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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
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Collection: Reagan, Ronald: Gubernatorial Papers,
1966-74: Press Unit
Folder Title: Press Releases -
October 1970-November 1970
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californ
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
10-1-70
#516
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Thomas F. Matthews, co-publisher of the Tracy Press, to the Board
of Directors of the Second District Agricultural Association (San
Joaquin County Fair).
Matthews, 39, will fill the unexpired term of the late
Merrill F. West of Tracy. The term ends January 15, 1974.
Matthews, a Republican, lives at 8717 West Valpico Road, Tracy,
with his wife and three children.
Board members are paid necessary expenses.
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Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Bec
445-4571
10-1-70
#517
Governor Ronald Reagan today extended the state of emergency he
declared last weekend in three southern California counties to also
include Kern county.
The governor acted at the request of the Kern County Board of
Supervisors who reported that more than 48,000 acres have been burned
with brush and timber fires still raging out of control in some areas.
Last Friday the governor made Los Angeles county a disaster area;
extended the state of emergency to Ventura county on Saturday; and to
San Diego county on Sunday.
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GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
10-2-70
#518
Governor Ronald Reagan has asked federal, local and private
sector leaders to meet in Los Angeles on Thurs Thursday Tuesday, October 8, to plan
preventive action to protect fire-ravaged watersheds in Southern
California from winter rain and flood damage.
"California has suffered the greatest brush and timber fire
disaster in its history," said the governor, "and we intend to take
every possible action now to prevent another disaster from floods this
winter."
The governor will personally open the conference at 9:30 a.m.,
Thursday, October 8, in the International Hotel at the Los Angeles
International Airport.
"This will be a working meeting," said the governor, "to
identify the problem areas and to establish what each agency can
contribute in the fields of expertise, equipment and funds.
"No single agency can cope with a program of such magnitude,"
he pointed out, "but by working together- the public agencies and the
private agencies we can protect vast areas of our state against a
possible flood disaster.
"The time for action is now. We intend to protect the people
and the property of California to the best of our capabilities and
to use every resource available to us to do so."
Telegrams signed by Governor Reagan have been dispatched to
the Chairmen of Boards of Supervisors in Alameda, Kern, Los Angeles,
Monterey, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego and Ventura
Counties, and to the Mayors of Los Angeles, Oakland and San Diego.
The governor also sent telegrams to Interior Secretary Hickel,
Agriculture Secretary Hardin, and Defense Secretary Laird, asking for
conference participation from the appropriate federal agencies within
their jurisdictions. The federal Office of Emergency Preparedness, and
the U. S. Corps of Engineers have also been asked to send representatives.
State Departments attending the meeting include Water
Resources, Conservation, Fish and Game, Agriculture, Finance, Public
Health, Public Works, the California Disaster Office and the State Water
Resources Control Board.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californ
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
10-2-70
#519
A worldwide market development program geared to increase
exports to foreign countries of selected American products is being
launched by the U. S. Department of Commerce in cooperation with the
State of California, Governor Ronald Reagan announced today.
The Commerce Department is making available comprehensive
surveys identifying products made in the United States, along with
overseas markets where they would offer the best sales possibilities,
the governor said. The surveys, which not only cover current market
factors but also outline export projections for the next three to
five years, are contained in a series of reports entitled "World
Markets for U. S. Exports."
Among the first products to be aggressively promoted are
electronic data processing equipment and related computer and
programming systems. The more than 270 EDP manufacturing firms in
California represent a significant portion of the nation's computer
producers and are a vital segment of the state's economy.
Other products to be promoted overseas include food processing
and packaging equipment and machinery; pumps, valves and compressors;
electronic instrumentation equipment; agricultural machinery and air
conditioning and refrigeration units.
In addition to the market reports, the Global Marketing Program
of the Commerce Department also offers a variety of trade lists, trade
contact surveys, agent/distributor services and detailed information
about overseas trade shows and missions.
California firms or individuals interested in obtaining
information about this new export program should contact the Bureau
of International Commerce in the U. S. Department of Commerce's Field
Offices in Los Angeles or San Francisco, or the State of California
Department of Commerce in Sacramento.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Califor
a
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
10-2-70
#520
At the request of the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors,
Governor Reagan today extended the state of emergency he has already
declared in four Southern California Counties to also include San
Bernardino County.
As a result of the worst timber and brush fires in California's
history, the Governor yesterday made Kern County a disaster area and
proclaimed states of emergency in Los Angeles, Ventura and San Diego
Counties over the past weekend.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
10-5-70
#521
Governor Ronald Reagan today proclaimed Wednesday, November 11,
as Prisoner of War Day in California.
The governor took the action to aid the efforts of groups
seeking signatures of citizens on petitions urging the humane treatment
of American military men held by the North Vietnamese.
The governor's proclamation setting POW Day on November 11,
(normally celebrated as Veteran's Day), was initiated through the
efforts of Lieutenant Governor Ed Reinecke who has headed a three month
campaign to consolidate the efforts of all groups dealing with the POW
situation.
Reinecke's office has sent out more than 10,000 letters to
newspaper publishers, radio and television executives, veterans' groups,
service clubs, civic organizations and many other groups seeking their
support of the POW project.
Governor Reagan said, "I applaud the efforts of all those
involved in this non-partisan drive seeking the humane treatment of
our men held prisoner by the North Vietnamese.
"The power of the people can be illustrated if Californians will
get behind this effort, which seeks compliance by the North Vietnamese
with the Geneva Convention on the humane treatment of prisoners of
war.
"It is with this thought in mind that I am happy to join in
the effort and designate November 11 as Prisoner of War Day in
California. I urge each and every citizen to sign available petitions
and send them to Room 209, State Capitol, Sacramento, where preparations
are being made to forward all of them to the proper authorities in
Paris or Hanoi."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
10-5-70
#522
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
John N. McLaurin, a Los Angeles attorney to the California Law Revision
Commission, subject to Senate confirmation.
McLaurin, 55, a Democrat, will fill the unexpired term of
Lewis K. Uhler of San Gabriel, who was appointed chief of the State
Office of Economic Opportunity by Governor Reagan in July. The term
ends October 1, 1971.
A partner in the firm of Hill, Farrer and Burrill, McLaurin
is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. He is also a
member of the State Bar of California, the American Bar Association,
the Los Angeles County Bar and the Orange County Bar Association.
He is a graduate of the University of California at Los
Angeles and holds a law degree from the University of Southern California
Law School.
McLaurin is married and has four children. His home
is at 825 Flintridge Avenue, Pasadena.
Commission members are paid $20 per day and necessary expenses.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californi
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
10-5-70
#523
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today the state has appealed
the ruling of a federal court judge which alleges that California is
out of conformity with federal welfare requirements.
He said the state is studying all possible courses of action
to fully protect the interests of California taxpayers while the appeal
is pending.
The governor said that California also will seek to have a
recommendation by a federal hearing examiner--that the state is
allegedly out of compliance--overruled by the Secretary of Health,
Education and Welfare in Washington, D.C.
"The fact is" he said, "California leads every major state in
aid to the blind, aged and disabled, and is ahead of 37 other states
in average payments to recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent
Children.
"Despite California's unparalleled generosity to the needy on
welfare, the federal court decision we are appealing could conceivably
add $3.1 billion to the tax burden of California citizens--since the
ruling puts into potential jeopardy all federal welfare funds received
in California since July 1, 1969.
"For a court to demand such a price to threaten to cut off
federal funds and hold that threat over the heads of California taxpayers
and recipients alike, in order to satisfy a bureaucratic ritual--is
absurd and utterly ridiculous," he said
The governor called the court ruling, issued September 10 in
San Francisco, "unreasonable and absolutely wrong," and expressed
confidence that when the Appellate Court hears all of California's
arguments the state's position will prevail.
"We have already been assured by HEW in Washington that
California need not increase the size of its already generous welfare
grants.
"Only a vast welfare bureaucracy intent on perpetuating itself
and its own interests--without regard to the legitimate interests of
the taxpayers--would allow itself to somehow accept the notion that a
state so generous to the truly needy could be 'out of conformity.'
"The fact is the whole conformity issue boils down to a matter
of technical and procedural differences--semantics--which have little,
if any, relationship to the real issues-of helping those who truly
need public assistance, and of protecting the already overburdened
taxpayer," he said.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR.
RELEASE: immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
10-8-70
#524
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Dr. Bernhardt N. Thal, Berkeley optometrist, to the State Board of
Optometry in the Department of Professional and Vocational Standards.
Dr. Thal, 52, who lives at 150 Lawson Road, Kensington, will
fill the unexpired term of the late Dr. George I. Deane, Jr., of Merced,
which expires June 1, 1973.
Dr. Thal is a Democrat.
Board members are paid $25 per diem while on official duty.
# # #
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Imme ate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
10-9-70
#525
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today that $2.2 million
in federal matching funds will be made available to local government
for the acquisition and development of outdoor recreation facilities
in "urban impacted areas" of California.
(Urban impacted areas are defined as high density, low
income neighborhoods where the residents lack transportation
facilities to get to recreational areas).
The study, initiated by the Governor's Office, was
conducted by the State Department of Parks and Recreation to identify
the major recreation problems of these areas and recommend a positive
course of action to help alleviate these problems.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
MEMO
T THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
10-9-70
C O-R-R-E-C-T-I-O-N
In Press Release #525, dated today, delete paragraph 3 and add
the following information:
The funds were made available as a result of a study initiated
by the Governor's Office and the State Department of Parks and
Recreation to identify the major recreation problems of these areas
and recommend a positive course of action to help alleviate these
problems.
The governor said the $2.2 million in grant funds will come from
the state's share of federal land and water conservation funds. The
money to be matched by local public agencies, will provide a total of
$4.4 million for acquisition, development, and improvement of leisure
time facilities in the major impacted areas of the state. Technical
assistance will be provided by such state agencies as the departments
of Fish and Game and Parks and Recreation.
The study identifies 16 major areas in California as "urban
impacted areas." In 1960, these areas contained nearly 2 million
people with an average family income of less than $4,000. Nearly half
of the families did not have a car.
The study concludes that opportunities for "close to home" outdoor
recreation is the most critical need in these areas.
The areas are located within the cities of Bakersfield, Fresno,
Long Beach, Los Angeles, Oakland, Pasadena, Richmond, Sacramento,
San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Ana, Stockton,
Vallejo, and Venice.
The $2.2 million in grants to these areas will be apportioned by
population, with 48 percent or $1,056,000 to Los Angeles, 23 percent
or $506,000 to the San Francisco Bay Area, 14 percent or $308,000 to
the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valleys, and 15 percent or $330,000 to
that part of Southern California outside of Los Angeles County.
# # #
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OFFICE OF THE GOVER
R
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
MEMO TO THE PRESS
445-4571
10-14-70
At 11:25 this morning Governor Reagan will meet briefly with his
nine community relations consultants from around the state, including
former world light-heavy-weight champion Archie Moore who has worked
as a consultant for the past three months.
At 11:30 Norman W. Whipple, president of the Covelo Indian
Community Council, will present a plaque to the governor commending
him on his decision not to flood Round Valley.
At 11:50 the governor will be photographed with Mrs. Ronald
Sytnicki of the Sacramento Symphony League, calling attention to
Symphony Week October 17-24.
Photo coverage is invited.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Califor a
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
10-14-70
#526
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Raymond D. Johnson, Santa
Barbara County administrative officer, to the State Building Standards
Commission, subject to Senate confirmation.
He will fill the unexpired term of William J. Stark of Long
Beach which ends January 1, 1972. Stark has resigned.
Johnson, 49, who has served in his present post since 1968,
will represent local government on the commission.
A Republican, he lives at 202 East Pedregosa Street, Santa
Barbara.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELL E: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
10-14-70
#527
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Joseph D. Devine of
the San Francisco Bay Pilots to a four-year-term as a member of the
Pilotage Rate Committee for San Francisco, San Pablo and Suisun Bays.
Devine, who lives at 725 Laguna Honda Boulevard, San Francisco,
succeeds Captain George E. Melanson of San Rafael, whose term has expired.
Devine is a Democrat.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
REL SE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californ_a
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
10-14-70
#528
Governor Ronald Reagan today reappointed Mrs. W. Glenn
Campbell to a four-year-term on the Western Interstate Commission for
Higher Education, subject to Senate confirmation.
Dr. Campbell, a member of the commission since 1967, and a
Senior Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, is a
distinguished educator, economist and author.
She holds a B.S. Degree from Simmons College in Boston and an
M. A. and Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University's Radcliffe College.
She is a member of President Nixon's Citizens' Advisory Council
on the Status of Women, a member of the Task Force on Taxation of the
President's Council on Environmental Quality and a member of the
Advisory Committee to the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare on
Health Protection and Disease Prevention.
She and her husband have three children. The family home
is at 26915 Alejandro Drive, Los Altos Hills.
Mrs. Campbell is a Republican.
# # #
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OFFICE OF THE GOVER
RELEASE:
mediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
10-19-70
#529
Governor Ronald Reagan today named San Rafael attorney David
Menary Jr. to the Marin County Municipal Court bench.
Menary, 43, succeeds Judge Hadden Roth who retired. In his new
duties, Menary will receive an annual salary of $30,724.
A life-long resident of Marin County, Menary attended San Rafael
public schools and served in the U.S. Navy from 1945-46.
Following two years of study at College of Marin, he went on to
graduate from the University of San Francisco in 1949 with a B.S.
degree in Business Administration.
Three years later he was graduated from Stanford University Law
School and was admitted to the State Bar in 1953.
He began his legal career as a member of the Marin County District
Attorney's Office. In 1955, he entered private practice and, for the
past thirteen years, has been a partner in the San Rafael law firm of
Nelson, Boyd, Menary and MacDonald.
Menary, a Republican, served on the San Rafael City Council from
1959 until 1963 when he was elected city attorney. He was re-elected to
the post in 1967.
He serves as a director of the Marin County Bar Association and the
San Rafeal Rotary Club. He is also a vice president and director of the
San Rafael National Little League and the San Rafael Junior Bulldogs
(Pop Warner Football).
He and his wife, Nancy, have three children,
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
10-19-70
#530
Governor Ronald Reagan today reappointed three members to
three-year-terms on the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training
subject to Senate confirmation.
They are Ukiah City Manager Lyell C. Cash, a member since
1968; Alameda County Administrator Earl Strathman, a member since 1967;
and Los Angeles Deputy Police Chief Robert A. Houghton, a member since
1969.
Cash, a Democrat, represents cities; Strathman, a Democrat,
represents counties; and Houghton, a Republican, represents chiefs of
police.
Commissioners receive necessary expenses.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Inudediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
10-20-70
#531
Governor Ronald Reagan today named four new members to the
Psychology Examining Committee in the Department of Professional and
Vocational Standards.
They are: Dr. Wallace V. Lockwood, 5935 Folsom Drive,
La Jolla; Dr. Charles V. Durham, 29 Nora Way, Atherton; Dr. Robert W.
Miller, 36201 Valencia Avenue, San Bernardino; and Nevin W. George,
43 Maywood Way, San Rafael.
Dr. Lockwood, a member of Psychology Associates of San
Diego, succeeds Dr. Maurice Rapkin of Sherman Oaks, whose term has
expired. Dr. Lockwood is not affi liated with a political party.
Dr. Durham, a member of the firm of Rohrer, Hibler and
Replogle of Burlingame, succeeds Dr. Read D. Tuddenham of Kensington.
He is a Republican.
Dr. Miller, who practices in San Bernardino, succeeds
Dr. Phillip Oderberg of Los Angeles, whose term has expired. Dr. Miller
is a Democrat.
George, manager of Financial Analysis and Forecasts for
the Finance Department of the Standard Oil Company of California in
San Francisco, succeeds Dr. Evelyn B. Collins of Los Angeles, whose
term has expired. George, a Republican, will serve as the public
member of the committee.
Committee members serve four-year-terms and receive $25
per diem while on official duty.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
10-21-70
#532
Governor Ronald Reagan today proclaimed Monterey and
Riverside Counties as disaster areas as a result of September 25
forest and brush fires.
The declaration, made at the request of the Boards of
Supervisors in the two counties, will enable residents who have
suffered losses from the fire to obtain special property tax relief
and other assistance from the state and federal governments if they are
eligible.
The governor had previously proclaimed Alameda, Los
Angeles, Kern, San Diego and Ventura Counties as disaster areas because
of the worst fires in the state's history.
# # #
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OFFICE OF THE GOVEI
R
RELEAS
Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
10-21-70
#533
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed a 21-year-old
university student to a four-year-term on the Air Resources Board.
He is John G. Holmes of 6636 Sabado Tarde, Goleta, a junior,
majoring in chemistry and chemical engineering at the University of
California at Santa Barbara.
Holmes is the third student to be appointed to a major state
board by the governor. The others are Thomas M. Bonnicksen of Berkeley,
a forest ecology major at UC Berkeley, who was named to the State
Park and Recreation Commission, and Tom Young of French Gulch, a
California State Polytechnic College student, who was named to the
Scenic Highway Advisory Committee.
Holmes will succeed Mrs. Stella Younglove of Riverside,
a member of the board since 1967, who resigned after requesting the
governor to appoint a deserving student in her place.
In announcing the appointment, the governor said "Holmes is
typical of many of our young people who have a deep concern for the
future of this nation and want to contribute their skills and talents
to working for a better tomorrow. His interest in solving the problems
of air pollution and his dedication to the goal of a clean California
will not only be of value to the important work of the Air Resources
Board but will also encourage other responsible students to become
involved in constructive efforts to improve the world they will
inherit."
The governor also praised Mrs. Younglove for her dedicated
service to the Air Resources Board.
"I think it is typical of Mrs. Younglove's concern for this
state and its future that she requested that the voice of its young
be heard in determining that future," he said.
The governor also announced the reappointment of John G.
Miles, 305 Sonoma Street, Eureka, a consulting forester, to a four-
year-term on the board. Miles, who is active in state and
national forestry and conservation organizations, has serve on the
board since 1968.
Both appointments are subject to Senate confirmation.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE: I ediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
10-22-70
#534
The following statement, by Governor Ronald Reagan, was read today
by State Business and Transportation Secretary James Hall at a ground
breaking ceremony in Sacramento for Operation Breakthrough.
The ceremony, at the site of the old State Fairgrounds, was
attended by George Romney, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development.
Governor Reagan said:
"Today is a proud day for Sacramento and the State of California.
"For many years the nation has looked to California for new housing
ideas. Whether it be a new style kitchen, indoor-outdoor living, or
the California ranch house, California has been in the forefront of
housing.
"Once again, in this first Operation Breakthrough ground breaking,
California is leading the way to better housing for all. I want to
congratulate all those persons who have made this breakthrough possible.
"From the very earliest conception of Operation Breakthrough, the
thrust of the program has been to encourage a partnership of industry,
labor, consumer and all levels of government. The efforts of this
partnership have made it possible to achieve, in the short space of
18 months, a record of accomplishment which will surely have a positive
impact on the quality and quantity of housing to be produced in this
country.
"I want to congratulate Secretary Romney for his vigorous efforts
to make this program a success and his presence here today indicates
the importance which the Nixon administration attaches to the whole
concept of innovative housing.
"I am also proud of the efforts which have been made by the
California State Department of Housing and Community Development and
the State Department of General Services, along with the enthusiastic
participation of the City of Sacramento. This has been a true
partnership effort at every level of government, in cooperation with the
private sector.
"Of course, no mention of California's housing efforts is complete
without a reference to the new factory-built housing law authored by
Assemblyman Pete Wilson and strongly supported by the Reagan
administration, which complements Operation Breakthrough by providing
uniform statewide standards under which innovative factory-built housing
may be produced and distributed throughout the state.
"I want to extend a hearty welcome to everyone who has made this
housing partnership possible.'
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE: Im diate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
10-22-70
#535
Governor Ronald Reagan today sent the following open letter to
the employees of the Sacramento Air Materiel Area, McClellan Air Force
Base:
"Recently I have received letters from some of you concerning rumors
alleging the potential closing of the Sacramento Air Materiel Area at
McClellan Air Force Base. Through this letter I wish to acknowledge your
communications and to advise you of the current situation.
"First, let me assure you that any statements by the news media that
President Nixon has discussed with me the closing of the Sacramento Air
Materiel Area are totally false. At no time has the President or any
other official even suggested to me that this function might be
terminated.
"Equally untrue are any rumors that our state officials, or I
personally, would fail to oppose the curtailment or elimination of
existing Air Force logistic activities at McClellan. The fact is that
I have taken a strong position in opposition to any such action.
"Repeated inquiries to both defense agencies and congressional
offices in Washington, D.C., have developed no information concerning
any plan for closing the Sacramento Air Materiel Area. While most federal
officials indicate that future budget requirements will have a significant
impact on military expenditures, there is no information available as to
what form any economy measures might take.
"I fully appreciate the importance and the quality of the work being
performed by the loyal and dedicated people of the Sacramento Air
Materiel Area. I understand their outstanding contribution to the total
defense effort, as well as to the economy of our state.
"I have advised numerous federal officials, including the President,
of the absolute necessity for California to receive its share of federal
contracts and work assignments, particularly in the field of defense and
aerospace projects. I have also discussed this repeatedly with our
congressional representatives in Washington, D.C.
"Senator George Murphy has been particularly helpful in this effort.
As a member of the Armed Forces Committee of the Senate, he is very much
opposed to any plans by the Department of Defense which would have a
detrimental economic impact upon California and its citizens,
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#535
"Most recently, I have taken the following specific actions:
(1) I have assigned members of my staff and other top state
officials to work with the Military Development Task Force, organized
by the Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce. This group is
seeking to increase the management missions assigned to the Sacramento
Air Materiel Area, and to prevent any further cutbacks in employment or
relocation of functions.
(2) I have written to President Nixon and Secretary of Defense
Laird, advising them of the importance of the Sacramento Air Materiel
Area to the defense effort and to the economic condition of our state.
(3) I have asked the Commanding General of the Air Force Logistics
Command to meet with the citizens task force, so that he may be briefed
on the necessity of maintaining the logistics responsibilities at
McClellan.
(4) I have requested the Director of our Washington, D.C., Office
to continue to review this matter with Senator Murphy and other members
of our congressional delegation, in order to make clear my support of
the retention of the Sacramento Air Materiel Area at McClellan Air Force
Base.
"I certainly appreciate your concern about your jobs and your future
in this area. The problem of maintaining and improving employment for
our citizens involved in all segments of the aerospace industry, including
defense installations, continues to be one of the top priorities of my
office. You can be sure of my continued commitment to take positive
action for the benefit of McClellan Air Force Base and the State of
California.
"Thank you for this opportunity to 'set the record straight.
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#536
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment
of Norman L. Richardson, Cazadero rancher and timber owner, to a
four-year-term on the District Forest Practice Committee of the
Redwood Forest District.
Richardson, a Republican, succeeds Harold D. Prior of
Eureka, who has resigned.
Richardson lives at 33515 Tin Barn Road, Cazadero.
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#537
Governor Ronald Reagan appointed Eben Whittlesey, Carmel
attorney, and Donald G. Meighan, Northridge businessman and dog trainer,
to the State Board of Guide Dogs for the Blind.
Whittlesey, 57, a former mayor and city councilman of Carmel,
succeeds Hobart Stephenson, Sr., of Pasadena, whose term has expired,
as a representative of the blind on the board. He lives in Carmel and
his address is P. O. Box 196.
Meighan, 43, of 9301 Lasaine Avenue, Northridge, will fill
the unexpired term of Albert Wahl of Lafayette, which ends December 26,
1970. Wahl has resigned.
Both Whittlesey and Meighan are Republicans.
Board members serve for three years and are paid necessary
expenses.
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October 23, 1970
DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES
Sacramento Frank B. Durkee (916) 445-5705
AIR RESOURCES BOARD
Sacramento Sidney A. Mandel (916) 445-1511
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The Reagan administration -- escalating still further its
fight against air pollution -- today announced the award of a multi-
million dollar fuel contract which will require that the vast majority
of the State of California's motor vehicle fleet must operate exclu-
sively on low-lead gasoline, beginning December 1.
The program, announced jointly by the State Department of
General Services and the State Air Resources Board, is the first of
its kind in the nation.
Some 20,500 state-owned vehicles are covered by the contract
which calls for the purchase of 15.5 million gallons of low-lead
gasoline in 1971. Only the 2,100 cars in the California Highway
Patrol fleet, and several hundred additional state vehicles equipped
with high performance engines, are exempted from the agreement,
General Services Director Charles E. Dixon said.
The State signed the contract with the Union Oil Company
of California, low bidder for the State's credit card business during
1971. The Standard Oil Company of California, the current supplier,
submitted the only other bid to furnish the fuel.
John A. Maga, executive officer of the State Air Resources
Board, said the new fuel policy is in line with the Reagan admini-
stration's efforts to get the lead out of gasoline.
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He noted that Governor Reagan last March called a special
session of the Air Resources Board and its Technical Advisory Committee
to look into the entire matter of lead in gasoline. Leading repre-
sentatives of the nation's major auto manufacturing firms and oil
companies were invited to participate in the conference.
Since then, a number of the oil companies have begun marketing
low-lead and lead-free gasolines in California. Most of Detroit's
1971 models are designed to run on these fuels, Maga said.
The Air Resources Board has recommended a complete phase-out
of lead from gasoline by 1975 as a means of meeting the State's
stringent and increasingly tougher vehicle emission standards, he added.
Dixon said the Department of General Services will implement
the program further in November when a contract will be let for the
State's bulk gasoline needs. There, too, low-lead regular gasoline
is specified.
John S. Babich, General Services purchasing manager,
explained the contract was bid on a unit price basis for regular and
premium gasolines and for various engine and automatic transmission
oils.
"Union's total bid, based on quantities we estimate will be
needed next year, comes to $9,290,600, about $70,000 less than
Standard's," he said.
In addition to the 15.5 million gallons of low-lead regular
gasoline, the contract calls for 16.5 million gallons of higher octane
premium gasoline and 559,500 cuarts of oil. The gasolines will cost
about 10 ¢ per gallon less than commercial pump prices.
Babich said that of the total 32 million gallons of gasoline
bid, some 5.27 million gallons will go to 96 local city and county
governments which voluntarily participate in this part of the State's
procurement program.
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#538
The first personalized license plate in California history
A-M-I-G-O will be presented by Governor Ronald Reagan to a Fullerton
couple Monday (October 26, 1970) during a special ceremony at the Airport
Marina Hotel (8601 Lincoln Avenue) in Los Angeles at 10 a.m.
The ceremony will kick off a series of drawings for duplicate
special plate requests across the state following the initial application
period which began shortly after Governor Reagan signed legislation
creating the unique new program. Under the measure which the governor
proposed last January as part of his Omnibus Clean Air Law
automobile
owners can order their own custom-made personalized license plates
containing almost any combination of up to six letters or numbers for
$25. The special fee for the plates goes into a new state "Environmental
Protection Fund" to fight air pollution and support other programs to
preserve and enhance the beauty of California's environment.
The program which is supported by such diverse organizations as
the Sierra Club and major oil companies, as well as the AAA auto clubs
of Northern and Southern California is the first ever to be enacted by
any state or nation for the single, specific purpose of funding anti-
pollution programs.
Governor Reagan will present the A-M-I-G-O plate to Mr. and Mrs.
Robert E. Klees of Fullerton, the only applicants for this particular
combination of letters. He will then draw from four applications the
winning request for the plate combination, N-O-S-M-O-G.
The governor said he proposed the law which makes the program
possible in order "to enable California motorists to play a direct and
critically important role in the continuing battle against smog and other
forms of pollution by ordering and displaying their own personalized
license plates.
"These special plates will serve as a symbol of the motorist's
personal concern for preserving and enhancing the beauty of California's
environment,' he said.
Two additional special plate drawings will be held early Monday
afternoon one in San Diego hosted by State Business and Transportation
Secretary James Hall, and the other in San Francisco by Norman B.
Livermore, State Resources Secretary.
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At the San Diego ceremony, Hall will draw the winning application
for the plate S-M-I-L-E, for which 20 requests were received. The
ceremony will be held at the Community Concourse during a meeting of
the California League of Cities, at 2 p.m.
In San Francisco, Livermore will draw the winning application for
the plate which received the greatest number of requests---P-E-A-C-E.
Thirty-eight separate applications were received by the State Department
of Motor Vehicles for this plate. The drawing will be held in Room 1202
of the State Office Building, 455 Golden Gate Avenue, at 2 p.m.
Governor Reagan emphasized that the drawings are only the beginning,
and that special plate requests will now be processed on a first-come-
first-served basis by the Department of Motor Vehicles.
Robert Cozens, State DMV director, said that a large computer at
DMV headquarters will immediately begin processing all other duplicate
requests on a random basis. A total of 726 combinations involved
duplicate requests sent in by some 2,000 individual applicants. Some
9,000 persons have already ordered the plates.
Applications are available to the public at many service stations,
banks, auto clubs, local chambers of commerce and at all DMV offices.
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#539
Governor Ronald Reagan today officially inaugurated the first
personalized license plate program of its kind ever enacted by any
state
or
nation- for the single, specific purpose of helping to finance
the fight against pollution by presenting the first special plate,
A-M-I-G-O, to Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Klees of Fullerton.
The presentation, at a ceremony in Los Angeles, was the culmination
of 10 months of planning beginning last January when the governor
proposed creation of the unique new program as a key provision in the
1970 Omnibus Clean Air Law he submitted to the legislature.
The legislation (SB-262, Marks and Badham) established the
California Environmental Protection Fund and set a $25 fee for the
personalized plates, the proceeds of which go into the fund to fight
smog and support other programs to preserve and enhance the beauty of
California's environment.
Governor Reagan also was scheduled to draw one of four duplicate
requests for the plate N-O-S-M-O-G which were received by the Department
of Motor Vehicles during the initial application period. The governor
signed the new law in August.
The ceremony kicked off a series of drawings for duplicate
personalized plate requests, in San Diego and San Francisco, at 2 p.m.
today.
In San Diego, at the Community Concourse, State Business and
Transportation Secretary James Hall will draw the winning application
for the PLATE S-M-I-L-E which brought 20 requests.
State Resources Secretary Norman B. Livermore, Jr., will draw
the winning application for the plate which received the greatest number
of requests P-E-A-C-E in San Francisco (State Office Building,
455 Golden Gate Avenue, Room 1202). Thirty-eight applications were
received for this letter combination.
Robert Cozens, director of the State Department of Motor Vehicles,
said a large computer at the department's headquarters in Sacramento
will immediately begin processing all other duplicate requests received
during the initial application period, on a random basis.
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He said the most popular requests, after P-E-A-C-E and S-M-I-L-E
were: J-A-G-U-A-R (18), G-E-O-R-G-E (17), T-B-I-R-D (17), B-O-B (13),
L-A-W-Y-E-R (11), M-A-R-G-I-E (11), M-O-R-G-A-N (11), L-A-R-R-Y (10),
L-O-V-E (10), and S-N-O-O-P-Y (10).
The governor emphasized that the drawings today are only the
beginning, and that, from now on, all special plate requests will be
processed on a first-come, first-served basis.
Cozens said some 9,000 Californians have already ordered plates.
Governor Reagan called this "a promising start to a program which
deserves strong and widespread support."
He said: "The plates will serve as a symbol of each motorist's
personal concern for preserving and protecting the environment.
"In addition, the program gives every citizen the chance to play
a direct and critically important role in the continuing battle against
smog and other forms of pollution."
The governor noted that the bi-partisan program is supported by
such diverse organizations as the Sierra Club, major oil companies,
and the AAA auto clubs in both Northern and Southern California.
Applications are available to the public at many service stations,
banks, auto clubs, local chambers of commerce and at all DMV offices.
"This is the first time that any state or nation has dedicated
such a license plate program exclusively to the fight against pollution.
And, if it is successful here---as I am confident it will be other
states are certain to follow California's unchallenged lead in the
battle to protect the environment, = the governor said.
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#540
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Joseph J. Padilla
of San Diego to the State Board of Barber Examiners subject to
Senate confirmation.
Padilla, who lives at 2945 B Street, San Diego, will
represent the public on the board, filling the unexpired term of
William P. Beachem of Los Angeles, who has resigned. The term ends
January 15, 1972.
Active in the Mexican-American community, Padilla is a
member of the Mexican Civic Committee of the City of San Diego, the
Federation of Mexican American Coalition and is the founder of three
San Diego Chapters of the Mexican American Political Association.
He also has served as a training director in accounting for the City
Urban League at San Diego City College.
He is a Republican.
Board members are paid $25 per diem while on official duty.
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10-29-70
#541
Governor Ronald Reagan today officially designated the week of
November 8-14 as FARM BUREAU WEEK in California.
"I am proud to pay tribute to the over 60,000 members of the
California Farm Bureau Federation who have worked so hard to build a
strong and viable agriculture in this state," the governor said in a
communication to Allan Grant, president of the farm organization.
The governor, recalling the 52-year history of the Farm Bureau in
California, said: "Farmers and ranchers are joined together in a common
cause of promoting agricultural products and protecting the rights of
agriculture, in the legislative halls at both the state and national
levels. I am happy to honor them for coming up with the forthright
accomplishments and down-to-earth policies which have identified Farm
Bureau over the decades."
Governor Reagan saluted the leadership of the Farm Bureau throughout
the state saying that the sincere and devoted efforts of farmers working
for farmers have proven what can be done to protect the interests of an
industry.
"Farm Bureau is unique in that all of its policies and programs are
developed by the 'grassroots' membership on a voluntary basis," he said.
"Perhaps this is the secret to gaining and maintaining as members the
majority of all farmers and ranchers in the state---and in the nation
as well."
The governor, noting that the California Farm Bureau's House of
Delegates, the organization's official policy-making body, will be in
session at Oakland during FARM BUREAU WEEK, said he was encouraging the
delegates to continue to work for programs that will promote California
products for both domestic and foreign trade, and to press for the best
future possible for all of agriculture. He also praised the Farm Bureau
for being a leader in developing both foreign and domestic markets for
farm commodities.
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#542
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
James E. Kleaver, Yreka attorney, to the Siskiyou County Superior
Court bench.
Kleaver, 37, a Democrat, succeeds the late Judge J. E. Barr.
He will receive an annual salary of $33,396.
A member of the firm of Correia, Kleaver and Bacon, the new
judge served as public defender of Siskiyou County from 1961 to 1969
and is a trustee of the Yreka Union School District.
A native of Yreka, he is a graduate of the University of California
at Berkeley and the U.C. School of Law. He has practiced law in Yreka
since 1959.
Kleaver is a member of the American Bar Association, the State
Bar of California, the Siskiyou County Bar Association and the Association
of Defense Counsel.
He and his wife Rosalie have two children.
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#543
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Donald G. Livingston, a member
of the administration since May, 1967, as assistant secretary of the
State Agriculture and Services Agency.
Livingston, 32, was named chief deputy director of the State
Department of General Services last January.
Previously he served as chief of the Division of Consumer Affairs
in the Department of Professional and Vocational Standards. Prior to
the formation of the Consumer Affairs Division, he was chief of the
Department's Bureau of Furniture and Bedding Inspection.
In his new capacity, Livingston will assist Earl Coke, Secretary of
the Agriculture and Services Agency, in the overall supervision of 12
different departments which make up the agency, including cabinet
functions in the Reagan administration.
He will earn an annual salary of $27,200.
A former student body president and graduate of San Francisco
State College, Livingston has been a member of the Oakland Planning
Commission, an administrative assistant to the Republican Assembly
Caucus, and an intern for the Coro Foundation, San Francisco.
A Republican, he and his wife live in Carmichael.
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#544
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Morton R. Colvin,
chairman of the Workmen's Compensation Appeals Board, to a newly
created San Francisco Superior Court bench and named attorney Frank E.
Hart to a new San Francisco municipal court bench.
Both courts were created by the 1970 legislature. The new judges
will take office on November 23.
Colvin, 47, chairman of the Workmen's Compensation Appeals Board
since 1967, has served in a legal capacity with various state agencies
since 1958.
He is a native of San Francisco and holds law degrees from the
University of California's Hastings College of Law. As superior court
judge he will receive an annual salary of $33,396.
Hart, 45, a member of the firm of Dunn, Hart and McDonald, has
practiced law in San Francisco since 1953. He will receive an annual
salary of $30,724.
Colvin is a member of the California State Bar Association, the
Marin Bar Association, the San Francisco Bar Association, the Federal
Bar and the American Bar Association.
He lives with his wife Doreen and their three children in San
Francisco.
Hart, who holds a law degree from George Washington University
School of Law in Washington, D. C., has attended Gonzaga University in
Spokane, Northwestern University in Chicago and the University of San
Francisco.
He is a member of the State Bar of California, the Bar Association
of San Francisco, the Lawyers Club of San Francisco, the Northern
California Association of Defense Counsel, the Defense Research Institute
and the American Arbitration Association.
He and his wife Anna have four children. They live in San Francisco
Both men are Republicans.
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#545
Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement
following the resignation of Roger Heyns as Chancellor of the University
of California Berkeley campus:
"I can certainly understand Roger's desires. While we have not
always agreed, I respect Roger because he has honestly sought to cope
with the many problems he faced at Berkeley. I would like to thank him
for his untiring efforts and wish him well in his future endeavors."
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#546
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed two students to fill
unexpired terms on the California Exposition and Fair Executive
Committee and named Stanislaus County Supervisor Joash (cq) E. Paul
to a four-year term on the committee.
The students--the fourth and fifth to be named to major policy
making boards by the Governor--are Nelson G. Dong, 21, an economics
and political science major at Stanford University, and Ethel A. Hartman,
20, an animal science major at California State Polytechnic College
at San Luis Obispo.
Dong will fill the unexpired term of the late W. Howard Jackson
of Sacramento, which ends February 1, 1971. Miss Hartman will fill
the unexpired term of Mrs. Katherine Haley of Ventura, who has
resigned. Her term ends February 1, 1972.
Paul, a member of the Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors
since 1968, is active in numerous civic and agricultural groups. He
succeeds Fred D. Corfee of Sacramento who has resigned.
Paul a Democrat, lives at 2128 Hawkeye Street, Turlock.
Dong, who has served as chairman of Cal Expo's Junior Advisory
Board, is active in student organizations at Stanford, including
the Asian-American Student Alliance. He lives at 46 Serra House,
Stern Hall on the Stanford Campus.
Miss Hartman, who is active in student government at Cal Poly,
has served as a livestock judge at major expositions and has served
as regional president of the Future Farmers of America's Farmerettes
for Los Angeles, Orange and Ventura Counties.
Her home is at 100th Street West, Rosamond.
Governor Reagan has previously appointed students to the Air
Resources Board, the State Park and Recreation Commission and the
Scenic Highway Advisory Committee.
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#547
distributed
Note: This was mailed only to List 18 (Educational).
For the first time in California's history, college
students are helping to shape the state's future as members of major
policy-making boards.
Within the past year, Governor Ronald Reagan has named
five students, each of whom has expertise and experience in the
appropriate fields, to boards which are establishing state policy on
agriculture, the environment and ecology.
The first student to receive an appointment was Thomas M.
Bonnicksen, a forest ecology major at the University of California at
Berkeley, who became a member of the State Park and Recreation
Commission in March.
In september, Governor Reagan appointed Thomas A. Young,
a California State Polytechnic College student conservationist, to the
Scenic Highway Advisory Commission.
The third student named to a top state board is John G.
Holmes, a chemistry and chemical engineering major at the University
of California at Santa Barbara, to the Air Resources Board.
In November, the fourth and fifth students joined major
policy making groups when the governor appointed Nelson G. Dong, a
political science major at Stanford University and Ethel A. Hartman,
an animal science major at California State Polytechnic College, to
fill unexpired terms on the California Exposition and Fair Executive
Committee.
In making the appointments, Governor Reagan said the
five students "are typical of many of our young people who have
a deep concern for the future of this nation and want to contribute
their skills and talent to working for a better tomorrow. Their interest
in solving the problems that will come before these boards will not
only be of value to their fellow members but will also encourage other
responsible students to become involved in constructive efforts to
improve the world they will inherit." "
Administration sources said an increasing effort will be
made to involve young Californians in decision making rolls in state
government.
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Sacramento, California
Contact: Walter Barkdull
Telephone: (916) 445-6951
November 17, 1970
The Reagan administration announced today it is taking immediate
steps to protect California taxpayers and welfare recipients from a
possible loss of up to $3.1 billion in federal welfare funds pending
the state's appeal of a federal district court decision issued today in
San Francisco.
Lucian Vandegrift, State Human Relations Secretary, said the state
will adopt emergency regulations designed to meet interpretations by
both the federal welfare bureaucracy and the court of federal conformity
requirements. He emphasized that the administration's action is aimed
solely at protecting the interests of the taxpayers, and the needy on
welfare, pending the outcome of the state's appeal.
He reaffirmed the administration's long-held position that California
has been, and is, in compliance with federal welfare law. He emphasized
the state's new regulations will not cost the taxpayers a penny more than
the $342,405,400 appropriated from the State General Fund by the
legislature for Aid to Families With Dependent Children this year.
"With the filing of these regulations, we will simply be meeting
the ritualistic demands of the federal welfare bureaucracy requirement
which have little, if any, connection with aiding those who truly need
welfare assistance," Vandegrift said.
"Despite the fact that the so-called conformity issue amounts to
nothing more than an elaborate molehill of complicated arithmetical
calculations and semantical mumbo-jumbo---the sort of paperwork on which
welfare bureaucrats thrive---these same bureaucrats still insist that our
emergency regulations will meet their 'test of federal compliance.'
"Only a welfare bureaucracy so vast, and intent on perpetuating
itself and its own far-flung interests, without regard to the interests
of the taxpayers, could allow itself to become mired in such technical
and procedural detail, and all in the name of 'conformity.''
Vandegrift reiterated findings released earlier this year which show
that California leads every major state in social services to the needy,
and in aid to the aged, disabled and blind. In addition, California is
ahead of 37 other states in average payments to recipients of Aid to
Families with Dependent Children (AFDC).
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Simply stated, the state will increase its maximum payment schedule
by 21.4 per cent to comply with the court order.
However, this percentage increase does not mean a higher cost to
the taxpayers because the AFDC basic standard will be re-adjusted so
that current budgeted appropriations will not be exceeded.
In other words, even though the maximum payment schedule will be
increased by 21.4 per cent, the new regulations being adopted will
reduce this amount to something in the neighborhood of 70 percent of
the standard of assistance, so that the total state appropriation will
not be affected.
Because of the court's action and because the federal welfare
bureaucracy required changes based purely on semantics, the amounts of
state assistance provided to those on AFDC will be lowered in some cases
and increase in other cases.
He said the state will seek an immediate stay of the retroactive
portion of the court's ruling which makes the order effective October 1,
1970. The state's appeal of the order will be filed with the 9th
Circuit Court of Appeal.
To allow the counties time to make the complex recalculations
required in every case, the adjustments will go into effect early next
year, with aid payments continuing at present rates until then.
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Sacramento, California
Contact:
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445-4571
11-18-70
Governor Ronald Reagan will attend the University of California
Regents Meeting in Los Angeles on Friday, November 20, 1970.
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11-19-70
#548
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed eight new Superior
Court judges in Los Angeles County.
The new jurists, three of whom are municipal court judges, will
officially take over courts created by the 1970 legislature on
November 23.
They are J. Wesley Reed, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Commissioner; David N. Eagleson, Long Beach attorney; Campbell M. Lucas,
Long Beach attorney; Judge Charles S. Vogel, Pomona Judicial District
Municipal Court; Jack A. Crickard, Glendale attorney; Judge Jack E.
Goertzen, Los Angeles Judicial District Municipal Court; Judge William A.
Ross, Compton Judicial District Municipal Court, and David A. Thomas,
Los Angeles attorney.
Reed, 54, who has served as Commissioner of Los Angeles County
Superior Court since 1963, began his career as a deputy probation officer
attached to juvenile court and earned his law degree in 1952, after
attending night classes at Loyola University School of Law. His home
is in Altadena. He is a Republican.
Eagleson, 46, who has practiced law in Long Beach since 1951,
earned his law degree from the University of Southern California in
1950. He and his wife live in Long Beach with their two children. He
is a Republican.
Lucas, 45, a native of La Jolla, has practiced law in Long
Beach for the past 16 years. Active in civic affairs, he is a member
of the firm of Lucas, Deukmejian and Dyer. He is a graduate of the
University of California at Los Angeles and received his law degree
from the University of Southern California in 1952. He and his wife
Elizabeth have two children. He is a Republican.
Judge Vogel, 38, who was appointed to the Pomona Judicial
District Municipal Court by Governor Reagan in 1969, practiced law
in Pomona for 10 years before he was appointed to the bench. A native
of Los Angeles, he is a graduate of Pomona College and received his
law degree from UCLA in 1959. He and his wife Sally have two children.
They live in Redlands. He is a Republican.
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Crickard, 50, a member of the Glendale firm of Melby, Crickard
and Anderson, has practiced law since 1949. He is a graduate of
Glendale College, the UCLA School of Business Administration and earned
his law degree from the University of Southern California in 1948. He
and his wife Billie have two children. He is a Republican.
Judge Goertzen, 39, who was named to the Los Angeles Judicial
District Municipal Court by Governor Reagan in 1968, previously served
as a Deputy Attorney General. He earned his law degree from the
University of Southern California. He and his wife Rosalie have four
children. The family lives in Studio City, He is a Republican.
Judge Ross, 51, named to the Compton Judicial District Municipal
Court in 1967 by Governor Reagan, is a former Los Angeles County Deputy
Sheriff who earned his law degree from Pacific Coast University in 1953.
He practiced law for 11 years prior to his appointment. Judge Ross and
his wife Marvelle have two sons. He is a Republican.
Thomas, 48, who has practiced law in Los Angeles since 1949, is
a partner in the firm of Hill, Farrer and Burrill. He is a graduate of
Occidental College and earned his law degree from Harvard University in
1948. He and his wife Margaret have three children. They live in
Arcadia. He is a Republican.
Each of the new judges will receive an annual salary of $33,396.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sacramento, California
Contact: Walter Barkdull
Telephone: (916) 445-6951
November 19, 1970
The Reagan administration today accused a group of so-called
welfare rights attorneys of attempting to harass and sabotage at
taxpayers' expense the state's efforts to comply with a federal court
order handed down earlier this week in San Francisco.
State Human Relations Secretary Lucian Vandegrift called the
tactics by attorneys from the San Francisco Neighborhood Legal
Assistance Foundation "totally irresponsible, indeed another shocking
example of how the so-called poverty lawyers use the taxpayers' money
to harass government and sabotage the taxpayers' interests."
Vandegrift said that emergency welfare regulations have been filed
and implemented by the state to comply with a decision issued Tuesday
by Federal District Judge Alphonso Zirpoli.
"Now, once again the welfare rights lawyers have moved into action
with their well developed arsenal of federally funded legal stalling
tactics, intent on trying to keep California's welfare policies in a
continuing state of turmoil.
"The tactics to which they have resorted are not only self-serving,
but they also demonstrate a very narrow view of the role and
responsibilities of government to balance the interests of all segments
of the society, including those of the taxpayers,
"The fact is, their irresponsible legal machinations show an
incredible contempt for the legitimate interests of the taxpayers who,
after all, make welfare possible in the first place.
"But, most astounding of all, these tactics of legal gobbledegook.
and obstruction, are paid for by the same taxpayers against whom the
so-called poverty lawyers efforts are directed.
"We have adopted regulations which clearly protect taxpayers and
welfare recipients alike from a possible loss of up to $3.1 billion in
federal funds. They would sabotage these regulations, even though the
regulations comply with the order of a federal judge."
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Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
11-20-70
#549
Governor Ronald Reagan today hailed the award of a multi-million
dollar supersonic "freedom fighter (F-5-21)' contract to the Northrop
Corporation of Hawthorne as "a welcome shot in the arm to California's
economy and a vivid example of how close cooperation between national
and state Republican administrations can benefit the people of
California."
The governor noted that his administration has worked long and
hard to secure the contract which will provide tens of thousands of
jobs both in and out of the aerospace industry in California.
He also praised the efforts of U.S. Senator George Murphy and other
members of the California congressional delegation for helping to make
California's selection possible.
"The award of this contract is a welcome shot in the arm to
California's economy and a vivid example of how close cooperation between
the national and state Republican administrations can benefit the people
of California, " he said.
"We have worked long and hard to secure the contract for California,
It will provide tens of thousands of jobs both in and out of the
aerospace industry in California.
"Moreover, this long-term contract will go a long way toward
reviving our aerospace industry at a time when we need to keep together
the team of experts which has made California the technological capital
of the world.
"In addition to the many jobs which the contract will provide in the
aerospace industry itself, the award will mean additional work for many
other Californians employed by subcontractors," the governor said.
The F-5-21 is a supersonic aircraft to be constructed primarily for
use by America's allies throughout the world. The initial funding
obligation, in the amount of $21 million, will initiate the program.
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Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
11-20-70
The following statement was telephoned to AP and
UPI:
"The fact that such a ruling could occur is
incredible. The governor has asked for a full report into
how and why it happened. The governor will not stand for
this kind of abuse. It is the kind of thing he has been
trying to prevent. We will take whatever corrective action
is necessary."
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The following statement by Governor Reagan was
telephoned today to the Associated Press and United Press Inter-
national:
"The time has come for Senator Fullbright to explain
to the American people what he really wants---peace for America
or victory for our enemies. And if it is only peace, then what
in heaven's name can he find to criticize in an act of heroism
by young Americans who defied death and capture in a gallant
effort to free their comrades from torture and imprisonment."
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Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
11-27-70
Governor Reagan will make a major announcement
at 11 a.m., Monday, November 30, in the auditorium
of the Resources Building.
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445-4571
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GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
November 23, 1970
through
November 29, 1970
Monday, November 23
***11:30 a.m.
Brief remarks to opening meeting of the California
Labor-Management Task Force on the Construction
Industry, Grecian Room, Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles.
12:00 noon
Watts Summer Festival Luncheon, Biltmore Bowl,
Biltmore Hotel. Brief remarks.
7:15 p.m.
Taping of "The Advocates," KCET-TV, 1313 North
Vine Street, Hollywood.
Overnight - Los Angeles
Tuesday, November 24
a.m.
State College Trustees meeting, State Colleges
headquarters, Los Angeles.
Overnight - Sacramento
Wednesday, November 25
Office appointments
p.m.
Return to Los Angeles.
6:30 p.m.
Taping of the Johnny Carson Show, NBC-TV, Burbank.
Overnight - Los Angeles
Thursday, November 26
THANKSGIVING DAY
No public appointments scheduled.
Overnight - Los Angeles
Friday, November 27
through
Saturday, November 28
No public appointments scheduled.
Overnight - Los Angeles
Sunday, November 29
No public appointments scheduled.
Overnight - Sacramento
***This newly formed task force has been established to advise the
governor on the problems facing the construction industry in
California and to make recommendations for resolving these problems.
The 28-member task force includes representatives from labor,
business (especially the contractors and builders industry) and
state government. Guest speakers will include Stanley B. Smith,
economist, Pacific Lighting Service Company; John F. Maloney,
Deputy Director, California Department of Public Works; and Alfred R.
Golze, State Department of Water Resources.
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#551
Governor Ronald Reagan today enlisted the know-how and creative
abilities of a team of labor and management leaders which will seek ways
to breathe new life into California's construction industry.
Addressing the opening meeting of the governor's "Labor-Management
Task Force on Construction Affairs" at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles,
he asked the 28 task force members to look into four major problem areas:
1)-What can be done to alleviate unemployment in the construction
industry?
2)--What approaches are possible for obtaining increased federal
financing for construction in California (especially the release of
highway funds now frozen in the federal highway trust fund)?
3)--How can heavy construction, such as home and office building
construction, be stimulated?
4)--What can be done to improve communications between labor,
management and government concerning mutual problems in the construction
field?
In his charge to the task force, the governor said, "The solutions
you develop will receive the full and active attention of this
administration.
"The severity of the problem we are facing requires creative
thinking and a 'can do' philosophy.
"But, we have called upon the creative abilities of the citizens of
California before to help overcome pressing problems facing the state
and each time the results have been impressive," the governor said.
"It is clear that we need the cooperation and abilities of the
construction industry to bring about a lasting improvement," he added.
The task force includes representatives from labor, business
(particularly the contractors and builders industry) and state government
(see attached list).
Also scheduled to address today's meeting were Stanley B. Smith,
economist, Pacific Lighting Service Company; John F. Maloney, deputy
director, California State Department of Public Works; and Alfred R.
Golze, deputy director, California State Department of Water Resources.
Governor Reagan told the task force members that California's
share of federal highway trust funds being withheld by the federal
government could amount to as much as $200 million during the current
fiscal year---or 15,000 jobs in road construction.
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He noted that in July of 1969 the state reached an all-time high
of $1 billion in highway contracts underway. In spite of federal
actions, the state has been able to maintain this $1 billion level
through the quarter ending in September of this year, he said.
However, the governor pointed out that during the last quarter of
this year the value of contracte awarded was the lowest since 1966, with
the exception of the final quarter of last year which was unique in that
the state was cooperating with the national administration in its anti-
inflation effort of deferring major construction spending.
Governor Reagan said the state has spent every dollar released
by the federal government for construction, and will continue to do so.
He also noted that his administration has cut millions of dollars
out of overhead and pushed it into highway construction.
"This administration sponsored the first legislation of its type in
the nation to provide tax incentives to private lending institutions
in California for making real estate loans to low and moderate income
families. The opportunities for more families to become home owners is
a vital element in building good citizenship and helping insure dignity
for more California families. Not only has this legislation stimulated
home construction and employment within the construction industry, but
an estimated $54 million in private funds have been made available to
low and moderate income families who have the desire and motivation to
improve their overall environment.
"As an example of our efforts to reduce red tape and promote
economic development in California, a Factory Built Housing Law is now
relieving manufacturers of what used to be an impossible burden of
complying with a multitude of differing building codes at the local level.
To date, 18 manufacturers have submitted 44 models for approval, and
28 models have been approved."
The governor said, "We also sponsored and signed legislation to make
California the first state in the nation to move to stimulate housing
in depressed areas by adopting a replacement housing program in
conjunction with the highway construction effort. Under the new law,
the Department of Public Works can actually contract for the construction
of new housing to replace units destroyed by freeway construction in
economically depressed areas. Replacement housing efforts are now
underway in the Watts area of Los Angeles and the San Ysidro section of
San Diego County.
"During the months to come, we are going to add an economist to the
staff of the director of Public Works to help us stay abreast of the
economic problems in the construction industry. And, we are going to
improve our communications with the construction industry through such
efforts of this Labor-Management Task Force," the governor said.
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MEMBERS - GOVERNOR'S LABOR/MANAGEMENT
TASK FORCE ON CONSTRUCTION
Chairman: James M. Hall, Secretary
Business and Transportation Agency
Labor
Mr. John Cinquemani
Executive Secretary
Los Angeles Building Trades Council
1626 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90026
Mr. Al Clem, President
Operating Engineers Local No. 3
474 Valencia Street
San Francisco, California 94103
Mr. Juel D. Drake, Vice President
Iron Workers International
995 Market Street, Room 1404
San Francisco, California 94103
Mr. Alfred Figone, Executive Secretary
District Council of Carpenters
995 Market Street, Room 804
San Francisco, California
Mr. James S. Lee, President
State Building & Construction Trades Council
1107 - 9th Street
Sacramento, California
Mr. James Martin, Business Manager
United Association of Plumbers & Steamfitters, Local 342
1010 Shary Court
Concord, California
Mr. Joseph H. Seymour
International General Vice President and Business Manager
Operating Engineers Local No. 12
2323 West Eighth Street
Los Angeles, California 90057
Mr. W. L. Vinson, Vice President
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
870 Market Street, Suite 658
San Francisco, California 94103
Mr. Max Warren, Regional Manager
Laborers International Union of North America
520 Virgil Avenue, Suite 206
Los Angeles, California 90006
Mr. Gene Whitney
Chairman of the Construction Division
Western Conference of Teamsters
1870 Ogden Drive
Burlingame, California
Contractors
Mr. Richard Burke, President
Engineering and Grading Contractors Association
c/o Burke Construction Company
P.O. Box 957
San Luis Obispo, California
Mr. Charles R. Graff, Consultant
Raymond International
2441 Vallejo Street
San Francisco, California
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Mr. Dexter Jewett, Director
Western Region
National Electrical Contractors Association
378 Flood Building
870 Market Street
San Francisco, California 94102
Mr. J. D. Mack, Executive Vice President
Plumbing Heating and Cooling Contractors of California
760 Market Street, Room 932
San Francisco, California
Mr. Warren Mendell, Executive Vice President
Engineering and Grading Contractors Association
2115 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90057
Mr. Richard Munn, Executive Director
Associated General Contractors
301 Capitol Mall, Suite 402
Sacramento, California 95814
Mr. Stewart Watson, President
Associated General Contractors
P.O. Box 4575
Panorama City, California
Homebuilding and Finance
Mr. Frank Hardinge, Executive Vice President
California Savings & Loan League
P.O. Box R
144 Wentworth Avenue
Pasadena, California 91109
Mr. Paul N. McCarron
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
California Builders Council
1127 - 11th Street, Room 552
Sacramento, California
Other Associations
Mr. Henry Talbert, Regional Director
Urban League
4055 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 526
Los Angeles, California 90005
Government
Mr. William R. Gianelli, Director
Mr. G. L. Sheffield, Director
Department of Water Resources
Human Resources Development
1416 - 9th Street
800 Capitol Mall
Sacramento, California 95814
Sacramento, California 95814
Mr. William Hern, Director
Mr. George Smith, Deputy Director
Department of Industrial Relations
Department of Industrial Relations
455 Golden Gate Avenue, P.O. Box 603
455 Golden Gate Avenue,
San Francisco, California 94101
P.O. Box 603
San Francisco, California 94101
Mr. Fred Hummel, State Architect
Office of Architecture and Construction
1500 Fifth Street
Sacramento, California 95814
Mr. James A. Moe, Director
Department of Public Works
1120 "N" Street
P.O. Box 1139
Sacramento, California 95805
Mr. Donald Pinkerton, Director
Department of Housing and Community Development
1121 "0" Street, Room 3344
Sacramento, California 95814
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445-4571
11-24-70
#552
THANKS giving
Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement: MESSAge
"As we give thanks this day for our individual blessings we also
should pause to reaffirm our belief in the spirit of Thanksgiving
itself.
"It is a spirit that contains the warmth of love, the strength
of faith and the courage of freedom.
"It sustains us today just as it did when the Pilgrims carried
it to the dark shores of an unknown wilderness.
"That spirit comforts us in adversity, shields us from danger and
humbles us in victory.
"It lights the path we must follow as we journey to the dark
shores of an unknown future.
"It reassures us that men who are free have the capacity to
solve their problems and blaze trails for others who have not yet
found freedom's way.
"It reminds us that we have come far but we have much farther
to go.
"It gives us the knowledge that while the Creator's patience
seems infinite, nature's is not.
"And, that spirit tells us that we cannot complete the journey
without His guidance and direction."
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Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Be
445-4571
11-24-70
#553
Governor Ronald Reagan today reappointed Mrs. Marion N. Hoffman
of Tulare to a three-year-term as a member of the Advisory Council
of the California Board of Nursing Education and Nurse Registration.
Mrs. Hoffman, a Republican, has served on the council since
1967. She lives at 525 Chevy Chase Drive, Tulare.
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445-4571
11-27-70
#554
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
November 30, 1970
through
December 6, 1970
Monday, November 30
11:00 a.m.
Major announcement at auditorium of
Resources Building
P.M.
Film Industry Rally, Los Angeles
Palladium
Overnight - Los Angeles
Tuesday, December 1
A.M.
Return to Sacramento
No public appointments scheduled
Overnight - Sacramento
Wednesday, December 2
11:30 a.m.
Brief meeting with delegation from
the San Gabriel Chamber of Commerce
to announce the General Patton
memorial, Governor's Office
Overnight - Sacramento
Thursday, December 3
No public appointments scheduled
Overnight - Sacramento
Friday, December 4
No public appointments scheduled
Overnight - Los Angeles
Saturday, December 5
No appointments scheduled
Overnight - Los Angeles
Sunday, December 6
No appointments scheduled
Overnight - Sacramento
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Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
11-27-70
#555
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the promotion of his
military aide, Lt. Col. Herbert R. Temple, Jr. of Sacramento, to the
rank of full colonel in the California Army National Guard.
As a result of the promotion, Col. Temple's responsibilities will
be expanded to not only include the position of military assistant to
the governor, but also that of commandant of the California Military
Academy which is the training school for Army National Guard officers
in the state.
Col. Temple, a veteran of over 23 years of U.S. Army and National
Guard service, became military aide to Governor Reagan in July 1968 and
has served in that capacity ever since. Col. Temple's duties include
liaison with senior headquarters and installations of all the military
services in California. He also represents the governor at military
oriented activities and provides military advice and information to the
governor and members of his staff.
Col. Temple's military career began in June 2, 1947, when he
enlisted in the 160th Infantry, California Army National Guard. He
was called to active duty in 1950 and subsequently served with the 5th
Regimental Combat Team, 24th Infantry Division in Korea where he saw
combat service. This resulted in his appointment as a Second Lieutenant
in 1952.
Upon release from active duty, Col. Temple again joined the
California Army National Guard and in 1959 became a full-time National
Guardsman. While in this capacity, he served in varying military
assignments which included headquarters commandant, assistant chief of
staff for personnel and a battalion commander with the 40th Armored
Division.
In 1966, Col. Temple returned to civilian life as vice president
and part owner of the V.B. Morgan Company of Long Beach, a petroleum and
ore transportation company, where he remained until his appointment as
military aide to the governor. He currently is on leave from his
business post.
Col. Temple's military education includes graduation from the
Company Officer and Career Officer Course, U.S. Armor School, Fort
Knox, Kentucky; the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort
Leavenworth, Kansas; and numerous other staff, specialized and refresher
courses.
He and his wife, the former Patricia Riley of Los Angeles, live
in Sacramento.
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#556
Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:
"For many years our state budgets have been based on the
remarkably accurate predictions of tax revenues and government
expenditures provided by a group of outstanding economists and business
experts. Last June this group told us the budget under which we are
presently operating would have to be revised to meet a decline in
expected revenues and an increase in cost of welfare and Medi-Cal.
"As the result of a second meeting just last week we have learned
we must further revise the budget as well as our preliminary estimates
for the next fiscal year.
Due to economic conditions the slump in tax receipts will be double
the June estimate and partially for the same reason but mainly because
of built in defects in the programs themselves the estimated welfare
and Medi-Cal deficits will be more than doubled.
"This meeting was called to give you all the facts and to discuss
with you your part in dealing with the situation.
"Let me say I am unalterably opposed to solving this problem by
increasing taxes. I ask that you join me in rejecting this obvious
and easy answer. Beset by inflation and already over taxed, the people
of California have a right to ask that you and I do everything humanly
possible to further reduce the cost of government and not add to their
burden.
"No one knows better than you in this room how deeply this
administration is committed to the goal of economy in government. And
the people of California should know how effective most of you in this
room have been in actually reducing the cost and size of state
government. For four years now you have in your departments absorbed
the cost of inflation, workload increases and additional services called
for by new legislation and at the same time saved hundreds of millions
of dollars. You have watched most of those millions absorbed by growth
in social welfare programs.
"Last year we budgeted for a welfare caseload of almost 1,900,000.
The estimate now is up more than 170,000. Medi-Cal has increased more
than 280,000 over the original budget figure.
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"The immediate problem is to limit spending for the remainder of
this year and to plan for the utmost in austerity budgets for 1971-72.
Verne Orr will outline for you the first of a series of necessary actions.
"But I assure you our longer range goal is to halt the constant
erosion of essential services the people have a right to expect from
government but which are now being curtailed to pay for the excesses of
welfare and Medi-Cal. To continue to scrimpand save only to finance
overlapping, ill-considered and poorly planned aid programs is to merely
postpone inevitable bankruptcy and make impossible any lowering of the
tax burden. Welfare must be reformed.
"We have no intention of reducing our effort in behalf of the truly
needy---those who through disability or age must depend on the rest of
us. But we are going to halt the enforced sharing by the working man
of his earnings with others who, in some instances, are better off
than he is.
"The simple fact is, government spending cannot be brought under
reasonable control until reasonable restraints are imposed upon welfare
and Medi-Cal eligibility and benefits.
"Frankly I look upon the present fiscal situation as an opportunity.
We have proposed reforms to the legislature, asked for changes in
federal regulations and fought in the courts to implement cost
reductions in welfare without denying essential benefits to the truly
needy. Now we shall go to the legislature in Sacramento and to the
Congress in Washington if need be.
"We intend to continue the fight for reform until welfare excesses
are curbed and we end this chronic budget squeeze."
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REMARKS BY VERNE ORR
RELEASE: 1....mediate
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE
before meeting of State Directors
November 30, 1970
In early June we appeared before a joint committee of the
legislature to set forth a drop in the anticipated revenues to the
State general fund for the current year of $70 million, and at the
same time an increase of expenditures in the fields of welfare and
Medi-Cal of a like amount. Faced with this unanticipated gap of
$140 million, the bipartisan committee of the legislature did an out-
standing job of balancing the budget without impairing those services
which citizens have a right to expect from their state government and
at the same time added $88 million for local schools.
In the process, however, the entire free surplus of the state was
committed.
To those of you who follow financial news, it will come as no
shock that the economy has not yet experienced the anticipated and
hoped for recovery. Despite successful efforts to obtain substantial
aerospace contracts, the economic upturn has not occurred as quickly
as expected. The long General Motors strike had a depressing effect
on many segments of the economy, the result of which will be seen in
reduced state revenues in such areas as sales tax, personal income tax
and corporation taxes. Fortunately, this major depressant now appears
to be behind us.
At the same time, the general news has been filled with stories of
ever increasing numbers of people filing for welfare. And, as most of
you know, welfare recipients become eligible for Medi-Cal.
Last week the Department of Finance invited to a two-day conference
some of the top fiscal experts in California and the nation. Although
the complete results of that conference will not become available for
10 days or two weeks, it was apparent that the majority of the experts
substantiate a mid-November estimate of our own people, that revenues
for the current year will be some $60 million lower than the revised
June estimate.
You may have read or heard that the head of Social Welfare in
Los Angeles County estimates that in his county alone from 18,000 to
20,000 persons monthly are being added to the welfare rolls. The full
impact of this load will not be evident in statistical reports from the
departments for several months, since, especially in health care services,
there is a long lag between eligibility and the final payment of provider
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bills by the state. best estimates by the depar aments involved indicate
our welfare and Medi-Cal burden has soared by about $90 million from our
June estimate.
To bring expenditures into line with revenues, the administration
is today adopting the first of a series of steps which will primarily
affect only those departments funded by the general fund. I shall list
them and then follow with a brief explanation of each.
Effective immediately, and to the maximum extent possible, the
state is implementing a hiring freeze. Vacancies occurring through
retirement, resignation or death will not be filled.
Second, we are freezing all capital outlay projects not approved
by the Public Works Board, as well as those approved for which contracts
have not been let. Third, we are freezing the purchase of equipment,
including but not limited to cars, typewriters, files and EDP hardware.
Fourth, effective immediately, and again to the extent possible,
we will discontinue signing new contracts with outside firms or
individuals in such areas as management studies, surveys and
investigations, together with contracts for rental of equipment. And
finally, we are instituting a freeze on out-of-state travel.
Please note I have stressed the phrase, "to the maximum extent
possible." There are co-equal branches of government over which the
governor's authority to impose these restrictions does not apply and
there are other facets of government similarly exempted. In such
cases we shall explain the actions we are taking and ask for the coop-
eration of all areas of state government in effecting these or similar
economies.
To discuss each one briefly with you, those of you who were with
the administration in 1967 will recognize both the effectiveness of a
hiring freeze and the difficulty of operating under it. In true
emergency situations, those departments operating under the four
agency secretaries may explain their dilemma to their appropriate
agency secretary and he has full authority to authorize an exception.
Those agencies, departments and boards not under the four agency
secretaries may make similar emergency requests to the Department of
Finance.
Let's understand that in a department of thousands, the fact that
the director's receptionist leaves does not constitute an emergency.
There are hundreds of employees who can be advanced to fill the vacancy
and someone far down the line may end up leaving his door open to the
public and answering his own phone.
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On the other hand, if one building with several thousand employees
has one nurse for assistance in accidents, injuries and sudden ill
health and that nurse quits, we recognize that you cannot promote a
file clerk and expect to create a Florence Nightingale through a paper
transfer.
With regard to capital outlay, the full cabinet has already been
furnished a list of all projects not yet approved by the Public Works
Board or under contract. Any exception of an emergency nature will be
based upon recommendations of the cabinet.
Approval of most state contracts is vested in the Director of
General Services. Any exceptions to the freeze on these contracts and
on contracts for the rental of equipment, will be made upon the
recommendation of the Director of General Services and the approval of
the Director of Finance.
After four years of strenuous effort to "cut, squeeze, and trim"
there is not a great deal left in budgets for out of-state travel.
Agency secretaries will scrutinize and approve requests for out-of-state
travel which involve performance of work, such as auditors in the
Department of Insurance, Board of Equalization and Franchise Tax Board
who inspect the records of out-of-state firms doing business in
California. In general, requests to travel out of California to attend
conventions, workshops, give papers, and make speeches will not be
approved.
Now I want to say a word about layoffs. The governor is most
anxious to see that employees are not thrown out of work. For one
thing, we recognize, just as all of you do, that part of the total
problem is unemployment, and any release of state workers only compounds
the basic problem.
On the other hand, cutbacks of this nature create changes in the
normal workload pattern of the state, and inevitably result in areas of
lessened work. It would be difficult to justify to the taxpayers of
the state the retention of employees who had no work to do just to
provide a paycheck.
Therefore, while we are planning no mass layoffs, I cannot in good
conscience assure you that all our problems can be met through
attrition, nor can I assure you that there will be absolutely NO layoffs.
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This brings me, en, to my final point and he which involves
all departments of the state, whether funded from the general fund or
from special funds. The State Personnel Board recently adopted regula-
tions to insure that any state employee who has become unemployed
through cutbacks or job eliminations shall be given first opportunity
at any new job opening which develops. Special fund departments and
those departments supported from the general fund who receive emergency
hiring approval will clear through the Personnel Board to be certain
that unemployed state workers have an opportunity to accept any position
for which they are reasonably qualified.
Appropriate administrative manual changes to implement these steps
will be distributed to all directors tomorrow morning. These new
regulations will undoubtedly answer most of the technical questions
which are now in your mind. Further inquiries should be addressed to
agency secretaries by those departments who report through an agency
secretary and to the Department of Finance by those boards, commissions
and departments not under the jurisdiction of an agency secretary.
Most of the directors and commission board members in this room
were recommended by the governor's staff and appointed to their present
position by the governor. That appointment was made because the
governor has confidence in each of us to do his assigned job.
These are difficult times and the cuts announced today will, in
many cases, make our assigned tasks harder. The administration is
confident that this team is equal to the challenge. The governor will
be counting on each of us in the days ahead. We appreciate your presence
here today and we know that we can count on your cooperation in the
difficult months ahead.
Thank you for attending.
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(Mr. Orr will speak from notes but will stand by this text.)
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