Kennick Absent From Senate Despite Long Beach Hearing
Senator Kennick and Senator Behr were marked absent for last Friday’s Sacramento session though both participated in a Long Beach Joint Legislative Committee on Aging hearing. The Senate Rules Committee ruled them absent and denied weekend expense money, while Mills noted other absent members would keep $30 for Friday only.
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Joseph M. Kennick
Dlong Beach
State Senate
Long Beach
Senate Rules Committee
Kenrick
Senate
Peter Behr
Tiburon
Joint Legislative Committee
Kennick
James R. Mills
San Diego
Rules Committee
Behr
Clark Bradley
San Jose
Mills
Joint Committee
Sen. Beli
Ralph C. Dills
D-Gardena
Lawrence Walsh
Dhuntington Park
25 Year Minimum Term for First-Degree Murder Considered
Sacramento lawmakers debate a bill to require at least 25 years in prison for first-degree murder amid criticisms that the California Supreme Court’s death penalty ruling has reduced deterrence. Senator H L Richardson said current law allows parole after seven years and argued for tougher penalties.
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Sacramento
Sen. H. L. Richardson
Richardson
R-Arcatia
Supreme Court
California
Senate abandons redistrict plan for 1972 elections
In Sacramento the Senate behind closed doors gave up on adopting a reapportionment plan for 1972. A compromise bill would shape districts by 1974 with incumbents protected and a East Los Angeles Chicana district. Four dissenters, split evenly Democrat and Republican, opposed abandoning the effort.
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Sacramento
Los Angeles
Peter Behr
Tiburon
Milton Marks
San Francisco
Senate
Cullen attacks Reagan over illegal job creation in California
Assemblyman Mike Cullen of Lang Beach accuses the Reagan administration of creating about 4,200 state jobs without legislative approval. He cites unfilled nine month positions not abolished and raises prior claims of $37 million in illegal expenditures for 4,197 jobs, urging action and compliance.
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Sacramento
Mike Cullen
D-Lang Beach
Cullen
Supreme Court Ruling on Districts Sparks Republican Dissent
The State Supreme Court ruled candidates must run in existing districts unless new ones are drawn for this year. It warned the Legislature would lose jurisdiction if no reapportionment plan is approved for 1974 elections. Assembly Republicans rejected a Democratic compromise, saying it arrived too late and would require a costly summer special session.
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Isue
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