County data staff narrowly avert walkout over pay raise
A mass resignation by Santa Barbara County keypunch operators was averted when the Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a 10 percent pay hike effective December 4. The action came after threats to halt $7.1 million in warrants and amid overtime stress and below-market pay, with temporary funds used to bridge the gap.
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County Data Processing Division
Santa Barbara
Board of Supervisors
Paul Floyd
Floyd
Lompoc Commission Approves 90-Unit Apartment Plan
Lompoc Planning Commission approves initial steps for a 90 unit planned residential development south of North Avenue and east of L Street with Fiesta Apartments proposing 19.1 units per acre on 4.7 acres. The panel also rezoned to PDR, adopted changes to the zoning ordinance, and issued a new comprehensive zoning map.
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Vaughn Proctor
Lompoc
North Avenue
L Street
Fiesta Apartments of
Goleta
PDR
George Barnes
William Paulin
Grefco
Will initiative keep public from coast
An editorial debate on Proposition 20 and the California Coastline Initiative outlines COAP based coastal land use data. Proponents claim substantial public access exists but differ on how much is truly usable. Opponents cite undeveloped or underwater portions and argue public recreation is limited.
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Steve LA Rue
California Coastal Alliance
California
Citizens Against the Coastal Initiative
COAP
Washington orders raid cutback in North Vietnam
UPI reports American warplanes sharply reduced air raids above the 20th parallel after orders from Washington. Defense Secretary Laird declined to discuss easing bombing. Despite reductions, attacks continued near Saigon and Da Nang, with many civilian casualties. Rockets and B52 strikes targeted supply areas amid ongoing conflict.
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Saigon
UPI
North Vietnam
Washington
Hanoi
Melvin R. Laird
U.S
U.S. Command
Panhandle
20Th Parallel
Lyndon B Johnson
Nixon aides split on cease fire timetable in Vietnam
UPI reports campaign official Clark MacGregory predicted a year end cease-fire while North Vietnamese and Le Nhan Dan clashed over conditions. Bombing eased north of Saigon as battles continued. civilians among the dead and wounded. Weather: patchy fog, cool mornings, highs near 70.
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United Press International
Nixon
Today
Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Mme
Nguyen Thi Binh
Paris
UPI
George
le Nhan Dan
Thieu
North Vietnam
Hanoi Radio
South Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
United States
Hanoi
Clark MacGregory
George S. McGovern
Lompoc Joins Cities to Protest PG E Rate Hike
Lompoc City Council voted 4 0 to join Alameda Hillsboro Lodi Santa Clara Ukiah and the Northern California Powers Agency in contesting a 22 percent PG E power rate increase. The group will file a petition to intervene and may issue up to 4000 in attorney fees as part of the clash over a potential 140000 annual impact.
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Lompoc
California
Pg&e
Sol Lefkowitz
Northern California Powers Agency
NCPA
Art Scott
Scott
Alameda
Hillsboro
Lodi
Santa Clara
Ukiah
Norman Ingraham
Lompo
Spanish speaking job training contract signed in California
Secretary of Labor James D. Hodgson signed an $18 million contract to train 7,200 Spanish speaking people under Operation SER. The program will run in 38 cities across California Texas New Mexico Arizona Colorado Utah Nevada and several midwest cities, offering English lessons and various work skills trainings.
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SER
Hodgson
California
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Colorado
Utah
Nevada
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