State audit targets two agencies over costly hospital cost system
The Joint Legislative Audit Committee faulted the Dept. of Mental Hygiene and a consulting firm Price Waterhouse & Co. for paying 300 per cent above bid for a Hospital Cost Reporting System. The project, begun in the late 1960s and wrapped by 1970, ran over $100,000 annually in extra costs with an incomplete, flawed implementation. The department faced criticism for weak supervision and failure to protect the state's interests as contract supplements raised total payments from $127,000 to $390,000.
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Mary K. Shell Capitol News Service
Sacramento
Capitol
Joint Legislative Audit Committee
Pny
Rice Waterhouse & Co
Dept. of Mental Hygiene
Vincent Thomas
D-San Pedro
Office
William E. Merrifield
Price Waterhouse
Assemblyman
Thomas
Department
Mental Hygiene
False advertising bill gains final legislative approval
The Legislature approves SB 912 to curb deceptive advertising targeting tax preparers real estate firms and others. Lagomarsino says it expands enforcement power to city attorneys and county counsels to boost prosecutions. The move comes after a consumer task force study and amid concerns over bid laxity in hospital cost reporting contracts.
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Robert J. Lagomarsino
Attorney General
Court rejects bid to move trial from county
A request to transfer nine Oakdale Manor civil cases to Ventura County was denied. Attorney Christopher Zajic argued local publicity would bias jurors. The suits allege fraud amid coverage by Probe, Santa Barbara News-Press, Nexus, and UC Santa Barbara outlets.
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Christopher Zajic
Worthen
Ventura County
Zajic
Oakdale Manor
Santa Barbara
Goleta Valley
Oakdale Manor, Inc
Isla-Vista
Santa Barbara News and Review
Minier
Cappello
Milier
Moon Lighting
State government columnist Waters to begin column in Lompoc Record
Earl G Waters veteran California journalist with 30 years at the State Capitol to start a new State government column next week in the Lompoc Record. Waters has worked in Sacramento Union reports, served as a Marine Corps combat correspondent, and held senior state investigative roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Lompoc Record
Earl G. Waters
Sacramento Union
State Capitol
Honolulu
University of Santa Clara
McGeorge College of Law
University of California
Waters
San Jose News
U.S. Marine Corps
Western News Service
Sacramento
Capitol
California Newspaper Publishers Association
Culbert L. Olson
Edmund G. Brown
California Senate
State Division of Investigation
George J. Hatfield
Brown
Many County fair winners from Lompoc Valley area
The 1972 Santa Barbara County fair honored numerous Lompoc Valley artists and photographers with top awards and honorable mentions. Noted winners include Roy A. Ekstrom in professional drawings, Eve Otto in advanced amateur watercolor, Freida Peterson and Suzy Mottarella in amateur watercolor, and Grace Smith in sculpture.
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Lompoc
Vandenberg
Santa Barbara County
Pat Hawk
Vern Swanson
San Luis Obispo
William Power
Roy A. Ekstrom
Richard Fisher
Melvin Chang
Eve Otto
Freida Peterson
Suzy Mottarella
Grace Smith
United California Bank
Arthur E. Ray
Ebony
Ray
Vandenberg Afb
Jerry Baldwin
Stephanie
Spencer Jeweler
Milton J. Baldwin
James A. Rudolph
Arthur Ray
Annexation setback ends Jesuit property plans in Santa Barbara
A push to annex 131 acres of undeveloped Jesuit property on Los Positas Rd to Santa Barbara failed as the city demanded a 131000 annexation fee amid sewer constraints. LAFCO continued the Battistone Marquis case, with plans for a Battistone Marquis condominium project. Jesuits may sell the land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Positas Rd
Santa Barbara
California
Society of Jesuits
John Hass
Battistone - Marquis
Hass
Battistone
Las Positas Rd
Cliff Dr
Historians Gather for Pacific Coast AHA Meeting at UCSB
More than 200 historians from across the United States will attend the 65th annual Pacific Coast branch meeting of the American Historical Association August 23-26 at the Francisco Torres Conference Center near UCSB. Panels will cover Greece Middle East Latin America and Asia topics. Dr. Arthur J. Marder UC Irvine serves as president. UCSB professors Harris and Dutra co chair arrangements. In Cumberland Maryland two youths stole 15 draft cards from a Selective Service office. police suspect for forged IDs to help underage purchases.
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United States
Pacific Coast
American Historical Association
Francisco Torres
University of California At Santa Barbara
UCSB
Greece
Middle East
Latin America
Asia
Truman
Eisenhower
Arthur J. Marder
University of California
Cumberland, Mad
UPI
Selective Service Office
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Audit Committee
Auditor General
Office of Management Services
Ernst & Ernst
Arthur Young & Co
Haskins & Sells
Touche, Ross, Bailey & Smart
Arthur Anderson & Co
Business Resource
Merrifield
State of
Waterhouse
Assembly
Mike Cullen
Long Beach
Congress
Lompoc Record Publications
Kenneth L. Adam
Harry J. Crompe
Lawrence C. Grossman
J. Donald Adam
Rennie L. Adam
Gaylen Jackson
Tim Conner
Clete Lunny
Wesley A. Huffman
Ray McCuen
Betty Laurent
Scott Ostler
Steve LaRue
Vaughn Proctor
United Press International
International Press Institute
Inter-American Press Association
California Press Association
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Visalia
Jay Ballantyne
Tulare County
Ballantyne
Father
Alcoholics Anonymous
al- Anon
Lompoc Valley
County Corporation
Don Vickers
Thielmann Construction Co
Cathedral Oaks Rd
J. W. Bailey Construction Co
Thielmann
Baley
Bailey
Edward D. Stoller
James Rudolph
John F. Goodman
Edward D. Stroller
Francis M. Williams
Arthur
People
Earl J. Houser
Mark D. Thompson
Lynn R. Clock
Arnold R. Magill
At Irvine
Carl V. Harris
Francis A. Dutra
Lompoc Theatre
SAT. JR
Lacey Poeliig
Cnworth
Stooges
Hugh Davies
Santa Maria Theatre
The
Godfather
Bear Country
Chato
Chato's Land
Sir “Carey
Farrview For
Holligter
Pacific Ocean
Santa
Smorgasbord
Iss
Isteveus Tews
Phiio
Tna
Rod Steiger
Duck
PGP
United Artists
Worth
Highway 1
Charuon Heston
Yvette Mimieux
Carey
Pannavision Metrocolor
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