Right to possess arms bill advances in Senate panel
The California Senate Judiciary Committee approved SCA49 a constitutional amendment protecting the right to keep and bear arms while allowing existing laws. Senator H L Richardson leads the effort aiming to keep gun ownership inviolate unless law limits apply. The measure now goes to the Senate floor with support from Alfred Long George Deukmejian Donald Grunsky Alan Robbins and George Zenovich and opposition from David Roberts.
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Farm official doubts EIR rule for farm chemical use
California Farm Bureau Federation president Fred Heringer questions whether farmers can meet an attorney general opinion requiring environmental impact reports before certain herbicides or pesticides are used. Attorney General Evelle Younger says case by case county reviews may require an EIR if environmental impact is significant. A new report may be needed even if federal or state approvals exist.
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California Senate advances sweeping court reform bill
Gov Brown backed reform aims to streamline trial courts cut judges pay raises and retirements set at 70 by 1977. SCA48 and SB1500 pass first committee with 6-4 margins, moving to Finance. Provisions include ending automatic cost of living raises, a two year salary freeze a 5 percent cap on future raises, consolidating trial courts into countywide superior courts, and mandatory retirement for judges at 70.
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Claimants press claims to Howard Hughes estate
Nevada attorney general notes the difficulty of probing a dead man’s assets as relatives press claims to Hughes wealth. Three Hughes cousins Jeff Milton Hughes Elizabeth Hughes McDugald and Felix Turner Hughes filed a petition of interest in Los Angeles Superior Court through attorney C Alex Meacham. Richard Gano already named temporary California administrator seeks permanent appointment amid counterclaims by the county public administrator and Noah Dietrich. A further Las Vegas filing by genealogist W A Jones aims to prove the handwritten will a forgery and add 11 more relatives to the dispute.
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