Campaign financing bill introduced in California
Democratic assemblyman Bob Wilson of La Mesa proposed AB980 to fund state campaign elections with taxpayer money, aiming to reduce influence by special interests. The plan estimates about 12 million dollars for general elections, with variable per voter funding for governors and other officials and about 50 000 dollars for a Senate race under the proposal.
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Sacramento
UPI
Bob Wilson
la Mesa
Wilson
Senate
Assembly
Ronald Reagan
Brother Arrested in Santa Maria Homicide Case
A 23-year-old Santa Maria man died from four chest gunshot wounds and his 20-year-old brother was in custody on suspicion of murder. William Leroy Montgomery is the deceased. Timothy Montgomery was held for homicide as detectives investigated the shooting with a .32 caliber weapon.
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Santa Maria
William Leroy Montgomery
Timothy Montgomery
Opposition grows to statewide animal ban on beaches
Citizens protest a broad rule banning all animals from land near water in Central California. Tonight a meeting at the Oceano School aims to galvanize opposition while petitions in Lompoc urge revocation by the State Parks Department.
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California
Oceano
Oceano School
17Th
Wilmar
Lompoc
State Parks Department
Planners debate pyramid zoning continued to April
The Goleta Valley Carpinteria advisory committees and residents push to abandon pyramid zoning as a major planning flaw. Attorneys and property owners urge input and alternatives while Goleta Summerland groups oppose the policy citing overuse of C-2 zones and mixed development.
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County Planning Commission
Commission
Carpinteria
Summerland Area
Arthur Henzell
Goleta Valley
Carpinteria Valley
Campbell Grant
Robert Bowlen
Carpinteria Valley General Plan Advisory Committee
Robert Latham
Carpinteria, Summerland General Plan Review Group
Don Benson
West
Jim Gray
Carpinteria- Summerland
Gray
Richard Bourgerie
Summerland
Top criminal lawyer may join Yanikian case
The 77 year old Gourgen Yanikian faces trial for the January 27 murder of two Turkish diplomats in Santa Barbara. Percy Foreman of Houston plans to join Yanikian’s defense, boosting focus on Armenian massacres in World War I and prompting Judge Floyd C. Dodson to reschedule the trial from April 9 to May 29.
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Dick Praul
Gourgen Yanikian
Santa Barbara
Yanikian
Percy Foreman
Houston
American Friends of Armenian Martyrs
Court of Superior
Floyd C. Dodson
California
Dodson
Foreman
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King
Kennedy
Texas
Michael Hagopian
Thousand Oaks
UCLA
Hagopian
Archie Dickranian
Beverly Hills
John Kurkjian
James T. Lindsey
Wasken Menasian
Chambers
David D. Milner
Iran
Los Angeles
Mehmet Baydar
Bahadir Demir
Planning Commission actions on Dunn School and nearby parcels
The County Planning Commission dropped Dunn School’s conditional use permit and related trailer housing plan, citing noncompliance with the original duplex permit. The panel continued April hearings on Felburg’s 560 unit mobile home park near Los Alamos, Gaviota Coast Village signs, Brownell zoning adjustments, and Gower’s variance and setback requests in Santa Ynez and Orcutt, with environmental review deemed necessary for Felburg.
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the County Planning Commission
Dunn School
Santa Ynez Valley
Roblar Ave
Bartlett
Robert A. Felburg
Cat Canyon
Long Canyon Rds
Los Alamos
Felburg
Gaviota Coast Village
Jack Sloan
U.S. 101
Gaviota Station Rd
Gaviota
David A. Brownell
Stubbson
Orcutt Rd
Orcutt
Jack T. Gower
Faraday St
Santa Ynez
Gower
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Friends OF the Americas
Igno Enger
Cindy Hull
John Scheffler
Becky Harris
Amigos de Las Americas
March For Humanity
Ryan Park
Starbuck
McPeek Family Mortuary
North H Street
Order of the Golden Hue
Speed
James L. Bartlett
Merrell’s Steak House
Eddie
Abner Lovato
THE
Apollos
Dennis Hayes
Chessmen
South Pacific
Porterhouse
T-Bone
CLUB
Santa Maria Valley
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