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    "ocrText": "Ronald Reagan Presidential Library\nDigital Library Collections\nThis is a PDF of a folder from our textual collections.\nCollection: Reagan, Ronald: Gubernatorial Papers,\n1966-74: Press Unit\nFolder Title: Press Releases -\n12/01/1972-12/20/1972\nBox: P14\nTo see more digitized collections visit:\nhttps://reaganlibrary.gov/archives/digital-library\nTo see all Ronald Reagan Presidential Library inventories visit:\nhttps://reaganlibrary.gov/document-collection\nContact a reference archivist at: [email protected]\nCitation Guidelines: https://reaganlibrary.gov/citing\nNational Archives Catalogue: https://catalog.archives.gov/\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-1-72\n#626\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of\nCompton Municipal Court Judge Ralph A. Biggerstaff to the Los Angeles\nCounty Superior Court.\nBiggerstaff, 50, succeeds Judge Harold F. Collins who has retired.\nA Republican, Judge Biggerstaff was appointed to the Compton\nMunicipal Court by Governor Reagan in 1967.\nJudge Biggerstaff is a graduate of Compton College and received\nhis law degree in 1951 from Southwestern University.\nA past president of the Compton Judicial District Bar Association,\nJudge Biggerstaff will receive an annual salary of $36,393. He and his\nwife have two minor children.\n######\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nSacramento, California 95814\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-1-72\n#627\nGOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE\nDecember 4, 1972\nthrough\nDecember 10, 1972\nMonday, December 4\nthru'\nRepublican Governors' Conference,\nWednesday, December 6.\nPhoenix, Arizona\nThursday, December 7\nDepart Phoenix for New York City\n(Overnight - New York)\nFriday, December 8\nEvening\nNational Association of Manufacturers Annual\nBanquet - Waldorf Astoria. Speech.\n(Overnight - New York)\nSaturday, December 9\nNo public appointments scheduled\n(Overnight - New York)\nSunday, December 10\nDepart for Los Angeles\n(Overnight - Los Angeles)\n#######\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RON LD REAGAN\nRELEASE:\nmediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-1-72\n#628\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of\nGerard E. Zimmerman of Modesto to the California Recreational Trails\nCommittee.\nZimmerman, 44, fills the vacancy created by the resignation of\nOscar Holdenried of Lakeport. A Republican, Zimmerman is an avid\noutdoorsman.\nCommittee members receive necessary expenses when on official\nbusiness.\n#####\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-1-72\n#629\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced he has called a special\nelection to fill the 22nd Senatorial District seat held by the late\nState Senator Tom Carrell (D-Los Angeles).\nGovernor Reagan said the primary election would be held January\n30 and the general election, if needed, would be February 27. If one\ncandidate receives more than 50 percent of the votes cast in the\nprimary he would win the senate seat.\nSenator Carrell died October 15, 1972 while vacationing in Hawaii.\n####\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-1-72\n#630\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement at a\npress conference in Los Angeles, following passage by the legislature\nof SB 90:\n\"Well, of course, I am delighted that at long last the legislature\nhas approved property tax reform and school financing legislation.\n\"This bill is a first step and will go a long way in providing\nrelief that the taxpayers need and deserve.\n\"The bill guarantees lasting property tax relief for homeowners\nwho, without question, have been carrying an unfair burden for too long.\nIt provides relief for renters who have had to shoulder part of the\nunreasonable property tax load. And, it gives increased state aid to\nthose school districts plagued by financial crisis.\n\"In addition, and extremely important, it protects the taxpayers\nfrom future increases without their consent.\n\"I believe those members of the legislature who worked long and\nhard in behalf of this bill have performed a great service to the\npeople they represent. I also would like to thank all the citizen\ngroups who have worked so hard on this landmark legislation. Their\nhelp and expertise has been invaluable.\"\n######\nGray\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-1-72\n#631\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced that Dr. Richard G. Burau\nof the University of California at Davis will take over as chairman of\nthe Monterey Basin Pilot Monitoring Project.\nThe project was established in early 1971 to study the problem of\nmonitoring environmentally harmful material in the Monterey Basin, and\nto develop techniques for studying the source, movement, and fate of\nthese materials in the environment.\nBurau, who has been acting head of the project since last September\nwhen Dr. Raymond A. Fleck left to accept a University position in\nMichigan, is an associate professor in the University's Soils and Plant\nNutrition Department. He is a recognized authority on such matters as\nthe accumulation of nitrates in water, geochemistry in relation to\nhealth and disease, and soil aspects of lead and other heavy metal\npollutants.\nThe project is being conducted by three state agencies responsible\nfor environmental protection and public safety in California, the\nResources Agency, Agriculture and Services Agency, and Health and\nWelfare Agency.\nThe Monterey Basin, along with its offshore waters, was chosen for\nthe initial study because it is a compact, easily-defined geographical\narea where researchers can identify and measure the three principal\nsources of pollution: agricultural, industrial and municipal.\nThe project is in its final stages, and a report of its findings\nis expected to be published in 1973.\n#####\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-5-72\n#632\nFor the first time since 1970, the number of state welfare\nrecipients has dipped below two million, Acting Governor Ed Reinecke\nannounced today.\nFigures released by the State Department of Social Welfare for\nOctober shows 1,992,275 Californians received cash grants from the state\ncompared to 2,010,813 in September.\nOverall, California's total welfare caseload, including county\ngeneral assistance, dropped 19,590 for the month. The total decrease has\nbeen more than a quarter million people since Governor Reagan's welfare\nreforms began in January, 1971. The October drop represents the\nsixteenth decrease in the last 19 months.\n\"The continued decrease in the welfare caseload is convincing proof\nthat Governor Reagan's welfare reform program is an outstanding success.\nIt is a fact that his program could serve as a model for national welfare\nreform, Reinecke said.\nState Welfare Director Robert B. Carleson said the reform program's\nearnings clearance system, designed to detect welfare fraud, is having\na deterrent effect on welfare cheaters \"and is making it more difficult\nfor ineligible persons to get on welfare.\"\nCarleson said proposed federal regulations would penalize California\nfor its \"obvious success in welfare reform.\" His reference was to an\nannouncement by John D. Twiname, administrator of HEW's Social and\nRehabilitation Service, that the federal government will withhold $689\nmillion in federal welfare payments to states next year unless they weed\nout ineligible and overpaid recipients.\n\"What Mr. Twiname is saying is that when a state moves ahead to\neliminate fraud and overpayments, as California is doing, they will be\npenalized,' Carleson said. \"We agree with the concept of withholding\nfederal matching funds for inefficiency. However, those states which\nhave initiated programs to uncover fraud and overpayments and remove\nineligible recipients from their welfare rolls should not be penalized.\n\"I am sure this was not HEW's intent. And I am confident that we\ncan work with federal authorities to develop a workable plan that will\nencourage the states to tighten their welfare programs, \" Carleson\nconcluded.\n- 1 -\n#632\nThe September-October decrease in the California's welfare\ncaseload consisted of a drop of 18,538 in cash grant recipients (AFDC,\naged, blind and disabled) and 1,052 on general relief, funded and\nadministered by the counties.\nThe largest decrease was 8,399 in AFDC.\nThe number on aid to families with unemployed fathers was down by\n3,148, and the number of foster children in boarding homes and\ninstitutions increased by 823.\nIn the adult categories, there were 5,086 fewer recipients on Old\nAge Security and 1,864 fewer on Aid to the Disabled. The number of\nrecipients of Aid to the Blind showed a slight decrease of 144.\n######\nWalthall\n- 2 -\nState of California\nDepartment of Social Welfare\nHealth and Welfare Agency\nDecember 5, 1972\nPUBLIC ASSISTANCE CASELOADS AND EXPENDITURES\nOctober 1972\nRecipients\nI Payments\nProgram\nOctober\nSeptember\nOctober\nOctober\nSeptember\nOctober\n19720/\n1972\n1971\n1972₽/\n1972\n1971\nGrand total\n2,043,697\n2,063,287\n2,129,660\n$163,124,293\n$161,923,023\n$160,451,858\nCash grant recipients\n1,992,275\n2,010,813\n2,072,935\n159,296,553\n158,415,615\n156,508,865\nGeneral home relief\n51,422\n52,474\n56,725\n3,827,740\n3,507,408\n3,942,993\nCASH GRANT PROGRAMS\nAverage monthly paymentsᵃ/\nAGED PERSONS (OAS)\n299,511\n305,317\n316,119\n$107.32\n$109.66\n$105.94\nBLIND PERSONS (AB/APSB)\n13,925\n14,069\n13,937\n157.33\n155.12\n150.72\nDISABLED PERSONS (ATD)\n199,755\n201,619\n190,148\n138.97\n132.45\n128.95\nFAMILIES WITH\nDEPENDENT CHILDREN\nFamily groups (AFDC-FG)\nchildren\n892,967\n898,764\n918,939\n88.21\n87.26\n84.56\ncases\n390,804\n393,159\n390,983\n201.56\n199.48\n198.75\ntotal persons\n1,264,761\n1,273,160\n1,282,696\n62.28\n61.60\n60.58\nUnemployed cases (AFDC-U):\nchildren\n110,219\n111,651\n143,221\n95.82\n94.71\n86.70\ncases\n40,769\n41,459\n51,576\n259.04\n255.05\n240.76\ntotal persons\n182,027\n185,175\n237,511\n58.02\n57.10\n52.28\nBoarding Homes and\nInstitutions (AFDC-BHI):\nchildren\n32,296\n31,473\n32,524\n193.72\n189.76\n167.65\nGENERAL HOME RELIEF\nTotal persons\n51,422\n52,474\n56,725\n74.44\n66.84\n69.51\nFamily cases\n2,467\n2,388\n2,032\n71.09\n76.07\n86.22\nPersons in family cases\n7,048\n7,036\n5,931\n24.88\n25.82\n29,54\nOne-person cases\n44,374\n45,438\n50,794\n82.31\n73.19\n74.18\nUnemployed in labor force (%)\n4.9\n5.0\n5.7\nXXX\nXXX\nXXX\n(Seasonally adjusted)\n(5.9)\n(5.9)\n(6.9)\nXXX\nXXX\nXXX\nCivilian population (excluding\nmilitary)\n20,291,000\n20,269,800\n20,046,000\nXXX\nXXX\nXXX\na/ Cash grant averages for adult aids computed from \"net\" person counts.\nb/ Excludes U casès,\nPreliminary.\nGRANT PARTICIPATION\nSHARING\nPROGRAM\nMAXIMUM GRANTS\nFEDERAL\nSTATE\nCOUNTY\nADULTS\nOAS\n$218,00\n50%\n50%\n-\nAB\n227.00\n50%\n50%\n---\nAPSB\n227.00\n100%\n-\n-\nATD\nBased on Statewide\nAverage of $145.00 per\nmonth for Fiscal Year\n50%\n25%\n25%\nCHILDREN\nNUMBER OF\nELIGIBLE\nMAXIMUM\nAFDC\nNEEDY PERSONS\nSTATE\n50%\n33.75%\n16.25%\nIN THE SAME\nPARTICIPATION\nHOME\nBASE\n1\n$115\n2\n190\n3\n235\n4\n280\n5\n320\n6\n360\n7\n395\n8\n430\n9\n465\n10 or more\n500\nAFDC-BHI\nFEDERAL BASIS\nFEDERAL SHARE\nSTATE BASIS\nSTATE SHARE\nCOUNTY SHARE\nFEDERAL\nThe average\n50% of the\n50% of the average\n67½% of the\nAmount paid\nCHILDREN\namount paid\nfederal basis\npayment up to $100\nstate basis\nless federal\nper child per month\nand state shares.\nNON-FEDERAL\nThe average payment\n67% of the\nAmount paid\nCHILDREN\nup to $80 per child\nstate basis\nless state share\nper month.\nADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE\nFor costs of providing required and recommended services, 75% Federal - 25% County. Other costs, 50% Federal - 25% State - 25% County\nSTATE SUBVENTION\n$65 State for each new or reissued license up to cost of administration for each fiscal year.\nADOPTION'S ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE\nRelinquishment Only\nFederal 75% - State 25%\nCHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES\nFederal 75% - County 25% (Title IV B funds limited to Federal appropriation.)\nLIEUTENANT GOVERNOR ED REINECKE\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\nSacramento, California 95814\nContact: Jerry Vorpahl\n(916) 445-0680\nNO. 66\n12/5/72\nActing Governor Ed Reinecke made the following statement today\nduring signing ceremonies for AB 889:\n\"I am pleased to sign this legislation clarifying the intent of\nthe California Environmental Quality Act of 1970 and establishing\ngúidelines for developers and local governments, made necessary as\na result of the State Supreme Court's \"Friends of Mammoth\" decision\nlast September.\n\"I want to commend the Legislature for their quick action in\ndealing with this problem that hit us somewhat unexpectedly. Because\nof their decisive action, we have been able to allay the fears of\nthe state's construction industry as well as business and labor\nleaders throughout the state.\n\"Projects worth millions of dollars being held back now can get\nunderway and hundreds of laborers and other employees can go back\nto work.\n\"With these guidelines, government agencies at the local level\ncan proceed in an orderly process to grant building permits and\nprivate developers will have complete knowledge of the requirements\nfor preparing environmental impact statements,\n\"These guidelines cover most contingencies as we see them now.\nBut should unanticipated problems develop later on, we have been\nassured they will be resolved at the next session of the Legislature.\n\"No doubt there will be a need for further guidelines and\nrefinements down the road, and we will stay on top of this issue to\nprevent any additional problems, but we are satisfied that this bill\nbeing signed today is a good step in the right direction.\"\n#\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR ROMALD REAGAN\nRELEASE. Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-6-72\n#633\nGovernor Ronald Reagan, who is attending the Republican Governors'\nConference in Phoenix, Arizona, today released the following statement\non learning of the death of Assemblyman Carley Porter:\n\"Once again I am shocked and saddened over the loss of an\noutstanding man and legislator. Like Frank Belotti who died last\nweek, Carley Porter was one of the most respected members of the\nlegislature. For years he has been the Assembly's expert on water\nmatters, and will be long remembered for his outstanding legislative\nwork in that field.\n\"The Porter-Cologne Water Quality Act of 1969 was pioneering\nlegislation that put California in the forefront of the nation's\neffort to protect its streams and waterways. It is a fitting memorial\nto his memory.\n\"Most of all, Carley Porter was a decent, honest man whose vision\nand high principle made him a giant among legislators. He was our\nfriend. We will miss him very much.\n\"Mrs. Reagan and I extend our deepest sympathies to his family\nand join his colleagues in mourning his death.\"\n# # #\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-8-72\n#634\nActing Governor Ed Reinecke today announced the appointment and\nswearing in of C.T. (Jim) Henry of Colfax to the Placer County Board\nof Supervisors. The Acting Governor administered the oath of office\nlate Thursday afternoon.\nHenry, 46, won a regular four-year term on the board beginning in\nJanuary at the November 7 general election. He will complete the\nunexpired term of William Briner who resigned December 1 to accept an\nappointment as deputy director of the California Department of Parks\nand Recreation.\nThe mayor of Colfax during the current year, Henry was a member\nof the city council for seven years. He was also chairman this year\nof the Sacramento Regional Area Planning Commission and had been a\nmember for the past six years. He resigned those positions upon\nassuming his supervisorial post.\nHenry is a 1948 graduate of Placer College (now Sierra College)\nwith a major in business administration.\nSupervisor Henry and his wife Claudia, who is a teacher at Colfax\nHigh School, have three children. His annual salary is $8,200.\n#######\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-8-72\n#635\nActing Governor Ed Reinecke today announced the following bills\nhave been signed:\nAB 523 - Knox\nRequires all agencies created by a joint powers\nChapter 1160\nagreement or amendment to file with the Secretary\nof State's office within 30 days after the\neffective date of the agreement a notice\ncontaining the name of each public agency which\nis a party to the agreement, the date upon which\nthe agreement became effective, a statement of\nthe purpose of the agreement or the power to be\nexercised, and a description of the amendment or\namendments made to the agreement, if any. Within\n90 days from the effective date of this bill, all\nexisting agencies or entities must file this\nnotice. If any agency fails to file the required\nnotice, all of its powers cease until it files\nthe notice.\nAB 544 - Keysor\nDeletes December 31, 1972, as the termination\nChapter 1161\ndate for the provision permitting industrial loan\ncompanies to charge an alternative interest rate\nnot exceeding 11/2 percent per month on the unpaid\nprincipal balance of a loan. AB 544 is identical\nto AB 583 (chapter 290) except that this bill\ncontains an urgency clause.\nAB 889 - Knox\nRevises existing law with respect to environment\nChapter 1154\nimpact reports. The bill seeks to codify the\nFriends of Mammoth decision and to solve some of\nthe problems created by the decision.\nAB 930 - Warren\nProvides for coordination of civil actions sharing\nChapter 1162\ncommon questions of fact or law pending in\ndifferent courts. The bill provides that practice\nand procedures for coordination of such cases are\nto be established by the Judicial Council.\nAB 1068 - Monagan\nAuthorizes the Director of General Services\n1163\nsubject to approval of State Public Works Board\nto enter into agreements for the state to acquire\nall interest of its concessionaire at Squaw Valley\nin exchange for a portion of specified surplus\nland, the sale of another portion of such land,\nand an option to purchase the remainder.\nAB 1544 - Sieroty\nRevises the requirements for applicants for a\nChapter 1164\nphysician's and surgeon's certificate who\ngraduated from foreign medical schools.\nAB 1594 - Maddy\nPermits the State Controller to sell unclaimed\nChapter 1165\nsecurities not listed on a national stock exchange\nover the counter at prevailing prices or, with\nprior approval of the State Board of Control, by\nAB 1754 - Russill Chacon\nsuch other method as the Controller may determine\nto be advisable.\nProvides that Los Angeles County Board of\nChapter 1166\nSupervisors may transfer without consideration,\nan easement, license or other interest in real\nproperty interests to any water agency for\nspecified purposes.\nAB 1920 - Hayes\nSpecifies that a court's authority to order child\nChapter 1167\nsupport payments to be made to and enforced by\nspecified public officials applies to cases where\nan order requires payment of child support to a\nperson rather than only to a parent.\nAB 1947 - Biddle\nAuthorizes the Department of Corrections to\nChapter 1168\ncontract with public or private agencies for\ncommunity correctional center services.\n- 1 -\n#635\nAB 2029 - McCarthy\nAuthorizes county service areas to provide area\nChapter 1169\nplanning through an area planning commission.\nAB 2230 - Brophy\nExtends the termination date of the statutory\nChapter 1170\nprovisions authorizing the Low-Income Home\nManagement Training Program from June 30, 1972,\nto June 30, 1974.\nAB 2392 - Hayden\nIncludes regional park districts among those\nChapter 1171\nentities to which counties may loan moneys. The\nbill authorizes regional park districts to borrow\nnot to exceed $100,000 to cover operating expenses\nbetween the time of formation of the district and\nthe first receipt of tax revenue. New regional\npark districts were approved by the voters at the\nNovember general election in Marin, Monterey, and\nSanta Clara Counties. Tax revenues will not be\navailable to the new districts until the 1973-74\nfiscal year.\nSB 190 - Mills\nAuthorizes the California Toll Bridge Authority to\nChapter 1156\ninclude in any issue of revenue bonds an amount\nsufficient to finance the establishment of ferry\nsystems across the San Diego and San Francisco Bays\nand provides that revenues from such a system shall\nbe pledged as security for bonds issued to finance\nits establishment. The bill requires the Authority\nto take all steps to finance the establishment of\nsuch systems upon a determination that it is\nfeasible to do SO.\nSB 556 - Behr\nAuthorizes any county conducting a pilot program\nChapter 1157\npursuant to provisions relating to mobile intensive\ncare paramedics to provide courses of instruction\nand training leading to certification as a mobile\nintensive care paramedic. The bill requires where\nsuch training is provided to persons other than\ncounty employees that a fee shall be charged\nsufficient to defray the cost of the training.\nSB 765 - Petris\nEntitles any consular representatives whose\nChapter 1158\ngovernments exempt United States representatives\nfrom national, state and municipal taxes without a\nformal treaty, to a refund of taxes paid under the\nMotor Vehicle License Tax Law.\nSB 1365 - Beilenson\nRequires the Department of Housing and Community\nChapter 1159\nDevelopment to report to the legislature on its\nactions to encourage \"new towns.\nSB 1510 - Cusanovich\nAppropriates $70,845 plus interest from the General\nChapter 1155\nFund to pay the claim of the Argo Construction\nCompany, Inc., against the state.\n######\nWalthall\n- 2 -\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\n916-445-4571 12-8-72\nCORRECTION\nOn Release #635, AB 1754 is authored by Russell instead of Chacon.\n####\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-8-72\n#636\nActing Governor Ed Reinecke today announced the following bills\nhave been signed:\nAB 282 - Bagley Allows counties to develop procedures which spread\nChapter 1177\nthe issuance of public assistance warrants evenly over\neach month. The bill also makes technical amendments to\nlegislation enacted earlier this year relating to child\ncare centers.\nAB 396 - Quimby\nRequires the Department of Public Works to maintain\nChapter 1178\nstate highways superseded by new highways until the\ntime of relinquishment to the local agency.\nAB 748 Conrad\nRequires that any proceeding or order of the\nChapter 1179\nDepartment of Motor Vehicles, relating to the\nsuspension of the driver's license or driving\nprivilege of any person, or the registration card\nor license plates for any vehicle owned by any person\npursuant to specified provisions of the financial\nresponsibility laws which otherwise require such\nsuspension, be stayed by the receipt by the depart-\nment of a request from such a person for a hearing.\nThe bill requires that such provisions remain in\neffect pending a decision by the United States\nSupreme Court regarding the constitutionality of\nthe procedures of the department relating to the\nsuspension of drivers' licenses and driving\nprivileges.\nAB 1570 Waxman\nRevises provisions for modification of voting\nChapter 1180\nmachines and vote tabulating devices subject to\napproval of the Commission on Voting Machines and\nVote Tabulating Devices. The bill also requires the\nCommission to review voting systems periodically to\ndetermine if they are defective, obsolete, or\notherwise unacceptable.\nAB 1876 - Brown\nPermits tuition due from nonresident foreign\nChapter 1181\nstudents at California State University and Colleges\nduring 1972 fall term to be collected in installments\nduring the 1972-1973 college year.\nAB 2063 Chappie\nAuthorizes exemption of portable buildings of a\nChapter 1182\nschool district not used by the physically\nhandicapped from requirements regarding access by\nhandicapped persons upon approval by the Department\nof Rehabilitation.\nAB 2165 - Burton\nRevises the Furniture and Bedding Inspection Act\nChapter 1183\nwith respect to the fire retardant qualities of\nmattresses and upholstered furniture.\nSB 31 - Cusanovich\nRequests the Department of Public Works to award two\nChapter 1172\nmajor construction projects on the Simi Valley-San\nFernando Valley Freeway during the 1972-73 and 1973-\n74 fiscal years. The bill also requests the\nCalifornia Highway Commission to grant high priority\nfor other segments of this freeway.\nSB 571 - Carrell\nDeems the leasing of a condominium for a 99-year\nChapter 1173\nperiod, or for a term which exceeds the life\nexpectancy of a displaced person, as a purchase of\nthe condominium in determining amount of relocation\nassistance payments to be made when the displaced\nperson moves from real property acquired for public\nuse,\n- 1 -\n#636\nSB 724 - Carpenter\nSpecifies that, notwithstanding any other provision\nChapter 1174\nof law, cities in Orange County incorporated after\nJuly 1, 1971, but before December 1, 1972, shall\nnot be subject to specified planning provisions\nuntil two years from the effective date of such\nincorporation.\nSB 1115 - Lagomarsino\nAppropriates $40,000 to the Department of Parks\nChapter 1175\nand Recreation from the Bagley Conservation fund\nfor the development of Rincon Point.\nSB 1482 - Moscone\nProvides that certain charitable organizations are\nChapter 1176\nconsumers of, rather than retailers of, bracelets\ncommemorating American prisoners of war, for\npurposes of sales and use taxes.\n######\nWalthall\n- 2 -\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-8-72\n#637\nActing Governor Ed Reinecke today signed legislation aimed at speeding\nup completion of the Simi Valley-San Fernando Valley Freeway State\nHighway Route 118.\nThe legislation (SB 31, Cusanovich) is designed to help advance\nthe completion date of the freeway by three years (from 1978-79 to\n1975-76)\nSpecifically, the bill requests that the State Department of\nPublic Works award major construction contracts to complete several\nunfinished eastern portions of the freeway during fiscal 1972-73 and\n1973-74. It also requests that the California Highway Commission grant\nhigh priority to construction of other uncompleted sections of the route.\nReinecke noted that the completed freeway \"will serve one of the\nmost mobile and high density population centers in Southern California.\n\"This legislation should go a long way toward helping speed up\nconstruction of the entire Simi Valley-San Fernando Valley Freeway route\nand meet the pressing needs of the commuting public in this growing area,\"\nhe added.\nCompletion of the freeway will help relieve congestion on both\nthe San Diego and Ventura Freeways, and on surface streets in the Simi\nValley and San Fernando Valley which are now serving as commuter routes,\nReinecke added.\n####\nGray\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR ROMALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-8-72\n#638\nActing Governor Ed Reinecke today signed legislation for the\ndevelopment of Rincon Point, a surfing area 2½ miles downcoast of\nCarpinteria on the Santa Barbara-Ventura County line.\nThe bill, SB 1115, by Senator Robert Lagomarsino (R-Ojai),\nappropriates $40,000 to the California Department of Parks and\nRecreation to develop approximately 2½ acres of surplus state land\nowned by the Division of Highways.\n\"It is expected that the money will be used to construct a\nparking lot and restroom facilities near this outstanding surfing\nbeach,' Governor Reinecke said. \"It is a safety measure that has been\nneeded for some time since surfers have been parking their automobiles\non the freeway.\"\nThe money will come from the Bagley Conservation Fund.\n######\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nSacramento, California 95814\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-8-72\n#639\nGOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE\nDecember 11, 1972\nthrough\nDecember 17, 1972\nMonday, December 11\n11:00 a.m.\nAmerican Farm Bureau Federation Convention,\nLos Angeles Convention Center. Speech.\n(Overnight - Sacramento)\nTuesday, December 12\n10:30 a.m.\nPRESS CONFERENCE\n1:45 p.m.\nSwearing in by Governor Reagan of Dr. James M.\nStubblebine as the director of the new State\nDepartment of Health, Governor's Office\n(Stubblebine has been serving as director of\nMental Hygiene).\n(Overnight Sacramento)\nWednesday, December 13\nNoon\nChristmas Carol program, Rotunda, Capitol.\nBrief remarks.\n5:00 p.m.\nLighting of the Christmas Tree, North steps of\nCapitol, Governor and Mrs. Reagan.\n5:20 p.m.\nStaff Christmas party in the Council Room.\nMembers of the Capitol Press Corps are cordially\ninvited to join with us.\n(Overnight - Sacramento)\nThursday, December 14\nNoon\nSacramento Rotary Club meeting, Senator Hotel.\nSpeech.\n(Overnight Sacramento)\n& Friday, December 15\nNo public appointments scheduled.\n(Overnight - - Los Angeles)\nSaturday, December 16\nNo public appointments scheduled\n(Overnight. Los Angeles)\nSunday, December 17\nNo public appointments scheduled\n(Overnight - Los Angeles)\n####\nGray\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-11-72\n#640\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of John\nE. Brittain, Jr., of San Gabriel to the State Board of Dry Cleaners.\nBrittain, whose appointment must be confirmed by the State\nSenate, will fill the unexpired term of the late Gordon N. Johnson of\nOrinda. His term will expire June 1, 1975.\nBrittain, a Republican, operates a laundry and dry cleaning\nbusiness in Pasadena. He resides at 619 East Longden Drive, San Gabriel,\nBrittain was designated the \"Drycleaner of the Year\" in 1955 by\nthe California Drycleaners Association. In 1959-1960 he was the state\nassociation's president. He has also served as a director of the\nCalifornia Laundry and Linen Supply Association.\nMembers receive $25 per diem per day while on official duty.\n####\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-11-72\n#641\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of Mrs.\nRobert Huff of Yorba Linda to the board of directors of the 32nd District\nAgricultural Association, Orange County Fair at Costa Mesa.\nMrs. Huff, a Republican, will fill the unexpired term of Mrs.\nMildred Goldthorp of Santa Ana, who resigned. The term ends January\n15, 1974.\nShe is a graduate of the University of Southern California\nSchool of Journalism and was a reporter for United Press in Paris at\nthe outbreak of World War II before returning to the U.S.\nMrs. Huff and her husband have four acres of oranges and\navocados which are grown organically. They reside at 19002 Buena Vista\nDrive, Yorba Linda. She is a leader in the Orange County 4H program.\nBoard members receive their necessary expenses.\n####\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-11-72\n#642\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of Mrs.\nPeggy T. Krapf of Walnut Creek to the Advisory Board for the Mentally\nRetarded at Napa State Hospital.\nMrs. Krapf will fill the vacancy created by the resignation of\nVirginia Y. Blacklidge, M.D., of Kensington. Her term will expire\nDecember 16, 1974.\nA Republican, Mrs. Krapf has a Masters Degree in psychology from\nSan Francisco State University, She is now employed as a substitute\nteacher in special education for the Mount Diablo, San Ramon Valley,\nMartinez and Moraga school districts. She resides at 211 Shady Glen\nRoad, Walnut Creek.\nAdvisory board members receive their necessary expenses when on\nofficial business.\n####\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RON. D REAGAN\nRELEASE: ediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-11-72\n#643\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announded the appointment of\nJohn B. Griffin, M.D., of Walnut Creek to the Advisory Board for the\nMentally Disordered at Napa State Hospital.\nDr. Griffin, who is with the Diablo Orthopedic Medical Group, Inc.,\nin Walnut Creek, replaces Margaret M. Duling of Pleasant Hill who has\nresigned. His term will expire December 16, 1973.\nA Republican, Dr. Griffin is a 1946 graduate of Notre Dame\nUniversity at South Bend, Indiana, and received his Medical Degree in\n1950 from Northwestern University at Evanston, Ill.\nFor the past six years, Dr. Griffin has been a consultant to the\nstate's Crippled Children's Services program.\nAdvisory board members receive their necessary expenses when on\nofficial business.\nDr. Griffin resides at 306 Dover Drive, Walnut Creek.\n######\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-11-72\n#644\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today reluctantly accepted the\nresignation of Fred Hummel who has served as state architect for the\npast five years.\nHummel, 45, was named to the $29,000 a year post in 1968,\nand under his guidance the Office of Architecture and Construction\nwhich he headed was reorganized. In addition, he helped introduce new\nand contemporary systems of design and construction which have\nresulted in an overall savings to the state of $50 million. During\nthe same period payroll costs were reduced by $4 million per year.\nReorganization in personnel of the Office of Architecture and\nConstruction resulted in a reduction in personnel from nearly 1,000\nwhen he took office to the present staff of 220 employees. Hummel\nhelped place nearly all of those architects leaving state service in\njobs with private firms. The office now functions by the same principles\nthat private architects employ and is supported by fees charged to\nclients.\nHummel, who in 1972, was made a fellow of the American Institute\nof Architects--one of the highest honors which can be bestowed on a\nmember of his profession--is resigning to return to private practice.\nHe will join the Sacramento firm of Dreyfuss and Blackford as a\nprincipal of the organization. Prior to joining state service, he was\na senior partner in the firm of Hummel, Rasmussen and Love in Ventura.\nSome of the major architectural work accomplished by the state\nduring Hummel's tenure includes many new buildings at state-supported\nuniversity campuses, restoration projects in Columbia and Old\nSacramento and the master plan of the California State University at\nHayward.\nGovernor Reagan expressed deep appreciation to Hummel for\nhis \"outstanding service.\" The governor thanked Hummel for remaining\nin the post, at the administration's request, for longer than he had\noriginally planned. \"Now that you have completed the charge of\nreorganizing the Office of Architecture and Construction, I understand\nyour desire to return to private practice,\" the governor told Hummel.\n\"So it is with reluctance, but with my very best wishes for the future,\nthat I am accepting your resignation,\" Governor Reagan added.\nHummel, in his letter of resignation to the governor, said \"the'\napplication of the principles of your administration has allowed me to\nestablish an environment of cooperation between government and private\npractice which insures the creation of significant and economic\nstructures.\n\"I thank you for the opportunity of serving as a member of your\nadministration and wish you continued success and good fortune.\"\nHummel resides in Sacramento with his wife, Sue Anne.\n#\n#\n#\nGray\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\n814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-12-72\n#645\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced that the following bills have\nbeen signed:\nAB 168 - Duffy\nAuthorizes the Department of Public Health to make\nChapter 1202\ngrants, from such funds as are appropriated by the\nLegislature for such purpose, to assist organizations\nin meeting the costs of developing innovative programs\nof education in the health professions.\nAB 171 - Cline\nProvides that when the correction of an assessor's\nChapter 1203\nerror on a current property tax roll results in an\nincrease in tax and the error was caused without\nfault on the part of the assessee, there shall be no\npenalty or interest imposed on the amount of such tax\nincrease for a period of 30 days. The bill provides\nfor a postponement of such penalty or interest for a\nperiod of one year for such a correction on a prior\nyear's roll, if such increase is over $100 or 50\npercent of the tax for the year.\nAB 239 - Powers\nMakes several amendments to the Land Surveyors Act\nChapter 1204\nrelating to administration of examinations, issuance\nof licenses and disciplinary actions against licensees\nAB 253 - Davis\nAuthorizes the board of the Humboldt County Flood\nChapter 1205\nControl District to submit, at a special election in\na zone, subzone, or participating zones, the question\nof whether the board may proceed with any project not\ninvolving the incurring of a bonded indebtedness,\nincluding a project which is a contract with the\nUnited States for a water supply for any purpose.\nThe bill further provides that if such question is\nsubmitted to the voters the board may not proceed\nwith the project unless a majority of the votes cast\nare in favor thereof.\nAB 378 - Lewis\nIncreases the number of superior court judgeships in\nChapter 1206\nSan Bernardino County from 13 to 14.\nAB 496 - Moorhead\nSpecifically provides that a plea of nolo contendere\nChapter 1207\nshall be deemed to be a conviction for purposes of\nprovisions of the Vehicle Code relating to the\ncancellation, suspension, or revocation of the license\nof any person to conduct a driver school or of any\ndriving instructor. The bill also specifically\nprovides that a plea of nolo contendere constitutes\na conviction of any offense prescribed by the Vehicle\nCode, except offenses relating to unlawful parking of\nvehicles, for purposes of provisions of the Vehicle\nCode regarding drivers' licenses.\nAB 585 - Murphy\nIncreases the number of municipal court judges in\nChapter 1208\nSanta Cruz County from two to three.\nAB 594 - Lanterman\nProvides that in Los Angeles County, county offices\nChapter 1209\nrequiring special qualifications may be consolidated\nif the board of supervisors finds that competent\nstaff personnel exists to advise the department head.\nAB 762 - Keysor\nAuthorizes the New Car Dealers Policy and Appeals\nChapter 1210\nBoard or its Secretary to issue subpoenas in the dis-\ncharge of their duties.\nAB 898 - Stacey\nDefines livestock carriers and includes them as such\nChapter 1211\nwithin the provisions of the Highway Carriers Act.\nAB 1076 - Briggs\nRequires the Insurance Commissioner to notify any\nChapter 1212\nother employers of a solicitor of the name and address\nof a new employer of such solicitor.\n-1-\n#645\n..E 1077 - Monagan\nIncreases the number of superior court judges in San\nChapter 1213\nJoaquin County from six to seven. The bill becomes\noperative upon determination by resolution adopted by\nfour-fifths vote of the San Joaquin County Board of\nSupervisors that court quarters are available for the\nadditional judge.\nAB 1093 - MacDonald\nRequires the Department of Fish and Game to file an\nChapter 1214\nannual report with the legislature indicating the\nnumbers, the method of take, the area of depredation,\nthe crops depredated, and the disposition of gray\nsquirrels taken under designated provisions.\nAB 1171 - Hayes\nMakes several technical amendments to the Credit\nChapter 1215\nUnion Law.\nAB 1334 - Deddeh\nAdds routes to, deletes routes from, and revises\nChapter 1216\ndescription of routes in the California freeway and\nexpressway system, the state scenic highway system,\nand the state highway system.\nAB 1387 - Briggs\nReadjusts the priority of claims on liquidation of\nChapter 1217\ninsolvent insurers so that claims for policy holder\nbenefits have the same priority as claims for unearned\npremiums.\nAB 1714 - Maddy\nPermits California State University and Colleges\nChapter 1218\ncampuses on year-round operations to incur obligations\nfor summer quarters subsequent to the enactment of the\nBudget Act and prior to July 1 with such obligations\nto be payable from appropriations contained in the\nBudget Act for such purposes.\nAB 1782 - MacGillivay Requires the state and cities and counties in calls\nChapter 1219\nfor bids for construction of specified trenches and\nexcavations to require inclusion in responding bids\nof a bid item for certain safety measures to be taken\nin connection with such trenching and excavation.\nAS 1874 - Lanterman\nRequires a written plan for after-care services\nChapter 1220\nprior to release of a Short-Doyle patient from a\ncommunity mental health treatment facility as well\nas from a state hospital.\nA3 1948 - Biddle\nExtends the life of a pilot study by the Department\nChapter 1221\nof Corrections of matching job opportunities and\nparolees by computer.\nAB 1973 - Priolo\nCreates the Park and Recreation Revolving Account in\nChapter 1222\nthe General Fund. Requires all federal grants which\nresult from the expenditure of state funds for\nDepartment of Parks and Recreation acquisition and\ndevelopment projects to be deposited in the account.\nAB 1988 - Powers\nIncreases number of judges in the Sacramento Municipal\nChapter 1223\nCourt District from 10 to 13.\nAB 2012 - Arnett\nMakes a series of clarifying amendments to the State\nChapter 1224\nHousing Law.\nAB 2064 - Chappie\nDeclares policy of the state with regard to the\nChapter 1225\nutilization and conservation of mineral resources and\nprovides that it is the responsibility of the State\nGeologist to carry out such policy.\nAB 2065 - Chappie\nEstablishes an arson investigation unit within the\nChapter 1226\nOffice of the State Fire Marshal. The new unit will\ninvestigate every explosion or fire occurring in an\narea which is not within the jurisdiction of an\norganized fire department of fire protection district\nwhere there is suspicion that arson or attempted\narson has been committed. The unit will also assist\nlocal fire officials in the investigation of fires or\nexplosions where arson could be involved.\n-2-\n#645\nAB 2104 - Wilson\nSpecifies the salaries of a traffic referee and\nChapter 1227\ncommissioner of the San Diego Municipal Court District.\nAB 2127 - Lanterman Modifies legislation enacted earlier this year which\nChapter 1228\nprovides for the transfer of benefits for state\nhospital employees transferring to a local mental\nhealth program.\nAB 2337 - Pierson\nIncreases the number of municipal court judges in\nChapter 1229\nthe Inglewood judicial district from two to three.\nAB\n2387\n-\nMacGillivray Appropriates $6,000,000 in augmentation of Item\nChapter 1230\n75, Budget Act of 1972.\nSB 86 - Grunsky\nPermits California State University and College\nChapter 1184\ncampuses on year-round operations to incur obligations\nfor summer quarters subsequent to the enactment of the\nBudget Act and prior to July 1 with such obligations\nto be payable from appropriations contained in the\nBudget Act for such purposes.\nSB 161 - Grunsky\nAppropriates $45,000 to the University of California\nChapter 1185\nfrom the Capital Outlay Fund for Public Higher\nEducation for payment of street improvement assess-\nment on property of the University of California on\nHigh Street in the City of Santa Cruz.\nSB 185 - Stiern\nDefines \"club\" for purposes of club license under\nChapter 1186\nAlcoholic Beverage Control Act to include a labor\ncouncil meeting specified requirements.\nSB 200 - Gregorio\nProvides for the elimination of the College Auxiliary\nChapter 1187\nEnterprise Fund and a transfer of assets to an account\nin the Dormitory Revenue Fund.\nSB 229 - Behr\nRequires the Director of General Services, in\nChapter 1188\nconsultation with specified governmental agencies,\nto prepare a report on possible public uses of State\nlands at San Quentin. The bill requires submission\nof the report to the legislature on or before June\n30, 1974. It also prohibits the sale, lease,\nexchange, or transfer of such property until after\nsubmission of the report and approval of the legislature\nSB 334 - Marler\nReduces from 250 to 75 the minimum number of bona\nChapter 1190\nfide members required of a described peace officers'\nassociation to qualify for the issuance of a club\nlicense under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act.\nSB 417 - Behr\nRequires that for purposes of the Vehicle License\nChapter 1191\nFee Law, the Department of Motor Vehicles report to\nthe county auditor the address at which each trailer\ncoach has situs within the county, rather than\nreporting to the county auditor on the basis of where\nthe trailer is registered. The bill requires that\nfunds from vehicle license fee on trailer coaches be\nallocated to local government on the basis of where\nthe trailer coach has situs, rather than where the\ntrailer is registered.\nSB 680 - Harmer\nRequires quadrennial actuarial valuation of the\nChapter 1192\nLegislators' Retirement System commencing June 30, 1973.\nSB 873 - Holmdahl\nRequires that district attorneys throughout the state\nChapter 1193\nsubmit uniform statistical reports concerning their\nchild support enforcement activities to the Attorney\nGeneral.\nSB 914 - Harmer\nAuthorizes the Secretary for Resources to submit a\nChapter 1194\nplan or proposed legislation for preservation and\nsalvage of state archaeological and paleontological\nand historical resources by December 31, 1973, instead\nof December 31, 1972.\n-3-\n#645\nSB\n1218 - Burgener Corrects a technical defect in legislation enacted\nChapter 1195\nearlier this year relating to special education\nprograms.\nSB 1226 - Deukmejian Makes amendments to legislation enacted earlier this\nChapter 1196\nyear relating to pre-sentence investigation of drunk\ndriving offenses, and reporting of juvenile offenses.\nSB 1235 - Coombs\nRevises amounts of certain approved expenditures for\nChapter 1197\nrecreation land acquisition, and certain approved\njoint cost allocations for recreation and fish and\nwildlife enhancement associated with state water\nprojects, made by the Department of Water Resources.\nSB 1322 - Lagomarsino Authorizes the issuance and replacement of special\nChapter 1198\nlicense plates for motorcycles manufactured in the\nyear 1942 prior thereto upon payment of specified\nfees. The bill requires all revenues above the actual\ncosts of issuing such plates be deposited in the\nCalifornia Environmental Protection Program Fund.\nSB 1352 - Deukmejian Includes a quarry within property which may be\nChapter 1199\nposted against trespassing and loitering, and thereby\nmakes it subject to provisions of the Penal Code\napplicable to posted property.\nSB 1450 - Bradley\nIncludes animal and all types of vehicular riding\nChapter 1200\nwithin term \"riding\" as used in specified statutes\nrelati ng to the liability of owners of real property\nto others using the land and relating to the liability\nof public entities and grantors of easements to\npublic entities to others using delineated unpaved\nroads and trails.\nSB 1499 - Short\nSpecifies that the Division of Labor Law Enforcement\nChapter 1201\nmay maintain an action against employers who violate\nprovisions regarding employment of minors. Authority\nto bring such suits is presently vested in designated\nschool authorities.\n####\n-4-\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR ROM D REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-13-72\n#646\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of his\nHealth and Welfare Agency Secretary Earl W. Brian, M.D., as a member of\nthe Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education. The appointment,\nsubject to Senate confirmation, will be in addition to his present duties.\nDr. Brian replaces Dr. W. Ballentine Henly, of Glendale, who\nresigned. The unexpired term on the commission extends to November 1973.\nThe Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education was\noriginally formed to assist students from other western states to\nutilize California's medical education facilities to the best advantage\nThe commission now encompasses other study areas, such as penology,\nsocial welfare and public health.\nIn addition to his duties as Secretary of the Health and Welfare\nAgency, where he administers approximately $6.4 billion in state, federal,\nand county funds, Dr. Brian is also a member of the U. C. Davis Medical\nSchool Faculty, serving as Associate Clinical Professor of Community\nMedicine. He is also on the staff of the Sacramento Medical Center,\nthe teaching hospital for the University of California Medical School\nat Davis.\nThe 30-year-old Republican, his wife Jane, and their son Earl III,\nin Sacramento. Dr. Brian, a native of Raleigh, North Carolina, is\na son of a physician. He earned his bachelor's degree from Duke Universit\nand later was graduated from its school of medicine.\n######\nGarcia\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: \"mediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-14-72\n#647\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced that the following bills have been\nsigned:\nAB 598 - Dunlap\nRequires the State Department of Public Health to\nChapter 1236\nadopt regulations for the handling, processing, and\ndisposal of hazardous and extremely hazardous wastes.\nAB 724 - Bagley\nMakes a number of technical changes in the state\nChapter 1237\npersonal and corporation income tax laws. The bill\nalso makes a change with respect to open space\nassessments of oil lands for school districts and\nrevises various provisions relating to open space\nreimbursement payments.\nAB 770 - Murphy\nAuthorizes each of the constituent agencies within the\nChapter 1238\nDepartment of Consumer Affairs to seek injunctions\nagainst violations of the statutes administered or\nenforced by it. The bill provides that petitions\nfor such injunctions may be filed by the agencies\nthemselves with the approval of the director of the\ndepartment.\nAB 1007 - Fong\nDeletes the prohibition against pupils over 18 years\nChapter 1239\nof age in grades 9 - 12 enrolling in a driver training\ncourse.\nAB 1189 - Lewis\nRequires the Department of Public Health to maintain\nChapter 1240\na program promoting health care for the aging, with\ncoordination by the Commission on Aging.\nAB 1292 - Badham\nCreates a club alcoholic beverage license for a\nChapter 1241\ndefined non-profit corporation. It would prohibit\nissuance of such license to a club which denies\nmembership or use of its facilities or services on\naccount of race, color, creed, religion, national\norigin, or sex. The bill also specifies with respect\nto distances delimiting area contiguous to Riverside\nCampus of the University of California in which the\nsale of intoxicating liquor is prohibited, by making\nmandatory a method of measurement using the shortest\nvehicular road or roads, rather than the shortest road\nor roads.\nAB 1451 - MacDonald Revises the Government Code sections delineating\nChapter 1242\ngeneral policy and activities related to the promotion\nof world trade.\nAB 1505 - Lanterman Authorizes the Department of General Services, with the\nChapter 1243\napproval of the State Public Works Board, to dispose\nof specified parcels of state-owned property.\nAB 1602 - Duffy\nAmends the Nursing Home Administrator's Licensing Act.\nChapter 1244\nThe bill lowers the minimum age necessary to qualify\nfor a license from 21 to 18. It provides fees for\nreexamination, issuance of a duplicate license, and\nissuance of a permit for administrator-in-training.\nThe bill also authorizes denial, suspension, or\nrevocation of a license on the basis of conviction of\na crime involving, rather than commission of an act\ninvolving, moral turpitude, dishonesty, or corruption.\nB 1618 - Warren\nRequires the State Board of Education to designate\nChapter 1245\none school district to conduct a three-year pilot\nprogram for dropout prevention based upon a furlough\nfor community service or industrial skill and technical\ntraining.\nAB 1638 - B.Greene\nClarifies the power of cities and counties to partici-\nChapter 1246\npate in federal programs in addition to those in the\npresent law.\n-1-\n#647\nAB 1730 - Gonsalves Res ires first aid training given to specified\nChapter 1247\npolicemen, sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, members of the\nCalifornia Highway Patrol specified lifeguards, and\nfiremen in this state, pursuant to specified provisions\nof law, to include training and annual refresher\ncourse in cardipulmonary resuscitation. The bill\nrequires such first aid training to be according to\nstandards prescribed by the State Department of Public\nHealth. It requires the department to designate a\npublic agency or a private non-profit agency to\nprovide for each county such training, and provides\nthat such training shall be furnished at no cost to\nthe trainees.\nAB 1783 - MacGillivray Extends the privilege tax for support of the\nChapter 1248\nMarine Research Committee on handling of designated\nfish from December 31, 1972, to December 31, 1974.\nAB 2018 - Hayden\nAmends the provision of the Employment Agency Act\nChapter 1250\nwhich exempts persons engaging in the business of\nmanagement consulting who are involved solely in\nactivities relating to executive or professional\npositions with a minumum salary of $15,000 per year.\nThe bill changes the description of the positions in\nquestion from \"executive or professional\" to\n\"management\" and increases the minimum salary to\n$20,000.\nAB 2035 - Maddy\nPermits the Director of the Department of Consumer\nChapter 1251\nAffairs to provide a library and other materials\nrelating to consumer problems and to publish a\nbibliograpny of consumer information available in the\ndepartment. The bill also adds two public members to\nthe Consumer Advisory Council.\nAB 2372 - Beverly\nAuthorizes the board of supervisors to designate by\nChapter 1252\nordinance a facility for confinement of prisoners for\npurpose of the Cobey Work Furlough Law, and to desig-\nnate the work furlough administrator as custodian of\nthe facility. The bill also provides that \"education\"\nfor purposes of provision of law relating to work\nfurlough program includes educational training and\ncounseling, and psychological, drug abuse, alcoholic,\nand other rehabilitative counseling.\nSB 99 - Petris\nAmends the Health and Safety Code to require\nChapter 1231\nagricultural pest control applicators to file spray\nreports with the county agricultural commissioner\ncontaining certain specified information. In addition,\nthe bill provides that such reports shall be made\navailable for public inspection.\nSB 340 - Gregorio\nCreates a city selection committee within each county.\nChapter 1232\nThe city selection committee replaces separate\nselection committees for local agency formation\ncommissions, regional planning districts, planning\ndistricts, Metropolitan Transportation Commission,\nBay Area Air Pollution Control District, and the San\nFrancisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District.\nSB 436 - Rodda\nMakes technical amendments to legislation enacted\nChapter 1233\nearlier this year relating to textbook adoption.\nSB 864 - Carpenter\nClarifies the manner in which the exhaust emissions\nChapter 1234\ndata required on new motor vehicles shall be determined.\nThe bill also provides authority for the Air Resources\nBoard to impose costs of assembly-line surveillance of\nauto emissions on the automobile manufacturers.\nSB 1362 - Boilenson Authorizes the California Hospital Commission to\nChapter 1235\nrequest a review of specified data items relating to\nthe planning and evaluation of health services by the\nState Department of Public Health. The bill authorizes\nthe Department to provide alternatives to the\ncommission, in the event that specified data is deemed\ndeficient or irrelevant.\n#\n#\n#\n#\nWalthall\n-2-\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 5814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-14-72\n#648\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of\nMatthias F. McDonald of Sacramento as executive director of the\nIntergovernmental Board on Electronic Data Processing.\nMcDonald, 48, who has been a special assistant to the director of\nthe Department of Finance since 1966, will fill a position that has\nbeen vacant for two years.\nA native of Brooklyn, New York, McDonald is a 1954 graduate of the\nUniversity of Buffalo with a major in business administration. He has\ndone graduate work at Buffalo and San Jose State University in industrial\nand business management.\nMcDonald is a former manager of the Systems and Procedures\nDepartment of the Bell Aircraft Corporation in Buffalo and managed the\nOrganization and Systems Department of General Dynamics/Astronautics in\nSan Diego. In 1963 he joined the Lockheed Missiles and Space Company\nin Sunnyvale where he became manager of the Management Policies\nDepartment.\nIn addition to his responsibilities with the Department of Finance,\nMcDonald is an instructor in executive management and coordinator of the\nManagement Science program for the University of California at Davis\nextension program. He has been a teaching associate of the state's\nManagement Development Training Institute and a volunteer consultant\nfor the Small Business Administration of the federal government.\nMcDonald and his wife June have four children. They make their\nhome at 2773 Curtis Way in Sacramento. A Republican, he will receive\nan annual salary of $28,152.\n######\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nSacramento, California 95814\nMEMO TO E PRESS\nEd Gray, Press Secreta 1\n916-445-4571\n12-14-72\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today will sign AB 69, introduced by\nAssemblyman Wadie P. Deddeh (D-Chula Vista), which establishes the\nstate Department of Transportation.\nThe bill signing ceremony will be at 1:30 this afternoon, Thursday,\nDecember 14, in the governor's office.\nPress coverage is invited. Questions will be limited to bill.\n######\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Californ: 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-14-72\n#649\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today signed legislation establishing the\nnew State Department of Transportation in the Business and Transportation\nAgency.\nIn a prepared statement at today's bill signing ceremony, Governor\nReagan said:\n\"I am delighted to sign this bill into law. It will result in a\nCalifornia Transportation Plan that has been needed for some time. This\nplan will provide balanced transportation systems consistent with our\nstate's social, economic and environmental goals.\n\"The new department will be responsible for developing a statewide\ntransportation system based on regional plans submitted by local councils\nof government or transportation commissions. After public hearings and\nadoption, regional plans will be brought into the statewide plan with\nnecessary adjustments for inter-regional systems.\n\"This will give California a coordinated transportation system\nthat will better serve all the people now and in the future.\n\"I would also like to commend Assemblyman Wadie Deddeh, who\nintroduced the bill and guided it through the legislature, and Secretary\nof the Business and Transportation Agency Frank Walton, who worked so\nhard on this bill. Both of these gentlemen, and many concerned groups\nand individuals around the state, deserve a big 'Thank You' for their\nassistance in developing this legislation.\"\nGovernor Reagan said the new department, which was created to meet\nthe broadening role all forms of transportation are playing in today's\nenvironment, will contain the newly created Divisions of Transportation\nPlanning, Mass Transportation and Aeronautics as well as the present\nDivisions of Highways, Legal and Administrative Services.\nIt absorbs the existing Departments of Public Works, Aeronautics\nand the Office of Transportation Planning and Research.\nThe bill also provides a state account for use in multi-modal\ntransportation planning and research to be appropriated annually by the\nlegislature.\nThe measure empowers the legislature to provide state subventions\nto regional planning bodies of up to 70 percent of their non-federally\nfunded costs for transportation system planning.\n- 1 -\n#649\nUnder provisions of the bill, the State Transportation Board will\nadopt guidelines for the preparation of the California Transportation\nPlan and regional plans.\nThe legislation retains the Toll Bridge Authority, the California\nHighway Commission and the Aeronautics Board with their current\nresponsibilities,\nNeed for the new department was identified by a 24-man task force\nestablished by Governor Reagan in 1968. The governor charged the task\nforce with the responsibility of defining the state's role in\ntransportation planning and recommend an organizational structure\nthat would effectively correlate and plan the transportation needs\nof the state in the future.\n######\nWalthall\n- 2 -\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Californ\n95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-14-72\n#650\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced he has signed legislation\ncreating a training center in the State Department of Corrections.\nThe bill, AB 1798, introduced by Senator Craig Biddle (R-Riverside-\nSan Bernardino Counties) authorizes the state's first corrections\ntraining center.\nThe center will provide orientation and professional training for\nnewly-employed career correctional officers, group supervisors and youth\ncounselors in the Department of Corrections and the California Youth\nAuthority.\n\"I am confident that this new approach to training correctional\npersonnel will have an important and lasting effect on state institutions\ncharged with the responsibility of controlling and rehabilitating\nthousands of inmates,' Governor Reagan said.\nEarl Brian, secretary of the Health and Welfare Agency, which\nincludes the Department of Corrections, commented:\n\"This is a major step forward in providing more capable and qualified\nprofessionals who can deal effectively with the adults and youth who are\ncommitted to correctional institutions.\n\"We presently have scattered training classes within various\ndepartments and contracts with schools for professional education.\nHowever, the center will allow us to ensure that all correctional\npersonnel receive a thorough orientation and follow-on career development\ntraining.\n\"The end result will be better programs within our institutions and\nincreased effectiveness in rehabilitation and public protection,' Brian\nconcluded.\nApproximately $714,000 has been allocated for the correctional center\ntraining program from Department funds and the California Council on\nCriminal Justice,\nLocation for the training center has not been determined.\n######\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR R ALD REAGAN\nSacramento, Californ.. 95814\nMEMO TO VHE PRESS\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-14-72\nThe governor's press release #649 re AB 69 creating the new\nState Department of Transportation, the effective date of the bill\nwas omitted from the release---it is July 1, 1973.\n######\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RC ,LD REAGAN\nSacramento, California 95814\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-15-72\nGovernor Reagan will sign SB 714, legislation sponsored by\nGovernor Reagan to step up the fight against narcotics and drug abuse,\nat a special ceremony in the governor's office this morning at 11:30.\nCoverage is invited.\nPress enquiries will be limited to the bill.\n######\nGray\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RC LD REAGAN\nRELEASE:\nImmediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-15-72\n#651\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today signed legislation launching a broad,\n$14.3 million community-based attack on narcotics and drug abuse in\nCalifornia.\nThe bill, SB 714, introduced by Senator George Deukmejian (R-Los\nAngeles) and entitled the Campbell-Moretti-Deukmejia Drug Abuse Act,\nbecame effective with the governor's signature since it contained an\nurgency clause.\nUnder provisions of the statute many first time drug offenders will\nbe offered treatment and rehabilitation in place of prosecution. The\nact sets up a \"criminal justice diversion system\" which allows a court\nto postpone trial for up to two years while the defendant participates\nin a treatment program in his own community. If the defendant's\nperformance in the program is successful, charges against him may be\ndropped.\nOther provisions of the act are:\n--Designation of the State Office of Narcotics and Drug Abuse as\nthe state agency with the authority and responsibility for developing\nand implementing a comprehensive plan for narcotics and drug abuse\nprevention and treatment programs throughout the state;\n-Placement, in the Department of Mental Hygiene, of responsibility\nfor assisting and evaluating community programs including methadone\ntreatment coordinating drug research projects, developing a central\ninformation resource and data collection system on narcotics and drug\nabuse, and developing a community drug education program;\n--A requirement for counties operating mental health programs under\nthe Short-Doyle Act to develop an annual plan for the prevention and\ntreatment of drug abuse, with the state paying 90 percent of the\ncounties' costs;\n-Establishment of narcotics and drug abuse advisory committees to\nlocal Mental Health Advisory Boards.\nThe new law provides for approval, monitoring and evaluation of all\nmethadone programs in the state.\n- 1 -\n#651\nMethadone, a synthetic narcotic with properties similar to morphine,\ncan be used by addicts as a heroin substitute. Taken daily, it can block\nheroin craving to a degree and help stabilize an addict's behavior.\nMethadone itself is habit-forming and most drug experts believe it\nshould be only used as a last resort in conjunction with other methods\nof rehabilitation such as counselling, psychotherapy, education and\ntraining.\nThe new act requires that methadone programs be strictly controlled\nand have a strong rehabilitative element with the ultimate goal of\neliminating all drug dependency.\nThe Department of Mental Hygiene will establish methadone dosage\nand recordkeeping standards to prevent loose handling of the drug. The\ndepartment will also set up standards and licensing laboratories making\nbody fluid analyses for methadone programs. Routine analyses are used\nto determine whether the person treated is taking methadone as prescribed\nand is using any other drug.\nThe bill also requires that teachers, in teacher preparation, must\ncomplete a unit requirement in health education which includes the\nabuses of drugs, alcohol and tobacco.\nGovernor Reagan announced his drug abuse program, resulting in the\nlegislation he signed today, in April of this year.\n######\nWalthall\n- 2 -\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nfacramento, Californi 95814\n4d Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-15-72\n#652\nGovernor Reagan will sign into law SB 90, the bipartisan tax\nrelief-school finance bill, at 11:30 a.m., Monday, December 18, in\nthe Pacific Palisades Room, Century-Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles.\nJoining the governor for the signing of the landmark legisla-\ntion will be Assembly Speaker Bob Moretti (D-Van Nuys), Senator\nRalph Dills (D-San Pedro), Senator Robert Lagomarsino (R-Ventura),\nAssemblyman William Bagley (R-San Rafael), Assemblyman Joe Gonsalves\n(D-Norwalk) and Wilson Riles, State Superintendent of Public\nInstruction.\nPress coverage is invited.\n# # #\nAs in past Christmas seasons, the Reagans will be available\nfor the traditional family portrait at their home in Southern\nCalifornia Thursday, December 21.\nPhoto journalists wishing to cover should call the governor's\npress office in Sacramento (916-445-4571) for further details.\n# # #\nGray\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE:\nI\nediate\nSacramento, California 5814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-18-72\n#653\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today approved 26 recommendations by his\nBlue-ribbon Earthquake Council designed to reduce earthquake hazards in\nCalifornia through preparedness and research.\nThe report is the result of nearly a year's intensive study by the\nCouncil. Governor Reagan appointed the panel in January of this year\nunder the chairmanship of James G. Stearns, secretary of the Agriculture\nand Services Agency and a member of the governor's cabinet.\nIn the report the governor's office of emergency services has been\ndesignated as the lead agency to implement and coordinate many of the\nrecommendations developed by the council.\n\"The recommendations should be implemented with all possible speed,'\nGovernor Reagan said on accepting the report. \"The situation is analogous\nto preparing for the explosion of one or more gigantic hidden time bombs.\nWe're not sure when or where they will go off but we know that they are\nticking.\"\nThe 26 specific recommendations are generally divided into two types:\nthose dealing with preparedness for earthquakes and response to earthquake\ndisasters; and those pertaining to research and investigation into\nearthquakes and their causes and effects.\nBasic to the recommendations is the need to have both research and\nthe civic response to earthquake destruction coordinated at the local,\nstate and federal levels.\nEqually basic in the report is the need to have advance plans of\noperations in the event of an earthquake. Plans are needed both to\norganize the recovery of the area struck by an earthquake and to organize\nthe research that must be started immediately in order to learn as much as\npossible from each and every earthquake to increase public safety.\nThe report spells out which organization should have prime\nresponsibility before, during and after any earthquake, and in some cases,\nrecommends funding so they can meet their responsibilities.\nSpecial and general research projects are suggested and who should\nundertake them. The council recommends that thought be given to\nestablishing an earthquake warning system; that local governments have\ndisaster and evacuation plans; that emergency medical aid plans be\ncoordinated and tested; that specificstate and local communication\nnetworks be established for emergency purposes.\nProblems of building for maximum seismic safety, of abating unsafe\nstructures, and of earthquake insurance are also dealt with in the report.\nEach recommendation carries with it suggested methods of\nimplementation which, if followed, provide at least a first step in\nsignificantly reducing losses from earthquakes.\n\"The greatest of recommendations is of little value if not carried\nout, \" Stearns said. \"Recent estimates of the effect of future great\nearthquakes in or near urban areas forecast thousands of deaths. Most\ndeaths could be prevented if appropriate measures are taken in time.\"\nThe council includes representatives of local, state and federal\ngovernment agencies, universities, the private sector and the general\npublic.\n#####\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Californi\n95814\nEd Gray, Press Secret\n916-445-4571\n12-18-72\n#654\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement on\nsigning into law landmark property tax relief-school finance\nlegislation (SB-90)\nmoneth\n\"This is indeed a historic occasion and one in which I am\nparticularly pleased to take part.\n\"The measure I am about to sign into law is the culmination of\nliterally countless hours of discussion and debate in Sacramento's\nlegislative halls and represents the first decisive victory in several\ndecades to reform California's antiquated tax structure.\n\"It is a great victory for the legislative process and the millions\nof Californians who have yearned for so long to see the process work in\nthe difficult area of tax reform.\n\"This landmark legislation not only reduces the heavy property tax\nburden on our beleaguered homeowners, but even more important, it\nguarantees that homeowner taxes will be held down in the years to come.\nNo single public issue has been of greater concern to our people than\nthat of achieving real and lasting property tax relief.\n\"In addition, the bill provides relief for renters who have had to\nshoulder a part of the unreasonable property tax load.\n\"And, it will give our schools the additional assistance necessary\nto assure a basic quality education for every public school pupil in the\nstate, no matter where he or she happens to live.\n\"This important signing would not have been possible without the\nefforts of the men here with me. The spirit of compromise and willingness\nto resolve major differences which they brought to our negotiations\nresulted in an even greater determination to see that the legislation was\nenacted into law.\n\"Speaker Moretti, Senator Dills, Senator Lagomarsino, Assemblyman\nGonsalves, Assemblyman Bagley, Superintendent Wilson Riles and mary others\ndeserve the gratitude of everyone for their efforts in making the new law\npossible.\n\"But, in the end, we are here today because of the strong support\nthis legislation received from our citizens the taxpayers who, after\nall, will reap the benefits.\"\n######\nGray\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Californi\n95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-18-72\n#655\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of\nJoseph L. Dionne, Ed.D., of Monterey, : to the Area VII Mental Retardation\nProgram Board. He will fill the unexpired term of Mrs. Mary Ada Morton,\nR. N. of Carmel, who resigned.\nDionne, 39, a Republican, is Vice President of McGraw-Hill Book\nCompany. He earned both his bachelor's and master's degree from Hofstra\nUniversity, Hompstead, New York, and his doctoral degrees from Columbia\nUniversity, New York City.\nThe unexpired term Dionne will fill extends to June 1973. Normal\nboard appointments are for three years. Board members receive necessary\nand actual expenses.\n####\nGarcia\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RON REAGAN\nRELEASE:\n.mmediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-18-72\n#656\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointment of\nEmery R. Walker, Jr., of Claremont, and C. Thomas Dean, Ph.D., to the\nState Scholarship and Loan Commission. The appointments require Senate\nconfirmation.\nWalker, Dean of Admissions at Claremont Men's College since 1957,\nholds A.B. and M.A. degrees in English and American Literature from Brown\nUniversity, Providence, Rhode Island. The 55-year-old Republican is\npast president of the Association of College Admissions Counselors,\nformer member of the selection committee of the National Merit Scholarship\nCorporation, chairman of the Avon Products Scholarship Committee and a\nmember of the Disney Scholarship Committee. He is also a trustee of\nGirls' Collegiate School, a private secondary school in Claremont.\nDr. Dean, 54, a Republican, is Dean of the School of Applied Arts\nand Sciences at California State University, Long Beach. He earned his\nmaster's and doctoral degrees from Iowa State University in the fields\nof industrial and vocational education. He has served as research directo\nof National Aeronautics and Space Administration grants to develop\nCurriculum Materials (1963-64), Model Spacecraft Construction (1964-65)\nand Development of Education Materials for Spacecraft Construction\n(1965-66).\nBoth Walker and Dean have served on the commission since March\n1969. Commission appointments are non-salaried. Members serve four\nyear terms.\n# # # #\nGarcia\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE:\nmediate\nSacramento, Californi 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-18-72\n#657\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointment of\nG. Raymond Arnett, of Carmichael, Harold F. Cary, of San Diego, and\nAssemblyman Vincent A. Thomas, of San Pedro, as Commissioners on the\nPacific Marine Fisheries Commission. The appointments, which require\nSenate confirmation, will expire September 1975.\nArnett, Director of the State Department of Fish and Game, has\nserved on the hoard since 1969. He is a 48-year-old Republican.\nCary, 59, a former Vice President of Westgate California Foods,\nInc,, has served on the commission since 1968. He previously was\ndirector of the National Canners Association and a past member of the\nboard of directors of the National Fisheries Institute. He is a\nRepublican.\nAssemblyman Thomas, whose district includes the home port of one\nof the largest commercial fishing fleets on the West Coast, has served\non the Commission since 1968. The 64-year-old Democrat has represented\nthe 68th District since 1940.\nCommission members serve four year terms and receive necessary\nexpenses.\n#####\nGarcia\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Californi.\n95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-19-72\n#658\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of Municipal\nCourt Judge Harry F. Brauer, of Watsonville, to the Superior Court\nbench in Santa Cruz. He replaces Judge Nick Drobac, who resigned.\nJudge Brauer, 46, a Democrat, earned his bachelor's degree from\nthe University of Chicago, and his law degree from Yale University.\nHe served on active duty with the U. S. Army during the Korean War.\nHe is a Director of the Watsonville Community Hospital and also\na member of the Elks Lodge.\nAs a Superior Court Judge, he will receive an annual salary of\n$36,392.\n####\nGarcia\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE:\nmediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-19-72\n#659\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:\nin California\n\"December 20 has been designated throughout the nation as POW/MIA\nFreedom and Prayer Day.\n\"It is both appropriate and necessary that Californians and\nAmericans everywhere pay tribute to and promote public recognition of\nthe sacrifices being made by our prisoners of war and those missing in\naction in Southeast Asia. The observance of POW/MIA Freedom and Prayer\nDay will serve as a reminder to us all of the price that sometimes must\nbe paid to protect and preserve our freedom and the security of the\nfree world.\n\"On December 20, the Los Angeles Area POW/MIA Council is sponsoring\na series of tree planting dedications on the State Capitol grounds and\nat various naval and air stations throughout the state. These ceremonies\nwill serve to reemphasize our concern and determination that our prisoner.\nof war and those missing in action will be returned to us and to their\nloved ones safely and as quickly as is possible.\n\"As Governor, and personally, I would urge every Californian to\nsupport and join in these observances on December 20 and, on this\noccasion, to reflect upon the great debt owed these Americans for their\ncontinuing sacrifices in our behalf.\"\n#####\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-19-72\n#660\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of Alan W.\nHaverty of Hillsborough, as a judge in the San Mateo Municipal Court,\nCentral District. He replaces Judge F. William Lanam, who has been\nelected to the Superior Court.\nJudge Haverty, 39, a native of San Francisco, earned his BS degree\nfrom the University of San Francisco and his law degree from Hastings\nCollege of Law. Prior to his appointment to the bench, he was a partner\nin a law firm in South San Francisco and also Deputy City Attorney for\nthe city of Pacifica.\nHe is married to the former Marianne Downey and they are the\nparents of three daughters. The family resides in Hillsborough.\nJudge Haverty served on active duty with the U.S. Army from 1953 to 1955.\nHe is a Republican.\nAs a municipal court judge, he will receive $33,481 per annum.\n#####\nGarcia\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secret\ny\n916-445-4571\n12-19-72\n#661\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of\nEverett E. Ricks, Jr., to the bench of the Los Angeles Municipal Court,\nCompton District. He replaces Judge Ralph Biggerstaff, who has been\nelevated to the Superior Court.\nJudge Ricks, a 38-year-old Republican, was graduated with\ndistinction from California State University, Long Beach in 1969. He\nearned his law degree from UCLA in 1962.\nPrior to his appointment to the bench, he was in private law\npractice in Long Beach, and most recently, was a partner in a law firm.\nHe is married to the former Rosalind Anita Cloud. They and their two\ndaughters reside in Los Angeles.\nAs Municipal Court Judge, he will receive an annual salary of\n$33,481.\n######\nGarcia\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 05814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-19-72\n#662\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today said he is \"most pleased\" to learn\nthat California's anti-water pollution program was among the first to\nbe approved by the federal Environmental Protection Agency.\nAt the same time the governor announced he has signed legislation,\nAB 740 by the late Assemblyman Carley Porter, and AB 1925 by Assemblyman\nJohn Knox, which further strengthens California's fight against pollution.\nThe Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced in\nWashington, D.C., that California's State Water Resources Control Board\nhas been certified to issue waste discharge permits under the new\nFederal Water Pollution Control Act which became law October 18, 1972.\n\"Under this certification, California will operate its own\npollution control program,\" Governor Reagan said. \"It is further\nrecognition of the advanced and complete program California has been\noperating.\n\"I am also happy to learn that the EPA intends to delegate its\nauthority in pollution control matters to the states, as Congress\nintended.\"\nThe Porter bill was necessary to put California in conformity\nwith the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.\nThe bill requires the State Water Resources Control Board and\nthe regional water quality control boards to issue waste discharge\nrequirements for persons discharging or proposing to discharge\npollutants into the navigable waters of the U.S. as required by the\nFederal Water Pollution Control Act.\nThe new law specifies that any person who violates the statute\nwill be subject to a civil penalty of up to $10,000 for each day of\nviolation.\nIt also specifies that the amount of a state construction grant\nunder the Clean Water Bond Act of 1970 shall equal at least 12½ percent\nof the project's cost.\nAssembly Bill 1925 creates the California Pollution Control\nFinancing Authority. Under the bill the authority is authorized to\nissue and sell revenue bonds and bond anticipation notes to finance\nprivate construction and operation of pollution control facilities.\nThe bill will provide private industry with an alternative\nsource of financing pollution control facilities, which may be rented,\nleased or purchased from the authority.\n# # #\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RON VD REAGAN\nRELEASE: -mediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-19-72\n#663\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of\nClarence A. Stromwall, of Los Angeles, to the Los Angeles Municipal\nCourt bench. He replaces Judge Nancy Belcher Watson, who was elected\nto the Superior Court.\nJudge Stromwall, 48, a Republican, graduated from Los Angeles\nCity College, attended Oberlin College, Ohio and earned his law degree\nfrom Southwestern University. He has also done graduate study in law\nat the University of Southern California.\nPrior to his appointment to the bench, he was Commissioner of\nthe Los Angeles Municipal Court. A five year veteran of the Marine\nCorps during World War II, he presently holds the rank of Major in the\nU. S. Army Infantry Reserve.\nHe is a retired sergeant of Detectives in the Los Angeles Police\nDepartment, a law instructor at the Los Angeles Police Academy and was\ndeputy district attorney in 1967-68.\nJudge Stromwall is married and has one son. The family resides\nin Los Angeles.\nAs Municipal Court Judge, he will receive an annual salary of\n281.\n####\nGarcia\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE:\nImmediate\nSacramento, Californi 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-19-72\n#664\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of\nSan Francisco attorneys Robert L. Dossee and Raymond D. Williamson, Jr.,\nto the San Francisco Municipal Court.\nJudge Dossee replaces the late Judge Leo Friedman and Judge\nWilliamson replaces Judge Joseph Kennedy who was elected to the Superior\nCourt. Both newly appointed judges are Republicans.\nJudge Dossee, 38, a native San Franciscan, earned his B.S. degree\nat Santa Clara and his law degree from the University of San Francisco.\nPrior to his appointment to the bench, he was a trial lawyer with the\nState Division of Highways. He is married to the former Eleanor Marie\nCheney and they have four children.\nJudge Williamson, 34, also a native San Franciscan, was a lawyer\nin the San Francisco City Attorney's office prior to his appointment.\nHe earned both his bachelor's and law degrees from the University of\nSan Francisco. He is married to the former Carol Munstermann and they\nare the parents of three children.\nMunicipal Court judges receive an annual salary of $33,481.\n#######\nGarcia\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 5814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-20-72\n#665\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today signed legislation appropriating $5\nmillion in state funds to help develop and make more effective bilingual\neducation programs in California's public schools.\nThe bill (AB-2284, Chacon), a key element of Governor Reagan's 1972\nlegislative program, is designed to make sure that those schools which\nwish to participate are able to develop effective bilingual educational\nprograms which are appropriate to their own particular community needs\nand get the programs fully underway during the coming two years.\nAt the end of that period the schools will be expected to carry on\nthe funding in their own education budgets. The $5 million appropriation\nruns through fiscal 1974-75.\nThe legislation is aimed at youngsters in the earliest elementary\ngrades, particularly children of Mexican descent who have learned little\nor no English before enrolling in school.\nGovernor Reagan noted that many of these youngsters require the\nadditional classroom assistance which an effective bilingual program can\noffer. \"Making the transition from Spanish to English is often difficult\nfor these children in the formative first grades of school. They need\nthe kind of help and encouragement which I believe this legislation can\nprovide, in order to get them into the mainstream of our educational\nsystem and ultimately into the mainstream of our economic system itself,\"\nthe governor said.\nHe pointed out that last year he signed legislation which provided\n$500,000 in state funds to help develop pilot bilingual programs in San\nFrancisco and San Diego. Having laid the groundwork for expanding these\nprograms, AB-2284 is aimed at carrying forward the effort on a broader\nscale throughout the state.\nGovernor Reagan noted that even with the new appropriation, he\nunderstands there is a serious shortage of qualified bilingual teachers\nin some areas of the state---a problem which has made it difficult to\nmove forward as quickly as would otherwise have been possible in this area\nof education.\nHe called on the state's institutions of higher education to address\nthe problem by producing many more teachers than are presently available\nand who are qualified to conduct bilingual education classes.\n- 1 -\n#665\nHe also expressed disappointment that many local school districts\nhave failed to meet their responsibilities in teaching English to\nSpanish-speaking youngsters over the past few decades.\nHe noted that each school district will be eligible to participate\nin those programs authorized by the new legislation. The consent of\nthe parent is necessary for a child to be included in such programs.\nThe $5 million appropriation is to be used primarily for special\nmaterials, in-service training for teachers and aides, and other\nextraordinary costs associated with the development of bilingual\neducation programs.\nSchool districts will continue to pay the classroom teacher's\nsalary, and each district which participates must submit a plan for the\ngradual assumption of the total cost of the program.\nOver the past three years a hodgepodge of so-called bilingual\neducation bills were returned to their authors unsigned because they\neither were not thought through, violated the concept of local control,\nor failed to satisfy the principal purpose of bringing non-English\nspeaking youngsters into the mainstream of the nation's cultural,\neducational and eventually economic life.\n######\nGray\n- 2 -\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 5814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-20-72\n#666\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today signed legislation, Senate Bill 107\nby Senator Peter Behr (R-Marin, Napa, Solano Counties), establishing the\nCalifornia Wild and Scenic Rivers System which will include the Klamath,\nTrinity, Smith, Eel and American Rivers.\nThe new law prohibits the construction of dams, reservoirs or other\nwater impoundment structures on the rivers in the system with the\nexception of the Eel River.\nA 12-year construction moratorium is placed on the Eel. After that\nperiod, the new statute calls for the State Department of Water Resources\nto report to the legislature on the need for water supply and flood\ncontrol projects on the river and its tributaries. The legislature would\nthen hold public hearings to determine whether legislation should be\nenacted to delete all or any segment of the Eel from the Wild and Scenic\nRivers System.\nIn signing the bill, Governor Reagan said:\n\"I am delighted that we have been able to resolve several years of\ncontroversy over the preservation and utilization of our north coast\nrivers. In these times of rapid change and growth we must honor our\nstewardship and preserve for our children some of the natural beauty that\nis California while also providing water for their needs.\n\"I want to make it clear that California will meet its contracted\nobligations for the supply of water, and that flood control will continue\nto be one of the top priorities of this administration.\n\"Secretary for Resources (Norman B.) Livermore, and Water Resources\nDirector (William R.) Gianelli, assure me that as we plan ahead to meet\nour future needs, we have the time and resources to plan wisely.\n\"In 1969, I asked that alternative sources of water from the Eel\nRiver and other streams be studied. These studies are in progress. They\ninclude reclamation of waste water and desalting of sea water. I am sure\nthat when the legislature makes the review in 12 years, as called for in\nthe legislation, it will have sufficient information to properly decide\nif major development on the Eel River is in the public interest.\n- 1 -\n#566\n\"I appreciate the fact that flood control on the Eel River\ncontinues to be a major problem that must be resolved. It will\ntherefore be necessary during the coming years for the citizens and\nofficials in Humboldt County to give careful attention to those actions,\nincluding flood plain zoning and construction of adequate levees to\nminimize damages from high water.\"\nGovernor Reagan noted that hunting and fishing along the rivers and\nstreams in the system are not affected by the new law.\nThe statute requires the secretary for the Resources Agency to\nclassify each river, or segment of river, as wild, scenic or recreational,\nand to submit a management plan to the legislature for its approval.\nThe Resources Secretary will be responsible for administering the\nsystem. The measure mandates that each component of the system will be\nadministered to \"protect and enhance the values for which it was included\nin the system, without unreasonably limiting lumbering, grazing, and\nother resource use where the extent and nature of such uses do not\nconflict with public use and enjoyment.\n\"\nThe bill also prohibits the reservation, use or taking of private\nProperty for inclusion in the system without just compensation.\n######\nWalthall\n- 2 -\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Californi 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-20-72\n#667\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today that he has vetoed\nthe following bill:\nSB 4 - Collier\nEnacts the California Protected Waterways Act.\nREASON FOR VETO:\n\"After considerable discussion on the merits\nof this bill and Senate Bill No. 107 by\nSenator Behr, and after reviewing the argu-\nments from the proponents and opponents of\nboth bills, I have decided to sign the Behr\nmeasure because I believe it goes further in\nsolving the problem of protecting the natural\nstate of our north coast rivers.\n\"Accordingly, I am returning Senate Bill No. 4\nunsigned.\n=\n# # #\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Californ\n95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-20-72\n#668\nGovernor Ronald Reagan issued the following Christmas Message\nto the people of California:\n\"As we celebrate this most joyous and holy season of the year,\nI ask my fellow Californians to join me in contemplating the one real\ngift we have received the legacy that the Christ Child of Bethlehem\nleft us\nLove.\n\"Man has within his power to bestow *Peace on Earth, Good Will\nto Man' if only he will practice the love of God and love of his\nneighbor in an honest, simple, and continuing way.\n\"As we celebrate the birth of the Child Jesus, let's reaffirm\nour faith in the Divine Being, hope in the salvation of mankind, and\nlove for our fellow man.\n\"Love, the most important of our Commandments, is the only gift\nthat lasts, has no planned obsolescence, won't be traded in, and a\ngift you cannot buy.\"\n# # #\nGarcia"
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