Utilities told to end overcharges with refunds unlikely
California's Public Utilities Commission urges PG&E, Southern California Edison, and San Diego Gas & Electric to file plans to eliminate 311 million dollars in rate overcharges from 1972 to 1974. Refunds are unlikely. reductions or flat rates may absorb the excess as hydropower reduced fuel costs offset higher charges.
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San Francisco
California
Leonard Ross
Priday
Ross
Pacific Gas & Electric
Southern California Ison
San Diego Gas
Joint Legislative Audit Committee
Sacramento
PUC
Pacific Northwest
Brown opposition sinks two cent gas tax hike
The Assembly Ways and Means Committee rejected Sen. James Mills two cent gas tax hike, 8 to 7, jeopardizing 125 million federal funds and potentially 800 million for LA rapid transit over the next decade. The bill, backed by labor groups, would raise 200 million over five years with most funds for counties and mass transit.
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Sacramento
Brown
James Mills
San Diego
California
Mills
Los Angeles
Assembly
Ways and Means
Senate
State Department of Transportation
Abandoned Homes Bill Pushed by Cranston and Bradley
Sen Alan Cranston calls housing abandonment a national crisis and leads a hearing on a bill to test a three area demonstration program to reclaim blighted housing. Mayor Tom Bradley supports the initiative urging federal help to curb urban decay and restore abandoned properties.
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Alan Cranston
Metrolitan
Ranston
Watts
Cranston
Department of Housing and Urban Develnt
Los Anles
Veteran Administration
California farm labor board approves limited union access
California's Agricultural Labor Relations Board voted unanimously to grant union organizers limited access to field workers and to place union symbols on secret ballots. Chavez urged broader access while growers opposed, and a compromise rule was adopted after a marathon hearing. Elections begin Sept. 9 to decide representation.
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Sacramento
UPD
California
New Farm Labor Board
Cesar Chavez
Teamsters
Chavez
Agricultural Labor Relations Board
Brown
United Farm Workers Union
Leroy Chatfield
Chatfield
Richard Johnson
Agricultural Council
Gallo accused in two workers deaths at Livingston vineyard
Two field hands filed with the Workers Compensation Appeals Board in Fresno alleging serious and willful misconduct by E and J Gallo Winery after a spring electrocution at a Livingston vineyard. Manuel Nunes 24 and Salvadore Arroyo 22 died when a hydraulic grape stake device struck a live line April 11.
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Merced
E & J Gallo Winery
United Farm Workers of America
Workers Compensation Appeals Board
Fresno
Gallo
Livingston
Here
Manuel Nunes
Salvadore Arroyo
Manuel Moreno
UFW
Nunes
Alphonso Maldonado Rios
Salvador Arroyo
Barbara Rhine
State Division of Industrial Safety
Courts uphold sex education programs in San Mateo schools
The state Court of Appeal ruled 2-1 that family life and sex education in five San Mateo County districts are constitutional. It also upheld the San Mateo County Board of Education's use of Family Life Education Teachers' guides and found two education code statutes constitutional, preserving parental rights exemptions.
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San Francisco
State Court of Appeal
San Mateo County
Citizens For Parental Rights
San Mateo County Board of Education
Senate approves liquor tax hike to fund treatment
The Senate cleared a bill boosting beer and wine taxes to fund alcoholism treatment with a 22-5 vote and sent it to Governor Brown. Proponents frame it as a user tax with 75 percent of the $34 million yearly revenue from heavy drinkers.
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Sacramento
Senate
Brown
Arlen Gregorio
San Mateo
Gregorio
Assembly
Culligan Man's Papers Donated to University of San Diego
The University of San Diego accepted a gift of Emmett J. Culligan’s private papers books and letters. The bequest was presented by his widow Anna. Culligan died in 1970 in San Bernardino while his Culligan International Co. produced water softeners for about 50 million dollars in annual gross sales.
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San Diego
University of San Diego
Culligan
Emmett J. Culligan
Anna
San Bernardino
Culligan International Co
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Capitol
George Harris
Any Safe & Love Sect
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10Th St. Long Beach
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American Cancer Detection Institute
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