California voting age debate shifts to 19 threshold
Sacramento committee reported that lowering the voting age now is premature and that 19 should be more acceptable to adults than 18 when the time comes. The Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee noted 19 has been the legal voting age since the 10th century and that further study is needed. The report is a setback for groups seeking to drop California’s voting age to 18.
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Sacramento
Assembly
California
Assembly Unit Backs Ban on Channel Drilling in State Waters
An Assembly committee voted to permanently ban oil drilling in California’s Santa Barbara Channel, even on existing leases. The measure, by Assemblyman Jess Unruh, faces further committee review as industry opponents warn of losses and potential claims if moratoriums lift.
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Assembly
Santa Barbara Channel
Assembly Natural Resources and Conservation Committee
Jess Unruh
D-Inglewood
State Lands Commission
Ways and Means
Schnitts
Unruh
Schuits
Charles Warren
Los Angeles
Uneah
Senate Finance Committee
U S and Mexico Launch Joint Drug Crackdown Plan
The United States and Mexico agreed on a joint program to curb narcotics smuggling along their border with a $1 million aid package to Mexico for communications gear and chemicals to destroy poppy and marijuana fields. Signed by Attorney General John Mitchell and Julio Sanchez Vargas, the plan includes helicopters and planes, training seminars, and talks to add drug possession to extradition treaties, as Operation Intercept ends. Seizures near San Ysidro rise as border searches ease and tourism rebounds with shorter wait times.
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United States
Mexico
U.S
John Mitchell
Julio Sanchez Vargas
Mitchell
Sanchos Vargas
San Ysidro
Calif
Vernon Hann
U.S. Customs
Ocean Rover Reaches Antigua After Atlantic Row
Anticipated solo Atlantic rower Sidney Genders, aged 41, reached Antigua in the West Indies en route to the United States. He began last September from England, charted with a school atlas and dried fruit diet, after 3,200 miles, with about 1,000 more to go. In Covington, Ky a judge ruled a state law banning women from bartending unconstitutional.
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Genders
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