Press Releases – January 1974 Box: P15
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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Digital Library Collections This is a PDF of a folder from our textual collections. Collection: Reagan, Ronald: Gubernatorial Papers, 1966-74: Press Unit Folder Title: Press Releases – January 1974 Box: P15 To see more digitized collections visit: https://reaganlibrary.gov/archives/digital-library To see all Ronald Reagan Presidential Library inventories visit: https://reaganlibrary.gov/document-collection Contact a reference archivist at: [email protected] Citation Guidelines: https://reaganlibrary.gov/citing National Archives Catalogue: https://catalog.archives.gov/ OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD ~AGAN MEMO TO THE PRESS Sacramento, Californ 95814 Clyde Walthall, Pres- Secretary 916-445-4571 1-4-74 #1 GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE January 7, 1974 through January 13, 1974 Monday, January 7 2:00 p.m. YPTV (Press Conference Room #1190) Overnight - Sacramento Tuesday, January 8 8:00 a.m. Governor's Prayer Breakfast, Senator Hotel. Remarks. Overnight - Sacramento Wednesday, January 9 11:00 a.m. State of the State Address, Assembly Chambers, State Capitol Overnight - Sacramento Thursday, January 10 No public appointments scheduled Overnight - Sacramento Friday, January 11 No public appointments scheduled Overnight - Los Angeles Saturday, January 12 10:00 a.m. Ceremony reactivating the 40th Infantry Division (Mechanized) of California National Guard - Armed Forces Reserve Center, Naval Air Station, Los Alamitos. Remarks. Overnight - Los Angeles Sunday, January 13. No appointments scheduled Overnight - Los Angeles # # # McKelvey OFFICE OF GOVERNOR R~LD REAGAN MEMO TA.THE PRESS Sacramento, Californ · 95814 Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary 916-445-4571 1-4-74 #2 SCHEDULE FOR BRIEFING OF NEWSMEN AND RELEASE OF THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET FOR FISCAL 1974-75 Copies of the Local Assistance Budget will be available to newsmen in the Governor's Office (at the receptionist's desk) at 9g30 a.m., Monday, January 7. The Local Assistance Budget will be embargoed for Tuesday p.m.'s January 8. Verne Orr, director of the Department of Finance, will hold a briefing for newsmen on the Local Assistance Budget at 10:30 a.m. in Room 1190 on Monday, January 7. The information given at this briefing also is embargoed for Tuesday p.m. release. The governor's State Operations Budget will be available to newsmen in the Governor's Office (at the receptionist's desk) at 8 a.m. Wednesday, January 9. It is embargoed for Thursday p.m.'s, January 10. Orr will conduct a briefing on the State Operations Budget at 8:30 a.m. in Room 1190 on Wednesday, January 9. Information from this briefing is also embargoed for Thursday p.m.'s, January 10. Once again -- and consistent with our policy of the last few years -- we are asking that motion picture sound-on-film cameras and tape recorders not be used at these two budget briefings. However, newsmen wishing to use silent and still cameras to film the briefings are welcome to do so. Following the two briefings on the budgets, Mr. Orr will be available for interviews. Newsmen, however, should keep in mind the Tuesday and Thursday p.m. embargoes. l I' An advance text and breakdown of the Governor's State of the State Message will be delivered to newsmen at 1 p.m., Tuesday, January 8. It is embargoed for release after 11 a.m. Wednesday, January 9- Governor Reagan will deliver his State of the State Message at 11 a.m. on January 9. # # # Walthall OFFICE OF GOVERNOR Rf'""'~LD REAGAN RELEASE Immediate Sacramento, Californ._ 95814 Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary 916-445-4571 1-4-74 #3 Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of community development. The appointment, requiring Senate confirmation, carries an annual salary of $28,296. Whittlesey will serve at the pleasure of the governor. Currently the state Department of Health's deputy director for legislation, vfuittlesey succeeds Robert J. DeMonte, now director of the governor's office of planning and research. The SO-year-old Republican has been with the Health Department since last March, after joining the state Health and Welfare Agency as assistant to the secretary for legislation in 1971. For seven years before that, he was an administrative assistant to Senator Gordon Cologne. Between 1958 and 1964, Whittlesey was assistant city manager and planning director for the cities of Indio and Colton. The long-time Coachella Valley resident served four years during World War II as an enlisted man in the u.s. Navy and two years as a commissioned officer following his graduation from Annapolis in 1949. Whittlesey had his own insurance business in the early 1950s. He ran unsuccessfully for the 75th Assembly District seat in 1970. His many community activities included serving on the President's Community Lay Committee for Education and the Citizens' Committee for Master Plan Development. He has held offices in the American Legion1 Indio Exchange Club, Coachella Valley Advisory Planning Committee and was a district deputy for the BPO Elks. Whittlesey has been a member of the Republican State Central Committee s:tnce 1964. ###### Address: 4935 Heatherdale Lane Carmichael 95608 McKelvey OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN RELEASE: TU~S.IJAY P.Ms. Sacramento, Californ··- 958).4 -'"ANUARY 8, 197 4 Clyde Walt~ll, Presb Secretary 916-445-4571 1-7-74 PLEASE GUARD A.CSA INST PREMATURE RELEASE #4 HIGHLIGHTS LOCAL ASSISTANCE BUDGET The governor's Local Assistance Budget for 1974-75 increases state contributions to local government by 3.8 percent, from $6,360,210,784 (1973-74) to $6,599,800,515 (1974-75) EDUCATION (K-14) The proposed governor's budget includes approximately $2.662 billion for financing both local elementary and secondary schools, grades K-12, and community colleges, grades 13 and 14. Of this total, $2.166 billion is allocated for direct local support of grades K-12: $307.3 million is allocated for local support of community colleges; $6.2 million is earmarked for community college student financial aid; $135 million for the state contribution to the Teachers• Retirement Fund, and $48 million for debt service on Public School Building Bonds. K-12 Education The proposed budget includes approximately $2.349 billion for financing local schools {including Debt Service on local school bonds and Teachers' Retirement), grades K-12. Of this total, $2.346 billion is from the General Fund. This represents a 74 percent increase in state support to K-12 local schools since Governor Reagan first took office. During the same period, it is estimated that the average daily attendance in grades K-12 will have increased only 1.1 percent and the cost of living, as measured by the u.s. Consumer Price Index, 41 percent (1967-68 to projected 1974-75). During the current fiscal year, total expenditures for grades K-12 are estimated at about $2.224 billion General Fund, including Debt Service on local school bonds and Teachers' Retirement. Thus, the state contribution to local schools, General Fund, is increased $122 million over the current fiscal year. Passage of AB 1267, Chapter 208, Statutes of 1973, provides a statutory cost of living increase to California school districts beginning in 1974-75. This legislation increases the State Foundation Program levels by $60 per elementary and high school ADA in 1974-75, and provides for future cost of living increases in Foundation Program levels. A $60 increase per ADA will provide a 6.3 percent increase for high schooJ and 7.8 percent increase for elementary schools. ~l! California's burs Jning population of young ~.ople led to a concentration on providing "more" education in the 1960s. With a leveling off of K-12 enrollment, there is now the opportunity to concentrate on "better" education: 1. Through the Development Centers for Handicapped Minors, the state provides a special program for severely handicapped children to help these special children live a more normal and adjusted life. Since 1962 when the development centers began as pilot programs, the number of children served has increased from 32 to more than 2,700 in 1974. In 1973 the program will expand by 200 children and in 1974 by an additional 100. Thi£ will be achieved by a 1974-75 budget augmentation of $990,000 for a total program budget of $6,012,630. 2. Early Childhood Education was started in 1973-74 fiscal year with an appropriation of $25 million to fund specialized educational programs for school students, kindergarten through the third grade. Through the efforts of the early childhood education prcgram, it has been possible to provide school districts with the latitude of serving their students through a consolidation of ECE and other primary grade categorical aid programs. Within 1974-75 an additional $15 million is provided for Early Childhood Education increasing the state effort in this program to $40 million in 1974-75. 3. During the 1974 legislative session, the governor will propose bilingual education legislation to enhance the educational opportunities of students whose language and culture differ from those of the dominant society. It is estimated that within this group of school children there exists a 37 percent school dropout rate as compared to a 16 percent dropout rate for children in the total population. Four million dollars ($4,000,000) has been included in the 1974-75 Department of Education budget for the purposes of the anticipated legislation. Community Colleqes The governor's proposed 1974-75 budget for California's 97 community college campuses includes $307.3 million General Fund in direct local support and an additional $6.2 million for Student Assistance. During the current fiscal year, state General Fund expenditures for these purposes are estimated at $266.1 million. - 2 - The 1973-74 totL includes $66.5 million of .~w state financing for community colleges which was made possible by the enactment of SB 6 (Chapter 209, Statutes of 1973}.