Way Shakes Up Senate Committee Chairmanships in California
Senate President pro tem Howard Way reshuffles chairs, giving nine Republicans and six Democrats top posts on 15 committees. Grunsky, a Way rival, becomes Finance chair, while Mills, a rapid transit advocate, leads Transportation. Long Beach lawmakers gain seats as Way aims to curb highway influence and push transit and environmental measures.
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Senate
Howard Way
Way
Donald Grunky
Finance Committee
James Mills
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Fresno
Grunsky
Randolph Collier
Yreka
Long Beach
Joseph M. Kenrick
George Deukmejian
Rlong Beach
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Monagan Proposes Sweeping Changes in Legislature
SAN JOSE UP I reports Assembly Speaker Robert Monagan proposes major reforms to the 60 member state constitutional revision commission. Key points include two-year continuous legislative sessions, Brown Act open meetings for the Legislature, and uniform effective date of laws each January. The panel also backs using gas tax for smog control and transit projects, not just roads.
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Reagan proposes statewide health agency merger plan
Governor Reagan proposes consolidating California health related agencies into a single Department of Health with a July 1 1971 completion deadline and merging the Office of Consumer Counsel into a new Department of Consumers Affairs. The plan aims to streamline handling of consumer complaints across agencies.
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UC Tuition Plan Draws Wide Democratic Opposition
Sacramento reports that imposing UC tuition would render the university elitist and the third most expensive public university in the nation, a move criticized by seventeen Democratic assembly members. They say tuition would severely limit access to higher education by creating an economic barrier.
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UPS
University of California
San Francisco Assemblyman Proposes $3 Million Antismog Research Plan
California legislators led by John Francis Foran propose a $3 million antismog research program. They criticize UC tuition and compare costs with New Hampshire and Purdue. Democrats list 13 signees including Alan Sleroty, John Vasconcellos, Leo Ryan, George Zenovich, Willie Brown, John Burton, Henry Waxman, and Yvonne Brathwaite.
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San Francisco
Alan Sleroty
Los Angeles
John Vasconcellos
San Jose
Leo Ryan
Burlingame
George Zenovich
Iresno
Robert Crown
Alameda
John F. Dunlap
Napa
Willie L. Brown Jr
John Burton
Alex Garcia
Leon Ralph
Yvonne Brathwaite
Henry Waxman
Lea McCarthy
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