Supervisors ease rules to aid stymied building industry
The County Board of Supervisors acted to ease environmental impact rules, creating an Environmental Quality Advisory Agency and expanding exemptions. Exemptions include single family homes on residential lots, up to four houses per subdivision, certain additions, trailers as dwellings, pools, fences, septic work, and minor demolitions. Officials cautioned against broad expansion and noted only 24 permits were delayed, with several large projects still in plan check.
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Dick Praul
County Board of Supervisors
State Supreme Court
Norman Caldwell
Curtis Tunnell
Dale Hanst
Santa Barbara
Lompoc prepares for environmental decision impact
City Attorney James Longtin told Lompoc City Council the state Supreme Court ruling will require environmental impact studies for major developments while permitting minor projects. He cited a 1 year old council environmental committee plan and outlined partial guidelines and early steps as local agencies await state county directives. Public works noted tiny rain and ongoing dip work on Ocean Avenue and E Street as parks crews take on mowing.
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James Longtin
Lompoc
State Supreme Court
Longtin
Welfare reforms shelved as Senate blocks plan
The Senate voted to retain the current welfare system for the next five to eight years, shelving proposed reforms. The split body tested alternatives across regions, with a 52 to 4 vote against a guaranteed income plan and deep partisan division over future changes.
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Senate
Washington
UPI
HEW
Elliott Richardson
Congress
Nixon
Russell B Long
D-La
Long
Brezhnev Plans Official U S Visit in Spring
Washington reports that Leonid Brezhnev will make an official U S visit next spring, likely in April, following talks at the White House and Camp David with President Nixon and Soviet leaders. Details remain unsettled and an announcement may wait until after the election.
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Washington
UPI
Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
White House
Camp David
Nixon
Andrei A. Gromyk
Moscow
Brezhnev
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Alexei I. Kosygin
United States
Henry A. Kissinger
America
Court delays free three felony cases in Lompoc
Three San Francisco area residents William Ward Karen Townsend and Frank McCarthy faced felony marijuana charges dismissed by Santa Maria Municipal Court Judge S Jon Gudmunds due to unnecessary delays in bringing the case to court. Defendants from Los Altos and Palo Alto were arraigned in Lompoc and awaited a preliminary hearing as multiple judges were assigned and then disqualified, causing the dismissal and noting hardships from travel.
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Vaughn Proctor
San Francisco Area
Lompoc
William Michael Ward
Karen Mae Townsend
Los Altos
Frank John McCarthy
Palo Alto
Santa Maria
S. Jon Gudmunds
Ocean Avenue
J Street
Lompoc Justice Court
Gudmunds
Terrill F. Cox
Santa Maria Municipal Court
Richard C. Kirkpatrick
Solvang Justice Court
Royce R
Lewellen
McCarthy
Haynes Jones
Judicial Council
Andrade
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Dale Batchelor
Blackpool
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Edward Heath
Conservative Party
Britain
Harold Wilson
Heath
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Wilson
Spain
Francisco Franco
Karl Braun
Judi McPhail
Braun
Barry Goldwater
U.S
Gromyko
Sen
George S. McGovern
Ralph Nader
Nader
Legislative Branch
Cox
Gerald Sperry
North County
David Milier
Dist
Robert J Andrade
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