Sacramento File : A brief summary of events in the state capital.
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Governor Prepared for the release today of his 1985-86 state budget, expected to be in the $33 billion-$34 billion range. Reappointed William T. Bagley of San Rafael, a former Republican state assemblyman, and Frederick R. Duda of Moraga to the state Public Utilities Commission. PUC commissioners are paid $68,355 a year. Decided he will attend the Super Bowl on Jan. 20 in Palo Alto as a guest of the National Football League, but will skip President Reagan’s inauguration in Washington the next day. His office said he has two Washington trips scheduled within a month and felt he could not justify a third. Assembly Bills Introduced: Child abuse: AB 141 by Assemblywoman Gloria Molina (D-Los Angeles) would require child-abuse training for health care and mental health professionals. Open meetings: AB 214 by Assemblyman Lloyd G. Connelly (D-Sacramento) would nullify decisions made by public bodies if the state’s open meeting law is violated. Japanese: AB 198 by Assemblyman Phillip Isenberg (D-Sacramento) would repeal a state law used to fire state employees of Japanese ancestry during World War II. Senate Bills Introduced: Videotapes: SB 133 by Sen. Bill Greene (D-Los Angeles) would make it a misdemeanor to sell musical videotapes that depict violence. Driver education: SB 127 by Sen. Alan Robbins (D-Van Nuys) would require that high school driver education classes include instruction on the dangers involved in mixing alcohol or drugs with driving. Campaign contributions: SB 118 by Sen. Marian Bergeson (R-Newport Beach) would prohibit transfers of campaign contributions from one legislative candidate to another. Miscellany Gasoline tax: Sen. John F. Foran (D-San Francisco), Chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee, suggested that the state gasoline tax be increased by a nickel a gallon to raise more money to help maintain and build local streets and state highways. Inmates: Caltrans announced a plan to start using low-risk prison inmates with only a short time left to serve to pick up litter along state highways. The inmates would receive one day off their sentences for each day worked. Jervis: John V. Jervis, assistant deputy state controller for the last seven years and a former Sacramento television reporter, announced he was resigning to join the PBN Co., a San Francisco-Sacramento public affairs firm. Water: Daniel M. Dooley of Visalia has been elected chairman of the California Water Commission.
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