Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-04
StreumIined Government
For Calf. Envisioned i'm
Report Of 8 yeor Study

SACRAMENTO. April 4 CUPJ-
Drastic streamlining OF California S
state government at an 'astoniSh-
ing" saving to taxpayers is pro
posed III plan submitted today &c
Gov. Olson and the legislature.
The plan was drafted after five
years study by a political COM
mittee on state organization con-
sisting of 25 outstanding citizens
cha.rmanned by Francis V. Keesling
San Francisco attorney, and organ
lied after a statewide conference
on government and taxation called
by Gov. Merriam in 1885. Keesling
was chairman of the freeholders
drafting committee that prepared
San Francisco's present charter.
The plan transfers administration
of relief to the counties under an
integrated program providing for
limited state supervision and jointly
financed by state and counties.
It creates an elective auditor gen
eral representing the people to as
sure that public moneys are eX-
pended strictly as budgeted ard
appropriated. II limits the state S
debt to prevent expenditures from
exceeding revenues and other sums
available for expenditure during
any biennium, with reasonble pro-
vision for temporary Borrowing 10
meet actual emergencies" It elm
mates special funds so far as prac-
ticable.
Tax Collection Consolidated
It consolidates collection of taxes
in a new department of revenue. 1t
restricts the board of equalization
strictly to functions of equalization
and valuation.
It creates a department of public
safety with jurisdiction over the
state highway patrol. 1t creates q
department of alcoholic beverage
control. II creates a department of
highways. It creates a division Of
local government service TO assist
and supervise local governments.
1t abolishes the department Of
penology, including the state board
Of prison directors, the board OF
prison terms and paroles, the pa
role department" D." and the board
of trustees of the Institution OF
Women CTehachapD transferring
all major functions to the depart
ment Of institutions.
II sets up the advisory pardon
board moW in the department Of
penology) as an independent agency
and establishes its membership d'
only the attorney general. the di.
rector OF the proposed department
Of public safety. and the director
of the reorganized department 0.
| institutions"
Sweeping Change
It transfers the division Of mar
cotic enforcement presently in th'
department of penologyj to the pro
/ posed department OF public safety
] II abolishes the department o
motor vehicles, transferring its rey
enue collection functions. includinl
registration. to the proposed dc
partment Of revenue and Its en-
forcement functions highway IA
troD to the proposed department
Of public safety. It discontinues tn
patrols county units and rc-dis
tributes it on the basis Of acciden
prevention and traffic control cen
ters determined By volume of We
hicular activity
It establishes the state athlcti
commission and the state fair "a
independent agencies.
It gives the state board Of regent
full control Of all publicly app0rteu
higher education IN California. I
reorganizes the state dcpanmgn
Of education II condemns lo8Dyin
by teachers which Keesllna said
lis ostenslbly i'm the interest Of th
school system but is actually ID
the interest Of the teacher !
recommends dismissal Of state en-
ployes and teachers who engage II
lobbying. Il brands such l01byin
as contrary TO the spirit Of CiyI
service and teachers tenure" /
restricts elaborate adult education
programs unless they pas Their was
It abolishes the California Poly
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