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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1969
Page
7
The California Assembly approved a bill setting presumed intoxication at .10 percent blood alcohol and sober at .05 or less with inconclusive in-between. Supporters say it speeds court handling while opponents warn of rights violations. final vote was 45 to 20.
Legislative Analyst A. Alan Post warned that high borrowing costs and bond limits strand state construction. If unresolved, fall openings for schools may be delayed and university projects postponed. The State Water Project could halt late this year and veteran loan funding may drop by three quarters.
The California Assembly, by 64 to 7, sent to the Senate a bill by Jess Unruh to disclose campaign spending and wealth of public officials. It requires April 15 financial disclosures for those over $10,000 and lists campaign contributions over $500. provisions on ownership limits were trimmed.
Senate and Assembly judiciary committees will hold a joint meeting May 12 to discuss two divorce reform bills. Hayes of Long Beach and Grunsky of Watsonville introduced the Assembly and Senate measures respectively, both removing fault from divorce while differing in details. Both sponsors express confidence differences can be resolved.
Assembly Leader Jess M. Unruh, son of a Texas sharecropper, pressed for extending unemployment insurance to 260,000 California farm laborers. He recalled harsh conditions from sunup to sundown and said farm work remains among the hardest, urging the bill’s approval.
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