Supervisors Cut Budgets in Santa Barbara County
Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors opened public hearings on a proposed 77.4 million dollar 1973 74 budget aiming to lower the current 3.46 mill property tax rate. Auditor Controller Paul Floyd warned against assuming big tax cuts, while Chairman Beattie and Taxpayers associations urged reductions. revenue sharing plans and welfare cuts were discussed.
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Dick Praul
Santa Barbara
Francis H. Beattie
County Taxpayers Assn
California
Raymond D. Johnson
Johnson
Board of Supervisors
James M. Slater
Personnel Department
County road funds battle in budget hearing debates
County officials clash over diverting 470 000 from fines and forfeitures to the road fund. Catterlin argues funding exists but others push to restore funds to road projects, bike paths and drainage. Slater proposes reallocating excess to needed areas while Tunnell supports Steward's plan.
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Catterlin
South Coast
Steward
Tunnell
Frost
General Fund
Farm Bureau
Raymond D. Johnson
Slater
Yanikian repudiates committee over trial funding
Yanikian, 78, on trial in Santa Barbara Superior Court for the murder of two Turkish diplomats, repudiates the American Friends of Armenian Martyrs group from jail. He accuses the 10member panel of withholding about $50,000 in funds and breaking an agreement with Percy Foreman, forcing him to oppose Charles Garry as chief attorney. Present counsel are James T. Lindsey and Vasken Minasian.
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Santa Barbara
Santa Maria
Santa Barbara Band
Gourgen Yanikian
American
Friends of Armenian Martyrs Organization
Yanikian
Aram Tolegian
Monterey Park
California
Texas
Percy Foreman
Waters scandal exposes gaps in California audits
Equity Funding Life Insurance stands as a vast fraud defrauding other insurers with forged policies. California Insurance Commissioner Gleeson L. Payne notes audits vary by state, with calls for modern computer based oversight as regulators admit inadequacies and plan a new program with industry experts.
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Insurance and Corporation Commissioners
Securities Exchange Commission
California
Gleeson L
Tige
Payne
Equity
Illinois
New Jersey
SEC
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