it was
understood there were only 640,000 units of
vaccine available from the federal government.
The Department of Public Health and the
conference of local public health officers
have indicated that 2 million units are
sufficient to meet the state's requirements.)
SB 479 - Danielson
Appropriates $840,000 for the purchase of 4.2
(Chapter 1621)
acres of property adjacent to California State
College, Los Angeles.
(The governor reduced the appropriation to
$250,000 which represents a sufficient sum to
begin processing the purchaseof the property
from owners considered to be hardship cases.)
AB 685 - Deddeh
Appropriates $100,000, or so much thereof as
(Chapter 1622)
may be necessary, subject to receipt from
federal government of a like amount, to the
Department of Education for completion, as far
as practicable, of development, forming, and
implementation of bilingual scholastic aptitude
tests utilized in determining eligibility for
classes for mentally retarded minors.
(The governor deleted the $100,000 appropriation
because federal funds are already available to
support this program.)
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Governor Ronald Reagan today signed into law a bill which
will give state correctional workers the same retirement benefits as
most other law enforcemnt officers.
The measure (AB-245) will affect some 8,000 parole agents,
correctional officers, youth counselors and group supervisors in the
Departments of Corrections and Youth Authority.
It will permit them to retire at 55 years and receive
increased pension benefits under the state retirement system. This
brings the retirement formula for prison and parole workers into line
with that now available in most other law enforcement agencies.
Governor Reagan noted that state employees covered by the
the
bill are those who safeguard/community by the supervision of juvenile an
adult parolees and by the control of inmates in state correctional
institutions.
"These courageous men and women are responsible for the
custody and rehabilitation of many people who are potentially
very dangerous. They are exposed daily to the possibility of riot and
violence in various forms," the governor said.
"This bill recognizes the very real hazards these loyal
and devoted state employees face as they perform their duties."
The governor said the measure is "fitting recognition for
the efforts of these outstanding employees" and noted that "many
leading figures in the corrections field and a number of national
magazines have praised California as having one of the finest
correctional systems in the United States."
The bill was authored by Assemblyman William Ketchum (R-
Paso Robles) and was co-sponsored by 25 other legislators.
Approval of the measure was hailed by Ray Procunier, director
of the Department of Corrections, and Allen F. Breed, director of the
Department of Youth Authority.
They agreed the bill gives needed recognition of the problem:
and hazards encountered in the prison and parole field.
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Governor Ronald Reagan announced today the following bills have
been vetoed:
962 - Walsh
Provides for the licensing and regulation of
auctioneers by the Department of Professional and
Vocational Standards.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "I am unable to find any
evidence of a compelling public need for a regulatory
authority for auctioneers. In addition, this bill
fails to conform with Reorganization Plan No. 2 of
1970 and legislation sponsored by the Department of
Professional and Vocational Standards regarding the
name of the department, title of the director, and
discretionary authority regarding the publication of
licensee rosters. "
SB 683 - Beilenson
Authorizes a coroner, who is performing an autopsy,
to donate for scientific or therapeutic use, to
designated persons, any part of a human body removed
for autopsy purposes and upon which tests are not
completed in time for the part to be returned to the
body for burial. The bill specifies that such
donation is not to be used as a reason to increase
the extent of the autopsy performed or to further
disfigure the remains.
REASON FOR VETO:
"This bill authorizes a coroner, who is performing an
autopsy, to donate for scientific or therapeutic use
any part of a human body removed for autopsy purposes
and upon which tests are not completed in time for
the part to be returned to the body for burial. It
does not contain any provision requiring the consent
of the decedent's next of kin. The Uniform
Anatomical Gift Act, which was enacted earlier this
year, makes ample provision for the donation of
human organs for scientific and therapeutic use."
SB 1183 - Stiern
Provides that a member of the State Teachers'
Retirement System who is qualified for disability
retirement because of mental incapacity and who was
removed from classroom teaching duties for that
reason and not assigned other full-time duties,
becomes eligible for disability retirement benefits
commencing at the time his salary from the employing
school district ceases.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "I have no objection to this
bill; however, it will chapter out AB 658 (Chapter
280). It is the view of the State Teachers'
Retirement System that AB 658 is more comprehensive
in its scope.
SB 1318 - Burgener
Requires each minor to be immunized against
rubella (German measles).
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "This bill, which would
require the immunization of children against German
measles (rubella) as a condition for school entry in
California, is consistent with the official
recommendations of the California Medical Associatio:
and the State Health Department. However, the
Department of Public Health has consistently
maintained that to require the immunization of all
school children is premature at this time. This is
because many physicians are not convinced that the
immunization of children is a necessary or desirable
approach to the control of the rubella problem. A
threat of a serious polarization of the medical
community regarding the use of rubella vaccine in
children exists if this bill is approved. This bill
would be difficult, if not impossible, to enforce an
can only be successful with the full support of the
entire medical community.
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SB 1371 - Beilenson Deletes State Highway Route 2 from Route 405 near
Santa Monica to Gower Street in Los Angeles from the
California freeway and expressway system.
REASON FOR VETO:
This bill would delete the Beverly Hills Freeway from
the state freeway and expressway system. By causing
a break in the continuity of the Los Angeles area
freeway system, the bill would have the effect of
depositing east and west-bound freeway traffic onto
Los Angeles surface streets in the general area of
Beverly Hills, thereby creating serious traffic flow
problems for both cities. In addition to creating
additional future traffic congestion, SB 1371 is
contrary to the expressed wishes of the affected
communities. Each of the three local governmental
jurisdictions directly affected by this proposed
deletion, the Beverly Hills and Los Angeles City
Councils and the Los Angeles County Board of
Supervisors, has formally adopted resolutions
favoring construction of the Beverly Hills Freeway
and opposing SB 1371."
SB 1402 - Way
Increases the membership of the Adult Authority from
nine to 12, and specifies qualifications for
membership. It makes the Director of Corrections
an ex officio member of the Adult Authority. The
bill also requires that, at any interview of
prisoner, at least one member of the Adult Authority
or one hearing representative shall have been in
attendance at last preceding interview of such
prisoner.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "A comprehensive study by the
Board of Corrections of the entire correctional syste
including the role of the Adult Authority is now in
process. In addition, both the Senate and Assembly
have special committees appointed to study the
correctional system in depth during the interim.
The Adult Authority, and the Departments of
Corrections and Youth Authority are fully cooperating
in these studies. Therefore, I think it would be
premature to approve this bill until these extensive
studies are completed and evaluated. The bill also
specifies the composition of Adult Authority Panels
for subsequent parole consideration hearings. This
requirement would create significant administrative
problems and would unnecessarily increase costs."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Imme late
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
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Governor Ronald Reagan announced today that he has vetoed the
following bills:
AB 13 - Deddeh
Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to
acquire a farm or home in which veteran has in-
terest of record and which is the residence of
the veteran if the veteran's previous applica-
tion was denied on basis that he was not finan-
cially able to meet the requirements of the
department, the farm or home meets all require-
ments of department for such farm or home.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "The basic purpose of the
Cal-Vet loan program is to assist California
veterans in obtaining homes for themselves and
their families. Present procedures permit a
rejected loan applicant to reapply for a loan
within one or two years. This bill extends
indefinitely the time permitted for reapplica-
tion, after the applicant has proven himself
able to obtain a home without Cal-Vet financing.
During these times of limited loan funds it
appears more equitable that Cal-Vet loans be
made first to those who would be otherwise unable
to buy their own homes."
AB 182 - Britschgi
Increases from $2,500 to $4,000 the amount
which retirants of the State Teachers' Retire-
ment System can earn while employed as a sub-
stitute or librarian in any fiscal year and
still draw retirement pay. The bill also in-
cludes retirants of the system who retired for
disability under the provisions authorizing
limited employment.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "This legislation would
permit the reemployment of a person retired for
disability, whose disability by law would have
to be so severe as to preclude performance of
normal classroom duties. The bill is, therefore,
a contradiction of longstanding law and would
effectively undermine the philosophy of dis-
ability retirement benefits."
AB 196 - Milias
Permits a county clerk, on receiving the list of
persons selected by the court as grand jurors,
to assign a number to each name on the list and
place, in the grand jury box, markers of the
same size, shape, and color, each containing
the number which corresponds with number on the
list. The bill permits the names of persons
drawn for grand jurors to be drawn from the
grand jury box by withdrawing such markers.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "This bill permits a
county clerk, on receiving the list of persons
selected by the court as grand jurors, to assign
a number to each name on the list and place
markers in the grand jury box, each containing
the number which corresponds with the number on
the list. The bill permits the names of persons
to be drawn from the grand jury box by withdraw-
ing such markers. *
AB 197 - Milias
Prescribes the procedure whereby the membership
of a grand jury will include three members of
the preceding grand jury. The bill is to be
effective until December 31, 1972.
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*I have no objection to AB 196; however, it would chapter out AB 980
(Chapter 247).
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REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "I am vetoing the bill
at the request of the County Supervisors Asso-
ciation of California. There is a question of
constitutionality; however, the policy is also
in issue. Most people believe that one of the
basic values of a grand jury is the new, fresh
and objective approach which is provided by a
completely new group each year. Besides, there
is no promise that the holdover members will
really provide continuity since grand juries
operate under a committee system which provides
experience in a limited area. Grand jury service
is a very time-consuming effort and involves
sacrificial public service; a potential two-year
term might discourage many good jurors from
serving. The possible merit of the bill certainly
appears to be outweighed by its dangers."
AB 221 - Campbell
Deletes marijuana from the statutory definition
of "narcotics" and places it under the defini-
tion of "restricted dangerous drugs," but
specifies that marijuana is to continue to be
subject to all laws relating to narcotics, and
not subject to the laws relating to restricted
dangerous drugs, unless otherwise provided.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "AB 221 would delete
marijuana from the statutory definition of
"narcotics" and place it under the definition
"restricted dangerous drugs," but would specify
that marijuana is to continue to be subject to
all laws relating to narcotics, and not subject
to the laws relating to restricted dangerous
drugs, unless otherwise provided. This bill
makes no substantive changes in the law either
in penalties or procedures."
AB 284 - Thomas
Requires the Department of Navigation and Ocean
Development to make a harbor facilities construc-
tion loan to the City of Avalon for the design
and construction of a new pier with specified
facilities utilizing specified funds at Avalon,
Santa Catalina Island on a site to be selected
jointly by the City Council of Avalon and the
Department of Navigation and Ocean Development.
The bill requires the department to design and
construct the pier under contract with the city.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "This legislation is un-
necessary since the Budget Act of 1970 specific-
ally provides for a loan to the City of Avalon
for construction of a new pier pursuant to pro-
visions of the Harbors and Navigation Code which
authorize the Department of Navigation and Ocean
Development to make such a loan if the department
finds that the project is feasible. This bill
would mandate the construction of a new pier
without prior evidence of feasibility. If
financial feasibility is established by the
Department of Navigation and Ocean Development
the authorization contained in the Budget Bill
will permit the project to proceed."
AB 316 - Chappie
Changes the signature requirements on a petition
to form a new county from 65 to 25 percent of the
electors in the area of the proposed new county
and changes from 50 to 25 percent that of
electors in each county from which the new
county will be formed. The bill also changes
election vote requirement from 65 percent of
the total vote in the affected area and 50 per-
cent in each affected county to a majority in
both.
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REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "When I vetoed AB 1941
last year I indicated that the drastic reduc-
tions in the signature requirements contained
in that bill could result in the unnecessary
fragmentation of county government. I have the
same concern with this bill. The 25 percent
signature requirements contained in AB 316 are
still too low in my opinion."
AB 590 - Greene, B.
Requires that school districts pay medical or
hospitalization premiums to classified employees
who have been laid off. Such payments must be
made for a period of six months, may be extended
to not more than 18 months, or, if the employee
elects to retire, to 39 months.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "To require school dis-
tricts to continue to pay health and medical
fringe benefits for classified employees for
six months or more after termination of their
employment would add a questionable financial
burden on the resources of school districts."
AB 598 - Burke
Provides that any elementary school district
which was ineligible for supplemental support
funds for the 1969-70 school year will be deemed
eligible for supplemental support funds for the
1970-71 school year if its general fund tax
rate is not less than a specified rate.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "I am vetoing this bill
because of its uncertain effect. At best, it
would provide state financial assistance amount-
ing to $127,000 to a single school district by
relaxing requirements which other school dis-
tricts must meet. In addition, another legal
interpretation of the bill could result in the
loss of $176,000 of supplemental state aid to
several school districts. To provide such a
benefit to one school district to the potential
detriment of seven other districts is unjust."
AB 758 - Warren
Establishes an arbitrary statutory requirement
that the California Highway Commission must
budget one-third of the available federal urban
extension funds to cities and counties, and
unnecessarily restricts the commission's dis-
cretionary authority to allocate highway con-
struction money on the basis of recognized
statewide needs.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "We are faced with the
fact that while local agencies have been showing
increasing balances in their road funds over the
past ten years, state highway needs greatly
exceed either city or county needs. AB 758
would result in a minimum $5 million annual
revenue loss for state highway projects and
this loss would only further aggravate the
already serious deficiencies in the state
highway system, especially the critical highway
projects in urban areas."
AB 778 - Foran
Provides for submission to the voters at the
1970 general election of Assembly Constitutional
Amendment No. 38.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "AB 778 would have
placed Assembly Constitutional Amendment No.
36 on the November ballot. No useful purpose
would be served by approving this bill since
ACA 38 was not adopted by the legislature."
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AB 782 - Ralph
Provides for the designation establishment,
operation and control of certain urban public
schools in economically disadvantaged areas as
urban community schools.
REASON FOR VETO:
"There are various programs currently in
progress in the Los Angeles Unified School Dis-
trict to experiment with ways to improve the
localization of school administration and to
involve parents more extensively in local school
policy. It is only fair that these programs
have an opportunity to be evaluated before
adopting alternative approaches. The proponents
of the plan proposed by AB 782 have the oppor-
tunity to request the Education Research Com-
mission to incorporate a project within its
program in order to test the advantages cited
in the bill. The Education Research Commission
is just becoming organized and would be in a
position to receive recommendations of this
nature."
AB 808 - Brown
Prohibits certificated school personnel from
achieving permanent status in an administrative
position.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "This bill would nullify
the provisions of the San Francisco City Charter
providing a three-year probationary period
before granting tenure to school administrators.
The San Francisco Unified School District is the
only school district affected by the bill. The
voters of San Francisco recently defeated an
attempt to strike this provision from the
charter. I can find no reason why the state
should interfere in what is a purely local
matter."
AB 854 - Burton
Permits employees of the San Francisco Port
Authority to have a one-time option to terminate
membership in the Public Employees' Retirement
System and to transfer their membership to the
San Francisco retirement system.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "Special accommodations
were made within the Public Employees Retirement
System to protect the retirement rights of San
Francisco Port employees when the Port function
was transferred to the City and County of San
Francisco. The bill would provide for transfer
of these employees on individual option to the
San Francisco Retirement System in which they
are ineligible for membership unless and until
there is a charter amendment. The bill is pre-
mature and technically deficient. State legis-
lation in this matter should not be enacted
until the City and County has developed a plan
for assimilating this group of its employees
into its retirement system so that appropriate
transfer legislation may be developed."
AB 873 - Hayes
Prohibits evictions from mobilehome parks for
the following reasons: (a) Failure by the tenant
to make any payment other than rent, utilities,
and reasonable service charges; (b) For the
purpose of making the tenant's space in the park
available for a person who purchased a mobile-
home from the owner of the mobilehome park or
his agents; (c) Meetings held by tenants in a
community or recreation hall at reasonable
hours.
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REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "This bill prohibits
evictions from mobilehome parks because of,
etc. The prohibitions in this bill are pro-
tections which should properly be included in
lease or rental agreements rather than being
fixed by statute."
AB 909 - Brathwaite
Requires that Medi-Cal consultants be employed
by the county, rather than the state. The bill
provides that the Director of Health Care
Services may employ consultants under specified
conditions.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "AB 909 would require
that Medi-Cal consultants be employed by the
county rather than the state. This measure
would have a severe fiscal impact on the Medi-
Cal program. The lack of standardization and an
effective means of implementing program controls
would result in uncontrolled expenditures. Also,
there are projected program savings which would
not be possible if the state were not able to
direct the activities of the Medi-Cal consul-
tants."
AB 957 - Briggs
Provides that a pupil who has been absent from
school for a period not to exceed three days
shall be readmitted upon a written statement by
the parent or guardian of the pupil that such
absence was for reasons of health. The bill
specifies that no further request or note from
a physician shall be required, and that absence
shall not be considered in computing attendance.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "This bill would impair
the ability of the schools to effectively con-
trol pupil attendance. It would make it more
difficult to determine if children are being
kept out of school without any valid reason if
the schools are not allowed to review the basis
for absences of three days or less."
AB 1231 - Sieroty
Requires that any public agency acquiring real
property used as a public park for any nonpark
purpose to pay the cost of acquiring and develop-
ing substitute park land of comparable charac-
teristic, and of substantially equal size and
located in an area which would allow for use of
the substitute park by generally the same per-
sons who used the existing park. The acquiring
agency would be allowed to provide such compar-
able park land plus the cost of development in
lieu of payment.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "This bill would give
statutory authorization to take State Park
Systems by eminent domain. At present, it is
necessary to obtain special legislative approval
to condemn state property devoted to a public
use, and the Streets and Highway Code contains
an express exemption as to state park land.
The original thrust of this bill was to aid in
the replacement of public park property con-
demned for other purposes; however, I cannot
with clear conscience sign a bill that could
lead to the loss of valuable state park
property. Our State Park System is too valua-
ble to our present and future generations to
permit its piecemeal destruction through eminent
domain."
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AB 1304 - Zenovich
Extends eligibility for Cal-Vet loans to all
California veterans who served between February
1, 1955 and August 5, 1964, without regard to
area of service. At present, eligibility is
afforded only to those whose service was in
areas of hostility during this period.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "This bill again points
up the need for setting priorities in the use
of available Cal-Vet loan funds. The Department
of Veterans Affairs has done a good job with
the limited bond funds it has to work with.
This would require an additional $500 million,
which the department does not have, and which
is not available. It would be unfair to
extend the implied promise of Cal-Vet loans to
the thousands that would apply if this bill
became law, when no money is available for such
loans."
AB 1305 - Zenovich
Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to
make Cal-Vet farm and home loans for extended
amortization periods of up to 30 years, to
persons with low income and earning ability.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: Bonds to finance the
self-sustaining Cal-Vet loan program mature in
20 years, and must be paid through means of
program revenues within that time. The depart-
ment is able to make loans for slightly over 23
years only because a few Cal-Vet loan holders
pay off their contracts prior to expiration of
their regular terms. Any substantial extension
of the present loan term presents a definite
hazard to the ability of the Department of
Veterans Affairs in meeting its bond repayment
schedules and may jeopardize the solvency of
the Cal-Vet loan program." "
AB 1383 - McCarthy
Requires the Division of Industrial Safety, upon
receipt of a written complaint from an employee
or his legal representative, that his place of
employment is not safe, to summarily investigate
same as soon as possible but not later than 72
hours after receipt of such complaint, with or
without notice or hearings.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: The present policy of
the Division of Industrial Safety places response
to complaints concerning unsafe working conditions
in the highest priority category while reserving
some discretionary judgment based on the
imminency of the hazard and the complaint."
AB 1538 - Chappie
Provides for the licensing and regulation of
auctioneers by the Department of Professional
and Vocational Standards.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "I am unable to find any
evidence of a compelling public need for a re-
ulatory authority for audioneers. In addition,
this bill fails to conform with Reorganization
Plan No. 2 of 1970 and legislation sponsored by
the Department of Professional and Vocational
Standards regarding the name of the department,
title of the director, and discretionary
authority regarding the publication of
licensee rosters.
AB 1560 - Britschgi
Requires county clerks to maintain an official
copy of plans for the life of prescribed
buildings.
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REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "Although the bill pro-
vides that the county clerk may prescribe fees
to pay the cost of retention of the material,
it is difficult to determine how such costs
could be analyzed for the unknown 'life of the
building.' The mandatory retention of such
material, particularly in our large counties
will be very costly. The retention of such
plans should be the responsibility of the build-
ing owner after completion is recorded by the
building department and the permit is closed."
AB 1579 - Vasconcellos
Authorizes a person released from the California
Rehabilitation Center in an outpatient status,
or a parolee from any California penal institu-
tion, to participate in an approved methadone
maintenance treatment research project with
the approval of the Department of Corrections
and the Narcotic Addict Evaluation Authority.
The bill provides that participation in an
approved methadone maintenance treatment research
project shall constitute abstention from the
use of narcotics for certain purposes.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "This administration has
recently made public its policy that supports
methadone programs statewide under strict re-
search and security controls. The Department of
Corrections is presently developing a methadone
program for its parolees. I favor such parolee
participation. It is totally permissible under
present law. This measure, however, would re-
duce the supervision of the Department of Cor-
rections parole agents over the parolees or
persons released from the California Rehabili-
tation Center in an outpatient status. Under
current law, such participants in methadone
programs remain under supervision for seven
years. This bill would allow the supervision
to cease after only two years. It would thus
equate a parolee with continued dependence on
a narcotic with a parolee who was able to re-
main totally drug free, thus diluting the motiv-
ation for those who might otherwise eliminate
entirely their dependence on narcotics."
AB 1604 - Cory
Requires the tax collector to make a reasonable
effort to ascertain the address of assessee of
property, including, but not limited to, examin-
ing the assessment rolls, rather than only
being required to examine the assessment rolls,
in order to give the assessee notice by mail of
an intention to deed the property to the state,
or to sell the property to a private party, for
unpaid taxes. The bill also permits an assessor
to employ legal counsel in certain circumstances
and provides that such expenditures shall be a
county charge but shall not exceed one percent
of the budget of the assessor's office.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "This bill as introduced
pertains only to the duty of a tax collector to
ascertain the address of an assessee of property.
It was amended on August 19 to permit an assessor
to employ legal counsel in certain circumstances
and to provide that such expenditures shall be
a county charge but shall not exceed one per-
cent of the budget of the assessor's office.
I believe that action on a substantive amendment
such as this should be deferred until the
legislature has had an opportunity to review
it in greater detail."
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AB 1650 - McCarthy
Increases transcription fees of court reporters
and revises the method of computing fees. The
bill also stipulates requirements for the form
of transcript pages.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "I am returning this bill
unsigned because it mandates increased costs to
government and litigants generally without any
increase in services to the public. In an at-
tempt to achieve uniformity in the preparation
of transcripts the measure unnecessarily adds to
the already high costs of court cases which the
parties to law suits will have to shoulder.
There is also considerable doubt whether the
form of such transcripts ought to be governed
by statute or by rules of the Judicial Council
which has the expertise and flexibility to make
appropriate changes in the form as necessary."
AB 1665 - Davis
Changes the formula for reimbursement of a
county by the Director of Finance for the cost
of homicide trials from an excess of the amount
of money derived by the county from a tax of
ten cents on each $100 of assessed valuation to
three cents on each $100 of assessed valuation.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "The current level of ten
cents per $100 of assessed valuation for homi-
cide trials has proven to be satisfactory. To'
reduce this level to three cents could produce
a demand for additional state funds that we are
unable to provide within the limited resources
presently available."
AB 1747 - Murphy
Requires the State Board of Corrections to
report to the legislature the minimum standards
which it determines that probation officers
should meet.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "I do not believe that
it is a proper function of state government to
develop qualification standards for county
probation officers."
AB 1807 - Vasconcellos
Specifies that the service charge collected
from blind vending stand operators deposited in
the Special Deposit Fund cannot be used by the
Department of Rehabilitation for administrative
costs.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "Although this bill is
designed to prevent the depletion of funds held
in the vending stand Special Deposit Fund, all
evidence indicates that the fund is able to
support all costs related to the administration
of the Business Enterprise Program, including
the "administrative costs" which this bill will
prohibit, without any general fund appropria-
tion. Whenever possible, I believe programs
such as this should be self-supporting to the
maximum extent possible."
AB 1820 - Powers
Establishes an alternative method for paying
delinquent property taxes in installments with
respect to property sold to the state for taxes
for the 1969-70 fiscal year and the fiscal years
thereafter. Present law permits payment of 20
percent installments over a five-year period.
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REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "Under present law a
taxpayer who has delinquent secured property
taxes can pay these taxes on an installment
plan over a five-year period in equal install-
ments of 20 percent of the totalamount due. In
addition, a taxpayer, if he so desires, may pay
more than 20 percent in any one year. The
county treasurers of this state oppose AB 1820.
They feel that the present method of installment
payments is fair and equitable to both the tax-
payer and the tax collecting agency. There
appears to be no real need for the negotiated
payment approach proposed by this bill."
AB 1836 - Sieroty
Requires the Board of Corrections to establish
statewide standards for local detention facil-
ities and to conduct inspections for certifica-
tion of compliance with such standards. The
bill provides that inspections shall be made
only if federal funds are made available for this
purpose.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "The functions of the
Board of Corrections are financed from funds of
the departments represented by members on the
board. These departments cannot provide staff
or funds to expand this service without more
assurance of financing than an authorization to
request federal funds."
AB 1837 - Sieroty
Provides that each person, in any state, county,
or city custodial facility shall have the rights
set forth in the Penal Code for persons im-
prisoned in state prisons.
FOR
REASON/VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "This bill would provide
city and county jail prisoners the civil rights
afforded prisoners in state prisons including
the right to receive correspondence, written
material and publications. The bill provides
for the exclusion of 'obscene matter' from
prisoners over 18 years of age (but not under
18 years of age), and the exclusion of 'harmful
matter' from prisoners under 18 years of age
(but not over 18 years of age). These incon-
sistent provisions would be impossible to admin-
ister by the prison authorities.
AB 1859 - Chappie
Provides that specified provisions for the fund-
ing and payment of judgments against local public
entities by litigants shall not apply to judg-
ments entered subsequent to the effective date
of the bill and founded upon a breach of a
written contract executed prior to September 20,
1963, or founded upon a breach of warranty,
negligence, or wrongful act or omission, relat-
ing to such a contract which occurred prior to
September 20, 1963.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "The legislative history
of this measure indicates that it pertains to
litigation now pending before a court of this
state. The bill states that the intent is to
apply the statutory and decisional law on en-
forcement of judgments as it existed at the time
the contract was entered into on any judgment
related to a contract executed prior to Septem-
ber 20, 1963. However, the bill itself contains
language that could be construed as contradic-
tory, so that additional litigation would be
required to ascertain the legal effect of this
measure. Legislation should not be enacted which
will affect the substantive or procedural rights
of parties to a pending law suit. The resolu-
tion of such issues should remain exclusively
within the province of the courts. The Attorney
General has advised me of the substantial legal
problems involved should this measure become law
and has recommended that it not be approved."
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AB 1861 - Crandall
Provides that whenever a temporary certificate
or permit is denied, the county board of educa-
tion shall notify the Committee of Credentials
of such denial.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "This bill will chapter
out substantive provisions of AB 122, the
Teacher Preparation and Licensing Law of 1970."
AB 1899 - Townsend
Authorizes members of the Board of Medical
Examiners and members of district review com-
mittees to receive per diem of $125, rather than
$25.
REASON FOR VETO:
The Governor said: "This bill would authorize
members of the Board of Medical Examiners and
members of district review committees to receive
a per diem of $125, rather than $25. The
legislature standardized per diem rates for
members of the agencies within the Department
of Professional and Vocational Standards in
1959, after finding it was impossible to adjust
per diem compensation in terms of the relative
financial sacrifice involved. I agree with
this approach and believe that any change in
per diem rates should be on a standardized basis
rather than by piecemeal legislation."
AB 1967 - Miller
Eliminates the magistrate's discretion in the
availability of procedure whereby Vehicle Code
misdemeanant may plead either guilty or nolo
contendere in a court of the county other than
that which issued the warrant. The bill also
clarifies the obligation of the prosecuting
attorney and the court which issued the warrant
to transmit records to the court in which the
defendant desires to enter a plea.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "I am returning AB 1967
unsigned for several reasons. Under current
law, when a traffic warrant is issued in one
county and the defendant is arrested in another,
the defendant can enter a plea of guilty in the
latter county if both jurisdictions agree. This
bill eliminates the discretion on the part of
the court in the arresting county. This will
force that court to consider every such case
regardless of its own calendar and work load
generated from within the county, since under
AB 1967 only the county issuing the warrant
could refuse to allow the defendant to enter a
plea of guilty in the arresting county. Second,
the requirement that the court give notice to the
prosecuting agency is impractical, cumbersome and
costly. Finally, the requirement that a court
hearing be held at which the outstanding warrant
would be declared null and void does not accom-
plish the intended purpose because the court
issuing the warrant can simply issue a new
warrant, thus starting the entire process over
again."
AB 1972 - Vasconcellos
Provides that with respect to the State College
Educational Opportunity Program those enrolled
in such program who receive no state financial
support shall not be counted for purposes of
any limitation imposed by the Budget Act upon
the number of new enrollees.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "I am concerned with the
possible effect this bill could have on the State
College Educational Opportunity Program. The
admittance of increased numbers of students into
the EOP program will result in a decrease in the
availability of counseling and guidance services
intended to assure the social and scholastic
success of those students.'
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AB 1995 - Murphy
Establishes an alternative procedure for trying
death penalty cases. Instead of the normal jury
or court trial, the case would be decided by a
three-judge panel all of whom would have to
agree.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "This bill is being
vetoed at the request of the California Peace
Officers' and District Attorney's Associations.
They pointed out that there are many judges
who are openly and absolutely opposed to capital
punishment and yet the bill would not allow the
district attorney to even question such judges.
Furthermore, if more than one such judge were
on the panel even knowingly and said he would
not impose the death penalty regardless of the
evidence, there would be no way to remove that
judge. Such a procedure is not desirable. If
such restrictions were placed on a defendant,
the proposal would be alleged to be unconstitu-
tional. The citizens of California deserve a
better guarantee that the administration of
criminal justice will be fair to both sides."
AB 2007 - Greene, B.
Includes Indian tribe, band, or group within
meaning of "community" for purpose of the
Community Redevelopment Law.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "AB 2007 would not add
any additional legal powers to community redevel-
opment agencies, nor would it allow them to do
things they cannot do at this time. On the
whole, the changes in this bill require re-
development agencies to enter into certain
programs that the agencies may now perform at
their option. Legislation of this type attempts
to impose certain redevelopment programs on all
agencies in the state regardless of different
local conditions or situations."
AB 2217 - Brown
Deletes the requirement that a district attorney
consent to a plea of nolo contendere.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "I am vetoing this pro-
posal at the request of the Attorney General and
the California Peace Officers' and District
Attorneys' Associations. A plea of nolo con-
tendere is used to avoid an admission of guilt
which could be used in a civil action. This
procedure is used extensively in consumer fraud
cases and where subsequent administrative action
can be taken against a licensee. No useful pur-
pose is served by eliminating the district
attorney's involvement; in fact, he is the
check against potentially capricious acts of
the judiciary. The furtherance of justice re-
quires the active participation of a district
attorney who knows all the facts of the case
and the ramifications of a plea of nolo
contendere."
AB 2263 - Burton
Requires any public utility or public or muni-
cipal utility district to pay six percent simple
interest on any cash deposits required as a
condition for service.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "This bill requires furthe
legislative consideration. It provides that only
two types of public-owned utility districts
must pay interest on customer deposits for
utility service. The bill makes no mention of
the over 1300 cities and special districts now
serving water and power to the public. If there
is merit in the proposition that public agencies
supplying water and power should pay interest
on customer deposits then the law should apply
uniformly to all such agencies. This is a
piecemeal approach to the problem."
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AB 2323 - Murphy
Provides that a felony not expressly punishable
by any other provision of law shall be punish-
able by imprisonment in state prison for not
more than five years, a fine of $5,000, or both,
or imprisonment in county jail for not more
than one year, a fine of $1,000, or both, rather
than only imprisonment in state prison for not
more than five years.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "This bill would allow
courts to reduce many crimes to misdemeanors
which are now classified as felonies. There is
ample discretion by the trial court under
present law to render equitable sentences in
criminal cases."
AB 2333 - Ketchum
Provides that the Structural Pest Control Board
shall not use any investigator from the Division
of Investigation of the Department of Professiona
and Vocational Standards except an investigator
who has been used by the board within one year
prior to the effective date of the bill or who
meets prescribed qualifications.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "This bill would effec-
tively prevent the use of the present staff of
the Division of Investigation in investigative
work for the Stuctural Pest Control Board since
none of the division's investigators can meet
the qualification requirements contained in the
bill. The restrictions contained in this bill
would require the Division of Investigation or
the board to recruit additional personnel with
the required qualifications. Neither of these
alternatives is feasible, and both are costly.
The qualification standards established by this
bill appear to be unduly restrictive. It is
more appropriate that state civil service
entrance requirements be reviewed and established
through the administrative hearing process of
the State Personnel Board.
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445-4571
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Governor Ronald Reagan announced today that he has signed the
following bills:
AB 416 - Veysey
Establishes a program for the designation,
(Chapter 1625)
administration and operation of not more than five
program improvement schools to offer new kinds of
instructional programs developed by the director
and staff of such schools. The bill permits
program improvement schools to be deemed to be
separate school districts for purposes of
applying for various forms of financial support.
AB 685 - Deddeh
Appropriates $100,000, or so much thereof as may be
(Chapter 1622)
necessary, subject to receipt from federal government
of a like amount, to the Department of Education
for completion, as far as practicable, of development,
norming, and implementation of bilingual scholastic
aptitude tests utilized in determining eligibility
for classes for mentally retarded minors.
AB 750-Lewis
Provides that the Office of Compensatory Education
(Chapter 1619)
shall be responsible for the administration of
Childrens Centers and Day Care Programs for
children between the ages of two and fourteen,
and also preschool educational programs for
children between the ages of three and five. The
Department of Education is required to contract
with the Department of Social Welfare to better
integrate these programs and to provide a channel
for federal funding.
AB 971 - Veysey
Revises numerous provisions of the Education Code
(Chapter 1628)
relating to school finance, determines the amount to
be transferred to the State School Fund from the
State General Fund for 1970-71 to be $278.92 times
the average daily attendance for the preceding school
year and revises the allocation thereof. It provides
for the use of certain modified tax rate factors in
computing supplemental support allowances to
school districts. It extends the availability of
unexpended funds previously appropriated for the
Educational Improvement Act and the Miller-Unruh
Basic Reading Act.
AB 981 - Mulford
Amends state and local open meeting laws to provide
(Chapter 1610)
that in the event that any meeting is willfully
interrupted by a group or groups of persons so as to
render the orderly conduct of such meeting unfeasible
and order cannot be restored by removing such persons,
the members of the body conducting the meeting may
order the meeting room cleared and continue in
discussion. The bill further provides that duly
accredited representatives of the press or other
news media shall be allowed to attend any such
session held pursuant to these provisions unless
they are participating in the distrbance.
AB 1029 - Revises the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, Short-Doyle Act,
Lanterman
and related privisions for care and treatment of
(Chapter 1627)
mentally disordered persons, persons impaired by
chronic alcoholism, and persons subject to judicial
commitment, and for the administration and financing
thereof.
AB 1150 - Davis
Redefines the term "policeman" for purposes of
(Chapter 1626)
provisions relating to the Social Security Act to
include warden members of the Public Employees'
Retirement System and terminates their membership
in the federal system. It increases employer contri-
bution to the retirement fund with respect to such
members by specified amount.
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AB 1165 - Sieroty
Revises the formula used in computation of local
(Chapter 1618)
agency entitlement under the Children's Center
Construction Law of 1968 to provide for apportionment
of future amounts which may be appropriated therefor.
The bill lowers maximum parental income level for
admission of children to centers on a fee-paying basis
The bill also increases the fee schedule from 14c
to 16¢, per hour per child.
AB 2403 - Lanterman Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to
(Chapter 1524)
select, subject to the availability of federal funds,
not more than four existing development center for
handicapped minors for pilot program to commence
July 1, 1971, and terminate June 30, 1972 for
mentally disordered minors.
SB 85 - Mills
Revises the division of money in the State Highway
(Chapter 1583)
Fund expended for construction of state highways
in County Group No. 1 (northern counties) and
County Group No. 2 (southern counties) from the
present 45 and 55 percent division to a 40 and 60
percent division.
SB 479 - Danielson
Appropriates $840,000 for the purchase of 4.2 acres
(Chapter 1621)
of property adjacent to California State College,
Los Angeles. (See Press Release #495).
SB 722 - Richardson
Requires that the Governor's appointments to the
(Chapter 1602)
Trustees of California State Colleges be confirmed
by a two-thirds vote of the Senate.
SB 948 - Lagomarsino
Authorizes the Superintenden of Public Instruction
(Chapter 1558)
upon recommendation of the Conservation Education
Service, to make grants to specified educational
agencies, state and local agencies for purposes
relating to conservation education in the public
schools and the preparation of teachers for
conservation education. The bill directs the
Conservation Education Service and recipients of
grants to report annually to the Department of
Education and requires the department to submit an
annual report to the legislature. The bill also
appropriates $176,000 less amounts made available
from federal funds, from the Environmental Protection
Program Fund for the 1970-71 fiscal year for
purposes of the Conservation Education Service.
SB 959 - Stevens
Creates the Ventura-Los Angeles Mountain and
(Chapter 1556)
Coastal Study Commission and prescribes its composi-
tion, powers, and duties. The bill appropriates
$100,000 from the California Environmental Protection
Program Fund, from revenues therein generated in
Los Angeles and Ventura Counties, to the Commission
for its support.
SB 992 - Teale
Amends provisions of the Education Code, redefining
(Chapter 1623)
"school dropout" to include "underachieving" pupils
who can be identified as potential "dropouts," The
bill increases the information required to be given
the State Board of Education in applying to establish
a dropout prevention program. It also empowers the
State Board of Education to grant waivers of any
provision of the Education Code necessary for the
development of an effective dropout prevention
program.
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SB 1098 - Burgener
Changes the definition of "matching funds, " "public
(Chapter 1566)
entity," and "public agency" for purposes Airport
Assistant Revolving Fund and makes definition of
"matching funds" retroactive to July 1, 1967. The
bill adds air navigational facilities to definition of
airport and aviation purposes with regard to capital
improvement expenditures. It also raises from
$2,500 to $5,000 the amount Department of Aeronautics
pays annually to public airports. The bill also
requires airport owning entity to have control over
obstructions in airspace sufficient to maintain
height restrictions in order to get payments from
fund.
SB 1187 - Moscone
Authorizes the transfer of the San Francisco
(Chapter 1527)
Maritime State Historic Park to the City and County
of San Francisco on specified terms and conditions.
SB 1199 - Burns
Revises the Horse Racing Law with respect to the
(Chapter 1609)
distribution of license fees and commissions, and
adds provisions to that law for payment of purses.
SB 1207 - Carrell
Permits the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue
(Chapter 1567)
instruction permit to qualified person age 15 years
or over, rather than 15 years and 6 months or over,
if such person is enrolled in approved driver
education course and is at same time or during the
same semester enrolled in approved driver training
course. The bill provides that no student shall take
driver training unless he is at same time taking
driver education instruction or has successfully
completed driver education.
SB. 1226 - Rodda
Revises the law relating to private educational
(Chapter 1568)
institutions and diplomas and degrees. The bill
extends to degrees various limitations presently
applicable to diplomas. It prohibits misrepresenta-
tions concerning awarded degrees which are honorary
only. It requires corporations authorized to issue
diplomas and degrees on the basis of properties owned
to file full disclosure statements with county
recorders. The bill also makes voidable at the
option of the purchaser correspondence school
contracts secured without a permit.
SB 1246 - Grunsky
Provides that the attendance of handicapped adults
(Chapter 1604)
in classes established by the county superintendent
of schools shall be included for purposes of
apportionments to the county school service fund.
The bill includes handicapped adults in the
Education Code provision requiring the
Superintendent of Public Instruction to allow
specified foundation program for specified categories
of pupils. It limits the total of such allowances
for handicapped adults to $50,000 per fiscal year.
SB 1256 - Marks
Grants allowances to parents of physically,
(Chapter 1452)
mentally, or educationally handicapped minors
attending private nonsectarian institutions,
providing such attendance has been requested by
the attending physician and approved by the
county health officer and the county superintendent
of schools.
SB 1285 - Walsh
Specifies that registered dispensing opticians
(Chapter 1624 )
shall be deemed consumers of eyeglasses, frames,
lenses and accessory products for purposes of the
Sales and Use Tax Law, effective July 1, 1971.
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SE 1291 - Sherman
Requires that specified foods contain a quantity
(Chapter 1574)
of vitamins and minerals established as standard by
the State Department of Public Health and requires
labels to specify quantity of each added nutrient that
a product contains, with specified exception. The bill
makes it unlawful for any person to manufacture,
sell, or offer for sale for human consumption in
California any processed breakfast cereal unless
such cereal contains a quantity of minerals and
vitamins specified by the department. The bill
becomes operative January 1, 1972.
SB 1317 - Burgener
Requires verbal or nonverbal individual intelligence
(Chapter 1569)
testing of minors in specified primary home language
prior to admission to a special education program
for the mentally retarded. The bill prohibits the
placement of a minor in special education class for the
mentally retarded if he scores higher than two standar
deviations below the norm, on a specified individual
intelligence test.
The bill also prohibits placement of a minor in such
class without parents' written consent obtained
after complete explanation of special education
program.
SB 1321 - Burgener
Provides that in the event the legislature amends,
(Chapter 1451)
modifies, or revokes a grant of tide and submerged
lands there shall be no impairment of the rights or
obligations of those who entered into leases or
contracts with trust grantee.
SB 1344 - Petris
Extends the tax apportionment formula to include
(Chapter 1463)
redevelopment projects where taxes were divided
prior to 1968 rather than 1966.
AB 1651 - Foran
Deletes statement of legislative policy that
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three-fourths of funds for support for children's
centers be derived from state and one-fourth from
parents. The bill provides that the fee charged
parents shall be, as nearly as possible, 16¢ rather
than 14c per hour. The bill also increases state-
wide average support per hour for each child in a
children's center from 42¢ to 52¢.
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Governor Ronald Reagan announced today the following bills have
been vetoed:
SB 186 - Nejedly
Requires the Environmental Quality Study Council to
study various aspects of the effect of population
growth and related demographic changes upon the
State of California. The bill appropriates $50,000
to the Council for the study.
Governor Reagan said: "I have already approved
SB 546 (Chapter 1116) which authorizes the Department
of Public Health to conduct demographic studies
necessary to long-range planning for health or
environmental quality. The Department has the
present capability to carry out this kind of activity
and does not anticipate any need for supplemental
state funds to support these needed studies."
SB 194 - Rodda
Grants leaves to teachers who enter the Peace Corps,
VISTA, or the Teachers Corps, the same leave rights
afforded teachers who enter the military service,
the merchant marine, or employment with the Red Cross
Governor Reagan said: "School districts already have
authority to grant leaves for such activities as the
Peace Corps, Teachers Corps, and VISTA if they so
desire. The discretion to grant such leaves should
rest with each school district.'
SB 219 - Dymally
Authorizes the Adult Authority, upon the
recommendation of the Director of Corrections, to
parole any person whose minimum sentence exceeds,
or whose combined minimum sentences exceed, five
years, and who has served a minimum of five calendar
years under such sentence or combination of sentences
Governor Reagan said: "The bill permits the release
of narcotics offenders after they have served one-
third of their mandatory minimum sentence upon the
recommendation of the Director of Corrections. The
present law was designed to confine certain narcotic
offenders who are guilty of multiple sales of
narcotics and of sales of narcotics to minors. We
have served notice in California that persons who
prey upon children and make a business out of the
illicit sale of narcotics will be dealt with firmly.
For that reason, I am opposed to any reduction in
the present mandatory minimum sentence for this type
of criminal offender,"
SB 220 - Dymally
Requires that the Los Angeles Coliseum Commission
and the Sixth District Agricultural Association be
increased by two new nonvoting legislative members,
one appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, the
other by the Speaker of the Assembly.
Governor Reagan said: "While the bill makes the
members of the legislature nonvoting members, this
change still will unbalance the relationship between
state, the city, and the county established by the
joint powers agreement. The legislature has ample
authority to review the activities of the Coliseum
Commission as it so desires. Legislative membership
is not required to make such an inquiry.
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SB 242 - Joint Committee Establishes, in any county containing a school
on Reorganization of
district with an average daily attendance of more
Large Urban Unified
than 400,000, a Commission on Large School
School Districts
District reorganization. The Commission is to
establish the boundaries for approximately twelv
or 24 administrative areas within the school
district of approximately equal size in terms
of average daily attendance, each of which is to
be administered by a nine-member board of
trustees. The commission is to submit reports
to the legislature concerning its recommendation
on all facets of reorganization of large urban
unified school districts by June 1, 1971.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "I am vetoing SB 242 because
of the overwhelming opposition to the bill from those
most concerned with education in Los Angeles. There
are many objections which are persuasive. They
include:
1) It would frustrate what the people of Los Angeles
have determined to try as their own effort at
decentralization. The Los Angeles Plan is just being
put into effect and requires a maximum use of the
resources and energies of those who would be required
to turn their attention elsewhere by SB 242.
2) The 'study' required by SB 242 has been so
prescribed that it may well be difficult to arrive
at any other conclusion than the organizational
framework which is in essence dictated by the bill.
It is not a true 'study', but rather a demand for
showing how a particular plan could be implemented.
3) There will be less accountability to the citizens
of Los Angeles because of the nature of the central
board included within the framework of SB 242.
I too am concerned about the size of the Los Angeles
School District and am gratified that decentralizing
efforts are already underway."
SB 299 - Cologne
Requires all public and private agencies when
acquiring private property by means of eminent domair
to pay the reasonable cost of the services of an
appraiser when ordered by the court where the
property is a single-family dwelling occupied by
the owner or a multiple dwelling of eight units or
less, one of which is occupied by the owner.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "Since the bill contains no
specific limitations or controls on the amount or
nature of such fees, the recoverable cost of the
appraiser's services could include not only his
initial property appraisal, but trial preparation
and trial testimony. SB 299 therefore violates the
generally established principle that each litigant
should pay its own costs for expert witnesses,
Because a residential property owner would be assure(
of having his appraisers' services paid for by the
condemnor, this bill would also result in a large
increase of condemnation filings, many more jury
trials and additional stipulated judgments."
SB 374 Stiern
Establishes the 53rd District Agricultural
Association, consisting of a designated area in Kern
County, to be known as the Desert Empire Fair.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "SB 374 would create an
additional district agricultural association in a
county already served by another district fair.
Creation of the new district would require an
additional $65,000 from the Fair and Exposition Fund
plus any money allocated from that Fund to the
proposed district for capital outlay. State policy
concerning the operation and support of the 76
existing fairs is currently under review. The
creation of an additional state-supported fair should
be deferred pending this study.
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SP 378 - Dymally
Provides that notice and an opportunity to review
and comment must be given to a school employee when
material of a derogatory nature, with specified
exceptions, is to be placed in his personnel file.
The bill provides that an employee shall have the
right to review and make written comments upon any
such derogatory statements to be placed in his file.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "This bill would reduce the
effectiveness of school employee evaluation programs.
It is one thing to know on what evidence decisions tc
deny promotion or to terminate are based so that one
may rebut irresponsible charges; it is another thing
to have the right to constantly inspect a personnel
file at times unrelated to decisions affecting the
status of an employee."
SB 433 - Bradley
Requires the Department of Corrections to reimburse
a city or county with respect to its parolees who are
incarcerated in local correctional facilities over
72 hours at the direction of the department. The
bill makes an appropriation of $273,000 for the
purposes of such reimbursement.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "Many of the parolees held in
local correctional facilities involve cooperative
arrangements with local officials pending action by
the Adult Authority. In addition, the reciprocity
of county and state costs generally favor the countie
already. Over 2,000 cases are referred per year by
counties under Section 1203.03 of the Penal Code for
study and confinement costs. The misdemeanor and
volunteer commitments to the California Rehabilitatic
Center involve considerable savings to the counties.
Counties receive additional benefits when persons
serving county jail terms are brought back to prison
early. SB 433 fails to reflect the substantial costs
incurred by the state in rendering services to local
government. This fact should be considered when
legislation of this type is being considered in the
future.
SB 454 - Lagomarsino Increases retirement benefits by 5 percent for
state employees retired on or before December 31,
1968, in addition to the cost of living adjustment.
The bill also makes the provision for increased
benefits applicable to employees of contracting
agencies if their employers elect to be subject.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "In 1967 retired state
employees received a one-time cost of living increase
of up to 12 percent which cost the state $3.8 millior
Since that time in response to the problem of
inflation, I have secured legislation providing for
1 1/2 percent annual increase in retirement income
benefits. The cost of living has risen at a greater
rate. Therefore, inorder to meet that problem, I
supported and signed Assembly Bill 3 this year. This
will provide a 2 percent cost of living adjustment.
In that same bill we also reduced the waiting period
following retirement from four years to two years.
This results in a 6 percent cost of living increase
for those employees who retired on or before
December 31, 1967, and a 4.04 percent increase for
those retiring in 1968. The additional retirement
benefits proposed in this bill will cost California's
taxpayers $990,000 this year and $1.3 million annuall
thereafter. In view of the previous added benefits
I am unable to ask California taxpayers to bear this
added burden at this time."
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SB 5:9 - Marler
Provides for a special separate transportation
allowance for junior college districts transporting
pupils residing 20 or more miles from the attendance
center.
RIASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "I am not approving this bill
because it provides additional local and state
financial support to a single school district for
what is considered to be a low priority item in
relation to the total educational program. SB 519
would result in a local transportation tax increase
of at least 12½¹₂ percent in order to provide additiona
money for transportation of a limited number of
community college students. Additional state costs
and potential program expansion would also result.'
SB 541 - Beilenson
States that it is the policy of the State of
California to make available family planning services
to all who desire them. The bill requires the State
Department of Public Health to maintain a program of
family planning services which includes the
establishment of local agencies to provide such
services to the public.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "Family planning programs
already exist within the State Department of Public
Health and are permissible under present law. Thus,
there is no need to clutter the statutes with a law
that is unnecessary."
SB 542 - Beilenson
Provides that a female minor may give consent to the
furnishing of hospital, medical and surgical care
related to the prevention of pregnancy without
requiring consent by her parents.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "This bill could be construed
to permit a minor girl to consent to a sterilization
operation without her parents' knowledge or consent.
The bill involves matters that should properly be
the concern of the parents of an unmarried minor girl
SB 554 - Dymally
Permits grants under the State College Educational
Opportunity Program to persons selected, as prescribe
for enrollment in a program authorized by the State
College Trustees, rather than requiring that such
grants be made to graduates of high schools, veterans
of the armed forces, and nominees of prescribed state
agencies.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "Removing the requirement of
high school graduation and including the educationall
disadvantaged in this program would allow students
to enter our state colleges who lack readiness for
college level programs, thereby resulting in the
tragic circumstances of failure and frustration.
Expansion of the EOP program should wait until the
Trustees of the California State Colleges have had
an opportunity to evaluate the effectiveness of the
existing program.'
SB 589 - Moscone
Makes the provisions permitting members of the
legislature who have resigned to take another public
office to receive credit for the period of service
equal to remainder of their term, applicable to
members whose credited service was as an elective
constitutional officer of the state.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "Two members are identified as
currently eligible under the bill for a total of 4½
years of service credit. Neither is apparently
eligible to retire. One will never become eligible
to retire except by addition of the service credit
provided by this bill. I question the need for this
special benefit."
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SB 626 - Stiern
Aims at providing for Williamson Act "open-space"
reimbursements to counties, but it does not provide
the necessary funds.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "As the author observed in
his letter to me, the goal of this bill's provisions
was a part of the 1970 tax reform bill, AB 1001. It
should also be noted that AB 1001 provided the funds
to finance the reimbursements. The author could have
carried out the intent of this particular legislation
by voting for the tax reform program which would
have provided the necessary reimbursement financing.
Without such financing, this legislation is a
meaningless addition to the statutes."
SB 637 - Kennick
Would extend to constitutional officers certain
provisions of the legislators' Retirement Law which
are presently applicable only to legislators. The
bill reduces the minimum number of years of service
required for retirement, regardless of age, from
15 to 14.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "Legiclators who would
benefit from the changes made by this bill have
requested that it be vetoed. Accordingly, I am
returning the measure without my signature."
SB 658 - Mills
Requires any city, county or district which licenses
dogs to maintain lists or files of names, addresses,
and telephone numbers of owners of dogs licensed and
requires list to be confidential, except for use by
public entities or humane societies, It also would
require the duly authorized animal control agency,
public pound, or humane society which acquires a
lost, stray, or abandoned dog and its owner can be
identified, to notify the owner if the owner can be
notified within the jurisdiction, as soon as
practicable.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "This bill mandates a program
on local government for which statutory authority
already exists and which has been traditionally a
matter of local concern."
SB 696 - Dills
Would exempt from the sales and use taxes gross
receipts derived from tangible personal property
used or consumed in the operation of watercraft
engaged in interstate or foreign commerce or in
commercial deep-sea fishing, principally outside the
territorial waters of this state.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "There appears to be little
justification for the extension of the benefits as
proposed by Senate Bill 696. The creation of this
exemption can only encourage other operators engaged
in interstate and foreign commerce to also seek the
benefits for all the supplies which they purchase in
this state.
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SB 904 - McCarthy
Makes applicable statewide, rather than only in
county air pollution control districts, requirement
that the discharge from any aircraft not exceed
No. 2 on the Ringlmann Chart.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "I am aware of the fact that
the existing statutes requiring smokeless engines on
jet aircraft in California will create some
difficulties for the airlines in situations where
enough new low emissions will not be available before
the deadline of January 1, 1971. In some cases the
problems are rate of replacement, in others suitable
engines are not yet designed and approved by the
F.A.A. I am in sympathy with the airlines' need for
a schedule of engine change-over that will permit the
to serve the traveling public with efficiency and
convenience. SB 904 was designed to provide relief
from the present deadline while replacement engines
were being acquired or, in some cases, designed.
However, the wording of the bill creates an ambiguity
as to the authority of county air pollution control
districts to enforce the law at local airports,
Serious air pollution conditions exist in the
vicinity of major airports in Los Angeles County---
conditions that must be alleviated with the minimum
of delay. The present law was introduced at the
request of Los Angeles County for this purpose. The
county has asked that they be given the opportunity
to apply the existing law, which already contains
procedures to arrange for aircraft operations during
the period improved jet engines are in short supply
or are being developed. I am complying with their
request."
SB 943 Moscone
Permits a member of the Public Employees' Retirement
System to contribute and receive credit for service
rendered prior to August 31, 1948, to a public
agency which maintained its own retirement system
if the service is not credited in that system.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "Extending the right to
receive retirement service credit to the limited
group of employees covered by this bill and denying
it to all other members is unfair and discriminatory.
Additional moneys which may be made available for
retirement should go to providing needed improvements
for all members. Providing this advantage to members
of the system who had similar service rendered after
1948 would add millions of dollars of costs to the
state, cities and counties and other public
jurisdictions under the Public Employees' Retirement
System.
SB 1104 Deukmejian Includes firemen employed by state agencies other
than the Division of Forestry as law enforcement
members of the Public Employees' Retirement System.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "The matter of the extension
of safety membership in the Public Employees'
Retirement System will be the subject of a legislativ
interim study. The extension of such membership
should be based upon a comprehensive plan which takes
into account for each employee category, the job
risks and hazards. Hopefully, this study will set
forth fair and equitable standards by which further
requests for safety membership can be judged."
SB 1214 Burns
Establishes an optional service pension for
legislative employee members of the Public Employees' Retirement System.
REASON FOR VETO: Governor Reagan said: "Legislative employees are
currently given the option of participating in the state's retirement
system. This bill would treat employees of the legislature in a
preferential manner and give them an added bonus above those provided
state "miscellaneous" members of 1.09 percent per year of service.'
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, Californ
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
9-21-70
#501
The following bill, vetoed yesterday by Governor Reagan, was
inadvertently unannounced:
AB 2493 - Fong
Requires the Educational Innovation Advisory
Commission to advise the State Board of Educa-
tion on improved methods for planning, evaluat-
ing, and assessing education programs; to
review and recommend specified projects; and
to submit annual reports on educational condi-
tions and needs of the state.
REASON FOR VETO:
Governor Reagan said: "I am not approving
AB 2493 because Section 5 of the bill has
serious technical deficiencies. I understand
that enactment of this legislation would
jeopardize the entire federal funding available
under Title V of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 for the 1970-71 fiscal
year."
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Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul BE
445-4571
9-22-70
#502
Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:
"The question has been raised as to whether there will be a special
session of the legislature.
"The answer very simply is---I have no intention of calling a special
session.
"Nothing could be accomplished at a special session which cannot be
done at the next regular session of the legislature which begins in
January.
"A special session would result in a total waste of the taxpayers
hard-earned money and would perpetrate a hoax on the people by falsely
suggesting that such a session could provide property tax relief this
year when in truth it would come no earlier than if the reform is voted
in the next session.
"The real and legitimate interests of our citizens would not be
served by calling a special session."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californ
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
9-24-70
#503
Governor Ronald Reagan--at the request of Assemblyman Don
Mulford, Senator Lewis Sherman and the Oakland City Council--today
declared a 250-acre section of the fire-ravaged Oakland-Berkeley hills
a disaster area,
The governor's action will enable dozens of property owners--
whose homes were destroyed or severly damaged earlier this week as
brush and timber fires swept through the area--to obtain special
property tax relief.
The disaster declaration lays the groundwork for the
reassessment of damaged property by local officials, which should
result in substantial property tax relief to those persons affected.
Meanwhile, the Reagan administration is examining all
possible sources of additional assistance, including aid from the
federal government, if eligibility exists.
The California Disaster Office reported that 37 homes were
totally destroyed in the blazes. Eighteen others were severely
damaged.
A total of 32 pumper trucks were supplied by the Disaster
Office and the State Division of Forestry to help put out the fires.
In addition, the Division of Forestry contracted for 11 air tanker
borate planes and two spotter aircraft.
Seventy inmates worked as Department of Conservation fire-
fighting crews to quell the blazes.
Damage is expected to run into the millions of dollars,
including direct fire losses to homes and property as well as
flood and erosion dangers during the coming rainy season.
Governor Reagan noted that the State Division of Forestry is
now considering reseeding the area with ground cover for erosion control
State Fire Marshall's Office personnel are assisting in
investigating the possible causes of the fire.
Governor Reagan directed special praise to the many city
and county fire departments which responded so swiftly to the call
for mutual aid assistance when Oakland officials requested it.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Califor
a
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
9-25-70
#504
Governor Ronald Reagan warning that strong, dry winds are
expected to continue to intensify the critical fire danger facing
California in the days ahead today urged citizens to use extreme
caution when visiting tinder-dry forest and watershed areas.
He said these potentially hazardous weather conditions are forecast
through the coming weekend and coincide with the scheduled opening of
deer season in the Sierra-Cascade and Southern California areas.
The governor was joined by James G. Stearns, State Director of
Conservation and State Fish and Game Director G. Raymond Arnett in
urging hunters and other persons out for the weekend to exercise great
care with cigarettes and matches,
He extended best wishes for a safe
and successful hunting trip but noted that forest fires can destroy not
only the hunting grounds but also the deer and other wildlife which
inhabit them.
Stearns said numerous wild fires have broken out in the state during
the past several days. He and U.S. Forest Service Regional Forester,
Douglas Leicz, noted that the occurrence of man-caused forest fires is
exceeding the average to date and that losses in valuable forest,
watershed and recreational areas are increasing.
Arnett urged the half-million or so hunters who are expected to
turn out for this deer season to preserve their good record of helping
to prevent forest fires.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californ a
Contact:
Paul B. K
445-4571
9-25-70
#505
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
John H. Hews, a Riverside attorney, to the Riverside County
Superior Court.
Hews, 41, a Republican, succeeds Judge John Gabbert in the
$33,396 per year post. Judge Gabbert has been elevated to a higher
court.
A native of San Bernardino, Hews is a graduate of Stanford
University and received his law degree from the University of
California School of Law at Berkeley.
He has practiced law in Riverside since 1957 and is a
partner in the firm of Walker, Sullivan, Hews and Brown.
Hews is a member of the State Bar of California, the
Riverside County Bar Association, the American Bar Association,
Phi Delta Phi Legal fraternity, the Association of Southern California
Defense Counsel and the Southern California Advisory Board of the
American Arbitration Association.
He and his wife, Virginia, have four daughters.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
9-25-70
#506
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Henry J. Broderick,
a San Francisco attorney and Marin County civic leader, to the Marin
County Superior Court. He will receive an annual salary of $33,396.
Broderick, 43, succeeds the late Judge Harold Haley who
was kidnapped and slain during an escape attempt by San Quentin prisoners
Broderick, a native of San Francisco, attended local schools
and is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley and
the Stanford University Law School.
After receiving his law degree, he practiced briefly in
San Francisco until he was called to duty with the U. S. Army as a
lieutenant in the Judge Advocate General's Corps.
When he completed his military service, he returned to
his law practice in San Francisco and since 1954 he has been a partner
in the firm of Barbagelata, Broderick, Carmazzi and Arnold.
He is active in Marin County civic affairs and has served
in numerous capacities in school affairs of the Reed Elementary School
District and the Tamalpais Union High School District.
Broderick and his wife Mary Jo have four children. The
family home is in Tiburon.
He is a Republican.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO
RELEASE: Inmediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
9-25-70
#507
Governor Ronald Reagan today declared a State
of Emergency in Los Angeles County as several major
fires raged out of control.
The governor made the declaration at the
request of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
and Sheriff Peter Pitchess as firemen fought blazes
in the Malibu and Newhall-Saugus areas.
The declaration automatically evoked mutual
aid from fire fighting agencies in surrounding areas.
State fire fighting crews are already on the
scene of the blazes and additional support will be
supplied as it is needed, the governor said.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californi
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
9-28-70
#508
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Lee E. Cooper, JI., an Ojai attorney, to the Ventura Judicial District
Municipal Court. He will receive an annual salary of $30,724.
Cooper, 38, succeeds Judge Donald Pollack, who has been
elevated to the Ventura County Superior Court bench.
A native of Los Angeles and a graduate of Glendale schools,
Cooper has been a member of the Ventura and Ojai law firm of Danch,
Ferro, Lagomarsino and Cooper since 1962.
He is a Captain in the Air Force Reserve and has served with
the Air Force's Office of Special Investigations and as a Deputy
District Attorney of Ventura County.
He has attended Glendale and John Muir Colleges and holds
Bachelor of Science and law degrees from the University of California
at Los Angeles.
Active in community affairs, he has served as an officer of
the Greater Ventura Chamber of Commerce, the Ojai Valley Junior
Chamber of Commerce, the Ojai Rotary Club, the National Rifle Association
and the Air Force Association.
He is also a member of the State Bar of California, the
Ventura County Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the
American Trial Lawyers Association, the California Trial Lawyers
Association, the Judge Advocates Association, the National Arbitration
Association, the National Panel of Arbitrators and Phi Delta Phi.
Cooper is a Republican.
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OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californ
Contact:
Paul Be
445-4571
9-28-70
#509
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointments of
11 members to the Job Training and Development Services Advisory Board
of the Department of Human Resources Development.
The newly-created board will study statewide problems of job
training and placement, review progress on the program and report their
findings to the governor, the legislature and the department director.
The members, whose appointments are subject to Senate
confirmation, are:
Mrs. Harold Saul, 2271 Carquinez Avenue, El Cerrito, president
of the League of Women Voters of Richmond, who will represent the
public. She is a Republican.
Alfred A. Figone, 44 Werner Avenue, Daly City, vice president
of the Bay Counties District of Carpenters, who will represent labor.
He is a Republican.
Allan D. Smirni, 1907 Haste Street, Berkeley, a third year
law student at Boalt Hall, who will represent higher education. He
is a Democrat.
Robert E. Smith, 2373 Prosperity Way, San Leandro, owner-manager
of Cal-Oak Agency, Oakland, and chairman of the Public Relations
Committee of the National Employment Association. A Republican, he
will represent the business community.
Dean G. Brown, P. O. Box 68, Los Olivos, president of
the Council of California Growers, who will represent agriculture.
He is a Republican.
Richard M. Lane, 555 North Bristol Street, Los Angeles,
member of the Los Angeles Equal Opportunity Commission for Apprentice-
ship Training of minority groups, will represent apprenticeship
training. He is a Republican.
Melvin L. Barlow, 3264 Mountain View Avenue, Los Angeles,
Professor of Education at the University of California, will represent
public vocational education. He is not affiliated with a political
party.
Richard S. Amador, 315 de la Fuente Drive, Monterey Park,
executive director of the Community and Human Resources Agency, Los
Angeles, will represent private vocational education. He is a Democrat.
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Father Victor M. Marquez, S.D.B., executive director of the
Salesian Boys School, 960 South Soto Street, Los Angeles, will
represent Mexican-Americans in the economically disadvantaged areas.
He is a Democrat.
Mrs. Anna G. Jensen, 738 North 9th Street, Fresno, member of
the Fresno Economic Opportunity Commission's Inter-City community
Agency, will represent caucasians from economically disadvantaged
areas. She is a Republican.
Hervy Luster, 350 Page Street, San Francisco, chairman of
the Western Addition Area Community Action Board, will represent
Negroes from economically disadvantaged areas. He is a Democrat.
HRD Director Gilbert L. Sheffield recently announced the
appointment of Peter C. Rank, #a member of the Contra Costa County
District Attorney's Office, as executive secretary to the board.
Board members will receive $25 per day while on official
duty.
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Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Be
445-4571
9-29-70
#510
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of James
M. Hall, Redondo Beach attorney, as judge of the South Bay Judicial
District Municipal Court.
Hall, 56, a Democrat, succeeds Judge Auten Bush who has been
elevated to the Los Angeles County Superior Court. He will receive
an annual salary of $30,724.
A practicing attorney in the Torrance-South Bay area for the
past 20 years, Hall is a former City Attorney of Torrance and
Maywood, and has served as a special counsel for the cities of Gardena
and Palos Verdes Estates.
A native of Los Angeles, he was graduated from local elementary
schools and the Manual Arts High School of Los Angeles, serving as
its student body president in 1933.
He also attended the University of Southern California, the
University of California at Los Angeles and earned his law degree from
Southwestern University.
A past president of the Inglewood-South Bay Bar Association,
he has also been active in the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the
American Bar Association, the South Bay Bar Association and the American
Judicature Society.
He and his wife, Christine have three children. The family
home is in Rolling Hills Estates.
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OFFICE or THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Bec
445-4571
9-29-70
#511
Governor Ronald Reagan today ordered an immediate investigation of
ways and means to minimize watershed flooding problems anticipated in
Southern California this winter as the result of the worst series of
brush and timber fires in the state's history.
The governor called upon the directors of the state departments of
Water Resources, Conservation, Fish and Game, and the chairman of the
State Water Resources Control Board to begin immediate and personal
contacts with federal and local officials and to recommend on an urgent
priority basis---a cooperative course of action to minimize the very real
dangers which exist.
"Heavy rains or flood conditions this winter," he said "could create
excessive damage in watersheds of the seven-county area now undergoing
severe fire damage over almost half-a-million acres.
"Prompt and cooperative action to minimize flood dangers on these
fire-ravaged watersheds could be the turning point for lives and property
damage this winter in the devastated Southern California area, he said.
Severe storms in January and February of 1969 caused excessive
damage to public and private property within the Glendora area, after a
20,000 acre watershed had been burned in July and August of 1968.
The fire area was reseaded by the Division of Forestry in October,
said the governor, but the following rains were too heavy and too early
to allow the ground cover to take effect. No official estimate on total
flood damage as a result of burned-out watersheds was possible, but the
U.S. Forest Service estimated $26 million alone in damages to the roads
in Angeles National Forest. The City of Glendora suffered $8 million in
property damages from floods alone.
Recently, the governor signed into law a bill (AB-1469) backed by
his administration which assigns to the Director of Water Resources the
responsibility of determining an emergency where damage to watershed
lands by forest fires has created an imminent danger from flooding or
run-off on burned-over watersheds.
The bill authorizes the Department of Water Resources to provide such
watershed stabilization preventive measures as installation of check
dams in the canyons, enlargement of dirt channels downstream, installation
of temporary debris basins, and other physical works.
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RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Bec
445-4571
9-29-70
#512
Governor Ronald Reagan today described a two-state border inspection
facility being built jointly by California and Arizona as "a significant
example of how interstate cooperation can help both states operate more
efficiently and still save the taxpayers money."
He said the unique project is believed to be the first two-state
facility of its type in the country. Over one-third of all commercial
produce entering or leaving California is inspected at the Winterhaven
location.
The governor's comments came as the California Department of General
Services awarded an $85,244 contract to W. M. Ferguson Construction and
W. M. Ferguson, Inc., a joint venture, El Centro, to build a multi-use
agricultural quarantine and inspection station at Winterhaven, near the
California-Arizona border in Imperial County.
Construction of the station is the final phase of a $240,000 project
with Arizona paying all but $25,000 of that sum. The project is the
culmination of efforts that began over three years ago to establish an
inspection station on Interstate Highway 8 for the joint use of the two
states.
The California Office of Architecture and Construction is the
architect and engineer on the project.
The station is being built under an agreement between the California
and Arizona agricultural departments.
"By paying to have this station built, Arizona is saving itself the
cost of setting up inspection facilities at various points along
Interstate 8 as it enters Arizona at Yuma," Governor Reagan said.
Arizona inspects all vehicles entering the state for plant pests and
diseases.
"At the same time, the California taxpayer is saving at least $50,000
because our fruit and vegetable standardization inspectors will have full
use of the facility being financed by Arizona. Otherwise, we would have
had to build a station ourselves to monitor outbound shipments of produce
for compliance with California quality and marketing standards.
"The new facility will provide eastbound traffic on Interstate 8
with a one-stop Arizona-California inspection site. This means greater
efficiency of operation and money savings for both states," the governer
said.
The new structure will be just across the Interstate 8 freeway from
California's present Winterhaven quarantine station and will be similar
to it in appearance.
Construction is expected to begin around the first of November and
should be completed by early spring.
As part of the total project, California's Winterhaven quarantine
station has been modified at its present site to handle freeway traffic
needs, and will continue its present schedule of operations.
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Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Be
445-4571
9-29-70
#513
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
David B. Walker, an Escondido attorney, to the North County Judicial
District Municipal Court.
Walker, 43, will succeed Judge Daniel Leedy who has been
elevated to a San Diego County Superior Court. Walker will receive
an annual salary of $30,724.
A member of the Escondido law firm of Walker, Walker and Gann
since 1967, Walker is a former member of the San Diego County
Counsel's Office and has served as a Deputy District Attorney and
a Deputy Sheriff in Los Angeles County.
He is a graduate of Yale University and received his law degree
from the University of Southern California Law School.
Walker is a member of the State Bar of California, the San
Diego Bar Association, Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity, the Palomar
Family YMCA board of directors and has been active in United Fund
Crusade campaigns.
He and his wife, Virginia, have two children. The family
lives in Escondido.
Walker is a Republican.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Bec
445-4571
9-29-70
#514
In response to a request by Governor Ronald Reagan, President
Nixon today declared California a major disaster area. The governor
issued the following statement on being informed of the President's
decision:
"This action will bring immediate and long-range relief to the
many Californians who are victims of the worst fires in our state's
history.
"It will make federal funds available to supplement state
and local resources to bring relief to those who have lost their
possessions and their property.
"In addition, it provides the means through which fire victims
can receive long term low interest loans to rebuild their homes, their
businesses and their farms; to clean up fire debris from public and
private property, and it will allow those who are out of work because
of the disaster, to receive special unemployment compensation.
"On behalf of the fire victims, I want to personally thank the
President for his immediate response to my request."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Be
445-4571
9-30-70
#515
Governor Ronald Reagan today named 65 members to three-year
terms on the Areawide Mental Retardation Program Board. The Board,
created by the 1969 legislature, will plan, coordinate and encourage
the development of mental retardation services throughout the state.
Members for Area 1, which includes the counties of Humboldt,
Del Norte, Mendocino and Lake are:
Humboldt County Supervisor Donald F. Peterson, 434 Bayside
Road, Bayside, who will represent the public. He is a Republican.
William J. Guimond, 2826 B Street, Eureka, principal of the
Morris Elementary School at McKinleyville, who will represent
professionals. He is a Republican.
Del Norte County Supervisor Wallace V. Hight, Lake Earl Drive,
Crescent City, who will represent the public. He is a Democrat.
Mrs. Marian L. Roden, P. 0. Box 451, Mendocino, who will
represent professionals. She is a Democrat.
Dr. Donald E. Coolahan, 510 Lakeshore Drive, Lucerne, professional
He is a Republican.
Members for Area 2, which includes Siskiyou, Modoc, Trinity,
Lassen, Shasta, Tehama, Plumas, Glenn and Butte Counties are:
Joseph F. McGie, Route 2, Box 16, Gridley, retired director
of special services for Butte County schools, professional member. He
is a Democrat.
John D. Mitchell, 657 Gary Court, Redding, psychologist for
Shasta County Schools, professional member. He is not affiliated with a
political party.
Earl L. Sage, 2209 River Street, Susanville, director of
special services for Lassen County schools, professional member. He
is a Republican.
Mrs. D. C. Swinney, 230 Sycamore Street, Gridley, Butte County
Children's Librarian, professional member. She is a Democrat.
Mrs. Joyce M. Steven, 1725 Walbridge Street, Red Bluff, a
housewife, public member. She is a Democrat.
Members for Area 3, which includes Yuba, Sutter, Colusa, Yolo,
Sierra, Nevada, Placer, El Dorado, Alpine and Sacramento Counties are:
Robert A. Anderson, 1020 Long Avenue, Placerville, director of
special education, El Dorado County Schools, professional. He is a
Republican.
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Tony Chunest ey, 1308 Antoinette Street Woodland, director
of the Yolo County Sheltered Workshop, professional. He is a Democrat.
Dr. J. Garland Stroup, 3370 Barberry Lane, Sacramento, a
pediatrician, professional. He is a Republican.
Dr. Eleanor W. Thonis, 315 Fourth Street Wheatland, special
education instructor, professional. She is not affiliated with a
political party.
Mrs. Loretta A. Erbacher, 1172 25th Avenue, Sacramento, a
housewife, parent representative. She is a Democrat.
Members for Area 4, which includes Sonoma, Solano and Napa
Counties are:
Mrs. Helen F. Hugo, 1707 H Street, Napa, chairman of the
Community Work Training Center for Handicapped Youth, professional.
She is a Democrat.
Dr. Daniel H. Muller, 102 La Montanita Court, Vallejo,
superintendent of special education Solano County Schools, professional.
He is a Democrat.
Dr. James R. West, 744 Elm Drive, Petaluma, pediatrician;
professional. He is a Democrat.
Mrs. Duncan MacDonald, 1226 Bertha Lane, Santa Rosa, housewife,
public member. She is a Republican.
James H. Spaulding, 114 Combs Lane, Vallejo, Vallejo district
superintendent of Pacific Gas and Electric Company, public member. He
is a Republican.
Members for Area 5, which includes Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin
San Francisco and San Mateo Counties are:
Contra Costa County Superior Court Judge Richard E. Arnason,
11 Millthwaite Drive, Martinez, public. He is a Democrat.
Dr. Jerome P. Mednick, 7 Locksley Lane, San Rafael, pediatric
neurologist, professional. He is not affiliated with a political party.
Mrs. Marston H. Westbrook, 1127 Olive Avenue, Fremont,a public
member. She is a Republican.
Milton F. Reiterman, 294 Wilshire Avenue, Daly City, associate
superintendent of the San Francisco Unified School District, professional
He is not affiliated with a political party.
Leo Guidotti, 6015 East Castro Valley Avenue, Castro Valley,
operator of a home for retarded children, professional. He is a
Republican.
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Members for Area 6, which includes Amador, San Joaquin, Calaveras
Tuolumne and Stanislaus Counties are:
Leander W. Binna, 3101 Williamsburg Way, Modesto, psychologist
for the Oakdale Joint Union School, professional. He is a Democrat.
Harold A. Clark, 1604 Kruger Drive, Modesto, John F. Kennedy
School instructor, professional. He is a Democrat.
Charles M. Moody, 435 Tuxedo Avenue, Stockton, coordinator of
the Mental Retardation Unit, San Joaquin County Mental Health Services,
professional. He is a Democrat.
Dr. Frances D. Riggs, 2143 Pennington Court, Stockton, a
pediatrician at San Joaquin General Hospital; professional. She is a
Democrat.
San Joaquin County Supervisor Clifford C. Wisdom, 1179 Elmwood
Avenue, Stockton; public. He is a Republican.
Members for Area 7, which includes Santa Clara, San Benito,
Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties are:
Dr. Michael D. Stein, 1680 Laurelwood Avenue, San Jose, a
pediatrician; professional. He is a Democrat.
Richard G. Grey, 25044 La Loma Drive, Los Altos Hills, vice
president of operations for Vidar Corporation; professional. He is
a Republican.
Richard D. Struck, 207 Arbolado Drive, Watsonville, director
of programs for exceptional children and pupil personnel services
Government Center, Santa Cruz; professional. He is a Democrat.
Mrs. Mary Ada Morton, R. N., 24825 Santa Rita Street, Carmel,
Carmel Convalescent Hospital; professional. She is a Republican.
Mrs. Max Shaffer, 1215 Emerson Street, Palo Alto, housewife;
parent. She is a Republican.
Members for Area 8, which includes Merced, Mariposa, Madera,
Fresno, Tulare, Kings and Kern Counties are:
Mrs. Margaret G. Hansen, 1528 - 18th Street, Kingsburg,
director of the Tulare County Training Center for the Handicapped,
professional. She is a Republican.
Dr. A. Marion LeCount, 405 East Lansing Way, Fresno, Clovis
Unified School District psychologist; professional. No political
affiliation.
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George P. Valos, 1921 University Avenue, Bakersfield,
assistant superintendent of special schools and services, Bakersfield;
professional. He is a Democrat.
Mrs. Paul Hillmann, 743 West Cleveland, Porterville; public
representative. She is a Republican.
Merced County Supervisor Harry P. Schmidt, 2649 Schmidt Road,
Gustine; public representative. He is a Democrat.
Members for Area 9, which includes San Luis Obispo, Santa
Barbara and Ventura Counties are:
Sister dePaul Williams, D. C., administrator of St. Vincent's
School, 4200 Calle Real, Santa Barbara; professional. No political
affiliation.
Mrs. Mary M. Lyons, 432 Staunton Street, Camarillo, executive
director of the Ventura Education Center; professional. She is a
Democrat.
Mrs. Blanche J. Clark, 460 Fellowship Road, Santa Barbara,
a parent. She is a Republican.
Mrs. Margaret H. Waters, 308 Westmont, San Luis Obispo, a
parent representative. She is a Republican.
Mrs. Shirley V. Hendershot, 1018 West Douglas Avenue, Oxnard,
Ventura County special schools teacher; professional. She is a
Republican.
Members for Area 10 which includes Los Angeles County, are:
Dr. David Bilovsky, 3647 Cadman Drive, Los Angeles, California
State College psychologist; professional. He is a Democrat.
Dr. Miriam G. Wilson, 2050 Mandeville Canyon, Los Angeles,
USC School of Medicine; professional. He is a Democrat.
Mrs. Eleanor Remillard, 6320 Day Street, Tujunga, senior
public health nurse, Los Angeles County Health Department; professional.
She is a Democrat.
Dr. Edwin J. Staley, 863 Castac Place, Pacific Palisades,
executive director of Recreational and Health Services Planning Council
Los Angeles; professional. He is a Democrat.
Miss Kathlyn L. Schwent, 400 - 15th Place, Manhattan Beach;
public. She is a Democrat.
Members for Area 11, Orange County, are:
Floyd S. Stevens, Jr., 414 South Diamond, Santa Ana; parent
representative. No political affiliation.
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David S. Robertson, 4600 Roxbury Drive, Corona Del Mar,
attorney; professional. He is a Republican.
Mrs. Thomas M. Yedor, 18441 Dodge Avenue, Santa Ana; public.
She is a Republican.
Bernardo M. Yorba, 5440 Santa Ana Canyon Road, Anaheim; public.
He is a Republican.
Mrs. Leslie Ferrell, 1431 East La Palma, Anaheim; public. She
is a Republican.
Members for Area 12 which include Mono, Inyo, San Bernardino
and Riverside Counties are:
Mrs. Ann L. Ivey, 6110 Geremander Avenue, Rialto, assistant
director of public health, San Bernardino County; professional. She
is a Republican.
John H. Morant, Jr., 10717 Cochran Avenue, Riverside, executive
director of the Riverside County Association for Retarded Children;
professional. No political affiliation.
Glendora Fire Department Captain George H. Dixon, 5441 El
Morado Street, Montclair; public. A Republican.
Mrs. Peter Wagner, 1460 Tulare Way, Upland; parent. She is
a Republican.
Dr. Neil E. Brooks, 1150 Central Avenue, Riverside, coordinator
of special training, Riverside County Schools; professional. He is
a Republican.
Members for Area 13, which includes Aan Diego and Imperial
Counties, are:
Mrs. Veda F. Jenkins, 2404 C Street, San Diego; parent. She
is a Democrat.
Mrs. Kathleen C. Nicolaysen, Route 5, Box 274, Escondido;
parent. She is a Democrat.
Mrs. Alice M. Pendleton, 435 Santa Clara Drive, Vista,
executive director of North San Diego County Association for Retarded
Children; professional. She is a Republican.
John R. Sorbo, 10505 Grandview Drive, La Mesa, attorney;
public representative. He is a Republican.
Charles W. Muse, 4214 Summit Drive, La Mesa; public representative
He is a Republican.
Board members receive necessary expenses.
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