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INAUGURAL PRESS RELEASES
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
1-2-71
Governor Reagan issued the following comment
in response to requests from the press relating to
the resignation of Senator George Murphy and the
appointment of Senator-elect John Tunney by the
governor:
"Senator Murphy, as he has done so consistently
and unselfishly over the past six years, has again
put the welfare of California above everything else."
# # #
EJG
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Governor's Inaugural Committee
555 CapitalMall
Sacramento, California 95814
TERRY EAGAN
(916) 442-4761
Press Director
(916) 442-4761
PRESS RELEASE
January 4, 1971
Specialist 4/C Thomas Hawkins, 21, a GI stationed
in Germany, will be a special guest at the inauguration of
Governor Ronald Reagan and will be greeted personally by the
Governor at 10:15a.m. Monday, January 4 in the Governor's
Council Room. Photo coverage is invited.
Hawkins, who used his 30-day stateside leave in
October to campaign for Assemblyman Pete Wilson of San Diego
and other Republicans, received an invitation to the inaugural
asked his commanding officer for permission to attend and the
request was granted.
He flew on military aircraft to San Diego from Germany where
he is stationed at Wiesbaden with the Communications Elec-
tronic Support Company of the U.S. Strategic Communications
Command-Europe. He is a tactical microwave systems repair-
man.
Hawkins, who has been active in Young Republican
groups including the Teen-Age Republicans and youth for
Goldwater, was a freshman at San Diego State College, major-
ing in political science, before he joined the Army.
(more)
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He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell G. Hawkins
of 1571 Villa Crest Drive, El Cajon. His father is an
engineer for the Bell System.
In addition to his work in Republican campaigns,
Hawkins served as attorney general of Granada Schools High
School and was the school's representative at Boys State in
Sacramento in 1967. At Boys State, he was appointed com-
missioner of Inland Water Ways.
Hawkins is staying in Sacramento with Mr. and Mrs.
James Curry of 4216 Boone Lane. The Currys are parents of
Hawkins' Army buddy, Spc 4/C Dennis Curry.
Hawkins will return to his post in Germany upon
the completion of his 10-day leave.
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Governor's Inaugural Committee
555 CapitolMall
Sacramento, California 95814
TERRY EAGAN
(916) 442-4761
Press Director
(916) 442-4761
PRESS RELEASE
MEMO TO THE PRESS
A pre-gala photo session has been scheduled for 8 p.m.,
Jan. 4, in Rooms 1 and 2 of Memorial Auditorium. Governor Reagan
and most of the personalities who will be performing in the gala
will be present. Your regular Inaugural credential will admit
you to the session. There will be no press conference. Wild
sound will be permitted.
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Governor's Inaugural Committee
555 CapitolMall
Sacramento, California 95814
TERRY EAGAN
(916) 442-4761
Press Director
(916) 442-4761
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The inauguration of Governor Ronald Reagan and Lieutenant
Governor Ed Reinecke will be broadcast live from the West Steps
of the Capitol to most California communities by the California
Broadcast Pool.
Producing the program for the pool will be KCRA-TV of
Sacramento. KCRA producer and program manager Phil Boyer
estimates at least 30 stations will carry the ceremonies. It is
also being offered to educational television stations free of
charge.
The Inaugural is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m., Jan. 4.
The oath of office will be administered to Gov. Reagan and Lt.
Gov. Reinecke by California Supreme Court Justice Donald Wright.
With Justice Wright on the Inaugural platform will be Associate
Justice Marshall McComb who administered the oath of office to
Governor Reagan in 1967.
The ceremony will also be attended by the other
constitutional officers and their spouses, California legislators
and other invited guests. The invocation will be delivered by
Bishop Alden J. Bell of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento,
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the Inaugural prayer will be delivered by the Reverend Donn Moomaw
of Westwood Presbyterian Church and the benediction by Rabbi
Edgar F. Magnin of Wilshire Temple, Los Angeles.
The processional will be played by the 59th Army Band of
the California National Guard, CWO-2 Robert G. Becker conducting.
Presentation of colors will be by the 270th Military Police
Company of the California National Guard and the National Anthem
will be sung by the Luther Burbank High School Band and Choir,
Duane Cunningham conducting.
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INAUGURAL CEREMONY PROGRAM
10:45 a.m.
ENTRANCE OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE
11:00 a.m.
PROCESSIONAL 59th ARMY BAND
CALIFORNIA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
CWO-2 ROBERT G. BECKER, CONDUCTING
ENTRANCE OF CLERGY:
REVEREND DONN MOOMAW, PASTOR,
BEL AIR PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
RABBI EDGAR F. MAGNIN,
WILSHIRE BOULEVARD TEMPLE, LOS ANGELES
BISHOP ALDEN J. BELL
BISHOP OF SACRAMENTO
ENTRANCE OF STATE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES:
CHIEF JUSTICE DONALD WRIGHT
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE MARSHALL McCOMB
ENTRANCE OF CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS:
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR & MRS. ED REINECKE
SECRETARY OF STATE EDMUND G. BROWN, JR.
CONTROLLER AND MRS. HOUSTON I. FLOURNOY
TREASURER IVY BAKER PRIEST & HER
HUSBAND, SIDNEY W. STEVENS
ATTORNEY GENERAL & MRS. EVELLE J. YOUNGER
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION &
MRS. WILSON W. RILES
GOVERNOR & MRS. RONALD REAGAN
SALUTE TO THE GOVERNOR
RUFFLES & FLOURISHES
19 GUN SALUTE - 3rd BATTALION, 143rd ARTILLERY,
CALIFORNIA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
STARS & STRIPES FOREVER - 59th ARMY BAND
PRESENTATION OF COLORS
270th MILITARY POLICE COMPANY
NATIONAL ANTHEM
LUTHER BURBANK HIGH SCHOOL BAND & CHOIR
MR. DUANE CUNNINGHAM, CONDUCTING
59th ARMY BAND
INVOCATION
BISHOP ALDEN J. BELL
"BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC"
LUTHER BURBANK HIGH SCHOOL BAND & CHOIR
INAUGURAL PRAYER
REVEREND DONN MOOMAW
INAUGURAL OATH
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR ED REINECKE
BY CHIEF JUSTICE DONALD WRIGHT
RESPONSE
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR ED REINECKE
"THE LAST WORDS OF DAVID"
LUTHER BURBANK HIGH SCHOOL BAND & CHOIR
INAUGURAL OATH
GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
BY CHIEF JUSTICE DONALD WRIGHT
INAUGURAL ADDRESS
GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
BENEDICTION
RABBI EDGAR F. MAGNIN
WASHINGTON POST MARCH, 59th ARMY BAND
Governor's Inaugural Committee
555 CapitolMall
Sacramento, California 95814
TERRY EAGAN
(916) 442-4761
Press Director
(916) 442-4761
PRESS RELEASE
December 22, 1970
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Federal Judge Thomas MacBride of Sacramento will be chair-
man of the annual Governor's Prayer Breakfast at the Senator
Hotel Jan. 4, Inaugural Committee Co-Chairman Mrs. Nita Ashcraft
announced today.
The 8:30 a.m. breakfast in the Empire Room will be the
opening activity of Inaugural Day for Governor Ronald Reagan.
Presiding officer will be Lt. Gov. Ed Reinecke.
The Jan. 4 breakfast will mark the fifth time Judge
MacBride, a former Sacramento County legislator, has been chair-
man. He was also chairman of the first annual Governor's Prayer
Breakfast in 1959.
Attending will be California's constitutional officers,
state legislators, members of the judiciary, heads of the various
state departments, members of the Governor's cabinet, Sacramento
city and county officials, Regents of the University of California
and other invited guests.
Clergymen participating in the ceremonies will be Rabbi
Edgar Magnin of Wilshire Temple, Los Angeles; the Rev. Don Moomaw
of Westwood Presbyterian Church, Westwood and Bishop Alden Bell
of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento.
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Invocation will be led by Wilson Riles, newly elected
uperintendent of Public Instruction. Associate Justice Bert
Janes of the 3rd District Court of Appeal will deliver the
benediction.
Judge MacBride will deliver welcoming remarks; Senator
Joseph M. Kennick, D-Long Beach, will deliver a reading from the
Old Testament and Assemblyman E. Richard Barnes, R-San Diego,
will deliver a reading from the New Testament.
The University of the Pacific a cappella choir, under the
direction of J. Russell Bodley, will sing three selections --
The Lord's Prayer, Benedictus and America. The UOP a cappella
Choir was established in 1916 and is the official Easter Sunrise
choir at Yosemite National Park. Bodley has been director since
1934.
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Governor's Inaugural Committee
555 CapitolMall
Sacramento, California 95814
TERRY EAGAN
(916) 442-4761
Press Director
(916) 442-4761
PRESS RELEASE
Memo to News Editors:
The California Broadcast Pool will offer an hour long live
broadcast of the inauguration of Governor Ronald Reagan on
January 4 beginning at 11 a.m. For television and radio, the
coverage will be produced by KCRA, Sacramento.
If you are planning additional coverage please notify us
immediately, giving us the names of your crews, so that
credentials can be issued and space provided for your vantage
point.
Space on the television platform will be allocated through
a drawing to be conducted by the inaugural committee.
If you have any further questions, please contact me.
Sincerely,
Terry Eagan
Press Director
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Governor's Inaugural Committee
555 CapitolMall
Sacramento, California 95814
TERRY EAGAN
(916) 442-4761
Press Director
(916) 442-4761
PRESS RELEASE
December 15, 1970
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Impressionist David Fry and singers Vikki Carr and Marion
Love have joined the list of headliners who will perform at
Governor Ronald Reagan's entertainment gala, Inaugural Chairman
Holmes Tuttle announced today.
Fry, Miss Carr and Miss Love will share the limelight with
Frank Sinatra, John Wayne, Dean Martin, James Stewart, Jack Benny
and Buddy Ebsen at the Jan. 4 gala at Sacramento's Memorial
Auditorium. The gala will begin at 8:30 p.m. Wayne and Stewart
will be masters of ceremony.
Inaugural Director Tom Bauer said Inaugural invitations have
been mailed to approximately 50,000 persons throughout California,
including Republican Party workers, state officials, members of
the Legislature, members of the California congressional delega-
tion and others.
A limited number of tickets for the gala, priced at $5, $10,
$25 and $50, went on sale Friday (Dec. 11) in Sacramento at
Breuner's Downtown, Breuner's Wayside North, Aerojet Recreation
Center Ticket Office and Inaugural Committee Headquarters, 555
Capitol Mall, Room 200.
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In Stockton tickets are being sold at Weberstown Box Office;
in Marysville at Sievwright's Music; in Placerville at the House
Shop; in Roseville at The Record Shop and in Davis at Discoveries.
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Governor's Inaugural Committee
555 CapitolMall
Lacramento, California 95814
TERRY EAGAN
(916) 442-4761
Press Director
(916) 442-4761
PRESS RELEASE
December 11, 1970
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Honorable Donald R. Wright, chief justice of the
California Supreme Court, will administer the oath of office to
Governor Ronald Reagan during Inaugural ceremonies January 4.
With Chief Justice Wright on the Inaugural platform will be
California Supreme Court Associate Justice Marshall McComb who
administered the oath of office to Governor Reagan in January of
1967.
Chief Justice Wright was nominated for the highest judicial
post in the State by Governor Reagan April 6 of this year and was
confirmed by the Commission on Judicial Qualifications April 17.
The Inaugural ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. on the West
Steps of the Capitol. The governor will begin the day with the
annual Governor's Prayer Breakfast at the Hotel Senator at
8:30 a.m. The final event of Inaugural Day will be an entertain-
ment gala at Memorial Auditorium featuring Frank Sinatra, John
Wayne, James Stewart, Dean Martin, Jack Benny, Buddy Ebsen and
others.
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The following is the oath of office which Chief Justice
Donald R. Wright will administer to Governor Ronald Reagan
January 4:
"I, (Ronald Reagan), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I
will support and defend the Constitution of the United States
and the Constitution of the State of California against all
enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and
allegiance to the Constitution of the United States and the
Constitution of California; that I take this obligation freely,
without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that
I will well and faithfully discharge the duties which I am
about to enter. "
Governor's Inaugural Committee
555 CapitolMall
Lacramento, California 95814
TERRY EAGAN
(916) 442-4761
Press Director
(916) 442-4761
PRESS RELEASE
December 8, 1970
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Frank Sinatra, John Wayne, Dean Martin, James Stewart, Jack
Benny and Buddy Ebsen top the list of headliners who will perform
at Governor Ronald Reagan's Inaugural entertainment gala scheduled
for 8:30 p.m., Jan. 4, at Memorial Auditorium in Sacramento.
Several other top entertainers are expected to perform at
the gala but have not been firmed up as yet, according to
Inaugural Chairman Holmes Tuttle.
The gala, the final event of the Inaugural, will be produced
by Sinatra Enterprises. Wayne and Stewart will be co-emcees.
Governor Reagan will take the oath of office for his second
four-year term at ceremonies scheduled for 11 a.m., Jan. 4, on
the west steps of the Capitol. He will begin the day with the
annual Governor's Prayer Breakfast at the Senator Hotel.
Tickets for the gala will go on sale Friday at the following
Sacramento locations:
Breuner's Downtown; Breuner's Wayside North; Aeroject
Recreation Center Ticket Office and the Inaugural Committee
Headquarters, 555 Capitol Mall, Room 200.
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In Stockton tickets are being sold at Weberstown Box Office;
in Marysville at Sievwright's Music; in Placerville at the House
Shop; in Roseville at The Record Shop and in Davis at Discoveries.
Tickets are priced at $5, $10, $25 and $50.
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GOVERNOR'S INAUGURAL COMMITTEE
555 Capitol Mall, Suite 200
Sacramento 95812
Contact: Terry Eagan, Press Director
December 2, 1971
(916) 442-4761
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Holmes Tuttle, a
long-time friend and associate, chairman of the 1971 Inaugural
scheduled for Jan. 4 in Sacramento.
Tuttle, a Los Angeles business and civic leader, was co-
chairman of the governor's 1970 re-election campaign.
Assisting Tuttle as co-chairmen will be Mrs. Nita Wentner
Ashcraft of San Francisco and Ed Mills of Los Angeles.
Mrs. Ashcraft, Northern California women's vice-chairman
of the Republican State Central Committee, was Northern California
finance vice-chairman for the governor's 1970 campaign. She is
the wife of former San Diego Assemblyman Hale Ashcraft who is
currently chairman of the Workmen's Compensation Appeals Board.
Mills served as Southern California finance chairman in
the 1966 and 1970 campaigns for the governor. He is a former
finance chairman and treasurer of the Republican State Central
Committee.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVER R
RELEASE: Imme ate
Sacramento, Califor a
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
1-5-71
#1
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Eugene V. Lipp, Pasadena businessman and civic leader, to a four-year
term on the Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals Board, subject to Senate
confirmation.
Lipp, 52, a Republican, will succeed Manuel Quevedo of
San Bernartino, who has resigned, in the $14,000 per year post.
Lipp and his wife Theda live at 1028 Glen Oaks Boulevard,
Pasadena,
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WAS
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE:
Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
1-6-71
#2
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of an
11-member Consumer Fraud Task Force to seek ways and means of
providing additional protection for the state's buying public.
The task force will study various types of frauds and their
impact upon consumers, will determine whether present laws are adequate
to protect consumers, will ascertain whether law enforcement agencies
have the legal tools necessary to detect, investigate and prosecute
perpetrators and will recommend legislation to strengthen the capabilities
of local and state enforcement agencies to deal with consumer fraud.
Jay Davis of Pasadena, vice president of Southern Counties Gas
Company, will head the force as chairman and Mrs. Catherine Hightower,
administrative assistant to the director of the new State Department of
Consumer Affairs, will serve as executive director of the task force.
She lives in El Macero.
Other task force members include Orange County Deputy District
Attorney Joe Dickerson of Laguna Beach; Mrs. Treesa Drury of Hollywood,
consumer affairs director for RKO General, KHJ-TV; Mrs. Emily Johnson,
Los Angeles realtor; J. Carson Magill, San Francisco, vice president and
western regional manager for McCann-Erickson Advertising; Deputy
Attorney General Wiley Manuel, Oakland; Mrs. Lola McAlpin-Grant, Los
Angeles, assistant dean of Loyola University School of Law and
consumer protection instructor at UC-Irvine; Detective Sergeant Raymond
Mercer, Glendale, Los Angeles Police Department Fraud Division;
Domingo Quintero, Chula Vista attorney, and Glenhall Taylor, Jr.,
San Francisco, vice president of the Wells Fargo Bank.
The members will serve without compensation from the state.
######
WAS
OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE: I ediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
1-6-71
#3
(NOTE TO PRESS: The State OEO Report, referred to in the following
release, is now available for inspection in the
governor's office.)
A 283 page report backed by nearly 9,000 pages of documented
evidence was handed over to federal OEO officials in Washington, D.C.
today in support of Governor Reagan's veto of funding for California
Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. (CRLA) during 1971.
The Reagan administration's case was presented by California OEO
Director Lewis K. Uhler whose office prepared the lengthy document.
The report corroborates the governor's reasons for disapproving the
$1.8 million federal grant sought by CRLA to fund its operations this
year.
In vetoing the grant several weeks ago (December 26), the governor's
office cited "gross and deliberate violations (by CRLA) of OEO guidelines,'
its "misuse of taxpayer funds" and the failure of CRLA to serve the
"true civil legal needs of the poor. "
The governor, in a telegram to Senator Alan Cranston December 31
emphasized that "my veto was in no way occasioned by a philosophical
quarrel with the original purpose of this program to provide civil
legal assistance to the rural poor---but precisely because this purpose
is not being met."
Included among the 11 lengthy sections are CRLA's activities behind
prison walls, its criminal representation, the solicitation of clients
and the stirring up of litigation by CRLA, its involvement with youth
and in agriculture, its tactics of harassment, and disregard for
professional ethcis, and the waste, inefficiency, and misuse of its
resources. The final section outlines the administration's proposed
alternative to CRLA---a privately financed legal services system for the
rural poor.
The report details the extent to which CRLA staff attorneys or
CRLA staff members have involved themselves in the "Soledad Seven" case
which arose out of the murder of a prison guard, January 16, 1970, by
inmates at Soledad penitentiary.
"All three of these accused inmates (Jackson, Drungo, and Clutchette)
have been visited by either CRLA staff attorneys or CRLA staff members
for conferences. Further, CRLA attorneys or CRLA staff members have also
visited the defendants in the 'Soledad Seven' case, II it says.
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/ #3
The report also documents how a CRLA attorney "subtly threatened
an inmate at Soledad and "suggested that the inmate, at best, suppress
evidence, and, at worst, commit perjury" in the
"SoulBrothers" murder
case.
It quotes testimony by a former directing legal secretary and
office manager of CRLA's Salinas office from September, 1966, to June,
1969, Currently the interim director of the Monterey County Anti-poverty
Coordinating Council, an OEO-supported agency, she states:
"
Cases were accepted for clients charged with criminal
offenses
Many conscientious objector cases to avoid the
draft were accepted and defended by (CRLA attorney, Mr.
Daniels) in federal courts. Mr. Daniels was involved with
the inmates at Soledad prison in the preparation of cases to
be presented in court by the inmate, seeking writs, new trials,
and so forth. "
The report emphasizes that "CRLA is prohibited from representing
criminals
to assure that CRLA's resources will not be dissipated where
other legal services such as those of the Public Defender are already
available to the indigent in California." For example, in a section
titled "Case of non-compliance, the report cites numerous violations
of this provision.
Judge Claude J. Miller of the Yuba Judicial District, says in an
affidavit:
"During the past year, 1970, there have been at least five
criminal cases that have come before me in which the defendant
was represented by CRLA attorneys.
It is my opinion and
observation that many of the criminal cases that were handled
by CRLA would have been handled by the Public Defender's office.
In another example, the report cites the case of Jorge Jarpa, a
community worker, for the Santa Maria CRLA office, "arrested February 21,
1970 by the CHP on a charge of possession of marijuana. Jarpa was
defended in this criminal action by Burton D. Fretz, listed as a paid
associate attorney for the Santa Maria CRLA office. Although no longer
on the staff Jarpa remained in the employ of CRLA for more than six
months after his arrest, " the report says.
According to the report, a publication calling itself "People's
Paper" was published in the Marysville office of CRLA listing CRLA
attorney Peter Haberfeld as a contributing writer-editor. The paper
listed as its address 1212 F Street, Marysville, which is the address of
the local CRLA office. An article calls the U.S. Attorney General
"PIG Mitchell". "We say take heed to this man's message, for if you
believe in this man, you will forever be a race that will be suppressed,
tortured, beaten and killed. What type of law can exist where/your black
brothers and sisters are being shot down in the street like animals.
WE ARE ASKING ALL BROTHERS AND SISTERS TO 'TAKE ARMS.
#3
The report carries testimony by Monroe Carter Taylor, Director of
Social Services at the King-Kennedy Memorial Center, Modesto, and also
a member of the advisory board of CRLA in Modesto. He said:
"I think there was another instance of misdirection of funds
and that was during the state campaign for state assemblyman
Malclovio Lopez. Mr. Lopez was in my office attempting to
solicit my support. I told him I couldn't support him because
he did not have the funds to expend in printing materials for
his campaign that would make it a success. He said that CRLA
had made contributions to his campaign fund and that CRLA office
staff had printed and reprinted brochures, bumper stickers and
various other materials free of charge to him. I later talked
to a member of the CRLA staff, who is no longer on the CRLA
staff, and found that what Mr. Lopez told me was true.
I feel that the funds were not properly used as there was
a heavy caseload of poor clients who needed representation
while the two (CRLA) lawyers were off involved with
demonstrations and defending them in court.'
It also charges that "CRLA has acted as attorney for entrepreneurs
who staged a rock festival in El Centro, December 15, 1970 at Buckland
Park (attended by an estimated 800 persons). Bob Johnstone, of the CRLA
office in El Centro acted as legal representative of the entrepreneurs
who staged this rock festival, which does not conform with eligibility
guidelines for CRLA in the opinion of this office."
One section in the report extensively details CRLA's involvement in
school confrontations and the counselling of young minority students for
the purpose of bringing about confrontations, some of them racial.
In yet another section, enumerating incidents in which CRLA
attorneys have solicited cases and stirred up litigation prohibited
under the canons of professional ethics of the American Bar Association
the report says:
"The incidents cited
reveal at best a blatant indifference to the
needs of the poor, at worst a disposition to use their (CRLA's) clients
as ammunition in their efforts to wage ideological warfare.
"The essence of CRLA's direction," it continues, "is a passion to
wage ideological warfare with the poor as ammunition. The result is to
force upon the poor a form of exploitation that in some ways is worse and
more enervating than any other.
"The dominant thrust of CRLA's activities is ideological. Its causes
betray complete indifference to the impact on individual poor people. As
this report shows, time and again, when they (CRLA attorneys) have had
opportunities to settle cases out of court or solve a problem at a lower
level of controversy, they chose escalation. The result was always to
stir dissension, fear and division in the communities they are supposed
to be serving.'
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#3
The final section of the report outlines the dimensions of a
privately financed alternative to CRLA "which will insure not only local
responsiveness, but the mobilization and support of the entire community
behind the legitimate legal needs of the poor."
It notes that in each case "the local bar association will be the
grantee of the funds, will control the program, and will participate
fully and completely in the design of the program for its particular area.
"We will utilize the employed attorney and judicare concepts in
different areas
....
(including) variations such as:
"First level eligibility standards for the poor."
"Sliding scale eligibility standards for the poor (a client pays
part of the legal cost based on income level). "
"Variations on fee schedules in judicare."
"A requirement that attorneys interested in taking advantage
of judicare and participating in the program must first contribute
a set number of hours free of charge to poor clients to qualify for
participation."
"In suggesting (this) requirement
we seek to identify those
attorneys who are wholeheartedly, rather than just marginally, interested
in assisting the poor with their legal needs.
The report notes that the State Office of Economic Opportunity had
mailed a questionnaire to 3,400 judges and lawyers, randomly selected,
within the area served by CRLA's operating offices.
"The questionnaire was designed to enable the respondent to comment
upon the major facets of CRLA operations. We have maintained the
responses in strictest confidence and will continue to do so, as we have
assured our respondents that we would. Not a single questionnaire is
included among the supporting documents to this evaluation, and none has
been quoted, " the report said.
The report characterizes as "irrelevant considerations" suits by
CRLA against the Reagan administration or other political subdivisions.
"The matter of allowing or disallowing OEO-supported attorneys to sue
the government is a matter for the Congress or OEO to decide upon. Since
it is not proscribed in the CRLA grant we cannot properly take it into
consideration, it says.
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#3
According to the report, "CRLA frequently advances a multitude of
statistics as evidence of its own success. These statistics primarily
involve the number of people served and cases won and lost.
"The statistics CRLA cites are almost meaningless,' it says.
"Among other things it is most difficult to determine whether a case has
taken five minutes or five months to handle. A win-loss record is
hardly relevant to marriage dissolutions, bankruptcies, consumer advice,
etc., which have to do with really serving the individual needs of poor
people.
"Furthermore, it appears that CRLA has not included in its win-loss
determination the number of cases which it may have dismissed prior to
trial.
"CRLA clearly does not reveal the numerous losses in criminal
cases where its personnel, contrary to its grant conditions have
represented criminal defendants, " the report charges.
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Here is a small sampling of excerpts of recent opinions
received by the State Office of Economic Opportunity relating
to CRLA:
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the Santa Rosa CRLA office does not adequately service
the
existing needs of the poor in every day situations which require
legal help.
Newton Dal Pogetto, President Sonoma County Bar
Association (December 23, 1970)
"The case involved an 18-year old boy committing statutory rape
on a 15-year old girl, and when the girl's parents objected,
members of the CRLA office took the girl from her parents, taking
her to Mexico and arranged for them to get married.
Currently, the Santa Barbara county District Attorney's office
is appearing on behalf of the people of the state of California in a
case brought by CRLA
a criminal matter
"It has been my experience that Mr. Haynes, as a member of CRLA.
would write false letters to the editor of the local paper containing
falsehoods and made use of a 'back-door' policy in talking to judges
outside the presence of opposing counsel.
"I do not believe that the poor of this community (Santa Barbara)
would suffer if the CRLA office was disbanded. However. as in any
community of this size, we should have some workable legal aid for
the poor, which is not CRLA
James W. Houlihan, Deputy District Attorney
Santa Barbara County (December 8, 1970)
"It is the opinion of the Stanislaus County Bar Association
that CRLA is not adequately serving the needs of the poor, measured
by the express purposes for which it was originally funded. It is,
therefore, additionally the opinion of the Stanislaus County Bar
Association that operations of CRLA should not be continued on their
present basis.
"I am authorized to say that this letter reflects not only the
opinion of, the present officers and executive committee, but the
opinions of 13 former presidents, whose names I am authorized to use. "
John W. Martin, President, Stanislaus County
Bar Association (December 9. 1970)
"After careful evaluation, I urge that you veto the funds for
the California Rural Legal Assistance Program, known as CRLA. The
damage done to democratic society far outweighs the service to poor
people. A different way of giving legal aid to the poor should be
devised that is free of activist political action.
--Dr. Clifford F. Loader, Mayor, City of Delano
President, League of California Cities
(December 19, 1970)
The Assembly Republican Party Caucus of the California
Legislature adopted -- by a vote of 35-2 -- a motion in support
of Governor Reagan's veto of federal funds for CRLA during 1971.
Sacramento, January 3, 1971
"Whereas, CRLA has been given not only the opportunity to
demonstrate, but it has wantonly and viciously used its authority
money and ability to attack governmental administration of schools.
welfare and health, thus devoting taxpayers' money to attack and
harass local governmental administration with silly, frivolous and
absurd grievances without understanding or appreciation of the
individual's rights, or the rights of the public, or its counterpart,
the government
"Whereas, the real need of the poor and the underprivileged is
to represent such persons with care and understanding in domestic,
contractual and tort litigation. However, the CRLA has turned some
of these people away with the excuse of being busy and unavailable
for such representation.
"Whereas, the activities of the CRLA have been distorted and
misguided with an arrogant disregard of the desirable and benevolent
assistance of the underprivileged. The underprivileged concept has
been the excuse and the shield for the extravagant expenditure of
public funds
"Now, therefore, be it resolved that this board does recommend
to the Governor of the State of California that he veto this
program until and unless some beneficial and truly helpful legal
assistance program is formulated.'
-Resolution adopted unanimously by the Madera County
Board of Supervisors (January 2, 1968)
"Although not current, these comments are still
appropriate and reflect the grave concern of the
Madera County Board of Supervisors toward the
operation of CRLA. "
Donald M. Handly, Madera County Administrative
Officer (December 17, 1970)
"Contrary to policy statements and opinions issued by CRLA
that it is not to become involved in fee-generating cases or cases
in which the state is obligated to furnish counsel, the fact is that
CRLA has, from time to time, persisted in becoming involved in just
such kinds of cases when, for reasons best known to themselves,
they decide that it is a proper case to assume.
"It has also been noted that in civil actions instituted by the
CRLA in behalf of one who has been qualified to proceed in forma
pauperis and having obtained an order of the court waiving the usual
costs incident to such proceedings, there is no hesitancy to incur
expense for services which are not normally employed even by
privately financed litigants.
"It has been noted also that the local office almost uniformly
assigns two lawyers to the presentation of each case without regard
to how simple the case may be. In fact, I have on occasion asked
of such counsel why it was thought necessary to have two lawyers
present in the presentation of simple matters and when informed that
this was the policy, I have stated that as an interested taxpayer
I regarded such policy as extravagant and a waste of public funds.
"The clear impression gained from observing the activities of
the local CRLA office is that its primary concern appears to be
with effecting social change and the originally expressed purposes
of assisting the indigent have apparently been lost sight of.
William Zeff, Superior Court Judge Stanlislaus County
(December 23, 1970)
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"It is my recommendation that California Rural Legal Assistance
shall no longer be permitted to operate in Monterey County. It has
become a totally irresponsible and unrestrained operation of an
agency funded by the federal government which has interfered with
and has harassed county and state agencies and departments with
almost total abandonment of its original concept to serve individual
poor people in rural counties.
"I have noticed with disgust and alarm its repeated activities
in
criminal
matters my opinions are based not only on specific
matters but have come to my attention by general discussion in past
months with members of the local bar and members of my own staff who
have sent indigent people to CRLA for help in matters involving
divorce, bankruptcy law, landlord problems and problems with
creditors. The almost uniform reaction has been that those indigent
persons are told by CRLA in effect, 'we do not have time for your
individual cases. 1
"The actions of this agency have been a gross interference with
and infringement upon the authority of the grand jury of the county,
the Board of Supervisors of the county. and those fields in which
the office of the Attorney General of California could. and would.
act for complaints within its authority.
"This agency has failed miserably to discharge its obligations
to the indigent rural people. has wasted hundreds of thousands of
dollars of our taxes, and has caused expensive and time-consuming
involvement of our local agencies. in answering its vicious attacks. "
-Bertram N. Young, District Attorney, Monterey County
(December 8, 1970)
"This is to request: that you veto any appropriation of funds
for CRLA because of its present operation. It is the opinion of
this office that CRLA ix not carrying out the purposes for which
it was intended
this request would not be made if CRLA were
truly serving the needs of the poor.
"On November 30, 1970, CRLA filed a complaint in the federal
district court for the eastern district of California seeking a
restraining order against the Stanislaus County Grand Jury and me
from proceeding with any investigation of CRLA. In this action,
CRLA labeled itself 'a Federal Legal Services Project'. By virtue
of this descriptive title, and having in mind the various types
of actions which CRLA has filed and the course of conduct it has
pursued, it would appear that the federal government, knowingly
or unknowingly, is financing groups to undermine the operation.
effectiveness and integrity of state and local governments. I
cannot believe that congress or the President of the United States
ever intended such a result.
--Alexander M. Wolfe, District Attorney, Stanislaus
County (December 14, 1970)
"CRLA has repeatedly harassed and weakened the programs of
our schools.
"Please limit the damage of CRLA by cutting off their funds.
--E. O. Steimle, Secretary, Board of Trustees,,
Brawley School District
(December 17, 1970)
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"Whereas this Board of Supervisors desires to express itself
toward elimination of wasted money and manpower and duplication
of efforts of existing governmental agencies
it is ordered by a
majority vote of this board that the chief administrative officer
be authorized and directed to draw a letter
urging that CRLA be
abolished.'
Board of Supervisors, Stanislaus County
(December 1, 1970)
"CRLA does not function as a law office which specializes in
what has come to be known as 'poverty law', but rather, it functions
as a device for promoting special interest groups and only operates
as a law office because it has determined that this is a convenient
means to effectuate its ends.
"
the federal government should not subsidize any particular
salient social or political activity.
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"This committee feels also
that some of the procedures and
techniques utilized by the CRLA practitioners are not consistent
with the commonly accepted canons of legal ethics under which our
private attorneys practice. Further official sanction or sponsorship
of CRLA by the local bar association
would. in our opinion,
constitute an implied acquiesence and approval of professional legal
practices incompatible with our own canon of legal ethics."
Imperial County Bar Association
(March, 1970)
"There is growing public concern that CRLA is not carrying
out its stated corporate purpose of providing adequate legal
assistance for the poor.
"CRLA has refused to comply with the process of this grand jury
in an investigation of the corporate activities of CRLA to determine
whether it is providing adequate legal assistance for the poor.
"Therefore, the 1970 Stanislaus County grand jury hereby
recommends to the Governor of the State of California that he veto
funding of the legal services program of CRLA.
-Resolution adopted unanimously by the 1970 Stanislaus
County Grand Jury (December 16. 1970)
"I am convinced that the taxpayers' money could be better
spent through funding organizations who limit their activities
through advising and representing poor individuals rather than
litigating class actions and causes.
"I am opposed to future funding of CRLA as it is presently
constituted
"
William H. Staffers, Monterey County Counsel
(December 16, 1970)
"There is certainly a need for legal services for those who
cannot afford them. But it is obvious to me that CRLA is not
doing the job for which funds were provided. It is my sincere
hope that you (Governor Reagan) will veto any further appropriations
for this extremely unfortunate flaw in our federal government's
attempt to help the poor. If
Fred Marler, Jr., California State Senator,
2nd District (December 18, 1970)
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
Office of Economic Opportunity
January 7, 1971
Sacramento, California
Lewis K. Uhler, Director
445-7011
The State of California today accused "persons acting on
behalf of CRLA, including employees of CRLA of harassing, intimidating
and pressuring persons who have signed complaints about the activities
of CRLA "to change their stories from the factual statements which were
given to the State Office of Economic Opportunity."
In telegrams to Cruz Reynoso, director of CRLA, San Francisco,
and to each of the organization's nine offices in California, State
OEO Director Lewis K. Uhler also requested that Reynoso "promptly
investigate this incredible situation and order CRLA employees who
are involved in such gross misconduct to cease these activities
immediately." A copy of the telegram was forward to Frank Carlucci,
acting director of the federal Office of Economic Opportunity,
Washington, D.C.
Uhler's telegram said:
"My office has received numerous complaints by persons who
have furnished information to the State of California about the
activities of CRLA that they are being harassed, intimidated and
pressured by persons acting on behalf of CRLA, including employees of
CRLA, and that attempts are being made to get them to change their
stories which were given to the State Office of Economic Opportunity.
"It is requested that you promptly investigate this incredible
situation and order CRLA employees who are involved in such gross
misconduct to cease these activities immediately.
"A complete investigation of these complaints is now being
made by the State of California and full information in this regard
will be made available to federal OEO authorities."
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The following affidavit was signed today, January 7, 1971,
in Salinas by Mrs. Amelia A. Harris who furnished testimony contained
in the State Office of Economic Opportunity report (Pages 29-31)
supporting Governor Reagan's veto of funding for CRLA during 1971:
"My name is Amelia A. Harris. I live at 394 Natividad Road,
Salinas. I am a former directing legal secretary of the California
Rural Legal Assistance office in Salinas.
"On Wednesday, January 6, 1971, in the evening hours, while I
was at my home, I received four telephone calls from Mr. Robert
Gnaizda, known to me as an attorney, deputy director of California
Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. He referred to a press release put out
by the State Governor's Office in which I was quoted. He wanted me
to send a wire to him refuting my statements. This was the subject
of all four conversations. During the first conversation he said he
was going to draw up a statement for me to sign. When he called the
second time he read the statement to me and I refused to sign it. He
called the third time and asked me to prepare a statement to present
at their press conference at 10 a.m. today. I refused. The fourth
time he called he asked me to send him a telegram and I refused.
"This statement is true and correct and freely given under
penalty of perjury."
Signed: Amelia A. Harris
Salinas, California
January 7. 1971
STATE OF CA: FORNIA
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Office of Economic Opportunity
FOR RELEASE AT WILL
Sacramento, California
January 7, 1971
Lewis K. Uhler, Director
445-7011
Attached is the signed statement of Mr. Monroe Carter Taylor
contained in the State OEO report in support of Governor Reagan's veto
of funding for CRLA during 1971.
The signed statement was made and sworn before Mr. I. J. Piceno,
a special investigator of the Department of Human Resources Development,
State of California, December 21, 1970, at Modesto, California.
The final paragraph of this statement reads:
"I am totally blind and this statement has been read to me by
Marge Werner. She also has initialed all the errors for me."
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HUMAN RELATIONS AGENCY
DEP
MENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEVEL
AFFIDAVIT OF ENT Jaylor
COUNTY STATE OF OF Staneslows
SS.
Taken At601 at South Jranklen O'Clock are M.
moderts, california
monroe d I freely Carter Jayler and voluntarily this
,
Social Security No.
, being first
sworn, says: give affidavit to
J.PICEND
WHO is known to me as a Special Investigator for the California Department of Human Resources Development.
I have not been threatened or abused in any way. I have not been promised anything for giving this statement.
I am the Dirictor of Social Services at the
King Kinnedy memorial Center of the city
of Moderto, 68/ A, Franklin are, moduto
California I amalso a membru of the
Legal assistance office located here in
advisory found of the California Rual
Moderto my personal belief is that the
is very much nuded nuded this community
CRLA offer 02 this type of degal offer
to hilp the poor. I think that Saciely the
job I all the CRLA lawyer
CRLA offer of the area is doing a gord
who out of the office are
profficial in their conduct must of the
time. There have been two lawyus
a Mr Lowensten and mr neumark, who
at times, I think, have actut outside
of there realm Junediction I wish to
had nw
Mr me marge Werner
I have read the foregoing affidavit and it is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Witness marge Werne
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 21st
day [SIGNED
of
, 1970
Page No.
of a
JJuin Special Investigator
3
page affidavit.
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STATE
OF
CALIFORNIA
HUMAN RELATIONS AGENCY
DEPA
MENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELO'
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
AFFIDAVIT OF
COUNTY OF staneslow
SS.
Taken at
/
O'Clock
M.
At
Monroe Carter Jayln
,
Social Security No.
du sworn, says: I freely and voluntarily give this affidavit to
T.J.PICENO
being first
who is known to me as a Special Investigator for the California Department of Human Resources Development.
I have not been threatened or abused in any way. I have not been promised anything for giving this statement.
point out that during the moduto
city School Juneh dimonstration which
occured in march 1970 those two lawyers
wereall to active. First, they total the
legally in cant if arrested. Second, they
demonstrators they would represent them
Spent the entire day, day ofter day at
the City Schools office with the demonstretors
when in fait they should have ben at
then office doing their official dutue talking
t clients Thirdly they did ressent some
of the demonstrutors who were anustest, and
the two, Lowensteen and neumark spent
wubsin count defending the demonstrators.
Some of the dimonstrators I suspect, did
the law. The Countr were held in the
not even quility father upunytation under
day time had and not at might to The werner two
n read me by marge
I have read the foregoing affidavit and it is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.
MW
MN
Witness Marge Werner
[SIGNED]
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 21 31 day
of
Jumber
1970
2
,
Page No.
of a
Jain Special Investigator
5
page affidavit.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
HUMAN RELATIONS AGENCY
DEPA MENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOP ENT
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
AFFIDAVIT OF
COUNTY OF Stanilaw
SS.
Taken at
O'Clock
M.
At
Monroe Carter Jayla
, Social Security No.
,
being first
duly sworn, says: I freely and voluntarily give this affidavit to
J.PICENO
who is known to me as a Special Investigator for the California Department of Human Resources Development.
I have not been threatened or abused in any way. I have not been promised anything for giving this statement.
lawyers claimed they were doing so
on their own time. While I was at
scence I had a commution with mr
the scene City School office demonstration
Neumarh relative to his counsiling of the
the demonstrators who should have been
in school. The issue was what theoryourg
remarked "monric HW something 6 that
Children whi ging up to the lat. Children Mrs neumark
and charge it to CRLA. 'aftw' the school
unmonstrution I tathed to Dand Jalamante,
manager of the then Stanislaw County Coop-
ertive association, 409 mage Road, modito,
who had Survicked the demonstritors luncher
and he told me that he had billed CREA
paid In it. I think that this was a
$400.00 for the food and that they had
misdise A had AW tim of Junds. I think that there
TAX to me by marge werner
I have read the foregoing affidavit and it is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Witness Marge Werner
[SIGNED]
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 21st
of
December , 1970
Page No. 3 of
a
I.Jacine Special Investigator
5
page affidavit.
EXHIBIT
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HUMAN RELATIONS AGENCY
DEP/
MENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELC
ENT
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
AFFIDAVIT OF
COUNTY OF Staneslaw
SS.
Taken at
O'Clock
M.
At
manroe
,
Social Security No.
duy sworn, says: I freely and voluntarily give this affidavit to
J.PICERN being first
who is known to me as a Special Investigator for the California Department of Human Resources Development.
I have not been threatened or abused in any way. I have not been promised anything for giving this statement.
was another instance of misdivation of
funds and that was during the Companyn
Jyez. mr Lopez war in my office atten ting
for state assemblyman by one malilono
support him because he did not have the
to Soluit my support. I told him I
funds to expend in printing materials for
his campaign that would make ita success
He said that CRL A had made cash
contribution to hir campaign fund and
that it the CRLA office stiff had printed and
reproduced Albhure, fumper stuhus,
and various other materials free of charge
to hime I later tothed to a member of the
CRLA staff who no longe is on the stiff,
and found that what Far Lipez told melion
true. apparently they had also printed up
Premper had studies and advocating to me by limeked
Mary
I have read the foregoing affidavit and it is true and correct to the my best of my knowledge and belief.
MW
MW
Witness Marge Werner
[SIGNED]
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 2151 day
of December 1970
Page No. 4 of a
J. Special Investigator
5 page affidavit.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
HUMAN RELATIONS AGENCY
DEP,
MENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELO
ENT
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
AFFIDAVIT OF
COUNTY OF Stanelow
SS.
Taken at
O'Clock
M.
At
Monroe Carte Jaylor
,
Social Security No.
duly sworn, says: I freely and voluntarily give this affidavit to
PICENO
being first
who is known to me as a Special Investigator for the California Department of Human Resources Development.
I have not been threatened or abused in any way. I have not been promised anything for giving this statement.
Schools bond election I ful that the
fa the children during the modeste lity
Sunde were not properly used as there
who nuded representation while the two lawyer
was a heavy case load of poor clients
were off involved with demonstration and
defending show in court, In fact it was
during this period that I telephoned Mr
Sal Españac Mil of Dovenor Reagani staff
requesting an audit of CRLA books to
intermine how the Junde were actually
being used. I am tablety flind and this
statement has been read to me by by marge
Werner, she also has initial all there 11 Y errors for
me. MN
had
read to me by maye Werner
I have read MN the foregoing affidavit and it is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Witness Marge Kerner
[SIGNED]
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 21st day
of
Dhunk 1970
Page No. 5 of
a
Special Investigator ,
5
page affidavit.
EXHIBIT
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OFFICE OF THE GOVER R
RELEASE: mediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
1-7-71
#4
Governor Ronald Reagan today reappointed Theodore R. Gillenwaters,
Newport Beach oceanic expert, to a four-year term on the Navigation
and Ocean Development Commission, subject to Senate confirmation.
Gillenwaters, a retired Air Force colonel and a founder and
secretary-counsel of the Oceanic Research Institute at La Jolla, has
served on the commission since 1969.
Gillenwaters, a Republican, lives at 1731 Westbourne Place,
Newport Beach.
Commissioners are paid necessary expenses.
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WAS
OFFICE OF THE GOVER
R
RELEASE:
ediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
1-7-71
#5
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Mrs. Irene H. Hannaford, Piedmont business woman and civic leader,
to fill an unexpired term on the California Advisory Board of
Furniture and Bedding in the Department of Consumer Affairs.
Mrs. Hannaford, a Republican, will fill the term of David B.
Walker of Escondido, who has resigned. The term ends on June 30, 1973.
She lives at 2083 Oakland Avenue, Piedmont, with her husband
Peter and their two sons.
Mrs. Hannaford will represent the public on the board.
Board members are paid $25 per diem while on official duty.
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WAS
OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE: 1 ediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
1-7-71
#6
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointment of
Joseph Russ III, Ferndale rancher, to a six-year term on the Fish and
Game Commission, subject to Senate confirmation.
Russ, a Republican, has served on the commission since 1968.
He lives at Ocean House in Ferndale.
Commission members are paid $10 per day of official duty, not
to exceed $50 per member during the calendar month.
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WAS
OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE: L...mediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
1-7-71
#7
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Frank Woods, San Rafael
businessman, to the State Personnel Board, subject to Senate
confirmation.
Woods, 38, owner of Western Eleven Development Company and a
member of the California Navigation and Ocean Development Commission
since 1969, will succeed Joseph Wyatt, Jr., of Pasadena whose term has
expired.
A Republican, Woods is married and has three children. The
family lives at 2414 Gough Street, San Francisco.
Board members serve 10-year-terms and receive an annual salary
of $10,080.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
Sacramento, California
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
1-8-71
Governor Reagan will be available to the press for a brief
question and answer session this morning at 11 o'clock in the
governor's office.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVEF
R
RELEASE:
ediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
1-7-71
#8
Governor Ronald Reagan today sent the following letter to all
units of state government:
"As each of us knows, one of our most pressing challenges is to
develop a welfare program designed to preserve, rather than destroy,
California's greatest resource its people.
"An important element of that program must be the establishment of
opportunities for able-bodied welfare recipients to contribute to their
own well being. When regular employment is unavailable, it remains
for state and local government to assist in identifying useful work
that might be accomplished by employable welfare recipients.
"In order that we may pursue this goal, I am requesting by this
letter each agency and department of state government to examine their
operations, and those areas and functions within
California that their operations touch upon, for work that could be made
available for able-bodied welfare recipients.
"It is extremely important that the following criteria be
observed in identifying such work:
"1. The jobs described must not displace persons already
employed or interfere in any way with existing patterns of
employment.
"2. The jobs described must not involve high costs for training
or supervision.
"3. The jobs described should not involve significant per
capita expenditures for tools, transportation, housing
or other costs.
"4. The jobs must serve a useful and constructive purpose that
will contribute to making California a better place to live.
"You are requested to forward the initial results of your
investigations to the Office of Manpower Utilization, Department of
Human Resources Development, 800 Capitol Mall, Sacramento, no later
than February 1, 1971.
"It is essential that all of the talent and resources of state
government are brought to bear on the challenge of welfare. It is a
time for innovation and imagination."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVER JR
RELEASE:
mediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
1-8-71
#9
Governor Ronald Reagan today read the toxt of the following
telegram to Mr. John Twiname, Director of Social and Rehabilitation
Service, Department of HEW, Washington, D.C., to members of the press
in Sacramento.
The governor's telegram said:
"I would like to thank you for your decision today to withdraw and
rescind your action regarding California's alleged lack of conformity
with federal welfare regulations. However, it is most unfair to cover
an HEW blunder by suggesting that California has changed its position,
"I am at a loss, to understand why the decision to cut off funds
was necessary in the first place since your office was kept informed of
the situation in California regarding the court actions at all times.
"The last instance being the letter to you dated January 4, 1971,
from Robert Martin, Director of the Department of Social Welfare, in
which he again advised that California has adopted regulation 44-313,
maximum state participation base, and has put that regulation into
effect. That same letter also pointed out that implementation of that
regulation had been delayed by a preliminary injunction against the use
of an equitable adjustment (California Welfare Rights Organization vs.
Martin) and a temporary restraining order (Levine vs. Martin and Orr),
and that it was his intention to implement regulation 44-313 as soon
as he was legally free to do so.
"In addition, members of my administration have been in constant
contact with your office and other staff members in the Department of
Health, Education and Welfare and have worked with you and your staff in
the court proceedings.
"Finally, I would hope that statements attributed by the Associated
Press to HEW officials are untrue that the determination to cut off funds
to California was designed to coerce Congress.
"I cannot believe those unnamed officials would use the poor as pawns
in a political battle nor can I believe you would suggest that the needy
in California be deprived of federal assistance merely to fulfill some
bureaucratic whim. Because of the graveness of such apparent comments,
it seems to me that it would be wise for the federal government to
categorically denounce such comments and assure the people of California
they are not being used in a dispute between HEW and the Congress.
"I want to reassure you that California will continue to work with
the federal government to resolve these issues, but at the same time agair
remind you that at the present time our handsare tied by the courts, a
situation known to your office for these past several months."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVEN OR
MEMO TO TH PRESS
Sacramento, Califor..ia
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
7-8-71
#10
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
January 11, 1971
through
January 17, 1971
Monday, January 11
No public appointments scheduled.
Overnight - Sacramento
Tuesday, January 12
11:00 a.m.
State of the State Address, Joint Session of the
Legislature, Assembly Chambers.
Overnight - Sacramento
Wednesday, January 13
1:30 p.m.
PRESS CONFERENCE
Overnight - Sacramento
Thursday, January 14
No public appointments scheduled.
Overnight - Los Angeles
Friday, January 15
10:30 a.m.
Dedication of the Martin Anthony Sinatra Medical
Education Center, Palm Springs.
Overnight - Palm Springs
Saturday, January 16
No public appointments scheduled.
Overnight - Los Angeles
Sunday, January 17
No public appointments scheduled.
Overnight - Sacramento
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
1-8-71
#11
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Richard M. Brown, Los Angeles attorney, to a four-year-term on the
Recreational Trails Committee.
Brown, 40, a certified public accountant and a member of the law
firm of Roemer and Hamwi, is active in several conservationist
organizations. He succeeds Dr. Loren Lutz of Pasadena, who has resigned
Brown lives at 13824 Alder Grove, Sylmar. He is a Republican.
Committee members receive necessary expenses.
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MEMO TO TF PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
1-11-71
Governor Reagan has cancelled all his
office appointments for today and is confined
to his home in Sacramento with a touch of the
flu.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
MEMO TO THE T
SS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
1-12-71
All appointments for Governor Reagan today
and tomorrow have been cancelled because of the
governor's illness.
Please note particularly that the press
conference scheduled for Wednesday at 1:30 p.m.
will not be held.
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Release:
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Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
1-12-71
#12
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointment
of Andrew M. Genzoli of Eureka and Dr. R. Coke Wood of Stockton to
four-year-terms on the Historical Landmarks Advisory Committee.
Genzoli, a reporter and columnist for the Humboldt Newspapers
Inc., of Eureka, has served on the committee since 1967. He lives in
Ferndale, and his address is P. O. Box 57. He is a Republican.
Dr. Wood, professor of history at the University of the Pacific,
has served on the committee since 1965. He lives at 120 West Elm,
Stockton. He is a Democrat.
Committee members are paid necessary expenses.
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Sacramento, California
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
1-12-71
#13
Here is a list of the highlights of Governor Reagan's State-of-the-
State message to the legislature, January 12, 1971:
"This state can no longer sustain its operations on the revenue
it now takes from the people. Therefore, we are confronted by a
choice. We can reform government---reduce the cost of services,
particularly in welfare and Medi-Cal, or we can increase taxes.
To choose the latter without excising the cancer eating at our
vitals is to face tax increases year in and year out for as long
as we shall be here. I intend to travel another course,
1.
"I will submit a budget which can be balanced without an increase
in taxes.
"A tax increase is inevitable only if we refuse to accept readily
available alternatives.
COURT REFORM-CRIME
2. "I have asked Chief Justice Donald Wright, Attorney General Evelle
Younger, and the judicial council, to work with us to resolve this
crisis before public confidence is completely lost.
"With regard to public safety, you have passed in the last two
sessions, anti-crime bills which have done much to aid local law
enforcement. I would like to suggest three more:
--the killing of a law enforcement officer while on duty should be
first degree murder.
--the amount of reward money the governor can offer for information
leading to the arrest and conviction of persons killing or injuring
police officers should be increased above the existing $1,000 maximum, and
--it should be a felony to specifically advocate killing or injuring
law enforcement officers.
Drug Abuse
"I am convinced the answer is not just shutting off the supply.
We won't win this war until we find a way to convince our young people
they just don't want to gc down that road."
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EDUCATION (PUBLIC SCHOOLS)
Management-Finances
3.
"We must revamp the methods of raising and distributing funds
Before we blindly apportion more of the people's money, the time has come
to see how much the school districts themselves can do to narrow the
revenue gap through revision of business practices.
4.
"
the various formulas for school subventions have outlived their
usefulness and must be simplified. Coupled with this there must be a
comprehensive property tax reform to free the education system from such
heavy reliance on what is a restrictive and outmoded source of revenue,
Tenure
5. "The original and legitimate reasons for tenure no longer exist.
Tenure has become a haven for the incompetent teacher. It should be
altered to include a system of merit pay which provides real incentives
for quality teaching. This should not be precipitous; a judicious,
sensible phaseout would be a ready service to all concerned---the student,
the public and the teaching profession.
Voucher Plan---Pilot Tests
6.
"There is always need for innovation in any system; education must
be no exception. There are those who see the 'voucher plan' as the
answer to making schools more responsive. Why shouldn't we undertake
some pilot tests in selected districts and thus introduce some facts into
the debate?
HIGHER EDUCATION
Tuition
7.
"...with " the university charging tuition, an imbalance exists so
long as the state colleges do not. The trustees have asked for permission
to institute tuition and should be allowed to do so.
Non-Resident fees
8.
"Non-resident fees for out of state and foreign students should be
reviewed. It is hard to justify subsidizing these students when it grows
increasingly difficult to provide an education for our own residents."
Technical Education
9.
we must not neglect those who do not want a college degree.
Almost half of our young people do not go to college. They would prefer
to move directly from high school into some of the technical jobs in our
highly technological society. For them we must make sure that a technical
education is an open road, not a dead-end street. We should move to lift
technical education to its proper status and help it fulfill its
tremendously important role."
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Master Plan
10. "It would be well to review and update the Master Plan for Higher
Education which was written more than ten years ago.
ELECTIONS-CAMPAIGN
11. "May I suggest one step we could take that would not only reduce the
high cost of campaigning but would certainly save a lot of wear and tear
on candidates--- and, I suspect, on the public, too. Move the primary
from June to September and shorten the game by half.
12. "Now that the congress and the U.S. Supreme Court have given the
18-year-olds the vote in federal elections, I certainly think we should
take those steps necessary to let the citizens of California determine
whether that shall be extended to state and local elections.
ENVIRONMENT
Environmental protection
13. "...it is and must be our continuing goal to restore and reclaim
what has been debauched and to protect that which is still clean and
fresh and open---and to do this in a sensible, responsible and balanced
manner. To attain these goals, I intend to deliver to you a message
which will propose a high level environmental protection body, and will
also outline some further steps to improve the quality of our air and
our water.
Solid wastes
14. "...one state agency should be given the authority to coordinate,
encourage and assist local and regional entities to plan for and regulate
solid waste disposal systems and sites.
Balanced transportation
15. "...I continue to support an approach which protects local autonomy
and provides a source of local revenue while insuring that the state
highway system continues to receive its full share of gas tax revenues.
Coastal zone protection
16. "The preservation and protection of California's coastal resources
must surely rank among our highest environmental priorities. We cannot
abide a piece-meal destruction of our magnificent coast,
Recreational subdivisions
17. "The State Subdivision Map Act should be amended to require that the
design of recreational subdivisions include strong environmental as well
as engineering considerations."
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Taxes-Revenues
18. "I hope that together we can enact a tax reform that will finally
alleviate the unjust burden borne by the property owner.
Two-thirds vote
19. "Some have proposed changing the Constitution so that taxes on
banks and corporations can be raised by a simple majority. I called
attention to the same inequity in last year's proposed tax reform, but
suggested a different solution: that we leave the bank and corporation
tax as it is and that all tax increases require a two-thirds vote. Our
people might be gratified if we made it harder---not easier to increase
all taxes.
Property Tax Reform
20.
" There must be a comprehensive property tax reform.
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
Reform-restructure
21. "Our goal must be to reform and restructure the entire welfare system
While we assist the truly needy who have nowhere else to turn, we must
also insist that able-bodied adult recipients work and meet their own
responsibilities.
Employable VS. unemployable
22. "One of our first steps will be a clear administrative and operational
distinction between the employable and the unemployable the aged and
disabled are in truth pensioners, they should receive their checks through
an automated process similar to social security.
Job program
23. "This would leave us with the potentially employable who for whatever
reason do not have a marketable job skill. They should be transferred
to the jurisdiction of the Department of Human Resources Development.
There, under a coordinated operation of Human Resources Development's
program, the Department of Rehabilitation and the private sector they would
participate in an expanded job-training, job-development and job-
placement operation.
Work and Welfare
24.
"...we intend to catalogue all those things in the public area which
are not now being done and which would possibly never be done because of
lack of funds and manpower. This would include local, county and state
governments. These public jobs would not displace present employees or
interfere with existing patterns of employment and certainly not become a
way of getting cheap labor."
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Eligibility standards
25. "We must establish realistic eligibility standards so that only
the needy can qualify for assistance.
Ceiling on earnings
26. "A revision of the welfare statutes is necessary to put a ceiling on
the amount of earnings an individual can have and still be on the
welfare rolls.
Locating absent fathers
27. "We will propose incentives and procedures to help the counties
locate absent fathers and enforce parental responsibilities.
Confidentiality statutes.
28.
"
the public has a right to know what it is paying for where
and how its dollars are being spent; welfare can be no exception.
The cloak of secrecy must be removed.
County responsibility
29. "If these reforms are to work, the counties must follow through at
their level. If they submit to pressure and protests and pick up what
the state has eliminated or curtailed, they simply shift the costs from
one level of government to another and the whole idea of reform is
defeated. As a matter of fact, all levels of government federal, state
and
local must work together on this effort, changing attitudes, laws,
and regulations where necessary to permit a restructuring of the entire
welfare program.
Medi-Cal
30.
"
five years of operation have made it plain that Medi-Cal cannot
meet California's needs. During this session we will present for your
consideration a plan to limit our health care services to the poor so
they will be comparable with the health benefits provided by the various
prepaid health insurance plans covering most of our citizens.
Co-payment/deductibles
31. "One of our goals will be to place some responsibility on each user
of the plan. This should include a system of co-payment or deductibles
with provision. of course, for emergency or catastrophic illness."
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RELEASE: Immediate
Secramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
1~13-71
#14
Governor Ronald Reagan today elevated Municipal Judge Norman C.
Sullivan of Stockton to the San Joaquin County Superior Court bench.
The new appointee succeeds the late Judge Robert Sullivan in
the $33,396 per year post.
Judge Norman C. Sullivan, 53, was named to the municipal court
in 1966.
Following graduation from the DePaul University Law School,
Chicago, in 1940, he joined the U. S. Department of Justice and served
as a special agent for the FBI until 1947.
He was engaged in private law practice in Stockton for 13 years
before becoming a judge.
He is a former president of the San Joaquin County Bar Association
and is a Republican.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
1-13-71
Vice President Agnew will arrive in Sacramento at mid-day
Thursday and meet briefly with Governor Reagan before attending a
meeting, with the governor, of the County Supervisors Association of
California in Room 4202 of the Capitol.
The Vice President is scheduled to depart Sacramento following
lunch.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE: Immed:
:e
Gacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
1-14-71
#15
Governor Ronald Reagan today reappointed one member and named
seven new members to the California Regional Water Quality Control Board.
Richard F. Kreile of La Jolla was reappointed and Fred W. Karl of
San Diego was named to the board for the San Diego Region.
Kreile of 815 La Jolla Rancho Road, La Jolla, a board member since
1966, is a district traffic manager for Pacific Telephone Company in San
Diego. A Democrat, he represents the public.
Karl, a retired chemical engineer and conservationist, succeeds
Charley L. Martin of San Diego, whose term has expired.
A Republican, he is active in the Sierra Club, the Audubon Society
the National Parks Association and Wilderness Society and the American
Institute of Chemical Engineers. He lives at 4119 Voltaire Street, San
Diego. He will serve as wildlife and recreation representative.
Three new board members who will represent the Santa Ana Region
are Ronald B. Linsky of Newport Beach; Mrs. Elsie C. Kroesche of Costa
Mesa and Everett L. Grubb of Riverside.
Linsky, who lives at 2139 Bon Aire, Newport Beach, is an instructor
at the Marine Sciences Floating Laboratory of the Office of Sea
Government Project, UCLA. A Republican, he succeeds Lawrence E. Coffey
of Riverside, who has resigned, as a public representative.
Mrs. Kroesche of 254 Cabrillo, Costa Mesa, a teacher and civic
leader, will succeed Dr. Donald F. Mitchell of Huntington Beach, who has
resigned. She is a Democrat and will represent wildlife and recreation.
Grubb of 6979 Palm Court, Riverside, a member of the Riverside
County Water Association and a former member of the California Water
Commission, was named to fill the unexpired term of William H. McGurty
of Ontario who has resigned. The term ends September 30, 1971. He is
a Republican and will represent counties on the board.
New board members for the Central Valley Region are Modesto Deputy
City Manager Marvin E. Ray; Vernon L. Rue of Modesto and Daniel S. Frost
of Redding.
Ray, who lives at 2317 Monticello Avenue, Modesto, will fill the
unexpired term of Robert W. Cowden of Redding, who has resigned. Active
in municipal associations and environmental groups, he will represent
cities on the board. He is a Republican.
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Rue of 2307 Oakdale Road, Modesto, a retired state employee, is
active in numerous civic and conservationist organizations. He succeeds
John Van Assen of Stockton as a wildlife and recreation representative.
Rue is a Republican.
Frost of 297 Weldon Street, Redding is an attorney and
conservationist. He succeeds Norma Clevenger of Sacramento whose term
has expired. Active in Trout Unlimited, the Sierra Club, Ducks
Unlimited and California Tomorrow, Frost is a Republican.
Board members serve four-year-terms and are paid necessary
expenses.
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RELEASE: Immed'
:e
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
1-14-71
#16
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Carlsbad City Attorney
Stuart C. Wilson and Vista attorney Don Martinson as judges of two
newly-created North County Judicial District Municipal Courts in San
Diego County.
Wilson, 42, who has practiced law in Carlsbad since 1961, has
served as city attorney since 1963. He previously served in the San
Diego District Attorney's Office and was a deputy city attorney of San
Diego.
He is a graduate of Stanford University and earned his law
degree at the University of Southern California.
Wilson is a member of the State Bar of California and is
active in the San Diego County Bar, the Barrister's Club, the Bar
Association of Northern San Diego, Family Service, the Big Brothers of
San Diego County and the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce.
He and his wife Marilyn have three children. They live in
Oceanside.
Martinson, 47, a native of Pomona, has practiced law in Vista
for the past 20 years. He served as the first city attorney for Vista
and San Marcos and from 1949 to 1951, was a San Diego County deputy
sheriff.
He has attended Long Beach City College and San Diego State Colleg'
and earned his law degree from Balboa University (Cal Western Law School).
A charter member of the North San Diego County Bar Association,
Martinson is also a member of the San Diego County Bar Association and
the State Bar of California.
He and his wife Patricia have two sons. The family lives in
Vista.
Both men are Republicans.
They will each receive an annual salary of $30,724.
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RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
1-14-71
#17
Governor Ronald Reagan today reappointed State Architect Fred E.
Hummel to a four-year-term, subject to Senate confirmation.
Hummel, who receives an annual salary of $27,500, has served
in the post since 1968. He is a Republican.
Hummel and his wife Sue live at 2280 Woodside Lane, Sacramento.
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RELEASE: Immed.
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
1-14-71
#18
Ovid Rose, deputy commissioner and secretary of the Workmen's
Compensation Appeals Board, today was named as a member of the board by G
Governor Ronald Reagan, subject to Senate confirmation.
He will fill the unexpired term of Morton Colvin who was
recently appointed to the San Mateo County Superior Court.
Rose, 60, who has served as a deputy commissioner since 1968, was
formerly on the staff of the Industrial Accident Commission, predecessor
to the appeals board, and from 1946 to 1955 served on the legal staff
of the Veterans Administration.
He is a graduate of Princeton and New York Universities and
earned his law degree at Harvard Law School. He is a Republican.
Rose and his wife have two sons and a daughter. The family home
is at 520 West Poplar Avenue, San Mateo.
As a board member; he will receive an annual salary of $33,396.
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RELEASE: Immedi
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Sacramento, Californ
Contact:
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445-4571
1-14-71
#19
Governor Ronald Reagan has reappointed Insurance Commissioner
Richards Dale Barger to a four-year-term, subject to Senate
confirmation.
Barger, who has served in the post since 1968, receives an annual
salary of $30,000.
He lives at 2161 Adair Street, San Marino, with his wife Ann.
They have four children.
Barger is a Republican.
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Sacramento, Californ.a
MEMO TO THE PRES.
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
1-15-71
#20
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
January 18, 1971
through
January 25, 1971
Monday, January 18
No public appointments scheduled
Overnight - Sacramento
Tuesday, January 19
10:30 a.m. PRESS CONFERENCE
1:45 p.m. Picture with Cub Scouts, Governor's Office,
Press coverage invited.
Overnight - Sacramento
Wednesday, January 20
1:45 p.m. Brief meeting with Voice of Democracy Contest Winners,
Governor's Office.
Overnight - Sacramento
Thursday, January 21
p.m.
Depart for Washington, D. C.
Overnight - Washington, D. C.
Friday, January 22
Meeting with Advisory Committee on Intergovernmental
Relations. (Note: Governor Reagan was appointed
to the ACIR by President Nixon last year.)
Overnight - Washington, D. C.
Saturday, January 23
a.m. ACIR meeting, Washington, D. C.
Evening
Alfalfa Club Dinner, Washington, D. C.
Overnight - Washington, D. C.
Sunday, January 24
1:30 p.m.
Issues and Answers, ABC-TV (Live), Washington, D. C.
(EST)
Overnight - Washington, D. C.
Monday, January 25
Noon
National Press Club. (Speech and Q & A.)
p.m.
Return to Sacramento
Overnight - Sacramento
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE: Imr liate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
1-18-71
#21
Governor Ronald Reagan today called on Lieutenant Governor Ed
Reinecke to spearhead the state's programs to stimulate commerce
and industry throughout California.
Reinecke was asked to use the influence and persuasive powers of
his office and the administrative support of the State Department of
Commerce to see what further actions can be taken to promote fuller
employment and a more balanced economy.
Governor Reagan has already delegated considerable duties to his
lieutenant governor but said he asked Reinecke to assume this additional
function "because of his background as a successful small businessman."
The three objectives of the Department of Commerce are to:
1--Obtain additional new industries for California;
2--Improve the investment climate in California for attracting
these new businesses and industries; and
3--Increase the exports of products produced in California.
The department also seeks to increase tourism to California through
the efforts of the Tourism and Visitor Services Commission.
In addition to a small staff, the director of the department is
advised by three boards on which leading industrialists serve. They
are: Board of Directors of the Museum of Science and Industry;
California Industry and World Trade Commission; and, Tourism and
Visitor Services Commission.
Reinecke said the job of improving the state's economy is a top
priority of the administration and that "I am committed to expend
every effort on this challenge.
"The time has come when we must explore unconventional approaches
in this complex technical world to assure employment for all our
citizens," Reinecke stated.
Lieutenant Governor Reinecke is a Cal-Tech engineering graduate
and was the president of a Los Angeles business before winning election
to Congress in 1966.
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OFFICE OF THE GO. LRNOR
Release: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
1-19-71
#22
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointment of
CRISTINA
Moon Lim Lee of Weaverville and Vernon J. Christina of San Jose
to four-year-terms on the California Highway Commission, subject
to Senate confirmation.
CRISTINA
Lee, a Weaverville businessman and civic leader, and Christina,
a transportation and civic leader, have both served on the
commission since 1967,
Lee lives in Weaverville, and his addres is P. O. Box Q.
CRISTINA
Christina lives at 777 East William Street, San Jose.
Both are Republicans. Commissioners are paid expenses.
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MEMO TO
E PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
1-19-71
State Social Welfare Director Robert Carleson will be sworn in
today at 1:55 p.m. in the Governor's Office by Governor Reagan. Photo
coverage is invited.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO
MEMO TO THE PI
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Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
1-19-71
#23
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the signing
of his first bill passed by the 1971 legislative session.
The bill, SB 2, authored by Senator Gordon Cologne
(R-Indio), decreases the requirement for maturity of
desert-produced grapefruit from 61/2 parts to 6 parts
soluble solids to every part of acid in the juice. The
bill permits the director of agriculture to establish a
higher maturity standard when he finds that it would
provide more acceptable grapefruit to the consumer.
(Chapter 1)
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
1-19-71
#24
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed four Southern California
attorneys as municipal judges in four newly-created Los Angeles Judicial
District courts.
They are David V. Kenyon of San Marino, Alfred L. Margolis of
Los Angeles, Richard A. Gadbois Jr. of San Marino and Thomas T. Johnson
of Pacific Palisades.
Kenyon, 40, a Republican, has practiced law in Southern California
since 1958. Since 1962, he has been a partner in the Pasadena firm of
Everhart and Kenyon.
A native of San Marino, he is a graduate of the University of
California at Berkeley and earned his law degree from the University
of Southern California where he was named the outstanding graduate of
Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity for 1957.
Kenyon is active in numerous civic and legal groups including the
Beverly Hills Music Association, the State Bar of California, the
Los Angeles County Bar Association, the Pasadena Bar Association, Legion
Lex and the American Arbitration Association.
Margolis, 42, a Republican, has practiced law in Beverly Hills
since 1962. He formerly served in the office of the United States
Attorney General in Washington, D.C. and as a staff counsel in the
regional office of the Internal Revenue Service in Los Angeles.
A graduate of Stanford University, he earned his law degree from
Western Reserve University where he was awarded the Order of the Coif.
Margolis is a member of the State Bar of California, the American
Bar Association, the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the Beverly
Hills Bar Association, the American Judicature Society and the Federal
Bar Association.
He and his wife Margery have three children. The family home is in
Los Angeles.
Gadbois, 38, a La Mirada attorney, has practiced law in Southern
California since 1959. Before entering private practice, he served for
a year as a Deputy Attorney General in charge of the Los Angeles Office
trial section.
He is a member of the State Bar of California, the Los Angeles
County Bar Association, the American Bar Association and several civic
and service organizations, including the Friends of The Claremont
Colleges.
Gadbois, is a graduate of St. John's College and earned his law
degree from Loyola University. He has also completed post-graduate
legal work at the University of Southern California Law Center.
He and his wife Jeanne have five sons. They live in San Marino.
Gadbois is a Republican.
Johnson, 47, a Democrat, has been a partner in the Los Angeles firm
of Danielson, Johnson and Burgard since 1959. He previously was asso-
ciated with business firms in Southern California and served on the
legal staff of the U.S. Attorney General in Washington, D.C., Los Angeles
and San Francisco.
He holds degrees in mechanical engineering and law from the Univer-
sity of Louisville in Kentucky.
Johnson is a member of the State Bar of California, the American
Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association, and the Los Angeles,
Wilshire and Beverly Hills Bar Associations. He and his wife Marianne
have two children. They live in Pacific Palisades.
The new judges will receive annual salaries of $30,724.
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MEMO TO THE PI
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Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
1-19-71
A number of historical items pertaining to Don Gaspar
de Portola, first governor of the Californias, will be
presented to Governor Reagan at 11:45 a.m., Wednesday
(January 20) by Leslie O. Merrill, executive director of
the San Mateo County Historical Association and County
Historical Museum.
Mr. Merrill was an official emissary of the State
of California to recent celebrations in Spain commemor-
ating the Gaspar de Portola expeditions to California.
The items were presented by the Alcaldes of several
Spanish cities to Governor Reagan and the people of
California.
Press coverage is invited.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Inunediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
1-20-71
#25
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced an internal reorganization
of his executive staff which he said "will better meet the needs of
this administration during the next four years."
Overall direction and supervision of the staff will be conducted
by Edwin Meese III, present executive secretary, whose new title will
be executive assistant to the governor. To assist him in coordinating
those staff functions which can be logically grouped together, there
will be three assistants to the governor:
--Assistant to the Governor and Director of Programs and Policy,
George Steffes (who formerly served as legislative secretary),
--Assistant to the Governor and Director of Public Affairs, James
Jenkins (presently director, Washington D.C. Office of the State of
California).
--Assistant to the Governor and Director of Administration, Mike
Deaver (presently assistant executive secretary).
Deaver will coordinate the functional areas of office management,
appointments, scheduling and travel.
Steffes will coordinate the functional areas of legislative
programs, planning and research, intergovernmental relations and special
projects and task forces.
Jenkins will coordinate the functional areas of public information,
community relations, information and research, federal relations and
special events.
In announcing the new organization, Governor Reagan said:
"This streamlining of my executive staff will provide for better
coordination of effort, and make the staff more responsive to my needs
and those of the administration, the legislature and the public."
A replacement for Jenkins as director of the Washington, D.C.
Office will be announced shortly.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERL &
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
1-21-71
#26
Governor Ronald Reagan today named two new members to the
State Board of Architectural Examiners in the Department of Consumer
Affairs and reappointed three other board members.
The new members are Howard H. Morgridge, a member of the Los
Angeles architectural firm of Powell, Morgridge, Richards and Coghland,
and Norman P. Adler, an Albany attorney.
Reappointed were Cliff L. Burgess, Los Angeles building designer;
Dean F. Unger; a Sacramento architect, and William E. Blurock, a Corona
del Mar architect.
Morgridge, 51, an award-winning architect, will succeed Jay D.
Harnish of Ontario, whose term has expired, as an architect representative
on the board, He lives at 2973 Meyerloa Lane, Pasadena. He is a
Republican.
Adler, 41, a Republican, of 882 Hillside Avenue, Albany, will serve
as a public member of the board. He will fill a seat vacated by
Burgess, who was reappointed as building designer representative.
The change in the composition of the board came about through the
Governor's reorganization plan which dropped one of two building designer
positions and added a second public member to the board.
Burgess, 50, owner of the Los Angeles building design firm of
Cliff Burgess and Associates, has served on the board since 1968. He
will move into his new slot as a building designer representative
succeeding Robert M. Sherman of San Mateo, whose term has expired.
A Republican, Burgess lives at 11920 Mayfield Street, Los Angeles.
Unger, 42, owner of Dean Unger and Associates, architects and
planners, has served on the board since 1967, representing architects.
He lives at 5779 Gloria Drive, Sacramento, and is a Republican.
Blurock, 48, a Democrat, is the owner of William E. Blurock and
Associates. He has represented Architects on the board since 1967. He
lives at 1600 Sunset Ridge Drive, Laguna Beach.
Members of the board receive $25 per diem while on official
duty.
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RELEASE: Immed te
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
1-21-71
#27
Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement :
"This week in California we witnessed a manifestation of the
spirit of generosity and concern that runs deep through the character
of our citizens.
"When two oil tankers collided in San Francisco Bay, spilling
their cargoes with tragic results to the ecology, citizens from every
walk of life, of all age groups, and of a variety of viewpoints,
responded to this spirit.
"They acted swiftly and unselfishly to help repair the damage
and rescue the wildlife that were the unfortunate victims of this
accident.
"As Governor, I want to express my thanks and my deep pride
in all those who have contributed their time, their talent and their
labor to this magnificent effort."
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RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
1-21-71
#28
Governor Ronald Reagan today reappointed Robert Kutz, a Chico
attorney, and Pascal B. Dilday, a San Diego automobile dealer to
four-year-terms on the New Car Dealers Policy and Appeals Board.
Kutz and Dilday, both Republicans, have served on the board since
1968.
Kutz lives at 2619 Burnap Avenue, Chico, and Dilday lives at
1548 El Camino Del Teatro, La Jolla.
Board members are paid $25 per diem while on official duty.
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RELEASE: In diate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
1-21-71
#29
Governor Ronald Reagan today reappointed Mrs. Rose K. Marchetti
of 7112-A Highway 145, Madera and Sidney E. Huntley of 29243 Highway
145, Madera, to four-year-terms on the 21-a District Agricultural
Association Board (Madera District Fair).
They have served on the board since 1967. Both are Republicans.
Board members receive necessary expenses.
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Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
1-21-71
#30
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed one new member and
reappointed two other members to four-year-terms on the California
Water Quality Control Board.
Bernard Galleano, 54, Calipatria farmer and civic leader, was
named to the board for the Colorado River Basin Region as a public
member, to succeed Don R.Work of El Centro, whose term has expired.
Reappointed for the San Francisco Bay Region were Mrs. Barbara
Eastman, Los Altos Hills conservationist and Sidney S. Lippow, a
Martinez real estate developer.
Mrs. Eastman, 52, 13221 East Sunset Drive, Los Altos Hills,
has served on the board for the past six months as a public member.
She will now represent wildlife and recreation interests, succeeding
James F. McCormick of Moraga, who has resigned.
A Republican, Mrs. Eastman is a member of the Committee for
Green Foothills and People for Open Space.
Lippow, 56, a Republican, has served on the board since 1965
as a public member. His Martinez address is Route 2, Box 291a.
Galleano, 6507 Riley Road, Calipatria, is active in numerous
civic, service, conservation and boating groups. He is a Republican.
Board members are paid necessary expenses.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE:
mediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
1-22-71
#31
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Attorney General Evelle J.
Younger as chairman of the California Council on Criminal Justice, the
state's agency for administering federal anti-crime funds.
In announcing the appointment, Governor Reagan said that "under
Ev Younger's direction, the council will intensify its continuing fight
against crime and its efforts to improve and modernize the criminal
justice system in California.
"I also am pleased to note that a substantial amount of the funds
received from the federal government will be allocated by the council
for use in the high crime areas of the state."
California will receive a $33 million block grant this year under
the Omnibus Crime Control Act in the joint federal, state and local
effort to prevent and control crime and delinquency.
Since mid-1969, the Council has authorized grant awards in excess
of $8.2 million for 175 projects to improve the state's criminal justice
system, including police, courts and correctional services.
Younger, 52, was elected as California's first Republican
Attorney General in 25 years in last November's general election. He
had served six years as district attorney for Los Angeles County, winning
a second term to the office in 1968. While district attorney, Younger
headed the largest prosecution agency in the nation, and initiated many
programs of benefit to law enforcement and the public. He served as
chairman of President Nixon's Task Force on Crime and Law Enforcement
in 1968-69.
A former special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation,
Younger later worked as deputy Los Angeles city attorney, and was
prosecutor for the City of Pasadena from 1947 to 1950. He was appointed
to the Los Angeles Municipal Court bench in 1953 by former Governor Earl
Warren, and was elected judge of the superior court in 1958.
He was chief of the Counter Intelligence Corps in Southeast Asia
and the Far East in 1942-46, and was also assigned as intelligence office
to the British 15th Indian Army Corps.
Joining the Counter Intelligence Division of the U. S. Air Force
in 1951-52, Younger currently holds the rank of Brigadier General with
the U. S. Air Force Reserve.
Younger and his wife, Mildred, have made their home in the Los
Angeles area since 1946, A son, Eric, is an attorney in Los Angeles.
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RELEASE:
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Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
1-22-71
#32
Governor Ronald Reagan has nominated Kern County Superior Court
Judge George A. Brown as Associate Justice of the Court of Appeal, Fifth
Appellate District.
Judge Brown, 53, would succeed Justice Thomas Coakley, who has
retired.
The nomination has been submitted to the Commission on Judicial
Appointments for confirmation.
Judge Brown, a Republican, would receive an annual salary of
$40,076.
Prior to his appointment to the Kern County Superior Court bench
in November 1968, Judge Brown served for 11 months as a member of the
State Board of Education.
He began his practice of law in 1948 and was employed by the
City Attorney's Office in Petaluma before joining a law firm in
Bakersfield.
A decorated veteran of World War II, Judge Brown served with
the U. S. Army in Alaska and Europe.
He is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley,
attended Hastings Law School and earned his degree from Stanford
University Law School.
Judge Brown has been active in numerous legal and civic
organizations.
He and his wife, Virginia, have two sons and two daughters. The
family home is in Bakersfield.
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MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
1-22-71
#33
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
January 25, 1971
through
January 31, 1971
Monday, January 25
Return from Washington, D.C. to
Sacramento
Overnight - Sacramento
Tuesday, January 26
No public appointments scheduled
Overnight - Sacramento
Wednesday, January 27
Noon
Joint luncheon of the 55th Annual Conven-
tion of the National Sand and Gravel
Association and the 41st Annual Convention
of the National Ready Mixed Concrete
Association, Hilton Hotel, San Francisco.
Speech.
Overnight - Sacramento
Thursday, January 28
1:30 p.m.
PRESS CONFERENCE
Overnight Sacramento
Friday, January 29
No public appointments scheduled
Overnight - Sacramento
Saturday, January 30
Evening
RSCC Dinner - Senator Hotel. Governor
to introduce Senator Brock of Tennessee.
Overnight - Sacramento
Sunday, January 31
11:30 a.m.
RSCC State Convention, Memorial Auditorium.
Speech.
Overnight Sacramento
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OFFICE OF THE GOVER'
RELEASE:
Im
diate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
1-22-71
#34
Attached is the report of the Governor's Commission on Educational
Reform which contains the findings and recommendations of 18 months of
research, discussion and decision.
In the weeks ahead the governor's office will give careful attention
to the findings and suggestions contained in the report. Already, the
efforts of the commission have helped to frame significant educational
reform legislation namely, legislation on teacher preparation and
credentialing.
Governor Reagan, in signing the legislation, called it "one of the
most fundamental and far-reaching breakthroughs in the history of
California's public school system."
The governor, in personal letters to members of the commission,
expressed his appreciation for their "dedicated efforts and tireless
work.
"I know the contributions which you have made toward recommendations
for quality education will have continuing benefits for our people over
the years to come. You may be assured that education will continue to
be a top priority issue. You are to be congratulated for the unique
accomplishment of having seen several of your proposals already enacted
into law, " the governor told the commission members.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
1-25-71
#35
Governor Ronald Reagan has announced the reappointment of
James G. Law to a four-year-term on the California Advisory Board to
the Bureau of Employment in the Department of Consumer Affairs.
Law, 50, owner-manager of the Columbia Employment Agency in Santa
Ana, has served on the board since 1969, as a representative of industry.
Law, a Republican, lives at 1005 Summit Drive, Laguna Beach.
Board members are paid per diem and necessary expenses.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
1-22-71
Governor Ronald Reagan made the following statement in
Washington, D.C. today in response to President Nixon's State
of the Union Message:
"The President forthrightly stated the problems facing
the nation and presented an exciting challenge to the Congress
and the nation.
"He made it plain that this is not a time for business
as usual but rather a time for imagination and innovative
solutions to the chronic problems that have been with us for
too long."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVER R
RELEASE:
mediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
1-26-71
#36
Governor Ronald Reagan has announced the appointment of William
M. Beaty, president and general manager of a Redding land and forest
management firm, and the reappointment of William H. Holmes of
Strawberry Valley to four-year-terms on the District Forest Practice
Committee, North Sierra Pine Forest District.
Beaty, who lives at 3450 Longview Drive, Redding, has an extensive
background in civic affairs and forestry conservation groups. He is
a past president of the California Forest Protective Association,
Keep California Green Inc., the Technical Advisory Council of the
University of California's Forest Products Laboratory and the Western
Forestry and Conservation Association.
He is also a member of the California-Nevada Forest Fire Research
Council, the Society of American Foresters and American Society of
Range Management and the State Advisory Board for the Bureau of Land
Management.
Beaty, a Republican, will represent private timber owners on
the committee succeeding Holmes, who will now represent the private
timber owner operator on the board.
Holmes, who has served on the committee since 1967 as a private
timber owner representative, fills the spot vacated through the
resignation of Lem C. Hastings of Redding. Holmes is a Republican.
Committee members are paid necessary expenses.
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RELEASE: mediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
1-26-71
#37
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointment of
Ronald B. Robie to a four-year-term as a member of the State Water
Resources Control Board, subject to Senate confirmation.
Robie, 33, a Democrat, has served on the board since 1969. As
a board member he will receive an annual salary of $25,000.
Prior to his appointment to the board, Robie, an attorney, served
as a consultant to the Assembly Water Committee and as administrative
secretary to the California Advisory Committee on Western States Water
Planning.
He and his wife, Lynn, have two children. They live at 1399
San Clemente Way, Sacramento,
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
Office of E omic Opportunity
January 26, 1971
Sacramento, California
Lewis K. Uhler, Director
445-7011
Five California congressmen have sent a letter to President Nixon
urging that he sustain Governor Reagan's veto of funding for California
Rural Legal Assistance, Inc.
State OEO Director, Lewis K. Uhler, today made public a copy of the
letter, dated January 20, and signed by Congressmen Charles S. Gubser
(10th District), Don Clausen (1 st District), Bob Mathias (18th District)
Burt Talcott (12th District), Barry Goldwater, Jr. (27th District).
The five lawmakers represent rural areas served by CRLA.
Here is the text of their letter:
"Dear Mr. President:
"We, the undersigned members of Congress who represent districts
which are affected by the activities of the California Rural Legal
Assistance, Inc., have reviewed the study and evaluation of that agency
which has been compiled by the California Office of Economic Opportunity.
We feel that the report reflects conditions as we know them in our own
congressional districts.
"We are anxiously awaiting the details of the alternative plan for
providing legal assistance to the poor which Governor Reagan is
developing. We are hopeful that this plan will correct the abuses of the
poverty program which have been attributed to CRLA and will still provide
a proper level of legal services to the poor. If this is the case, as we
believe it will be, we respectfully urge your administration to assist
Governor Reagan's veto.
Sincerely,
Charles S. Gubser
Don Clawson
Bob Mathias
Burt Talcott
Barry Goldwater, Jr."
Uhler noted that only yesterday the California State Chamber of
Commerce came out in full support of the governor's action on CRLA and
and sent a wire to President Nixon urging that he sustain the veto. The
California Farm Bureau Federation, California State Grange and the Wester
Growers' Association have also expressed strong support for the rnor's
action.
In addition, a number of school districts based in rural and semi-
rural areas served by CRLA have urged that the governor's veto be
sustained.
(SEE ATTACHED)
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news
CALIFORNIA STATE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
455 Capitol Mall, Sacramento, California 95814
(916) 444-6670
CONTACT:
JERRY VORPAHL
Public Relations Director
ROY A. GREEN, JR.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Welfare Director
January 25, 1971
CRLA FUND VETO BACKED BY CALIFORNIA CHAMBER
Strong support for Governor Reagan's recent veto of a $1.8 million OEO grant to
California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. was voiced today by the California Chamber of
Commerce.
In a telegram to President Nixon, the Chamber said:
"The California Chamber of Commerce supports Governor Ronald Reagan's veto of
a $1.8 million grant by the Office of Economic Opportunity to fund California
Rural Legal Assistance, Inc., a California non-profit corporation.
"The Governor has challenged strongly the operations of the California Rural
Legal Assistance, Inc., based upon findings by his administration that CRLA
has violated OEO regulations and has failed to represent the true legal needs
of the poor.
"The Chamber supports the Governor's veto on the basis that where such a
government-financed program (CRLA) is challenged so forcefully by a state
administration, the program should be investigated and re-evaluated before
additional federal funds are made available."
Roy Green, Jr., director of the Chamber's Welfare department, said that CRLA was
utilizing too much of the allocated funds for programs of legal and social reform - and
not for actions based on individual, personal or family needs as intended in the original
aims of the programs. Green pointed out that the Governor's veto was not exercised to do
away with legal assistance to the needy, but to force corrective action to return the CRLA
program to its original purpose.
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THE HONORABLE RONALD REAGAN
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SACRAMENTO CALIF
DUPLICATE OF TELEGRAM SENT TO PRESIDENT NIXON
WE SINCERELY URGE THAT YOU GIVE FULL SUPPORT TO GOVERNOR RONALD
REAGAN'S VETO OF FUNDS FOR THE CALIFORNIA RURAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM. WE BELIEVE OTHER WAYS OF GIVING LEGAL AID TO THE POOR
IN RURAL AREAS CAN BE FOUND WITHOUT SQUANDERING FEDERAL MONEY
AND HARASSING CITIZENS. WE HAVE OBSERVED THIS PROGRAM FOR SEVERAL
YEARS. MOUNTING EVIDENCE INDICATES THAT THEY HAVE OVERSTEPPED
THEIR BOUNDS IN INITIATING CLASS ACTION SUITS AND CAUSING PRIVATE
CITIZENS TO SPEND CONSIDERABLE MONEY TO DEFEND THEMSELVES AGAINST
ILL-FOUNDED CHARGES. THE MANNER IN WHICH CRLA HAS CONDUCTED
ITS PROGRAM IN CALIFORNIA IS CERTAINLY DIRECTLY CONTRARY TO
THE AIMS AND GOALS OF YOUR ADMINISTRATION. IN MY OPTION, THE
SF-1201 (RS-00)
Telegram
KIND OF GOVERNMENT WHICH YOU ESPOUSE, AND WHICH WE SUPPORT,
WILL SUFFER IF CRLA IS PERMITTED TO CONTINUE. CALIFORNIA FARMERS
THIS YEAR ARE HARD-PRESSED TO CONTEND WITH ADVERSE ECONOMIC
CONDITIONS IN AGRICULTURE WITHOUT HAVING THEIR GOVERNMENT PERSECUTE
THEM. YOUR COMPLETE SUPPORT OF GOVERNOR REAGAN'S VETO WILL
GREATLY ENHANCE SUPPORT FOR YOUR ADMINISTRATION AMONG HARD-PRESSEND
CALIFORNIA FARMERS
ALLAN GRANT PRES CALIFORNIA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION.
DECRETARY
JOHN FREITAS
C, IFORNIA STATE GRA IGE
OFFICE OF MASTER
2101 STOCKTON BOULEVARD
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 95817
Phone 455-2656
December 24, 1970
The Honorable Ronald Reagan
Governor of California
State Capitol
Sacramento, California 95817
Dear Governor Reagan:
The California State Grange has long recognized the need
for at least a minimum type of legal assistance to those
individuals at rural areas who by their economic status
find it impossible to obtain legal counsel. The Grange
also supported the CRLA Program designed to render such
service in areas of need.
However, evaluation of said CRLA program in California
demonstrates those involved in operation of the program
have moved into fields of action far beyond the original
intent of the program. Therefore, we urge the Governor
to withhold acceptance of further CRLA funding until pro-
visions can be established which assume operation of this
program according to its original intent, which is to
serve the rural areas only and to serve individuals of
specified poverty level.
Sincerely,
Chester Deaver, Master
California State Grange
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THE HONORABLE RONALD REAGAN, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
STATE CAPITOL SACRAMENTO CALIF
ON BEHALF OF WESTERN GROWERS ASSOCIATION WHICH REPRESENTS THE
GROWERS AND SHIPPERS OF FRESH VEGETABLES AND MELON WHO PRODUCE
MORE THAN 49 PERCENT OF THE NATIONAL CONSUMPTION OF THESE FOODS,
WE WISH TO VOICE OUR VIGOROUS OPPOSITION TO THE CALIFORNIA
RURAL LEGAL ASSISTANT GRANT WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSIDERATION
BY YOUR OFFICE. WE FEEL THAT CRLA IS NOT BEING USED TO THE
INTENT OR PURPOSE FOR WHICH IT WAS ORGANIZED. THEREFORE, WE
RESPECTFULLY URGE YOUR CAREFUL CONSIDERATION OF THIS MATTER
MIKE SCHULTZ VICE PRESIDENT WESTERN GROWERS ASSN.
49.(224)
$F-1201 (R5-69)
CHERMAN
M.
WALTER H. noock
ED:- ARD G. LEAP. VICE PRESIDENT
DEPUTY DUPERINTENDENT
ELDON J. CALLIGYER, CLERK
BUSINESS
CLYDZ V. JONES. MEMBER
MERCED UNION HIGH SCHOOL LISTRICT
RALPH P. SHERLOCK
ODERH M. BANDERS. MEMBER
AUDIOTANT SUPERINTENDENT
P. O. BOX 2147
INSTRUCTION
MERCED, CALIFORNIA 95340
DAVID R. SMALL
ADDISTANT DIRECTOR
PHONE 723.0401
BUSINESS AND INSTRUCTION
January 11, 1971
President Richard M. Nixon
Capitol Bldg
Washington, D. C. 20500
Dear President Nixon:
The Board of Trustees of the Merced Union High School
District wishes to add its voice to others which have been raised
in protest against certain practices of the California Rural
Legal Assistance Agency, and strongly urges that the veto of
CRLA funding be sustained at the Federal level, unless there
are developed definitively clear safeguards against actions
of CRLA which appear irrelevant to the needs of the poor,
and/or which seem to be only superficially examined before
litigation is initiated.
A brief resume of the experience of this school district
with CRLA will assist further in explaining the reasons for
the foregoing recommendation. Additional detail can be pro-
vided, if necessary.,
Sincerely yours,
CLAIR A. HOPKINS
CAH/hc
District Superintendent
Encl: Resume
cc: /Governor Ronald Reagan
Assemblyman Robert Monagan
Mr. Frank Carlucci, Dir. OEO
Senator Alan Cranston
Senator Howard Way
Assemblyman Frank Murphy
In the fall of 196 he Merced Union High School trict was required to
appear in Federal court as the result of two separate, but related, charges made
by CRLA.
The first case was entered as a class action, in which discrimination against
Mexican-American students at Livingston High School was claimed. The second, a
subsequent case pertaining to the school's grooming code, was initially entered
as a class action, but later modified. The charges were related inasmuch two of
the students named as plaintiffs appeared in both actions.
In the initial matter, Federal Court Judge M. D. Crocker, Fresno, issued a
temporary restraining order based on what later were proved in court to be un-
supportable claims. The judge denied an injunction sought by CRLA, and lifted
the restraining order. He later refused an injunction in the second action.
In our opinion, had CRLA made even a cursory investigation of the initial
charges prior to their request for a temporary restraining order, it would have
been readily apparent that their claims were without foundation. Instead, it
appeared that publicity, and the hope that some landmark decision might develop,
provided the primary motivation.
When the initial charges against the school were made the District employed
private legal counsel, with full consent of County Counsel, primarily because
the County Counsel's responsibilities in a rural county are so diversified that
it is virtually impossible for his office to devote a substantial period of time
and attention to other than the more routine school matters.
By the time all litigation and the strain of legal involvement were at an
end, nearly two years after the initial action taken by CRLA, the District had
paid $18,000 for legal fees and other costs in order to defend itself against
charges which, in our opinion, had no merit initially. The District could ill
afford to divert $18,000 from its many educational needs for the purpose of en-
gaging in court jousts with another public agency.
In addition to the $18,000 in direct costs, if the salaries of the superin-
tendent, principal, vice-principal, teachers and secretaries were pro-rated in
accordance with the time demanded in order to appear in court, answer interroga-
tories, and fulfill numerous other obligations incidental to court proceedings,
the cost to the district would be at least double the $18,000 figure.
With the seemingly limitless federal funding which has been available to
CRLA, and the limited resources available to school districts in rural counties,
it is not surprising that CRLA has won a number of cases. It seems likely many
of their victories came as a result of virtual default by local public agencies,
because of the lack of comparable funds for adequate defense. CRLA for example,
had as many as four lawyers in court at times during the action against Merced
Union High School District.
Windsor Union Scho
P.O. Box 68
Windsor, California
838-6628
838-6621
January 11, 1971
Ronald Reagan, Governor
State of California
Sacramento, California
Dear Governor Reagan:
At its regular meeting of January 7, 1971 the Windsor Union District
School Board and its Citizens Committee members asked me to write con-
gradulating you on your courage in resisting the type of operations
currently engaged in by the CRLA.
The consensus of opinion expressed at the meeting seemed to be that
no one objected to the poor receiving free legal assistance when needed;
however, there was a strong feeling against the apparent "Perry Mason"
type of investigating and snooping to find a technicality which would
serve the purpose for an excuse to file a law suit and then finding some-
one willing to make a complaint to inaugurate the suit. Proper and
warranted investigation by proper and authorized individuals is certain-
ly justified. If these individuals then make a complaint to the CRLA
who follows up the complaint--this would be a proper procedure. The
present method of operation is, we feel, an improper and unjustified
harassment of the taxpayers in an effort to create a sufficient volume
of law suits, justified or not, to perpetuate and justify their jobs.
Yours truly,
Hurdis Salizman
HURDIS SALTZMAN
District Superintendent
HS/NMc
cc:CSBA
Citzen's Committee
Tribune
Board Members
CESAA
CASA
GONZALES UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT
401 FOURTHSTREET
BOX 278
GONZALES. CALIFORNIA 93926
PHONE (408) 675-3063
CECIL THOMPSON
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT
NEIL FANOE, PRESIDENT
LeNORE IVERSON
ARNOLD PISONI, CLERK
PRINCIPAL LOGLORIA
RICHARD BERNARD
MERLE WESCOATT
HAROLD E. WIDEMANN
PRINCIPAL FAIRVIEW
FRANCIS RIANDA
December 30, 1970
The Honorable Ronald Reagen
Governor's Office
State Capitol Building
Sacramento, California 95814
Dear Sir:
This letter is written in support of your veto of the CRLA program in the
State of California.
The program for this county seems to be more concerned with social and
racial issues than representing the poor people in court.
There seems to be evidence that much time was spent by the CRLA office
in the Ceasar Chavez labor dispute.
I am also in favor of doing away with the tenure law for the State of
California teachers. I do hope legislation will be forthcoming to
achieve this goal.
Yours very truly,
Cecil Thompson
District Superintendent
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cc: The Honorable Robert Wood, Assemblyman
The Honorable Burt Talcott, U.S. Congressman
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DUANE TRIPLETT, Principal
FRANK LEDESMA
JOL PANZIERA
Soledad Union School District
WENDELL BROOM, District Superintendent
TELEPHONE 678-22-18
441 MAIN ST., SOLEDAD, CALIFORNIA 93960
December 30, 1970
The Honorable Ronald J. Reagan
State Capitol Building
Sacramento, California
95814
My Dear Governor:
You are to be complimented for recent action pertaining
to the funding of the California Rural League of Assistence.
It is time for positive action opposing those forces that
strive to discredit the social, political and economic struc-
ture of the nation and our State of California.
The CRLA was instrumental in bringing legal action against
our school district on behalf of parents who had children en-
rolled in the mentally retarded classes. Many charges could
have easily been corrected by the State Department of Educa-
tion and the State Board of Education rather than the expensive
and time consuming court action.
Far more important in this case was the effects upon nine
children. Once the court action was rendered, no followup was
made to provide assurance that the education of these children
was being planned and implemented. It would seem that the
CRLA had little or no interest in the families or the children
once court action was complete.
Receiving legal advice and assistance seems prudent for
the disadvantaged or low income families; however, the wide
variety of social court action seems unwarranted.
Again, your action against the CRLA has my endorsement.
New guidelines for this O.E.O. program must be revised.
Sincerely,
Wendell Brom
Wendell Broom
District Superintendent
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CLARENCE ANDERSON. PRIS
NATMON
TONY MARTIN. CLERK
VICE PRINCIPAL
CONRAO BAUMAN
JOSEPH CARNATION
DAVID DEST
PH. 7071007-2773
CLSIE WILLIAMS
Forestville Union School District
6321 HIGHWAY 116
FORESTVILLE, CALIFORNIA 95436
January 4, 1971
Governor Ronald Reagan
State Capitol Building
Sacramento, Calif. 95814
Dear Governor Reagan:
I want to commend you for your wisdom in cutting funds for
the California Rural, Legal Assistance Program. My personal
experience with this organization as a school administrator
has lead me to the conclusion that its activities have in
too many cases gone far beyond the original intent of pro-
tecting the legal rights of the poor.
While no one can argue that all citizens must have equal
protection under the law, I find it difficult to resolve
that goal with the vicious and sometimes personal attack
which I and the school district I serve underwent at the hands
of the C.R.L.A. office here in Santa Rosa when C.R.L.A.
attacked the constitutionality of the school's dress code.
It appeared to me and to others involved that the C.R.L.A.
attorneys with whom we had come into contact were political
radicals bent upon using their positions, financed by our
tax money, to carry out their own personal social crusades.
I sincerely hope that President Nixon will support you in
this courageous move. I continue to feel that you are doing
an exceptional job as Governor of our state.
Sincerely yours,
Raymon Q.A.Parnay A. Parnay
Superintendent-Principal
Forestville Union School
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T. Hitchcock
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POST OFFICE BOX 897 0 CHOWCHN!
CAUP. 83510 0 AREA CODE 209 865-3735
January 8, 1971
Mr. Frank Carlucci, Director
U. S. Office of Economic Opportunity
Washington, T. C.
Dear Mr. Carlucci:
Uphold Governor Ronald Rearan's VETO of California CRLA funds!
During the school term of 1939-70 the California Rurd Legal Assist-
ance attorney for Madora County plagued our high school board of
education by appearing at our meetings and harassing not only the
board, but our community as a whole. Attornoy Fred Hiestand of Va-
dera CRLA, since transferred to San Francisco, was instrumental in
costing our district and County Counsel Roy Wolfe many hours of busi-
ness time as well as about 1500 in costs to fight his charges that
we were not within our legal rights to suspend a senior boy, Douglas
Invis of Chowchilla, from our school for violating our board policies
because he used drugs on our campus during school hours.
The matter was heard in federal court in Sucramento, and then Invis
was again suspended by the board. Case closed! The CRIA endoavored
to say the board W&S "picking on" this poor boy. Later it WS3 proved
that the boy's father could not cualify for CRLA assistance. The tax
payers were paying for CPLA's meddling and also paying to fight and
win the CRSC.
The CRIA also lost other school logal battles near Chowchilla. It
cost Madera Unified District 6500 to fight CRIA because a boy violat-
00 school policies by wearing long hair. The board was uphold in
court. Livingston High School in Merced County won another case filed
by CREA over long hair.
I, as board president, feel that the CRLA has not been justified in
spending tax money for such purposes supposidly for our poverty
striken peoplo. The CHIA has been meddling in public affairs over
which it really has no jurisdiction. I uphold the view of Lewis
Uhler, State OMO director, concerning Governor Ronald Reagan's voto
of CRLA funds for 1971, and I urge you, Mr. Cerlucci, to support
Governor Roagan.
Very Exick
Clyce E. Outck, President
cc: Lowis K. Unler
Loard of Education
Honald Reogan
Alan Cranston
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COVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
STATE CAPITOL S ACRAMENT 0 CALIF
CRLA HAS REPEATEDLY HARASSED THE BRAWLEY SCHOOLS. ACCORDING
TO RELIABLE INFORMATION RECENTLY CRLA REPRESENTATIVES ENCOURAGED
PUPILS OF THIS SCHOOL TO BE TRUANT TO PARTICIPATE IN A DEMONSTRATION
HELD DURING SCHOOL TIME. PLEASE LIMIT THIS TYPE OF ACTION BY
STRIKING FUNDS FOR THIS ORGANIZATION FROM THE PROPOSED STATE
BUDGET
JAMES C THOMPSON SUPERVIS ING PRINCIPAL BARBARA WORTH BRAWLEY
SCHOOL.
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445-4571
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Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of former
State Senator Hugh M. Burns of Fresno to the State Alcoholic Beverage
APPeAls
Control Board, subject to Senate confirmation.
The veteran Democratic legislator, whose career has spanned more
than 34 years of service in both houses of the legislature, will
succeed James Shumway of Suisun, who has resigned.
First elected to the Assembly in 1936, Burns was re-elected three
times. In 1942 he was elected to the State Senate.
He was elected President pro Tempore of the Senate in 1957, and
served in that position until 1969, retiring from the Senate last year.
As a member of the board, he will receive an annual salary of
$14,000.
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445-4571
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#39
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointment
of Sidney L. Cruff, a Selma farmer, and Mrs. Shirley H. Brinker, a
Fresno housewife, to four-year-terms on the 21st District Agricultural
Association Board of Directors (Fresno District Fair).
Cruff, who lives at 7531 E. Rose Avenue, Selma, and Mrs. Brinke;
who lives at 925 E. Indianapolis Avenue, Fresno, have served on the
board since 1967. Both are Republicans.
Board members are paid necessary expenses.
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#40
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Rush N. Hill II, 26, a member of the American Institute of Architects
and former student leader, as a special assistant to his Education
Advisor, Alex C. Sherriffs, and named two interns as student assistants
for education.
The two are Timothy F. Comstock, 24, and Rex S. Hime, 22,
law students at the University of California at Davis. They will work
part-time in a program developed to enable qualified students to join
the administration.
The governor pointed out that the program will serve three basic
purposes:
--to permit students to learn the workings of government at
the executive level
--to demonstrate that students can make a contribution through
effective work, and
--to provide a continuing means for communication between
youth and state government.
"I have long held that young people have much to offer within
the councils of government. I believe that Rush, Tim and Rex are fine
examples of the effectiveness, dedication and responsibility so often
present but so often overlooked among our youth today," he said.
Hill, who will receive an annual salary of $14,500, is a
1969 graduate of California State Polytechnic College at San Luis Obispo
and won simultaneous degrees in architecture and business administration.
He is a life member of Blue Key, a national honor fraternity
that recognizes excellence in college achievement, and was the 1967-68
president of the Cal Poly Associated Students.
While a student at Cal Poly, he formed a student architectural
firm which did the preliminary design of a $200,000 outdoor activity
complex on the campus at no cost to the college.
Since June of 1969, he has been associated with a San Diego firm
of architects, planners, and engineers as administrative assistant and
as an environmentalist.
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Comstock, who is a co-founder and president of Phi Delta Phi,
the first legal fraternity at the UC Davis Law School, holds a degree
in history from the University of California at Berkeley.
He has been active in student affairs, including the Winged
Helmet Society and the U. C. . Speakers' Bureau. He has served as an
administrative assistant to former Assemblymen Earle P. Crandall and
Don Mulford, and has a legislative intern on the staff of Assemblyman
James Hayes.
He and his wife, Nancy, live in Davis.
Hime, who holds a degree from UC Davis in political science,
is an honorary life member of the Associated Students at UC Davis and
has served as representative-at-large for the student government.
He has had intensive experience with a student newspaper and
has served as a commentator on the University's radio station.
He is a member of Alpha Phi Omega, an international service
fraternity, Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity and Scabbard and Blade,
an ROTC honor society.
Hime, who is unmarried, lives in Davis.
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Sacramento, Californ
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
1-19-71
Governor Reagan will meet with officers of the newly-founded
Banco del Pueblo at 11:30 a.m. today in his office.
Banco del Pueblo is the only Mexican-American bank in the
state of California.
Photo coverage is invited.
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#41
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointments of three
new members to four-year-terms on the State Building Standards Commission
subject to Senate confirmation.
They are William Koblik, a Sacramento architect; Henry J. Degenkolb,
a San Francisco structural engineer and earthquake authority and
Gus A. Owen, a member of a Los Angeles development firm.
Koblik, 60, a partner in the firm of Koblik, Cordoba, Gervin and
Associates, will represent architecture on the board, succeeding
Gordon F. Powers of Seal Beach, whose term has expired.
A Licensed State Architect, Koblik has been active in numerous
architectural groups including the Central Valley Chapter of the A.I.A.,
the California Council of Architects, A.I.A., the Illuminating Engineers
Society and the National Council on Schoolhouse Construction. He
earned his degree in architecture from the University of California at
Berkeley.
Koblik lives at 4710 Crestwood Way, Sacramento. He is a Democrat.
Degenkolb, 57, who heads his own consulting firm in San Francisco
and is a recognized international authority in the field of earthquake-
resistant design of buildings and other structures, will represent
structural engineers on the commission. He succeeds Wesley T. Hayes
of Oakland, whose term has expired.
A consultant on earthquakes to the U.S. Office of Science and
Technology, Degenkolb is an advisor to the California Joint Legislative
Committee on Seismic Safety and is chairman of an Ad Hoc Committee of
the Structural Engineers Association of California on New Seismic
Directions.
Active in numerous professional engineering groups, he is the 1971
president of the Consulting Engineers Association of California,
Degenkolb lives at 95 Linares Avenue, San Francisco. He is a
Republican.
Owen, 35, a former executive director of the Republican Central
Committee of Orange County, has an extensive background in personnel,
geology and mathematics. He succeeds Mrs. Jerene Harnish of Upland,
whose term has expired, as public member of the commission.
Owen lives at 413 East Bay Street, Costa Mesa.
Commission members are paid expenses.
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#42
Governor Ronald Reagan today reappointed State Real Estate
Commissioner Burton E. Smith to a four-year-term, subject to Senate
confirmation.
Smith, a Democrat, has served as commissioner since 1967. He
will receive an annual salary of $30,000.
Smith lives at 9876 Crestbrook Street, Bellflower.
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#43
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Richard S. Amador, executive
director of the Community and Human Resources Agency, as chairman of
the Job Training and Development Services Advisory Board in the Departme:
of Human Resources Development.
Amador, 35, a Democrat, has served as a member of the board
since September of 1970.
Active in the Mexican-American community, he has had extensive
experience in national, state and local manpower programs.
He lives at 315 de La Fuente Drive, Monterey Park.
As chairman, he will receive $25 per diem while on official
duty.
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#44
Governor Ronald Reagan today reappointed President Allan Grant
and Harold O. Wilson to the State Board of Agriculture and named
Warren H. Brock of El Centro to the board.
Grant, who also is president of the California Farm Bureau
Federation, has served as president of the State Board of Agriculture
since 1967.
Wilson, executive dean of the California State Polytechnic
College at San Luis Obispo, also has served on the board since 1967.
Brock, an Imperial Valley orchardist and civic leader, will
succeed Dr. Francisco Bravo of Los Angeles, whose term has expired.
A graduate of Imperial Valley College, Brock is involved in
several agricultural companies in the Imperial Valley. He is a member
of the California State and El Centro Chambers of Commerce and the
Commission of the Californias. He will represent orchardists on the
board.
Grant, who lives at 351 Hanover Avenue, Oakland, will serve
as a representative-at-large and a specialist in environmental problems,
while Wilson, who lives at 777 Serrano Drive, San Luis Obispo, will
represent state colleges.
All three men are Republicans.
They will serve four-year-terms and receive necessary travel
expenses.
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445-4571
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#45
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
February 1, 1971
through
February 7, 1971
Monday, February 1
11:45 a.m.
Picture with Easter Seal Child, Governor's Office.
1:30 p.m.
Picture with Sacramento Junior Achievement Company
Representatives, Governor's Council Room.
Overnight . - Sacramento
Tuesday, February 2
10:00 a.m.
Meeting with Department Heads, Resources Auditorium
Press coverage invited.
Overnight - Sacramento
Wednesday, February 3
Noon
Ladies of Charity of St. Vincent De Paul Luncheon,
International Ballroom, Beverly Hilton Hotel,
Los Angeles. Remarks.
Overnight - - Sacramento
Thursday, February 4
10:30 a.m.
PRESS CONFERENCE
6:00 p.m.
Los Angeles Area Council Boy Scouts of America
Annual Recognition Banquet, Palladium, Los Angeles.
Brief Remarks.
Overnight - - Sacramento
Friday, February 5.
11:30 a.m.
Remarks and Q & A - YMCA Model Legislature,
Room 4202.
6:30 p.m.
California Newspaper Publishers Association
Convention - Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco.
Overnight - - Los Angeles
Saturday, February 6
No appointments scheduled
Overnight - Los Angeles
Sunday, February 7
No appointments scheduled
Overnight - Sacramento
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERMOR"
Sacramento, Califor a
MEMO TO Th PRESS
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
1-29-71
For your planning purposes, the 1971-72 budget will be
embargoed for release for PHs of Tuesday, February 2, 1971. We will
attempt to make it available to the press on that embargoed basis at
about 8:30 a.m. Monday. Verne Orr will conduct the usual background
briefing (Pictures but no sound permitted) at 11:00 a.m. Monday, Rm. 1190.
Governor Reagan will meet with all state department heads at 10:00 a.m.
Tuesday in the Resources Building Auditorium to comment on the budget.
Arrangements have been made to provide seating for the writing press
and adequate space for television in the auditorium.
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#46
Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:
"I am very pleased and gratified that the federal Office of Economic
Opportunity has upheld my veto of the California Rural Legal Assistance
program.
"It is a significant action because it demonstrates that both the
state and federal governments are deeply committed to providing legal
assistance to the rural poor.
"I have agreed with federal OEO to permit a short term extension
of the grant for CRLA which expires in six months. This will insure
that there is no interruption in necessary legal assistance and will
enable us to begin the transition from the present program to one which
better meets the needs of the poor who require legal services.
"As a matter of fact, I have directed the State Office of Economic
Opportunity to immediately move ahead with plans to develop a program of
legal assistance to the rural poor through a more responsible program-
that is, professional legal aid- through local bar associations.
"In many cases, I am sure, it will be possible for this program to
take over legal assistance for the poor even prior to the end of the
temporary CRLA funding. And it will provide a smooth transition when the
CRLA is phased out next July.
"I have been informed that federal OEO officials will appoint a
commission to review the operations of CRLA. On the state level, we will
continue to keep a very close watch on the activities of the CRLA to
assure the taxpayers and the poor alike that proper legal services will
be provided between now and the time the CRLA's grant ends.
"I would hope that the CRLA officials will cooperate with us in this
transition period and that they would begin to remember that they have an
overriding responsibility to provide proper legal services for those who
truly require them."
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