Rapid transit tax use vetoed in California Senate
The California Senate rejected a proposal to divert gas tax revenues from highway work to rapid transit and pollution control. The Assembly backed measure would have asked voters in November to decide on using funds for transit systems. The vote failed 2 to 16, six short of the two-thirds needed, with backers calling for reconsideration later.
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Sacramento
California Senate
California
John Foran
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Senate
California Assembly Advances Bills On Nutrition And Public Safety
The California Assembly passed AB 1202 to fund an elderly nutrition program with $400,000 and AB 40 to fund Peace Officer Standards and Training with $1.4 million. Measures to regulate lobbying and create a solid waste board progressed, while bills on insanity parole limits and airport permits faced divisions. Resolutions sought a strip mining ban in Los Padres National Forest and other governance actions.
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Bob Moretti
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Four Charged in Wallace Hospital Aid Scam
Police in New Orleans arrested four men for theft by fraud after a scheme claimed to aid Alabama Governor George Wallace's hospital bill. The suspects David Duke Chase Hardin Louis Daene and Hamilton Barrel allegedly wore Wallace hats and used donation cans at intersections to pocket funds.
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New Orleans
UPI
Alabama
George Wallace
Wallace
David Duke
Chase Hardin
Louis Daene
Hamilton Barrel
Senate approves refundable California college application fee
In Sacramento the California Senate narrowly passed a bill to make the $3 college application fee refundable to students who apply and then enroll. Sen John Harmer said the measure offsets clerical costs from non enrolling applicants and moved later to the Assembly on a 91 11 vote after reconsideration.
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Sacramento
California
California Senate
John Harmer
Assembly
Harmer
Senate blocks governor veto override measure in California
California Senate rejected a constitutional amendment by Sen. Ralph Tillis to weaken the governor power to veto bills. The proposal died Thursday on a 35-21 vote. It would allow overriding a veto if the overridden bill later received the same or greater votes in the opposite chamber as when first approved, using example figures of 23 in the Senate and 45 in the Assembly.
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California Senate
Ralph Tillis
Senate
Assembly
Tax reform bill stirs California Senate action
Democrats in the California Senate weigh a compromise 1.2 billion school bonding and tax reform package aimed at funding school districts and property tax relief. No decision yet as caucus leaders urge printing for hearings while bids to pass require a five eighths majority.
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Sacramento
California Senate
Buw
Bob Moretti
Domed Capitol doomed by state architect in report
Sacramento AP says the old domed Capitol is dangerous, tours should stop if needed, and the legislature should move to temporary quarters. Fred Hummel recommends a $4 million reconstruction over five years to reinforce unreinforced brick walls and the dome, which could bring the building to withstand only short, strong earthquakes.
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Sacramento
Oase
Fred Hummel
Hummel
Reagan vows action on stalled auto insurance bill
Sacramento AP Reagan says he will do what he can to salvage a social auto insurance bill stuck in the Senate Judiciary Committee after a week of deadlock. The Republican governor faced reporters Thursday about Democratic Assembly floor leader Jack Fenton's proposal, which remains unresolved in the upper chamber.
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Senate
Reagan
Democrats
Mervyn Dynnelly
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Guy Reagan
Democratic Assembly
Jack Fenton
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California bill would let nonphysicians study acupuncture in schools
A proposed California measure would allow medical schools to conduct extensive acupuncture research with nonphysician personnel. Dr. Thomas Elmendorf demonstrated the technique at a Capitol news conference while advocating the bill to regulate nonphysician participation and prevent medical quacks from exploiting public interest.
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Canifornia
Thomas Elmendorf
California Medical Association
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Capitol
Kok Yuen Leung
British Columbia
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Gordon Duffy
R-Blatford
California
el Iendorf
California Assembly to Work Through July 4 Holiday
Sacramento Assembly Speaker Bob Moretti said the Assembly will work all of next week including July 4 and then recess the following week for the Democratic National Convention. The Senate plans to meet during the convention, with sessions possibly ending July 28 before adjournment or a fall recess. A fall session hinges on Gov. Reagan agreeing to call lawmakers back for a reapportionment special session.
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UPS
Assembly
Bob Moretti
Senate
Ronald Reagan
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