County to crack down on off road motorcyclists
Santa Barbara supervisors move to empower Sheriff Carpenter to arrest loud riders and tear down trespass signs. They abandon a planned Tajiguas landfill riding park but will seek an isolated legal area with an advisory panel, possibly via US Forest Service. County officials prepare mounted patrols to deter private land use.
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Dick Praul
Santa Barbara
Tajiguas
Goleta
Curtis Tunnell
U.S. Forest Service
Sheriff's Office
Catterlin Won't Back Tax Increase On County Budget
Santa Barbara County Supervisor Charles F. Catterlin announced he will not vote for a 1974 75 county budget that would spell out a property tax levy rise. He cited the mid year budget report by Raymond D. Johnson and warned belt tightening may be needed amid lower revenue sharing and reduced year end fund balances.
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Dick Praul
Santa Barbara
Johnson
Frank J. Frost
Floyd
Frost
Catterlin
First of council candidate forums set
The first of a lineup of Lompoc City Council candidate forums will be held tomorrow at 8 p.m. in the Lompoc Public Library. Ten candidates including two incumbents vie for three council seats in the March 5 election, part of a special election to replace late Congressman Charles Teague. Topics include growth, wastewater plant problems, city finance, energy crisis, and beautification. Each candidate has one minute per answer. Audience questions will follow.
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Lompoc
Lompoc Public Library
East North Avenue
Charles Teague
Lompoc-Vandenberg
American Association of University Women
District Attorney Bans Sentence Bargaining in Felony Pleas
District Attorney David Minier announced the end of sentence bargaining and ordered prosecutors to end accepting guilty pleas with a cap on sentencing. He said the change shifts plea negotiations back to the courts, with slower local reaction and greater impact in the south county.
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David Minier
Minier
Milner
Eugene Huseman
Lompoc
Milier
Five Emerson Lake and Palmer Members Fined in Nude Pool Incident
Five members of the Emerson Lake and Palmer rock group were fined 75 dollars each after arrest for disorderly conduct in Salt Lake City. They were swimming nude in a motel pool at 2 a.m after a sauna at the Royal Inn Motel. A police officer saw a nude man walking from the bath to the outdoor pool and found four other members also in the water.
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Salt Lake City
UPI
Emerson Lake
Palmer Rock
Royal Inn
County Board pushes Medi Cal reform to cut costs
The board unanimously asked Administrative Officer Raymond D. Johnson to draft a report and resolution urging state legislators to require Medi Cal treatment at two county hospitals only. Supervisor Curtis Tunnell led the push citing a 62,800 carryover and taxpayer burden, while Auditor-Controller Pau Floyd warned of limited back state medical payments and no other windfalls expected this year.
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Raymond D. Johnson
Johnson
Paul Floyd
Santa Barbara
Board of Supervisors
Curtis Tunnell
Tunnell
Pau Floyd
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