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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1974
Page
8
State Health Director William Mayer reported rising Medi Cal expenses push California’s annual health care bill to a record 32.7 billion. Medi Cal now covers 2.4 million people, with costs up 27 percent due to advanced procedures and greater service use. Mental health care spending has also surged, helping lift overall costs.
In Sacramento the Senate moved toward ending closed sessions by approving two measures to grant news media access to conference committee meetings while keeping the public out. Sen. Randolph Collier said open sessions are overdue though concerns about time and space persist. If enacted, only budget meetings would remain publicly accessible.
In Sacramento the Reagan administra tion won a key victory to move year round auto registration to the Stephen Teale Consolidated Data Center. A key committee restored 10.4 million to transfer DMV computer work to the Teale center, aiming to cut taxpayer costs by centralizing registration and license files. In San Francisco a 3 year old Samoan girl was found unharmed after a family car theft and the abduction report prompted a citywide manhunt.
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