Senate Dems Demand School Funding Additions to Reagan Budget
Senate Democratic leaders vow to block Reagan's $6.48 billion budget until school funding increases are included. They say education cuts total $88 million below last year and warn of no votes without major changes. The Assembly has passed an unbalanced budget and includes a 1.6% across the board cut. Dems cite potential $138 million in targeted cuts as offset options.
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Solons Vote for Interest Rate Hikes
The California Assembly approved a bill 46 to 11 to raise the maximum interest rate on middle range consumer loans from 12 to 18 percent. If enacted, finance companies could charge borrowers between 700 and 1500 dollars more in interest, potentially costing customers another half again.
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Longer, Higher Home Mortgages Approved in Assembly
Sacramento. Legislation permitting banks to issue longer higher home loans cleared the Assembly by 59 0 and moves to the Senate. The bill by Assemblyman Pete Wilson raises the bank ceiling on home loans from 5 to 90 percent of market value and extends the payback period from 25 to 30 years.
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Mass petitions demand firing of UCLA professor Angela Davis
In Sacramento Governor Reagan received five petitions totaling 68 000 signatures urging the dismissal of Angela Davis a UCLA philosophy teacher cited as a Communist The group included 24 signers from Long Beach and others from Palos Verdes Peninsula Santa Maria Torrance Rolling Hills and more The petitions framed the firing as action to bar Communist influence in California education.
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Panel Approves Busing Ban in California Assembly
The Assembly Education Committee approved a bill outlawing mandatory busing 9-1 and sent it to the full Assembly with a recommendation for adoption. Wakefield said the measure clears a major hurdle as Republicans backed the bill and opposition from black lawmakers receded. The shift comes amid debate over racial integration and parental consent for busing.
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Assembly votes suspend teachers for missing classes
The Assembly approved 44 to 8 a bill to suspend any public school teacher who refuses to teach a scheduled class without a legitimate cause. Supporters say it ensures accountability while opponents warn of a police state in schools and insist on immediate threat conditions.
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Assembly
L. J. Collier
Los Angeles
John Vasconcellos
D-San Jose
Assembly Panel Kills Bil for Unit Prices on Food
The Assembly Commerce and Public Utilities Committee defeated a bill by Assemblyman Mike Cullen to require markets to post unit prices per item. Cullen argued it would aid consumers in choosing brands and sizes. The California Grocers Assn lobbyist Merle Goddard warned that compliance costs would be high and passed to shoppers.
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Assembly Commerce and Public Utilities Committee
Mike Cullen
Dlong Beach
Cullen
Merle Goddard
California Grocers Assn
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