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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
8-16-72
#480
Governor Ronald Reagan today signed legislation giving an
estimated 240,000 senior citizens in California $6.6 million in
additional property tax relief. The bill increases the applicable
percentage of relief for senior citizens whose total income is $5,800
or less.
"Senior citizens in California, many of whom just live on fixed
incomes, will realize expanded property tax relief benefits in addition
to the provisions granted to them last year," Governor Reagan stated.
The 1971 extraordinary session, in Assemblyman William Bagley's
tax bill (AB-1), contained provision for an additional $56 million of
relief to senior citizens over the age of 62 who have incomes of less than
$10,000. The bill to grant the property tax relief this year, AB 1201,
was authored by Assemblyman Leo T. McCarthy (D-San Francisco).
The new tax assistance schedules apply to claims beginning with
the 1971-72 fiscal year. Senior citizens need not file a new claim.
The Franchise Tax Board will automatically forward refund checks that
will reflect the new rates.
The percentage of property tax assistance as provided in this
year's legislation ranges from 96 percent at the $1,400 income level to
32 percent at $5,800.
####
Garcia
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RON. D REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
8-16-72
#481
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today that he has signed the
following bills:
AB 493 - Foran
Clarifies the duty of persons operating bicycles
Chapter 928
upon a roadway to ride as near to the right-hand
curb or edge as practicable, and makes an excep-
tion with respect to such duty by permitting such
persons to ride as near the left-hand curb or
edge as practicable on one-way highways having
two or more traffic lanes.
AB 531 - Ryan
Makes several substantive changes relating to
Chapter 929
the adoption and funding of textbooks and other
instructional materials in the public schools.
AB 665 - Greene, L.
Revises the testing program in grades 1-3 and
Chapter 930
grades 6 and 12. The bill reflects the recom-
mendations of the Advisory Committee on the
Statewide Testing Program.
AB 683 - Crown
Limits the equipment which must be furnished by
Chapter 931
a local agency to full-time police officers and
deputy sheriffs, when a specified state subven-
tion is available. The bill also substitutes the
Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Train-
ing for California Council on Criminal Justice
as administering agency responsible for alloca-
tion of funds to local agencies to provide such
equipment.
AB 1150 - Wood
Authorizes the Monterey County Superintendent
Chapter 932
of Schools to maintain classes for prisoners in
county correctional facilities.
AB 1201 - McCarthy
Revises the Senior Citizens' Property Tax
Chapter 917
Assistance Law by increasing the number of income
brackets and the applicable percentages with
respect to incomes up to $6,000. The new sched-
ule applies to claims for assistance for the
1971-72 fiscal year and thereafter.
AB 1952 - Duffy
Changes from "graduate program" to "special
Chapter 933
internship" designation of special programs for
certain applicants for physician's and surgeon's
certificate who graduate from medical schools
located in Mexico. Reconstitutes Advisory Com-
mittee on Physician's Assistant Programs as the
Advisory Committee on Physician's Assistant and
Nurse Practitioner Programs. Requires committee
to submit report to specified healing arts licens-
ing boards and to legislature by January 1, 1973,
relating to establishment of program for education
and licensing of nurse practitioners.
AB 2026 - Lanterman
Revises provisions relating to cost reporting
Chapter 934
under Medi-Cal, requiring the audit by the
Department of Health Care Services of amounts paid
for Medi-Cal services. The bill makes a presump-
tion that providers' cost reports are correct
unless audited within 18 months applicable to a
review in addition to an audit within that period.
AB 2134 - Dunlap
Present law requires cities and counties approv-
Chapter 935
ing subdivisions of land fronting on the coast-
line or a shoreline to require that reasonable
public access be provided. AB 2134 applies this
same requirement to certain parcels of land in
excess of 40 acres that are excluded from regu-
lation under the Subdivision Map Act.
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#481
AB 2329 - Cullen
Provides a procedure for I stablishing title to
Chapter 936
lands disturbed by earthquakes and other
disasters, including those resulting from acts
of man.
Governor Reagan also announced he has vetoed the following bills:
AB 205 - Fenton
Extends mandatory unemployment insurance cover-
age to agricultural labor.
REASON FOR VETO:
"I regret that I must again veto legislation
which would provide California's full-time agri-
cultural workers with the same measure of pro-
tection enjoyed by other workers. The inequities
which would be created by this legislation,
however, far overshadow the inequities which now
exist.
"The Major problem with this bill is the tremen-
dous economic disadvantage which would be created
for California agriculture in competing with farm
products from states which pay lower wages and
provide little or no protection to their farm
laborers.
"Passage of Assembly Bill 205 would cost
California's employers approximately $66 million,
of which only $32 million would be paid by the
agricultural industry. The remaining $34 million
would have to come from nonagricultural employers.
A huge deficit would be created in the Unemploy-
ment Insurance Fund which would have to be made
up through increased unemployment insurance rates.
"Assembly Bill 205 does not contain a realistic
definition of an agricultural worker who is
actively in the labor force. Thus, a worker
need only be employed for about one peak month
out of a year to make him eligible to draw unem-
plcyment compensation. This is not the purpose
for which the Unemployment Insurance Fund was
created.
"I am encouraged that action will soon be taken
at the federal level which will provide coverage
for all full-time agricultural workers, regard-
less of whether they work only in one state or
follow the crops in several states, as many farm
laborers do. President Nixon's administration
has conducted a study on the feasibility of un-
employment insurance coverage for agricultural
workers, and I understand this study will be used
as the basis for introduction of federal legis-
lation in the near future. In the meantime,
California's own State Board of Agriculture is
exploring the feasibility of state legislation
which would not create the problems inherent in
Assembly Bill 205.
"I would suggest to all members of the farming
community--employers and workers alike--that
they urge their Congressional representatives to
support federal legislation to provide our agri-
cultural labor force with this important protec-
tion on an equitable and nationwide basis.
"Accordingly, T am returning the bill unsigned."
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#481
AB 569 - Townsend
Provides that a local safety member under the
Public Employees' Retirement System shall be
retired for disability or reinstated from such
retirement only upon his employer's determina-
tion with respect to disability.
REASON FOR VETO:
"Assembly Bill 569 will result in differing
standards for disability within the system for
each contracting employer and between miscellaneou
and safety members under the same employer. It
will also preclude a member retired for disabil-
ity from being reinstated by the state or any
other contracting employer unless the original
employer agrees to the reinstatement.
"The determination of eligibility for any bene-
fit should rest with the agency responsible for
its payment, in this case the Public Employees'
Retirement System.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
AB 699 - Vasconcellos
Specifies that deputy registrars of voters shall
be allowed to register voters on public high
school campuses during nonclassroom hours.
REASON FOR VETO:
"School authorities should retain the power to
control the uses to which school property may
be devoted, and the activities which occur thereon
so that the school can properly function without
interference.
"The law currently permits voter registration
on high school campuses, but leaves to the
principal the discretion to determine the time
and place of such registration. In this way
the appropriate school functions are not impeded.
I want to emphasize that I am totally in favor
of all young people 18 and over, exercising
their franchise rights. Current voter registra-
tion laws adequately permit them to do SO.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
AB 783 - Warren
Creates a 12-member Ski Safety Advisory Council,
two members of which are to be appointed by
Speaker of Assembly, two by Senate Rules Com-
mittee, and eight by Governor. The bill requires
the council to develop plans for preventing
skiing accidents, encourage coordination of
efforts by interested parties to promote skiing
safety, and make recommendations for improving
skiing safety.
REASON FOR VETO:
"I have already approved four bills introduced
by the author of this measure which: extends
the jurisdiction of the Division of Industrial
Safety to regulation of aerial passenger tramways
including ski lifts; requires the division to
promulgate and publish safety orders directing
owners and operators of aerial tramways and ski
lifts to report known incidents of personal injuries; requires the divi-
sion to establish standards of qualifications for persons engaged in
the operation of aerial passenger tramways and ski lifts and that such
standards be consistent with the general objective of providing for the
safety of members of the public who use aerial tramways and ski lifts;
and requires the division to inspect aerial tramways and ski lifts
twice each year, one of which shall be made during the skiing season.
"I can find no justification to create a council which will duplicate
responsibilities just placed in the Division of Industrial Safety.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
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#481
AB 1158 - Meade
Prohibits a school district bond election or
special election to fill vacancy on school dis-
trict governing board from being held except in
conjunction, or in consolidation, with a school
district election or a regular state or municipal
election. The bill is limited to school district
territory in which a regular state or municipal
election is held at least once a year, and which
is located in Los Angeles County.
REASON FOR VETO:
"I am aware that Assembly Bill 1158 is intended
to solve problems relating to the costs of
elections affecting the Los Angeles Community
College District. However, the bill creates far
more problems than it solves. I have been ad-
vised by the Office of the Los Angeles County
School Superintendent, the California School
Boards Association, and the Los Angeles County
Registrar of Voters that this bill would create
a number of serious problems for many of the
school districts in Los Angeles County. I share
their concern in this matter.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
AB 1379 - Knox
Permits a retirant of the State Teachers' Retire-
ment System to receive more than one year's
service credit when combined with Public Employees
Retirement System service, for certain years when
he was employed simultaneously as a school
physician and as a full-time city director of
public health.
REASON FOR VETO:
"Both the State Teachers' Retirement System and
Public Employees' Retirement System laws express-
ly prohibit a member from earning more than one
year of service credit during one year. There
appears to be no justification for placing one
person in a privileged position with respect to
all other members of our two major state retire-
ment systems.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
AP 1541 - Sieroty
Requires, in counties in which a significant
number of the population, as determined by the
county clerk does not read English, that the
local health department make copies of all
circulars and pamphlets relating to family
planning which are made available to the public
also available in such other language or lang-
uages which such significant number of the
population reads.
REASON FOR VETO:
"While I agree that a need exists to make family
planning information available to all segments
of our society who desire it, I cannot approve
a measure which, in addition to mandating cost
on local government, is vague and confusing.
"I would not object to approving a measure which
would provide this type of authority to local
government on a permissive basis.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
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#481
AB 2229 - Brophy
Permits publicly owned vel cles operated by
peace officer personnel of a marchal's department,
when actually being used in the enforcement of
the orders of any court, to display flashing
amber warning lights when such vehicles are
necessarily parked upon a highway.
REASON FOR VETO:
"The present practice of restricting the use of
such lights to those types of vehicles which
constitute a traffic hazard has maintained the
integrity of this type of warning device. Recent
studies have shown that indiscriminate use of
flashing lights adds to congestion and confusion.
In considering the duties performed by municipal
court marshals, the need for such devices does
not appear justified.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
SB 356 - Beilenson
Requires the director of Social Welfare to submit
proposed regulations, including emergency
regulations, to the County Welfare Directors
Association for its advice. The bill authorizes
the association to submit its written advice and
requires the director to make a written report
of his reasons in the event the advice is not
followed.
REASON FOR VETO:
"The procedures established by this bill are un-
necessary as interested parties are currently
provided adequate time to review regulations
proposed under normal circumstances. The time
required for review of emergency regulations is
impractical because oftentimes these regulations
must be put into effect immediately due to a
court order or change in federal law. Further-
more, I do not agree that a non-governmental
agency should be given formal responsibilities
in the development of state government regula-
tions.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
SB 514 - Dills
Provides different non-industrial disability
retirement allowance for local safety members
than is available for other members of the Public
Employees' Retirement System. It is optional
to the contracting agencies.
REASON FOR VETO:
"At present, all members of the Public Employees'
Retirement System enjoy the same level of bene-
fits for disability retirements resulting from
non-work injuries.
"SB 514 would single out local safety members
and make them eligible for an increased non-
industrial disability allowance if their employer
chose to adopt the formula made available by the
bill. This is an unwarranted departure from the
present policy of uniform disability benefits.
All employees are subject to the same kinds of
risks of being injured in their off-work hours,
so they should all have the same disability
retirement benefits.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
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#481
SB 938 - Walsh
Includes within the definition of speed trap a
section of highway on which the prima facie
speed limit is not justified by engineering and
traffic survey and when enforcement involves the
use of radar or a similar device.
REASON FOR VETO:
"This bill would revise the definition of a
'speed trap' as one in which enforcement of the
speed limit involves the use of radar and in
which the speed limit is not justified by an
engineering and traffic survey. In effect, this
bill would severely restrict or abolish the use
of radar in traffic enforcement.
"It is my belief that our local law enforcement
agencies must be allowed to respond to traffic
problems with all the scientific and technologi-
cal tools which are available to them. The use
of radar plays an important part in the enforce-
ment of traffic laws in this state.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
# # #
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
8-16-72
#482
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
William C. Havlina of Tulelake, to the Board of Directors of the 10a
District Agricultural Association. He will serve the unexpired term of
John L. Crahan of Tulelake, who resigned. The term ends in January, 1976.
Havlina, 32, is a Republican and was born and raised in Tulelake,
where he owns and operates a farm. He is married and the father of two
children. The family lives on the farm.
Board members, who serve four year terms, receive necessary
expenses.
#####
Garcia
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californi/
95814
Ed Gray, Press Secreta
916-445-4571
8-16-72
#483
Governor Ronald Reagan has signed legislation, AB 42 by Assembly-
man Bob Monagan, that will provide annual uniform replacement allowances
for state employees.
The bill was introduced at the request of Governor Reagan.
In addition to uniform allowances, the bill provides for state-
furnished work clothing and safety and protective equipment, including
handguns for authorized state law enforcement personnel.
Under provisions of the bill, the state will provide an annual
uniform allowance of up to $150 to each employee who is required to
wear a uniform as a condition of his employment.
"Signing this bill gives me a great deal of pleasure," Governor
Reagan said, "because I have felt for some time that our state employees
who have to wear uniforms deserve a special allowance. This is something
I have wanted to do but a shortage of funds has stood in the way. I am
pleased that the state's improving economy has made this bill possible."
Under provisions of the bill, the State Board of Control will
establish a procedure to determine what articles of clothing are to be
included in the uniform allowance. In addition, the board will:
--Determine when new employees will become eligible for a
uniform allowance;
--Decide the need for changes in uniforms based on department
request, and;
--Determine what degree of need for identification is necessary
to support a uniform requirement.
The bill, which contained an urgency clause, takes effect
immediately.
#####
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
8-16-72
#484
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today that he has signed the
following bills:
AB 42 - Monagan
Provides for annual uniform replacement allow-
Chapter 908
ance for state employees and provides for state-
furnished work clothes and safety and protective
equipment.
AB 83 - Cory
Provides that organizational field trials of
Chapter 968
hunting dogs may be conducted during this norm-
ally closed hunting season under special permits
issued by the Department of Fish and Game under
Fish and Game Commission rules. To be certain
nesting wild birds are not disturbed, the measure
provides that such trials may be conducted only
with legally acquired domestically raised birds.
AB 131 - Townsend
Requires Board of Equalization to require a
Chapter 969
taxpayer to file a bond not less than $500 nor
greater than twice the taxpayer's estimated
monthly alcoholic beverage tax.
AB 132 - MacDonald
Permits the issuance of an on-sale general bona
Chapter 970
fide public eating place intermittent dockside
license for vessels of more than 10,000 rather
than 15,000 tons displacement.
AB 231 - Keysor
Exempts real property acquired by the state, and
Chapter 946
in a present or proposed state highway right-of-
way, from assessment in proceedings under the
Improvement Act of 1911, if such property is
acquired prior to the filing in the office of the
county recorder of a copy of the map of the
assessment district, rather than prior to the
recordation of the notice of award of contract
or the notice of assessment. The bill requires
notification of the Department of Public Works
by the local agency of the assessment district
map proceedings.
AB 248 - Mobley
Permits a California veteran to purchase a mobile-
Chapter 948
home under the Cal-Vet home loan program.
AB 301 - Priolo
Amends the Environmental Quality Act of 1970 to
Chapter 971
require local districts to file project environ-
mental impact reports and have local planning
agencies draw boundaries for an area which may
be significantly affected by the project.
AB 320 - LaCoste
Requires full consideration and report on the
Chapter 972
feasibility of providing a means of public access
to navigable rivers for public recreation purposes
during the design hearing process relating to
state highway projects. The bill makes similar
provisions with respect to city streets and
county roads.
AB 347 - Chappie
Makes snowmobiles subject to the provisions of
Chapter 973
the Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Law rather than
the general provisions of the Vehicle Code re-
lating to identification plates and cards for
specified vehicles.
AB 427 - Seeley
Includes reptiles within the provisions regulat-
Chapter 974
ing the taking, possessing, shipping, or import-
ing of birds, mammals, fish and amphibia.
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#404
AB 549 - Beverly
Grants specified authority to air pollution
Chapter 975
control districts to regulate open outdoor burn-
ing and grants the air pollution control officers
of those districts the authority necessary to
enforce the districts regulations.
AB 580 - Biddle
Clarifies the right of the Air Resources Board
Chapter 949
and local air pollution control districts to
require continuous monitoring, reporting, etc.,
and the right of the ARB executive officer and
local air pollution control officers to enter
and inspect sources of pollution. The bill also
specifies that the ARB and local air pollution
control districts shall endeavor to meet not
only state but also federal ambient air quality
standards.
AB 866 - Foran
Redefines the statutory net worth and redefines
Chapter 976
stock, surplus, undivided profits and reserves
for purposes of provisions imposing restrictions
on dividends and issuance of shares and invest-
ment certificates. The bill provides for the
LIFO method of accounting for withdrawals by
shareholders or certificate holders.
AB 981 - McAlister
Permits school district governing boards, with
Chapter 977
the approval of the employee personnel commission
and a majority of affected employees, to estab-
lish a 10-hour day, four-day work week for specif-
ic classes of classified employees of the
district.
AB 1084 - Biddle
Modifies the procedure whereby variances from
Chapter 950
the regulations of an air pollution control
district are granted. The bill provides that the
hearing board shall be enlarged from two attorneys
and an engineer to include two additional members,
so that the board will be composed of one engin-
eer, one attorney, one doctor, and two public
members. The public notice requirements for
variance hearings are amended to require in-
creased notice.
AB 1212 - Greene, B.
Authorizes a physician, or dentist currently
Chapter 978
licensed by the State of California with approval
of the school board and parents to perform
health examinations on school premises. Such
persons are exempt from credential requirements.
The bill is limited to school districts with
more than 400,000 daily attendance.
AB 1326 - Chappie
Exempts public school officers and employees
Chapter 979
from responsibility and liability for conduct
and safety of pupils while such pupils are not
on school property, unless the district board
or specified person has undertaken to provide
transportation to and from school, or undertaken
school activity off the campus, or otherwise
assumed responsibility or liability or has failed
to exercise reasonable care.
AB 1442 - Wood
Deletes the limitation that not more than 6,000
Chapter 980
feet of railroad tracks may be removed or re-
located for the elimination of a grade crossing
in a project for grade separation funds. The
bill further declares that portion of the adopted
freeway route for State Highway Route 68 in the
City of Salinas, which is Clark Street Extension,
to be a county road for purposes of being
eligible for grade separation funds.
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#484
AB 1479 - Bagley
Appropriates $166,000 from the General Fund
Chapter 981
to the State Lands Division in augmentation
of the Budget Act of 1972 for preparation of
lawsuits in South San Francisco Bay.
AB 1488 - Thomas
Requires that State Athletic Commission consider
Chapter 982
relative profits derived from boxing events by
professional boxer, his manager, and promoter,
in allocating costs of statutory pension and
disability programs for professional boxers.
The bill authorizes a promoter to charge an
additional amount for admission to a boxing
contest, for voluntary donation, as specified,
for support of such programs. The bill also
specifically excludes, for a period of one year,
the gross price paid for television rights for
viewing outside the state of professional boxing
contest from provisions levying tax on the gross
price received for the sale, lease or other ex-
ploitation of television rights for such contest.
AB 1493 - Thomas
Provides that the Joint Legislative Audit Commit-
Chapter 983
tee shall establish priorities and assign all work
to be done by the Auditor General. The bill also
deletes the provision creating the Leg. Audit Bure,
AB 1610 - Belotti
Extends indefinitely the provisions presently
Chapter 984
operative only until December 30, 1972 requiring
the Department of Fish and Game to notify the
boards of supervisors of twelve northern counties
when a request for an antlerless hunt is re-
ceived.
AB 1786 - MacGillivray
Amends the Fish and Game Code provisions relat-
Chapter 985
ing to halibut trawling in waters between Point
Arguello and Point Mugu, and clarifies the
cod-end net mesh size restrictions for the area
less than three miles from shore, but in water
depths greater than 25 fathoms.
AB 1788 - MacGillivray
Requires that every person operating under a
Chapter 986
fish packaging and processing license shall, in
addition to the license fee, pay a privilege
tax of a specified amount for each pound of
abalone purchased, received, or taken by him.
AB 1794 - Greene, B.
Creates a state competitive occupational educa-
Chapter 987
tion and training grant program, to be adminis-
tered by the State Scholarship and Loan Commission
as a pilot demonstration program.
AB 1978 - Karabian
Intended for the benefit of personnel who are
Chapter 988
prisoners of war or missing in action, and their
families. It will provide court procedures under
which court authorization and approval can be
obtained so as to permit property of the absent
member to be conveyed, sold, or otherwise dealt
with, when such a transaction is necessary,
prudent, or in the best interest of the absent
member. It will also clarify an existing pro-
vision of law, enacted during World War II,
concerning the validity of powers of attorney
issued by military personnel.
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# 484
SB 48 - Marler
Authorizes the Tehama County Board of Super-
Chapter 951
visors to pay the claims of $3,230 each to
Jim Davies and Robert L. Burt for repair work
on the south bank of Thomes Creek, performed
at the request of the Tehama County Flood Con-
trol and Water Conservation District.
SB 66 - Grunsky
Requires an automobile bodily injury liability
Chapter 952
policy to set forth the requirements of unin-
sured motorists coverage and deletion rights
and prohibits utilizing arbitration under unin-
sured motorist coverage if the claimant has or
may have a workmen's compensation claim until
the claimant's physical condition has become
stationary and ratable, unless good cause is
shown. A demand for arbitration must contain a
declaration setting forth whether the claimant
has a workmen's compensation claim.
SB 263 - Schrade
Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to
Chapter 953
issue either partially or entirely reflector-
ized safety license plates and to implement the
change from unreflectorized license plates to
reflectorized safety license plates as soon as
it is practicable, but specifies that in no
event shall such plates be issued for any cal-
endar year prior to 1974.
SB 371 - Moscone
Requires every manufacturer of a motor vehicle,
Chapter 954
who furnishes notification to the registered
owner of any defect in the motor vehicle or
vehicle equipment which relates to motor vehicle
safety, to correct such defect without charge to
the owner of the vehicle or, at the manufacturer's
election, reimburse the registered owner for the
cost of making such correction, notwithstanding
any limitation in any warranty. The bill limits
the manufacturer's liability for the cost of such
correction to those cases where the owner of the
motor vehicle seeks to have the correction made
within 45 days after receipt of the notification
or within the warranty period of the motor
vehicle, whichever is longer.
SB 467 - Burgener
Amends and supplements the Budget Act of 1972
Chapter 955
to appropriate $170,000 from the State Beach,
Park, Recreational, and Historical Facilities
Fund for development of San Onofre State Beach.
SB 493 - Whetmore
Increases the number of Superior Court judges
Chapter 956
in Orange County from 29 to 31.
SB 605 - Burgener
Transfers the Department of Industrial Relations
Chapter 957
from the Human Relations Agency to the Agricul-
ture and Services Agency.
SB 669 - Zenovich
Revises the grounds for a court to fix or allow
Chapter 937
greater compensation for a trustee than that
allowed under a trust or will.
SB 712 - Grunsky
Appropriates $2,000,000 from the Bagley Conserva-
Chapter 958
tion Fund to the Department of Parks and Recrea-
tion for land acquisition for Point Lobos State
Reserve.
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SB 901 - Short
Requires, with certain exceptions, that if any
Chapter 938
agency in the Department of Consumer Affairs has
prescribed unencumbered funds at the end of the
1971-1972 fiscal year or any fiscal year there-
after, that agency, under certain circumstances,
shall reduce license or other fees payable by
persons regulated by the agency. The bill also
requires any agency excepted from such require-
ment to reduce such fees under certain circum-
stances if the agency has prescribed unencumber-
ed funds at the end of the 1973-1974 fiscal year.
SB
916 -Lagomarsino Authorizes the Department of Parks and Recreation
Chapter 939
to provide space and facilities for schools to
use for environmental education purposes within
units of the state park system.
SB 922-Lagomarsino
Amends and supplements the Budget Act of 1972 to
Chapter 959
appropriate $33,000, payable from the State
Beach, Park, Recreational and Historical Facil-
ities Fund, for land acquisition at El Presidio
de Santa Barbara State Historic Park.
SB 932 - Burgener
Makes several changes relating to school district
Chapter 940
contracts.
SB 946 - Moscone
Authorizes credentialed members of San Francisco
Chapter 960
City and County Retirement System on June 30,
1972, who elect coverage for prior and future
service in San Francisco under State Teacher's
Retirement System, to receive concurrent cover-
age for other certificated service, where per-
mitted by the city and county charter, but limits
such authorization to service other than credited
service. The bill makes other related changes.
SB 987 - Roberti
Prchibits giving any group intelligency quotient
Chapter 961
test except intelligency tests administered on
an individual basis for purposes of placement in
special education programs, to any public ele-
mentary or secondary pupil who has come to the
United States for the first time from a foreign
country in which English is not the primary
language, until such student has resided in the
United States for two years.
SB 1065-Holmdahl
Amends the Corporations Code to reorganize its
Chapter 962
provisions relating to unincorporated associa-
tions and also provides that the interest of
members of an unincorporated association shall be
considered as their personal property.
SB 992 - Roberti
Requires for every multiunit dwelling structure
Chapter 941
in excess of two units the posting or presenting
of a specified notice describing the owner of
such structure or the person authorized to act
for and on behalf of the owner for the purpose of
service of process and for the purpose of receiv-
ing and receipting for all notices and demands.
SB 1010-Lagomarsino
Provides that county and city ordinances, with
Chapter 942
respect to control and design of subdivisions,
shall specifically provide for proper grading
and erosion control, including the prevention
of sedimentation or damage to offsite property
SB 1068-Zenovich
Permits a person who has been injured by a vio-
Chapter 963
lation of a provision of law relating to buying
or receiving stolen property to bring a civil
action for three times the amount of actual
damages, if any, sustained by the plaintiff,
costs of suit, and attorney's fees against the
person committing such violation.
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SB 1072-Zenovich
Authorizes the City of Clovis to join the Fresno
Chapter 964
Metropolitan Transit District if its legislative
body authorizes such action. The bill requires
the members of the board to be elected at large,
and to serve pursuant to the Uniform District
Election Law, rather than serve at the pleasure
of their appointive powers, the City of Fresno
and the County of Fresno. The bill also in-
creases the rate of property tax the district
board of directors may levy from 10 cents to
25 cents per $100 assessed value.
SB 1128 - Schrade
Increases the maximum limit of a Cal-Vet home
Chapter 947
loan from $20,000 to $25,000.
SB 1201 - Bradley
Increases number of judges in the San Jose-
Chapter 965
Milpitas Judicial District from 10 to 11. The
bill provides that the court shall have one
court commission.
SB 1219-Burgener
Chapter 943
Changes the statewide average of teacher's
salaries from $9,720 to $11,090 for purposes of
computing the salaries of county superintendent
of schools.
SB 1246-Petris
Extends the deadline for implementation of the
Chapter 966
homemaker program.
SB 1336-Beilenson
Requires automotive repair dealers to list parts
Chapter 967
and service separately on the repair invoice
and to state the sub-total price and sales tax
applicable to each. The bill also provides for
license fees for official lamp and brake adjust-
ers and pollution control device installers.
SB 1383 - Grunsky
Increases the number of judges in the Carmel-
Chapter 944
Monterey Municipal Court District from two to
three and the number of judges in the Central
Orange County Municipal Court from 9 to 11.
SB 1489-Walsh
Provides the knowing manufacture, sale, offering
Chapter 945
for sale, possession or use of a blowgun or
blowgun ammunition is a misdemeanor.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californi
95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
8-16-72
#485
Governor Ronald Reagan today signed legislation he initiated
which, for the first time in California, creates a state scholarship
program for vocational education students.
The bill, AB 1794, introduced by Assemblyman Bill Greene (D-Los
Angeles), establishes a pilot four-year occupational Education and
:-
Training Grant program to be administered by the State Scholarship and
Loan Commission.
"State programs of student financial aid have been primarily
directed to students who intend to pursue college careers," Governor
Reagan said. "As a result, little assistance has been available for
young people who want to learn a trade and will not attend college.
"This new program is needed to assist students who show a
desire and aptitude for occupational training and who could not pursue
this interest without financial assistance.
"I believe this program will go a long way in strengthening
the manpower and economic base of California."
To be eligible for grants, applicants must:
--Be a resident of California and under 30 years of age;
--Demonstrate occupational achievement or aptitude and
finanical need,
Grants would have to be used in California at accredited
institutions and could not exceed $2,500 each. Up to $2,000 could be
spent on fees, tuition and other charges, and up to $500 for training
related costs such as special clothing, local transportation, required
tools, equipment, supplies and books.
The pilot program is limited to 500 new grants, not to exceed
two years in duration, over the next four fiscal years beginning in
1973-74. Estimated cost for the four-year program is $5.8 million.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
8-16-72
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Governor Ronald Reagan announced today that he has vetoed the
following bills:
AB 586 - Chacon
Increases the minimum salary for teachers from
$6,000 to $7,200 commencing on July 1, 1973.
REASON FOR VETO:
"Assembly Bill 586 would mandate increased costs
on some school districts and would trigger addi-
tional pressure for salary increases at all
levels at a time when school districts are faced
with financial crises.
"In addition, I believe that the subject of
teachers' salaries is a matter that should be
decided by local school districts and not the
legislature. Individual school districts should
be able to adjust their salary schedules to
meet recruitment problems and their individual
financial resources.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
AB 1028 - Burton
Permits a retired employee to enroll in a Meyers-
Geddes Health Benefits Plan effective July 1,
1973, or at an earlier date as may be fixed by
the Public Employees' Retirement System Board.
REASON FOR VETO:
"This bill would establish an open enrollment
period for those retired employees who do not
currently participate in the program because they
failed to do so when they were eligible or be-
cause they voluntarily terminated their health
plan subsequent to retirement.
"An employee is allowed to choose at the time
of retirement whether he desires to continue a
health plan after retirement. It would be in-
appropriate to allow a retired employee to enter
and later drop health plan coverage at his or
her option each time there is an open enrollment
period. This would cause higher premium costs
to both active and retired employees.
"Under the law, an employee cannot change his
retirement benefit option program after he makes
a choice. The choice a retiring employee makes
regarding his health plan coverage is no differ-
ent than the survivor benefit options he chooses.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned." "
AB 1419 - Vasconcellos
Revokes the authority for community college
districts to charge tuition of students between
the ages of 18 to 21.
REASON FOR VETO:
"This bill is intended to reverse the effect of
legislation enacted last year which reduced the
age of majority from 21 to 18. One result of tha'
legislation was to permit the community colleges
to charge tuition to students over 18 instead of
21.
"There is no urgency surrounding this measure.
I have already approved legislation which stays
the authority of the community colleges to charge
tuition to the 18 to 21 age group until May 1,
1973, thereby allowing additional time to review
this matter together with other educational re-
form issues in community college programs.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
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AB 1665 - Knox
Provides that miscellaneous members of the State
Employees' Retirement System employed as fruit
acreage supervisors in the Department of Agri-
culture who would otherwise be required to re-
tire in 1972, shall not be retired at the dis-
cretion of the employee until June 30, 1973.
REASON FOR VETO:
"This would permit one member of the State
Employees' Retirement System, who would other-
wise be required to retire in 1972, to work
until June 30, 1973.
"I am unaware of any special circumstances to
justify approval of this measure.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
AB 1681 - Crown
Requires the state to maintain current levels of
public assistance if federal law sets lower
minimums.
REASON FOR VETO:
"This measure would require the state to maintain
its current level of public assistance to adult
recipients if federal law is amended to set
minimum grants for such recipients.
"This legislation is premature. I believe that
it is advisable to defer action on proposals of
this type pending the outcome of federal welfare
reform legislation so that all options and altern-
atives available to California will be known.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
AB 2358 - Gonsalves
Provides that a county of over 6,000,000 which
provides contract or authorized services to any
city within the county shall charge the city
only those additional costs incurred by the
county in providing such services. The bill
provides that a county shall not charge a con-
tract city for any portion of costs which are
for services made available to all portions of
the county or which are general overhead costs
of county government.
REASON FOR VETO:
"There is considerable equity supporting the
position of the contract cities in seeking enact-
ment of this legislation. However, it would
mark the first legislative intrusion by the
state into the contractual relationship between
the cities and the county involved. These con-
tractual negotiations should ideally be a matter
of local government policy without interference
by the state.
"As part of a review of this bill, I have con-
tacted the appropriate county officials. I was
assured they will reopen the entire question of
overhead costs being included in contracts between
cities and the county for the provision of
municipal type services to eliminate inequitable
charges to contract cities paid for through
county taxes. If such efforts on the part of
the contract cities and the county to resolve
this problem are not successful during the next
few months, it may then be necessary for the
state to enter this field through the passage
of appropriate legislation.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
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SB 9 - Mills
Contains clean-up provisions relating to last
year's "Mills-Alquist-Deddeh Act" which provided
funds for local transit systems and excludes
gasoline excise taxes in the computation of sales
tax.
REASON FOR VETO:
"Last year the legislature enacted and I signed
SB 325, placing a sales tax on gasoline. The
additional revenue brought into the state
treasury by this tax was offset by a grant to
local government for rapid transit in approxi-
mately the same dollar amount.
"The legislature has now seen fit to lower the
sales tax on gasoline but, for all intents and
purposes, has reduced the state's General Fund
revenue instead of the rapid transit funds the
legislation was originally designed to provide.
"While I am in favor of reducing the tax effect
of Senator Mills' 1971 legislation, it should
be accompanied by an equivalent reduction in the
grant to local government rather than requiring
the state's general taxpayersto subsidize local
rapid transit programs.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
SB 241 - Marks
Appropriates $1,175,680 to Trustees of the
California State University and Colleges to be
expended during the 1972-73 academic year for
purposes of the State College Educational Oppor-
tunity Program.
REASON FOR VETO:
"I am unable to approve this measure because
the 1972-73 Budget Act provided increased funds
of $2,156,000 to meet the grant needs for first
and second-year EOP students.
"Student financial assistance in the State
Colleges, from all sources, increased by more
than $4.5 million for 1972-1973.
"Further augmentation of this program does not
appear justified at this time in light of the
total student financial aid resources available
through the colleges.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
SB 544 - Mills
Increases the state contribution to grade
separation projects from one-half to two-thirds
of the cost of such projects. The bill also
requires the state to transfer sufficient cash
to cover its full share of project costs to the
local agency within 15 days after notice of
awarding of the construction project.
REASON FOR VETO:
"SB 544 will create a very serious cash flow
problem in the State Highway Fund resources. It
would require the state to transfer cash to the local agencies of 100
percent of the grade separation project at the time the construction
contract is awarded. This means that state cash would remain static
in local treasuries for periods up to or over a year rather than being
put to constructive use. It could have the effect of curtailing budgete.
state capital improvements. I see no valid reason for changing the
existing practice of forwarding the state funds to the local agencies
as they are needed.
"Any shift of funding of local projects from local to state sources
should await the report to be made by the State Highway Users Tax Study
Commission, established by AB 505 in 1971. That commission has recently
commenced its study of the state-local distribution of highway funds
and will report its findings to the legislature by February 1, 1974.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
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SB 1293 - Roberti
Provides for the right of the attorney of a
recipient of public assistance to examine or
copy such recipient's record at reasonably
convenient times and places.
REASON FOR VETO:
"I have been advised by the author that the
bill was introduced to assist attorneys to pre-
pare for hearings on Welfare and Institutions
Code Section 600 petitions. The bill is not
limited in its application to such proceedings.
Senate Bill 1293 does not contain adequate safe-
guards to ensure that the examination of welfare
records be limited to a legitimate purpose.
Without such safeguards, welfare records could
be examined and copied indiscriminately.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
SB 1478 - Zenovich
Authorizes a third school for neurologically
handicapped children, to be known as the Diag-
nostic School for Neurologically Handicapped
Children, Central California. The bill appro-
priates $500,000 to the Department of Education
for the establishment of such a school.
REASON FOR VETO:
"Presently, the state operates one diagnostic
center in northern California and one in southern
California, each run in conjunction with a state
school for handicapped children. Recently, the
State Fire Marshal determined that the schools
for the blind and deaf in Berkeley were hazardous
and should not be occupied on a permanent basis
without extensive remodeling and repairs.
"As a result of the above determination, we
immediately launched an evaluation of the re-
quirements for either remodeling the existing
facilities or constructing a new state facility
for northern Californians.
"In addition, a statewide master plan, for
special education programs is being prepared by
the Department of Education. This master plan
should provide guidance as to the need and
location of diagnostic centers and will be avail-
able in the early fall. A decision concerning
this proposal should be deferred until the
results of that study are available.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONARD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
8-17-72
#487
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today that the following bills
have been signed:
AB 95 - Johnson, H. Requires management of a mobilehome park to advise
Chapter 1001
tenants regarding relevant laws concerning mobile-
homes. It prohibits entry fees and transfer fees
from being charged. The bill also prohibits defi-
ciency judgments on mobilehome sales transactions.
AB 198 - Brathwaite
Defines "gross receipts" and "sales price" with
Chapter 1002
respect to factory-built housing to be 40 percent
of the sales price of such housing to the consumer
for purposes of the Sales and Use Tax Law.
AB 221 - Z'berg
Provides for unemployment insurance benefits to
Chapter 1003
state college and university employees laid off
because of budget reductions. The bill applies to
persons laid off between March 1, 1971, and December
31, who have not previously filed a claim and to
persons laid off after January 1, 1971.
AB 368 - MacDonald
Appropriates $2 million for an approximate 10
Chapter 1004
percent increase in payments to counties under
probation subsidy program. The bill also provides
$150,000 for reimbursement to counties for infor-
mation supplied to the State by the counties for
purposes of program evaluation.
AB 515 - Warren
Will establish by 1982 telephone number "911" as
Chapter 1005
the single emergency telephone number statewide
for public use when reporting emergencies or seeking
emergency assistance from police, fire, and other
agencies having public safety responsibilities.
AB 601 - Burke
Appropriates $10,000 from the Bagley Conservation
Chapter 1006
Fund to the Department of Parks and Recreation for
the purpose of conducting an appraisal of the value
of the estimated two and one half mile stretch of
ocean frontage which is presently under private
ownership within the city limits of Huntington Beach,
for acquisition by the state.
AB 662 - Dunlap
Deletes the requirement that custody of a minor
Chapter 1007
child of tender years in proceeding involving his
guardianship or control be given to mother, as
opposed to father, other things being equal.
AB 761 - Brown
Permits the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control
Chapter 1008
to suspend or revoke a license of a person violating
provisions relating to minimum retail price schedules
for distilled spirits.
AB 798 - Beverly
Authorizes the governing board of any school district
Chapter 1009
maintaining a community college to establish auxiliary
organizations.
AB 962 - Barnes
Revises State Teachers' Retirement Law with respect
Chapter 1010
to credit for certain services performed outside of
the System, certain member benefits, rights and
qualifications, employer contributions, unclaimed
warrants and board meetings.
AB 969 - Foran
Redefines issuing authority as it relates to explosive
Chapter 1011
and requires a city or county to designate the issuing
authority within their area of jurisdiction and to
notify the State Fire Marshal of the person so
designated. The bill also increases the age to 21
years for a person to be eligible to obtain a permit
to receive explosives. The bill also removes the one
year limitation on the validity of explosive permits.
AB 1140 - Z'berg
Appropriates $191,000 to the Director of the Depart-
Chapter 1012
ment of Human Resources Development to pay for
unemployment compensation benefits to specified state
higher education employees
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AB 1153 - Maddy
ffords the parties in dismissal hearings for
Chapter 1013
permanent or regular certificated employees the
rights and duties of discovery of any party in a
civil action brought in a superior court. The
bill requires discovery to be completed prior to
one week before date set for hearing.
AB 1154 - McAlister
Specifies that the three-year mandatory dismissal
Chapter 1014
requirement relating to new trials ordered after
judgment or on appeal is not a limitation on the
five-year mandatory dismissal provision relating
to original filings. The bill also adds a new
provision requiring dismissal of an action not
brought to trial within three years after the
order of the court declaring an end of the prior
action in which no judgment was entered due to a
mistrial or inability of the jury to reach a
verdict.
AB 1528 - Stacey
Extends the time for health facilities or insti-
Chapter 1015
tutions to comply with licensing provisions for
institutions and boarding homes for the care of
persons aged 16 and above from July 1, 1972,
to July 1, 1973.
AB 1596 - Maddy
Revises provisions providing for the dissemina-
Chapter 1017
tion of school personnel commission rules and
requires the adoption thereof within one year of
adoption of the merit system.
AB 1655 - Lewis
Requires that curbs or sidewalks intended for
Chapter 1018
public use but constructed with private funds
and to be turned over to a city or county must
be made accessible to the handicapped.
AB 1932 - Burke
Revises Medi-Cal procedures for handling bills
Chapter 1019
from providers.
AB 1979 - Biddle
Requires the Departments of Corrections and the
Chapter 1020
Youth Authority to contract with Ventura County
and with such other political subdivisions as
may desire to participate, including the federal
government, to conduct a cooperative demonstra-
tion of the systems approach to corrections.
The bill also appropriates $374,775 to the De-
partment of Corrections for the purchase and
installation of security equipment in state cor-
rectional facilities.
AB 2145 - Townsend
Permits the probation officer on recommendation
Chapter 1021
of the attending dentist, rather than the attend-
ing physician, to authorize the performance of
dental care to minors in temporary custody.
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the following bills have
been signed with specified reductions:
AB 262 - Vasconcellos
Appropriates $5,020,000 from the General Fund
Chapter 1023
for the state's share of Short-Doyle funding of
local agencies participating in a methadone main-
tenance program.
REASON FOR REDUCTION:
"I am reducing the appropriation contained in
Section 3 of Assembly Bill 262 from $5,020,000
to $20,000 by deleting the $5,000,000 appropriation contained in Sec-
tion 3 (a) of the bill.
"The reduced appropriation will be sufficient to provide start-up costs
to develop the appropriate administrative controls for new and expanded
methadone maintenance programs.
"Additional funding will be earmarked for this program when SB 714, a
comprehensive drug abuse prevention plan, is finally passed. It is my
expectation that with the additional funding provided in SB 714 and the
administrative mechanism provided for by AB 262, the program set up by
this bill will be able to operate to its fullest potential.
"With the above reduction, I approve Assembly Bill No. 262.
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SB 178 - Grunsky
Appropriates $2,530,000 from the General Fund for
Chapter 1024
increase in compensation for nonacademic, noninstruc-
tional, and noninstructional-rehted employees of the
University of California and the California State
University and Colleges. It is to become operative
July 1, 1972, or such time thereafter as federal law
permits.
REASON FOR REDUCTION: "I am reducing the appropriation contained in
Section 1 of Senate bill No. 178 from $2,530,000 to
$1,385,000 by reducing Schedule (a) from $1,330,000
to $350,000, and Schedule (b) from $1,200,000 to
$1,035,000.
"The reduced appropriation contained in this bill
will insure salary parity between nonacademic classes
at the University and the State Colleges and
comparable civil service classes. Additional funds
are not required to achieve salary parity for the
affected nonacademic classes.
"With the above reduction, I approve Senate Bill No.
178."
SB 1344 - Nejedly
Appropriates $450,000 to the Department of Correction
Chapter 1026
for training and reclassification of specified
personnel in the Department.
REASON FOR REDUCTION: "I am reducing the appropriation contained in
Section 1 of Senate Bill No. 1344 from $450,000 to
$150,000, by reducing Section 1 (2) from $350,000
to $50,000.
"The reduced appropriation for training contained
in this bill and SB 1345 will be sufficient, when
added to other budgeted and anticipated funds, to
provide two weeks of pre-service training for all
correctional officers, group supervisors and youth
counselors hired by the Depa rtments of Corrections
and the Youth Authority in this fiscal year. This
pre-service training, to be offered for the first
time on a regular basis, is expected to result in
a substantial improvement in the knowledge and skills
of these beginning correctional workers.
"With the abover reduction, I approve Senate Bill
No. 1344."
SB 1345 - Nejedly
Appropriates $175,000 to the Department of the Youth
Chapter 1025
Authority for the development of a training program.
REASON FOR REDUCTION: "I am reducing the appropriation contained in
Senate Bill No. 1345 from $175,000 to $50,000.
"The reduced appropriation for training contained in
this bill and SB 1344 will be sufficient, when
added to other budgeted and anticipated funds, to
provide two weeks of pre-service training for all
correctional officers, group supervisors and youth
counselors hired by the Departments of Corrections
and the Youth Authority in this fiscal year. This
pre-service training, to be offered for the first
time on a regular basis, is expected to result in a
substantial improvement in the knowledge and skills
of these beginning correctional workers.
"With the above reduction, I approve Senate Bill No.
1345."
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Governor Reagan a_so announced that he has vecoed the following
bills:
AB 52 - Townsend
Provides that employees of the Department of
Alcoholic Beverage Control who are peace officers
would be entitled, under specified conditions,
to a leave of absence without loss of salary
while disabled from injury arising out of their
duties,
REASON FOR VETO:
"In vetoing this bill, I am not making a judgment
concerning the merits of this particular proposal.
I believe that piecemeal extension of special
benefits should be halted and a new look taken
at the rationale for establishing employee bene-
fits in state service.
"It is my belief that entitlement qualification
for this type employee benefit, of which this
proposal is only one of many pending before the
legislature, should be based on need and should
be at an equitable level for all state employees.
"At my direction, the Secretary of Agriculture
and Services has been conducting a study into all
types and levels of employee benefits. Under his
direction, a task force is currently developing
information and recommendations which will re-
sult in legislative proposals at the next session
of the legislature.
"I shall await the outcome of that study before
approving any legislation which extends further
special benefits to one group of employees while
others are ignored.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
AB 272 - Vasconcellos
Provides governing boards of school districts
the power to initiate and carry on any educa-
tional program which is consistent with the laws
and purpose for which school districts are
established. To become operative upon adoption
of ACA 26.
REASON FOR VETO:
"In my State of the State Message this January,
I deplored the number of mandates and directives
contained in our Education Code. At present,
our school districts not only must operate under
an almost infinite variety of detailed statutes,
but are now prohibited from doing anything the
Education Code does not allow.
"The need for simplification should not, however,
lead us to rush to another extreme. The balance
between clear enunciation of statewide policy of
maximum flexibility and local control in the
school districts, on the other, is not easily
achieved. I do not believe that the approach
which is proposed in AB 272 gives adequate con-
sideration to this delicate balance. Further,
the Joint Legislative Committee for Revision of
the Education Code is meeting at this very moment
and will provide a more realistic solution to
the problem.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
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AB 305 - MacDonald
Includes dependents of "law enforcement" class
officers and employees of Department of Correc-
tions and Department of Youth Authority who are
killed or totally disabled in performance of
their duties and was caused by the direct action
of inmate or accomplice of inmate within class
of dependents eligible for specified scholarship
benefits at certain colleges in state. Includes
such "law enforcement" class officers within
class of persons entitled to one year's disabil-
ity leave of absence with full salary, in lieu
of temporary disability indemnity benefits under
workmen's compensation law, if disability arose
out of and in course of their duties and was
caused by the direct action of inmate or accom-
plice of inmate.
REASON FOR VETO:
"Although I am unable to approve this bill, I
have no objection to that portion of the measure
relating to scholarship benefits nor am I making
judgment concerning the merits of disability
leave of absence. However, I believe that
piecemeal extension of special benefits should
be halted and a new look taken at the rationale
for establishing employee benefits in state
service.
"It is my belief that entitlement qualification
for this type employee benefit, of which this
proposal is only one of many pending before the
legislature, should be based on need and should
be at an equitable level for all state employees.
"At my direction, the Secretary of Agriculture
and Services has been conducting a study into
all types and levels of employee benefits. Under
his direction, a task force is currently develop-
ing information and recommendations which will
result in legislative proposals at the next
session of the legislature.
"I shall await the outcome of that study before
approving any legislation which extends further
special benefits to one group of employees while
others are ignored.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
AB 483 - Brown
Prohibits school districts from administering to
pupils in the district any group standardized
test, or any other test, which measures or
attempts to measure the scholastic aptitude of
pupils, but provides that such prohibition shall
not prevent any psychiatrist or qualified
psychologist or psychometrist from administering
such test to pupils on an individual basis for
purposes of postsecondary scholarships or awards.
REASON FOR VETO:
"Among other matters mandated, AB 483 would delete
the authority of the State Board of Education to
designate scholastic aptitude tests to be used in a school testing
program; it deletes from definition of a testing
program, scholastic aptitude testing, and deletes average scholastic
ability from factors to be included in required annual testing program
reports to the Department of Education.
"In addition, the bill would prohibit school districts from administering
to pupils in the district any group standardized test, or any other test,
which measures or attempts to measure the scholastic aptitude of pupils.
"This bill represents a direct challenge to the authority and competence
of the State Board of Education and local school boards to determine
policies and the implementation of policies insofar as scholastic apti-
tude testing is concerned. In addition, it would eliminate the very
methods which may be used to find individuals who have the ability to
learn but who have not been discovered.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
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AB 926 - Pierson
h. act to amend Sections 130.0, 13469.1, and
13651.2 of the Education Code, relating to school
employees.
REASON FOR VETO:
"I am returning this bill unsigned because it
conflicts with legislation approved earlier this
year. I am taking this action at the request
of the author."
AB 1172 - Hayes
Authorizes a guardian to invest money of a ward
in shares of an insured credit union.
REASON FOR VETO:
"I am returning this bill unsigned at the request
of the author because of a chaptering problem.
I would have approved Assembly Bill 1172 but
for this fact."
SB 1343 - Nejedly
Requires the Department of Corrections and the
Department of the Youth Authority, jointly, to
establish a program for training and education
of correctional personnel.
REASON FOR VETO:
"While the intent to improve, laudible the ffectiveness the bill is
of correctional manpower is/not necessary to the
accomplishment of that objective. Senate Bill
1343 is overly detailed, spelling out rigidly
the lengths of time that particular classes of
employees are to be trained, where and when they
are to be trained, the frequency for retraining
and much of the curriculum.
"The affected departments should have the flexi-
bility needed to keep curriculum current, match
it with the needs of personnel being recruited
and to provide it at the time and places that are
most appropriate.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
SB 255 - Coombs
Provides that a person who is appointed to a
vacancy in the office of a municipal court that
was not previously occupied shall hold office
until a successor is elected at the general state
election next succeeding the creation of the
office, and that no successor to such appointee
shall be elected at any election held within six
months of the occurrence of the vacancy or the
creation of the office. The bill prohibits fill-
ing of such vacancy by appointment after an
election has been held to fill the vacancy.
REASON FOR VETO:
"As originally introduced, this bill represented
an effort to clarify the law relating to municipal
court appointments. The bill has emerged, however,
as legislation which would add a great deal of
confusion to the municipal court appointment
procedures.
"As amended, the bill would prohibit the filling
of a judicial vacancy by appointment after an
election which has been held to fill that vacancy.
As such a judge who had been elected in the
primary election could not even be appointed to
the position to fill the remainder of his
predecessor's term. Deliberate creation of va-
cancies in public office should not be encouraged.
This could only contribute to further court
congestion and delay.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
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SB 821 - Nejedly
Establishes a Commission on Correctional Manpower
Department which is authorized to allocate state
aid to correctional agencies from any funds
appropriated for that purpose.
REASON FOR VETO:
"This bill would create a new, additional 11-
member state Commission on Correctional Manpower
Development with the authority to hire staff and
form further advisory bodies.
"The commission would establish minimum standards
for the recruitment, selection, and training of
state and local correctional personnel together
with recommended salary structures. It would
encourage adherence to the standards by distribut-
ing $3 million annually from the state General
Fund, according to the estimates of its proponents.
No provision to raise the money is made.
"Creation of a new unit of government, duplicative
in part, at least, of the existing Commission on
Peace Officer Standards and Training, is contrary
to my long concern that the size and cost of
government be reduced. Also, the new commission
would intrude into the existing functions and
responsibilities of the State Personnel Board
and city and county personnel commissions, re-
sulting in confusion and further loss of local
autonomy.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
SB 1455 - Petris
Requires county welfare or adoption departments,
rather than county probation officers, to conduct
investigations in specified step-parent adoption
cases, and in cases involving a petition to
declare a minor free from parental custody and
control.
REASON FOR VETO:
"I am opposed to this bill solely because it
mandates the transfer/certain functions from the
probation officers to the county welfare or
adoption departments. However, I favor AB 695,
now pending before the legislature, which would
achieve the objectives of this measure without
removing the autonomy and flexibility of operation
needed by county government.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
REI SE: Immediate
Sacramento, Califo. ia 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
#488
916-445-4571
8/17/72
AB 169 - Ketchum
Redefines "policeman" for purposes of provisions
Chapter 1035
relating to coverage of public employees under
the Social Security Act to include persons
employed as law enforcement members in the
Departments of Corrections and Youth Authority.
AB 245 - Powers
Authorizes the State Board of Registration for
Chapter 1036
Professional Engineers to establish land sur-
veyors review committees to hear cases involving
denial, suspension or revocation of professional
engineers' licenses.
AB 257 - Ryan
Makes clarifying amendments to the Ryan Act of
Chapter 992
1970 which deals with teacher preparation and
licensing.
AB 265 - Moorhead
Increases the transcript charge at the community
Chapter 1037
colleges from $.50 to $1.00. This bill also
imposes a $2.00 late-application fee.
AB 336 - Quimby
Establishes procedures to file an appeal before
Chapter 1038
local boards of equalization to equalize an
assessment, if real property is acquired after
the lien date and before the first day of the
fiscal year and the new owner did not receive a
notice concerning the assessment of such property.
AB 342 - Maddy
Establishes authority for the Director of General
Chapter 1039
Services, with the approval of the State Public
Works Board and the Trustees of the California
State University and Colleges to sell, trade, or
dispose of real property belonging to the State
and presently used as Fresno State College
Ratcliffe Stadium. The bill requires all pro-
ceeds to be used for construction, improvement,
or leasing of an athletic stadium for Fresno
State College.
AB 506 - Pierson
Prohibits after January 1, 1974, the manufacture
Chapter 1040
or importation for sale of glazed ceramic table-
ware which releases lead or cadmium in excess of
specified amounts when tested according to a
specified test procedure. The bill requires that
a certificate of acceptability be obtained from
the State Department of Public Health by a manu-
facturer or importer of any pattern of glazed
ceramic tableware which glaze contains lead or
cadmium, and which is manufactured for sale or
imported for sale within this state.
AB 617 - Brown
Requires each board, bureau, commission,
Chapter 1041
committee or agency in the Department of Consumer
Affairs issuing licenses, upon receipt of a
complaint respecting a licentiate, to take
specified steps to secure relief for the com-
plainant, including mediation, and refer com-
plaints outside its jurisdiction or other
specified complaints to public or private agency
for relief.
AB 824 - Dent
Authorizes Superintendent of Public Instruction
Chapter 1042
to grant a limited waiver from the prescribed
ratio of teaching to nonteaching personnel in a
school district.
AB 850 -MacGillivray Makes it a misdemeanor for a Medi-Cal bene-
Chapter 1043
ficiary to furnish or lend his Medi-Cal card or
labels to any person other than a provider of
service. The bill also makes it a misdemeanor
for any person who is not eligible for Medi-Cal
benefits to represent himself as a Medi-Cal
beneficiary to any health care provider.
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AB 857 - Quimby
Increases the maximum amounts which community
Chapter 1044
services districts may fix as a water standby
charge.
AB 941 - Wood
Includes burning for reservoir maintenance
Chapter 1045
within the provisions exempting various types
of burning from the provisions regulating open
outdoor fires. The bill prohibits burning for
right-of-way clearing by a public entity or
utility or for levee, reservoir, and ditch main-
tenance unless burning is permitted on that day
and the material to be burned has been prepared
by stacking, drying, or other methods to pro-
mote combustion as specified by the air pollu-
tion control officer.
AB 1057-Beverly
Makes certain acts by public administrator,
Chapter 1046
public guardian, or public conservator a crime
rather than a misdemeanor and revises penalty
for such acts to include imprisonment in state
prison for not more than five years and forfei-
ture of office.
AB 1262 - LaCoste
Includes off-sale beer and wine license, on-sale
Chapter 1047
beer and wine license, on-sale beer and wine
public premises license, on-sale beer license,
and on-sale beer public premises license in pro-
visions regulating public recordation of notice
regarding transfer of specified alcoholic bever-
ages licenses.
AB 1362 - Quimby
Authorizes a hospital to authorize and specify
Chapter 1048
the donation of parts of the decedent's body
for any of specified purposes in the Uniform
Anatomical Gift Act, when any of the persons
enumerated in prescribed provisions of such act
are determined by diligent search, as specified,
to be not available. The bill requires such
determination of nonavailability to be made only
by a hospital which is accredited by the Joint
Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals.
AB 1435 -MacDonald
Provides that where a local ordinance calls for
Chapter 1049
dedication of land or payment of fees for park
or recreation purposes as condition of approval
of final subdivision map that dedication or pay-
ment may be made directly to local public agency
providing community-wide park and recreational
services in the area of the subdivision.
AB 1467 - Fong
Establishes a full-time workweek of five days in
Chapter 993
the case of any classified employee of a merit
system school district whose average work day
is four hours or more and requires payment of
overtime for work on the 6th or 7th day. The
bill authorizes a school district governing
board to establish 10-hour day four-day workweek
for all employees.
AB 1494 - Thomas
Permits the State Athletic Commission to withhold
Chapter 1050
10 percent of purse payable to a contestant if
his manager does not present an itemized list of
expenses incurred in connection with the contest.
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SB 83 - Nejedly
Revises various allowable fees of notaries public.
Chapter 1027
SB 364 - Burgener
Increases the annual $60 per pupil apportionment
Chapter 94
for mentally gifted minors to $70 in 1972-73,
$80 in 1973-74, $90 in 1974-75, and $100 in
1975-76 and thereafter. The bill also increases
from $40 to $50 the amount paid to districts
for each minor identified as gifted.
SB 404 - Holmdahl
Frees from property taxation boats with a market
Chapter 995
value of $400 or less. The exemption extends
only to boats held for noncommercial purposes,
and is limited to one boat per owner.
SB 464 - Holmdahl
Requires reapportionment of the supervisorial
Chapter 996
districts in Alameda County prior to December 31,
1976 if a census ordered by the board of super-
visors or state or county population estimates
show prior to December 1, 1976, that the popu-
lation of the districts is not as nearly equal
as may be.
SB 924 - Lagomarsino
Permits prospective jurors to avoid appearing
Chapter 1028
in person upon promise to appear on one hour's
telephone notice (except in Los Angeles County).
This bill also broadens the exemption from
jury service of persons who have previously
served.
SB 980 - Nejedly
Would permit a board of retirement, acting upon
Chapter 997
actuarial advice, to set a single rate of con-
tribution for all miscellaneous members and for
all safety members. The bill affects only those
counties under the County Employees' Retirement
Law of 1937.
SB 1009 - Lagomarsino
Appropriates $76,500 from the general fund to
Chapter 989
the Regents of the University of California to
be expended to provide police foot patrol
services in the community of Isla Vista,
adjacent to the University of California at
Santa Barbara.
SB 1133 - Marks
Increases from $7,500 to $10,000, the ceiling
Chapter 1029
upon the 50 percent increase of the amount of
a workmen's compensation award for an injury
resulting from serious and willful misconduct
of the employer or other specified persons.
SB 1137 - Burgener
Declares that provisions of the Meyers-Milias-
Chapter 998
Brown Act relating to local public employer-
employee relations are not intended to be binding
upon public agencies which provide procedures
for the administration of employer-employee
relations in accordance with provisions of
employer-employee relations law.
SB 1143 - Marler
Amends the Pharmacy Act and provisions of the
Chapter 1030
Health and Safety Code to revise the form of
prescriptions for narcotics. The bill adds a
requirement that the prescription contain the
telephone number, state license number, and
federal registry number of the prescriber, in
addition to the information presently required.
SB 1193 - Nejedly
Extends for four years the provisions requiring
Chapter 1031
any person or agency to notify the Department of
Fish and Game of proposed projects which would
alter the flow or bed of any river, stream, or
lake and prohibiting them from beginning work
until the department's recommendation or the
decision of an arbitration panel is incor-
porated into the project.
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SB 1233 - Coombs
Prescribes a procedure by which one may disclaim
Chapter 990
or renounce an inheritance or gift, and provides
that any transfer so renounced shall be excluded
from the provisions of the Inheritance and Gift
Tax laws.
SB 1255 - Beilenson
Requires that no public member of any board,
Chapter 1032
commission or agency created under the Business
and Professions Code shall have any financial
interest in any organization subject to regula-
tion by the board, commission or committee of
which he is a member.
SB 1355 - Deukmejian
Transfers various functions of the State Fire
Chapter 991
Marshal with respect to dry cleaning establish-
ments to the State Board of Dry Cleaners.
SB 1376 - Grunsky
Permits the Department of Corrections to authorize
Chapter 1033
temporary removal of prisoners to attend college
classes.
SB 1449 - Rodda
Makes various changes in the provisions relating
Chapter 999
to the activities of proraters. The bill elimi-
nates cancellation and default fees and reduces
the charge which may be made for disbursements
on recurring obligations.
SB 1470 - Petris
Provides that the escrow holder of the purchase
Chapter 1000
price or consideration for the transfer of a
liquor business or license shall give specified
priority to payment of claims for wages, salaries,
or fringe benefits of employees of seller or
transferor earned or accrued prior to, rather
than within 90 days prior to, the sale, transfer
or opening of an escrow for sale of such business
or license.
SB 1484 - Cusanovich
Defines advancement rights of classified school
Chapter 1034
employees who take voluntary demotions or reduced
time in lieu of layoff, authorizing reinstatement
at former class or assigned time upon occurrence
of a vacancy, and requires such employees be
given proper seniority position on reemployment
list. The bill also authorizes the Los Angeles
Unified School District to make provisional
appointments of classified employees in excess
of prescribed limits under specified conditions.
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SB 348 - Petris
Makes several substantive changes in provisions
relating to operation of public housing authorities.
REASON FOR VETO:
"Senate Bill 348 contains a number of controversial
provisions. The bill is opposed by local housing
authorities and the California Real Estate Associa-
tion. While I share many of the concerns expressed
to me by the opponents of this measure, I am also
concerned by the problems faced by some tenants. I
believe it is incumbent upon both the opponents and
proponents of this bill to work together and arrive
at an acceptable solution. I have been informed
that the Assembly Judiciary Committee has scheduled
an interim hearing on the subject of landlord-tenant
relations later this year. It is my hope that the
provisions of this bill can be aired during these
hearings so that an equitable solution can be reached.
"Accordingly I am returning the bill unsigned."
SB 549 - Marks
Provides that any county or city and county in
which the adult and juvemile probation departments
were separate entities as of January 1, 1972, may
compute their earnings for each department on a
separate basis.
REASON FOR VETO:
"I am unable to approve this measure because of the
feature which would permit two counties who have beer
unable to maintain their total earnings in combined
juvenile and adult probation programs to compute
state subventions for probation services for
juvenile and adult probation departments separately.
"This special treatment would set a precedent with
an eventual additional state cost of many millions
of dollars. The Probation Subsidy Program was
established in 1965 to encourage greater use of
probation by sharing with the counties savings
resulting to the state from a reduction in commit-
ments of juveniles and adults to state institutions.
Participating counties must make 'earnings' based on
a prescribed formula set forth in the Welfare and
Institutions Code. The county achieves earnings by
reducing its combined level of adult and juvenile
commitments below a base commitment rate previously
established. For each reduction in its base commit-
ment level, the county is reimbursed (up to a maxi-
mum of $4, 000) its actual cost of providing an
enriched probation program meeting minimum standards
prescribed by the Youth Authority.
"I realize that the reimbursement level has not been
adjusted for some time. Therefore, I have approved
Assembly Bill 368 (Chapter 1004) which will provide
an across-the-board increase of approximately 10
per cent to all counties to help offset increased
probation costs.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
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SB 1421 - Roberti
Provides that the court shall appoint counsel for
the indigent parent or guardian of a minor alleged
to be neglected and dependent if the parent or
guardian appears at the hearing without counsel.
REASON FOR VETO:
"This bill would make several amendments to the
Arnold-Kennick Juvenile Court Law with respect to.
the appointment of counsel for both minors and
parents in certain juvenile court proceedings.
"The need for further changes in the law relating
to the appointment of counsel in juvenile court
proceedings together with the fiscal counsequences of
such changes should be the subject of an in-depth
study by the Legislature. The subject of this bill
should be included in that study before a decision
is made to further alter the law.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
SB 1446 Moscone
Requires the Trustees of the California State
University and Colleges to establish grievance and
disciplinary action procedures whereby grievances
and disciplinary actions shall be heard before a
faculty committee which is required to make
recommendations to state university and college
presidents, each party to the dispute having specific
procedural rights.
REASON FOR VETO:
"This bill would provide for binding arbitration in
grievance and disciplinary cases in the California
State University and Colleges system. It would also
require that the Board of Trustees establish new
grievance and disciplinary action procedures.
"There is no evidence that the existing faculty
grievance procedures established by the Trustees afte
extensive consultation with the faculty and adminis-
trators is not working. By mandating binding arbi-
tration, Senate Bill 1446 usurps the Trustees'
responsibility for the governance of personnel of
the California State University and Colleges.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
SB 1475 Petris
Extends the provisions of the Senior Citizens
Property Tax Assistance Law to totally disabled
persons who were employed or actively seeking
employment in the year immediately proceeding
becoming totally disabled.
REASON FOR VETO:
"I do not object to providing needed assistance to
those unfortunate citizens who are totally disabled.
However, the Senior Citizens Property Tax Assistance
Program was established to provide property tax
relief for senior citizens only.
"Extending the benefits of this program to other
than senior citizens is not consistent with the
intent of this worthwhile program.
"I would also point out that this administration has
increased grants to the adult catagories in its
welfare reform program, which includes the totally
disabled. While this bill directs itself to indi-
viduals who are not eligible for state welfare, the
Aid to the Totally Disabled program is available to
assist them when their circumstances require such
assistance.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned." "
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
8-17-72
#489
Governor Ronald Reagan today signed legislation that will provide
$7 million to the Air Resources Board and local air pollution control
districts in their battle to control nonvehicular emissions throughout
California.
The Bill, AB 1582, introduced by Assemblyman Craig Biddle (R-
Riverside), provides $4.6 million for matching funds to air basins and
local air pollution control districts and $2.4 million to the ARB to
replace a similar amount previously received from the Motor Vehicle Fund.
"This legislation not only is a big step forward in our struggle
against air pollution, but also solves two fiscal problems,' stated
Governor Reagan, "first, a number of counties do not have an adequate
tax basis for minimum effective programs and second, the Motor Vehicle
Fund should not be used to support nonvehicular emission control programs"
The Biddle anti-pollution bill provides matching funds, on a one-
to-one basis, to air basins that have basin-wide cooperative pollution
control programs. The state matching limit is 23 cents per capita of
local funds.
In areas where there is no basin-wide cooperative program, the
local air pollution control district will receive matching funds on a
2-to-3 basis, up to 18.4 cents per capita.
In air basins having a population of less than 98,000 the law
permits the Air Resources Board to provide up to $45,000 to support a
minimum program. The program must be basin-wide and each air pollution
control district affected must adopt a budget of at least 23 cents per
capita.
The state is divided into eleven air basins and 50 air pollution
control districts.
The South Coast Air Basin, with the largest population, will be
eligible to receive matching funds up to $2.2 million, if it develops a
basin-wide cooperative program. The basin includes Orange and Ventura
counties, the major population areas of Los Angeles and San Bernardino
counties, the western portion of Riverside county and the southeast
portion of Santa Barbara county.
The San Francisco Bay Area Basin, which is also classified as an
air pollution control district, is eligible to receive up to $1.05 million
in matching funds.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE:
Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
8/17/72
#490
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today that the following bills
have been signed:
AB 1029-Burton
Requires the agency collecting responsible rela-
Chapter 1064
tives contributions under the old age security
program to transmit to the recipient from such
contributions, as exempt income, an amount equal
to the $7.50 exemption of income authorized under
present state law.
AB 1582 - Biddle
Appropriates $7 million to the Air Resources
Chapter 1016
Board from the General Fund, for air pollution
control activities. Of this total, $4.6 million
is scheduled for subventions to local air pollu-
tion control districts on a matching basis, for
air pollution control activities. The remaining
$2.4 million will provide for General Fund support
of nonvehicular programs, which have been devel-
oped by the Air Resources Board.
AB 1719 - Garcia
Provides that persons registering to vote shall
Chapter 1053
be asked to furnish their telephone numbers,
which will be contained in the affidavit of
registration, the records of the county clerk and
the index of voters. The furnishing of the tele-
phone number is at the option of the voter, and
he must be informed at the time of registering
that he need not provide this information.
AB 1760 - Cullen
Eliminates an erroneous cross-reference and
Chapter 1054
restates provisions relative to exemption of
horseracing license fees for certain public
fairs and expositions.
AB1873 - Lanterman
Authorizes, under certain circumstances, the
Chapter 1055
medical director of a state hospital or the
person in charge of a regional center for the
mentally retarded to give consent to medical,
dental or surgical treatment on behalf of a
mentally retarded person who is a patient in a
state hospital or who is placed on an out-of-
home placement by the regional center.
AB 1914 - Warren
Revises law relating to sale of real property
Chapter 1056
under power of sale in a deed of trust or
mortgage.
AB 1930 - Knox
Enacts the "Securities Depository Law". The
Chapter 1057
bill provides for regulation and licensing of
securities depositories by the Commissioner of
Corporations.
AB 1958 - Ketchum
Authorizes release of confidential mental health
Chapter 1958
records in specified circumstances.
AB 1977 - Karabian
Makes amendments to various provisions of law
Chapter 1059
relating to the Executive Secretary of Califor-
nia Hospital Commission, regulation of medical
facilities, definition of construction progress
for the approval of health facility construction
by the Department of Public Health.
AB 2092 -McAlister
Prohibits any vehicle, when turning left at an
Chapter 1060
intersection, from making the left turn before
entering the intersection, and makes existing
provisions regarding the making of such a turn
applicable after entering the intersection.
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AB 2338 - Cory
Authorizes the Orange County Transit District to
Chapter 1061
acquire, construct, own, or operate air terminal
facilities within the district and, with the con-
sent of the county in which such facilities are
located, outside of the district. The bill
specifies that the District is not required to
provide Social Security coverage for its adminis-
trative and professional employees who are mem-
bers of the Orange County Employees Retirement
System.
AB 2361 - Priolo
Provides that persons employed as peace officers
Chapter 1062
prior to March 4, 1972, need not be high school
graduates. The bill also authorizes the Monterey
Peninsula Airport District to maintain a police
department.
SB 206 - Grunsky
Deletes the requirement that the Department of
Chapter 1063
Education, in creating positions of visiting
teachers for preschool blind children, must do
so in connection with the California School for
the Blind. The bill appropriates $102,000 from
the General Fund for the employment of one super-
visor and six visiting teachers.
Governor Reagan also signed the following bill with specified
reduction:
SB 1258 - Collier
Authorizes 10 pilot projects in Indian education
Chapter 1052
in certain rural school districts for a three-
year period in grades four and below. It is to
be administered by the Superintendent of Public
Instruction. The bill states that it is the
intent of the Legislature that scholarships be
made available for the education of Indian
students at institutions of higher education.
The bill also appropriates $1.5 million to the
Department of Education for purposes of this
act.
Reason for reduction:
"I am reducing the appropriation contained in
Section 9 of Senate Bill No. 1258 from $1,500,000 to $500,000 by
reducing the appropriation for the 1972-73 fiscal year from
$500,000 to $100,000, by reducing the appropriation for the
1973-74 fiscal year from $500,000 to $400,000, and deleting
the appropriation for the 1974-75 fiscal year.
"The reduced appropriation for 1972-73 reflects
the fact the program will be in effect for only a part of the
current fiscal year. The reduced appropriation for 1973-74
appears to be a proper level of support for the first full year
of operation. The appropriation for 1974-75 has been deleted
because I believe that this program should be subject to the
full budgetary review process.
"With the above reduction, I approve Senate Bill
No. 1258.'
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AB 4 - Garcia
Mandates the appointment C foreign-language-
speaking election officials in precincts with
substantial numbers of non-English-speaking
voters.
REASON FOR VETO:
"I cannot approve this measure because it is
unnecessary and unworkable and would result in
abuses in polling practices.
"This bill is unnecessary for several reasons:
first, existing law already permits any person
to bring his own interpreter if he feels that he
is not sufficiently proficient in the English
language to cast an intelligent vote; and
secondly, the law does not prohibit the appoint-
ment of foreign language speaking registrars by
local county clerks.
"In addition to being unnecessary, the bill is
unworkable because. it is vague in at least two
important areas. It would require county clerks
to appoint foreign speaking election officials
where there is a 'substantial number' of persons
whose native language is other than English with-
out defining what is a 'substantial number, and
secondly, the requirement that 'substantial' be
based on 'native language' has no relationship
to the ability of those persons to read or write
English.
"The provision requiring recruitment of election
officials by such media as newspapers, radios and
television can only result in extensive additional
costs to the taxpayers.
"Finally, if the county clerks were able to spend
the funds necessary to determine on a precinct
by precinct basis that a 'substantial' number of
voters exists whose native language is other than
English, recruit and pay for additional inter-
preters, the bill lacks the protection necessary
to insure that these interpreters will not influ-
ence the voters at the polls.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
AB 252 - Barnes
Appropriates $21,607,320 from the General Fund
for increases in compensation for academic, and
instructional and instructional-related employees
of the University of California and the California
State Colleges; to be effective July 1, 1972,
or such time thereafter as federal law permits.
REASON FOR VETO:
"I have already provided $35,165,000 in the 1972
Budget Act for a 7½ percent across-the-board in-
crease and an additional 1.45 percent in inequity
adjustments for these faculty and related
positions. The budgeted amount has already pro-
vided substantial salary inequity relief for this
group of employees and the increases contained
in this bill would greatly exceed the salary
treatment provided for other employee groups.
In addition Assembly Bill 252 would provide a
5½ percent increase which is 11/2 percent above the amount recommended by
the Coordinating Council for Higher Education.
"I have already stated that I am planning to budget funds in 1973-74
to correct remaining salary inequities for all employee groups. This
two-year approach is designed to provide equitable treatment for each
of the state's employee groups, and recognizes the practical limitations
on salary increases which result from the Federal Pay Board regulations.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
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AB 278 - Beverly
Precludes the construction of any portion of
State Highway Route 1 as a freeway or expressway
within the city limits of Lomita. The bill also
deletes State Highway Route 107 from the Cali-
fornia freeway and expressway system.
REASON FOR VETO:
"That portion of Route 1 which this bill would
direct not be constructed as a freeway was
deleted from the freeway and expressway system
by Senate Bill 1087 (Chapter 782).
"Route 107 represents the only north-south corridor
between the Santa Monica-Hawthorne area and the
Palos Verdes Hills area to the south. As evi-
denced by House Resolution 97, we are in agreement
that a thorough study should be conducted in
cooperation with the cities and counties involved
in the Route 107 corridor. I do not believe that
the route should be removed from the freeway and
expressway system until a study is completed so
that all transportation options can be considered.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
AB 474 - Stull
Establishes a procedure for the removal of inac-
curate or non-factual information from written
records of public school pupils.
REASON FOR VETO:
"I am objecting to this bill solely because it
contains certain technical defects. I agree that
there is a need for a procedure to facilitate
the removal of incorrect information from a
pupil's school record. I have asked my staff to
provide any assistance required by the author to
insure early passage of such legislation.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
AB 584 - Deddeh
Deletes that portion of Route 125 from Route 75
near Brown Field to Route 54 from the California
freeway and expressway system.
REASON FOR VETO:
"I am not approving this bill because the deletion
of this route from the California freeway and
expressway system is premature. The San Diego
Comprehensive Planning Organization is coordinat-
ing a study with the Southern California Associa-
tion of Governments and the Department of Public
Works to study a new transportation corridor be-
tween the Los Angeles and San Diego metropolitan
areas. The proposed routing of Route 125 is within
the corridor limits.
"This deletion is opposed by the only directly
affected local agency, the San Diego County Board
of Supervisors.
"No action should be taken deleting Route 125
until the comprehensive study is completed and
the total transportation needs of the area are
determined.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
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AB 696 - MacDonald
Establishes and appropriates funds for a pilot
project in Ventura County to study the feasibil-
ity of providing a single community services
worker as the primary contact for a family re-
quiring various social services.
REASON FOR VETO:
"Contra Costa County has recently completed a
study with a similar objective to that contained
in this proposal. The Contra Costa study should
be examined in terms of its applicability to
Ventura County before state funds are authorized
for further pilot projects.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
AB 1405 - Foran
Permits an insured to orally authorize the
execution on his behalf of a premium finance
agreement, including execution of power of
attorney to cancel the insurance on behalf of
the insured.
REASON FOR VETO:
"Existing law requires a purchaser to personally
sign the premium finance agreement. This pro-
vides him with the opportunity to read and dis-
cover all of the terms of the finance agreement.
Approval of this measure could result in the
purchaser being committed to a premium financing
agreement without full knowledge of its terms.
I am concerned with the possible adverse effect
this could have on the purchaser of insurance.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
AB 1562 - Z'berg
Requires that a court shall permit the reasonable
examination of prospective jurors by counsel for
both parties in a civil action.
REASON FOR VETO:
"The California Rules of Court were amended
effective January 1, 1972 to provide for judge--
conducted examinations of prospective jurors in
civil cases, This rule change was endorsed by
the State BarCof California.
''
"No valid reason has been presented to support a
change in a procedure that has speeded up the :
selection of jurors in civil cases. There is'
clear evidence of substantial support from the
legal community for the present procedure. Pre-
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liminary studies of the Judicial Council and the
State Bar indicate that over 70 percent of the
California attorneys surveyed believe that the
present rule is both time-saving and fair to
both sides.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secre
fy
916-445-4571
8-17-72
#491
-MsCARTLY
Governor Ronald Reagan today signed legislation (AB 1204) increas-
ing welfare payments by $12 a month to a half million blind, disabled
and aged Californians.
Burton W. Rown
At the same time, he approved a measure/that exempts from
consideration as income $7.50 in contributions from responsible
relatives to welfare recipients under the Old Age Security program.
In signing the bill granting the increase to the blind, disabled
and aged, Governor Reagan said:
"I am pleased to be in a position, because of the savings effected
by our welfare reform program, to approve this bill. It fits in with
a major objective of the reforms, which is to close loopholes, tighten
up eligibility and reduce payments to those recipients with significant
outside income and to increase grants to the truly needy.
"If we still had an unreformed welfare system in California which
permitted every-increasing caseloads, state savings due to the federal
Social Security increase would have been absorbed and I would have had
no choice but to veto this bill. This is just another plus for reform-
ing welfare in California."
Since Social Security payments are considered as income for
welfare purposes under federal law, the 20 percent increase in payments
granted by Congress earlier this year would have resulted in a 20 per-
cent reduction in welfare grants to recipients on state OAS and federal
Social Security.
The bill, introduced by Assemblyman Leo McCarthy, will insure that
all OAS, blind and ATD recipients will receive a $12 a month increase
in total benefits on October 1, 1972.
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State Director of Social Welfare Robert B. Carleson pointed out
that the governor's action today is "not just a pass-on of the Social
Security increase, but will benefit all needy blind, disabled and aged
under the state program."
"If the caseload had continued to increase at 40,000 a month, as
it was prior to the governor's welfare reforms, the $12 increase would
have been impossible," Carleson said. "And it is important to note
that the boost will be made without a tax increase because the
reforms stopped the uncontrolled growth of welfare."
In signing AB 1029, authored by Assemblyman John Burton and
Willie Brown, both San Francisco Democrats, Governor Reagan
said the beneficiaries of this bill would be OAS welfare recipients
who have no income but whose responsible relatives make payments to
county welfare departments on their behalf.
Under provisions of the bill, OAS recipients will not have to
count $7.50 of their relatives' contributions as outside income, and
it will not be counted in determining the amount of their welfare
grants.
"This is an equity measure," Governor Reagan said, "and gives
these particular recipients the same exemption as those OAS recipients
who receive Social Security."
Cost of the bill is estimated at $600,000 a year.
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Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secre ry
916-445-4571
8-18-72
#492
Governor Reagan will meet with President Nixon this afternoon,
remain overnight in Washington, D.C., and fly to Miami, Florida,
tomorrow to attend the Republican National Convention. In his meeting
with the President, at Camp David, Maryland, Governor Reagan will
report on his recent trip to Europe as the President's representative.
Enroute to Miami, Governor Reagan will stop over briefly at
Martinsburg, West Virginia, to address a Republican fund raising rally
in honor of Governor Arch Moore at the Martinsburg Air National Guard
Hangar (1:30 p.m. tomorrow).
Here is a preliminary, tentative outline of activities involving
Governor Reagan at the Republican Convention in Miami Beach:
Saturday, August 19
Afternoon
Arrival in Miami
No afternoon activity scheduled
Overnight - Miami Beach
Sunday, August 20
1:30 p.m.
Appearance on ABC-TV's ISSUES AND ANSWERS with
Governor Nelson Rockefeller, Mediterranean Room,
Doral Hotel, Miami Beach
2:15 p.m.
Press availability (room to be announced), Doral
Hotel
Overnight - Miami Beach
Monday, August 21
10:00 a.m.
Appearance with several other Republican leaders
before Oklahoma, Colorado and Washington State
delegations, Barcelona Hotel, Miami Beach
11:00 a.m.
Private meeting with Campus Studies Institute
student leaders, Barcelona Hotel
11:30 a.m.
Press availability for 15 minutes (room to be
announced), Barcelona Hotel
1:15 p.m.
First Session of convention, Convention Hall,
Miami Beach
8:30 p.m.
Second Session, Convention Hall
Overnight - Miami Beach
Tuesday, August 22
10:00 a.m.
Meeting with California Delegation, Medallion
Room, Americana Hotel
11:00 a.m.
Press availability, Carribean Room, Americana
Hotel
1:00 p.m.
Third Session, Convention Center
8:30 p.m.
Fourth Session, Convention Hall
Overnight - Miami Beach
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Wednesday, August 23
11:30 a.m.
Press availability (room to be announced),
Fontainbleau Hotel, Miami Beach
1:30 p.m.
Remarks before Young Voters for the President,
Nautilus Junior High School, 4301 North
Michigan, Miami Beach
7:30 p.m.
Final Session, Convention Hall
Overnight - Miami Beach
Thursday, August 24
a.m.
Depart Miami for California
Members of the Governor's staff will brief newsmen on any further
details relating to the governor's convention schedule and his role in
the convention program itself in the Carribean Room, Americana Hotel,
Sunday afternoon, August 20 (time of briefing to be announced).
The Governor's Press Office telephone number at the Americana
Hotel will be 305-861-4991. The Governor's Convention Press Staff
includes Ed Gray, the governor's press secretary; Assistant Press
Secretary Rudy Garcia; and Staff Assistant (Mrs.) Patricia Ingoglia.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE. Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
8-18-72
#493
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of Charles
D. Hobbs of the Department of Social Welfare to his staff as a special
assistant.
In his new job, Hobbs' responsibilities will include task force
studies and special projects for the Reagan administration. The
appointment is effective September 1.
"I am pleased to have Chuck joining my staff," Governor Reagan
said. "His expert knowledge in a number of fields and his familiarity
with California government will be invaluable to the administration's
future plans."
Hobbs first joined state service in 1970 and has been deputy
director for operations in the Department of Social Welfare.
An Air Force veteran, Hobbs had 12 years experience in managing
the design, development and operations of computer-based information
systems for military, commercial and public applications.
He was space projects manager at Huntsville, Alabama, for System
Development Corporation of Santa Monica before joining the Department
of Social Welfare.
Hobbs, 38, is a graduate of Northwestern University and took
graduate studies at UCLA.
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RELEASE: Immediate
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary 8-18-72
#494
916-445-4571
Governor Ronald Reagan took another step in his efforts to protect
and preserve the High Sierra wilderness when he signed legislation (AB
1556) Edwin Z'berg (D-Sacramento), deleting a portion of the proposed
State Route 276 from Three Rivers to Mineral King in Tulare County.
"I want to stress as strongly as possible that I am firmly in
support of the development of Mineral King as a recreation area,"
Governor Reagan said. "Southern California urgently needs additional
year-round mountain recreation areas.
"Development of Mineral King will help serve that need. However,
I am convinced that proper future development will not be hampered by
lack of access by a high speed road. Alternate access methods will
suffice and, in the end, better serve the needs of both conservation
and recreation."
At the same time he signed the legislation, Governor Reagan
directed Frank Walton, Secretary of Business and Transportation, and
Norman B. Livermore, Jr., Secretary of Resources, to develop a study
on the economics and esthetics of the key roads that furnish automobile
approaches to High Sierra wilderness areas. The study is to be completed
by January 1973.
The High Sierra wilderness and de facto wilderness areas generally
extend from Tioga Pass on the north to Walker Pass on the south.
Governor Reagan, with the assistance of President Nixon,
recently stopped highway construction aimed at initiating a trans-Sierra
highway through the "Minarets corridor." This is a de facto wilderness
area that has been the subject of a bitter dispute between conservation-
ists and highway interests for the past 35 years.
The governor has also requested the full California congressional
delegation to support legislation that would close the Minarets corridor
and protect the John Muir Trail. Such action will insure preservation
of the largest and finest wilderness area in the coterminous United States
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE:
Sacramento, Californi 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secre .ry
916-445-4571
8-18-72
#495
Acting Governor Ed Reinecke announced today that he has signed
the following bills:
AB 164 - Seeley
Appropriates $125,000 to augment the 1972 Budget
Chapter 1068:
Act for financing the recruitment and training
of persons of low income background to teach in
low income elementary schools.
AB 209 - Dunlap
Provides that the California Maritime Academy
Chapter 1069
shall be administered by a board of governors
consisting of seven members appointed by the
governor. The seven appointive members shall
consist of two educators from the field of
higher education, three public lay members, two
representatives of the maritime industry, and a
non-voting member from the Federal Maritime
Administration. The bill requires the Trustees
of the California State University and Colleges
to provide specified services to the board of
governors. The bill further requires the board
of governors to waive admission requirements
for up to four percent of students, deletes
requirement that students be male, makes students
eligible for state scholarships, and prescribes
minimum tuition fee of $135 a trimester.
AB 387 - Mobley
Recodifies existing provisions providing subven-
Chapter 1066
tions to local government to compensate for
revenues lost by reason of reductions in the
assessed value of property caused by assessing
such property as open-space lands. The bill also
provides that the computation of the amount of
the open-space adjustment shall be based on a
25 percent assessment ratio rather than basing
such computation on the assessment ratio actually
used in the last year the property was regularly
assessed.
AB 416 - Johnson, R.
Provides that, among other factors, the market
Chapter 1070
value, as determined by the assessor, of certain
properties comparable to the property being
valued shall be admitted at hearings before
local boards of equalization.
AB 566 - Waxman
Deletes the provision requiring the wife to con-
Chapter 1071
form to husband's choice of reasonable place or
mode of living. The bill deletes the provision
that declares the residence of the husband is
residence of wife except where they are separated
and specifies that married woman can retain her
own legal residence in California, notwithstanding
the legal residence or domicile of her husband.
The bill further substitutes a provision that
residence of the parent with whom an unmarried
minor child maintains his place of abode is in
all cases the residence of such child.
AB 710 - Johnson, R.
Specifies that floodwaters or any navigable
Chapter 1072
river, stream, slough or other watercourse while
temporarily flowing above the normal high water
mark over public or private lands outside any
established banks are not navigable waters.
AB 722 - Bagley
Makes corrective and clarifying amendments to
Chapter 1065
Assembly Bill 1 of the 1971 1st Extraordinary
Session. The bill makes changes in the state
personal income and bank and corporation tax
laws to conform with recent changes in federal
law. The bill also adds provisions dealing with
open space assessments.
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AB 749 - Ketchum
Prohibits addicts for nonfelony vehicle offenses those
prosecution of civilly committed
Chapter 1073
narcotic at the time of commitment except or suspension
pending require immediate revocation run, or
that second drunk driving, hit and
such as under influence of drugs. Persons have sent
driving to prison on felony convictions already
this immunity.
AB 1090 - Hayden
Exempts from provisions requiring new devices
Chapter 1075
Health any device used by a chiropractor licensed
to be approved by the State Department of Public
in this state within the scope of his license.
The bill adds chiropractors to the exemption
presently granted to physicians, podiatrists,
dentists and optometrists.
AB 1138 - z'berg
Includes employees in the office of the Chancel-
Chapter 1076
lor of the California Community Colleges who
accept employment in a certificated position in
a school district or county superintendent's
office among persons entitled to have accumu-
lated sick leave transferred to such position.
The bill makes similar provision for certificated
employees of Commission for Teacher Preparation
and Licensing who become employed by a school
district or county superintendent of schools.
AB 1286 - Brathwaite
Requires that a licensed physician and surgeon,
Chapter 1077
including a psychiatrist, who is employed by a
prisoner or his attorney to assist in preparation
of his defense, be permitted to visit the
prisoner.
AB 1468 - Fong
Requires the governing board of school districts
Chapter 1078
to notify parents and guardians of minor pupils
regarding their rights to exclude pupils from
specified activities. The bill requires the
governing board to inform the parent or guardian
if any of such activities will be undertaken
by school in forthcoming school term.
AB 1588 - Lanterman
Provides severance aid allowances to school dis-
Chapter 1079
tricts where one-half of one percent of their
assessed valuation has been deleted from their
tax roles because of acquisition of property for
construction of highways. It also raises the
amount paid to such districts for prior property
reductions from 10 percent of the eligible ex-
penses to 30 percent.
AB 1733 - Gonsalves
Makes amendments relating to the use of post
Chapter 1080
lien date sale information in valuing property
for purposes of the property tax. The bill also
provides that a corporation will not be deemed
organized and operated exclusively for religious
purposes, for purposes of qualifying for an
exemption for corporation taxes, if it operates
a laundry facility and provides such service to
the public for compensation.
AB 1861 - Lanterman
Permits the conservator, as well as parent or
Chapter 1081
guardian, to give the approval which is required
to be obtained before placement of a mentally
retarded person in a regional center for mentally
retarded persons is made. The bill also permits
any adult mentally retarded person who is com-
petent to do so to apply for and receive any
services provided by a regional center.
AB 1911 - Barnes
Amends and supplements the Budget Act of 1972 to
Chapter 1082
appropriate $35,000, payable from the State
Beach, Park, Recreational and Historical Facil-
ities Fund, for a project expansion study relat-
ing to Old Town San Diego State Historic Park.
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AB 1922 - Haves
Eliminates the requirement chat an affidavit of
Chapter 1083
service by mail be made by a person who is a
citizen of the United States. The bill also per-
mits the clerk of the municipal court to maintain
a register of actions by means of photographing,
microphotographing or mechanically or electronic-
ally storing memoranda necessary to the keeping
of such register of actions so long as the com-
pleteness and chronological sequence of the
register is not disturbed.
AB 1937 - Warren
Authorizes district attorneys and the Attorney
Chapter 1084
General to bring actions for injunctive relief
and civil penalties for deceptive practices. At
present, these public attorneys have such juris-
diction over false or misleading advertising.
AB 1957 - Duffy
Permits mosquito abatement districts to be desig-
Chapter 1085
nated as vector control districts.
AB 2034 - Maddy
Revises definition of "project," as used in
Chapter 1086
State College Contract Law and State Contract
Act, to include state improvements costing over
$10,000 rather than those costing over $5,000.
The bill also provides that revenue received for
granting easements or rights-of-way for specified
purposes over state lands or letting of state
lands by director of General Services, shall be
deposited in the General Fund for appropriation
to the Department of General Services for
specified purposes.
AB 2072 - MacGillivray
Provides that contractors already covered by
Chapter 1087
local apprenticeship standards need not reapply
for each public work contract. The bill exempts
from requirement of employing apprentices on
public works prime contracts of less than
$30,000 or 45 days. The bill also makes other
administrative changes in the Apprenticeship
law.
AB 2120 - Quimby
Makes it a misdemeanor to possess keys or other
Chapter 1088
specified items designed to open, break into,
tamper with, or damage coin-operated machines
with the intent to commit theft from such
machines.
AB 2189 - Barnes
Makes several technical and clarifying amendments
Chapter 1089
to the State Teachers' Retirement Law.
AB 2240 - Murphy
Specifies that if a defendant is released on his
Chapter 1090
own recognizance or on another bail bond before
an order of exoneration, on bail or deposit upon
which he has been surrendered, the court, shall
order exonoration without prejudice to the court's
authority to make other specified orders.
AB 2261 - Miller
Specifies that "education" for purposes of the
Chapter 1091
provisions relating to the work furlough program
includes educational training and counseling,
and psychological, drug abuse, alcoholic, and
other rehabilitative counseling.
SB 1496 - Collier
Appropriates $50,000 to the University of Cali-
Chapter 1067
fornia for purposes of research and development
in aquaculture.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californi 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
8-18-72
#496
Acting Governor Ed' Reinecke today announced the appointment of Elwood
A. Teague, of Los Angeles, as Chairman of the Commission on Housing and
Community Development. He replaces Jack Freeman, of Beverly Hills, who
has resigned.
Teague, 65, has been a member of the commission since 1968. He
is president and chairman of the board of the United Financial Corporation
A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy in 1929, he served on active duty
during World War II as commander of an aircraft squadron.
Teague is a native of Los Angeles and now resides at 351 South
Fuller Avenue, with his wife. He is a Republican.
Board members receive $25 per diem while on official duty.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
8-18-72
#497
Acting Governor Ed Reinecke today announced the reappointment of Ukiah
furniture dealer Russell L. Clarke and Covelo rancher Rolland T. Hurt to
the 12th District Agricultural Association's board of directors (Redwood
Empire Fair at Mendocino County).
Board members serve four year terms and receive necessary expenses.
Hurt, a Democrat, has served on the board since 1962. The 62-year
old cattleman's addressis Route 1, Box 7, Covelo.
Clarke is a 49-year old Republican and owner-manager of the Pioneer
Company. He lives at 181 Fairview Court, Ukiah.
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MEMO TO THE PRESS
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
8-18-72
#498
916-445-4571
The following bills were signed by Governor Reagan and previously
released to the press. They are listed here again with Chapter #s for
your information:
AB 1029 - Burton
Requires the agency collecting responsible
Chapter 1064
relatives contributions under the old age
security program to transmit to the recipient
from such contributions, as exempt income, an
amount equal to the $7.50 exemption of income
authorized under present state law.
AB 1204 - McCarthy
Increases adult categorical aid grants by $14
$12
Chapter 1022
commencing October 1, 1972, to reflect savings
resulting from increased social security payments
and requires such increases to be taken into
consideration in determining the October grant.
AB 1556 - Z'berg
Deletes that portion of Route 276 from Oak Grove t.
Chapter 1051
Mineral King from the state highway system.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
8-21-72
#499
Governor Ronald Reagan, who is attending the National Republican
Convention in Miami, today reluctantly announced the resignation of J.
Earl Coke, 72, his secretary of the Agriculture and Services Agency.
Coke, who joined the Reagan administration in 1967 as director
of the Department of Agriculture, will leave his position September 15.
Al Reis, assistant secretary to Coke, will carry out the duties
of the secretary until a successor is named.
"It is difficult for me to put in words the gratitude I feel toward
Earl Coke," Governor Reagan said. "Earl has been one of the guiding
lights of this administration from my first day in Sacramento.
"He has helped me in the decision-making process so many times
that I can't begin to count them.
"When I was campaigning for the governorship, I knew I had to
have the best possible man available to direct the State Department of
Agriculture, because agriculture is the state's biggest business and
has a daily impact on the people of California. We found that man in
Earl Coke, and his record of promoting agriculture in California speaks
for itself.
"I am sorry that he has decided to retire at this time, but I am
thankful for the years of service he has devoted to the people of
California and to this administration. He has my warmest regards and
best wishes for a long and happy retirement."
Coke was appointed secretary of the Agriculture and Services
Agency on September 14, 1968. Early in 1969, he was given the addi-
tional responsibility of assistant to the governor for cabinet affairs,
a position he held until October of that year.
A former assistant secretary of Agriculture in President
Eisenhower's administration, Coke was president of Consolidated
Agricultural Industries, a San Francisco marketing organization, prior
to joining state service.
A native of Downey, he received his Bachelor of Science degree
from the University of California at Berkeley and his Doctor of Science
degree from Clemson University's College of Agriculture.
Coke served as an agronomist in the Agricultural Extension Service
of the University of California from 1923 to 1935. He was vice
president of the board of directors of the Spreckels Sugar Co., from
1935 to 1949.
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From 1949 to 1955, Coke was director of the University of Cali-
fornia Extension Service but took a leave of absence in 1952-53 to
serve in the Eisenhower administration.
During his term as assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Coke had responsibilities for five agencies of the
department Agriculture Research Service, Agricultural Extension
Service, the U.S. Forest Service, the Soil Conservation Service and
the Farmers Cooperative Service.
A chairman of the department's budget committee, he was responsible
for cutting $100 million from the department's budget without impairing
efficiency and also brought about a complete reorganization of the
department in less than a year.
Coke was vice president of the Bank of America in charge of
agricultural activities and loans from 1955 to 1965 when he became
President of Consolidated Agricultural Industries.
Mr. and Mrs. Coke, who will make their home in San Francisco, have
two sons and a daughter.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
8-22-72
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Acting Governor James R. Mills announced today that he has signed
the following bill:
SB 36 - Mills
Appropriates $720,000 annually for the construc-
Chapter 1092
tion of bicycle lanes. of this amount, $360,000
would be taken from the State Highway Fund and
earmarked for the construction of bicycle facil-
ities to be used in conjunction with the state
highway system.
The remaining $360,000 would be set aside from
local government's share of gas tax revenues.
These funds would be returned to cities and
counties for construction of local bicycle
facilities.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
8-23-72
#501
Acting Governor Ed Reinecke today announced that he has signed
the following bills:
AB 355 - Quimby
Deletes a provision that specifies that a court
Chapter 1097
commissioner of the San Bernardino County Munici-
pal Court shall serve as a traffic referee.
AB 383 - Barnes
Establishes a single state safety membership
Chapter 1098
classification consisting of persons formerly
classified as warden, narcotics enforcement,
forestry, and law enforcement members. The bill
provides for a two percent at age 55 retirement
formula for all state safety members, including
wardens and narcotics enforcement members and
certain other law enforcement members not receiv-
ing such benefits at present.
AB 543 - Ketchum
Increases to nine the membership of retirement
Chapter 1099
boards in certain counties under the County
Employees' Retirement Law.
AB 666 - Greene, L.
Establishes uniform rules for determining resident
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status of students in all institutions of public
higher education.
AB 759 - Brown
Broadens the definition of "minimum coverage" as
Chapter 1101
defined in the Welfare and Institutions Code to
include "dental services" within the definition
of minimum Medi-Cal coverage.
AB 890 - Seeley
Requires the State Oil and Gas Supervisor to
Chapter 1102
designate geothermal resource areas and authorizes
the supervisor to exempt certain wells within
such geothermal resources areas, from provisions
of laws governing geothermal resources wells,
when there is no probability of encountering
geothermal resources.
AB 1194 - Quimby
Authorizes coroners to submit tissues removed at
Chapter 1103
the time of an autopsy to hospitals, medical
educational research institutions, and law enforce-
ment agencies for training, educational, and re-
search purposes. The bill provides that the
authorisation does not apply to tissues from
bodies of members of designated religions.
AB 1239 - Fong
Requires that any female confined in state or
Chapter 1104
local detention facility or local juvenile facil-
ity or Youth Authority facility be allowed to
continue using materials necessary for (a) per-
sonal hygiene with regard to her menstrual cycle
and reproductive system and (b) birth control
measures as prescribed by her physician.
AB 1264 - Wilson
Deletes an exception, which prevents the imposi-
Chapter 1105
tion of civil penalties, with regard to real
estate false advertising.
AB 1320 - Foran
Provides that vehicle dealers may have a right of
Chapter 1106
action against another licensed dealer and the
surety upon the dealers bond, for a vehicle sold
to one dealer by another.
AB 1342 - Deddeh
Extends workmen's compensation coverage to an
Chapter 1107
off-duty peace officer who is performing service
he would have been required to perform had he
been on duty. The bill is limited to a full-time
peace officer or a firefighter, if as a condition
of his employment he is required to be on call
within the jurisdiction of his employing agency
during his off-duty hours.
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AB 1357 - Dent
Requires each school dist. ct governing board to
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identify a group of certificated positions as
"management positions" for purposes of the Winton
Act. The bill prohibits persons in management
positions from being represented by any certifi-
cated employee organization or by a certificated
employee council. The bill also grants such
persons the right to represent themselves
individually or through an organization composed
entirely of employees in management positions.
AB 1443 - Wood
Allows deduction of road tolls and fees paid for
Chapter 1109
use of private roads and drives from the gross
receipts tax. The only private toll road is
17-Mile Drive on the Monterey Peninsula.
AB 1539 - Z'berg
Increases the maximum permissible tax ceiling of
Chapter 1110
a recreation and park district from $0.50 to
$0.60 per $100 of assessed valuation.
AB 1592 - Lanterman
Increases the annual number of state scholarship
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winners from three percent of the prior year's
high school graduates plus renewals to 3.5 per-
cent of the prior year's high school graduates
plus renewals. The bill would also increase the
maximum allowable award per student from $2,000
to $2,200.
AB 1670 - Meade
Amends the Health and Safety Code to require the
Chapter 1112
labeling of ingredients of food products in the
descending order of predominance by weight. The
bill excludes foods sold in restaurants, alcoholic
beverages and milk and dairy products from the
labeling requirements.
AB 2010 - Arnett
Provides for regulation of sales solicitation for
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charitable purposes.
AB 2239 - Murphy
Makes provision for the prosecuting attorney to
Chapter 1114
waive notice of motion for order discharging for-
feiture of undertaking for bail or deposit in
lieu of bail and the hearing thereon. The bill
also makes other technical, clarifying changes
relating to bail.
AB 2362 - Priolo
Authorizes establishment of community college
Chapter 1115
cocurricular activity accounts. The bill also
authorizes imposition by a community college of
a fee on participating students for additional
expenses incurred when physical education classes
are required to use nondistrict facilities.
SB 226 - Short
Renumbers and recodifies provisions relating to
Chapter 1093
development centers for handicapped minors to
relocate the provisions in that part of the
Education Code which relate to special programs.
The bill also redesignates "handicapped minors"
to be "handicapped pupils" and states that pro-
vision generally lowering age of majority shall
not apply to provisions regarding development
centers.
SB 1169 - Behr
Includes anesthesiologist's services under the
Chapter 1094
Medi-Cal basic schedule of benefits when pro-
vided as part of an outpatient medical procedure,
outpatient laboratory services, and X-ray services
to the extent prescribed.
SB 1192 - Nejedly
Permits counties, as well as cities, to regulate
Chapter 1095
bicycle lanes, provide for special parking regu-
lations, and to declare certain speed limits. The bill also permits
the posting of 15 and 20-mile-per-hour speed limits on non-state high-
ways less than 25 feet in width in public parks.
SB 1394 - Alquist
Enacts the "Alviso Nuevo Development Corporation
Chapter 1096
Act" which creates, in the Alviso area of the City
of San Jose, the Alviso Nuevo Development Corporation in order to pro-
vide for the physical, social, and economic development of such area.
The bill prohibits the corporation from transacting any business or
exercising any powers under the act unless and until the legislative
body of the City of San Jose declares, by ordinance, that there is a
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
8-24-72
Governor Ronald Reagan will head a delegation of Republican
dignitaries to greet President Nixon on his arrival at San Diego's
Lindberg International Airport at approximately 5:45 this afternoon.
The President will speak at the airport rally as he opens his
campaign in California for reelection. The rally is expected to
draw 20,000.
Also attending the rally will be Lieutenant Governor Ed Reinecke,
former Assemblyman and San Diego Mayor Pete Wilson, Gordon Luce, vice
chairman of the Republican State Central Committee; Assemblyman Bob
Monagan, northern California chairman of the Committee to Reelect
the President; Assemblymen John Stull and E. Richard Barnes of
San Diego; and State Senators Jack Schrade and Clair Burgener, who
are also from San Diego.
President Nixon will be in San Diego after speaking to the
American Legion convention in Chicaco and appearing at the dedication
of the Dwight D. Eisenhower High School in a Detroit suburb earlier
today.
The rally is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. with an entertainment
program.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
8-25-72
#502
Governor Ronald Reagan today named James G. Stearns, director of
the State Department of Conservation, to his cabinet and appointed him
secretary of the Agriculture and Services Agency.
Stearns, 50, will replace J. Earl Coke, who is retiring
September 15. Stearns will assume his new responsibilities on that
date.
A native of Oregon, Stearns has been director of the Conservation
department since his appointment by Governor Reagan in February, 1967.
"I am extremely pleased that Jim has agreed to succeed Earl Coke
as a member of my cabinet and secretary of the Agriculture and Services
Agency,' Governor Reagan said. "Jim has earned this promotion by his
efficient and effective management of the Conservation department.
"I am confident that his background in agriculture, and the
expertise he gained as a county supervisor and director of an
important state department, will be a valuable new addition to the
agency. We are fortunate to have a man of his dedication and talents
to assume these new responsibilities."
Stearns was a supervisor in Modoc County from 1951 until 1967
when he did not seek reelection. He is a former president of the
County Supervisors Association of California, and former president of
the Western Regional District of the National Association of Counties.
A primary flight instructor during World War II, Stearns drew a
homestead at Tulelake in Modoc County in the veterans' drawing in 1946.
He purchased additional land and was engaged in farming and raising
cattle while serving as a supervisor.
Stearns, who attended Oregon State University, is a Republican.
He will be paid $36,750 in his new position.
Mr. and Mrs. Stearns, who have three children, live in Sacramento.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELE Immediate
Sacramento, Califor. 1 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
8-25-72
#503
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the creation of a five-
man select committee to make a comprehensive study of law enformement
problems in California.
The Governor's Select Committee on Law Enforcement Problems will
be funded by a $102,451 grant from the California Council on Criminal
Justice. The committee will begin its study September 1.
"Purpose of this study," Governor Reagan said, "is to identify
those law enforcement problems in California that can be most effectively
solved by state action.
"This action could come in several different forms, but I
anticipate three major results from the study: (1) a legislative
program, major in scope, that will go to the root causes of the problems
at all levels of law enforcement; (2) some actions that I may orginate
as governor; and (3) broader based cooperation among federal, state and
local law enforcement agencies.
"Recently, substantial progress has been made in Califomia at
the local level in solving the varied and increasing problems encountered
by law enforcement. Much of the progress can be directly attributed to
the efforts of the California Council on Criminal Justice and to local
and regional levels of government.
"However, relatively little effort has been directed toward
identifying problems that could most effectively be solved at the state
level by state action.
"There exists a need for an identification of those problems
which should be attacked by the state, an analysis of the existing crime
control measures currently being used, and to establish a feasible course
of action to resolve the problems
facing law enforcement.
"This is a priority project for this administration, and all
state resources will be made available to the select committee."
Edwin Osborne, county counsel of Ventura County, will serve as
chairman of the committee.
Other committee members include: Vernon Grose, vice president
of the Tustin Institute of Technology, Santa Barbara, and a member of
the CCCJ Judicial Process Task Force; Edward Ehlers, deputy director of
the state department of Navigation and Ocean Development; Ray Brown,
deputy chief and 25-year veteran with the Oakland Police Department; and
Colonel Anthony L. Palumbo, inspector general of the California National
Guard and a former program specialist with the federal Law Enforcement
Assistance Administration in Washington, D.C.
Governor Reagan said the select committee's study would be
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONAD REAGAN
RELEASE:
mediate
Sacramento, California 5814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
8-28-72
#504
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today that he has signed the
following bills:
AB 26 - Chappie
Provides for the muffling of marine engines
Chapter 1121
manufactured after January 1, 1974, and provides
a sliding scale of noise levels in decibles. It
also prohibits the sale of any engine by any
person that exceeds such noise levels.
AB 256 - Warren
Extends the jurisdiction of the Industrial Wel-
Chapter 1122
fare Commission in establishing minimum wages to
include men.
AB 1246 - Bee
Provides that the Board of Governors of the
Chapter 1123
Community Colleges shall adopt rules and regu-
lations for the determination of students' finan-
cial need in connection with physically handi-
capped programs, and requires that the community
college districts must certify that they have
expended every reasonable effort to secure federal
or other state funds for this purpose. The bill
also contains the necessary apportionments that
provide for continuing financing of this program.
AB 1756 - Chacon
Prohibits any person from knowingly driving a
Chapter 1124
bus in the City of San Diego which is transporting
specified public or private school pupils to or
from school, unless every such pupil is seated in
a seat.
SB 85 - Holmdahl
Provides that in proceeding to determine parental
Chapter 1117
relationship or to enforce designated support
obligation, the county in which child or defen-
dant resides at the commencement of the action
is a proper county for trial.
SB 158 - Burgener
Deletes the authorization for pupil personnel
Chapter 1120
services workers to perform examinations to
identify educationally handicapped and/or
mentally exceptional pupils. The bill defines
duties and functions of school psychologists.
The bill also exempts the Los Angeles City
Unified School District from the provisions of
this act until July 1, 1975.
SB 184 - Way
Enacts the Family Responsibility Act of 1972
Chapter 1118
makes several changes in procedures and juris-
diction of child support matters.
SB 267 - Gregorio
Provides that the venue rules for small claims
Chapter 1119
court actions are to be the same as the venue
rules for actions in justice and municipal courts.
Governor Reagan has also signed the following bill with specified
deletion:
SB 665 - Song
Requires the Regents of the University of Cali-
Chapter 1116
fornia to establish Departments of Family Prac-
tice, and to expand residences in family
practice. Appropriates $9,360,000 for purposes
of the program.
REASON FOR DELETION:
"I have been concerned for some time about the
growing need for family practitioners in California.
This measure, which is intended to provide for the training and develop-
ment of more family practitioners unfortunately does not contain the
necessary guidelines to assure proper allocation of the $9,360,000 con-
tained in the bill. Without proper assurance that the money proposed
for this program will provide adequate training, I cannot support this
expenditure of state funds. I have, therefore, deleted the $9,360,000
appropriation contained in SB 665. With the above deletion, I approve
Senate Bill No. 665."
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Governor Reagan also announced today that he has vetoed the follow-
ing bills:
AB 31 - Thomas
Requires the Department of Navigation and Ocean
Development to enter into an agreement with the
City of Avalon for construction or modification
of a pleasure pier within Avalon Harbor, subject
to a certification by the director of finance
that the city is capable of repaying the loan.
REASON FOR VETO:
"The agreement required by this bill circumvents
existing statutory provisions relating to econ-
omic and engineering feasibility considerations.
I am unaware of any compelling reason to place
this project above those with established higher
priorities.
"The Department of Navigation and Ocean Develop-
ment already is working closely with the City of
Avalon to realize the full benefits of harbor
improvement projects constructed with $2.5 million
in loans from the State Harbors and Watercraft
Revolving Fund. Additionally, the department
has provided the city with an emergency storm
damage loan to repair recent damage in the harbor.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
AB 90 - Johnson, H.
Directs the Board of Medical Examiners of the
State of California, the State Board of Pharmacy,
the State Department of Public Health, and the
Department of Justice to jointly form a panel to
conduct a study on use of amphetamines in Cali-
fornia and report its findings and recommenda-
tions for controlling amphetamine prescription
practices to legislature on or before July 1,
1973.
REASON FOR VETO:
"Although I concur with the author's intended
objective, I cannot approve this measure because
(1) It would duplicate the efforts being made by
federal studies currently in progress, and (2)
Existing programs already address themselves to
the problem of amphetamine prescription practices.
"Both the State Board of Pharmacy and the Office
of Narcotics and Drug Abuse monitor this area.
The State Board of Pharmacy has recently received
funds from the California Council on Criminal
Justice to develop an electronic data processing
system which will allow monitoring the flow of
such drugs from the manufacturers, via distrib-
utors, wholesalers, and pharmacies to the
consumer.
"In addition to these efforts, recent federal
legislation provides for substantial reduction
in the production of amphetamines by manufactur-
ers beginning this year. Therefore, such a study
would be of more value if deferred until the
impact of the production cut can be assessed.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
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AB 271 - Johnson, H.
Repeals the existing Consumer Credit Reporting
Act and creates a new system for regulation of
credit reporting agencies. Sets forth rights and
responsibilities of consumers and credit reporting
agencies. The bill provides penalties for viola-
tions and gives enforcement responsibility to the
Attorney General.
REASON FOR VETO:
"AB 271 duplicates the Fair Credit Reporting Act
and adds no new protection for California consumers
over that already provided by federal law. I
have no evidence that the federal law is not
being observed by California credit reporting
agencies or that California consumers lack an
adequate remedy when aggrieved. I am advised that
many consumer complaints involving credit report-
ing problems are not within the scope of the
federal law or this proposal.
"Duplication of the federal law may well result in
serious conflicts in interpretation between the
Federal Trade Commission, the agency charged with
administration of the Fair Credit Reporting Act,
and California officials responsible for enforce-
ment of the state law. California citizens would
be confused as to which is the proper agency to
turn to for either interpretation or enforcement.
"I believe that the greatest service to consumers
would be to make them more aware of their rights
already granted under the Fair Credit Reporting
Act. I am requesting the Department of Consumer
Affairs to assist in the promotion of this
information.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
AB 375 - Crown
Provides for the replacement of the 30-member
California Council on Criminal Justice with a
salaried, full-time, five-man board. It also
creates an advisory committee to aid the board in
the performance of its duties.
REASON FOR VETO:
"Under AB 375, the California Council on Criminal
Justice would lose its important quality of local
and regional representation. It would no longer
be possible to benefit from the advice of such a
divergent and experienced body.
"The California Council on Criminal Justice,
operating under the authority of the Law Enforce-
ment Assistance Administration (LEAA), of the
U. S. Department of Justice, must conform to
federal standards which require balanced repre-
sentation of state and local law enforcement
agencies, local government, juvenile delinquency
officials, and community interests.
"The state has been advised by the LEAA that
AB 375 would not be in conformity with these
standards. It is essential to the success of
the California Council on Criminal Justice that
a broad involvement with local and regional law
enforcement be maintained.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
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AB 592 - Monagan
Department of Youth Authority employees between
Appropriates $750,000 for vertime worked by
July 1, 1969, and June 30, 1971. The bill
authorizes filing of claims therefor.
REASON FOR VETO:
"Litigation is currently pending in both federal
and state courts on the issue of payment of over-
time to Youth Authority employees pursuant to
the provision of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
"I believe that Assembly Bill 592 is premature.
If the pending suits can be satisfactorily
resolved, I will ask the author of this bill to
introduce urgency legislation to contain whatever
appropriation may be necessary as a result of a
settlement. This will reduce any further delay
in payment of retroactive overtime claims which
may be due Youth Authority employees.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
AB 599 - Beverly
Provides that specified local safety personnel who
are members of the Public Employees' Retirement
System or County Employees' Retirement System Law
of 1937 who are temporarily, rather than
temporarily or permanently, disabled by illness
or injury arising out of and in course of employ-
ment are entitled to paid leave of absence until
returned to duty or retired on permanent disabil-
ity, whichever occurs first.
REASON FOR VETO:
"Certain local police and fire personnel now are
entitled to a leave of absence with full pay for
up to one year if they are temporarily or perm-
anently disabled in the course of duty. Although
this bill would restrict this benefit to temporary
disability it would also remove the one-year
limitation.
"The Public Employees' Retirement System law
provides that DO one who is eligible for or is
receiving a leave of absence with pay may be re-
tired for disability prior to the expiration of
the leave of absence without the member's consent.
The removal of the one-year limitation could
place the determination as to the duration of the
leave entirely with the employee. I cannot be-
lieve that it was the intent of the legislature
to hand these individuals, however deserving, a
blank check which their employers would be legally
compelled to honor.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
AB 680 - Burton
Provides that any lump sum payment made to a recip-
ient as the result of aid being granted retro-
actively is exempt from consideration as income
or personal property.
REASON FOR VETO:
"This bill would provide that retroactive aid
payments received as lump sum payments are to be
completely disregarded for purposes of determining
welfare eligibility or the amount of the welfare
grant.
"Currently lump sump payments are considered as a
resource to the recipient and are subject to personal property limita-
tions. Under AB 680 these limitations would be circumvented and such
payments would constitute a windfall regardless of the amount or the
circumstances under which the payments are made.
"Provisions of this bill are too broad and create loopholes whereby
recipients could create a permanent windfall for themselves by delaying
the eligibility process or deliberately withholding information to cause
an underpayment.
This violates the spirit in which wel-
fare is provided and would be unfair to the taxpayers who support the
program.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
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AB 684 - Crown
Authorizes the establishment of local criminal
justice planning districts and boards.
REASON FOR VETO:
"AB 684 would create serious problems by its lack
of compliance with federal standards. Under
federal law, the State of California must develop
and follow a comprehensive statewide plan for
the improvement of the criminal justice system.
Establishing local planning districts without
any contact with regional and statewide planning
design would further fragment our concepts of
regional justice planning.
"The bill would also establish each individual
county as the basic planning district. However,
it would freeze the number of planning districts
at 21, the number which is currently utilized by
the California Council on Criminal Justice.
"There is no need to replace or duplicate the
functions currently being served by the 21 re-
gional planning districts. Operating under the
authority of the California Council on Criminal
Justice, there is sufficient internal control to
insure uniform implementation of statewide
policies. This bill would fragment and confuse
existing responsibilities and objectives.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
AB 715 - Meade
Requires employer of an injured worker entitled
to temporary workmen's compensation to obtain
from the Department of Human Resources Development
a notice of computation of the disability insur-
ance weekly benefit amount of that individual,
except for workmen's compensation claims already
at the maximum rate. If the disability rate is
higher, the temporary workmen's compensation rate
must be increased to the higher rate. The work-
men's compensation disability indemnity payment
to the individual shall be the greater of the
rate determined under the disability indemnity
provisions of the workmen's compensation law or
under the rate determined by HRD, but may not
exceed the maximum workmen's compensation rate.
REASON FOR VETO:
"The Workmen's Compensation Program for job-
related injuries is a constitutional responsibil-
ity of California's employers. They pay the en-
tire cost of the program, which was substantially
improved during the 1971 legislative session.
"The Disability Insurance Program for off-the-job
injuries or illnesses is an employee cost. This
program was also improved last year.
"Under current law, an employee injured on the
job has the option of filing a claim for the
difference, if any, between his temporary disabil-
ity rate under Workmen's Compensation and the
payment he would be entitled to from the Disability
Insurance Fund if his injury had been non-job
related.
'AB 715 would shift the cost of the differential payment from the Dis-
ability Insurance Fund directly to the employer. It attempts to make
employers guarantee and underwrite additional benefits, if any, nego-
tiated under and for an employee-paid program. Where the supplement is
now available at the option of the employee, it would become mandatory
for the employer to request a computation from the Department of Human
Resources Development to determine the amount he must pay the injured
workman over and above the payments already coming from the employer
supported Workmen's Compensation Program. The number of such computa-
tions has been estimated at 150,000 to 175,000 annually.
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AB 715 (continued)
"Aside from the inequity
linking these two
disability programs, vague and inappropriate
language in the bill would result in administra-
tive confusion, both for employers and for state
government. There is also a question as to its
constitutionality.
"AB 715 would unfairly and perhaps unconstitu-
tionally penalize California's employers, and
could adversely affect California's ability to
attract major firms to locate in this state.
California's employees would gain nothing from this
proposal and might in fact suffer from administra-
tive delays in temporary disability.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
AB 885 - Townsend
Provides an additional disability retirement
allowance for a local safety member of 25 per-
cent of final compensation if the PERS Board
determines that his disability is permanent and
prevents him from being employed in any manner
and the member is not working. The bill amends
the County Employees' Retirement Law of 1937
authorizing the retirement board on its own
initiative to retire a local safety member who
is a department head and who has sustained an
injury resulting in a 50 percent permanent dis-
ability rating. The bill also sets aside the
maximum entry age for state policemen in the case
of a person who has eight or more years of service
as a local police officer and makes such person
eligible for any entrance examination for the
position of state policeman until age 47.
REASON FOR VETO:
"It would require a retirement board of a retire-
ment system established pursuant to the County
Employees' Retirement Law of 1937 to file a dis-
ability retirement application for a safety member
who is also a department head under specified
circumstances.
"The bill would also add an additional 25 percent
of final compensation to the present allowance of
50 percent of final compensation for local safety
members retired for industrial disability. This
increased benefit (which is in addition to Work-
men's Compensation payments) would be optional to
local agencies under the Public Employees' Retire-
ment Law.
"The author has requested this bill be vetoed. I
would have taken this action without such a
request. I object to each of the changes pro-
posed by Assembly Bill 885.
"Two last-minute amendments were added to the bill
on the Senate floor. These 'special interest'
amendments should have the benefit of further
legislative scrutiny.
"I am also concerned with the provisions relating
to increased disability retirement benefits for
local safety members of the Public Employees'
Retirement System.
"Any improvement in industrial disability allow-
ances should be accomp
by extension of the
earnings provision now applicable to nonindustrial
disability allowances, and should apply uniformly
to all safety members.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEA
Immediate
Sacramento, Calii nia 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
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916-445-4571
8-28-72
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today that he has signed
the following bills:
AB 536 - Barnes
Provides for removal of the upper limit of
Chapter 1125
75 percent of final compensation under the
County Employees' Retirement Law.
AB 1032 - Townsend
Deletes provision in the County Employees Retire-
Chapter 1126
ment System Law of 1937, applicable only to
certain counties, requiring more than 5 years
service of employees who reenter the system
after withdrawal before they may receive speci-
fied benefits. The bill also removes the provi-
sion requiring service to be continuous in order
to retire at 55 after 10 years' service.
AB 1856-Lanterman
Provides that family care, foster or group homes
Chapter 1127
serving six or fewer persons shall be considered
as a residential use of property. Such homes
shall be permitted use in all residential zones,
including residential zones for single-family
dwellings. The bill permits a city or county to
require conditional use permit to maintain such
homes in residential zones.
AB 2082-Brathwaite
Deletes the exclusion of domestic workers from
Chapter 1128
the term "employee" as used in provisions of law
relating to fair employment practices.
AB 2332 - Brown
Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to
Chapter 1129
suspend the driving privilege of a person who
has been convicted for the first time of driving
under the influence of intoxicating liquor or
drugs, if a court orders the Department to
suspend.
Governor Reagan also announced today that he has vetoed the
following bills:
AB 975 - Duffy
Provides that public assistance regulations shall
become operative on the 90th day, rather than
the 30th day, after filing with the Secretary of
State except for emergency regulations or if
otherwise provided by the statute to which the
regulation relates or a later date is specified
in the regulation.
REASON FOR VETO:
"The bill would extend the required time period
between the filing of state welfare regulations
and the date they take effect. The extended
period is excessive and will unnecessarily restrict
the state's ability to adopt emergency regulations
to meet federal deadlines, implement new state
statutes, and effect administrative adjustments
and updating of the welfare system.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
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AB 1036 - Townsend Provides for an increase in survivor continuance
benefits from 60 to 75 percent of the member's
allowance under County Employees' Retirement Law
of 1937 at the option of the board of supervisors.
REASON FOR VETO:
"This increased benefit would increase the dis-
parity between retirement systems operating under
the County Employees' Retirement Law and those
local agencies contracting with the Public Em-
ployees' Retirement System (PERS). The allowance
under the latter system in similar circumstances
is 50 percent of the member's allowance.
"Passage of this legislation would create pressure
to increase the allowance under PERS which would
affect not only local agencies but state govern-
ment as well.
"A comprehensive study of state employee benefits,
including survivor allowances, is currently under-
way. Approval of this bill should be deferred
until the results of the study are evaluated.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
AB 1162-Barnes
Provides that judges who resign prior to age 70,
with at least 10 years of service, may elect to
receive specified retirement allowance and sur-
vivor's benefits upon reaching the permissible
retirement age. The bill also provides for
reduction in benefits during time certain judges
are entitled to salary, retirement benefits, or
other compensation as incumbents of any public
office.
REASON FOR VETO:
"This bill would provide an alternative deferred
retirement benefit for judges leaving the bench
at any time prior to age 70 with at least 10 years'
service. The benefit would be computed on the
basis of 3.75 percent of salary per year of judi-
cial service not to exceed 20 years or 75 percent.
The surviving spouse of the member would receive
50 percent of the unmodified allowance.
"The improved deferred retirement and survivor
benefits proposed by Assembly Bill 1162 are not
consistent with the development of benefits in the
other state retirement systems. The 75 percent
of compensation with 20 years of service along
with a one-half unmodified survivors allowance
provides a retirement benefit which is signi-
ficantly higher than in other retirement systems.
The Judges' Retirement System is an unfunded
system. Without an increase in the judges' re-
tirement contributions, the cost of providing
these improved benefits will be passed directly
to the general taxpayer.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
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AB 1187 - Miller
Limits the commitment or recommitment of mentally
disordered sex offenders who are deemed unable to
benefit from care or treatment in a state hospital
to a period not to exceed the maximum sentence
prescribed by law for the offense of which the
person was convicted, thereafter to be subject
to the provisions of the Lanterman-Petris-Short
Act if still a danger to the health and safety
of others.
REASON FOR VETO:
"This bill would require the release of mentally
disordered sex offenders from prison confinement
if they would not benefit from care and treat-
ment, when and if their previously suspended
prison sentences would have elapsed.
"Since many mentally disordered sex offender cases
are commenced through misdemeanor convictions,
these men could only be held in a prison setting
for one year. This bill would also provide that
the person so released would be civilly committed
under the provisions of the Lanterman-Petris-
Short Act, should he still constitute a danger
to others.
"By virtue of the fact that a mentally disordered
sex offender has demonstrated his criminal ten-
dencies, a purely civil commitment would be
inappropriate. Persons who cannot benefit from
care or treatment constitute far too great a
threat to community safety to allow their con-
finement in a civil facility.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
AB 1192 - Lewis
Designates the law regarding the dismissal and
evaluation and assessment of performance of public
school certificated employees as the Stull-Rodda
Professional Competence Act. The bill also pro-
vides that the system of evaluation and assess-
ment of public school certificated employees may
be uniform throughout district or individually
developed for territories or schools within dis-
trict. The bill further prohibits evaluation and
assessment guidelines from including publishers'
norms established by standardized tests as
criteria for the evaluation and assessment.
REASON FOR VETO:
"I cannot approve this measure because of the
provision that would prohibit evaluation and
assessment guidelines from including publishers' norms established
by standardized tests as criteria for the evaluation and assessment
of certificated personnel.
"Existing statutes contain no requirement that standardized tests,
or their publishers' norms, be used as criteria for the assessment
of teachers. It should be assumed, that such criteria would be used
only if they are deemed appropriate and useful in the evaluation
process.
"Publishers" norms for standardized tests are one of the most accept-
able means available to relate the academic progress of groups of
pupils to nationwide averages or standards of scholastic achievement.
It would be inappropriate at this time for the State to limit the
evaluation options available to school districts. If the evaluation
and assessment guidelines are to be modified, the changes should be
based upon real experiences, and not upon anticipatory fears.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
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AB 1393 - Murphy
Provides for a reduction of the work week for
fire suppression classes in the Division of
Forestry from 84 to 80 hours.
REASON FOR VETO:
"The basic mission of the Division of Forestry is
wildland fire control. This mission is seasonal
in nature, approximately 80 percent of the
division's fire suppression personnel presently
work an 84 hour week during fire season and a 40
hour week during the non-fire season. The fire
season lasts an average six to seven months a
year. These employees work a yearly average duty
week of approximately 62 hours. The 62 hour duty
week compares favorably with prevailing practices
in other fire departments.
"The cost of implementing this legislation would
be $1,800,000. Since this bill carries no
appropriation, it would be necessary for the
Division of Forestry to redirect funds from their
other programs to meet these costs. This would
significantly reduce the forest fire control
effectiveness of the Division of Forestry.
"There is a further cost to local county govern-
ment of $450,000 for fire protection services
provided by the Division of Forestry under con-
tracts currently in force.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned.
AB 1414 - Ralph
Prohibits retroactive denial of payment under
Medi-Cal on the basis of delayed receipt of an
institutional provider's reauthorization for days
of patient care actually provided, except that
such requests for nursing homes are required to
be received within five days of the date of the
patient's admission or expiration of a previous
authorization.
REASON FOR VETO:
"The measure would effectively eliminate necessary
utilization control in that the Medi-Cal Consultant
would not be permitted to deny payment for the first
five. days of care in nursing homes.
"Regulations require an additional 15 days notice
before payments to a nursing home can be discontinued
Once an appeal has been filed, payments for nursing
home services cannot be discontinued until a hearing
has been held and a decision adopted by the Director.
"Thus the state would be required to pay for an
extended period of care that may or may not be medi-
cally indicated. The present law prevents this from
occurring, and proper medical care is not denied
under the program.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned." "
AB 1492 - Thomas
Revises the membership of the Board of Administration
of the Public Employees' Retirement System.
REASON FOR VETO:
I agree there is a need to restructure the PERS
Board of Administration. However, I object to the
removal of the Director of Finance from the Board.
The Director of Finance is the only board member
conversant with the state's fiscal policies. To
eliminate the one member with such broad knowledge
of state finances does not appear to be in the best
interest of the Public Employees' Retirement System.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
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AB 1614 - Belotti
Increases the continuing i propriation for capital
outlay for fairs from $2,200,000 to $4,000,000.
REASON FOR VETO:
"I have asked the Director of Agriculture to work
with the fair industry to implement the recommenda-
tions of the Little Hoover Commission to develop
criteria for determining the fairs' need for finan-
cial assistance from the state.
"The director has appointed a committee composed of
fair directors and fair managers to assist in develop
ing these criteria and to consider the other recom-
mendations of the commission.
"It would not be appropriate to increase the amount
of capital outlay funds to the fairs before the work
of this committee is completed.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
AB 1764 - Ryan
Authorizes certificated employees who are pupil
service employees to elect to either be represented
by a certificated employee council or establish a
pupil services committee which would have all the
rights, powers, privileges and duties of a certifica-
ted employee council under the Winton Act.
REASON FOR VETO:
"I can see no need at this time to establish another
council for pupil service employees. It would mean
much more negotiating time for administrators and
employees alike.
"Certificated employees who are pupil service employ-
ees are members of and are represented in the
certificated employee council. The duplication that
would result by the creation of another committee
would contribute to the fractionalization of
certificated employees.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
AB 2102 - Meade
Requires that an official reporter of a municipal
court must take down in shorthand the proceedings in
a criminal action or proceeding, other than the
arraignment, entry of plea, or sentencing, which
are discretionary with the court, rather than making
the taking down of all the proceeding discretionary with the court.
REASON FOR VETO:
"AB 2102 would substantially increase the cost of
providing municipal court services without any clear
showing of need for a reporter's record in such
proceedings. The County Supervisors Association has
advised me that the added county costs could be
as high as $2 million annually if this bill were
approved.
"The Judicial Council of Californ ia objects to the
bill because of its excessive cost and the limitation
it imposes on the form in which municipal court pro-
ceedings can be reported. I share the concerns
expressed by the County Supervisors Association
and the Judicial Council.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
AB 2285 - Chacon
Requires governing boards of school districts to
employ bilingual persons to work in the administra-
tive office of each school when at least 30% of the
pupils enrolled in the school speak a single primary
language other than English.
REASON FOR VETO:
"In addition to other mandates on local districts,
this bill prescribes duties and recruitment procedure
of such employees.
"Good management in a local district will, of course,
make provisions for language problems. Such problems
and their solutions are the responsibilities of local
school districts. Approaches to solutions will vary
from district to district, and should not depend on a
restrivtive mandate from the state. What might be
good for one school district could be wholly inade-
quate for another and therefore
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AB 2378 - Cory
Spe fies exception to the Edu :ion Code provision
which prohibits the formation of a community college
district if the assessed value of taxable property
in the proposed district is less than $150,000
per average dai ly attendance.
REASON FOR VETO:
"This bill would provide an exception to existing
Education Code provisions which prohibit the forma-
tion of a community college district if the assessed
value of property in the proposed district is less
than $150,000 per average daily attendance. It would
allow the formation of a new community college dis-:
trict encompassing the territory of the Garden Grove
Unified School District.
"I am vetoing this bill with some reluctance because
I am aware of the strong support for the measure
from the Garden Grove community. However, the
Chancellor of the California Community Colleges
has advised me that the creation of a new community
college district to serve Garden Grove would not be
in the best interest of either the taxpayer or edu-
cation. It is the Chancellor's position that the
Garden Grove territory should be annexed to a
neighboring district or districts. Approximately
4,000 students from Garden Goove presently are
attending colleges maintained by neighboring district
Annexation would eliminate the need for another costly
campus. It should also provide relief for taxpayers
in Garden Grove.
"I have requested the Chancellor to meet with all
interested parties to discuss this matter with the
goal of arriving at an acceptable solution at the
earliest possible date.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
SB 93 - Stiern
Establishes bilingual-bicultural education programs.
The bill also appropriates $1.8 million for the
purpose of the act.
REASON FOR VETO:
"I believe it is imperative that California's
children obtain proficiency in the use of the
English language---the primary communication tool
of our society. A person's failure to become pro=
ficient in English is a serious handicap to both
educational and financial achievement.
"Before we embark upon the particular kind O program
this legislation would mandate, we must first have
the full benefit of information on the latest and
best methodologies available in this area. Assembly
Bill 116, which I signed into law las year,
appropriated funds for development of test programs
to determine the best methods for providing pupils
whose lack of proficiency in Enal ish is an obstacle
to learning with instruction in the English language
through the use of another language more understand-
able to them. In addition, test programs are pre-
sently under way in San Diego and San Francisco
for Spanish-speaking and Chinese-speaking people,
respectively,
"I believe the adoption of a prescribed program,
such as that which Senate Bill 93 would impose,
would be premature before results of the above
studies are known.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
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SB 154 - Alquist
Provides that Department
Aeronautics may issue
permits and amended permits for airport site
approval, and amended airport permits for expan-
sion of existing airports. The bill exempts from
such regulation the expansion of any airport under
the jurisdiction of the San Francisco Bay Con-
servation and Development Commission.
REASON FOR VETO:
"Senate Bill 154 would have provided the State
Department of Aeronautics with the authority to
issue permits and amend permits for airport site
approval and for expansion of existing airports.
It also would have exempted from such regulation
the expansion of any airport under the jurisdic-
tion of the San Francisco Bay Conservation and
Development Commission.
"Existing law already requires environmental
consideration by the state prior to the issuance
of a permit to build or operate a new airport.
I have no objection to that portion of the bill
which would have extended the state's environmen-
tal supervision over airport expansion. However,
I object to that provision which would exempt
airports within the jurisdiction of the San
Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Com-
mission from such regulations.
"The San Francisco Bay Conservation and Develop-
ment Commission is concerned only with the en-
vironmental aspects of bay filling and has no
jurisdiction over airport expansion that does
not involve bay filling. Approval of this
feature of the bill would allow airports in the
San Francisco Bay Area to expand without giving
consideration to the additional noise or air
pollution which might occur in adjacent
communities.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned." "
SB 265 - Zenovich
Requires, rather than authorizes, school district
to provide specified programs for educationally
handicapped minors who reside within the district.
REASON FOR VETO:
"Existing law already permits school district
boards of education and county superintendents
of schools to operate, with state financial
assistance, classes for educationally handicapped
minors. In addition, the law also provides that
parents and guardians of educationally handicapped
minors may receive tuition payments for educating
such minors in public or private nonsectarian
schools when no special educational facilities
and services are available through a local or
state program.
"In view of the permissive programs already avail-
able to local school districts, I can find no
justification to mandate such a program. The
decision should remain with the local school
authorities who are ultimately responsible to
the voters of the distfict.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
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SB 508 - Dills
Requires the State Lands Commission to make an
inventory to establish location of ungranted
tidelands and to evaluate existing boundary
descriptions.
REASON FOR VETO:
"There is no disagreement that the boundaries
of state-owned lands should be determined and
an inventory compiled. However, the bill would
only add to the present complicated overlapping
of responsibilities affecting management of state-
owned lands.
"I am requesting the secretaries for the Resources
and Agriculture and Services Agencies, in cooper-
ation with the State Lands Commission, to develop
a proposal which will have as its objective the
streamlining of all land management activities
in state government.
"I am confident that resolution of the problems
of boundary determination and land inventory
will be facilitated by coordinating the activity
of all state agencies involved.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
SB 934 - Burgener
Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction
to allocate $0.91 from the State School Fund
for each unit of statewide average daily attend-
ance in the preceding school year for develop-
ment centers for handicapped persons.
REASON FOR VETO:
"The proposed formula for state assistance to
development centers would be unnecessarily re-
strictive and inflexible to the future needs of
the program. Funding for this program should
not be limited by statutory formula, but should
receive annual review by the legislature as part
of the regular budgetary process to provide for
these important development centers.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
SB 944 - Moscone
Enacts Bilingual-Bicultural Education Act of
1972 to promote bilingual-bicultural programs in
public schools. The bill also appropriates
$5,000,000 to Department of Education for pur-
poses of act.
REASON FOR VETO:
"I believe it is imperative that California's
children obtain proficiency in the use of the
English language--the primary communication tool
of our society. A person's failure to become
proficient in English is a serious handicap to
both educational and financial achievement.
"Before we embark upon the particular kind of
program this legislation would mandate, we must
first have the full benefit of information on
the latest and best methodologies available in
this area. Assembly Bill 116, which I signed
into law last year, appropriated funds for devel-
opment of test programs to determine the best
methods for providing pupils whose lack of pro-
ficiency in English is an obstacle to learning
with instruction in the English language through
the use of another language more understandable
to them. In addition, test programs are presently
under way in San Diego and San Francisco for
Spanish-speaking and Chinese-speaking people,
respectively.
"I believe the adoption of a prescribed program, such as that which
Senate Bill 944 would impose, would be premature before results of the
above studies are known.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
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SB 949 Moscone
Appropriates $600,000 to sist the poorest
school districts in securing federal or state funds
to carry out the purposes of the Duffy-Moscone
Family Nutrition Education and Services Act of
1970.
REASON FOR VETO:
"I am not approving this bill because substan-
tial and increasing federal funds continue to be
made available for local school food services
programs. This bill would mandate additional
state funds in an area that is primarily a
federal-local relationship. Further, it calls
for advancement of state funds as loans with
inadequate assurance of repayment.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
SB 1278 Short
Increases from $80 to $150 the maximum foster
care payment in which the state will share.
REASON FOR VETO:
"I am unable to approve this measure because of
the substantial cost it would mandate upon the
state. However, I am aware and concerned with
the increases in foster care caseload and costs
and have asked the Secretary of the Health and
Welfare Agency to work with the author of a
similar measure currently pending before the
legislature to develop an interim solution to
this problem.
"In addition, the State Social Welfare Board, at
my request, has been reviewing the entire foster
care area including the rate structure. This
review together with the findings of the study
requested by the legislature, pursuant to ACR 17
of the 1972 regular session, should provide an
accurate assessment of the situation and a ra-
tional basis for determining future state and
county foster care financial responsibilities.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
SB 1454 Moscone
Enacts the "California Housing and Community
Development Agency Act." The bill authorizes
the agency to make non-interest-bearing advances
for development costs to make housing available
at low and moderate rentals. The bill transfers
all powers, duties, responsibilities, and juris-
diction of the Commission of Housing and Community
Development and Department of Housing and Commun-
ity Development to the agency.
REASON FOR VETO:
"I seriously question the appropriateness of
state involvement in a direct grant program for
housing at this time. The 1972-73 budget for
the Department of Housing and Community Develop-
ment contains funds to study the desirability and
cost implications of the state's involvement in
housing finance. Action should be deferred on
proposals of this type pending completion of
that study.
"The issuance of revenue bonds and notes author-
ized by this bill could adversely affect not only
the state's credit rating but could affect the
sale of bonds already authorized for other
purposes.
"Accordingly, I am returning the bill unsigned."
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571 8-29-72
#506
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Assemblyman James A. Hayes of
Long Beach to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.
Hayes, who has represented the 39th Assembly District in the
legislature since 1966, will fill the unexpired term of Supervisor
Burton Chace who died last week in Los Angeles. The term ends
December 4.
The governor said he decided to fill the vacancy by appointment,
rather than leave the post open until after the next election, "in
order to assure that those citizens who live in the 4th supervisorial
district continue to receive the representation they have a right to
expect from the board in the coming months.
"To do otherwise and cause the 1.4 million people in the district
to go unrepresented for more than 12 weeks would be irresponsible."
He noted that the board, when full, is comprised of only five
supervisors and that anything less than the full complement of members
makes the board's tasks more difficult.
In appointing Hayes, 50, to the $35,080-a-year post, Governor
Reagan recalled a conversation he had with Supervisor Chace a few
months ago in which Chace suggested Hayes as the successor he would
most prefer.
In addition to Chace's own recommendation, the governor said he
also took into account Hayes' strong showing in the recent 39th
Assembly District primary election where Hayes won the most votes.
Governor Reagan called Hayes "a fine legislator and dedicated
public servant who has earned the confidence of those citizens he
has represented so well in the legislature during the past 5½1/2 years.
I am confident that he will do an equally good job as a supervisor."
Hayes, a Republican, is a second generation Californian and served
as vice mayor of the City of Long Beach from 1963 to 1966.
He is a graduate of the University of California (Hastings
College of Law) with a degree of Juris Doctor and began his law career
in Long Beach in 1952.
Prior to becoming an attorney, Hayes worked as a newscaster and
news editor for the Columbia Broadcasting System in San Francisco,
handling apecial political assignments.
He is a Navy veteran of World War II.
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Gray
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
8-29-72
C-O-R-R-E-C-T-I-O-N - Press Release #506 dated today:
Seventh graph, second line ---
Hayes' strong showing in the recent 4th Super-
visorial District primary election
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Gray
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR h JALD REAGAN
RELE E: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
8-30-72
#507
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of Dr.
Salvador R. Flores, of Chula Vista, to the Advisory Committee to the
Preschool Educational Programs. He fills a post created by the 1970
legislature and will represent public agencies. The committee assists
the Department of Education in developing a state plan for expansion
of children's center, day care and pre-school services.
Dr. Flores, 43, is General Supervisor of the Chula Vista School
District. He earned both his Bachelor and Master of Arts degrees at
San Diego State. The University of Oregon awarded him his Ph.D. in
Education in 1966.
He is married and the father of two children. The family lives
at 909 Melrose Avenue, Chula Vista. He is a Democrat.
Committee members serve at the pleasure of the Governor and
receive necessary expenses.
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Garcia
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR
JALD REAGAN
RELE E: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
8-30-72
#508
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Stephen P. Cushman of San Diego, to the Health Planning Council. He
fills an additional post created by the 1971 legislature and will serve
a four year term.
Cushman, a fourth generation Californian, was born and raised in
San Diego, and will be one of six members of the council representing
the general consumer public.
He is a graduate of California Western University and is now
president of Cush Tours Agency. He is also a director of a number of
companies and active in civic and fraternal organizations.
Cushman, 31, is married to the former Marjorie Miller and they
are the parents of two daughters. The family lives at 531 Silvergate
Avenue, San Diego. He is a Republican.
Council members receive actual and necessary expenses.
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Garcia
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RON D REAGAN
RELEAS!
Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
8-30-72
#509
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointment of
John I. Kelly, of Bakersfield, to the Board of Certified Shorthand
Reporters, in the Department of Consumer Affairs. The appointment
requires Senate confirmation.
Kelly, who has served on the Board since 1970, is a partner in
the law firm of Bultman, Bianchi & Kelly. He is a 1955 graduate of the
U.S. Naval Academy, and after four years active duty with the Marine
Corps, he entered Stanford University and earned his law degree in 1962.
Kelly, 40, a Republican, is married and the father of three
children. The family resides at 300 Jamaica Way, Bakersfield.
Board members serve four-year terms and receive $25 per diem
while on duty.
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Garcia
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR NALD REAGAN
RELE. E: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
8-30-72
#510
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Harold D. Prior of Eureka, to the Board of Directors of the 9th District
Agricultural Association (Redwood Acres Fair). He will fill the
unexpired term of Michael W. Johnston, of Eureka, who resigned. The
term expires January 15, 1973.
Prior, 68, is a life-long resident of Eureka and is active in
banking and agricultural businesses. He is also a member of the Board
of Directors of the California Cattlemen's Association. He lives at
2514 G Street, Eureka.
Board members serve four year terms and receive necessary
expenses.
Prior is a Republican.
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Garcia
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR I ALD REAGAN
RELE. A: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
8-30-72
#511
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappo: ntment of
Zamora rancher Frank Sieferman to the State Resources Conservation
Commission. He has served on the commission since 1968 and will
serve another four year term from the date of confirmation by the
Senate.
Sieferman, a 46-year-old Republican, has also served as a
member of the Northern Yolo Soil Conservation District and :s a
Director of the Yolo County Farm Bureau.
His address is Road 12, P.O. Box 135, Zamora.
Commission members receive necessary expenses.
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Garcia
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RON D REAGAN
RELEASE
Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
8-30-72
#512
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Vane E. Suter, of South Pasadena, to the Board of Registration for
Professional Engineers, in the Department of Consumer Affairs. He
replaces Harold E. Nissen, of Long Beach, who has resigned.
Suter, who is Southern District Operations Manager for Union
Oil Company, will be the petroleum engineer representative on the board.
He was graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Southern Califor-
nia in 1951 with a degree in petroleum engineering.
He is a member of numerous professional, civic, and fraternal
organizations. He is also active in the U.S. Naval Reserve, holding
the rank of Captain, and has been commanding officer of three Naval
Reserve Units.
Suter, 43, a Republican, will serve a four year term. Board
members receive $25 per diem.
A native of Peoria, Illinois, he is married and has three
children. The family lives at 457 Camino Verde, South Pasadena.
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