Sacramento panel stalls on home relief in tax bill
A two house property tax relief committee in Sacramento spent weeks without agreement on adding 100 million for homeowner and renter aid. Sen. Nicholas Petris urged a tax bracket plan for higher earners to fund relief while Gov. Brown warned measures are costly. Finance forecasters meanwhile projected a state relief fund growing to 2.6 to 3 billion by 1982 82.
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Sacramento
Nicholas Petris
Oakland
Petris
Edmund Brown Jr
Brown
Department of Finance
Legislative
Judge Barred From Hughes Will Hearing Postponed
LAS VEGAS Nevada AP Judge Keith Hayes barred from hearing a Clark County District Court trial on the validity of the Howard Hughes Marmon Will schedules Friday hearing to decide next steps. The disqualification by visiting Judge Willian Forman from Washoe County means the Monday trial is postponed.
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Keith Hayes
Clark County District Court
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Marmon Will
Willian Forman
Washoe County
Mandatory age bill amended to apply to public employers
In Sacramento a bill to raise the mandatory retirement age to 70 was amended to cover only state and local government employers, excluding private employers. The Assembly committee sent SB 130 to Ways and Means 7-0 after adopting the amendment. the bill has cleared the Senate.
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Sacramento
Assembly
George Deukmejian
Long Beach
Deukmejian
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
State pay hike gains but Brown remains opposed
Sacramento AP reports legislation raising salaries for California state officials by up to 34.3 percent cleared an Assembly committee despite Gov. Brown opposing it. Brown’s top aide Gray Davis said the cost of living provision would boost his salary, which he opposes. The bill SB 834 moved to Ways and Means after a 6-0 committee vote, with Rodda noting many officials would not have seen raises for eight years once enacted in 1879. Brown’s own salary would stay at 49,100, while others would gain annual COLA starting in 1980 up to 5 percent yearly. The panel also noted proposed raises for lieutenant governor, secretary of state, controller, treasurer, superintendent of public instruction, Board of Equalization members, and attorney general. ALAtorre quipped about lowering the governor’s pay. The article includes a garbled print issue text and extraneous content.
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Brown
Gray Davis
Davis
Organation Committee
Albert Rodda
Ways and Means Committee
Rodda
Federal grant aids los angeles utility bill relief
County residents unable to pay utility bills will receive help funded by an $828,243 federal grant issued through the Los Angeles Community Action Agency. Applications run until August 31 and funds will be paid directly to utility companies. Executive director Martin Samaniego cited rising energy costs and last winter's severe weather as the grant’s rationale.
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Los Angeles
Bill to curb pesticide enforcement dies in Senate
SACRAMENTO AP A measure to tighten enforcement of state agricultural pesticide regulations was killed by the Senate Agriculture Committee in a 3-4 vote led by Assemblywoman Leona Egeland. The bill would have let county agricultural commissioners issue a cease and desist if a grower was about to apply a controlled pesticide without a permit.
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Senate
Senate Agriculture Committee
Leona Egeland
N-San
Jose
Imprisoned Harrises remain in legal limbo
Patricia Hearst's former companions William and Emily Harris, jailed for 1974 Hearst case, stay in limbo as California Supreme Court weighs appointment of counsel. Hearst pleaded no contest and received probation. Harris and Hearst exchange letters and phone but have not met since December. They face an indefinite stay while appeal matters proceed.
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Patricia Hearst
William
Emily Harris
Symbionese Liberation Army
Miss Hearst
California Supreme Court
California unveils 6 year highway plan at 6.4 billion dollars
The Brown administration releases a six year highway program totaling 6.4 billion dollars for 1978-79 through 1983-84, up 700 million from last year. Adriana Gianturco defends the plan as ambitious while criticizers say the state should spend more on maintenance and administration. The plan includes a 995 million budget for 1978-79 and nearly 2 billion for upkeep of existing roads, with the Century Freeway on Route 105 topping the list and 14 new projects added in San Diego County.
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Adriana Gianturco
State Department of Transportation
California
Gianturco
Los Angeles County
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