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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
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Collection: Reagan, Ronald: Gubernatorial Papers,
1966-74: Press Unit
Folder Title: Press Releases - December 1974
Box: P16
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-2-74
#687
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment to
a four-year term of Eddy S. Feldman of Los Angeles as a member
of the state's Commission for Economic Development.
Feldman, a 54-year-old Democrat, fills the vacancy created
by the resignation of John J. Royal of San Pedro.
An attorney, Feldman is the managing director of the
Los Angeles Home Furnishings Mart, a position he has held
since 1958.
A native of Kansas City, Missouri, Feldman is a 1938 graduate
of Northwestern University and received his law degree the same
year from DePaul University.
He is a member and past president of the Los Angeles Board
of Municipal Arts Commissioners and is a past member (1959-67)
of the state's Correctional Industries Commission.
Commission members receive their necessary expenses.
######
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
Release: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-2-74
#688
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointment
to four-year terms of Mark Guerra of San Jose and Mrs. Catherine
L. Montgomery of San Diego as members of the state Commission on
Fair Employment Practice.
The appointments require confirmation by the state Senate.
Guerra, a 56-year-old Republican, has been a member of the
commission since 1967. He is principal of William High School in
San Jose. He holds a B.A. degree from San Jose State College
and earned his Master's degree in 1953 at Stanford University.
Mrs. Montgomery, a Republican, has been a member of the
commission since 1969. She attended Howard University in Washington,
D.C., and the University of California's extension school in
San Francisco.
She is a member of the President's Advisory Council on
Minority Business Enterprise and the San Diego Planning Commission.
Commission members receive $50 a day when on official
business.
######
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-2-74
#689
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointments to
four-year terms of Curtis R. Stafford of San Jose and Robert E. Renz
of West Covina as members of the state's Commission for Teacher
Preparation and Licensing.
Stafford, a 48-year-old Democrat, is a professor of secondary
education at San Jose State University.
He is a graduate of the University of Illinois and holds an
A.B. degree, a Master's degree and a doctorate in education.
Stafford replaces Jack E. Conner of Castro Valley. Conner's
term has expired.
Renz, a 46-year-old Republican, succeeds Eunice L. Evans of
Lafayette. Her term has expired.
The president of the Building Industries Association of Los
Angeles, Renz is the treasurer of his family's plumbing and heating
business in Santa Fe Springs.
In 1971, Renz was chairman of the Young Home Builders Council
in Los Angeles, the education arm of the Building Industries
Association of California.
Commission members receive their actual and necessary travel
expenses when on official business.
######
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE:
Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-2-74
#690
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Joseph A. Rosati of Hollister as a member of the board of directors
of the 33rd District Agricultural Association, sponsor of the
San Benito County Fair.
Rosati, a 54-year-old Republican, succeeds the late
John P. Ohrwall of Hollister.
Board members receive their necessary expenses.
######
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-4-74
Governor Reagan will be available to the press following
his speech to the Criminal Justice Conference at the Earl Warren
Community Center early this afternoon. He is scheduled to speak
at roughly 1:15 for around 30 minutes. The press availability
will follow the speech.
The California Sheriffs' Association will present an award
to the governor at 3:00 this afternoon in the Cabinet Room.
The press is cordially invited.
Have a nice day, you all.
######
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: : Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-4-74
#691
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Alfred Ginsburg of Chowchilla as a member of the Madera County
Board of Supervisors. He will represent the county's second
district.
Ginsburg, a 54-year-old Republican, succeeds Supervisor
Harold Balmat of Chowchilla. Balmat's resignation was effective
November 30.
A former mayor of Chowchilla and a member of the City Council
for 16 years, Ginsburg won the supervisorial seat in the June 4
Primary election. The appointment to fill Balmat's unexpired
term is effective immediately. His regular term begins January 6,
1975.
Ginsburg is president of the Madera County Civil Service
Commission and has served continuously for the past 10 years.
He will receive an annual salary of $10,512.
######
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-4-74
#692
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment
of Morris M. Rubin, M.D., of Santa Monica as a member of the
state's Advisory Health Council.
Dr. Rubin, a 67-year-old Republican, fills the vacancy
created by the resignation of Orrin S. Cook, M.D., of Sacramento.
Dr. Rubin's term will expire July 7, 1976.
He is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley
and received his medical degree from the University's medical
school in San Francisco.
Council members receive their actual and necessary expenses
when on official business.
#####
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-4-74
#693
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced that his executive
assistant, Edwin Meese III, has accepted the position of Corporate
Vice President for Administration with Rohr Industries, Inc., in
Chula Vista.
Meese, 43, will assume his new position January 20.
.He will be responsible for the legal, industrial relations,
public relations and governmental relations activities of the
corporation, as well as its Washington, D.C. office.
"I am extremely pleased to make this announcement, Governor
Reagan said, "because Ed Meese deserves much of the credit for this
administration's achievements.
"He has done a superb job as my chief assistant and member
of the Cabinet, and I shall always be grateful to him. Nancy and I
wish him and his family good luck and much happiness in the future.
Rohr Industries is fortunate, indeed."
Meese, an attorney, joined the governor's staff in 1967 as
his legal affairs secretary. He had responsibility for all criminal
justice and legal matters involving the governor's office. He also
was responsible for the coordination of emergency planning and
operations, and supervised the community relations and local
government functions of the governor's staff.
He became the governor's executive assistant and chief of staff
on February 1, 1969, succeeding William Clark, now a state Supreme
Court Justice. In addition to his role as the governor's principal
staff advisor, Meese served as chairman of the Emergency Planning Council.
Prior to joining state service, he was Deputy District Attorney
of Alameda County (1959-66) where he was a member of the Senior
Criminal Trial staff and legal advisor to the county's Grand Jury.
Meese, a native of Oakland, is a 1953 graduate of Yale University
with a B.A. degree in political science. He received his law degree
from the University of California School of Law in Berkeley, where
he served on the faculty in 1965-67.
He is a lieutenant colonel in the military intelligence branch
of the U.S. Army Reserves.
Meese and his wife, Ursula, have three children. They will make
their home in the San Diego area.
######
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-6-74
#694
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Forrest Duane Martin of Manteca as judge of the Manteca-Ripon-
Escalon-Tracy Municipal Court in San Joaquin County.
Martin, 40, succeeds Judge Priscilla Haynes of Lathrop.
Judge Haynes has retired. He is a Democrat.
The city attorney for Manteca since 1968, Martin was the
deputy district attorney for San Joaquin County from 1962-64.
He also has been in private practice in Manteca since 1964.
Martin is a 1956 graduate of Contra Costa College with an
Associate of Arts degree, and received his Law degree in 1960
from the University of California's Hastings College of the Law.
He has been a judge pro tempore of the San Joaquin County
Superior Court, and is currently the attorney for the Manteca-
Lathrop Rural Fire District.
Martin is a member of the National Panel of Consumer
Arbitrators.
He will receive an annual salary of $37,098.
######
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-6-74
#695
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
December 9, 1974
through
December 15, 1974
Monday, December 9
p.m.
Monday Night Football (Redskins at Rams Game)
Tuesday, December 10
11:00 a.m.
Medal of Valor Presentation to State Employees,
governor's office
Press Coverage invited
Wednesday, December 11
2:00 p.m.
David Swoap and Dick Petersen, National Welfare
Fraud Association (Presentation of Award to
Governor Reagan.
Press Coverage invited
p.m.
Farewell Dinner for Governor and Mrs. Reagan,
sponsored by Capitol Correspondents Association,
the Society of Professional Journalists and
the Sacramento Press Club, Sutter Club.
7:00 p.m. cocktails
8:00 p.m. dinner
Thursday, December 12
5:00 p.m.
Christmas Ceremony, North entrance of Capitol
(Mrs. Reagan to attend)
5:20 p.m.
Office Christmas party, Council Room
6:30 p.m.
"Salute to the Reagan Years, Farewell Dinner
for Governor and Mrs. Reagan, sponsored by
Sacramento Republicans, Woodlake Inn.
7:00 p.m. Reception
8:00 p.m. Dinner
Friday, December 13
No public appointments
Saturday, December 14
No public appointments
Sunday, December 15
No public appointments
######
Have a nice weekend, guys and dolls:
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-10-74
#696
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the following bill
has been signed:
SB 12 - Song
Amends provisions of 1974 legislation relating
Chapter 1
to the administration of estates involving
community property by deferring the effective
date of such legislation from January 1, 1975
to July 1, 1975.
#####
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-11-74
#697
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced that a special
election will be held March 4 to fill the vacancy in the
15th Assembly District in Alameda County caused by the recent
death of Assemblyman Carlos Bee (D-Hayward).
The primary will be held on February 4. If no candidate
receives more than 50 percent of the vote in the primary election,
the two candidates receiving the most votes will meet in the
general election on March 4. -
Bee died Friday, November 29, 1974, while visiting in
San Antonio, Texas.
######
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-11-74
#698
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the nomination of
Sacramento Superior Court Judge Hugh A. Evans as an associate
justice of the state's Third District Court of Appeal.
Judge Evans, 52, will succeed Justice Robert K. Puglia, who
has been elevated to presiding justice of the appellate court.
The nomination requires confirmation by the state Commission
on Judicial Appointments. Commission members include Chief Justice
of the state's Supreme Court, Donald R. Wright; State Attorney
General Evelle Younger, and senior Associate Justice of the Third
District Court of Appeal, Leonard M. Friedman.
The Third District Court of Appeal, headquartered in Sacramento,
includes the counties of Siskiyou, Modoc, Trinity, Shasta, Lassen,
Tehama, Plumas, Colusa, Glenn, Butte, Sierra, Sutter, Yuba, Nevada,
Yolo, Placer, El Dorado, San Joaquin, Amador, Calaveras, Alpine,
Mono and Sacramento.
Prior to his appointment to the Superior Court here, Judge
Evans was in private practice in Sacramento and was a deputy
district attorney in Sacramento County.
He received his law degree from the University of California's
Hastings College of the Law in 1952, after attending Salinas and
Hartnell Colleges and serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps during
World War II.
Judge Evans is a native of Ogden, Utah.
The member of various professional organizations, including
the American, state and Sacramento Bar Associations, Judge Evans
has been cited by the County of Sacramento for his service as a
member of the county's Civil Service Commission.
He will receive an annual salary of $48,389.
######
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-11-74
#699
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Thomas S. Price of Belvedere as a member of the Marin County
Board of Supervisors.
Price, a 47-year-old Republican, succeeds Michael Wornum
of Mill Valley. Wornum was elected to the California Assembly
earlier this year.
A former mayor of Belvedere (1968-69, Price is serving his
second four-year term as a member of the City Council. He is
in the subcontracting business in the construction industry and
operates his own firm in San Francisco.
Price is vice chairman of the Reed Union School District
Board of Trustees. He also was a member of the Bay Conservation
and Development Commission in 1970-71, and is now an alternate
member.
A native of Lakewood, Ohio, Price is a 1950 graduate of
Principia College in Elsah, Illinois with a B.A. degree in
Economics.
He and his wife Jeanne have two children. He will receive
an annual salary of $18,480.
######
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-11-74
#700
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Chester Hillyard, D.C., of Vallejo, as a member of the Solano
County Board of Supervisors.
Hillyard, 53, succeeds Alfred C. Siegler of Vallejo.
Siegler was elected to the state Assembly earlier this year.
A Republican, Dr. Hillyard is a native of La Salle, New York.
He is a 1950 graduate of the University of Natural Healing Art
in Denver and has completed post graduate work at the Los Angeles
College of Chiropractic.
Hillyard is a member of the Solano County Taxpayers Association,
the Solano County Peace Officers Association, and is a past
commander (1959) of the Vallejo American Legion. He is a past
president of the American College of Chiropractic Orthopedists and
received the organization's Distinguished Service Award in 1971.
He and his wife Evelyn have three children. He will receive
an annual salary of $11,340.
######
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-11-74
#701
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment
of Richard S. Yoshikawa of Stockton as a member of the San
Joaquin County Board of Supervisors.
Yoshikawa, a Republican, succeeds Carmen Perino who was
elected to the state Assembly earlier this year.
A professional photographer who operates his own studio,
Yoshikawa is chairman of the San Joaquin Delta College Board
of Trustees and has been a member since 1964.
Yoshikawa is a former president of the Stockton Japanese
American Citizens League and is a former president of the Stockton
Optimist Club.
He was the 1971-72 lieutenant governor of Zone Three of
the California-Nevada District of Optimist International.
He will receive an annual salary of $13,200.
######
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: SUNDAY
Sacramento, California 95814
December 15, 1975
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-13-74
#702
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced his assistant and
director of programs and policy, Donald G. Livingston, has accepted
the position of Secretary, with additional responsibilities for
government relations, of Carter Hawley Hale Stores, Inc., of Los
Angeles.
Livingston, 36, will assume his new duties with the nationwide
department store chain in January.
In making the announcement, Governor Reagan said:
"Once again I am happy to announce that a key member of my
executive staff will be taking on a major role in free enterprise.
He will leave state service with our very best wishes for continued
success and happiness.
"Don has been a member of our team since 1967, and has made
major contributions to our legislative program, particularly those
dealing with environment, consumer affairs and energy. I will
always be grateful for his counsel and the excellent job he has
done in these complex fields."
Livingston joined the Reagan administration in 1967, serving in
several executive positions. Prior to joining the governor's executive
staff, he was director of the Department of Consumer Affairs, the
youngest director in the history of that department.
A native of Oakland and a third generation Californian, Livingston
is a graduate of San Francisco State University with a B.A. degree in
Urban Studies. He also has completed graduate work in Public
Administration at Golden Gate University in San Francisco and is a
graduate of the Coro Foundation Fellowship Program.
Livingston's public service includes the presidency of the Coro
Foundation and the chairmanship of its board of trustees.
He and his wife Dodie and their son David will make their home
in the Los Angeles area.
######
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-13-74
#703
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
December 16, 1974
through
December 22, 1974
Monday, December 16
through
No public appointments scheduled
Sunday, December 22
#####
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-13-74
#704
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment
of Tyler P. Berding of Woodland as a member of the California
State Veterans Board.
The appointment requires confirmation by the state Senate.
Berding, 30, fills the vacancy created by the resignation
of Wing K. Fat of Sacramento.
A Republican and member of a Sacramento law firm, Berding
was a counsellor and director of the veterans program at the
University of California at Davis. He created and implemented
the school's Veterans Special Education Program, and was
instrumental in establishing the Northern California Regional
Advisory Council for veterans.
In 1973, he helped form the Veterans New Life Corporation,
a nonprofit organization providing special training opportunities
for veterans.
A veteran of the U.S. Air Force, Berding is a graduate of
Claremont College with a Ph.D. in Government Administration.
He received his law degree from the University of California
at Davis.
Veterans Board members receive $20 a day for each board
meeting.
######
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-16-74
#705
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointments of 13
members to the Sir Francis Drake Commission, created by the 1973
legislature.
The commission will plan and execute commemorative activities
to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Sir Francis Drake's circumnavigation
of the earth in 1577 to 1580.
Governor Reagan appointed William L. Shaw of Sacramento, a
deputy attorney general since 1946, as president of the commission.
Shaw, 65, is a Republican: He is also a member of the American
Revolution Bicentennial Commission of California.
Other commission members appointed by the governor, include:
--Ray A. Billington of San Marino. Billington, a 61-year-old
Democrat, is a noted historian and educator with offices in the
Huntington Library and Art Gallery in San Marino.
--Arthur L. Blum of San Francisco. Blum is a 51-year-old
Republican, and operates a public relations and advertising agency
in San Francisco.
--Stanton H. Delaplane of Mill Valley. Delaplane, a 67-year-old
political independent, is a Pulitzer Prize winning columnist and
reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle.
--Mrs. Albert Doerr of Pasadena. Mrs. Doerr, who declines
to state her political party, is a member of the California
Historical Society.
--Albert D. Elledge of San Francisco. Elledge, a 71-year-old
Republican, is an attorney and businessman in San Francisco.
--James D. Hart of Berkeley. Hart, a 63-year-old Democrat,
is director of the University of California's Bancroft Library.
--William M. Mills of Fair Oaks. Mills, a 36-year-old
Republican is best known as the 1964 winner of an Olympic Gold Medal
for the 10,000 meter run. He is in the insurance business in the
Sacramento area.
--Neill Morgan of La Jolla. Morgan, a 50-year-old Democrat,
is a columnist for the San Diego Evening Tribune.
- 1 -
#705
--Alfred W. Newman of Vallejo. Newman, 53-year-old
Republican, is an attorney in private practice.
--Robert H. Power of Vacaville. Power, 48-year-old Republican,
is owner of the Nut Tree on Interstate 80.
--R. Harold Hartsough, Jr., of Tiburon. Hartsough,
62-year-old Republican, is the retired assistant vice president
of public affairs for the Pacific Telephone Company in San Francisco.
--Norman J. W. Thrower of Pacific Palisades. Thrower, a
55-year-old Republican, is a professor of geography at the University
of California at Los Angeles.
Commission members are not paid for their services.
#####
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
Sacramento, California 95814
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-16-74
Representatives of Governor Reagan will join Assemblyman
Bob McLennan and Ed Koupal, head of the People's Lobby, at a
press conference Tuesday, December 17 at 10 a.m. in Room 1190
in the Capitol to announce introduction of campaign reform
legislation. Assemblyman Dixon Arnett will also be present.
The four-bill package includes legislation to:
--establish a September primary election;
--ban campaign contributions by office holders;
--regulate and limit corporate, union, and association
campaign contributions;
--prohibit the involvement of exempt and civil service
employees in political campaigns during working hours.
#####
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-18-74
#706
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
two San Francisco Municipal Court judges to the Superior Court.
The appointees are Thomas J. Dandurand and Eugene F. Lynch.
Dandurand, 41, will succeed Judge Clayton Horn, who retires
December 24. Dandurand has been on the Municipal Court bench
since 1971. A native of Los Angeles, he is a graduate of Stanford
University and earned his law degree from the University of San
Francisco Law School.
He is a member of the American Bar Association, the San
Francisco Bar Association, the Association of Insurance Defense
Counsel and the California Trial Lawyers Association.
Lynch, 43, will fill the vacancy created by the December 31
retirement of Judge Leland Lazarus.
A native of San Francisco, Lynch is a graduate of Santa
Clara University and received his law degree from the University
of California's Hastings College of the Law.
Lynch is a member of the State Bar of California, the
Attorney's Probate Association, the Northern California Defense
Counsel and the San Francisco Bar Association.
Both Superior Court judges will receive $40,322 a year.
######
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-18-74
#707
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Raymond J. Arata, Jr., and J. Dominique Olcomendy to the San
Francisco Municipal Court.
Arata, 38, a San Francisco attorney who makes his home in
Daly City, succeeds Judge Thomas J. Dandurand, who is being
elevated to the Superior Court December 24.
A native of San Francisco, Arata is graduate of the City
College of San Francisco, the University of California at Berkeley
and received his law degree from the University's Hastings College
of the Law.
He is a member of various bar associations and is a former
cochairman and advisor to the San Francisco Explorer Scouts.
Olcomendy, 40, will succeed Judge Eugene F. Lynch who
will be elevated to the San Francisco Superior Court December 31.
Born in Stockton, Olcomendy is a graduate of the University
of San Francisco, and earned his law degree at the University's
School of Law in 1959.
In addition to his private practice, Olcomendy has taught
corporate law at his alma mater since 1970.
He is a member of the California State Bar, the American
Bar Association, and the St. Thomas More Society.
Judges of the San Francisco Municipal Court receive an
annual salary of $37,098.
######
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: ON RECEIPT
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-19-74
#708
Editor's note:
Since mental health was an issue inherited by
the Reagan Administration, and has been in the news periodically
during his administration, the governor has prepared the following
article to put the subject in proper perspective.
BY RONALD REAGAN
GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA
In 1967, shortly after I became governor of California I
set out to change the direction and character of the state's mental
health program.
At the time, I said that the goal of my administration would
be to foster conditions to prevent or minimize mental breakdown.
In the absence of more specific knowledge about causes and treatment,
the practical goal we set for the program was development, maintenance
and restoration of social and personal equilibrium for the patient,
despite emotional stress.
We proposed to assist the mentally ill to achieve a reasonable
operating level. We would provide treatment and supportive services
to permit people to stay at home, functioning at a reasonable level
at work or in school.
Ten years earlier, California had taken the first step to
modernize its mental health program. There was growing awareness
that the old system was a failure. It had stripped some individuals
of their civil and legal rights and their dignity.
Despite 20th century advances in psychiatry, the system was
based on the ancient practice of incarceration, exemplified by
Britain's legendary Bedlam, where people could be locked up for years
or for life, simply because they were "different," or because somebody
disliked them, but primarily because nobody knew how to treat them.
In 1957, California enacted legislation to change that by
shifting the emphasis from hospitalization to outpatient treatment
in local community facilities. Opposition arose from an entrenched
establishment determined to perpetuate jobs, and by some professionals
and authorities for whom change would be tantamount to acknowledging
that the old program wasn't working. Fulfillment of the legislative
mandate was stymied as a result.
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#708
That legislation, the Short-Doyle Act, resulted from a
searching appraisal by the state to evaluate its system of treatment
and care for the mentally disordered. Investigators found overcrowded
state hospital wards. Treatment was often nonexistent, with little
likelihood that patients would improve enough to resume their former
lives. Mental illness or even mere treatment for a temporary
emotional problem---created a stigma that hindered recovery.
The outlook for the future was discouraging. California was
experiencing phenomenal population growth, and the incidence of
mental illness and retardation was increasing proportionatly. With
14 state hospitals in operation, authorities estimated that additional
hospitals for the mounting caseload would be needed at the rate of
one every 18 months.
A comprehensive university study had concluded that patients
with mental illness cannot get well inside a mental hospital.
Legislative investigations and public hearings agreed that "warehousing"
mental patients in large institutions was dehumanizing and damaging.
It wasted human and financial resources. And it was barbaric.
The Short-Doyle Act committed California to sharing with its
counties the cost of developing community mental health programs,
first on a 50-50 basis, then with a formula that increased the state
share to 75 percent. The Short-Doyle Act was amended in 1967 to
make the state responsible for 90 percent of the cost of mental care.
The philosophy of replacing hospital confinement with community-
based treatment proved successful. We moved to strengthen and expand
the program. In 1968, the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act became law
the first legislative protection for the individual rights of
mentally disordered persons. Reversing the old philosophy, the new
law promoted voluntary treatment. It made involuntary treatment
the last resort instead of the first.
By 1972, all 58 California counties had established community
mental health programs under the Short-Doyle law. The system has
become a model for other states, and is studied and emulated
throughout the world.
But cherished concepts, however wrong, die hard. It had been
axiomatic that "crazy people should be locked up where they can't
hurt anybody." " There were ominous warnings that "turning them loose"
would endanger public safety.
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#708
In 1970 when we closed the first of three state hospitals
no longer needed there was sharp opposition from those whose jobs
were eliminated. They didn't realize that under the new system,
more jobs would be created, because individualized treatment requires
a higher ratio of professionals-to-patients than does institutionali-
zation. Many of those same employees of large hospitals ultimately
transferred their skills to new jobs in smaller facilities, in order
to provide better care to fewer patients on a more personal and
specialized basis.
The Short-Doyle system has grown rapidly, from six programs
in 1957 with a budget of $37,000, to 42 programs in 1967 costing
$18.6 million. Today, all 58 counties participate. For its 90
percent share of the cost of mental health services, the state
will this year reimburse its counties $115 million.
As the emphasis shifted to community treatment, the mentally
ill patient population in state hospitals declined from its 1959
peak of 37,500 to less than 22,000 in 1967, despite enormous
population growth during those eight years.
Now, seven years later, there are only 6,000 resident patients
in the state's five remaining hospitals for the mentally ill.
(The others treat mentally retarded patients). By contrast, New York
has almost 40,000 patients in its state hospitals.
With the declining patient population, we have been able to
increase the square footage for each patient from 55 in 1967 to
a minimum of 70 square feet today. And with fewer patients, we
have been able to raise staffing standards to provide better hospital
care.
Focus of the program is now in the communities. Last year,
there were 2.5 million community mental health outpatient visits,
compared to 81,000 in 1967.
Today, more people are receiving better care, closer to
home, more quickly and with less disruption in their lives than
ever before.
Under the old system, a mental patient lost more legal and
civil rights than a convicted felon. Today, he enjoys all those
rights, plus the right of confidentiality, so that he will not be
stigmatized later in life by unauthorized, unnecessary exposure of
his medical history.
#708
Patients are no longer committed to state hospitals for
indeterminate periods. Today, the average hospital stay for a
mentally ill person ranges from 14 to 17 days.
In the communities, the patient's progress is followed
carefully. When he achieves his maximum potential, he is encouraged
to strive for the next highest level.
We have come a long way toward modernizing and humanizing
mental health care in California, but there is still a long way to go.
A major problem is the public attitude toward the mentally
ill and retarded.
Most mental patients are unhappy, lonely individuals who
suffer quietly and passively. For generations the human tendency
to fear and suspect those who may be "different" has consigned
such persons to institutions. Such discrimination denies patients
their best hope for rehabilitation in a homelike setting.
We cannot legislate understanding, but the knowledge that
mental disability can strike anybody at any time should arouse our
compassion. In most cases the problem is a temporary emotional
disturbance, with complete recovery likely under modern treatment.
A nervous breakdown is as curable as a broken limb. All it takes
is time and the proper treatment. Because of the special nature
of mental disorder, it also requires the acceptance and understanding
of good neighbors.
We must stop fearing the mentally afflicted because they seem
to be different. We must get to know them, and accept them as
neighbors who are suffering the emotional equivalent of a bad cold
or flu hardly a cause for quarantine.
That is what California's mental health program is all about.
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Walthall
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-20-74
#709
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
December 23, 1974
through
December 30, 1974
Monday, December 23
No public appointments scheduled
Tuesday, December 24
No public appointments scheduled
Wednesday, December 25
Christmas Day
Thursday, December 26
No public appointments scheduled
Friday, December 27
No public appointments scheduled
Saturday, December 28
No public appointments scheduled
Sunday, December 29
No public appointments scheduled
Monday, December 30
10:30 a.m.
NEWS CONFERENCE
Greater Los Angeles Press Club
600 N. Vermont, Los Angeles
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-20-74
#710
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Inglewood Chief of Police Jay R. Stroh as a member of the state's
Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.
The appointment requires confirmation by the state Senate.
Chief Stroh, a 45-year-old Republican, fills the vacancy
created by the retirement of Robert S. Seares, chief of the
Pasadena Police Department.
A native of Torrance, Chief Stroh is a 1951 graduate of the
University of Southern California with a B.S. degree in Public
Administration. He also has done graduate work at the University
and has taught law enforcement related subjects at El Camino College.
Stroh has been a member of the Commission's Advisory Committee
since 1969.
Commission members receive their necessary expenses when
on official business.
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-23-74
#711
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Sacramento attorney John M. Sapunor as judge of the Sacramento
County Superior Court.
Sapunor, 55, succeeds Judge Hugh Evans, who has been elevated
to associate justice of the Third District Court of Appeal in
Sacramento.
A practicing attorney in California since 1948, Sapunor is
a 1941 graduate of Santa Clara University, where, in 1949, he
received his Doctor of Jurisprudence degree.
Sapunor is a former deputy district attorney of Sacramento
County. He is presently a partner in the Sacramento law firm of
Wilke, Fleury, Sapunor & Hoffelt.
He has served on the Sacramento and California State Bar
Associations committees regulating the practice of law; he is a
member of the Sacramento County Bar Association Council; and has
served as chairman of the Sacramento County Bar Association
Judicial Qualifications Committee.
Sapunor 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
12-23-74
#712
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment
of Santa Maria Municipal Court Judge Richard C. Kirkpatrick
as judge of the San Luis Obispo County Superior Court.
Kirkpatrick, 44, succeeds the late Judge James Madden.
A graduate of South Western University Law School,
Kirkpatrick has been a judge of the Santa Maria Municipal Court
since November of 1969.
A former member of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's
Department, Kirkpatrick is a former deputy district attorney at
Santa Barbara County.
Kirkpatrick is a former governmental affairs committee
chairman of the Santa Maria Chamber of Commerce, and chairman of
the city's Bar Association Committee re Public Defender. He also
headed the attorneys' division of the Santa Maria Community Chest
program.
He is a member of the California State, Santa Barbara,
Santa Maria and Los Angeles Bar Associations.
Kirkpatrick will receive an annual salary of $40,322.
######
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-23-74
#713
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment
of Robert E. Franck of Lincoln as a member of the board of directors
of the 20th District Agricultural Association, sponsor of the
Auburn District Fair.
Franck, a 38-year-old Republican, is a cattle rancher
and operates a cattle transportation business in the Lincoln area.
He fills the vacancy created by the resignation of Charles Hayden
of Auburn.
He and his wife Joyce have three children.
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
12-24-74
#714
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Donald E. Van Luven, Jr., as judge of the San Bernardino County
Municipal Court District.
Van Luven, 36, succeeds Judge Roy Chapman, who has been
elected to the San Bernardino County Superior Court.
A former deputy district attorney in Barstow, Van Luven
has been court commissioner of the San Bernardino County Municipal
Court since 1971.
He is a 1960 graduate of the University of California at
Berkeley and received his law degree in 1965 from the University's
Hastings College of the Law.
Van Luven is a member of the San Bernardino Park and Recreation
Commission, the California Association of Park and Recreation
Commissioners and Board Members, the Sierra Club and the Inland
Fish and Game Conservation Association.
In addition, he is a member of the California and San Bernardino
County Bar Associations, the Criminal Defense Attorneys Association,
and the American Judicature Society.
Van Luven 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
12-24-74
#715
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment
of Sunnyvale-Cupertino Municipal Court Judge James A. Wright
to the Santa Clara County Superior Court.
Wright, 53, succeeds Judge James B. Scott of Saratoga.
Judge Scott has been elevated to the 1st District Court of Appeal
in San Francisco.
A native of Midwest, Wyoming, Judge Wright has served on
the Municipal Court bench since May, 1972. He has been a
practicing attorney in the San Jose area since 1949, and was a
partner in the firm of Miller, Morton, Wright, Caillat and Nevis.
He has served as president of the Santa Clara County Bar
Association, and is a member of the Santa Clara County Trial
Lawyers Association, the American Trial Lawyers Association and
the American Bar Association.
Judge Wright is a 1943 graduate of the University of Santa
Clara where he received his law degree in 1949.
He will receive an annual salary of $40,322.
######
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-26-74
#716
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced that his Assistant and
Director of Administration, Michael K. Deaver, and his Assistant and
Director of Public Affairs, Peter D. Hannaford, are forming a new
company, Deaver & Hannaford, Inc., to consult with clients on public
relations, government relations and marketing matters.
Deaver, 36, and Hannaford, 42, will activate the firm in January,
with offices in Sacramento, Oakland and Los Angeles.
In making the announcement, Governor Reagan said:
"Again, I am happy that key members of my staff will be playing
important roles in private enterprise when they leave state service.
They have my best wishes for success and happiness in their new venture.
"Mike Deaver has been an invaluable member of our team since 1967.
He has been the chief administrative officer and manager of the Governor's
office, with a wide range of responsibilities and duties which he has
carried out with dedication and great effectiveness. He has done an
excellent job.'
Deaver first joined the administration as assistant to the cabinet
secretary. Before that he was with the Republican State Central Committee,
the Santa Clara County Republican Central Committee and IBM Corporation.
He is a graduate of San Jose State University.
The governor said of Hannaford, "though he joined us late in the
administration, for the final year, with responsibility for overall
communications, his counsel has been most valuable and his talents
effectively demonstrated. He, too, has done an excellent job."
Hannaford served as vice chairman of the governor's Consumer Fraud
Task Force (1972-73) and was the governor's appointee to the bi-state
Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and California Tahoe Regional Planning
Agency (1973). In 1972 he was the Republican nominee for U.S. Congress
in the then 7th District. Prior to joining the Reagan administration
he had been in public relations and advertising in the Bay Area since
1957. He is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley.
######
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-27-74
#717
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment to
a four-year term of Wendell P. Hammon of Saratoga as a member
of the California Advisory Board to the Bureau of Employment
Agencies.
Hammon, a 56-year-old Republican, fills the vacancy created
by the resignation of Robert W. Stuart of San Rafael.
A graduate of San Jose State University, Hammon is a former
insurance and real estate agent. He is now a general appraiser
and operates his own business.
Advisory Board members receive $25 a day per diem and
expenses when on official business.
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walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-27-74
#718
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment to
a four-year term of Thomas N. Snortum, DVM, of Los Angeles as
a member of the Board of Examiners in Veterinary Medicine in
the Department of Consumer Affairs.
Dr. Snortum, a 46-year-old Republican, succeeds R. Scott
Jackson, DVM, of Chino. Dr. Jackson has resigned.
A former president of the Southern California Veterinary
Medical Association, Dr. Snortum is a 1955 graduate of the
School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California
at Davis.
Board members receive $25 a day per diem when on official
business.
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-27-74
#719
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced he has designated State
Senator Dennis E. Carpenter chairman of the Commission of the Californias.
The governor also announced the appointment of Ignacio E. Lozano, Jr.,
of Newport Beach as a member of the Commission.
Senator Carpenter, a 46-year-old Republican, was appointed to the
Commission by the Senate Rules Committee. He succeeded former Lieutenant
Governor Ed Reinecke.
The Commission is responsible for promoting the interests of California
and Baja California, Mexico. Its' membership includes representatives from
both areas.
Senator Carpenter, who speaks Spanish fluently, is a former special
agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and was on special
assignment in Mexico. He has-traveled extensively throughout the
country and South America.
Lozano, 44, is the editor and publisher of La Opinion in Los Angeles.
A Republican, he is a former executive director of the Commission of the
Californias, and is a 1947 graduate of the University of Notre Dame.
Commission members receive their actual and necessary expenses when
on official business.
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-27-74
#720
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointment to four
year terms of Robert A. Mellin of San Francisco and Patrick John Riley of
Placerville as members of the State Board of Accountancy in the Department
of Consumer Affairs.
Mellin, 55, a political independent, is a Certified Public Accountant
and a partner in the CPA firm of Hood and Strong in San Francisco.
He is a 1941 graduate of the University of Minnesota and has completed
graduate work at Golden Gate College in San Francisco.
Riley, a 44 year old Republican, is a partner in the Placerville
law firm of Beverly and Riley. He is a 1953 graduate of the University
of Notre Dame and received his law degree in 1956 from the University of
California's Boalt Hall.
He is a former member of the El Dorado Union High School District
Board of Trustees and was a member of its Advisory Commission on School
District Budgeting and Accounting.
Board members receive $25 per day when on official business.
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-27-74
#721
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointments of
Oren W. Tremonti of Sonoma and Richard J. McRostie of San Rafael
to unexpired terms as members of the Sonoma State Hospital Advisory
Board.
Tremonti, a 60 year old Republican, retired in January of this
year as assistant superintendent of the hospital's nursing services.
He joined the hospital's staff in 1935. He succeeds Charles DeMeo of
Sonoma, who has resigned. His term expires December 16, 1976.
McRostie, a 49 year old Democrat, is a retired commander with the
U. S. Navy and is area development coordinator for the United Negro College
Fund in San Francisco.
He fills the vacancy created by the resignation of Sally Ann Ryan
of San Rafael. His term expires December 16, 1975.
Advisory Board members receive their necessary expenses when on
official business.
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-27-74
#722
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment to a four
year term of R. Thomas Allen, assistant director of the state's Department
of Benefit Payments, as a member of the Commission on Uniform State Laws.
Allen, a 32 year old Republican, succeeds Theodore B. Olson of Palos
Verdes Estates. Olson's term has expired.
A native of Santa Maria, Allen is a former assistant legal affairs
secretary to Governor Reagan. He is also a former assistant public defender
of Sacramento County.
Allen is a partner in the Sacramento Law firm of Allen and Dixon.
He is a 1965 graduate of the California State Polytechnic College in San
Luis Obispo, and received his law degree in 1970 from Humphrey's College
in Stockton.
In 1973, Allen served on the steering committee to Governor Reagan's
Select Committee on Law Enforcement Problems. He also was a member of the
Advisory Committee to Project: Safer California, which developed standards
and goals for the criminal justice system at the governor's recent Conference
on Criminal Justice.
Allen and his wife Pamela have one daughter.
Commission members receive their necessary travel expenses.
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-30-74
#723
Governor Ronald Reagan today made the following statement at
the Los Angeles Press Club:
"I have said before that 'government works if the people work
at it.' In these eight years, I have tried, to prove that it is
true. Hundreds of men and women left major jobs in the private
sector to join us for periods ranging from a few months to several
years to help make government more efficient; to keep in under control.
When I came to office in 1967 I said that I wanted to find common sense
solutions to problems. Not every problem has been solved, of course,
and new ones have come along, but on balance I think we have accomplished
something. We brought a runaway welfare system under control and,
based on our welfare reform experiences, many other states are success-
fully emulating California. Now, California has even proposed a blue-
print for reform nationwide. When we leave there will be virtually
the same number of state employees as when we came. This means that
productivity has increased sharply in most departments and agencies
of state government. And, for the first time in more than twenty
years, the outgoing governor will leave the new governor a surplus
in this case approximately $400 million.
"Individual liberty depends upon keeping government under control.
I have learned that you must guard constantly against the government's
tendency to want to grow and grow. This is coupled with the tendency
of those groups with a vested interest in big government to campaign
ardently for such growth, to the exclusion of virtually any other
consideration.
"What we have experienced and learned I want to communicate to
others when I leave office. I want to share one of my disappointments,
too, for I think it is an idea whose time is here. That is, a
limitation on the percentage of the people's total income that
government may take to run its affairs. Our tax limitation initiative
did not pass in 1973, but today some eleven other states have similar
plans under consideration.
#723
"The hour is late in America for freedom and liberty.
"The doomsayers keep telling us that America's problems can
be solved only by government regulation. So, slowly but certainly,
we are allowing government to intrude more and more into our lives;
to dig deeper and deeper into our pocketbooks. America and its people
have great strength. They can reverse this erosion of freedom; and
I want to do everything I can to help.
"There has been much speculation about my activites when I leave
office. Now, I would like to share some specific plans with you:
"As you know, I will have a daily radio program of commentary
which goes on the air January 20. It is being syndicated nationally.
I was delighted to learn that a station serving my hometown of Dixon,
Illinois was the first one to sign up. There are some other important
markets, too, among the first 100 to sign: WHO, Des Moines; WOC,
Davenport, Iowa, where I got my first job; San Diego, Seattle, Denver,
Phoenix, Kansas City, and San Antonio, to name a few. The producer
tells me he expects most of the nation's major markets to be included
by the time we go on the air.
"Beginning the week of January 13, I shall also be writing a
weekly newspaper column for the Copley News Service.
"I will begin my first speaking tour in just two weeks in Dallas,
San Antonio, Nashville and Richmond, Virginia.
"Several offers have come to me to write a book in 1975 and they
are under serious consideration.
"Two of my assistants, Michael Deaver and Peter Hannaford, are
opening a new public relations firm, Deaver & Hannaford, and I have
retained their services to manage and coordinate my program of
activities. They have assembled a small support staff for me.
Included in it will be my secretary since 1969, Helene von Damm;
Nancy Reynolds, who has served as a Special Assistant to the Governor
since 1967; Willard Barnett, retired California Highway Patrol Officer,
who has served as my driver for eight years; Dennis LeBlanc, from the
security detail; and clerical personnel. My office will be in the
Westwood area of Los Angeles."
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-30-74
#724
Governor Ronald Reagan today sent the following letter to
California's congressional delegation, other members of the Congress
and all 50 of the nation's governors concerning the proposed federal
Income Supplement Program:
"President Ford's administration has indicated a desire to renew
the attack on welfare problems and inequities. I have communicated
to the President my belief that this renewed effort should be based
on proven methods of reform and not on untried panacea, such as the
proposed Income Supplement Program.
"Here in California (and in several other states), the welfare
caseload has been declining steadily as a result of reforms which
improved eligibility standards and administrative procedures. In
fact, in California since the reform program began we have been able
to increase the average grant to the truly needy by 42 percent.
"True reform of welfare will require the cooperative efforts of
local, state and federal officials. Utilization of techniques which
have already proved successful can avoid---at the national level
the pitfalls inherent in the I.S.P. proposals.
"The fundamental concept of welfare in the United States has always
been to provide assistance to those in true need. For the most part
this has amounted to temporary assistance, for the recipients do not
represent a static population, but a changing one. ISP would replace
this concept with one based on a guaranteed minimum income. Associating
it with the tax system, as has been proposed, would only serve to
institutionalize this radically different concept.
"I must oppose the I.S.P. scheme in concept, philosophy and basic
design. No one can deny that the current arrangement of welfare
payments and food stamp distribution is wasteful, inefficient,
complex and unfair to both recipients and taxpayers. But to replace
it with an unsound new scheme is not the same as achieving effective
reform.
"ISP has been billed as a replacement for existing welfare
programs. Even if it were passed, it is very unlikely that Congress
would refrain from adding various additional benefit programs or
would eliminate all of the existing ones. Politically, ISP would
serve as a jumping off point for the proponents of a welfare state.
A concerted campaign by so-called welfare 'rights' proponents and
their allies would most likely result in compromises that would be
more, not less, liberal.
"As details of ISP emerge, they raise questions and specific
problems. For example:
--It would double the number of persons receiving cash handouts
and drastically reduce the number of taxpayers shouldering the total
burden of government.
--It would cost $26.5 billion more each year than the current
program. This contrasts with a saving of $1.87 billion which could
be achieved under California's 'Blueprint for National Welfare Reform'
submitted by a special task force in September.
--'Federalization" of all welfare is no panacea, as the problems
associated with Supplemental Security Income attest. So far, federal
takeover of the five million adult aid cases under that program has
been a disaster. ISP proposes a similar takeover of all 41 million
recipients. If the aged, blind and disabled who require little or
no monthly eligibility determination to get their five million monthly
checks---has been too much for the Social Security Administration to
handle, how can IRS expect to cope with several times that many
individually redetermined claims each month?
#724
--ISP does not address itself to state supplements. Some
states, such as California, pay benefits higher than ISP proposes.
If we don't continue a supplement under ISP, our recipients would
suffer a benefit cut. If we do pay it, who would determine
eligibility, and how would such payments be treated by IRS?
-'Simplification' by replacing present welfare with ISP---
would be illusory unless eligibility checking is weakened or
eliminated. And, that would result in welfare-by-affirmation.
--ISP purports to make it possible to reduce the army of state
and county employees now administering welfare programs. That was
also the promise of HR 1 in the federal takeover of the relatively
simple adult aid categories by Social Security almost a year ago.
To date, no such reductions have been possible and, worse, the
federally-administered system is incapable of getting ineligible
persons off the rolls in timely fashion except when they die. It
is difficult to imagine how IRS---or any other federal agency---
could manage several times as many AFDC individual cases and child-
less couple cases each month, when most of them are much more
complicated.
-Effectiveness of the proposed work requirement is doubtful,
given the avowed opposition of the H.E.W. staff.
"As we learn more about this new scheme to redistribute the
taxpayers' earnings as 'guaranteed income', I'm afraid it will show
more and more flaws, or at the very least be as complex, cumbersome
and unmanageable as the present nonsystem.
"There is an alternative with demonstrated effectiveness. Our
California 'Blueprint' outlines what has been done through reform
at the state level and what still needs to be done to make welfare
manageable on a nationwide scale.
"The major problem today lies in the area of food stamps. ISP
proposes to do away with the stamps, substituting cash. Yet, food
stamps prevent taxpayers' cash from being used to purchase liquor,
tobacco, jewelry and other nonessential luxuries. The program does
need greatly improved eligibility standards and administration, however,
and the means are detailed in our Blueprint.
"There are federal barriers to effective welfare reform that
must be removed if we are to bring caseloads under control. I have
urged the President to seriously consider our 'Blueprint' in detail.
It bases cash payments on demonstrated need. It would control food
stamps. It would provide for the truly needy and prevent abuse by
the non-needy (something the ISP scheme cannot do). All of this
can be accomplished at lower cost than the present system, and far
lower expense than ISP.
"Some have dismissed our reforms out-of-hand as 'only tinkering";
however, carefully planned, detailed welfare reform is no more
'tinkering' than is piloting a space vehicle or managing a large,
complex business. It can be done, given the will and the technical
knowledge.'
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-30-74
#725
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced that California has joined
in an effort to head off provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act
that could cost the state $16 million a year or more.
The suit was filed by the National League of Cities and the
National Governors' Conference to halt the operation of recent
amendments to the Act. Labor Secretary Peter J. Brennan is the defendant.
Signed into law April 8 by President Nixon, the amendments would
force state and local governments to reduce the hours of work of police
and fire personnel starting January 1 or pay overtime.
A three-judge United States District Court panel will hear a
request for a preliminary injunction against the new regulations Monday
(December 30) in Washington, D.C. An order allowing California to join
in the suit challenging the constitutionality of the amendments as they
affect state and local governments was signed Thursday (December 26)
by Federal District Judge John Pratt in Washington.
Virtually eliminated by the new regulations based on the 1974
amendments to the act would be the long-standing practice of awarding
compensating time off to state and local government employees for over-
time work. State Finance Director Verne Orr said the resulting cost
to California alone would be at least $16 million a year.
"We predict that the mutual aid program among local fire services
in California also would be doomed because smaller jurisdictions would
be unable to afford to pay the overtime involved, Governor Reagan
said. "This could result in an additional cost to the state of $6
million a year.
The 1974 amendments already have forced the California Highway
Patrol Academy to cut its training program from 2,080 hours to 960
hours to avoid the $750,000 cost of paying cadets for time spent
eating and sleeping.
An early ruling by the panel is expected on the request for an
injunction pending resolution of the suit by the United States Supreme
Court. The suit contends the 1974 amendments unconstitutionally
interfere with the sovereign functions of state and local government.
California has advanced a similar argument in the pending suit of
the State of Ohio against application of cost of living regulations to
the salaries paid state employees.
"We believe the 1974 amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act
are patently unconstitutional, " Governor Reagan state. "They are
just another example of the California taxpayer having to bear the
burden of additional costs for vital government services without
concurrent increases in the level or quality of the services.
"Accordingly, we have elected to decline respectfully to
implement the regulations and are seeking injunctive relief against
their operation pending resolution of the constitutional issues."
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-30-74
#726
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Arnold Beckman of Corona Del Mar and Sacramento attorney Gene E.
Pendergast, Jr., as members of the Advisory Committee for Selection
of the Regents of the University of California.
The Advisory Committee was established by the passage of
Proposition 4 at the November election. It requires the governor
to consult with the 12-man advisory committee in selecting his
appointees to the Regents. The committee consists of the Speaker
of the Assembly, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, Chairman of
the Regents, a member of the faculty chosen by the academic senate
of the University, a student of the University chosen by the Council
of Student Body Presidents, an alumnus chosen by the University's
alumni association, and six members of which two each are appointed
by the governor, the Speaker and the Senate Rules Committee.
Beckman, a 74-year-old Republican, is chairman of the board
of directors of Beckman Instruments, Inc., in Irvine.
He was given a two-year term.
Beckman is chairman emeritus of the board of trustees of the
California Institute of Technology, and is a member of the advisory
board to the California State University at Fullerton.
Pendergast, a 34-year-old Republican, received a four-year term.
He is a 1961 graduate of the University of California at Davis and
received his law degree in 1964 from the University's Boalt Hall in
Berkeley.
Costsof the Advisory Committee have not been determined at
this writing.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-30-74
#727
Governor Ronald Reagan today issued an Executive Order
creating a new government unit, the Coordinating Office for Public
Service Employment (COPSE). COPSE will serve as the central point
for handling non-civil service appointments to state government
positions through the Public Service Employment program (PSE).
This Public Service Employment program is a federally-
funded program (Title II of the Comprehensive Employment and Training
Act of 1973), which aims to counter high unemployment by providing
temporary public service jobs for the unemployed in areas where the
unemployment rate is 6.5 percent or higher.
Funds for PSE jobs are included in the revenue sharing
funds returned by the federal government to cities and counties with
populations of 100,000 or more (referred to as Prime Sponsors). State
government departments and other state agencies will be hiring through
sub-grant arrangements with these prime sponsors and the public service
jebs will be in the prime sponsors' areas.
The new unit, COPSE, will be the hiring agent for all state
government positions in the PSE program. COPSE will, in effect, be
acting for the governor, since the positions created will be filled
by governor appointees exempt from the usual civil service procedure.
The jobs will be in positions additional to the regular civil
service lists and will not affect civil service opportunities and
promotions. They will be transitional or training positions, preferably
in occupational fields most likely to expand when the employment situation
improves.
COPSE will be located in the Employment Development Department
building, 800 Capitol Mall, Sacramento.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-31-74
#728
A "new direction" for Medi-Cal, calling for sweeping changes
in the state's health care financing system for the poor and needy,
was proposed today by Governor Ronald Reagan.
The proposed system would require some legislative changes,
centralized health facilities, called Organized Health Delivery Systems
(OHDS), which would contract with the state to provide all care and
services for the 2.4 million Medi-Cal beneficiaries.
Governor Reagan cited both economic and social reasons for the
recommended revisions in the $2 billion program.
"Despite the fact that we in California have the most generous
health care plan for economically disadvantaged citizens in the
United States, it is not delivering these services equitably, nor
economically, N the governor said.
"Through the proposed Organized Health Delivery Systems, every
Medi-Cal beneficiary can be assured of getting care when needed,
and the state will be able to monitor the quality of that care.
Further, the taxpayers can enjoy a savings of more than 20 percent
from the current Medi-Cal budget, if these recommendations are adopted."
The proposed changes are the first major suggestions for improving
the Medi-Cal program and controlling its rapidly spiralling costs
since the Medi-Cal Reform Plan of 1971 imposed limits and prior
authorization requirements for some services.
The governor emphasized that the proposals are still in a draft
stage and that much work and some changes in law would be required
before they could be put into effect.
Costs for the current program, according to the governor, are
rising "faster than the state budget can stand." Medi-Cal's portion
has outstripped other increases in the state budget---up 213 percent
in the past eight years from $618 million in 1966-67 to approximately
$2 billion this year. The total cost of state government increased
only 130 percent during the same period.
The social problems Governor Reagan described include the
difficulties encountered by many Medi-Cal beneficiaries who are unable
to find providers who accept the present program's controls and
procedures. Additionally, he said, the state is unable to evaluate
the quality of care offered by the more than 55,000 providers who do
participate. With the new system, the state could concentrate on
quality rather than control, he added.
#728
The basic change proposed by the governor is a new delivery
system concept which would provide care for about 90 percent of the
beneficiaries through the Organized Health Delivery Systems.
Details are not yet worked out, but the proposal calls for the
state to contract with one organization in each geographical area.
The organization would provide all care routine and emergency
for all the beneficiaries in the area.
Payment would be in advance, for all Medi-Cal services needed
by assigned beneficiaries. "The OHDS will have an incentive to keep
the beneficiaries well through the practice of preventive medicine,"
the governor said. The state will not have to control services,
but will be able to monitor quality.
In rural areas where a large centralized organization is not
feasible, the state would reimburse local providers in private
practice on a fee-for-service basis.
Other recommendations include:
Shifting mental health care from the Medi-Cal program to the
Short-Doyle mental health program. (Overlapping benefits and
duplicative administrative costs would be eliminated and all
Californians would have coverage under the same program).
-Copayment from all beneficiaries for all services. (The
proposal suggests copayment in order to provide a deterrent to
unnecessary services and to strengthen a "cost consciousness" in
the beneficiary. Amounts range from 50 cents for a prescription
drug to $10 for a hospital admission).
--Volume purchase by the state of all drugs and supplies. (The
state currently spends over $50 million each year. Volume purchase,
by bid, would reduce this cost by an estimated ten percent).
--Termination of the fiscal intermediary system. (Since the
new system would require processing few claims, the state could save
on administrative costs by handling this function internally).
--Elimination of prior authorization and other program controls.
(The state would save again in administrative costs because each OHDS
would establish its own controls and the state would use its professional
consultants to monitor quality rather than to authorize services).
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--Taking over the counties' share of the program's funding.
(Because policy and administration are state responsibilities, the
state, with federal participation, would fund the program. Counties,
which currently pay a total of almost $300 million, would be mandated
to reduce local taxes).
--Establishing a single income and assets eligibility standard
for all beneficiaries in all categories of public and medical
assistance. (The current fragmented system has stricter requirements
in some categories).
If necessary legislation is passed next year at the state and
federal levels, the plan could become operational in 1976, according
to the governor.
"The Medi-Cal program has proven that money alone is not the
answer, " he concluded. "If these recommendations are accepted,
California can provide quality medical care to all who are eligible
and the continual financial demands of the Medi-Cal program can be
controlled."
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Medi-Cal Background Information
Purpose
California provides medical assistance for needy and low-income residents through Medi-Cal,
the state's version of the joint federal-state Medicaid program (Title XIX of the Social
Security Act). Medi-Cal does not provide services directly to program beneficiaries, it
pays claims for a comprehensive list of benefits available to approximately 2.4 million
beneficiaries.
History
The program began in 1966, when California decided to participate immediately in Medicaid,
cstablished by Federal legislation the previous year. Through the early Medi-Cal Program
the State paid bills on a fee-for-service basis, with little or no utilization controls on
providers or beneficiaries, By 1970, costs had increased exponentially and a centralized
ontrol system was needed. The resulting Medi-Cal Reform Plan (MRP) went into effect in
1971. MRP increased the group of Program eligibles by including medically indigent persons,
formerly the sole responsibility of the counties; added benefits and divided them into
basic and supplemental schedules with requirements for prior authorization as a utilization
control method; added a copayment requirement (no longer in effect) for some services
for some beneficiaries; and encouraged the development of contracts with prepaid health
plans. With MRP, the Department established a computerized centralized identification
system (CID). CID takes eligibility input from the counties and issues the "sticky label"
Medi-Cal card, used by the beneficiary and the provider to establish monthly eligibility
for services,
Administration
Under general direction of the Secretary of Health and Welfare, the State Department of
Health is responsible for administration of the Medi-Cal program. The Department oversees
its operation, sets policy and rates, monitors utilization and quality of care, and
investigates complaints. Within the Department, the Health Financing Systems has the
primary responsibility for Medi-Cal. Claims are processed and paid by fiscal intermediaries
with Medi-Cal Intermediary Operations (MIO) handling the vast majority. MIO includes
Blue Cross North, Blue Cross South, and Blue Shield as claims reviewers.
Prepaid Health Plans
PHPs agree to provide the complete range of Medi-Cal benefits, as needed, to enrolled
eligibles in return for a monthly capitation amount paid by the state. In areas in which
the Department has contracted with prepaid health plans, a beneficiary may voluntarily
decide to enroll rather than to seek care through providers who bill the State on a fee-
for-service basis. In the past two years, more than 60 contracts have been written.
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neficiaries: Approximately 2.4 million California residents are eligible for Medi-Cal;
eligibility is determined by county welfare offices (Aid to Families with
Dependent Children); by federal Social Security offices for Supplemental
Security Income/State Supplemental Payment recipients (the blind, the dis-
abled and old age assistance). Of the 2.4 million, nearly 2 million are
public assistance (welfare) recipients; the others are medically needy or
medically indigent.- lacking resources to pay for their medical care.
Providers
More than 55,000 providers are voluntarily participating in the program:
physicians, hospitals, nursing homes, pharmacists, dentists, therapists,
podiatrists, chiropractors and others.
Funding
Joint federal-state-county on an approximate 50-35-15 ratio.
Budget
Total expenditures in 1973-74 were more than $1.6 billion; this years budget
exceeds $1.8 billion - nearly 20% of the total state budget.
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Benefits
Medi-Cal covers: services from physicians, dentists, chiropractors,
optometrists, pharmacists, hospitals (inpatient and outpatient), nursing
homes, home health agencies, a variety of therapists, and a comprehensive
array of other health care service and equipment providers.
PHPs
54 contracts are currently in effect with 239,000 beneficiaries enrolled
(approximately 10% of all those eligible for Medi-Cal). Capitation
paid in August was almost $7 million, exclusive of pilot projects which
are testing new delivery systems and financing methods for particular
services or in certain areas.
Medi-Cal: Current and Continuing Issues and Problems
Cost:
Medi-Cal costs, controlled by MRP for several years, have shown indications
of increasing again. The Department of Health, the Legislative Analyst, and
the Department of Finance are reviewing the causes, Theories include "bill
padding" by providers, extra tests ordered by physicians for their own protection
against malpractice charges, and an unexpected increase in the number of
medically indigent because of economic conditions.
Rates:
Reimbursement schedules and fees have been a continuing source of complaint from
virtually every type of provider. Nursing home payments were increased earlier
this year and many nonphysician providers have recently received higher rates.
Physician reimbursement methods and amounts are currently under intensive study.
Doctors are paid on individual billing profiles established according to
specialty, geographical area, and past customary fees,
Prior
The prior authorization requirement, established by MRP to control costs and
Author-
monitor utilization, is repugnant to many providers. Increased demand for
ization:
Medi-Cal services has at times caused delay in processing Treatment Authorization
Requests. The Department is now looking at new methods for handling TARS.
PHPs:
Controversial since their inception over two years ago, prepaid health plans have
been under almost constant scrutiny by the press, the Legislature, the public,
and those responsible for their administration. The Department has, over the
years, implemented a variety of controls to improve the PHP program;
marketing materials and methods require approval and are under close surveillanc
quality of care is monitored primarily through on-site medical audits,
supplemented by reports of service data.
PHPs are required to submit certified financial data
a flat capitation rate has recently been adopted for each county, replacing
the individual contract rate negotiation process
efforts are intensifying to educate beneficiaries about Medi-Cal alternatives
and proper use of both PHP and fee-for-service Medi-Cal services
Duplicate
A recent report by the Auditor General criticized the Department's administration
Payments:
of Medi-Cal because of what he termed duplicate fee-for-service payments to
providers for beneficiaries who were already enrolled in PHPs. The report was
not considered a responsible report by the Department, however, the Department
is aware that it is possible, in some counties, for a beneficiary who is a
PHP enrollee to secure a temporary Medi-Cal identification card and use it
with a fee-for-service provider. The Department is working with the counties
to improve screening procedures when temporary cards are requested.
Effect on
With Medi-Cal Reform, the county indigent patient became eligible for Medi-Cal.
Counties:
Many chose to "enter the mainstream" and no longer sought services through
the county hospital system. Many counties found themselves operating hospitals
and clinics without patients and have decided to shut down or modify their
operations. County administrators and officials have blamed the Medi-Cal
program for their fiscal difficulties,
GLOSSARY
Medi-Cal the state-federal health care program for California's
low income population.
Short-Doyle Program the state-county system of joint funding
for community mental health programs. All Californians may receive
services with payment on a sliding scale from free to full charges.
Prepaid Health Plan (PHP) a program that provides all necessary
health care through a group of physicians and other providers for one
fixed fee paid monthly in advance. For Medi-Cal beneficiaries, who
voluntarily enroll, the fee is paid for the state through contracts.
Fee-for service the conventional method of paying for each
service rendered by physicians or other providers.
Prior authorization under the fee-for-service Medi-Cal program,
advance approval by state-employed professional consultants is required
for all health care services other than two physician visits and two
medical prescriptions per month.
Fiscal intermediary large insurance companies -- Blue Cross
North, Blue Cross South, Blue Shield - which process the almost $2
billion in claims that will be paid this year by Medi-Cal to health
care providers.
Copayment
a trial program conducted from January 1, 1972 through
June 30, 1973, in which some Medi-Cal beneficiaries had to pay a token
$1 for each of the first two doctor visits and 50 cents for each of
the first two pharmaceutical prescriptions per month toward their
health care. The $3 maximum copayment has been judged successful in
deterring excess use of medical care by Medi-Cal beneficiaries.
COUNTIES' SHARE OF
MEDI-CAL FUNDING
COUNTY
SHARE
Alameda
15,535,416
Alpine
7,295
Amador
209,508
Butte
1,269,016
Calaveras
246,390
Colusa
167,986
Contra Costa
7,733,130
Del Norte
250,797
EI Dorado
478,906
Fresno
9,385,423
Glenn
228,514
Humboldt
1,509,600
Imperial
533,200
Inyo
276,186
Kern
7,593,083
Kings
941,280
Lake
160,380
Lassen
194,556
Los Angeles
118,370,400
Madera
803,115
Marin
1,424,640
Mariposa
53,163
Mendocino
772,750
Merced
1,900,350
Modoc
161,160
Mono
48,515
Monterey
3,617,430
Napa
709,500
Nevada
646,850
Orange
14,521,815
Placer
1,271,809
Plumas
223,780
Riverside
5,882,400
Sacramento
10,240,249
San Benito
229,689
San Bernardino
7,657,470
San Diego
11,181,450
San Francisco
16,718,460
San Joaquin
6,496,458
San Luis Obispo
2,098,122
San Mateo
7,302,400
Santa Barbara
2,968,940
COUNTY
SHARE
Santa Clara
12,849,800
Santa Cruz
1,851,645
Shasta
858,000
Sierra
19,721
Siskiyou
609,570
Solano
974,304
Sonoma
3,186,000
Stanislaus
3,771,420
Sutter
866,250
Tehama
366,560
Trinity
223,951
Tulare
3,524,955
Tuolumne
349,604
Ventura
3,320,096
Yolo
1,391,250
Yuba
701,688
296,826,395
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-31-74
#729
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Los Angeles Municipal Court Judge Edward A. Hinz, Jr., as judge
of the Los Angeles County Superior Court.
Judge Hinz, 41, succeeds Judge Edward Olson of Burbank.
Judge Olson has retired.
A native of York, Nebraska, Judge Hinz has been on the Municipal
Court bench since December of 1973. He is a 1958 graduate of the
University of California at Los Angeles and received his law degree
from the University's Hastings College of the Law.
He also attended Harvard University for two years prior to
serving in the U.S. Army.
Judge Hinz served 12 and one half years in the state Attorney
General's office prior to his appointment to the Municipal Court.
He was chief assistant Attorney General in charge of the Criminal
Law Division at the time of his appointment.
He is a past vice president of the National Association of
Extradition Officials and a member of the California State Bar
Association.
As a Superior Court judge, he will receive an annual salary
of $40,322.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-31-74
#730
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Evelyn S. Clark of Los Angeles as a member of the Board of
Behavorial Science Examiners in the Department of Consumer Affairs.
Ms. Clark, a Democrat, fills the vacancy created by the
resignation of Connor G. Cole of El Centro. Her term will expire
June 1, 1978.
A licensed marriage, family and child counselor, Ms. Clark
is a graduate of San Diego State College with a B.A. degree in
Elementary Education. She received a master's degree in 1965
in Counselor Education from the University of Southern California.
In 1972, she received her Doctor of Education degree from USC.
Board members receive $25 a day per diem when on official
business.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-31-74
#731
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
James R. Doyle, M.D., of Orange as a member of the Board of
Medical Examiners.
Dr. Doyle, a 49-year-old Republican, succeeds Arthur F.
Thompson, M.D., of Newport Beach. Dr. Thompson has resigned
and his term has expired. Dr. Doyle received a four-year term.
A 1955 graduate of Gannon College in Erie, Pennsylvania,
Dr. Doyle received his medical degree in 1959 from the University
of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York.
Board members receive $25 a day per diem when on official
business.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
12-31-74
#732
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment to
three-year terms of Mary Ada Morton of Carmel and Albert C. Fremont,
M.D., of Palo Alto as members of the Areawide Developmental
Disabilities Program, Board, Area VII.
Ms. Morton, a Republican, director of Nursing Services,
Hillhaven Convalescent Hospital in Carmel, succeeds Juanita Shaffer of
Palo Alto. Ms. Shaffer asked not to be reappointed.
Dr. Fremont, a 43-year-old Democrat, is director of the Child
Development and Diagnostic Center at the Santa Clara Valley Medical
Center in San Jose. He succeeds Richard G. Grey of Los Altos Hills.
Grey's term has expired and he asked not to be reappointed.
Board members receive their necessary expenses.
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