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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Apr 02, 1971

Page

2

Assembly OKs letting 18-year-olds vote on ballot

The California Assembly voted 60 to 9 to place on the ballot a proposal to lower the voting age to 18. If the Senate approves the parallel measure, voters in November 1972 would decide, while opposition and a Briggs amendment failed to attach full 18 rights to the proposal.

Assembly Oks Sacramento Assembly Senate House Willie Brown San Francisco Robert Badham Newport Beach Frank Belothi Hureka W. Craig Biddle Riverside John Briggs Fullerton Briggs Democratic Assembly Bob Moretti van Nuys Moretti U.S

Moretti pushes Reagan on California welfare compliance

California Assembly Speaker Bob Moretti urged Gov. Reagan to assure Washington the state will meet federal welfare rules or risk losing about 700 million in federal aid. Reagan criticized HEW and court rulings, questioned welfare for servicemen families, and linked VD concerns to permissive living and Haight-Ashbury culture.

Sacramento Democratic Assembly Bob Moretti Reagan Washington State Supreme Court California HEW

Assembly approves gasoline sales tax for mass transit funds

The California Assembly Transportation Committee advanced a bill by Wadie Deddeh to impose a five cent per dollar gasoline sales tax to fund mass transit. Opposed by Auto clubs, the measure moves to the Revenue and Taxation Committee. About 1.5 cents more per gallon is expected, with 1% returned to counties and cities and 4% to a state transportation fund for redistribution.

Sacramento API Assembly Transportation Committee Wadie P. Deddeh D-Chula Vista Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee Automobile Club of Southern California California State Automobile Association

Tenants to gain right to bargain with landlords

In Sacramento two Democratic lawmakers Sen Nicholas Petris and Assemblyman Henry Waxman introduced landlord tenant reforms. The package would let tenants form associations to bargain collectivel y with landlords and require good faith bargaining. It also enables tenants to sue if rental housing is unfit for occupancy.

Sacramento Nicholas C. Petris Oakland Henry Waxman Los Angeles California Housing Coalition

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