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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1968
Page
5
A public debate about Proposition 9 will be aired in Long Beach with a bank official and the county assessor speaking at 8 pm on October 10 in the Millikan High School auditorium.
Preston Hotchkis, leader of Southern Californians Against the Tax Trap, backs Prop 1 A claiming genuine homeowner property tax relief without state disruption, while opposing Prop 9 which would cut education and welfare funding from property taxes over five years. Reagan endorses Prop 1 A for November ballot.
Bay Area Rapid Transit District board members urged Governor Reagan for a face to face meeting to discuss the system 9s financial crisis. President James P. Doherty cited a 184 million deficit and noted more than 1 billion dollars, or 85 percent of total costs, have already been invested by the districts 2 500 000 residents, urging swift legislation to cover the remaining 144 million.
PORTLAND Oregon A California official asked the state Commerce Commission to reject Southern Pacific petition to end passenger train service between Portland and Oakland An associate transportation engineer for the California Public Utilities Commission told an ICC hearing the public demands the service and noted the Cascades averaged 129 passengers per day each way during the year ending April 30.
Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty accused county supervisors of playing politics in endorsing the California table grape boycott led by Cesar Chavez. Yorty faulted politicians for courting the Mexican American vote and said the boycott harms growers paying above average wages.
Pickets halted five truckloads of fresh grapes at Pier 20 as Shippers tried to breach a blockade of trans Pacific shipments. A dozen pickets from the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee prevented loading after two trucks began loading. Teamster Union drivers refused to unload the fruit.
Governor Reagan vetoed a 22 million dollar state school aid bill pushed by Democratic leaders while signing a separate measure to guarantee special funding for handicapped students. He criticized the late timing and tax-burden claims, saying the legislature had eight months to craft a fiscally sound plan. The signed handicap aid would accelerate funding to core schools and support continued special teaching programs.
Sacramento report says the California Exposition Executive Committee faces a roughly $1 million deficit and will seek a $1.2 million loan or gift from the Legislature to keep Cal Expo operating into 1989. New GM Theomas E. Bair stated layoffs of 58 Expo staffers were not due to ability but the organization’s financial woes. Memorial Day target for 1989 opening was discussed, with a shift from the old fair schedule.
A southern long haired bandit robbed a Northridge bank for about 3700 dollars Wednesday and escaped though chased by two plainclothes officers who fired three shots to stop him.
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