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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
1-3-72
#1
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the following bill
has been signed with specified deletion:
AB 1527 - Moretti
Enacts the Employment Opportunity Act of 1971.
(Chapter 1819)
Authorizes and requires the Advisory Coordinating
Council on Public Personnel Management to perform
designated functions relating to coordinated
procedures for public service employment, to provide
specified assistance, including grants, to eligible
agencies, as defined, and to pay all or a part of
the cost of demonstration public service projects.
The bill appropriates $4,750,000 to the council
for purposes of the act.
DELETION:
"I am reducing the appropriation contained in
Section 5 of Assembly Bill No. 1527 from $4,750,000
to $150,000 in the following manner:
"The appropriation contained in Section 5 (a) is
reduced from $350,000 to $50,000.
"The appropriation contained in Section 5 (b) is
reduced from $2,200,000 to $100,000.
"The appropriation contained in Section 5 (c) is
deleted.
"Approximately $180 million is being allocated to
California for the purposes of the Public Employment
Program under the Federal Emergency Employment Act.
The $150,000 will allow the Coordinating Council
to perform the coordinating, evaluating and planning
functions," the governor said.
The governor also announced the following bills have been
signed:
AB 2723 - Waxman
Revises the law relating to the Democratic presidenti.
(Chapter 1821)
primary.
AB 2329 - Lanterman
Provides that a legislator who was first elected prio₂
(Chapter 1820)
to December 31, 1969, may retire during or at any
time after the term in which the boundaries of his
district are altered during his term of office
pursuant to a reapportionment of legislative
districts. The bill also provides that the rate of
contribution for a legislator electing to vest this
right of immediate retirement and legislators first
elected after the effective date of this provision,
is 8 percent.
AB 20 1st Ex. - Bagley
A "trailer" bill to AB 1 (71 1st Ex). The bill
(Chapter 2)
morely corrects technical and drafting errors
found in AB 1 (71 1st Ex).
AB 21 1st Ex. - Burton
Increases the membership of each Democratic
(Chapter 3)
county control committee from 6 members to
8 members.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
1-3-72
CORRECTION
On Press Release #1 the final item should read as follows:
AB 21 1st Ex. - Burton
Increases the membership of the San Francisco
(Chapter 3)
Democratic County Central Committee from 6
members to 8 members.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
1-3-72
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Governor Ronald Reagan announced today that the state-operated
California Industries for the Blind and the Opportunity Work Center
programs have been transferred to non-profit private corporations.
The move will result in increased vocational rehabilitation
opportunities for the blind and the physically handicapped, he said.
In making the announcement, the governor said "the transfer of these
workshops to private operation is a prime example of functions which can
best be performed by the private sector instead of by government."
The governor also commended Wells Fargo Bank and its officials for
their cooperation and assistance in providing a loan of $300,000 to one
of the organizations which will enable it to apply for a federal grant
to establish the workshops under private operation.
Six workshops operated by the State Department of Rehabilitation are
involved. Five are being transferred to California Industries for the
Blind, Inc., a private, non-profit organization, and one to Goodwill
Industries of Santa Clara County, Inc. The action has the approval of
the major blind organizations in the state.
The California Industries for the Blind program, which the state has
operated for the past 80 years, involves plants in Berkeley, Los Angeles
and San Diego. Each employs blind and handicapped workers in the
manufacture of a wide variety of products for sale.
The Opportunity Work Center program also involves three plants, in
Berkeley, San Jose and Los Angeles, which employ blind and handicapped
workers in the production of work under subcontract with the private
sector.
Under the transfer, all plants of the California Industries for the
Blind will be operated by the California Industries for the Blind, Inc.
The organization will also absorb the workers of the Opportunity Work
Centers in Berkeley and Los Angeles.
The Opportunity Work Center in San Jose is being closed with its
workers being transferred to Goodwill Industries of Santa Clara County,
Inc. in San Jose. The Goodwill organization will establish an expanded
program of services for the blind.
The Department of Rehabilitation will monitor the operation of the
workshops for five years and report its findings annually to the
legislature.
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All the plants employ handicapped persons whose primary disability
is blindness or visual impairment, although other disabled persons are
employed also. The transfer assures continued employment of about 250
blind or otherwise handicapped persons currently working in all plants.
Approximately 70 percent of the handicapped workers are members of
minority races.
The programs to be conducted by the new management are planned to
increase employment opportunities for many more blind and other
handicapped persons. Vocational rehabilitation services will be provided
in the workshops to prepare the employees for work in competitive
occupations in outside industry.
The California Industries for the Blind, Inc. will have its
headquarters at 840 Santee Street in Los Angeles. President of the
corporation is James C. Gibson, formerly the administrator of Industrial
Rehabilitation Services in the Department of Rehabilitation. Chairman
of the board of directors is Anthony G. Mannino, president of the
National Federation of the Blind in California. Other board members
include Mrs. Catherine Skivers, president of the Associated Blind of
California, Inc., and one worker from each workshop.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
1-3-72
#3
Governor Ronald Reagan today proclaimed a State of Emergency in
Santa Barbara County as a result of floods, mudslides and heavy winds
that began on December 27.
Damage caused by heavy winds, rains flooding and the runoff of
mud and silt has been estimated at $2,354,000 by county authorities.
The proclamation, requested by the Santa Barbara County Board
of Supervisors, will allow the county to seek federal assistance for
disaster victims and damages to public property.
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WAS
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
1-4-72
#4
Governor Ronald Reagan today reappointed Charles A. Soderstrom
of San Pedro and James C. Snapp of El Cajon to four-year-terms on the
California Aeronautics Board, subject to Senate confirmation.
Soderstrom, a retired businessman, civic leader and private
pilot for more than 40 years, has served on the board since 1967. He
lives at 1801 West Ninth Street, San Pedro.
Snapp, an insurance agent, is an Army Air Force veteran of World
War II and has served as a member of the San Diego County Airport
Commission and is a former president and board chairman of the San Diego
Aerospace Museum. He has served on the board since 1967. His home
is at 2027 Windmill View Road, San Diego.
Both men are Republicans.
Members of the board receive $25 per day for attending official
meetings.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
1-4-72
#5
Governor Ronald Reagan today asked President Nixon to declare
Santa Barbara County a major disaster area as a result of storms that
caused more than $2,654,000 in damages to public facilities and
private property.
In his letter to the President, Governor Reagan pointed out that
he has proclaimed a State of Emergency in the county as a result of
storms that began on December 27.
"I have directed that every resource within the state be
applied to assist in relieving the conditions created by the disaster,"
the governor said in his letter, transmitted to the President through
Ralph D. Burns, Regional Director of the federal Office of Emergency
Preparedness in San Francisco.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: THURSDAY P.Ms.
Sacramento, Californ:
January 6, 1972
Contact: Paul Beck
PLEASE GUARD AGAINST PREMATURE RELEASE.
445-4571 1-6-72
#6
Here are the 38 major points Governor Ronald Reagan made in his
State-of-the-State message to the Legislature:
Health-Catastrophic Insurance
1. Announced his Administration is exploring the potential of a
system of.health insurance that would "protect every Californian
against the economic catastrophe that often accompanies extended ill-
ness," a program which could help working taxpayers who, he said, in
some ways, are "becoming the truly disadvantaged".
Consumer Protection
2. Declared that the widely-discussed concept of no-fault automobile
insurance might accomplish several desirable ends, including savings
in premiums for consumers, eliminating red tape in claims and reliev-
ing court congestion. "We must find that system of automobile insur-
ance that will best meet the needs of our citizens," the Governor said..
Corrections Reform
3. Announced a program to "continue improving our correctional
system will be presented" during this legislative session.
4. Asked for continued funding of 405 additional security and
other corrections system positions added following a special study
of violence in prisons.
5. Announced plans are under way for new maximum security facilities.
6. Disclosed that the 1972-73 budget will "take the first step
toward closing San Quentin Prison.' Inmate population, which once
reached 5,000, will be held at 1,500 during fiscal year. Goal is
shutdown of San Quentin by end of 1974.
Economy-Jobs
7. Urged continued efforts to stimulate job-creating industries,
"to help provide prosperity in the generation of peace that is now
a major national goal.
8. Disclosed that the Administration is asking leaders of labor
and the private sector to join state government in "re-evaluating
the economic needs of California citizens and to determine what we
in state government can do -- or stop doing -- to further improve
the economy of our State and thus improve the economic well-being
of all Californians.
Agriculture
9. Declared that it is "absolutely imperative that we enact in
this session legislation guaranteeing California's agricultural
workers the right to choose, by secret ballot, whether they want
to be represented by a union and if so, by which union.
Manpower Policy
10. Urged the State to come to grips, once and for all, with the
hodgepodge accumulation of federally-mandated manpower programs,"
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Welfare
11. Called the 1971 Welfare Reform Act the "most significant social
legislation in California's history, but said additional legislation
is needed to:
12. Improve enforcement of child support laws involving absent
parents.
13. Establish system of fairly apportioning welfare funds to assure
increased aid to truly needy and to keep those with significant out-
side income off welfare rolls.
14. Impose tighter and more realistic standards on amount of property
a recipient may own and still be eligible for welfare.
15. Increase incentives for able-bodied recipients to work, including
implementation of proposed California Work Experience Program.
Public School Finance
16. Asked the Legislature to work with the Executive Branch and
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Wilson Riles to develop
"sweeping changes in the present system of financing local schools to:
17. --Reduce reliance on the property tax.
18. --Simplify the method of distributing educational funds.
19. --Equalize educational opportunities for all Californians by
providing a basic amount of financial support for each student in
every district."
Property Tax Relief
20. Urged comprehensive property tax reform
to "eliminate the
chronic crisis in public school finance by shifting the burden from
the homeowner" to broader based taxes.
Education
21. Urged every school district to institute venereal disease
prevention education courses and said $200,000 is earmarked for helping
train teachers and to provide casefinders in the fight against VD.
22. Proposed "realistic" educational priorities in education to give
every high school graduate at least an entry-level "salable skill" in
the world of work.
23. Announced be would again support legislation to establish a pilot
voucher plan program--providing a grant for students to use at the
school of their choice.
Higher Education
24. Suggested having "all state financed student aid programs handled
through the Scholarship and Loan Commission."
25. Urged Legislature to give State College Trustees authority to
establish tuition at State Colleges and decide how funds are to be
spent.
26. Urged action to "assure free tuition" at the University of
California and State Colleges for sons and daughters of Americans
who are prisoners of war or missing in action in Southeast Asia.
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Taxes-Tax Reform
27. In addition to property tax relief, said State must "recognize
the need for new sources of revenue for local government."
28. Declared there should be "no need for any general state tax
increase for new spending. "
Budget-State Employees
29. Officially confirmed that 1972-73 budget will include $95.8
million for salary increases and correcting salary inequities for
state employees, (Equivalent to 5 per cent salary increase for civil
service employees and 7 1/2 per cent for academic employees of the
University of California and State Colleges).
30. Disclosed the budget also would include $65 million of new state
support for schools.
Law Enforcement
31. Announced that California Council on Criminal Justice is
exploring the possibility of establishing regional Criminal Justice
Training academies--to improve criminal justice system.
32. Again proposed electronic surveillance under strict court controls
to "give law enforcement the technical tools they need to fight
organized crime."
33. Renewed his call for legislation to make the killing of a law
enforcement officer while on duty first degree murder.
Drug Abuse
34. Announced a Comprehensive Drug Abuse Treatment plan would be
presented this year.
Transportation
35. Called for a State Department of Transportation within the
Business and Transportation Agency "to help plan and develop the
proper combination of transportation systems to meet the needs of our
people."
Environment
36. Said further legislation would be necessary to carry on the battle
for air quality control.
37. Proposed "environmentally balanced actions to protect our coast-
line and to establish a process for the selection and approval of
power plant sites".
38. Proposed the creation of a Department of Environmental Protection
"including an effective program for solid waste management."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californi
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
1-7-72
#7
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced that scenic, historical
and recreational land valued at more than $8 million was added to the
State Park System in the closing days of 1971 at no cost to the state.
Acquisition of the land--parcels totalling 5,896 acres--was
made possible through money and property donations by private citizens
and business firms and through the assistance of the Federal Bureau
of Outdoor Recreation and with matching funds from the Federal Land and
Water Conservation Fund, he said.
"All Californians are indebted to those who made these gifts
possible," Governor Reagan said. "This land will be enjoyed by future
generations because of the generosity of many private citizens and the
efforts of dedicated public servants at the federal, state and local level
State Parks Director William Penn Mott, Jr., explained that since
the Federal Land and Water Conservation Fund program was begun in 1965,
the state of California has directly benefited in the amount of $48
million of matching federal funds, of which more than half was allotted to
local recreation projects and the remainder to state projects.
The parcels acquired by the state are:
BIG BASIN REDWOODS STATE PARK--A 320 acre inholding valued at
$1,300,000 was added in the Berry Creek area of Big Basin Redwoods State
Park in Santa Cruz County. The property is in virgin redwood timber land
and was owned by the Santa Cruz Lumber Company.
The acquisition was made possible by a $500,000 donation from the
Save the Redwood League, $500,000 in matching funds from the Land and
Water Conservation Fund, and a property gift valued at $300,000 from the
Santa Cruz Lumber Company.
MOUNT TAMALPAIS STATE PARK--This state park in Marin County was
expanded by 1,300 acres valued at $1,440,000. The new property begins
at the west boundary of the existing park and extends down the west
slope of the Coast Range behind to the town of Stinson Beach.
George Leonard of Stinson Beach, owner of the parcel, donated
half the property--660 acres--to the state, and money for the remaining
half was provided as matching funds from the Land and Water Conservation
Fund.
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ANNADEL FARMS-The 4,100 acre Annadel Farms property is adjacent to the
city of Santa Rosa in Sonoma County. A brand new unit of the State Park
System, it is appraised at $4,100,000 and was acquired through donations
by citizens to the State Parks Foundation, a non-profit, private
corporation set up to handle gifts and donations for use by the State
Park System, and by matching funds from the Land and Water Conservation
Fund.
The new property is ideally suited for state park purposes because
of its proximity to the San Francisco-Bay Area Metropolitan complex. Its
addition to State Park System will preserve one of California's most
beautiful natural areas with gentle hills, tree-shrouded canyons,
lush meadows and lakes.
LOS OSOS OAKS--Los Osos Oaks in San Luis Chispo County is another
new addition to the State Park System. Consisting of 90 acres valued at
$489,500, the property is located inland between the cities of San Luis
Obispo and Morro Bay. This acquisition will preserve an outstanding
grove of native California oak and will be set aside for nature and
archeological study. Additional acquisitions in the area will be made
to establish camping and picnic sites.
The Dart Industries, Inc., of Los Angeles, donated half the
money for the property, and the remaining half came from Land and Water
Conservation matching funds.
RUSTIC-SULLIVAN CANYON--SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS This vital propert
in the heart of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Complex consists of 86 acres
of wooded canyon land with an appraised value of $956,000. It is just
north of Will Rogers State Historic Park in the Pacific Palisades area
of Los Angeles, and was originally part of the former Huntington Hartford
estate.
The property was acquired by a donation of half the property
by the owner, Jack Morehart of Los Angeles, and with matching funds from
the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
1-7-72
The Local Assistance portion of the 1972-73
budget will be available through the Press Office
shortly after noon.
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PB
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: MONDAY P.Ms.
Sacramento, California
January 10, 1972
Contact:
Paul Beck
PLEASE GUARD AGAINST PREMATURE
445-4571
1-7-72
RELEASE
#8
(NOTE TO THE PRESS: Following is the text of the first part of Governor
Reagan's 1972-73 budget message to the legislature. Here, the governor
discusses his Local Assistance budget.
The remainder of his message will accompany the 1972-73 state
Operations budget which will be made available to the press Tuesday
morning, January 11 and embargoed for use in Wednesday, January 12, P.Ms.)
To the Members of the Legislature of California:
"The fiscal plan of California is really two separate and quite
distinct budgets. The first, and by far the largest, is made up of
monies which the state collects from its citizens and then sends back to
cities, counties, other governmental jurisdictions, and most significantly
school districts. State assistance to local agencies represents about
two-thirds of all our expenditures.
"The second budget comprises the remaining one-third of the money
collected to run the traditional functions of state government, such as
the University and college systems, beach and park development and
operations, mental hospitals, and highway construction.
"As I mentioned in my budget message in 1970, I have long felt that
the fiscal plan for the State of California should be prepared as two
separate budgets to more dramatically emphasize the state's two distinct
funding roles.
"Therefore, this year I have asked the Director of Finance to submit
(1) a local assistance budget, and (2) a state operations budget. While
they will be bound together in a single volume for convenience, I am
hopeful that the executive and legislative branches will consider each
one separately in order that Californians may better understand the
extent to which state government merely acts as an efficient tax collector
for the benefit of local government.
LOCAL ASSISTANCE
"State contributions for local assistance in 1971-72 were
$4,329,191,284. For the budget year of 1972-73, the state will assist
670
local government $4,899,690,225, an increase of 13.2 percent. This
increasing state support for local governmental agencies is in
recognition of the vital role they play as the very backbone of our
governmental system.
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EDUCATION
"The local assistance budget I am submitting reflects the high
priority I believe education must continue to receive in the allocation
of our scarce tax resources. In both local assistance and state
operations, we again have endeavored to give first consideration to the
needs of educating our young people.
"We are suggesting one of the largest budgeted year-to-year increases
for the support of local schools in California's history. Particularly
pleasing to me is the reform of the Teachers' Retirement System.
Legislation passed and signed during the 1971 session after 3 years of
extensive administrative-legislative effort, marks a giant step forward
in assuring the kind of long-term financial security our local school
teachers and their families deserve. The landmark legislation provides
for an actuarially sound funding basis for the first time in the history
of the Teachers' Retirement System. This budget reflects the first of
thirty annual payments of $135 million as set forth in this reform bill
and $42 million in increased local school apportionments.
"In addition, I am pleased to be able to recommend $65 million in
new money for California's local schools. This is the fourth time under
this administration that state support for local schools has been
increased, representing a net annual increase of $560 million in new
money for local schools.
"While recommending the $65 million in new school funds, it is
important to recognize that à recent California State Supreme Court
opinion has indicated the necessity for rethinking the financing of our
public systems of elementary and secondary education. In my tax reform
proposals during the past few years, I have advocated a move toward more
equitable school financing. These proposals have not yet been enacted
into law. In the coming year, we expect to work closely with the
legislature, the superintendent of public instruction, and interested
local groups to revise the funding for local schools in order to achieve
a more equitable educational financing system.
MEDI-CAL
"Based on preliminary welfare caseload projections compiled earlier
this year, the proposed Medi-Cal budget for 1972-73, as printed, is $655
million (general fund). This represents an increase of only nine percent
over the $597 million Medi-Cal budget signed by the governor for the
current fiscal year. In contrast, during the previous four years,
approved Medi-Cal budgets rose three times as fast---by an average of
31 percent per year.
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"However, due to a steadily declining welfare caseload during the
past eight months, it now appears that there will be an $80 million
general fund savings in the Medi-Cal budget for the current fiscal year.
This would reduce Medi-Cal expenditures this year to $517 million
only six percent above the previous year's spending level ($484 million).
"And, if California's welfare caseload--- to which Medi-Cal is tied
directly---should continue to decline or generally level out in the year
to come, it is entirely possible that a similar savings in Medi-Cal
expenditures could be made in 1972-73. If this were to occur, it would
reduce the budgeted $655 million for Medi-Cal.
"Caseload projections which, for the first time, will take into
account the continuing effects of our administrative reforms and those
resulting from the new welfare reform law, will provide the basis in June
for whatever readjustment may be necessary in next year's budget.
WELFARE
"As a result of the enactment of the new welfare reform law and the
far-reaching administrative reforms implemented by this administration,
the rate of increase in General Fund expenditures for Social Welfare in
1972-73 will amount to only a third of what it was each year during the
past three years.
"While the average increase in the General Fund budget for welfare
has been 20 percent a year over the past three years, the expenditure
program I am proposing for 1972-73 in Social Welfare will go up only
7.3 percent, or $54 million above the current welfare budget.
"Because the Welfare Reform Act of 1971 requires the state to pick
up a percentage of the local cost of administering welfare-- a burden
previously borne by county property taxpayers the great bulk, or $49
million of the $54 million increase, will be returned to the counties
to cover their administrative functions.
"Had this administration not moved energetically to reform
California's welfare system, the additional state, local and federal costs
to the taxpayers this fiscal year (1971-72) would have been $338 million
greater ($147 million more in General Fund monies) than they actually
will be.
"And, without these same reforms, we estimate that the increased
welfare burden on the people in 1972-73 (federal, state and local costs)
would amount to nearly three quarters of a billion dollars more than we
believe it will be under the budget I am proposing. Without reform,
General Fund costs : for welfare in the coming fiscal year would be $262
million higher than the budget I am submitting to you.
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"Translated into caseload, this means that had we not reformed
welfare, there would be 3.1 million persons on the rolls in June of 1973,
at least 700,000 more than the number we can now look forward to in that
same month.
PROPERTY TAX RELIEF
"During the 1971 session we were successful in achieving $46 million
in senior citizens' property tax relief, a continuation of the 30 percent
reduction in business inventory relief and, for the first time, meaningful
state support for preserving California's open space. For these programs,
our budget reflects increased property tax relief amounting to $170
million. Total tax relief for 1972-73 when combined with the state
relief given to California's homeowners' will total $464 million.
While much more must be done to provide the kind of substantial and
lasting property tax relief which our beleagured California homeowners
urgently need and deserve, the shifts from the property tax provided last
year are a step in the right direction."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: MONDAY P.Ms.
Sacramento, Californi
Jan -y 10, 1972
Contact:
Paul Beck
PLEASE GUARD AGAINST PREMATURE
445-4571
I-7-72
RELEASE.
#9
HIGHLIGHTS
LOCAL ASSISTANCE BUDGET
The governor's proposed Local Assistance Budget increases state
contributions to local government by 13.2 percent, from $4,329,191,284
(1971-72) to $4,899,670,225 (1972-73).
Education (K-14)
The governor's proposed 1972-73 budget includes approximately
$1.865.7 billion for financing public schools (K-14), the highest amount
in the state's history. During the 1971-72 fiscal year, total
expenditures for K-14 are estimated at about $1.641 billion. This
represents a 13.7 percent increase.
The 1972-73 total includes $65 million of new school financing over
and above the amounts allocated under existing formulas. This is the
fourth time since 1967 that the state has provided new school financing---
totaling an annual net increase of $560 million in new money for
California's public schools.
Tax Relief-Shared Revenues
The proposed 1972-73 budget will provide $464 million in on-going tax
relief programs. This includes $250.3 million for homeowner property tax
relief ($750 exemptions), an increase of $19.8 million over the $232.3
million allocated during the previous budget year. Property tax relief
for senior citizens will total $55.2 million, an increase of $46.4
million. This reflects the additional relief authorized under the revenue
measure enacted during the special legislative session.
In addition the revenue measure (AB 1) enacted during the recent
special session of the legislature included about $13 million to reimburse
local government for the "open spaces" program.
Shared revenues (money collected by the state and returned to local
governments to finance various programs) will total approximately $676.3
million during 1972-73. (Local programs and governments receive part of
The state cigarette tax, about half the state's gasoline tax revenues and
revenues from liquor license renewal fees).
Since 1967, state-financed tax relief has totaled more than $1.5
billion.
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Mental Hygiene
As the number of community mental health programs in the state has
increased over the past 5 years additional funds have been made available
by the state to support this effort. This administration, operating under
two
basic
premises
(1) that treatment closest to the patient's home is
more effective, and (2) that state institutional care is the least
desirable form of treatment has brought about a tremendous reduction
in the number of patients in our state hospitals. When the governor took
office in 1967, there were 23,209 such patients. But, by June 30, 1973,
it is estimated that this population will be reduced to only 7,000, a
69 percent decrease.
The governor's proposed 1972-73 Local Assistance budget for mental
hygiene is $268,185,734 ($201,437,283 General Fund), an overall program
increase of $38,334,957 over 1971-72. The new budget provides an overall
General Fund increase of $8,621,567.
The 1972-73 budget continues to place great emphasis on local mental
health services with the state contributing 90 percent of the net cost
of these services. Programs for the mentally ill are being increased
some $22,053,442, from $229,850,787 this year (1971-72 estimated
expenditures) to a total of $251,904,229 (1972-73). of the total,
/a
$201,437,283 is in General Fund (1972-73), or $6,498,956 General Fund
increase over the 1971-72 budget of $194,938,327. These increases
reflect the success we have experienced from shifting patient care to the
/level
community under the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act which allowed for the
reduction in the number of mentally ill patients institutionalized in
state hospitals.
Youth Authority
In the past five years, California's probation subsidy program---
which enables counties to provide intensive rehabilitation programs at
the community level for probationers being re-integrated into society
has assisted significantly in reducing commitments to state correctional
institutions.
The governor's proposed 1972-73 General Fund budget for probation
subsidy is $18,931,300, an increase of approximately $2.5 million above
the 1971-72 appropriation. In addition, a further augmentation of the
/ing
1-72 budget, amount to approximately $1.5 million, will be required.
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Crippled Children
In order to provide services to an increasing number of patients in
the crippled children's services program, the governor's proposed
1972-73 budget will be increased by $580,900, bringing the total program
to $15,061,300. The governor also is proposing a general fund
augmentation of $1.2 million in the current year's budget which will
bring the General Fund total for 1971-72 to $14,480,400.
Welfare
See governor's budget message.
Medi-Cal
See governor's budget message.
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LOCAL ASSISTANCE --
Consists of those monies collected under
the taxing authority of the State and
returned to cities, counties, and other
local governmental jurisdictions --
most significantly, school districts.
STATE OPERATIONS --
Consists of those monies collected
under the taxing authority of the State
and used to finance the traditional
functions of State Government such as
the University and State College Systems,
beach and park development and operation,
mental hospitals, highways construction,
etc.
1972-73
1971-72
1970-71
02-696T
69-896T
89--296T
/9-996T
2
3
5
1972-73 07
ASSISTANCE
INCREASE IN LOCAL
LOCAL ASSISTANCE EXPENDITURES
GENERAL FUND
(million dollars)
Percent
1971-72
1972-73
Increase
Totals
$3,516.7
$4,059.6
15.4
LOCAL ASSISTANCE EXPENDITURES
ALL FUNDS
(Million dollars)
Percent
1971-72
1972-73
Increase
Totals
4,329.2
4,899.7
13.2
LOCAL ASSISTANCE EXPENDITURES
MAJOR AREAS OF INCREASE
GENERAL FUND
1972-73
(Million dollars)
Increase
Area
Amount
Percent
Schools
$223.9
13.7
Property Tax Relief
91.3
24.5
Social Welfare
54.4
7.3
Mental Health
8.6
4.5
Health Care Services
57.5
9.7
Program Savings (71-72)
80.0
LOCAL ASSISTANCE
ALL FUNDS
Areas of Expenditure
1972-73
Percent
Areas
Dollars
of total
Schools
$1,877.8
38.3
Social Welfare
804.0
16.4
Shared Revenue
676.3
13.8
Health Care Services
654.9
13.4
Property Tax Relief
464.0
9.5
Other Human Relations
267.2
5.4
All Other
155.5
3.2
LOCAL ASSISTANCE
GENERAL FUND
Areas of Expenditure
1972-73
Percent
Areas
Dollars
of total
Schools
$1,854.6
45.7
Social Welfare
804.0
19.8
Health Care Services
654.6
16.1
Property Tax Relief
458.5
11.3
Other Human Relations
267.2
6.6
All Other
20.7
0.5
ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE
FOR LOCAL SCHOOLS
GENERAL FUND
1972-73
(Million dollars)
Funds in Addition to Existing Apportionments
65
Added Apportionments to Schools for Teachers'
Retirement
42
Added Contributions to Teachers' Retirement
Fund
115
Total
222
PROPERTY TAX RELIEF
ALL FUNDS
(Million dollars)
1972-73
Prior to
Ch. 1,
Ch.1, 1st E.S.
1st E.S.
1971-72
1971
1971
Total
Senior Citizens
8.8
9.2
46.0
55.2
Business Inventory
110.4
53.5
67.0
Reimbursements
Losses on Business
}
143.5
to Counties for
Inventory
21.0*
--
23.0
Open Space
--
--
13.0
13.0
Homeowners
232.5
252.3
--
252.3
Total
372.7
315.0
149.0
464.0
*Also due to Ch. 1, 1st E.S., 1971
IMPACT OF SOCIAL WELFARE REFORM
LOCAL ASSISTANCE
ALL FUNDS
(GENERAL FUND)
See page L-45 of the Budget.
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
1-7-72
#10
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
January 10, 1972
through
January 16, 1972
Monday, January 10
Office appointments.
Overnight - Sacramento
Tuesday, January 11
8:00 a.m.
Prayer Breakfast at Senator Hotel
Overnight - Sacramento
Wednesday, January 12
Office appointments.
Overnight - Sacramento
Thursday, January 13
1:30 p.m. PRESS CONFERENCE
Overnight - Sacramento
Friday, January 14
Office appointments
Overnight - Sacramento
Saturday, January 15
Afternoon Pacific Palisades Town Meeting, Pacific Palisades.
Overnight - Sacramento
Sunday, January 16,
No appointments scheduled.
Overnight - Sacramento
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445-4571
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#11
Governor Ronald Reagan today reappointed Dr. Carolyn L. Vash,
a staff psychologist for the Rancho Los Amigos Hospital in Downey,
to a four-year-term on the Vocational Rehabilitation Appeals Board,
subject to Senate confirmation.
Dr. Vash, who lives at 35 East Las Flores Drive, Altadena, has
served on the board since 1969. She is a Republican.
Board members receive necessary expenses.
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Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
1-10-72
Copies of the Governor's State Operations budget
for 1972-73 will be available to the press in the
Governor's Press Office tomorrow (Tuesday, January 11)
at 9 a.m.
State Finance Director Verne Orr will conduct a
briefing for newsmen on the budget at 10 a.m. in News
Conference Room 1190.
(THE STATE OPERATIONS BUDGET IS EMBARGOED FOR
RELEASE WEDNESDAY P.M.s, JANUARY 12.) )
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Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
1-10-72
At the request of the Prayer Breakfast Committee, no picture
taking, filming, or taping will be permitted during the actual prayer
breakfast program tomorrow, January 11.
However, it will be permitted prior to the breakfast, during the
time breakfast is being served and after the program.
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#12
Governor Ronald Reagan today reappointed Thorvald T. Brown of
Oakland to a four-year-term on the Narcotic Addict Evaluation Authority.
A retired captain with the Oakland Police Department, Brown has
served on the authority since 1970. He recieves an annual salary of
$11,970. He is a Democrat.
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Sacramento, California
January 12, 1972
Contact:
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PLEASE GUARD AGAINST PREMATURE
445-4571
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RELEASE.
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HIGHLIGHTS
STATE OPERATIONS BUDGET
Comparison of 1971-72 Budget with
Governor's proposed 1972-73 Budget
(In millions of dollars)
State Operations
Local Assistance
All
General
All
General
Funds
Fund
Funds
Fund
1971-72 as submitted
by governor
February 2, 1971
2,495.7 1,420.7
4,243.0
3,454.7
1971-72 as signed
by governor
July 3, 1971
2,546.7
1,429.9
4,281.5
3,495.9
1971-72 Revised
January 12, 1972
2,543.4
1,459.3
4,329.2
3,516.7
1972-73 Proposed
governor's budget
2,717.0
1,597.5
4,899.7
4,059.6
Increase
173.6
138.2
570.5
542.9
Percent
6.8
9.5
13.2
12.6
HIGHER EDUCATION
University of California
Governor Reagan is proposing an overall general fund support budget*
for the University of California of $376.5 million in 1972-73, an increase
of $39.4 million over the current (1971-72) level of support.
This represents an 11.7 percent increase over the 1971-72 budget
compared to an average 7.2 percent yearly rate of increase during the
last five years.
State University and Colleges
During the same five year period (since 1967-68), the average rate of
increase per year in total authorized general fund support* for the newly
named State University and Colleges system has been nearly 11.5 percent.
The governor's proposed general fund support budget for 1972-73
provides an increase of nearly 17 percent over the current spending level,
up $53.4 million from the present $318.7 million to $372.1 million as
proposed for next year.
*
Includes state operations and salaries
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Financial Assistance to Students
Governor Reagan's proposed 1972-73 budget reflects an overall 7
percent increase in combined federal-state financial assistance to
students enrolled in California's public and private universities and
colleges up from $270.4 million in the current year to $288.7 million
next year. Included in the $288.7 million are funds for scholarships,
educational opportunity programs, work/study assistance and student loans.
Since the governor took office five years ago, general fund support
for the State Scholarship and Loan Commission has climbed fully 500
percent
from $4,700,985 in 1966-67 to $28,225,056 in the proposed
1972-73 budget. The proposed increase in support next year over the
current year (1971-72) totals $8.2 million. The commission provides
assistance to needy students and scholarship awards to academically
deserving students attending both public and private universities and
colleges in California.
Overall state-federal support for Educational Opportunity Programs
in California's public and private colleges and universities during
1972-73 is expected to increase by $3.6 million, or 14 percent above the
current (1971-72) funding level of $25.2 million. This includes a
$1,705,151 increase in the state-funded College Opportunity Grant (COG)
program, up from $2,955,239 this year to $4,660,390 in 1972-73.
(See Table C, Page A-58, Governor's budget)
Community Colleges
The governor's proposed 1972-73 general fund support budget for
California's 93 community college campuses and its Board of Governors is
up $25.6 million, or 13 percent higher than the current state support
level
from $193,136,000 this year (1971-72) to $218,717,000 next year.
State support for the community colleges has gone up 203percent since
Governor Reagan assumed office,
Real Estate Education
The new budget includes a $500,000 endowment from the Real Estate
Education, Research and Recovery Fund to the University of California in
order to establish an on-going permanent real estate teaching and research
program, beginning in 1972-73.
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STATE EMPLOYEE-FACULTY SALARY INCREASES
The governor's proposed 1972-73 budget contains some $95.8 million
for salary increases and for correcting salary inequities. This includes
$74.2 million in General Fund money and $21.6 million in Special Funds.
Approximately $53.2 million is for state employees, $20.7 million
for employees of the University of California and $21.9 million for the
State College System. The amounts proposed in the budget equate to the
amount of money necessary for a 5 percent increase for state employees
and a 7½ percent salary increase for faculty.
This year, the state also will increase its contribution of
employee health insurance premiums from $12 to $16 per month per employee.
In addition, the state also will continue funding for night differential,
time and one-half for overtime and unemployment compensation for state
employees three fringe benefit programs enacted during the 1971-72
fiscal year.
CALMFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
The governor's proposed 1972-73 budget increases support for the
California Highway Patrol by $3,066,796 from $130,484,449 this year
(1971-72) to $133,551,245 next year. The new funds will provide for
additional highway patrolmen to man freeways which are scheduled to open
next year in the San Diego, San Jose and Bakersfield areas, and will help
cover increased costs of operation statewide.
PARKS AND RECREATION
The number of visitor days Californians and out-of-state visitors
will spend in our state parks during 1972-73 will total more than 45
million
an increase of almost 2 million over the current year. Over
400 new campsites will be available in these parks and beaches.
The governor's new budget will provide $1,054,000 in additional
general fund support for the operation of our growing state park system.
The largest single item in this category is the opening of another section
of the Pismo Beach area which has recently been acquired with park bond
funds. The Border Field area, recently obtained ty the state, will be
staffed for operation on a day-use basis.
The 1972-73 capital outlay budget for the department proposes gross
expenditures in excess of $20 million. Over $4.6 million of this total
is from the State Beach, Park, Recreational and Historical Facilities Bond
Act of 1964. Over $11 million is proposed from the Recreation and Fish
and Wildlife Enhancement Fund authorized by Proposition 20. Some of the
major areas proposed for development in 1972-73 include Point Mugu State
Recreation Area, Del Valle Reservoir, Frenchman Lake, Perris Reservoir,
San Luis Reservoir, and Sawpit Canyon at Silverwood Reservoir.
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The governor's proposed budget for the Department of Corrections
in 1972-73 is $112,815,914---u $4,861,507 over the 1971-72 budget
($107,954,407) as signed by the governor.
This represents a 4.5 percent increase.
However, the governor is asking the legislature to approve an
additional $2,063,221 for the current year in order to bring the
1971-72 Corrections Budget up to $110,017,628. The additional funds
allow the department to add 405 new positions at state operated cor-
rectional facilities. The added positions will help to strengthen
prison security and expand psychiatric care for violent inmates (88
of the positions are for psychiatric treatment personnel).
The funding increases for both this year and 1972-73 also will
permit the department to assure that no cell will hold more than one
prisoner, and to develop an improved parole program aimed at preparing
prisoners for their return to society.
The 1972-73 budget also allocates $150,000 to Corrections to begin
preliminary planning for new correctional facilities. In his State of
the State Message, when the governor announced plans for a phase-out
of San Quentin Prison over the next few years, he said he
would provide the new planning money.
REHABILITATION
The proposed 1972-73 budget provides a $5,654,343 increase in
federal and state funds for the Department of Rehabilitation raising
its total budget to $64,426,756. The new monies will enable the
department to place even greater emphasis on rehabilitation welfare
recipients.
MENTAL HYGIENE
Children and Adolescent Treatment Programs
The governor is proposing a $950,000 increase in state support
for Children and Adolescent Treatment programs operated by the Depart-
ment of Mental Hygiene from $3,568,000 this year to $4,518,000 in
1972-73, a 26.6 percent increase. The new funds will enable the
department to add 87 treatment positions, thereby further improving
staffing levels and permitting additional youngsters to be treated.
Programs for the Mentally Retarded
The new budget proposes $1,782,810 in additional (General Fund)
support aimed at enabling the state to reach 100 percent of staffing
standards for the mentally retarded at state hospitals in California.
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Programs for the Mentally Retarded (Continued)
The additional monies will make possible new nursing positions and
thereby lift care for the mentally retarded from 91.5 up to 96 percent
of staffing standards---precisely according to schedule.
The schedule calls for the state to reach 100 percent of these
staffing standards in the 1973-74 budget year.
PUBLIC HEALTH
The governor's proposed 1972-73 General Fund Support budget for
the Department of Public Health has been increased to $11,953,739---
$956,008 more than the current year's budget---an increase of 10
percent.
The increase will enable the department to continue its battle
against venereal disease through improved education and case finding
techniques. In addition, the new money will enable the department to
step up its measles control education program, permit more food and
drug plant inspections, and provide for the development of improved
water quality plans and inspection of water systems in the state.
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BUDGET - 1972-73
TOTAL EXPENDITURES
ALL FUNDS
(Million dollars)
Percent
1971-72
1972-73
increase
Totals (Including Bonds)
6,872.6
7,616.7
10.8
TOTAL EXPENDITURES
GENERAL FUND
(Million dollars)
Percent
1971-72
1972-73
increase
Totals (Including Bonds)
4,976.0
5,657.1
13.7
4
y
STATE OPERATIONS
ALL STATE FUNDS
(Million dollars)
Percent
1971-72
1972-73
increase
Totals
2,543.5
2,717.1
6.8
STATE OPERATIONS
GENERAL FUNDS
(Million dollars)
Percent
1971-72
1972-73
increase
Totals
1,459.3
1,597.5
9.5
INCREASE IN LOCAL
ASSISTANCE
INCREASE IN STATE OPERATIONS
1966-67 to 1972-73
(INCLUDING CAPITAL OUTLAY)
Billion
dollars
5
Local
Assistance
4
is
3
State
Operations
2
1966-67
1967-68
1968-69
1969-70
1970-71
1971-72
1972-73
STATE OPERATIONS
MAJOR AREAS OF INCREASE
GENERAL FUND
1972-73
(Million dollars)
Area
Amount
Percent
State Colleges
53.4
16.8
University of California
39.4
11.7
Scholarship and Loan Commission
8.2
41.0
Salary Increases
(Other than Higher Education)
31.7
5.0
Health Benefits ($14 to $16)
2.1
14.3
Corrections
2.8
2.5 è
HIGHER EDUCATION
GENERAL FUND
(Million dollars)
Percent
1971-72
1972-73
increase
University of California
337.1
376.5
11.7
State Colleges
318.7
372.1
16.8
Scholarship and Loan
Commission
20.0
28.2
41.0
Total
675.8
776.8
15.0
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
GENERAL FUND
(Million dollars)
Percent
1971-72
1972-73
increase
Program
337.1
355.8
5.6
Salary Increase
--
20.7
:
Total
337.1
376.5
11.7
New Faculty Positions
159
STATE COLLEGES
GENERAL FUND
(Million dollars)
Percent
1971-72
1972-73
increase
Program
318.7
350.2
9.9
Salary Increase
--
21.9
I
Total
318.7
372.1
16.8
New Faculty Positions
637
STATE SCHOLARSHIP AND LOAN COMMISSION
STATE GENERAL FUNDS
1966-67 - 1972-73
Million
dollars
30
28.2
28
26
24
22
20
20.0
18
14
INCREASE OF 13.0 500 PERCENT 16.1
à
21.8
16
Ny
SCHOLARSHIPS
12
10
8.4
8
GRADUATE
FELLOWSHIPS
6
1.0
5.3
4.7
4.7
0.7
4
College Opportunity 2.9 Grants
MEDICAL
CONTRACTS
1.6
4.7
0.9
1966-67
1967-68
1968-69
1969-70
1970-71
1971-72
1972-73
COLLEGE
OPPORTUNITY
GRANTS
Table C. California Higher Education
Student Financial Assistance
MILLIONS
(in millions)
300
$32.7
250
$31.3
$21.2
200
150
$183.6
$139.6
$176.1
100
50
$24.3
$25.2
$28.8
0
ACTUAL
ESTIMATED
PROPOSED
1970-71
1971-72
1972-73
STATE
$26.5
$27.4
$35.3
FEDERAL
168.2
204.1
211.8
INSTITUTIONAL
27.6
38.9
SOURCES
41.6
TOTALS
$222.3
$270.4
$288.7
Scholarships
Loans
Educational Opportunity
(Program and Grants)
Work/Study
COMPARISON OF 1971-72 BUDGET AS SUBMITTED
AND CHANGES THERETO WITH 1972-73 GOVERNOR'S BUDGET
ALL FUNDS
(Million dollars)
Total
State
Local
(Including
operations
assistance
bonds)
1971-72 as Submitted
by Governor
February 2, 1971
2,495.7
4,243.0
6,738.7
1971-72 as Signed
by Governor
July 3, 1971
2,546.7
4,284.5
6,831.2
1971-72 Revised
January 12, 1972
2,543.4
4,329.2
6,872.6
1972-73 Proposed
Governor's Budget
2,717.0
4,899.7
7,616.7
Increase
173.6
570.5
744.1
2
Percent
6.8
13.2
10.8
y
REVENUE ESTIMATES
GENERAL FUND
(Million dollars)
Change
1971-72
1972-73
Amount
Percent
Sales and Use
1,973.0
2,110.0
137.0
6.9
Personal Income
1,747.0
1,880.0
133.0
7.6
Bank and Corporation
673.0
770.0
97.0
14.4
Inheritance and Gift
211.0
291.1
80.1
38.0
All Others
704.9
726.1
21.2
3.0
Total
5,308.9
5,777.2
468.3
8.8
&
COMPARISON OF 1971-72 BUDGET AS SUBMITTED
AND CHANGES THERETO WITH 1972-73 GOVERNOR'S BUDGET
GENERAL FUND
(Million dollars)
Total
State
Local
(Including
operations
assistance
bonds)
1971-72 as Submitted
by Governor
February 2, 1971
1,420.7
3,454.7
4,875.4
1971-72 as Signed
by Governor
July 3, 1971
1,429.9
3,495.9
4,925.8
1971-72 Revised
January 12, 1972
1,459.3
3,516.7
4,976.0
1972-73 Proposed
Governor's Budget
1,597.5
4,059.6
5,657.1
Increase
138.2
542.9
681.1
Percent
9.5
12.6
13.7
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
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Contact.
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445-4571
1-12-72
#14
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Municipal Judge Pat
Mullendore to the Los Angeles County Superior Court,
Judge Mullendore, a Republican, will receive an annual salary
of $35,080. He succeeds the late Judge James M. McRoberts.
Named to the Los Angeles Judicial District Municipal Court in
1968 by Governor Reagan, Judge Mullendore previously practiced law
in the Los Angeles area for more than 15 years.
He is a graduate of Pasadena Junior College and Ohio State
University and earned his law degree from the University of Southern
California School of Law.
Judge Mullendore is a member of the California College of Judges,
the California Conference of Judges, the American Bar Association, the
South-East Bar Association and numerous civic, service and fraternal
organizations.
He and his wife, Mary, have one son.
The family home is in Long Beach.
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#15
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointment of
Howard A. Busby of San Diego and James E. Kenney of Pasadena to the
California State Commission on Government Organization and Economy
(The Little Hoover Commission).
Busby, 43, a Republican, is a Certified Public Accountant
and president of a ceiling systems sales and engineering firm. He lives
at 6363 Lambda Drive, San Diego.
Kenney, 60, a Democrat, is vice president and general manager
of Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company in Los Angeles. He lives
at 1208 Rancheros Place, Pasadena.
Both men have served on the commission since 1967.
Commissioners receive necessary expenses.
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Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
1-12-72
Copies of the governor's 1,230-page 1972-73
program budget supplement are now available to
members of the Capitol Press Corps and can be
picked up in the Governor's Press Office this
afternoon.
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Contact:
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445-4571
1-12-72
#16
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced he has named Robert B.
Hawkins, Jr., director of the State Office of Economic Opportunity.
Hawkins, 30, has served as acting director since last August when
Lewis K. Uhler, the former State OEO chief, was elevated to the position
of assistant human relations secretary.
Hawkins, who holds a Masters Degree and a Ph.D. from the University
of Washington, joined State OEO as assistant director of the Northern
California section in August, 1970. He was promoted to assistant director
in charge of operations and technical assistance in January, 1971.
While working for his Ph.D., he served as a member of the Faculty
Research Committee of the University of Washington's Political Science
Department, from 1967-69. He previously taught part-time at San
Francisco State College.
In 1966 he helped establish the Snohomish County Social Planning
Council, an OEO-funded Community Action Agency in Everett, Washington.
He is co-author of a book, Patterns of Issue Generation and Community
Responses on Public Policy Concerning the Poor and Minorities, published
in 1967 by the University of Washington Press.
In addition to being a Falk Fellow at the University of Washington,
he was awarded a Woodrow Wilson National Dissertation Scholarship in 1969
to study the problems of low income citizens.
Hawkins worked as district representative and administrative
assistant to former Assemblyman George W. Milias of Gilroy from April,
1964 to September, 1965.
He is a Republican. His wife, Mary, is a research consultant in
the State Office of Planning and Research.
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#17
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Mrs. Elsa Sandstrom
of 1191 Buckingham Drive, Los Altos, to the American Revolution
Bicentennial Commission of California. She succeeds Robert F. Beaver
of Fullerton who has resigned.
Board members receive necessary expenses.
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Sacramento, California
Ja. ary 14, 1972
Contact:
Paul Beck
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RELEASE.
#18
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced plans for a "bold new
experiment aimed at significantly improving the quality and availability
of professional legal services to the poor in California,"
In issuing a joint statement by the California State OEO Director
Robert B. Hawkins, JI., and Phil Sanchez, director of the Federal Office
of Economic Opportunity which resulted from a series of negotiations over
the past few months, Governor Reagan said that preplanning grants from
federal OEO totalling approximately $150,000 will soon be made available
through state OEO for developing the program. The remainder of the grant,
up to $2.5 million, already has been designated for the experiment by
federal OEO.
The State of California reached initial broad agreement with federal
OEO to make the project possible last summer. At that time, Frank Carlucc
former head of federal OEO said:
"It is not surprising that the State of California should be leading
the way in attempting to find innovative ways of developing legal
institutions and programs which will serve the needs of the poor. The
governor is determined that his administration shall play a major role in
finding new ways to improve the legal services program and expand its
impact."
Carlucci, in describing the project as being "designed to test a
variety of models for the delivery of legal services to the poor in
California, also said: "Under this plan, a new corporation established
under the auspices of the state OEO, interested attorneys and local bar
associations, and known as the California Legal Services Foundation, will
in cooperation with the State Bar begin to design and implement a program
to test various alternatives and supplementary methods of delivering legal
services. Assuming the success of this experiment, a new combined program
to provide comprehensive legal services within California would be
instituted,
"In committing the resources of OEO to a partnership with California
and its citizens in developing a model effort in legal services, I believe
other states will ultimately turn to the California experiment for insight
in meeting the legal needs of their own low-income citizens," Carlucci
added.
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Governor Reagan said that during the preplanning period (up to
90 days), views regarding the makeup of the governing board of the
California Legal Services Foundation will be solicited by state OEO
from all interested parties. Then, the State of California with the
concurrence of the director of federal OEO will select the foundation's
board of directors.
"I am confident that this bold new experiment can result in
significantly improving the quality and availability of professional
legal services to the poor in California," the governor said.
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JOINT STATEMENT BY ROBERT B. HAWKINS, JR., DIRECTOR,
CALIFORNIA STATE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND
PHIL SANCHEZ, DIRECTOR, FEDERAL OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITY, WASHINGTON
The State of California and the Federal Office of Economic
Opportunity have concluded negotiations leading to the beginhing
of a bold new experiment in professional legal services, We jointly
welcome the California Experiment. We will expect it to chart new
ways to actively involve the private bar. We will insist on hard-
headed administration and scientific evaluation. We expect that it
will lead to perfected systems of delivery of legal services to the
poor.
The California Experiment will begin by proceeding immediately
in the following manner:
(1) Pre-Planning Grants
In order to provide for comprehensive planning,
several short-term planning grants, not to exceed
more than 90 days in duration, will be made for the
purposes outlined below to such grantees as:
The California State Office of Economic Oppor-
tunity, to engage consultants and to consider
the objectives and methods of conducting the
experiment, the means of coordinating its
various phases and models, the evaluation of
the experiment, and the make-up of the board
of directors of the California Legal Services
Foundation. The views of all interested parties
will be solicited and will be reported to OEO
and the Foundation, with recommendations, upon
conclusion of the planning stage.
The National Bar Foundation, which shall include
participation of Mexican-American attorneys, to
consider and propose ways of involving members
of the minority bars in delivering legal services
in California.
Representatives of the State Bar or local bar
associations, to study and recommend ways of
integrating the private bar into the experiment
to facilitate the delivery of professional legal
services to the poor.
Grants for these planning purposes will not exceed approxi-
mately $150,000. The above groups (organizations) shall be
funded for these purposes as delegate agencies by a grant from
Federal OEO's Office of Legal Services. The State Office of
Economic Opportunity shall serve as the Grantee to receive funds
for such delegate agencies. Applications by these delegate
agencies for funding should be submitted by February 14, 1972
to State OEO Director Robert B. Hawkins, Jr., and to Fred
Speaker, Director of Legal Services for Federal OEO.
(2) Evaluation
In addition to producing an experimental design con-
sisting of contrasting models subject to controlled com-
parisons, it will be necessary for two other major tasks
to be completed during the planning phase. The first of
these is the development of a built-in system for the
collection of data concerning all models being tested and
compared. Along with an analysis of the various methods
selected to test the delivery systems, attention will
be given by the evaluators to the overall fiscal adminis-
tration of the various delivery systems, This will require
the complete cooperation of all parties to operate the
various models and this will require that a third party
be responsible for the collection of systematic data
concerning each of the models. The last stages of the
planning phase will require the development of an
evaluation system which will function simultaneously with
the operation of each of the models. After a national
invitation to bid has been issued, a third-party contractor
will be chosen to conduct the evaluation prior to insti-
tuting the models at particular sites.
(3) Operational Phase of the Experiment
The operational phase will last a minimum twelve months,
during which time the constituent models are expected to
attain the goals claimed for them in alleviating the legal
problems of the poor. During the entire operational phase,
data concerning each of the models will be systematically
and automatically collected and the third-party contractor
shall conduct periodic analyses of the performance of each
of the models. National OEO and State OEO will provide
technical assistance and monitor the operation of each
model to see that it conforms to the design that had been
determined for it during the planning phase. The production
of information aimed at improving the quality and avail-
ability of professional legal services for the poor is the
primary reason for the experiment.
(4) Grantee for the Experiment
The grantee for the experiment--the California Legal
Services Foundation--has been designated but has not yet
been formed. Upon completion of the pre-planning phase,
the California Legal Services Foundation shall be con-
stituted to plan and coordinate the various models to be
funded as part of the operational phase of the experiment.
The Foundation shall have a board of directors which shall
be announced by the Foundation within 30 days following the
expiration of the term of the pre-planning grants described
in paragraph (1), and which shall be composed of national
and local representatives of the organized bar, local
minority bar groups, legal services organizations, private
attorneys and law firms, and representatives of the poor.
The size and role of whatever staff may be hired by the
Foundation will be determined after the basic structure
for the administration of the experiment has been determined.
In view of the interest of National OEO and State OEO in
receiving complete fiscal management information on the
various methods selected to test delivery of legal services,
the Assistant Director of the California Legal Services
Foundation shall have a fiscal-management background.
In the broadest sense we wish to learn whether there are effective
and efficient ways to provide legal services to. the poor beyond the
traditional OEO-funded legal services programs as they are now consti-
tuted. The best resources of the private bar have not yet been tapped
in efforts to alleviate legal problems of the poor. If we are to be
effective and efficient in the war against poverty, we must find means
by which private attorneys can join in this effort.
The experiment is not to be designed to provide a forum for advocacy
of any particular model. It is to be designed rather to provide an
opportunity for the objective study and evaluation of all models, for
their comparison with one another and with traditional Legal Services
programs, in terms of their value in assisting poor people with their
legal problems. In order to succeed in reaching this goal, it will be
necessary for all participants to view their interests as being just
one part of a very large and complex effort. We are determined that
the experiment shall take place in an open and objective manner and
look forward to the full cooperation of all interested parties.
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
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GOVERNOR'S OFFICE
January 17, 1972
through
January 23, 1972
Monday, January 17
Office Appointments
Overnight - Sacramento
Tuesday, January 18
12:30 p.m.
Presentation of awards to Goodwill Industries,
Cosmopolitan Hotel
Overnight - Sacramento
Wednesday, January 19
Office Appointments
Overnight - Sacramento
Thursday, January 20
10:30 a.m.
PRESS CONFERENCE
Overnight - Los Angeles
Friday, January 21
a.m.
Regents Meeting, Los Angeles
Overnight - Los Angeles
Saturday, January 22
10:30 a.m.
Remarks to L.A. County Campaign Round-Up
Kick Off for the 1972 election, Biltmore
Hotel
Overnight - Los Angeles
Sunday, January 23
No Public Appointments Scheduled
Overnight - Los Angeles
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#20
Governor Reagan said today that federal officials have approved an
advance allocation of $16,024,000 to support the state's 1972 program
under the Omnibus Crime Control Act.
The funds are being forwarded to the California Council on Criminal
Justice as a first installment on a total block grant of $40 million
which the state will receive this year from the Law Enforcement Assistanc
Administration of the U.S. Department of Justice. Balance of the state's
share in the nationwide anti-crime program will be received after com-
pletion in April of the 1972 Statewide Comprehensive Plan for improving
the criminal justice system.
Governor Reagan said:
"This program represents the first real partnership between the
federal, state, and local governments to bring the maximum amount of
resources to bear on the state's crime problem, particularly in the
crime-ridden urban population centers."
California Council on Criminal Justice has funded more than 500
projects to improve the police, courts, and correctional system with
grant awards in excess of $43.3 million since start of the federal block
grant program in mid-1969.
The governor said that 75 percent of the funds are funneled directly
to cities and counties for local crime reduction programs, with the other
25 percent going toward statewide improvements in the criminal justice
system.
The 29-member council, headed by Attorney General Evelle J. Younger,
has voted to give the problem of narcotics and related crime the highest
priority in the state's Omnibus Crime Control program.
Governor Reagan said that this effort will be linked to the council's
recently approved "Crime-Specific Program" under which major law enforce-
ment agencies will join in a coordinated attack on the crime of burglary.
Other major 1972 projects of the council include a program to
establish regional criminal justice training academies throughout the
state in cooperation with local law enforcement agencies. The first
center was opened last year in Modesto under a $235,675 first-year grant
approved by the council.
Governor Reagan said a statewide system of crime labs is being
initiated by the State Department of Justice with the aid of a $201,865
grant from the council. The system will eventually consist of two core
laboratories, eight regional laboratories, and a number of smaller
satellite laboratories for processing criminal evidence.
The Judicial Council of California is seeking new methods to make
maximum use of electronic data processing to speed operations of the
courts, with the assistance of a $198,860 grant approved by the council.
The California Military Department is conducting a Civil Disturbance
Operations School in San Luis Obispo with funding from the council. The
school is providing training in riot control to law enforcement and civil
authorities from throughout the state.
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#21
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of Thomas
M. McMurray as Chairman of the State Health Planning Council.
The council has responsibility for comprehensive health planning,
including review of the location and construction of health facilities
in California.
McMurray, 32, will continue in his present position as assistant to
the secretary of the Human Relations Agency for program and management
activities, a post he has held since January 1971.
The agency consists of the departments of Health Care Services,
Social Welfare, Mental Hygiene, Rehabilitation, Public Health, Human
Resources Development, Corrections, Youth Authority and various boards,
commissions, and councils.
Currently McMurray is serving as vice chairman of the Health
Reorganization Committee in the Human Relations Agency. He is involved
in all aspects of the health planning, evaluation and budgeting required
for implementation of the new Department of Health.
Before moving to the Human Relations Agency, McMurray served in the
governor's office from June 1968 to January 1971 as assistant cabinet
secretary and as special assistant to the governor.
Prior to joining the Reagan administration, McMurray was a
Legislative Assistant to Congressman Robert Michel of Illinois. During
this assignment, his responsibilities centered on the programs and
expenditures of the U.S. Departments of Health, Education and Welfare,
Agriculture, and Labor.
McMurray, a native of Peoria, Illinois, and a University of Notre
Dame graduate, also has been associate publisher and editor of Mid-County
Press, a central Illinois publishing firm. "To and his family reside in
Sacramento. He is a Republican.
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#22
Governor Ronald Reagan today sent the following telegram to
President Nixon:
"I am informed that the west coast longshoremen's strike has
resumed as of 9 a.m. today, January 17. The resumption of this strike
will cause great damage to our economy and endanger the livelihood of
thousands of innocent persons in California as well as other states.
"The only solution apparently left is prompt congressional action
to protect this state and the nation against further disruption and
suffering. Accordingly, I strongly urge you to take whatever action is
necessary for the immediate solution of this problem," the governor's
telegram said.
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#23
Governor Ronald Reagan today named three new members to his
Consumer Fraud Task Force.
At the same time, Donald G. Livingston, Director of the Department
of Consumer Affairs, disclosed that a total of $37,320 in funds,
including a $24,000 grant from the California Council on Criminal Justice,
has been made available for task force studies.
The new members are Peter D. Hannaford, 39, of Piedmont, vice
president of a San Francisco and Los Angeles advertising agency, Judge
Marie L. B. Collins of Piedmont, and Vincent W. Jones, 41, of Long Beach,
assistant secretary and general counsel for Sears, Roebuck and Company
in the nine western states.
Hannaford, 39, of 2083 Oakland Avenue, Piedmont, vice president of
Wilton, Coombs and Colnett, Inc., is active in numerous Bay Area civic
and service organizations. He has served as a director of the Better
Business Bureau of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, the Piedmont Park
Commission and the California Roadside Council.
Judge Collins, 41, named to the Oakland-Piedmont Judicial District
Municipal Court in 1970 by Governor Reagan, is a former Alameda County
Deputy District Attorney, who headed the fraud department which
investigates business and investment fraud cases and consumer complaints.
In addition to numerous legal and professional organizations, she
has served on the executive committee of the Bay Area Prosecutors
Association Fraud Committee and the Federal Trade Commission Consumer
Protection Coordinating Committee. She and her husband, Leonard, live
at 220 Highland Avenue, Piedmont.
Jones, 41, who earned his law degree at Stanford University, is a
member of the Los Angeles Central City Association, a director of the
California Retailers Association, chairman of the Consumer Legal Remedies
Committee of the California Chamber of Commerce, in addition to numerous
civic, service and professional organizations. He lives at 5300 E1 Prado,
Long Beach.
The appointment of the three new members brings the task force's
strength to 14 members. The force was appointed early this year by
Governor Reagan to seek ways and means of providing additional protection
for the state's buying public and to determine whether law enforcement
agencies have enough legal tools to effectively protect consumers.
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Livingstonalso announced that Timothy F. Comstock, 25, a special
consultant to the Department of Consumer Affairs, will serve as
executive director of the task force.
Comstock, who earned his law degree from the University of California
at Davis last year, joined the governor's staff in January, 1971 as a
special assistant to education advisor Dr. Alex Sherriffs. He has been
serving as a special consultant to the Department of Consumer Affairs
since December.
Comstock and his wife, Nancy, live at 2517 U Street, Sacramento.
Judge Collins is a Democrat. Hannaford, Jones and Comstock are
Republicans.
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Dr. J. W. Stubblebine, Director of the State Department of
Mental Hygiene, will discuss charges in a report issued by CSEA today
relating to the Lanterman-Petris-Short program in California, in Room
1190 at 4:00 p.m. today.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
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#24
Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:
"While the court upheld my vetoes of the attempted partisan
gerrymanders of the Senate and Assembly, they fell short of accepting
the responsibility to insure once and for all a reapportionment
fair to all the people. I am deeply disappointed in their accept-
ance of the equally gerrymandered Congressional plan which I had
also vetoed. The result will be that Californians cannot be fairly
represented during the next session of Congress.
"A number of legislators have voiced the opinion that the
legislative reapportioning itself is in actuality a basic conflict of
interest. I agree with this view and regret the court was lacking
in the statesmanship to resolve this problem once and for all.
"The matter of reapportionment has been returned to the
legislature. I'll do everything I can to assist them in developing
as quickly as possible a reapportionment plan fair and equitable to
every Californian."
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#25
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Ernest S. Wong, a Los
Angeles insurance company owner, to a three-year term as a public member
of the state board of barber examiners in the Department of Consumer
Affairs.
Wong, 58, who lives at 812 Ridgecrest Street, Monterey Park, will
succeed Vincent P. Cicone of Glendale who has resigned.
The appointment is subject to Senate confirmation. Members of the
board receive $25 per diem while on official duty.
Wong, who is active in Chinese-American community affairs, is a
Republican.
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#26
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Sheldon H. Sloan, a Los Angeles
attorney, and Harold E. Nissen, a Los Angeles petroleum engineer, to
four-year terms on the state board of registration for professional
engineers in the Department of Consumer Affairs.
Sloan, a partner in the firm of Brown and Brown, will serve as a
public member of the board, succeeding John R. Winzler of Eureka, whose
term has expired.
Nissen, who is employed by Signal Oil and Gas Company, will
represent petroleum engineers on the board. He succeeds Edmund C.
Babson of Whittier, whose term has expired.
Sloan lives at 9950 Kip Drive, Beverly Hills and Nissen lives at
5167 Vista Hermosa Street, Long Beach. Both men are Republicans.
Board members receive $25 per diem while on official duty.
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#27
Governor Ronald Reagan today reappointed three members to four-year
terms on the Cancer Advisory Council.
They are Dr. John W. Cline, San Francisco physician and surgeon;
Emanuel H. Fineman, Honorary President of the City of Hope, and
Dr. Joseph F. Ross, U.C.L.A. School of Medicine.
Dr. Cline, who lives at 3467 Pacific Avenue, San Francisco, will
represent physicians and surgeons on the council. He is a Republican.
Fineman, a resident of 332 North Palm Drive, Beverly Hills, will
represent non-profit cancer research institutes. He is a Democrat.
Dr. Ross, who lives at 11246 Cashmere Street, Los Angeles, will
represent the U.C.L.A. Medical Center. He is a Republican.
The three men have served on the council since 1970.
Council members receive necessary expenses.
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#28
Governor Ronald Reagan today named three new members to the Board
of Medical Examiners of the State of California in the Department of
Consumer Affairs.
They are Dr. Theodore Nussdorf of Whittier, Dr. John E. Vaughan of
Bakersfield and Dr. Julius Levine of Hayward.
Dr. Nussdorf, an orthopedic surgeon and instructor of orthopedic
surgery at the University of California at Irvine, succeeds Dr. George
C. Andersen of Hermosa Beach, whose term has expired.
A graduate of the University of Virginia Medical School, Dr. Nussdorf
is a member of the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery, a Fellow of the
American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery, a member of the Western
Orthopedic Association and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
He lives at 8604 Via Santa Cruz, Whittier. He is a Republican.
Dr. Vaughan, Chief of Staff of the Greater Bakersfield Memorial
Hospital, is a specialist in obstetrics and gynecology. He succeeds
Dr. Genest D. de L'Arbre of Stockton, whose term has expired.
Active in numerous medical, civic and service groups, Dr. Vaughan
is a founding member and past president of the Houchin Community Blood
Bank and a past president and chairman of Kern County Medical Society,
a trustee of the Foundation for Medical Care of Kern County, the
California and American Medical Associations and is a Fellow of the
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
He is a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Medicine
and has completed post-graduate studies at the University of Southern
California School of Medicine.
He lives at 2300 Cedar Street, Bakersfield. He is a Republican.
Dr. Levine, a physician and surgeon and owner of Levine Hospital
in Hayward, will succeed Dr. Sachio J. Takata of Monterey Park, whose
term has expired.
Names as Hayward's "Man of the Year" in 1970, Dr. Levine is active
in numerous civic and service organizations. He is a past president and
chairman of the board of the Hayward Boys Club, a past member and chairman
of the board of the Eden Township District Hospital in Castro Valley, and
a life term member of the board of Temple Beth Sholom in San Leandro.
He is also a member of the American and California Medical Association
the Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, the American Academy of
Plastic Surgery, the Aero-Medical Association and the National
Ophthalmological Society.
Dr. Levine, a Republican, lives at 25051 Fairview Avenue, Hayward.
Members of the board receive $25 per day while on official duty.
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#29
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the signing
of his first bill passed by the 1972 legislative session.
The bill, SB 7 (Chapter 1), authored by Senator John
A. Nejedly (R-Walnut Creek), allows units in cooperative
housing corporations to qualify for the homeowners'
property tax exemption commencing in 1972-73.
(SB 569 - Chapter 1752 - 1971, allows housing coop-
eratives to qualify for the homeowners' property tax
exemption commencing in 1972-73. Due to the length of
the 1971 session, the effective date of SB 569 will be
after the 1972 lien date. SB 7 eliminates any doubts
as to the operative date of SB 569.)
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