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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1974
Page
11
Sacramento AP reports Assembly approved antipollution bill to outlaw poptop beverage cans. The measure, praised as reducing street litter, would take effect January 1, 1976, and move to the Senate on a 48 to 10 vote. Assemblyman Edwin Zberg urged a push button top alternative with no pop tab.
UC Berkeley economist Joby Mamer told the State Board of Food and Agriculture that peak harvest labor needs will rise in California. He notes farm workers declined from 480,000 in 1966 to 424,000 in 1972 and projects 13,000 new seasonal workers needed in 1974 across 26 major crops. He cites illegal immigrant presence and urges expanded out of state recruitment, more women and youth in farming, seasonal work for foreign workers, and broader use of modern labor management with incentives.
A proposed Santa Monica Mountains planning commission was denounced as high way robbery by a local property owner. Sierra Club and conservationists backed Assemblyman Howard Berman’s bill to create a Ventura Los Angeles Mountain and Coastal Conservation and Development Commission to craft a master plan, with a three year permit requirement for major developments if enacted.
State Finance records show California residents relocating mainly to Oregon and other western states. From July 1, 1973, to April 1 this year, 18,873 Californians swapped licenses for Oregon, with Arizona, Nevada, Washington and Colorado also gaining substantial numbers. East and Midwest states also attracted some Californians, led by New York and Illinois, while Ohio showed net loss.
Federal and local authorities seized sixty seven workers described as illegal aliens during a two week probe at Tollywood Park in Inglewood. The roundup, involving 75 officials, targeted grooms stable boys and similar staff, not jockeys or groundskeepers, and included 64 Mexicans one Australian one Canadian and one Japanese. They were transported to the Federal Building in downtown Los Angeles.
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