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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
10-1-74
#579
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
October 2, 1974
through
October 6, 1974
Wednesday, October 2
No public appointments
Thursday, October 3
10:45 a.m.
CREA Convention, Hilton Hotel, San Francisco.
Remarks.
6:30 p.m.
Reception
7:30 p.m.
Dinner
9:00 p.m.
Program
"Salute to the Governors"
Ronald Reagan and Houston Flournoy
Continental Ballroom, San Francisco Hilton Hotel
Friday, October 4
No public appointments
Saturday, October 5
No public appointments
Sunday, October 6
No public appointments
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
10-2-74
580
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed the girls chaplain
of Los Angeles County's juvenile halls to the California Women's
Board of Terms and Parole.
She is Marjery N. Link, who has been involved in personal
counseling and coordination of a volunteer teaching staff for
religious programs since 1966 at Central Juvenile Hall, Los
Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey, Sylmar Juvenile Hall and Las
Palmas School for Girls in the City of Commerce.
Miss Link replaces Joseph E. Regan of Pasadena in the
$13,285 position. The unexpired term of Regan, who resigned,
extends to next March 15.
Prior to joining Los Angeles County government, Miss Link
was employed in Denver, Colorado, as a medical technician for
the Jewish Home for Asthmatic Children and for Rocky Mountain
Osteopathic Hospital.
She earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from Pasadena
College in 1968 after having attended Biola College and California
State University, Los Angeles.
Miss Link is a Republican.
######
McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
10-2-74
Governor Ronald Reagan will hold a
news conference at the Hilton Hotel in
San Francisco Thursday morning (October 3)
at 11:45 a.m. to announce the appointment of
a new lieutenant governor for California. The
news conference will be held in the Teakwood
Room on the hotel's 4th floor.
# # #
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
10-3-74
#581
Governor Ronald Reagan today, at a news conference in San
Francisco, announced the appointment of state Senator John Harmer
as lieutenant governor of California.
Harmer, 40, a state Senator since 1966, succeeds Ed Reinecke
who resigned Wednesday morning. He will be inaugurated at 10 a.m.
Friday at the State Building in Los Angeles. Appellate Court
Judge Thaxton Hanson will administer the oath of office.
Governor Reagan was in San Francisco to address the annual
convention of the California Real Estate Association.
In commenting on the appointment, the governor said:
"I wish to announce that under the provisions of the state
constitution and laws, I am today naming Senator John Harmer as
Lieutenant Governor of California.
"It is my belief that the job requires the most qualified man
and not a 'caretaker.' Senator Harmer has indicated that if the
position were offered he would be willing and able to accept it and
would devote the necessary time to it to be an active, working
lieutenant governor.
"He has been a member of the State Senate since 1966 and has
held leadership positions in the legislature's upper house, over
which he will now preside. He has a demonstrated record of ability
as an elected public official and he is a man of high moral character.
"He will be inaugurated in Los Angeles tomorrow morning."
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OFFICE OF GOVERNO RONALD REAGAN
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
10-3-74
#581
BIOGRAPHY OF
JOHN L. HARMER
In accepting the appointment as California's new lieutenant
governor, John L. Harmer resigns the state Senate seat he has
held since being first elected by the voters of the 21st District
in 1966. He was reelected in 1968 and 1972.
Harmer brings to the post of lieutenant governor experience as
chairman of the Senate Republican Caucus, chairman of the Joint
Committee on Reorganization of Large Urban Unified School Districts,
vice chairman of Elections and Reapportionment Committee and service
on numerous Senate committees such as Educational, Government
Organization, Industrial Relations, Insurance and Financial
Institutions, Judiciary and Water Resources.
In addition, he has been a member of the Select Committee on
Urban Affairs, Health and Welfare Committee, Auto Accident Study
Commission, Joint Committees on Higher Education, Revision of the
Education Code, Textbooks and Curriculum and on Laws Relating to
Alcoholic Beverages, Education Commission of the States and Master
Teacher Selection Pilot Programs.
As a legislator, the new lieutenant governor authored more than
70 measures signed into law, 15 of which sought to increase the
effectiveness of tax dollars going to public higher education. One
of his bills required autos to be able to withstand low-speed
collisions without property damage. Others have made certain that
public employee retirement systems are actuarily sound.
Measures he has sponsored have upgraded California's driver
education programs. He is the author of a bill devising new programs
to deal with the drinking driver.
Harmer has authored two books, "We Dare Not Fail, concerning
the education and welfare situations in California; and "Among The
Living Are The Dead, concerned with the problems of drug abuse in
this state.
A special mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints to Great Britain from 1955-57 played an important part in the
formation of Harmer's political philosophy. It was there that he
observed first hand the economic and social workings of a foreign
country under socialism.
Harmer, a native of Salt Lake City and a graduate of the University
of Utah, is a practicing attorney in Glendale (Harmer and Crane). His
law degree is from George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
Harmer is 40 years old and has been married since 1960.
#####
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RON.
)
REAGAN
RELEASE:
Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
10-3-74
#582
Tulare County Supervisor Donald M. Hillman today was appointed
by Governor Ronald Reagan to the Citizens Advisory Council to the
Department of Health, filling an unexpired term which ends November 12.
Hillman, a 54-year-old Republican, replaces Mendocino County
Supervisor Theodore A. Galletti, who resigned.
The appointee has been on the Tulare County Board of Supervisors
since 1960, serving as chairman in 1969-70 and vice chairman in 1967-68.
He has been reelected three times.
The native of Glendale holds a bachelor's degree from the University
of Redlands.
Hillman was president of the State Supervisors Association last
year and is this year's chairman of the Health Services Task Force.
He is also a member of the state Council on Intergovernmental
Affairs, the California Health Care Commission, the state Superintendent
of Schools' special finance study committee and the health committee of
the National Association of Counties. He is a former member of the
California Advisory Board to the U. S. Forest Service.
Hillman, as a Citizens Advisory Council member, will receive his
actual and necessary expenses.
#########
McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALL REAGAN
RELEASE.
Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretazy
916-445-4571
10-3-74
#583
Governor Ronald Reagan today offered a proposal to striking unions
and the Southern California Rapid Transit District that is designed to end
the nearly two-month old bus strike in Los Angeles.
The governor termed his proposal "an even-handed plan" because "it
will get the buses rolling, union members would be receiving checks again,
and it allows ample time to solve the dispute."
In outlining his proposal, the governor is calling for:
1. A 90-day cooling off period with the buses back in operation.
2. Appointing a new three-member state fact-finding body.
3. Presenting the findings of the new body to the unions' membership
for a secret ballot election to be administered by the State Conciliation
Service.
4. Union members would be asked to vote "yes" or "no" on the
recommendations of the fact-finders. If "no", those voting would be
asked to decide whether or not to accept binding arbitration.
Governor Reagan is also proposing that the district's management begin
ying drivers a 9.8 percent salary increase when they go back to work, and
make the increase retroactive for the period from June 1 to August 12 when
the drivers worked without a contract and went out on strike.
The 9.8 percent increase is the latest fact-finding group's recommendation
to the unions and the district's management. It represents an increase of
30 cents an hour.
"I believe this proposal makes good sense," the governor said, "because
it is fair to both sides of the dispute. The strike is causing an undue hard-
ship on a large number of people, particularly senior citizens and students
who depend upon the buses for their transportation."
The governor said he has outlined his proposal to the unions, the
district's board of directors, Los Angeles County Supervisor Kenneth Hahn
and Mayor Tom Bradley.
He also announced that he would hold a press conference at 11 a.m. Friday
at the Los Angeles Press Club to give additional details on his proposal.
######
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
10-4-74
Governor Reagan will sign the pension reform bill
(AB 7), second extraordinary session, Monday, October
7, 1974 at 11:45 a.m. at the Rocco Restaurant, 8060
East Florence in Downey. The Governor will be in Downey
to speak at a luncheon for Assemblyman Bob McLennan.
McLennan, Assemblyman Bob Beverly and Senator George
Deukmejian will attend the signing ceremony.
#######
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD EAGAN
MEMO I THE PRESS
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
10-4-74
#584
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
October 7, 1974
through
October 13, 1974
Monday, October 7
11:45 a.m.
Pension Reform Bill (AB 7, second extraordinary
session) Signing Ceremony, Rocco Restaurant,
8060 East Florence, Downey. (McLennan, Beverly
and Deukmejian to be present.)
12:15 p.m.
Fundraiser for Assemblyman McLennan (lunch) at
residence of Hugh Clark, Jr., 3846 Lexington Road,
Downey.
6:00 p.m.
Fundraiser for Assemblyman Bob Beverly (reception),
L.A. International Hotel, Penthouse.
Tuesday, October 8
10:15 a.m.
Visit to Home Furnishing Laboratory, 3401 La Grande
Boulevard, Sacramento (Press Coverage invited).
Wednesday, October 9
11:30 a.m.
Press Availability, Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco
Noon
Fundraiser for Houston Flournoy (lunch), Fairmont
Hotel. RR remarks.
3:30 p.m.
YPTV Press Conference, News Conference Room (1190)
6:00 p.m.
Fundraiser for Assemblyman Gene Chappie, (reception)
Yuba City. RR remarks.
Thursday, October 10
No public appointments scheduled
Friday, October 11
No public appointments scheduled
Saturday, October 12
No public appointments scheduled
Sunday, October 13
No public appointments scheduled
#######
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
10-7-74
#585
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of Vincent
W. Jones of Alhambra as a member of the State Workmen's Compensation
Advisory Committee.
Jones, a 44-year old Republican, fills the vacancy created by the
resignation of Robert S. Hockwald of San Francisco.
The assistant secretary and general counsel for the Pacific Coast
territory of Sears, Roebuck and Company, Jones is a member of the
executive committee of the Los Angeles Central City Association and
is a director of the California Retailers Association.
He received a degree in government from Dartmouth College and was
a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University. He received a master's degree
in jurisprudence at Oxford and a doctorate, cum laude, in 1957 from
the Stanford University Law School.
Committee members receive their necessary expenses when on
official business.
# # #
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
10-7-74
#586
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced that he has accepted with
regret the resignation of Walter Pudinski, commissioner of the California
Highway Patrol.
At the same time, the governor announced the appointment of Deputy
Commissioner Dante Lanza as Pudinski's successor.
"It is with a great deal of regret that I am accepting Walter's
resignation," the governor said. "He has been an outstanding commissioner,
and I have been more than pleased with the job that he has done in
maintaining the position of the California Highway Patrol as the nation's
best traffic law enforcement agency. He will leave Sacramento for his
new duties with my every good wish for the future."
In his letter of resignation, Pudinski said:
"At this period in my life and my career, I have reached a decision
to ask your acceptance of my resignation from the position of Commissioner
of the California Highway Patrol, to become effective November 1, 1974.
It is my desire to return to my former position of supervising inspector
with the California Highway Patrol and reestablish myself in our Zone VIII
office in San Bernardino."
Governor Reagan said Pudinski would be reassigned as a supervising
inspector in San Bernardino. He will receive a yearly salary of $31,000.
Pudinski, who was the first man to rise through the ranks to become
commissioner, was appointed head of the Patrol by the governor in July
of 1972. He succeeded Commissioner Harold W. Sullivan. Pudinski had
been deputy commissioner since August of 1970.
Lanza, 53, who will be the second commissioner to rise through the
ranks to head the Patrol, has been a member of the organization since
1950. He was appointed sergeant in 1956, lieutenant in 1963, captain
in 1964, inspector in 1967, supervising inspector in 1971, and
executive assistant to the deputy commissioner the same year.
A native of Port Chicago, Lanza attended College of Sequoias in
Visalia with majors in Police Science and Public Administration. He
holds a teaching credential in Police Science and has taught at community
colleges in Visalia, Eureka and Santa Barbara.
He and his wife, the former Maxine E. Lantrip, make their home in
Sacramento. He will receive an annual salary of $37,000.
# # #
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
10-7-74
#587
Governor Ronaid Reagan today released the text of a telegram he
a
sent this morning to President Gerald Ford pertaining to/ report that
the President would propose tax increases to fight inflation. In his
telegram, the governor said:
"I am concerned that press reports indicate you will propose tax
increases tomorrow in an effort to curb inflation. The 1972 election
mandate was clear: no new taxes for four years, and reduce the size
and cost of the federal government. That mandate remains intact today.
Any tax increases now would be contrary to it. Tax increases, even if
partially offset by tax credits, would not inhibit spending. They
would only shift it from the people to the federal government.
"We must get at the cause of inflation rather than the symptoms.
Bloated government is the real cause. You have called for an 'inflation-
proof' Congress. There is one sure test of Congress' ability to be
inflation-proof: propose to it immediate cuts in federal spending.
"The defense budget has already been severely cut. Now, it is
time to make cuts across-the-board, on the order of five percent. The
inevitable must not be delayed. The federal government must reduce its
appetite and its budget instead of once again cutting into the budgets
of America's workers and their families."
# # #
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
10-7-74
Lieutenant Governor John Harmer will attend
his first meeting as a member of Governor Reagan's
cabinet at 2 p.m., Tuesday, October 8, in the
Cabinet Room. For the convenience of the press,
the start of the cabinet meeting will be delayed a
few minutes for a picture taking session. The
lieutenant governor will be available to answer
questions after the photo session outside the
Cabinet Room.
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Governor Reagan will take part in a ground-
breaking ceremony at the site of the new Governor's
Residence in Carmichael at 4 p.m., Tuesday, October 8.
For the convenience of the press, transportation will
be provided to and from the site. We will leave the
west side of the Capitol at 3:45 p.m. You may expect
to return to the Capitol by 5 p.m. RSVP the Press
Office by noon tomorrow to reserve your seat.
X X X
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR IONALD REAGAN
RE ASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
10-8-74
#588
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed five new members of the
Urban Area Traffic Operations Improvement Committee
TOPICS Advisory Committee to the Department of Transportation and
reappointed five others who have served since January 1970.
Newcomers include Betsy A. Marchand, vice chairman of the Yolo
County Board of Supervisors; Leland R. Steward, Santa Barbara County
road commissioner; Ted Tedesco, San Jose city manager; Donald C. Tillman,
Los Angeles city engineer; and Fritz Zapf, Pasadena's director of
public works.
Reappointed to new terms were Montclair Mayor Harold M. Hayes;
Jerome Keithley, Glendale city manager; James L. Martin, Fresno's
public works director; James T. Pott, Santa Clara County director of
public works; and I. L. Morhar, Los Angeles County road commissioner.
Mrs. Marchand, the mother of two, was elected to the Yolo County
board in 1972. Holder of a bachelor's degree from Pomona College,
where she was Phi Beta Kappa, and a master's from Vanderbilt University,
she has been involved in the problems of transportation, manpower,
comprehensive health planning and as a member of the Yolo-Solano Air
Pollution Control Board.
Steward, 52, has been Santa Barbara County road commissioner since
1950 and is its present director of transportation. The son of a
Methodist minister, he was born in China and was educated at the
University of California at Berkeley. He is president and secretary
of the Southern California Regional Engineers Group.
Tedesco, 43, has been San Jose's city manager since February 1973.
Prior to that he held city manager positions in Boulder, Colorado, and
Enfield, Connecticut. He was vice president of the International City
Management Association between 1970 and 1972 and was New England's
outstanding young man in 1966.
Tillman, 50, is a native of Los Angeles who attended Fremont High
School and graduated from Caltech with bachelor's and master's degrees
in civil engineering. As city engineer of Los Angeles since 1972 and
an employee of the city since 1947, he now manages the designing and
constructing of highways, storm drains and sewer systems. He teaches
at both UCLA Extension and California State University, Los Angeles.
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#588
Zapf, 63, has more than 29 years of engineering and public works
experience in seven cities. He has been Pasadena's public works
director since 1959. Other cities he has served include Ventura,
Alameda, Redondo Beach, Monrovia and Fallbrook. He earned a bachelor's
degree in civil engineering at UC Berkeley in 1941 and worked for a
time for the state Division of Highways.
The new appointees replace, respectively, Carl G. Johnson of
Sacramento, Daniel D. Mikesell of Ontario and Anthony Turturici of
San Jose, all of whose terms expired; and Richard F. Lovejoy of
El Cerrito and Lyall Pardee of Bellflower, sho resigned.
Hayes, 60, has been self-employed in the insurance business since
1948 and has been on the Montclair City Council since 1956, serving
three terms as mayor. He has been a director of the League of
California Cities.
Keithley, 57, has been city manager of Stockton and Palo Alto, in
addition to Glendale. He served Palo Alto in that capacity for 17
years. He formerly served the U.S. State Department as a consultant.
Martin, 47, has been Fresno's public works director for nine years.
He held the same position for Berkeley, was an assistant city engineer
for San Leandro and was employed by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation,
California Division of Bay-Toll Crossings and the city of Richmond.
His degree is from George Washington University.
Pott, 47, has been director of Santa Clara County's public works
department since 1963. He was the county's assistant director of
highways for nearly four years before that. While employed as a civil
engineer in San Francisco during the 1950s he was a hydrologic
consultant to the Republic of China as a member of an advisory team
to Taiwan. He obtained degrees at Stanford University.
Morhar, 56, became Los Angeles County's road commissioner in 1956
and was an employee of the road department for nearly 10 years before
that. He attended Los Angeles High School, UCLA and the University of
Southern California, receiving a degree from the latter school in 1941,
He worked for the Los Angeles Corps of Engineers and, during World War II,
for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
All 10 appointees of the advisory committee received terms
expiring January 13, 1978. They receive no compensation.
Keithley, Martin, Pott, Steward and Tillman are Republicans.
Tedesco is not registered. The others are Democrats.
######
McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
10-8-74
CORRECTION
Press availability with Governor
Reagan tomorrow at the Fairmont Hotel,
San Francisco, will be held at 11:45 a.m.
rather than 11:30.
# # #
McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
10-8-74
#589
Governor Ronald Reagan said he was pleased with some of
President Ford's efforts to bring inflation under control, but
was greatly concerned over proposals to increase taxes and the
fact that the President failed to call for a substantial reduction
in federal spending.
He agreed with the proposals to deregulate the production of
natural gas and food crops; to open up federal oil reserves; to
create tax incentives to stimulate investments in the economy; and
to reassess the role of federal regulatory agencies all of which
the governor has advocated in the past.
The governor has recommended a reduction in federal expenditures
of five percent as an immediate step to fight inflation. The tax
increase, he said, only adds to the burden now being carried by the
average, middle income taxpayer.
He said, "The answer to inflation must begin with reduced
federal spending period."
# # #
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
10-9-74
#590
Governor Ronald Reagan today requested local officials and
private organizations to join in a statewide system for transporting
food, clothing and other supplies to Honduras to help the tiny country
recover from the ravages of Hurricane Fifi.
In a letter to chairmen of boards of supervisors and the mayors
of Fresno, Los Angeles, Oakland, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco,
and San Jose, the governor said many supplies have been collected, but
sorting, packaging and shipping these items remains to be accomplished.
He asked the mayors and supervisors to designate central collection
points for supplies, so volunteers may sort and box articles.
The Office of Emergency Services will coordinate the program to
insure supplies reach the victims of Hurricane Fifi in an orderly
fashion. Alex Cunningham, chief deputy of OES, will coordinate the
project on a statewide basis.
OES is currently making arrangements for transporting goods from
California to New Orleans, where they will be shipped to Honduras.
Last week, Governor Reagan sent two National Guard airplanes to
deliver emergency food and medicine to Honduras.
The governor said there is no longer a need for donation of
supplies. But he noted, many well-known charitable organizations
have established Honduran Relief Funds and are accepting and need cash
donations.
"I am hopeful Californians will join together in this project,"
the governor said. "The recovery period for the victims of Hurricane
Fifi will be long and hard. Helping our neighbors is a humanitarian
effort which will help build a better world."
# # #
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
10-9-74
#591
Governor Ronald Reagan today called a special election to
fill the State Senate seat vacated by Lieutenant Governor John Harmer
and announced his endorsement of Assemblyman Newton R. Russell for the
post.
The special election for the 21st senatorial district will be
held January 7, 1975 if none of the candidates receive more than
50 percent of the vote at the December 10, 1974 primary election.
"I know that it is a departure from my usual policy of not
endorsing candidates before the primary election," the governor said,
"but because of his vast experience in the legislature I feel it is
important that Assemblyman Russell be returned to Sacramento.
"His 10 years of experience in the State Assembly, including
his chairmanship of the Committee on Government Administration,
highly qualifies him for the State Senate."
Russell, who was first elected to the Assembly in 1964, is a
graduate of the University of Southern California with a Bachelor's
Degree in Business Administration. He also has done graduate work at
the University of California at Los Angeles and Georgetown University
in Washington, D.C.
# # #
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
10-10-74
#592
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced that the state's
Commission for Teacher Preparation and Licensing has received a
contract for more than $3 million to conduct a study of teacher
behaviors which are related to student achievement.
The contract, from the National Institute of Education, provides
funds to continue research which the Commission has been conducting
under a federal grant for the past two years. The new contract is
for $3,780,868, and will provide research funds for the next three
years.
"This study, called the Beginning Teacher Evaluation Study,
focuses upon teacher behaviors which are related to successful
student academic achievement in reading and mathematics for grades
two and five" the governor said. "Experienced teachers in several
school districts are working with the Commission to define teacher
behaviors which are important for student learning.
"A large field study with both experienced and beginning
teachers will be conducted in the 1975-76 school year to provide
verification of the research work completed during the present and the
past year. #
The Commission has hired the Far West Laboratory for Educational
Research and Development, located in San Francisco, to conduct the
work during the present and the next school year. The Far West
Laboratory will continue the work begun last year by the Educational
Testing Service of Princeton, New Jersey.
The Commission was established by legislation in 1970. It is
responsible for teacher certification within California.
The study marks the first major effort by a state certification
agency to define some of the teacher behaviors and skills which are
important in the student learning process.
Results of the study will be used by the Commission in its work
with teacher education institutions throughout the State of California.
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McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
10-10-74
#593
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Santa Clara County
Superior Court Judge James B. Scott as an associate justice of
the 1st Appellate District, Division Two.
Judge Scott will earn $48,389 annually as the successor to
Justice Thomas Caldecott, who was elevated to Presiding Justice.
The appointee, a 46-year-old Republican, has been on the
Superior Court bench since January 1969 and was a Municipal Court
judge for six years before that.
Scott was a Sunnyvale city councilman for four years and
mayor of that city for one year. He also served on the Santa Clara
County Water Commission and was a partner in the law firm of Scott
and Hefferlin in Sunnyvale.
A native of Nebraska, the new appellate court justice was
educated at Yuba City Union High School, Yuba and Sacramento junior
colleges, the University of California at Berkeley and Hastings
Law School, where he received his law degree in 1952.
He served in the U.S. Navy as a seaman in 1946 and in the U.S.
Army on assignment to the Post Judge Advocate's office at the
Presidio of San Francisco between 1952 and 1954.
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McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RON D REAGAN
RELEAS
Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
10-10-74
#594
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced that he has signed the following bills:
AB 7 - Wilson
Repeals provisions of the Legislators' Retirement Law
Chapter
relating to retirement regardless of age under condi-
2nd Extraordinary
tions of reapportionment except for those persons
Session
who retired under such conditions prior to Janua ry 3,
1967.
It provides that retirament allowance of elective
officers of theState whose offices are provided by
the Constitution shall be based upon highest compensa-
tion received by the officer while serving in such
office and that such change shall not be applicable
to members who are retired on the effective date of
the bill.
The bill also provides benefits for the surviving
spouse and dependent children of any member who would
have been eligible to retire under conditions of
respportionment if the provisions permitting such
retirement had not been repealed.
The bill further provides that cost-of-living adjust-
ment provision relating to increases in cost of living
since 1954 shall be applicable only to elective
officers of the State whose offices are provided by
the Constitution if they were first elected prior to
Janury 1, 1966, thereby making a person subsequently
elected to such office subject to provisions for
post-retirement cost-of-living adjustments.
AB 1954 - Waxman
Requires the Board of Medical Examiners to
Chapter 1542
issue a physician's and surgeon's certificate
to anyone meeting specified requirements. The
bill takes effect immediately.
Ao 3112 - Keysor
Provides for the use of statistical sampling methods
Chapter 1543
to check signatures on statewide initiative and
referendum petitions. The bill takes effect
immediately.
AB 3411 - Maddy
Increases the salaries of court reporters in Fresno
Chapter 1544
County. The bill takes effect immediately.
SB 2482 - Nejedly
Would effectuate the Federal-State Extended
Chapter 1545
Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 in
California by extending until April 30, 1975,
the period that such 120 percent "on" or "off"
trigger is removed for such purposes. The
bill takes effect immediately.
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
10-10-74
Governor and Mrs. Reagan left today for a brief rest on
a ranch about 40 miles south of Nogales, Mexico, in the state
of Chihuahua. They are the guests of Bill Wilson of Los Angeles.
They will return to the state Monday.
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
10-11-74
#595
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
October 14, 1974
through
October 20, 1974
Monday, October 14
HOLIDAY
No appointments scheduled
Tuesday, October 15
11:30 a.m.
NEWS CONFERENCE
3:30 p.m.
Presentation of Carnegie Medal for Heroism
to Stevon Rawlinson (see attached)
6:00 p.m.
Bagley Fundraising Reception, Hyatt House,
Union Square, San Francisco
Wednesday, October 16
10:30 a.m.
American Trucking Association Annual Con-
vention, Grand Ballroom, St. Francis Hotel,
San Francisco. Speech.
7:00 p.m.
Flournoy Fundraising Reception and Dinner,
Woodlake Inn
Thursday, October 17
6:30 p.m.
Deukmejian Fundraising Reception, Marriott
Hotel, Long Beach
Friday, October 18
Noon
Harmer Fundraising Luncheon, Palladium,
Los Angeles
Saturday, October 19
No appointments scheduled
Sunday, October 20
No appointments scheduled.
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Walthall
Tuesday, October 15, 3:30 p.m. addendum
Governor Ronald Reagan will present the Carnegie Medal for
Heroism to a former state hospital employee on Tuesday, October 15,
at 3:30 p.m.
The employee, Stevon (cq) F. Rawlinson, 23, currently a resident
of Petaluma, California, saved the life of a 22-year old mentally
retarded patient at Pacific State Hospital in Pomona on February 9,
1973. The patient had left the hospital grounds and was walking
down nearby railroad tracks, unaware of an approaching train.
Rawlinson, then a groundsman at the hospital, scaled a six-foot
chain link fence and raced through tangled underbrush to scale
the track embankment and wrestle the patient to the ground as the
train went by at 50 miles an hour.
Rawlinson was previously awarded California's highest award, the
Medal of Honor. The Carnegie Medal for Heroism, a national award,
includes a monetary grant of $750.
Rawlinson is currently employed by the City of Novato's Department
of Parks and Recreation.
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
10-15-74
#596
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointments of
Louis J. Mariani, Sr., of Santa Clara and C. Norman Peterson of
Piedmont to four-year terms as members of the California Regional
Water Quality Control Board (San Francisco Bay Region).
Mariani, a 56-year old Republican, replaces Barbara Eastman
of Los Altos Hills. Her term has expired.
He is a partner in the Jack Mariani Company of Cupertino which
is involved in farming and processing of fruits and nuts in Butte,
Sutter, Yolo, Solano, and Santa Clara counties.
County
Mariani is a member of the Butte, Yolo, and Santa Clara/Farm
Bureaus.
Peterson, 70, succeeds Sidney S. Lippow of Martinez. Lippow's
term has expired.
A Republican, Peterson is the founder and former president of
the C. Norman Peterson Contractors of Berkeley. His firm specialized
in the construction of sewage disposal plants.
He is a 1928 graduate of the University of California at
Berkeley.
Board members receive their necessary expenses.
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
10-16-74
#597
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Richard Thompson as judge of the Municipal Court in the Porterville
Judicial District in Tulare County.
Thompson, a 54-year-old Republican, makes his home in
Porterville and has practiced law in Lindsay since 1948.
The court was created by the legislature in 1973, effective
this year. He has been judge of the Lindsay Judicial District
since February, 1973.
A 1941 graduate of Ohio University in Athens, Thompson received
his law degree in 1947 from Stanford University. He is a native
of Framingham, Massachusetts.
Thompson is a former Lindsay city attorney and is a former
member of the Lindsay Strathmore Public Utilities District Board
of Directors.
He will receive an annual salary of $37,098.
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
10-16-74
#598
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment to
a four-year term of Gerard A. Smith of Long Beach as a member of
the state's Advisory Health Council.
Smith, 45, a political independent, fills the vacancy created
by the resignation of Samuel J. Tibbits of San Marino. He will
represent nongovernmental organizations or groups concerned with
the operation, construction or utilization of hospitals or
other health care facilities.
The regional vice president of National Medical Enterprises, Inc.
in Los Angeles, Smith is a 1951 graduate of Syracuse University.
He holds Masters degrees in Public Administration from Syracuse
and Business Administration from the University of Southern
California. He also holds a certificate in Hospital Organization
and Management from UCLA's School of Public Health.
Council members receive their necessary expenses.
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
10-16-74
#599
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Leonard M. Levy
commissioner of the state's Workmen's Compensation Appeals Board.
The appointment, to a four-year term, is subject to confirmation
by the state Senate.
Levy, 63, replaces Robert Vickers, director of the Office
of Emergency Services, who was refused confirmation by the Senate.
An attorney, Levy is referee-in-charge in the Sacramento
office of the Workmen's Compensation Appeals Board, a position
he has held since 1952.
Levy, a Democrat, has served as assistant counsel for the
California Department of Employment, referee with the Unemployment
Insurance Appeals Board, and has been with the legal bureau of
the Workmen's Compensation Appeals Board.
He is a 1933 graduate of the University of California at
Berkeley with a B.S. Degree in Business Administration, and received
his law degree in 1939 from the Golden Gate Law School in San
Francisco.
Levy, who makes his home in Carmichael, will receive an annual
salary of $40,322.
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
10-17-74
#600
Governor Ronald Reagan today released the text of a telegram
he sent to President Gerald Ford this morning in reply to a request
from the President that all governors, mayors and other local
officials set up voluntary citizens action committees to fight
inflation similar to the committee established on the national level:
"With regard to the two recommendations you made for implementation
by state and local authorities in your telegram to me dated October 14,
1974, I am pleased to inform you that California is already acting
on your first point, that of conserving energy by enforcing the
55-mile-per-hour speed limit on our highways.
"As to your second recommendation, that of eliminating outmoded
regulations that keep costs of goods and services high and enforcing
regulations that advance efficiency, health and safety, we are
proceeding toward both those goals in this manner: I have called a
statewide economic summit conference for October 23. Lieutenant
Governor John Harmer, who is chairman of our state Commission for
Economic Development, will be chairman of the conference. The
commission, along with members of my cabinet, will conduct discussions
on October 23 at the Marriott Hotel in Los Angeles with representatives
of business, labor, education, consumer groups and the elderly to
gather input and develop specific recommendations for California as
they apply to your recent proposals.
"On the agenda for the one-day session will be agriculture,
restrictive regulatory practices of government and business, the
plight of savings and loan institutions, government spending and
tax policies and how state government may combat inflation.
"We expect a very productive session and look forward to hearing
your representative address the noon luncheon.
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McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNO RONALD REAGAN
ELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Cali, mia 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
10-18-74
#601
The Federal Clean Air Act and regulations set by the federal
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), if fully implemented, will
cause significant social and economic disruption in California, says
a report released today by Governor Ronald Reagan.
The report, prepared by a state government task force, deals with
the job and economic impact of the major land use and transportation
control strategies of EPA, including the gasoline limitation, parking
management, indirect source and significant deterioration regulations.
According to the report, the gasoline limitation program will
virtually eliminate the use of the private automobile in the Los Angeles
and San Francisco areas, resulting in social and economic disruption
of staggering proportions.
The report states that the parking management and indirect source
regulations combined give EPA jurisdiction over some $1.5 billion
worth of development in California and could result in delay in
creation or possible loss of as many as 153,000 jobs annually,
significantly raising the state's unemployment rate. In addition
they would cost the state and federal government in excess of $1 billion
in lost payroll, tax revenues and for the payment of benefits to the
unemployed.
These regulations call for the review and approval of all
development involving 250 parking spaces or more, or an increase in
vehicular traffic above a certain level.
In presenting the report at a hearing held by EPA today in
Sacramento on the proposed parking management regulations, John Geoghegan
director of the Department of Commerce and a member of the task force,
recommended that this and other regulations be nullified and instead
allow states "to adopt a plan which relates air quality to land use
and transportation plans so that air quality is a primary but not
overriding consideration in planning decisions."
Geoghegan urged that "no regulation should be promulgated in
the absence of: 1) a thorough analysis of the social and economic
costs of the regulation, and 2) assurance that the regulations can
provide the benefit sought. This is particularly important in this
time of growing inflation and economic uncertainty. "
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Walthall
THE CLEAN AIR ACT
JOB IMPACT AND PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
OCTOBER 18, 1974
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
I. SUMMARY OF FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
1
II. PURPOSE
3
III. THE CLEAN AIR ACT
3
IV. MAJOR ISSUES
4
A. TRANSPORTATION
5
1. GASOLINE LIMITATION
5
2. MANAGEMENT OF PARKING SUPPLY
6
B. INDIRECT SOURCES
7
C. SIGNIFICANT DETERIORATION
9
D. NEW SOURCE REVIEW
10
V. LAND USE IMPLICATIONS OF EPA REGULATIONS
11
VI. AIR QUALITY GOALS
12
VII. RECOMMENDATIONS
14
APPENDIX A - IMPACT OF EPA PARKING REGULATIONS
THE CLEAN AIR ACT
JOB IMPACT AND PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
The Clean Air Act and certain regulations promulgated by the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to accomplish the purposes
stated therein, will, if fully implemented, cause significant
social and economic disruption in the State of California and
constitute an improper intrusion on the land use authority of
state and local government. Analysis of the most significant
regulations indicate the following:
Gasoline Limitation
The Gasoline Limitation element of the Transportation Control
Plans will virtually eliminate the use of the private automo-
bile in the South Coast Basin by 1977. Since sufficient
alternative forms of transportation cannot be developed by
that time, some 3.4 million people, or 80 percent of the 4.2
million employed in the Basin, would be without access to
their place of work, completely paralyzing the area's commerce
and resulting in social and economic disruption of staggering
proportions. In the San Francisco Bay Area, some 1.4 million
people, or 70 percent of that area's job holders, would be
similarly affected resulting in comparable social and economic
disruption.
Parking Management and Indirect Source Regulations
These regulations combined give EPA jurisdiction over some
$1.5 billion worth of development statewide and could result
in delay in creation or possible loss of as many as 153,000
jobs annually, significantly raising the state's already high
unemployment rate and costing the state and federal government
untold millions of dollars in lost taxes and for the payment
of benefits to the unemployed.
Significant Deterioration and New Source Review
Implementation of the Significant Deterioration and New
Source Review concepts could prevent the construction
of major industry and any new power plants, oil refineries
and other energy related facilities, further aggravating
an already critical statewide energy situation and
greatly restricting the economy's ability to expand.
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To avert the potentially disastrous social and economic
consequences that would result from the full implementation
of the above regulations and to remove EPA from the local land
use and transportation planning and control process, it is urged
that Congress be petitioned to take immediate and favorable action
on amendments to the Clean Air Act to: 1) require EPA to conduct
cost/benefit studies prior to promulgation of regulations,
2) prevent the implementation of regulations that would cause
unreasonable social and economic disruption, 3) allow the EPA
Administrator to extend the statutory dates for achieving air
quality standards, 4) nullify existing Gasoline Limitation and
Parking Management elements of the Transportation Control Plans
and the Indirect Source, and Significant Deterioration regulations
and, 5) direct states to develop plans relating air quality to
land use and transportation planning SO that social, economic and
air quality goals can be considered in an integrated manner.
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PURPOSE
This report was prepared by a State Government Task Force con-
sisting of the Secretary of the Business and Transportation Agency,
the Deputy Secretary for the Resources Agency, the Director of the
Department of Commerce, and representatives of the Departments of
Transportation and Employment Development. Its purpose is to;
1) describe the potential impact of the Clean Air Act and resulting
regulations on jobs in California, and 2) propose amendments
necessary to prevent undue social and economic disruption and main-
tain the fullest level of employment consistent with reasonable
air quality goals and health standards.
THE CLEAN AIR ACT
The Clean Air Act as amended in 1970 sets forth standards for
automobile emissions, authorizes the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency (EPA) to set ambient air quality standards
and emission standards for new stationary sources, sets deadlines
for attainment of the ambient air quality standards, and requires
state governments to submit implementation plans for meeting such
standards. It also authorizes the Administrator of EPA to
promulgate rules and regulations for meeting ambient air quality
standards beyond or in place of proposed state and local strategies.
It further allows the Administrator to revise the ambient air
quality standards in the same manner as promulgated. The Act
provides that state implementation plans must contain land use and
transportation controls, but does not specifically authorize EPA to
impose such controls.
The requirements of the Clean Air Act and of the regulations promul-
gated by EPA are extensive, often controversial and in some cases
unworkable. Congress responded in part by recently amending the
Clean Air Act as follows:
- Allowed automobile industry from 1975 to 1977 to meet carbon
monoxide and hydrocarbon requirements and from 1976 to 1978
to meet oxides of nitrogen emission standards.
- Permitted the use of high sulfur fuels for a specified period
of time, even though air quality standards could not be met.
- Prohibited parking lot surcharges called for in EPA's
Transportation Control Plans.
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Congress took no action on other amendments which have been
proposed by the state, numerous public and private organizations,
and EPA itself covering nearly all aspects of the Act and subse-
quent EPA rules. There are also a number of lawsuits that have
been filed concerning the administration of the Act.
MAJOR ISSUES
This report does not deal with the standards set by the Clean Air
Act or EPA for emissions from motor vehicles and stationary sources
or the many rules and regulations promulgated by EPA as to what
constitutes compliance with the above. Instead, it concentrates on,
1) the ambient air quality standards, and the statutory deadline
called for in the Act to meet such standards, and 2) those major
regulations promulgated in that the name of attaining the ambient air
quality standards in question, directly control land use and
transportation with no expressed concern for economic impact and
loss of employment.
Before proceeding with an analysis of these regulations, it is
important to get an overview of this state's present employment
situation. In September, 1974, the California civilian labor force
totaled 9,157,000. Of this total, 8,505,000 were employed, a gain
of 172,000 since September, 1973. The level of unemployment was
651,600 (8.2 percent seasonally adjusted), an increase of 115,200 from
the year ago figure.
Through the remainder of this decade, there will be about twice as
many people reaching age 20 and moving into the labor force as
people reaching age 60 and 65 and moving out of the labor force.
This built-in population change will increase the state's labor
force by about 170,000 annually.
To reduce the present high level of unemployment and provide jobs
for the individuals who will be entering the labor force in the
future will require a viable and expanding economy. Current fore-
casts, however, indicate that economic activity will be sluggish
during the remainder of 1974 and well into 1975.
Restrictive monetary and fiscal policies currently being pursued
by the federal government to counter inflationary trends will likely
result in additional increases in unemployment in the nation and
the state during the remainder of 1974 and into 1975.
Therefore, any proposed action that will aggravate an already critical
unemployment picture or that will cuase disruption in the economy
must be resisted, particularly when authorization for such question-
able action rests with a single purpose agency (EPA) operating under
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an act that makes no reference to jobs, the economy, or the impact
on society.
With this employment background information in mind, the following
major EPA regulations are analyzed to determine their job and
economic impact:
TRANSPORTATION
EPA has adopted Transportation Control Plans for the metropolitan
Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco Bay Area, and
San Joaquin Valley Air Quality Control Regions. The plans deal with
vehicle inspection, motorcycle restrictions, control of used cars,
management of parking supply, computer car pool matching, exclusive
bus lanes, ramp metering, preferential bus/car pool lanes and
limitation on gasoline used. Although all of the above create some
degree of problems in one area or another, those with the most
disruptive economic impact are gasoline limitation and the manage-
ment of parking supply.
Gasoline Limitation
Regulation ## The regulations provide that if national ambient
air quality standards cannot be attained by May 31, 1977, EPA
shall implement a program to limit total gallonage of gasoline
delivered to retail outlets in the region to the amount that,
when combusted, will not result in air quality standards being
exceeded. This will require a reduction of vehicle miles
traveled by 100 percent in the South Coast Basin by 1977 and
97 percent in the San Francisco Bay Area by the same time.
Economic Impact - The effect of EPA's gasoline limitation
program is to virtually eliminate the private automobile in
the South Coast Basin and the San Francisco Bay Area. The
social and economic impact of such an action would be disastrous.
EPA itself states in the preamble of its regulation that it
II
does not believe that massive gasoline rationing is
either socially acceptable or enforceable, and will work toward
alleviating the necessity for such drastic control in 1977."
In a letter to Congress in March of 1974, the Administrator
proposed specific amendments that would enable him to deal with
areas like the South Coast Basin and the San Francisco Bay Area
without implementing such disruptive measures within the time
prescribed, and the author of the Clean Air Act has indicated
in public statements that such relief is warranted. However,
no steps have yet been taken to remove the regulation.
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The cities of California, and especially those in the South Coast
Basin and the San Francisco Bay Area are unique and should be
treated as such. Their social and economic characteristics,
pattern and degree of development, and basic life-style have been
tremendously influenced by the automobile and the excellent street
and highway system that has been built to serve it. An area like
the South Coast Basin that is SO dependent on the automobile could
obviously not survive such a drastic attempt to curtail its use.
Since sufficient alternative forms of transportation cannot be
developed by 1977, some 3.4 million people, or 80 percent of the 4.2
million employed in this area, would be without access to their
place of work. Even the most comprehensive of mass transit systems
could not serve the number of people requiring transportation and,
if started tomorrow, would take until long after 1977 to be completed.
In the Bay Area, some 1.4 million commuters, or 70 percent of that
region's job holders, would face similar prospects.
The economic and social implications of such a situation are too
staggering to contemplate. Suffice it to say that the two major
metropolitan areas in the west, and in turn the entire state, would
be totally paralyzed.
Management of Parking Supply
Regulation - Effective July 1, 1975, all proposed development
involving 250 parking spaces or more in the metropolitan Los
Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco Bay Area, and
San Joaquin Valley Air Quality Control Regions will come under
the jurisdiction of EPA pursuant to existing regulations
promulgated by that agency.
Under these regulations, and modifications now being considered,
the developer, in order to obtain approval on a proposed develop-
ment, must show: 1) that all reasonable steps are being taken to
minimize the Vehicle Miles Traveled within the area and make
specific commitments for reducing Vehicle Miles Traveled and
2) that the development will not cause or aggravate a violation of
the national standards for carbon monoxide within the area.
The regulations also provide for the delegation of the permit
approval process to local government. Local government can ad-
minister the program on a facility-by-facility basis or by
preparing a comprehensive Parking Management Plan which is
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intended to allow local jurisdictions to consider applications
in relation to various transportation trade-offs not directly
related to the development in question. Both approaches are
subject to EPA review and approval.
Economic Impact - The number of jobs to be delayed in their
creation or lost as a result of the Parking Management regu-
lations will be covered in the section on Indirect Source
Review since both approaches use parking requirements as the
basis for review and control.
INDIRECT SOURCES
Regulation - The Federal Register of July 9, 1974, spells out
EPA's updated regulations dealing with Indirect Sources.
This involves construction of facilities which in themselves
can meet emission requirements but which produce vehicular
traffic or increased aircraft use in the case of airports.
Effective January 1, 1975, the construction of the following
projects will be subject to the review and approval of EPA.
- Any new facility within a Standard Metropolitan
Statistical Area (SMSA) which has a new parking capacity
of 1,000 cars or more or any modification to a parking
facility which increases the parking capacity by 500
cars or more. (These figures change to 2,000 and 1,000
respectively in areas outside a SMSA.) Projects included
are parking, retail, commercial, industrial, recreation,
amusement, sports, educational and entertainment facili-
ties; and office, government, apartment and condominium
buildings.
- Any new highway project within a SMSA with an estimated
20,000 vehicles per day or more within ten years of
construction or any modification to a highway involving
an increase in vehicles per day of 10,000 or more within
10 years after modification.
- Any new airport project involving 50,000 or more operations
or 1.6 million passengers per year or any modification
projecting an increase over existing volumes of the same
numbers.
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Before construction of an indirect source can commence, the
developer must demonstrate that the development will not:
1) cause a violation of the control strategy of the state
implementation plan and 2) cause or aggravate a violation of
the national standards for carbon monoxide in any region or
portion thereof.
Economic Impact ** The implementation of both the Parking
Management and Indirect Source Regulations could have a sig-
nificant impact on jobs and the economy. Because our cities
are SO dependent on the automobile and laws prohibit construc-
tion that does not provide a specified number of parking spaces,
these regulations will be a controlling factor in most non-
residential development of any appreciable size. In 1973
there was $8.125 billion worth of building permits issued
statewide. An analysis of these permits by the Security Pacific
Bank (Appendix A) indicates that had the regulations been in
effect during this period of time, $1.022 billion would have
come under the jurisdiction of EPA. Also to be considered is
$1.2 billion in Engineering Construction Contracts, $480 million
of which (including $380 million in highway projects) would be
subject to EPA approval. The total of all construction that
would be subject to direct or indirect EPA review and approval
would be $1.5 billion or 16.5 percent of total construction
statewide. 16.5 percent of the state's 346,000 construction
jobs represents 57,000 direct jobs. Add to this another 96,000
that support or serve the construction jobs directly affected.
Under this regulation EPA has the power to cause the delay
in creation or loss of 153,000 jobs through its authority to
review and possibly deny new parking facilities and indirect
sources. The delay in creation or loss of 153,000 jobs would
significantly raise the state's unemployment rate and cost the
state and federal government untold millions in lost taxes and
in payments to the unemployed and would further aggravate an
already troubled economy.
Approximately 53 percent of the construction permits coming under
the control of the new regulations would be in the South Coast
Basin. This represents $795 million in new construction and
81,000 jobs that could be delayed in creation or lost in this area alone.
In the San Francisco Bay Area, $330 million of new construction
and 33,600 jobs could be affected.
This analysis takes into account only those jobs related to the
construction of a particular project. It does not take into
consideration the jobs that would be created by the completed
facility itself.
The latest Parking Management regulations offer flexibility on
the question of Vehicle Miles Traveled and the EPA staff indicates
that any good faith effort on the part of a developer and a
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local community to minimize the increase in traffic will
result in permit approval. No such flexibility is
indicated, however, with regard to carbon monoxide.
The San Francisco staff of EPA questions whether the carbon
monoxide test will be an obstacle to development, referring to
a recent California Department of Transportation study which
showed that a large shopping center development in Stockton
had no measurable impact on the local carbon monoxide concen-
trations. However, EPA studies referred to in the July 9, 1974
Federal Register relating to carbon monoxide and indirect sources
suggest that more than a good faith effort will be required by
a developer in showing that his development will not have an
adverse effect on ambient carbon monoxide levels and that
gaining approval for indirect sources will continue to be a
problem even with the new regulations.
If EPA feels these regulations have any purpose at all, it must
be assumed that a certain amount of development will be denied
approval. Those projects that would not be denied would be
subject to time delays and the added interest and holding costs
caused by such delays, and the increased cost of providing added
traffic related improvements called for by the regulations. It
is estimated by one large shopping center developer that these
projected expenditures could add from $1.5 to $3.5 million per
project. In addition, there are the inevitable administrative
appeals and court challenges over which EPA has no control. Based
on these factors it is not unreasonable to assume that gaining
approval on many types of development will be difficult and the
economic impact - and more directly, the job impact - will be
significant.
Separate from the above concerns, it seems inconsistent to move
ahead with the Parking Management and Indirect Source Review
Regulations under the present timetable and put the burden on the
developers to minimize automobile caused air pollution, while at
the same time extending the deadlines for meeting the emission
standards for the automobiles themselves.
SIGNIFICANT DETERIORATION
Regulation *** In a suit brought by the Sierra Club in Washington,
D. C., the federal court directed EPA to disapprove any state
air quality control plans which allowed degradation of air
quality even if the ambient air of the location in question is
cleaner than the standards. EPA has attempted to write regula-
tions that would give states some latitude on this question and
allow some development in areas with clean air. The Federal
Register of August 27, 1974, proposes that states be allowed
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two years to designate areas in one of three classifications.
In Class I, no significant increase in pollution would be
allowed. In Class II, modest degradation of air quality could
take place. And in Class III, pollution levels could go up
to the national secondary standards, which are designated to
protect vegetation and property. EPA spells out specific
numerical increments for sulfur dioxide emissions and parti-
culate matter that would be allowed in Class I or Class II
areas. The problem is, however, that in particular situations
a minimum amount of development could add enough pollutants
to exceed the limitation proposed under any of the three classes.
Economic Impact *** It is difficult to determine the economic
impact of the Significant Deterioration concept. Already, the
Sierra Club has indicated that it will challenge the regulations.
If EPA adopts what it proposes and can win subsequent lawsuits,
the economic impact may still be great because the limitation
of the three classes could prevent construction of large fuel
burning or material processing industries. Congress should be
asked to negate the Significant Deterioration concept and allow
development of facilities that meet stationary source standards
and air quality standards.
NEW SOURCE REVIEW
Regulation - Where air quality standards cannot be met or
maintained, EPA's regulations give APCD's the authority to
deny a permit for a facility on the grounds that the emissions
are an added burden to the area affected, even though the
source may meet specific performance standards for that
particular use.
Economic Impact - The New Source Review and Significant
Deterioration concepts combined could prohibit the construction
of major industry, power plants, and oil refineries throughout
the state. These regulations put a tremendous burden on an
already critical statewide energy situation, and could greatly
restrict the economy's ability to expand.
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LAND USE IMPLICATIONS OF EPA REGULATIONS
The impact of the EPA regulations on jobs is of great concern. But
of equal concern is the major role this federal agency has assumed
in the local land use planning and control process. It was never
the intent of Congress to put EPA in the position of reviewing and
passing judgment on $1.5 billion worth of construction projects each
year in the State of California.
Although Congress recently voted not to consider legislation dealing
with federal land use control, such control, in fact, went into
effect with the promulgation of the Parking Management and Indirect
Source Regulations. The whole EPA approach should be challenged for
this reason alone. Not only could the regulations have a very dis-
ruptive impact on the state's economy but to allow the EPA to
assume veto authority over development projects within the state is
a major departure from the constitution and the stated intent of
Congress as to the role of the federal government in state and local
land use matters. In fact, the EPA regulations could have a much
greater impact on local land use than the recently proposed but
rejected federal land use legislation.
As indicated earlier, EPA has made some of its strategies more
flexible and has offered the state and local agencies the oppor-
tunity to implement the Parking Management and Indirect Source
Regulations, subject to EPA approval. The state has declined to
assume the responsibility of implementing regulations it feels are
not reasonable and that EPA has no authority to impose. But some
local entities, fearing the consequences of direct EPA intervention,
and with the encouragement of some federal grant money, are accepting
this approach as the lesser of the evils. For example, the Bay Area
Air Pollution Control District is presently in the process of insti-
tuting procedures for regulating Indirect Sources, and the City of
Los Angeles, the Southern California Association of Governments, and
the San Francisco Metropolitan Transportation Commission are conducting
EPA funded Parking Management studies. Although such initiatives can
be said to be far better than being under the heavy hand of a federal
bureaucracy, the final arbiter remains EPA, whose primary objective
is not necessarily consistent with the overall economic needs of these
communities.
Although there appears to be some acceptance on the part of local
government of EPA's land use regulations, it is the opinion of the
Task Force that such an approach is ill advised. While parking
management, traffic flow and air quality are important considerations
in determining how a community will develop or redevelop, they cannot
be the overriding considerations, particularly when no clear benefit
from these strategies has been substantiated. The idea that the frame-
work for making such determinations should be laid down by a single
purpose federal agency is illogical and should be resisted.
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AIR QUALITY GOALS
The air quality standards set by the EPA are based on what it has
determined to be necessary to protect public health. The State
of California has long been concerned about the effects of air
pollution on health and its record in establishing emission
standards years in advance of the federal government or any
other state is one of which we are proud.
In 1959 California adopted the first air quality and motor vehicle
emissions standards in the nation. It was the first to require
control systems for crankcase vapors, exhaust emissions and evapora-
tive losses. It is the only state that presently has underway the
actual retrofitting of crankcase and exhaust emission control devices
on used cars.
Similarly, California was the first state to severely limit emissions
of hydrocarbons, oxides of nitrogen, and carbon monoxide from
stationary sources. This includes limiting oxides of nitrogen
emissions from power plants, and hydrocarbons from petroleum refining,
gasoline, paint, and organic solvents.
California's ongoing control program for new and used vehicles will
continue to reduce the quantities of pollutants emitted from motor
vehicles throughout the state, year by year, until the early or
mid-1980s. As the older, higher emitting vehicles are replaced by
newer, lower emitting vehicles, there will be a substantial reduction
in smog. The national ambient air quality standards for pollutants
of vehicular origin can be expected to be achieved in most areas
throughout the state by the early 1980s without measures which would
have serious economic and social impacts.
Today California still has a more advanced vehicular emission control
program than does the federal government. It has more stringent
standards and assemblyline testing, which EPA does not have. Pursuant
to the Clean Air Act, the California Department of Transportation is
developing short-term transportation control plans in conjunction
with the local planning agencies. Several of these plans are near
completion and will show the state's commitment to try to alter
transportation modes SO that there is more use of buses and car pools
and less use of single-person automobiles.
California is in the process of putting into operation a three stage
emergency plan to ease the discomfort and suffering of those susceptible
to the adverse effects of air pollution. The plan provides for the
following emergency steps to deal with various levels of photochemical
oxidant:
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Stage 1 (.20 ppm) - Inform persons with respiratory and other
health problems of conditions.
Stage 2 (.40 ppm) - Urge curtailment of vehicle use and closing
down of recreational areas.
Stage 3 (.60 ppm) - Mandate closing of government buildings and
industry and drastic curtailment of traffic.
What the State of California is striving to achieve is a balance
between what can be expected in the way of health protection and
what is expected in the way of job protection. However, such balance
is impossible to attain within the framework of the Clean Air Act
and the EPA regulations which call for a level of health protection
(.08 ppm of oxidant) within a time schedule which is beyond reach in
the state's more critical air basins.
A logical and reasonable first goal in places like the South Coast
Basin is the .20 ppm of oxidant which constitutes a first stage alert,
as defined by the California Air Resources Board. To go far beyond
that level in the short time specified will be too costly in terms
of economic and social disruption and lost jobs. Under present
regulations for new and used cars and stationary sources, .20 ppm
can be achieved in the early 1980s in the South Coast Basin. This
represents a value of about one-third of the present oxidant concentra-
tion - a significant improvement that is realistic and achievable.
What we seek is balance. It is not our intent to sacrifice the
health of those who suffer from the adverse effects of air pollution.
On the other hand, it was never intended that the lives of millions
of people be totally disrupted in the pursuit of air quality standards
that in some locations are impossible to achieve.
The recent study by the National Academy of Sciences (September, 1974),
was reported as providing scientific and economic justification for
present air quality and emission standards. It in fact underlines and
emphasizes the many basic uncertainties and inadequacies in both the
analyses and the data.. Pointedly, the Academy report calls for critically
needed additional study and analyses to bring
II
significant
reduction of the uncertainties in decision-making" and to achieve a
II
greatly strengthened scientific and informational base that can
be drawn upon in reaching these decisions
=
In view of
these uncertainties, it is the position of the Task Force that
Congress should immediately address itself to the question of
whether the potential social and economic disruption that could
result in pursuit of such standards can really be justified.
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RECOMMENDATIONS
The main concerns of the Task Force are that: 1) certain
provisions of the Clean Air Act and the regulations
promulgated pursuant thereto could, if fully implemented,
cause significant social and economic disruption and further
aggravate an already uncertain economic situation, 2) the
regulations make air quality an overriding consideration in the
land use and transportation planning and control process and
constitute an inappropriate intrusion of a single purpose,
federal agency on the land use authority of state and local
government, 3) the ambient air quality standard set by EPA
cannot be achieved within the statutory deadline set by the Clean
Air Act in the state's most heavily populated areas, and 4) in
many cases the benefits to be derived from these regulations are
not commensurate with the potential social and economic costs
to be incurred and no cost/benefit studies exist to show that the
major land use regulations proposed (i.e. Parking Management and
Indirect Source Review) will have any measurable impact on
attaining the national ambient air quality standards.
To deal with these concerns the following amendments to the
Clean Air Act are proposed:
1. Require EPA research to include studies of costs and
benefits of air pollution control regulations,
which would take into account the problems of each
region, prior to promulgation.
2. Prevent the imposition of any regulation which
would impose any unreasonable social or economic
hardship.
3. Allow the Administrator to extend the dates for
achievement of air quality standards so that they
will be achieved in the shortest possible time
without unacceptable social or economic impact.
4. Nullify existing EPA regulations on Gasoline Limitation,
Parking Management, Indirect Sources, and Significant
Deterioration.
5. Give the states time to adopt a plan which relates air
quality to land use and transportation plans SO that air
quality is a primary but not overriding consideration
in planning decisions. Each state would decide its own
policy on Significant Deterioration in clean air areas.
The above is a summary of more detailed recommendations forwarded
to congress in March of 1974 by the Governor and the California
Air Resources Board.
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No regulation should be promulgated in the absence of: 1) a thorough
analysis of the social and economic costs of the regulation, and
2) assurance that the regulation can provide the benefit sought.
This is particularly important in this time of growing inflation
and economic uncertainty. In addition, regulations deemed necessary
to achieve the desired air quality goal should be implemented within
the framework of an overall transportation and land use planning
process so that social, economic and air quality factors can be
considered in an integrated manner.
It is the position of the Task Force that the adoption of these
proposed amendments will not adversely affect the effort to improve
air quality nor jeopardize the health of the citizens of California.
It is felt that air quality can be improved to a level that affords
considerable protection to the public health in a reasonable period
of time through the use of strategies far less disruptive than those
being challenged in this report. Evidence does not exist to support
the conclusion that what EPA is proposing in the way of transportation
and land use controls will in fact insure or greatly speed the
attainment of the ambient air quality desired. On the other hand,
our analysis indicates that these regulations could be very costly
in terms of social and economic disruption and result in lost jobs.
IMPACT OF EPA PARKING REGULATIONS
Parking Lots for New Structures With Spoces of:
50-249
250-499
500-999
1,000 or More 2,000 or More+
Total
Number of Projects Authorized and Dollar Volume: of Permits in 1973
No.
$
No.
$
No.
No.
$
NO.
$
No.
$
CALIFORNIA TOTAL -- SMSA'S
New Office Buildings
186
145,964
26
73,340
11
60,666
8
107,398
2
41,050
231
387,368
Stores
506
156,760
30
33,464
16
34,997
11
66,038
is
39,174
563
292,059
Other Nonresidential#
1,077
450,821
119
157,427
63
166,966
27
195,167
9
100,999
1,286
370,381
Total
1,769
753.545
175
264,231
90
262,629
46
369,403
15
151,223
2,080
1,649,803
CALIFORNIA TOTAL OUTSIDE SMSA'S
New Office Buildings
3
1,662
I
3,589
--
--
--
--
--
-
4
5,251
Stores
32
9,689
4
4,365
--
--
:
--
--
--
36
14,054
Other Nonresidential
73
26,299
9
11,541
I
2,199
-
--
--
--
83
40,038
Total
108
37,650
14
19,495
I
2,199
--
--
--
--
123
59,344
CALIFORNIA (STATE) TOTALS
New Office Buildings
189
147,626
27
76,929
11
60,666
8
107,398
2
41,050
235
392,619
Stores
538
166,449
34
37,829
16
34,997
11
66,838
4
39,174
599
306,113
Other Nonresidential
150
477,120
128
168,968
64
169,165
27
195,167
9
100,999
1,369
1,010,400
Total
1,877
791,195
189
283,726
91
264,828
46
369,403
15
181,223
2,203
1,709,152
+
Included also in 1,000 or more category.
*
Dollar volume in thousands.
APPENDIX A
# Excluding facilities constructed by religious organizations
solely for religious purposes.
IMPACT OF EPA PARKING REGULATIONS
Modification of Structures Which Increased Spaces By:
50-249
250-499
500-999
1,000 or More 2,000 or More+
Total
Number of Projects Authorized and Dollar Volumen of Permits in 1973
No.
$
No.
$
No.
$
No.
$
No.
$
No.
$
:
CALIFORNIA TOTAL -- SMSA'S
New Office Buildings
17
11,329
1
2,406
1
7,000
1
11,676
--
--
20
32,411
Stores
36
10,342
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
36
10,342
Other Nonresidential
136
53,839
19
24,951
4
12,140
6
37,622
I
12,580
165
128,552
Total
189
75,510
20
27,357
5
19,140
7
49,298
I
12,580
221
171,305
CALIFORNIA TOTAL OUTSIDE SMSA'S
New Office Buildings
--
--
--
--
:
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
Stores
I
223
- -
:
--
--
--
--
-
--
I
223
Other Nonresidential
4
1,961
I
1,111
I
3,000
1
5,002
--
--
7
11,074
Total
5
2,184
I
1,111
1
3,000
I
5,002
--
--
8
11,297
CALIFORNIA (STATE) TOTALS
New Office Buildings
17
11,329
I
2,406
1
7,000
1
11,676
--
--
20
32,411
Stores
37
10,565
I
--
--
:
--
--
--
-
37
10,565
Other Nonresidential
140
55,800
20
26,062
5
15,140
7
42,624
I
12,580
172
139,626
Total
194
77,694
21
28,468
6
22,140
8
54,300
1
12,580
229
182,602
+ Included also in 1,000 or more category.
= Dollar volume in thousands.
APPENDIX A (Continued)
10-18-74
Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement
in response to phone inquiries from the press regarding the resig-
nation of University of California President Charles J. Hitch:
"I an very appreciative of President Hitch's contributions
to the University. Under his leadership, the University of
California has maintained its stature as one of the great educa-
tional institutions in the world. He will be greatly missed."
# # #
McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
10-18-74
#602
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
October 21, 1974
through
October 23, 1974
Monday, October 21
11:45 a.m.
Press availability, Grecian Room, Biltmore
Hotel, Los Angeles
12 Noon
League of California Cities Luncheon,
Biltmore Bowl, Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles
Remarks.
6:30 p.m.
Fundraising reception for Assembly Candidate
Mike Bollman, Convention Center, Vacation
Village Hotel, Mission Bay Park, San Diego
Tuesday, October 22
No public appointments scheduled
Wednesday, October 23
6:00 p.m.
Taping of the Dean Martin Show, NBC Studios,
Burbank
Thursday, October 24
To be announced
# # #
Walthall (RAS)
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
10-21-74
#603
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Frederick R. Cunha of
Sonoma and reappointed James B. Keegan of Santa Rosa to the North
Coastal Region of the California Regional Water Quality Control
Board. They received four-year terms.
The North Coastal Region includes the counties of Sonoma,
Humboldt, Siskiyou, Trinity, Mendocino and Del Norte.
Cunha, 44, a political independent, is the administrative
assistant to the California State College at Sonoma Library. Prior
to going to Sonoma in 1972 he was director of Facilities Engineering
and Environmental Quality Control at the Presidio in San Francisco.
He has B.S. degrees in Civil Engineering from the University
of Missouri and Agricultural Engineering from California State
Polytechnic College.
Cunha succeeds Bradford W. Lundborg, M.D., of Santa Rosa.
Lundborg's term has expired.
Keegan, a 44-year-old Republican, has been a member of the
board since February 1971. He is vice president of the Redwood
Empire District of the Wells Fargo Bank with responsibility for
the northern coastal counties of California.
He is president of the Santa Rosa Chamber of Commerce and
is a former president of the Santa Rosa Board of Education. He
is also a member of the Natural Resources Committee of the California
State Chamber of Commerce, Ducks Unlimited, and is a charter member
of the Santa Rosa Chapter of the Isaac Walton League.
Board members receive their necessary expenses.
######
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
10-21-74
#604
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Robert E. McDavid of San Diego as a member of the Public Utilities
Commission. The appointment requires confirmation by the state
Senate.
McDavid, a 55-year-old Republican, succeeds John P. Vukasin
of Piedmont. Vukasin resigned from the PUC after appointment to
the Superior Court.
A former member of the California State Board of Equalization,
elected in 1954 to a four-year term, McDavid served one year as
board chairman.
McDavid has been engaged as a private consultant in accounting
since selling his Los Angeles accounting firm in 1973.
He attended Northwestern University and the Loyola School of
Commerce in Chicago, majoring in accounting. In addition to his
private business and serving as controller for several industrial
corporations, McDavid has been a lecturer in accounting at Woodbury
College and Southwestern University in Los Angeles.
He has been a Certified Public Accountant since 1938.
McDavid is a member of the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants and the California Society of CPAs.
McDavid and his wife Gladys have one child. He will receive
an annual salary of $37,212.
######
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
10-21-74
#605
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointments of
M. B. (Bud) Bryant and Jon S, Kelly, both of Sacramento, and the
reappointments of Robert E. Bell, Los Angeles; Edwin Y. Wang,
South San Francisco: Richard C. Martinez, Compton, and Gerald R. Ruddell,
Visalia, to the California Job Creation Program Board.
The group was formerly the Job Development Corporation Law
Executive Board. The title was changed last year by the legislature.
Bryant, 49 and a Democrat, is the General Executive Board member
of the 8th District of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
of America with offices in Sacramento. He fills the vacancy created
by the resignation of Charles E. Nichols of Sacramento.
Kelly, 38, a political independent, is president of the River
City Bank in Sacramento and partner in the Kelly Broadcasting Company,
which operates KCRA-TV, KCRA-AM and KCTC (FM). He replaces James E.
Stretch of Hillsborough.
Bell, 47, a political independent, is president of the Alliance
Food Corporation in Los Angeles. He has been a member of the board
since February 1973.
Wang, a 53-year-old Republican, is production manager and
advertising coordinator of the Costel Distributing Company in San
Francisco. He has been a member of the board since 1972.
Martinez, a 41-year-old Republican, is personnel supervisor for
the Pacific Telephone Company in Los Angeles. He has been a member
of the board since 1971.
Ruddell, a 53-year-old Republican, is president of the Visalia
Granite and Marble Works Company. He has served as a member of the
board since 1969.
Board members, who serve at the pleasure of the governor, receive
their necessary expenses.
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
10-21-74
#606
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
James C. Green of Atascadero as a member of the Board of Vocational
Nurse and Psychiatric Technician Examiners.
Green, a 31-year-old Republican, fills the vacancy created by
the resignation of Warren B. Hoxie of Costa Mesa. His term will
expire June 1, 1976.
The nursing coordinator at Atascadero State Hospital, Green
will represent the interests of certified psychiatric technicians
on the board.
Green attended San Bernardino Valley College and has done
extension work at the University of California at Santa Barbara.
Board members receive $25 per diem when on official business.
######
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
10-21-74
#607
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment to a
four-year term of Mrs. Harvey (Mildred Jane) Yorkeof Novato as a
member of the state Board of Cosmetology in the Department of
Consumer Affairs.
Mrs. Yorke, a Republican, replaces Polly A. Wyant of San Francisco.
Mrs. Wyant, whose term has expired, asked not to be reappointed.
She is a registered nurse and saw duty with the U.S. Army
Nurses Corps during World War II, serving in France, the Philippines
and Japan.
Board members receive $25 per diem when on official business.
######
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
10-21-74
#608
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Judge Guy Martin Young of Alturas as a member of the board of
directors of the 34th District Agricultural Association, sponsor
of the Modoc District Fair.
Young, a 41-year old Republican, is judge of the Modoc
County Superior Court. He has been a member of the board since
1972.
Association members receive their necessary expenses.
# # # #
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
10-23-74
#609
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Archie Higdon of San Luis Obispo as a member of the California
Maritime Academy Board of Governors.
Higdon, a 69-year-old Republican, is the former dean of the
School of Engineering and Technology at the California State
Polytechnic College. He fills the unexpired term of Owen A. Knorr
of Sacramento. The term expires January 1, 1977.
Prior to joining the faculty of Cal Poly in 1967, Higdon was
a professor and chairman of various physics, mathematics and science
departments at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, the
U.S. Military Academy at West Point and the 15th Air Force at Marsh
Air Force Base, California.
He also has been a member of the faculty at Iowa State College
in Ames and North Dakota State University in Fargo.
A native of Saline, Missouri, Higdon received his B.S. degree
with honors in 1928 from South Dakota State University. He received
his Master's degree in 1930 and a PhD degree in applied mathematics
in 1936 from Iowa State.
He is a Brigadier General, retiring in 1967 with more than
42 years of service.
Higdon is a member of numerous professional engineering societies
and committees, and is the 1974 recipient of an honorary membership in
the American Society for Engineering Education. The award, limited
to two persons a year, is given for outstanding contributions to
education in engineering and allied technologies.
Board members receive their necessary expenses.
######
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
10-23-74
#610
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointments of
John V. Follis and Mrs. Anson (Eudorah M.) Moore, both of Pasadena,
and Wayne D. Husted of Tiburon as members of the California Council
of Product Design and Marketing.
The appointments require confirmation by the State Senate.
Follis, a 51-year old Republican, is a lecturer at the
University of California at Los Angeles in Basic Design and at
Los Angeles State College in the Department of Art.
He replaces Eddy S. Feldman of Los Angeles. Feldman's term
has expired.
Husted, 47, a political independent, is a consultant in
industrial design, and is the former director of design and product
planning for the Lancaster Colony Corporation, Columbus, Ohio. He
replaces Ralph Frank of Beverly Hills, whose term has expired.
Mrs. Moore, a Republican, is the curator of design at the
Pasadena Museum of Modern Art. She fills the vacancy created by the
resignation of John E. Watte of San Marino.
Council members receive their necessary expenses when on
official business.
# # #
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
10-23-74
#611
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Robert Williams as judge of the Sacramento Municipal Court.
Williams, a 46-year-old Republican and a native of Sacramento,
replaces Judge Michael Virga, who was elevated earlier this year
to the Sacramento Superior Court.
An attorney for the state's Department of Transportation since
February of 1961, Williams has also served as a specialist on
legislation in the governor's office under former Governor Edmund G.
Brown and Reagan.
Williams is an honors graduate of Sacramento State College with
an A.B. degree in Public Administration. He also earned an A.A.
degree at Sacramento City College and has done graduate work in
Public Administration at the University of California at Berkeley.
He received his law degree from the McGeorge School of Law.
Williams is a member of the Sacramento, State and American
Bar Associations, and, on three occasions served as a delegate or
alternate delegate from Sacramento County to the annual State Bar
Convention.
He is a former president of the McGeorge School of Law Alumni
Association, and has been a member since 1970 of the Select Committee
of Advisors to the Pacific Law Journal.
Williams has also served as president and first vice president
of the River Park Little League and as a member of the League's
board of directors.
He will receive an annual salary of $37,098.
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
10-23-74
#612
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
October 24, 1974
through
October 27, 1974
Thursday, October 24
a.m.
Depart for Atlanta, Georgia
3:45 p.m.
Press availability, Delta Group Room, Atlanta
Airport
p.m.
Arrive Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
7:35 p.m.
Press availability, Riverside Hotel, Ft.
Lauderdale
8:00 p.m.
Fundraising dinner for gubernatorial candidate
Jerry Thomas, Riverside Hotel. Speech.
Friday, October 25
a.m.
Depart for St. Petersburg, Florida
11:20 a.m.
Republican Rally, Bay Front Center Auditorium.
Remarks
12:00 Noon
Press availability, Bay Front Center
12:25 p.m.
Republican Rally, Al Lang Baseball Field.
Remarks.
p.m.
Depart for Orlando, Florida
2:20 p.m.
Airport Rally, Herndon Field. Speech.
p.m.
Depart for Columbia, South Carolina
5:30 p.m.
Press availability, Hilton Townhouse
7:00 p.m.
Fundraising reception and dinner for guberna-
torial candidate Dr. James Edwards. Speech.
Saturday, October 26
a.m.
Depart for Marietta, Georgia
11:15 a.m.
Republican Rally, Mac Aviation, McCollum Field.
Speech.
12:10 p.m.
Press availability, Squire Inn.
12:30 p.m.
GOP brunch, Squire Inn. Speech.
1:20 p.m.
Candidate photo session, News Conference Room
p.m.
Depart for Charlotte, North Carolina
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#612
4:30 p.m.
Press availability, Red Carpet Inn
5:00 p.m.
GOP Rally, Westside Shopping Center. Speech.
7:00 p.m.
Fundraising reception for Senator Jesse Helms,
Convention Center, Red Carpet Inn
7:30 p.m.
Fundraising dinner for Senator Helms, Convention
Center. Speech.
Sunday, October 27
a.m.
Depart for Los Angeles
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
10-24-74
#613
Governor Ronald Reagan, speaking at a dinner for Florida
Republican gubernatorial candidate Jerry Thomas, warned tonight
against what appears to be "a subtle softening up program to get
the American people used to the idea that we shall soon recognize
Castro's regime and on his terms."
Following are excerpts from his remarks:
"Early this year, on a visit to Miami, I said that the time
had not yet come for us to reestablish diplomatic relations with
Castro's Cuba. Nothing has happened since to change my mind, but
some things have happened which make me suspicious that there are
those who are pushing a subtle 'softening up' program to get the
American people used to the idea that we shall soon recognize Castro's
regime -- and on his terms.
"Within the last month two United States Senators and a group
of newsmen visited Cuba, without the permission of our State Department.
The senators reported that a relaxing of tensions was 'just a matter of
time.' Castro took the occasion of their visit to deliver a windy
harangue against the U.S., more vitriolic than he had managed for
years. Following the speech, he settled down to a congenial dinner
with the senators, just as if nothing had happened. And, from all the
reports, they acted as if nothing had.
"Now there is talk that the November 11 meeting of the Organiza-
tion of American States will produce a vote to remove the economic
sanctions against Cuba which have been in effect since 1962. Although
soaring sugar prices have helped Cuba's economy recently, it will be
greatly enhanced if these sanctions are removed, and it will amount to
tacit approval by the OAS of the Castro regime.
"I believe we must make it clear, in advance, to the members of
the OAS, that we shall oppose the removal of the sanctions unless we
have satisfactory answers to the following questions from the Castro
government:
"1) What will he do about the Soviet military bases he has
allowed to be set up only 90 miles from Florida?
"2) What will he do to assure the other nations of the Western
Hemisphere that he will no longer train, equip and support Communist
guerrillas in other American states?
"3) What will he do about the $1.5 billion worth of claims by
U.S. citizens whose property his government has seized?
"4) What will he do to guarantee the restoration of individual
freedoms to the people of Cuba?"
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
10-24-74
#614
Acting Governor John L. Harmer today announced the appointment
of Wilmont Sweeney of Berkeley as judge of the Municipal Court for the
Berkeley-Albany Judicial District of Alameda County.
Sweeney, a 48-year old Democrat, succeeds Judge Lewis Sherman
of Oakland who was elevated to the Alameda County Superior Court.
Sherman is a former state senator.
The vice mayor of Berkeley, Sweeney, in 1961, became the first
black candidate ever elected to the Berkeley City Council. He was
reelected in 1964 and again in 1969.
Sweeney is a native of Austin, Texas. He received his B.A.
degree in political science from the University of California at
Berkeley in 1950 and his law degree in 1955 from Hastings College of
the Law in San Francisco.
He is a former member of the California Commission of Housing
and Community Development and the board of the Economic Opportunity
Organization-Berkeley Area.
A member of the NAACP, he also holds membership in the Alameda
and State Bar Associations.
Sweeney will receive an annual salary of $37,098.
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
10-24-74
#615
Acting Gov. John Harmer today announced the appointments to
three-year terms of Claire A. Stuart of Camarillo and Paul R. Wiley
of Riverside as members of the Advisory Board for the Mentally
Disordered at Camarillo State Hospital. Their terms will expire
December 12, 1976.
Mrs. Stuart, a Republican, is a member of the Steering
Committee of the Pleasant Valley Hospital Auxiliary and served 12
years as a volunteer at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica. She
attended the University of Southern California.
Mrs. Stuart fills the vacancy created by the resignation of
Buren W. Krahling, M.D., of San Luis Obispo.
Wiley, a 51-year old Republican, is director of the Riverside
County Department of Public Welfare. He succeeds Walter R. Hoefflin
of San Marino. Hoefflin has resigned.
The former assistant director of the San Joaquin County
Welfare Department, Wiley is a graduate of the University of Southern
California's School of Social Work.
Advisory board members receive their necessary expenses.
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR ONALD REAGAN
RF ASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
10-25-74
#616
Governor Ronald Reagan, speaking at a statewide Republican Party
rally in St. Petersburg, Florida today warned of the growing trend of
public employee groups to seek control over candidates and to influence
elected officials in favor of public employee strike rights.
Following are excerpts of his remarks:
"Because it is the most populous state, California has accumulated
quite a number of 'firsts.' Many of these we are proud of, but there
is one disturbing new political trend in my state which threatens to
become a nationwide phenomenon. I call it the buy-a-politiciam program,
and it works like this: the two largest, most aggressive lobbying groups
in Sacramento, the teachers' lobby and the state employees' lobby, have
begun to endorse statewide candidates for office. They offer generous
contributions and massive amounts of manpower to the candidates who seem
most willing to endorse their demands for the right to strike. This year,
we have one candidate for governor who preaches economy, but who willingly
accepted the support of these groups. When the crunch comes Californians
may find themselves choosing between empty schools, hospitals, fire
stations and police stations, or extravagant wage demands and higher taxes.
"Public employee strikes are not condoned by the overwhelming number
of Californians, according to public opinion surveys, and I'm sure that
is the case across the nation. In fact, I believe many dedicated
individual public employees disagree with the strike idea. Yet, the
political pressure brought by these huge lobbies is irresistible to
liberal candidates.
"We thought machine politics were a thing of the past, but the
public employee political machine is a formidable new threat to
responsible government.
"New York City is often crippled by public employee strikes. I
don't want to see that in California, and I know you don't want to see
it in Florida. If it does happen, those who will be most affected,
your local officials who have to make things work, will be told---in
effect to like it or lump it when it comes to public employee demands.
"I simply don't believe a hospital worker has a right to leave a
sick child unattended. A house shouldn't burn down because the firemen
are involved in a labor dispute. Criminals shouldn't run rampant
because the police are striking for more benefits and the schools
shouldn't turn the children away because the school board and the
teachers can't agree.
"In California, as in many other states, we fought for a long
time for a civil service merit system and tenure for teachers. As a
result, these public employees now consider themselves professionals.
Yet, today they seem to want it both ways: the protection and security
of the civil service system and the right to strike.
"We must recognize the legitimate grievances of public employees,
but no government has the right or power to go out of business because
of a labor dispute; nor can it gamble with the health and safety of
the public it was elected to serve. Precisely because it was elected
by the public it also cannot delegate to third parties its bargaining
responsibilities in labor disputes.
"Nobody really wins when a labor dispute shuts down an essential
public service. That is all the more reason why the newly-flexed
muscles of the public employee lobbies should not be used to 'buy'
the fealty of candidates."
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
10-25-74
#617
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
October 28, 1974
through
November 1, 1974
Monday, October 28
No public appointments scheduled
Tuesday, October 29
9:30 a.m.
MacGillvray Fundraiser (breakfast), Lobster
Trap Restaurant, Oxnard
Noon
Cal-Plan Lunch for Tim Terry, Residence of
Dr. Robert Hall, 256 Torro Canyon Road,
Summerland (Santa Barbara County)
Wednesday, October 30
2:00 p.m.
YPTV, News Conference Room 1190
4:00 p.m.
Presentation of official U.S. Bicentennial
Medal by Congressman Bell, Governor's Office
Thursday, October 31
10:00 a.m.
NEWS CONFERENCE
8:00 p.m.
Republican Fundraising Dinner for Constitu-
tional and Congressional candidates, Century
Plaza Hotel
Friday, November 1
No public appointments scheduled
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
10-29-74
#618
Governor Ronald Reagan said today that as much as $12 million a
year may be saved because of the new child support payment law which
goes into effect January 1.
The law requires judges to order deduction of child support
payments from the paycheck of any parent who is two months or more
behind in court-ordered payments.
The governor said the projected savings will result in the Aid
to Families with Dependent Children Program.
"We have estimated in the past that 85 percent of the persons on
AFDC are in the program as a direct result of nonsupport by one parent,
usually a father who is either unidentified, cannot be located, or who
just refuses to pay," the governor said.
"The new law will help in getting regular payments from the father
who has been able to avoid paying any support or is paying so irregularly
that his former family is still forced to turn to public assistance for
support."
The governor said the law will not only enable some recipients to
leave the AFDC program but will have a major impact in eliminating the
need for some to apply for welfare in the first place.
The law allows mandatory deductions to end once the father can
show his payments have been regularly made for 18 months.
The governor pointed out that a parent will not be able to escape
wage assignment by making payments in amounts smaller than ordered by
the court. For example, if a person ordered to pay $100 a month is
paying only $75, he will be subject to a mandatory wage assignment in
eight months--the point at which his basic payments total the equivalent
of two months' court-ordered payments.
The law also provides that employers receive a $1 fee for handling
the monthly deduction, and also makes it illegal for an employee to be
fired because deductions have been ordered.
By directing district attorneys to use the Department of Justice's
computerized Central Registry to locate absent parents, the law increases
the likelihood that such parents will be found once identified.
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
10-29-74
#619
Governor Renald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Robert H. Bolman of Pebble Beach as a member of the Monterey County
Board of Supervisors.
Bolman, 3 68-year-old Republican, fills the unexpired term of
Supervisor Willard Branson of Carmel. Branson has retired. Bolman
will stand for election in June of 1976. Branson's four-year term
would have expired in January 1977.
A retired senior vice president and manager of the International
Division and Executive Vice President and Director of the Bank of
California International, Bolman has been in business for himself
as a management consultant in investment analysis, acquisitions
and mergers, general management assistance and international financial
consultation since 1969. He had been with the Bank of California
since 1954.
Prior to joining the Bank of California, Bolman was vice president
of the Bank of Commerce in Oakland, executive vice president and
director of the Pasadena First National Bank, assistant vice president
of the Union Bank in Los Angeles, and assistant secretary of the
Bishop Trust Company in Honolulu.
Bolman is a former president of the Independent Bankers
Associations of both southern and northern California, and is a
former president of the Alameda County United Fund.
He is a graduate of Stanford University with an A.B. degree in
Economics.
Bolman and his wife have two married daughters. He will receive
an annual salary of $15,000,
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE : Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
10-29-74
#620
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointments of
Elven H. Klassen and Everett L. Tunget, both of Ridgecrest, as
members of the Board of Directors of the 53rd District Agricultural
Association, sponsor of the Desert Empire Fair in Kern County.
Klassen, a 53-year-old Republican, fills the vacancy created
by the resignation of Judith M. Beatty of Ridgecrest. His term
will expire in January 1976. He operates the Klassen Glass and
Body Shop in Ridgecrest.
Tunget, a 43-year-old Republican, is controller of Wilson-Parlet
Enterprises in Ridgecrest. He replaces Gerald P. Hucek of Ridgecrest.
Hucek has resigned. His term will expire in January 1978.
Board members receive their necessary expenses.
######
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
10-29-74
#621
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
William Jack Hayes of Citrus Heights as acting chief of the
Bureau of Repair Services in the Department of Consumer Affairs.
Hayes, a 48-year-old Democrat, succeeds Donald W. Peacock
of San Francisco. Peacock has resigned.
A graduate of American River College with an A.A. degree in
Electronics and Business Administration, Hayes has been assistant
chief of the Bureau since November 1966.
Hayes and his wife Patsy have two children. He will receive
an annual salary of $23,364. The appointment is subject to
confirmation by the state Senate.
######
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
10-29-74
#622
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointments of
Earl G. Christenson of Sacramento and James B. Garvey of Santa Monica
to four-year terms as members of the state Building Standards
Commission.
The appointments require confirmation by the state Senate.
Christenson, a 57-year-old Democrat, is business manager of
Local Union 340 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers in Sacramento.
He succeeds James S. Lee of Sacramento. Lee asked not to
be reappointed.
Garvey, a 30-year-old Republican, is a marine electrical
systems contractor in Santa Monica. He succeeds Vincenzina Hutchison
of Hillsborough. Hutchison's term has expired.
Commission members receive their necessary travel expenses.
######
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
10-29-74
#623
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Warren W. Butler of Compton as a member of the Colorado River
Board of California.
Butler, a 70-year-old Republican, succeeds the late Joseph
Jensen of Los Angeles. He will represent the Metropolitan Water
District of Southern California.
A member for the past several years of the board of the seven
state Colorado River Water Users Association, Butler is a member
of the Compton City Planning Commission and the Compton City
Development Advisory Board.
Butler is a former managing editor of Herald American newspapers
in Los Angeles County.
Board members receive their necessary travel expenses.
######
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
10-29-74
#624
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
George C. Carter of Chico as a member of the state Reclamation
Board.
Carter, a 55-year-old Republican, is manager of the M & T
Ranch near Chico. He succeeds the late H. Wilfried Barmann of
Chico.
A graduate of the New Mexico Military Institute at Roswell,
Carter is a member of the board of directors of the Rice Growers
Association of California and the Advisory Board of District Five
of the California Beet Growers Association.
Reclamation Board members receive $25 a day per diem when on
official business.
######
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
10-30-74
#625
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Sunnyvale-Cupertino
Municipal Court Judge William J. Fernandez to the Superior Court
bench in Santa Clara County.
The 43-year-old Fernandez succeeds Judge Gerald Chargin, who
retired.
Judge Fernandez was appointed to the Municipal bench by
Governor Reagan in 1969 after having been a Sunnyvale city councilman
for nearly seven years. He was mayor of Sunnyvale in 1966-67.
The native of Hawaii received his bachelor's and law degrees
from Stanford University. He was in the U.S. Air Force Reserve
for two years.
A former Sunnyvale "Outstanding Young Man of the Year (1964), "
Judge Fernandez is a former member of the Santa Clara County Economic
Development Advisory Commission and the county's water commission.
He is a former president of the Sunnyvale Bar Association and
a past trustee of the Santa Clara County Bar Association.
A Republican, he will receive $40,322 annually in the new post.
######
McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
10-30-74
#626
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed two new members of the
Child Development Program Advisory Committee, William Whiteneck, Jr.
of Sacramento and Walter N. King of Compton.
Both will serve at the governor's pleasure and receive their
necessary expenses.
They replace Jeanada H. Nolan and Frances L. Andrade, both of
Sacramento, who resigned.
Whiteneck, 38, is assistant superintendent of public instruction
with responsibility for the child development program's support unit
in the Department of Education. The native of Sacramento earned his
bachelor's and master's degrees from Sacramento State University
after having graduated from C. K. McClatchy High School in 1954.
He taught history and physical education at McClatchy High between
1959 and 1967 and was a summer instructor at Preston School of Industry
between 1960 and 1964.
He became summer school principal at Sacramento High School in
1967, was employed in the city school district offices for nearly
five years and joined the Department of Education in 1973. He became
assistant superintendent of public instruction last May.
King, 40, has been supervising staff nurse for the Los Angeles
County Sheriff's Medical Department since 1966. He joined the
department three years earlier after having been charge nurse for
the urology outpatient clinic at Harbor General Hospital in Torrance
and an operating room surgical attendant at the same hospital. He
served three years as a U.S. Army hospital corpsman at Brooke Army
Hospital, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, between 1955 and 1957.
The native of Arkansas graduated from Compton High School,
attended Compton and East Los Angeles colleges and received his
bachelor's degree in nursing education from California State University,
Los Angeles.
Both appointees are Democrats.
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McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
10-30-74
#627
Chester L. Washington, editor and publisher of the Central
News-Wave Publications in Los Angeles, today was appointed by Governor
Ronald Reagan to the state's American Revolution Bicentennial Commission.
He will receive $25 per diem for service on the commission,
which will coordinate California's participation in the celebration
of the nation's 200th anniversary. It is a pleasure appointment.
Washington, the first Negro full-time staff member of a metropolitan
newspaper (Los Angeles Mirror-News), has had a versatile journalistic
career including a period as the ghost writer for former heavyweight
boxing champion Joe Louis.
He held several positions, including city editor and sports editor,
for the Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) Courier Publishing Company before
coming West to join the Los Angeles Sentinel as a reporter. He then
became editor of the Sentinel and was named its editor-in-chief in 1965.
In the late 1960s he became editor and publisher of the Central
News and Southwest News and, upon a merger a few years ago, became
editor and publisher of a chain of newspapers with a combined
circulation of nearly 240,000.
Washington received his bachelor's degree from Virginia Union
University in Richmond and took graduate studies at the University of
Pittsburgh, Duquesne University and the University of Southern California.
He belongs to the Greater Los Angeles Press Club and Sigma Delta
Chi, professional journalistic fraternity of which he is a past
president of the Los Angeles chapter. He is chairman of the Los
Angeles County Parks and Recreation Commission, a past president of
the Central Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Southeast Health
Center and has been involved voluntarily with public relations for
the Interracial Council for Business Opportunity.
######
McKelvey
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
10-31-74
#628
California remains one of the most earthquake-prone places in the
world, but strides toward preparedness for that next unpredictable big
temblor are being made by the Governor's Earthquake Council.
The council was formed by Governor Ronald Reagan following the
disastrous San Fernando Valley quake of February 1971, which claimed
64 lives, injured more than 1,000 and caused damage in excess of
$500 million.
In its second report to the governor, issued today, the council
related what has been accomplished toward implementing the 26 specific
recommendations it made in its first report two years ago.
Among the major concerns of the council are the design and construc-
tion of earthquake-resistant public utilities systems, including those
used for the supply of water, gas, electricity, communications,
transportation and the disposal of sewage.
"These are the life lines of civilization," said Governor Reagan,
"and many of the state's aqueducts, pipelines, highways and tunnels
have been built across or through seismically active areas, most notably
the San Andreas Fault."
Although the council is aware of progress in such design and
construction in recent years, the report concludes that more research
and specific studies will be needed to insure continued operation of
the complicated utilities systems without serious disruption during a
quake.
Measures designed to make dams safer, improve emergency operations
procedures, provide disaster communications and effectively plan for
land use are included in the report.
"There always has been a great deal of interest in earthquake
preparedness immediately following a catastrophic temblor," the governor
said, "but enthusiasm usually has dwindled soon after the immediate impact
has passed.
"This is regrettable because being prepared for quakes has to be a
never-ending task in California." He noted that the 1971 quake registered
6.4 on the Richter scale, making it relatively mild in comparison to the
Fort Tejon (1857) and San Francisco (1906) earthquakes---both of which
are believed to have exceeded 8 on the same scale.
In order to continue the council's work (its two-year assignment
expires soon), a permanent Seismic Safety Commission was created. The
new commission will also continue the work of the legislature's Joint
Committee on Seismic Safety.
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
10-31-74
#629
Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:
"This morning I have sent the following telegram to the candidates
for governor of the Republican, Democratic, American Independent and
Peace & Freedom parties:
"In the event of your election as governor next Tuesday, I am
taking this opportunity to invite you and/or your representatives to
meet with me and my staff in the Governor's Office, State Capitol,
Sacramento, at 11 a.m., Thursday, November 7, to discuss and outline
transition plans from the outgoing to the incoming administration.
Please contact my executive assistant, Ed Meese, (Phone 445-5106) on
Wednesday to confirm these arrangements.'
"After my election in 1966, I found no provision in state law for
me to use so much as a room and a secretary to deal with the flood of
transitional business which suddenly faced me. This had been true
throughout the state's history. We corrected that problem early this
year with legislation which received wide bipartisan support and which
provides procedures and funds for the governor-elect to set up the
framework of his administration. It also provides some funds for the
outgoing governor to use for 60 days following the conclusion of his
term to complete the affairs of his administration.
"Regardless of the outcome of Tuesday's election, continuity in
state government is in the interest of all the people and my staff and
administration will assist in every way possible to make sure the
transition is a smooth one."
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Walthall