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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1971
Page
3
Sacramento AP report says Lepistalion 10 get up experimental districts got preliminary Assembly Education Committee approval. The bill by Assemblywoman March Fong was passed Tuesday and sent to the Assembly Ways and Means Committee for review.
Gov. Reagan signs a California law creating up to ten year prison terms for placing harmful substances in food drinks or medicine. The measure targets despicable acts such as hiding razor blades in Halloween apples or adding drugs to candy, per Assemblyman Mike Cullen.
Sen Richardson spoke Tuesday at Sacramento State College on Crime and Punishment. During his address a thief stole a duffel bag of personal effects from his car outside the campus, interrupting the event.
Republican Assemblyman William Ketchel of Paso Robles asks Attorney General Evelle Younger to investigate the depth of outsider influence in California prison unrest. Ketchel says rising violence and disturbances have been started or fostered by outsiders in state penal institutions.
Sacramento legislators moved the wage bill to the Senate after Assembly approval. Assemblyman Charles Warren led the push, with a 41 25 vote Tuesday. The current 43 1 65 per hour minimum applies to women and minors only, excluding men in the same firm and job as women or children.
Moe Camacho president of the California Correctional Officers Association says the federal commission investigating Gov. Reagan’s charges against California Rural Legal Assistance is a whitewash. The group will pursue its case with U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell, arguing CRLA attorneys caused inmate unrest and related violence.
Gov. Reagan signed a law prohibiting auto policy nonrenewals by insurers based on a policyholder’s age. The bill was introduced by Assemblyman William Ketchum, R Paso Robles.
The Assembly approved legislation to firm up indeterminate prison terms. It would require the Adult Authority to set definite release dates for prisoners within 12 to 36 months after confinement, based on the crime, and sends the measure to the Senate.
SACRAMENTO AP Four Democratic assemblyman proposes a legislative study to see if advertising and public relations by the state waste taxpayer money. Assemblyman John Vasconcellos of San Jose backs the resolution on Tuesday arguing government should not propagandize citizens and taxpayers should not fund unnecessary governmental activities.
Legislation to levy an eight cent tax per ten dollars of pesticide sales to fund state enforcement experts passed Tuesday in the Senate Agriculture Committee. The measure by Sen. Anthony Beilenson would raise nearly $800,000 to strengthen enforcement of pesticide central laws.
The Assembly approved final passage of a Burton bill to raise federal Social Security payments for 25,000 widowed mothers and wives of crippled husbands. The measure, sent to Gov. Reagan on a 66 0 vote, would protect state welfare aid from a retroactive $80 lump sum deduction and ensure the increased payments continue.
New York couple Nicholas and Joan DeMartino fled to New Jersey with one year old Lenore to avoid New York court orders to return her to her natural mother. A New Jersey appeals court had ruled in favor of adoptive parents in a similar case, and a three judge Superior Court panel later overturned a lower court decision, prioritizing the child’s psychological and biological parental factors. Justice Loreto warned the couple to return the child or face contempt charges as the case progresses toward the U.S. Supreme Court.
Republican Sen. John L. Harmer of Glendale saw his modified fault based auto insurance bill die when the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 14 to 4 to place it under submission. Harmer warned the defeat signals the legislature cannot withstand pressure from special interests as he insists the federal government will act first to set nationwide standards. The plan included minimum medical and uninsured motorist coverage, arbitration of stall claims, and limits on contingency fees for lawyers.
Sacramento reports show general fund income tax receipts through April totaling 3.78 billion, 61.5 million below January estimates for the year ending June 30, with personal income and sales taxes presenting a mixed picture. Controller Houston I Flournoy warned the shortfall signals deeper revenue declines tied to recession and unemployment.
More than a dozen witnesses testified for and against two coastal protection bills before the Assembly Planning and Land Use Committee. Chairman Paul Prido said action would come within four weeks. Bills by Alan Sieroly and Pete Wilson seek development restrictions along California coastlines. Ben Valentine of Hermosa Beach and others argued for local control and coordinated planning with general purpose government.
A privately funded adoption agency reports California leads the nation with a rise in illegitimate births over five years. It cites a 600 percent jump in pregnancies among girls under 15 in the past year and notes 46,619 births to unmarried mothers in 1970, about 14 percent of all live births nationwide.
Yesterday's legislative review notes Gov. Reagan plans to introduce his tax reform proposal in the legislature and backs a proposed federal guarantee of a $40 million loan to Lockheed Aircraft Corp. The piece cites voter trends leaning toward Democrats and lists numerous bills across assemblies and the Senate, including education, prisons, environmental, and public safety measures with varied fiscal implications. It mentions proposed changes to school certifying standards, wage increases, felony food tampering, and state agency studies, alongside a call for federal action on aviation and pollution controls.
Governor Reagan criticized youth voter registration trends showing about 60 percent of 18 to 30 year olds aligning with Democrats in Los Angeles County. He urged young voters to seek truth and argued Republicans share their aims, saying Democrats have controlled the federal government for most of the past decades.
UC President Charles Hitch endorses limited merit in shortening six year regent terms but warns long terms guard the university's independence. He proposes a commission to screen appointees if terms shrink, comprising the California Supreme Court chief justice and key state leaders, with student and Academic Senate chairs included.
Interior Secretary Rogers Morton declared the proposed South San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge a top priority, saying the 24,000 acre site spanning Fremont Alviso and Redwood City should be moved forward soon. He stressed the refuge must focus on wildlife use and restrict development, and noted progress on a six month overage report with final work imminent. The plan aims to aid migratory waterfowl and serve metropolitan California, with Nixon's support anticipated.
Flash flood cleanup is underway in HPPNER Oregon after a storm dumped more than half a million dollars in damage. Bridges were washed out and 12 homes damaged while sheep lay scattered in streets. No deaths or injuries were reported as residents remove mud and debris. Water surged through Shade Canyon Willow Creek and Raum Park with about two and a half feet of flow at one point.
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