Court rules California school finance unconstitutional
California Supreme Court finds the present system of funding public schools, heavily based on local property taxes, unconstitutional for discriminating against the poor. It cites huge wealth gaps between districts such as Sonoma County’s Reservation and Kern County’s McKittrick, urging a timely replacement plan and urging legislators to act without delay.
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California Supreme Court
California
Reservation
Sonoma County
McKittrick
Kern County
Nader’s California report scrutiny and questions rise
The article weighs two yardsticks responsibility and accountability in assessing Ralph Nader’s California study. It notes Nader is not a Californian, yet his broad indictments cover administrators legislators planners and even bond voters. The piece questions funding sources and whether his reports serve private advocacy or public policy reform.
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Ralph Nader
California
Nader
Mendocino Forest traffic counts spur highway plans
This recall notes 130000 vacationers visiting Mendocino National Forest in the past year with calls for better roads. Robert Dasmann cites increased access at the Mendocino Pass meeting as Senator Lloyd Lowrey discusses Forest Highway 7 prospects and related bills facing highway opposition.
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Mendocino National Forest
Robert Dasmann
State Division of Forestry
Mendocino Pass
Wonderland — Association
Plaskett’s Meadows
Lloyd Lowrey
Division of
Ukiah Recreation Area
Is lower budget a myth
Nixon's economic package appears to cut spending and tax but may widen the 1972 deficit by about 2 billion. Critics say gimmicks in welfare and revenue sharing save little, while defense cuts are not proposed. The plan aims to spur industry but risks higher long term losses and a looming near forty billion deficit. The piece questions political symbolism versus real savings.
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Bruce Biossat
Washington
NEA
Nixon
Wilbur Mills
House Money
Mills
White House
Congress
U.S
Chairman Mills
Reapportionment Woes In California Assembly Seats
Sacramento analysis outlines the difficulty for Assembly Democrats to redraw southern California districts to widen their margin. Secrecy hampers plans while population shifts pin Los Angeles City 31 to 28 seats, Orange County gains two for a Republican stronghold, and San Diego Riverside and San Bernardino face tough maps. The party must also address Mexican American and Black representation amid potential incumbent losses. Targets include Republicans Floyd Wakefield and Charles J. Lonrad as rifts shape district mergers.
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Joe Brooks
Copley
Sacramento
California
Assembly
Los Angeles County
Central City
Orange County
Kenneth Cory
Anaheim
San Diego-Riverside
San Bernardino
San Diego County
Riverside County
San Bernardino County
Alex Garcia
Los Angeles
Peter Chacon
San Diego
Yvonne Brathwaite
Leon Ralph
Bill Greene
Floyd Wakefield
Downey-South Gate
Charles J. Lonrad
Hollywood
Ventura County
Wakefield
Conrad
Ventura
Santa Barbara
Secret polls on Agnew and Vietnam election farce
A mosaic of 1970s Washington briefings reports Nixon asking Haldeman for secret polls on Vice President Agnew, McGovern condemning school lunch cuts, and a satirical three act account of Thieu Ky Minh in Saigon. The piece notes Bunker’s efforts to steer Thai Thieu toward a fair ballot and warns of electoral manipulation while a new defense directive shields GI letters to Congress from service records.
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Nixon
H.R. Haldeman
Agnew
White House
Republican National Committee
George McGovern
Select Nutrition Committee
Congress
Agriculture Department
The
Budget Office
McGovern
Georgia
Bunker
Thieu
Supreme Court
Berger
Big Minh
Saigon
South Vietnam
Kansas
Robert Dole
Thieu-Ky
Theiu
Truong Dinh Dzu
Girong
David Truong
Chihou
Defense Department
U.S
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Julia Shinn
W. H. Naar
San Francisco
Richard Sherman Thompson
K. K. Hooper
J. J. Hooper
Lakeport
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Dyerville
Humboldt County
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Louis Cunningham
Lake County
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