California January traffic deaths dip 5.5 percent
Highway Patrol Commissioner Walter Pudinsky announced a 5.5 percent drop in January traffic fatalities to 327, down 19 from a year earlier despite heavy rains. He noted a rising downtrend and credited enforcement focus on high hazard drivers, including a spike in drunk driving arrests during Christmas and New Year holidays.
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California
Highway Patrol
Walter Pudinsky
Pudinsky
State plans closing all but 2 mental hospitals
Reagan administration outlines plan to close Stockton Metropolitan and Patton State mental hospitals while keeping Napa and Camarillo open. Mental Health Director Mayer says phase-out of mentally retarded facilities to begin, with four-year planning and longer rollout.
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UPD
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Camarillo
William E. Mayer
Senate Finance Committee
Health and Welfare
Earl Brian
Mayer
Stockton
Metropolitan
Patton State
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Ukiah
Modesto
Agness State
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Demos claim support to override remap veto
In Sacramento Assembly Speaker Moretti predicted enough Republican votes to override Governor Reagan’s veto of a reapportionment plan. Democrats released districts showing three new GOP seats and a strengthened Orange County seat, while three retiring Democratic lawmakers face altered districts. The plan aims to pass before the state Supreme Court acts, with Senate discussion noting a Mexican American representation concern in a new Southern California district.
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Assembly
Bob Moretti
D-Van Nuys
Reagan
California
Orange County
Carlos Bee
Hayward
John Foran
San Francisco
Harvey Johnson
el Monte
Moretti
House
Beverly
Bly
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Senate
James R. Mills
San Diego
Mervyn Dymally
Los Angeles
Bill seeks mandatory prison terms for heroin sales and gun crimes
State Sen. Fred Marler introduced a bill on behalf of Attorney General Evele Younger to strip judges of probation discretion in heroin trafficking and gun crime cases. He cites low prison rates for heroin sellers and armed robbers as justification, noting 1,268 armed robbery convictions in 1971 with 500 avoiding prison.
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Fred Marler
Redding
Eveile Younger
Marler
California
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