Pension bill stalemate blocks $15 million boost in California
In Sacramento lawmakers clash over end of a $15 million five year pension fund expansion. Assemblyman McLennan seeks a floor vote while Brown blocks the Casanovich measure and warns of political repercussions. The stalemate risks killing the pension plan and approving retirement bonuses for current legislators.
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Death by own action rate among youths soars, Berkeley study says
A UC Berkeley Institute report finds the death by own action rate for 15 to 24 year olds nearly doubles over four years, with nonwhite youths disproportionately affected. It cites heroin and alcohol as contributing factors and urges tighter control of prescriptions and weapons to curb the rise. The study notes a rise from 1945–69 to 1970–72, with rates increasing 92 percent.
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Senate Passes Marijuana Penalty Reduction Bill
Sacramento Senate approves a bill to reduce possession penalties for small amounts of marijuana from felony to misdemeanor in a 22 to 15 vote. The measure targets four ounces at home and two ounces elsewhere, excludes large quantities, sales, and concentrates, and returns to the Assembly for concurrence. Senator Arlen Gregorio defends the change while opponents warn it signals approval of use.
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Alan Sieroty
Los Angeles
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George Deukmejian
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Schools Freedom Bill Sent to Reagan for Signature
Sacramento reports the final approval of a measure allowing public schools from elementary to community college to initiate programs unless blocked by the Legislature. Advocate John Vasconcellos said the bill breaks state control and lets schools do their own thing, a concept voters approved in 1972. Reagan vetoed a similar measure then, but Vasconcellos expects a signature now.
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UPS
Vasconcellos
Reagan
Deputy DAs' early retirement bill fails
The Senate Finance Committee rejected Assemblyman John T. Knox's measure to let deputy district attorneys retire at 50 with partial pensions. Knox argued the plan would retain trial lawyers by offering earlier security, while opponents cited cost and scope. The bill had passed Assembly but died in committee.
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State Bureau
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Senate Finance Committee
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Knox
Senate
Assembly
Brain death bill sent to Reagan
SACRAMENTO AP A bill to redefine death in California was sent to Gov Reagan by the Assembly. Assemblyman Dixon Arnett Redwood City said the measure aims to simplify decisions in transplant operations and would apply mainly to transplant cases. The bill defines death as total irreversible cessation of brain function and would require at least two physicians to certify. Supporters say transplants can save many lives. opponents question practical effects. The Assembly passed the measure 54 to 16 to concur with Senate amendments.
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Sacramento
California
Gov
Reagan
Assembly
Robert “McLennan
Los Angeles
Walter Karabian
Monterey Park
Arnett
Senate
Reagan vetoes ban on For Sale signs in real estate
Gov. Reagan Wednesday vetoed a bill prohibiting allies from banning the posting of For Sale signs in front of residential real estate. He objected to preemption of local ordinances and home rule, saying the measure undermines local control even as he supported changes to relax sale restrictions.
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Sacramento
UPI
Reagan
Spanking bill to bar corporal punishment in schools
State bill authored by Senator Nicholas Petris would ban corporal punishment on emotionally or physically handicapped pupils in most cases. The measure would permit such punishment only with written parental consent as it moves to the governor for action.
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van Nuys
Brown
Sacramento
Nicholas Petris
Oakland
State Senate OKs ban on pilot lights
In Sacramento the State Senate voted 21 to 4 for energy saving legislation to prohibit selling gas appliances with pilot lights and require ignition devices. The measure would take effect in 1977 or after a viable ignition system is developed, guiding California toward reducing about 16 percent of natural gas use. Senator Alfred Alquist of San Jose led the effort with Gov. Reagan poised to sign.
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Reagan
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