California Senate blocks access to confidential bank records
Capitol briefs report the California Senate defeating a bill 14 to 20 that would have let Welfare Investigators access confidential bank records. Senator Nicholas Petris warned it would invite fishing expeditions into residents' records while current law already allows bank record probes with a filed crime report. The bill was sponsored by Ron Bradley of San Jose.
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California Senate
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California
Ion Clark Bradley
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State reports $287.7 million income tax intake
Sacramento based on a weekly report from the Heagan administration, the Department of Human Resources Development announced that income tax collections reached 287.7 million dollars since the payroll withholding system began January 1. Director Sigund Jansen said receipts are coming in at 5 to 7 mailbags daily, with daily totals from 3 million to 18 million while employers covered the first quarter liabilities.
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California State Universities and Colleges Board Trustee Confirmed
Sacramento developer Roy Erv Rea won Senate confirmation for an eight year term on the CSU Board after delays due to testimony from minority groups. The aide committee approved the nomination despite earlier criticism that he did not represent Nepress and Mexican-Americans. Three other nominees remain stalled on the same grounds.
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Welfare stikers bill hits strike related aid policy
Senate Health and Welfare Committee backed a measure limiting welfare payments when a family member is on strike, and killed a companion bill Wednesday. Introduced by Sen. Denis Carpenter, R-Newport Beach.
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Senate Health and Welfare
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R-Newpack Beach
Panel Opposes Coastal Drilling Moratorium Approved
The Assembly Ways and Means Committee approved a moratorium on coastal drilling covering 42,000 acres in the Santa Barbara Channel tidelands. The measure passed 1-7 despite testimony that oil exploration could cost the state about 25 million in future revenues. Assembly Speaker Bol Moretti, D-Van Nuys, called the area among the best and not subject to existing dust restrictions. The bill now moves to the Assembly floor.
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Bol Moretti
D-Van Nuys
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Judge dismisses 63 traffic cases in Sacramento court
Judge Thorns Waller dismissed all charges after defendants waited 73 minutes as motorists cited for traffic violations were told they wouldn’t be lectured. The district attorney said an appeal would follow while the judge likened detentions to not herd like cattle and emphasized equal rights.
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Newspaper theft accusation at state capitol stand
Reeves accuses Bennett of taking six newspapers from Reeves newsstand inside the capitol. Bennett, a consumer advocate, denies the charge and says he offered to pay a dollar for the papers but was refused. State police filed a petty theft report as Bennett, earning $25,000 yearly in a state post, calls it untrue.
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Spanish ballot pamphlets issued for June propositions
California Secretary of State Edmund G Brown Jr issued three Spanish language voter pamphlets to county clerks and Spanish language media and Mexican-American service organizations. The materials echo the standard voter pamphlet and reflect compliance with the 1970 ruling expanding voting rights to citizens with limited English.
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Bill would up lawmen's benefits in California
In Sacramento the Assembly Ways and Means committee approved a 2 million measure to raise retirement benefits for about 25,000 police and fire personnel. The bill by Assemblyman Edwin Lo Zberg would extend the same benefits to public employees retirement system members and highway patrol, allowing retirement at 55 after 25 years with half the final pay. The measure advanced on a party line vote. a similar bill was vetoed last year by Governor Ronald Reagan.
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Bipartisan talks on school funding underway in Sacramento
In Sacramento AP reports bipartisan discussions on a billion dollar school finance plan backed by Reagan administration aides and GOP lawmakers. The plan proposes income and sales tax increases and a tax shift aimed at reducing property taxes while boosting state support for schools. Negotiations continue with key figures like Assemblyman William Begley and Moretti, though a final draft awaits Reagan’s approval expected next week.
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Paroled Wife Smiles After Seven Years For Murder
Mrs. Lucille Miller, 42, mother of four, convicted of burning and drugging her husband to death in 1865, was released from Frontera State Prison for Women after seven years. She was welcomed yesterday and required to stay away from the Riverside-San Bernardino area.
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Assembly panel Eyes election financing bill in California
An Assembly committee in Sacramento weighs six bills steering public financing of campaigns, including a $1 tax deduction option and a 16 cent cap on candidate advertising expenditures. Waxman says a further hearing will review a composite bill. no action taken yet. Proponents argue financing reduces candidate reliance on special interests.
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Sacramento Senate actions and welfare funding noted
The Sacramento summary details Senate moves including making murder of a police officer a first degree offense, welfare funding for hearing officers to tackle appeal backlogs, highway fund reform proposals, privacy for fraud investigations, an environmental bill, drafts on military draft exemptions, no fault auto insurance, and a proposed constitutional amendment for shorter legislative sessions.
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Arcadia
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Quakes threaten schools, Richter tells senators
Seismologist Charles Richter warned lawmakers that no community is free from major earthquake risk. The Education Committee advanced two measures to fund earthquake safe schools by easing bond and funding requirements, despite opposition from state agencies and real estate associations. The bills would place a constitutional amendment on the ballot and aim to evacuate under‑standard schools by 1976, covering about one million children in 1,700 buildings across 273 districts in 54 counties.
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California Teal Estate Association
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Senate bill tough on police killers
The state Senate approved legislation making it first degree murder to kill an on duty policeman. Senator Richardson said the bill makes murder a punishable life sentence with parole possible after 20 months, while opponents urged focus on police salaries. The measure now goes to the Assembly amid past defeats in committee.
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Changes in legislature approved by California panel
A bipartisan committee backed a plan to reorganize the California Legislature like the U S Congress. The Ways and Means Committee approved the measure 19-0, sending it to the Assembly Speaker Bob Moretti as chief sponsor. The plan would end two year sessions and curb reintroductions. It also aims to smooth bill flow with December introductions and January hearings.
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