Air Resources Board bill clears panel for state action
In Sacramento the SB1556 bill to make the Air Resources Board full time and create a single South Coast smog district advances after a 9-4 Transportation Committee vote. Meade resigns as chair over delays to anti smog device deadlines, Lockyer to hold a Friday hearing. Critics say LA taxpayers would bear 75 percent of district costs.
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Sacramento
API
State Air Resources Board
South Coast Air Basin
Assembly
Craig Biddle
Riverside
Transportation Committee
Ways and Means
Ken Meade
D-Berkeley
Committee
California
Meade
Bill Lockyer
D-San Leandro
Air Resources Board
Los Angeles
Orange
San Bernardino
Santa Barbara
Ventura
Biddle
Joe Gonsalves
California tenant landlord bill dies in committee in Sacramento
Legislation rewiring century old renter landlord laws and expanding renter rights died in the Assembly Judiciary Committee. Rival bills backed by landlords and renters were killed in separate hearings. The tenant backed package AB1202-1203 was voted down 5 to 7.
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Sacramento
UPI
California
Assembly Judiciary Committee
George Deukmejian
Long Beach
Deukmejian
California Real Estate Association
Senate
Charles Warren
Los Angeles
Warren
Deukmejian’s
Warren's
California Legislature Day by Day Summary
Governor appoints Robert L. Vickers and Charles L. Swezey to key boards while Saul named to state office. Farm policy opposes a farm labor bill allowing secondary boycotts. Ford praised for Rockefeller vice president choice. Senate backs modified no fault insurance. Assembly considers smog controls and landlord tenant reform with multiple bills advanced or defeated.
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Sacramento
United Press International
Robert L. Vickers
Office of Emergency Services
Charles L. Swezey
Palo Alto
State Workman’s Compensation Appeals Board
Saul
Chatter H. Saul
State Office of Economic Opportunity
Farm
Calif
Ford
Nelson Rockefeller
Senate
Nofault
Fenton
Montebello
Foran
San Francisco
Assembly
State Air Resources Board
South Coast Air Basin
Biddle
Riverside
Deukmejian
Long Beach
Walking Tall sheriff Buford Pusser dies in crash
Buford Pusser famed for the film Walking Tall was killed in a fiery single vehicle crash on Highway 64 near Adamsville Tennessee. Patrol officials said no foul play was evident and his daughter witnessed the wreck as Bing Crosby Productions announced a Buford biopic nearby.
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Selmer
Tenn
UPI
Buford Pusser
McNairy County
Tennessee Highway Patrol
Pusser
Highway 64
Highway Patrol
Ervin
Adamsville
Bing Crosby Productions
Memphis
Buford
Honky Tonks
Rockefeller to place finances in blind trust
Nelson A. Rockefeller told Congressional leaders he is willing to put his extensive holdings into a blind trust if Congress confirms him as Vice President Gerald Ford’s running mate. The offer reflects Rockefeller’s attempt to address potential conflicts of interest amid the political transition.
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Washington
UPI
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Congressional
Willling
Congress
Gerald Ford
New York
Senate
House
Rockefeller
Howard W. Cannon
Dew
Reagan signals veto on farm labor bill over secondary boycotts
Presidential contenders and farm policy mix surface as Reagan rejects part of the Alatorre farm labor bill allowing secondary boycotts. The measure, backed by Cesar Chavez' United Farm Workers, would let workers secret-ballot choose their union. It faces uncertain fate in the Senate amid opposition from Teamsters, Farm Bureau, Chamber of Commerce and others.
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UPI
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Reagan
Richard Alatorre
Los Angeles
Assembly
Senate
Cesar Chavez
United Farm Workers Union
Alatorre
Teamsters Union
Farm Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
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