Bill Would Raise State Colleges’ Ratio of Women in Athletics

A Senate committee has approved legislation to require the number of intercollegiate athletes at each state college to reflect the ratio of women to men on campus by the 1998-99 school year.

A 9-0 vote sent the bill (SB 262) by Sen. Gary K. Hart (D-Santa Barbara) from the Education Committee to the Appropriations Committee for further consideration.

A special coaches committee representing both men’s and women’s sports would be required to report annually to the Legislature on progress being made to reach the goal.

“Female students make up half of the student population,” Hart said, “and yet they are not given an equal chance to participate in and benefit from athletic programs.”

The measure is sponsored by California’s National Organization for Women.

GOVERNOR

Appointed former Republican Assemblyman Chris Chandler (R-Yuba City) to the Sutter County Municipal Court bench. A six-year veteran lawmaker, Chandler did not run for reelection in 1992. The judgeship pays $90,680 a year.

Appointed former Assemblywoman Tricia Hunter (R-Bonita) as special assistant to the director of the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development. The jobs pays $61,644 a year and does not require Senate confirmation.

ASSEMBLY

Committee Action

DMV Office Hours: The Ways and Means Committee approved a bill (AB 70) by Assemblyman Richard Katz (D-Sylmar) to allow Department of Motor Vehicles offices to be open Saturdays for the convenience of customers without additional costs by reducing the number of hours that offices are open weekdays. A 20-0 vote sent the bill to the Assembly floor.

Private Clubs: The Governmental Organization Committee approved a bill (AB 159) by Assemblyman Terry B. Friedman (D-Brentwood) to prohibit some private clubs that discriminate from being licensed to serve alcoholic beverages. The bill would apply only to clubs with a membership of more than 400 that regularly serve meals; fraternal organizations would be exempt. A 10-4 vote sent the bill to the Ways and Means Committee.

Bill Introductions

DMV Records: AB 2367 by Assemblyman Richard Polanco (D-Los Angeles) would add members of city councils and county boards of supervisors to the list of people whose home addresses are required to be kept confidential by the Department of Motor Vehicles.

SENATE

Floor Action

Gubernatorial Appointment: Confirmed by a 33-1 vote Gov. Pete Wilson’s appointment of former Republican U.S. Sen. John Seymour of Anaheim as executive director of the California Housing Finance Agency. The job pays $98,076 a year.

B. T. Collins: Passed and sent to the Assembly on a 37-0 vote a resolution (SCR 15) by Sen. Mike Thompson (D-St. Helena) requesting the Department of Veterans Affairs to name its building in memory of former Assemblyman B. T. Collins (R-Carmichael). Collins, 52, who died March 19 of a heart attack, was a Green Beret who lost an arm and a leg in combat during the Vietnam War.

Committee Action

Budget Deadline: The Constitutional Amendments Committee approved a proposed ballot measure (SCA 1) by Sen. Quentin L. Kopp (I-San Francisco) to require legislators and the governor to forfeit their salary and daily expense allowances for every day the state budget is not adopted after the June 15 constitutional deadline. A 4-0 vote sent the measure to the Appropriations Committee.

Salary Cuts: The Governmental Organization Committee approved a bill (SB 82) by Sen. Mike Thompson (D-St. Helena) to cut the salaries of 63 political appointees to 11 state boards and commissions by an average of 43% to a maximum of $52,500 a year, the same pay that rank-and-file legislators now receive. A 6-1 vote sent the bill to the Appropriations Committee.

Bill Introductions

Residential Picketing: SB 1248 by Sen. Charles M. Calderon (D-Whittier) would prohibit protest groups from focusing their picketing activities on homes of individuals.