August 13, 1964 (24 pages)

{ 1 i é 4 . NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET wae wadeA dear CVscrest redetdeiae les radiates deh SUPERVISORS MADE WISE MOVES IN CHOICE OF COUNSEL AND: DECISION-ON-VARGAS Nevada County Supervisors recently took two actions which should be of great aid in handling the legal problems of the growing county. The first was the choice last week of Grass Valley attorney, Mrs. Dean Lawrence to fill the new. post of county counsel. Although she has had a multitude of complex problems dumped into her lap, her background makes her well qualified to handle them. The second move was the decision made Monday to keep investigator Frank Vargas in the office of the district attorney instead of moving him to the welfare department as planned. The supervisors last month adopted a resolution to move Vargas to the welfare department. The move was made as part of the package creating the office of county counsel and was done in part as an economy move. Figures disclosed indiscuss ion Monday indicated the job Vargas has been doing in returning support money to the county indicated that this operation might be hampered if the transfer ‘to welfare was made. This would more than eliminate any saving that would be brought about by such a move. The matter was discussed by department heads Monday and the key problem seemedtobe a breakdown of communication between the welfare department and the district attorney's office. With this established, the supervisors took another look at their July action and decided to leave Vargas where he could do the most good. We think the supervisors acted wisely on the choice of a county counsel and on their decision to retain the investigator in the office of the district attorney. IN THE FOOTHILLS VEIN PRESSURE MUST BE KEPT ON FEAR AND HATE MERCHANTS Although he says people laughed about it, we feel we may have embarrassed Joe Morgan of Morgan Ford with our wild poster last week. It wasnot our intention to embarrass Joe or Ford Motor Co, any more than it was our intention that that sort of garbage should appear in our cities. It wasand will continue to be our intention to embarrass the people who nailed up that poster and to perhaps hopefully awaken some of the people in our county to the changing character of our area, Our county will change from a friendly place.to a place of suspicion and fear if August 13, 1964 wecontinue to aslow the fear and hate mongers to roam unchecked, : eeeeeeeeeeee eee STATE TREASURER Bert Betts reports that California population is growing by 1600 every 24 hours. The estimated population was 18, 234,000 at the beginning of this fiscal year and state experts predict by the end of 1965-66 another million or more residents will be here. The greatest percentage of our population is made up of youngsters 14 and under. If this influx continues and the trend toward youth holds, our school problems today will seem like nothing compared to the ones we will have to face in the future. ‘ On the brighter side, Betts also reported our annual rate of personal income this calendar year based on January to March statistics is nearly $55 billion, a jump of 7 percent, over the same quarter of 1964. Per capita income on this basis is $3,045 which is more than 21 per cent higher than the national average. eseeveoeseeeee 0888 THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES last week passed the Wilderness Bill and thus helped guarantee that part of the vast resources and the beauty of our nation will be preserved in their natural state for future generations. There are some 14.5 million acres of public land classified as wilderness, wild, canoe or primitive. None of these, however have any statutory recognition. They were created by order by the Secretary of Agriculture and could be abolished the same way. The House Interior Committee recommended that the wilderness system be established by legislative authority and-thus-permanently preserved. The bill incorporates all areas now designated wilderness, wild or canoe areas intothe wilderness system. This includes a total or more than nine million acres of federally owned lands. Compatible uses would be permitted in some wilderness areas. This includes grazing where it had been permitted before, commercial services which aid realization of the recreational or wilderness purposes, and mineral prospecting where compatible. eeseeeveseeeeeeee88 WHEN DOES A RUMOR stop being a rumor. We feel a rumor is no longer a rumor when the matter in question is the talk of the town and is confirmed by reliable sources as being fact. Such was the case with the imminent resignation of Nevada City Manager Charles Smith, Councilman Ben Barry Monday night verbally slapped the wrist of the local press for printing a “rumor” story of Smith's intentions. The fact that the so called rumor was well known in town, and that the paper. took the trouble to check and confirm it with two councilmen, did not seem to dampen the ire of either Barry or Councilman Beryl Robinson who felt the story might have influenced Smith in making his decision. We find it hard to believe Mr. Smith could be influenced much by a newspaper story. The newspaper has never had much influence’ on him in the past. Wewouldbethe last ones to deny the right of governmental bodies to hold executive sessions or the need for such sessions, but we can not hold to the philosophy that all matters which transpire in executive session are sacred. In any case, we will soon know the scope of executive session discussions. Councilman Dan O'Nei the city attorney Monday night for an opinion on what is and what is not legitimate information for release from such sessions. eeeeeeeoe eee eee 8 FROM THE Department of incidental intelligence we learned this week that September will be National Bourbon Month. This-may-or may not have been designed to coincide with the joyful return of the kiddies to school, but in any case we did not want to fail to alert those who may want to celebrate the event. CALIFORNIA ---Don Hoagland LOSS OF THE CITY CONCEPT IS CREATING VAST PROBLEMS Increasingly, the older central cities are tending to become primarily the’ abode of the disadvantaged, the poor and the aged, and above all the racial minorities, while the newer suburban communities are predominantly middle and upper class families with children, and almost wholly white. This pattern makes it increasingly impossible for a great many people to live near their job opportunities, and it also threatens the success of central renewal programs by enhancing social and tax base problems. ; It comes at a time, moreover, when our most serious domestic problem is the threat of an expanding class of permanently disadvantaged people, a basic threat to the American dream.Thisis due to three factors which mutually reinforce each other. One is automation, which is cutting out the employment opportunities of the unskilled and the semi-skilled. For the first time in our history, education isnot keeping up with the requirements of the job market. We need massive efforts and expenditures, to upgrade the abilities of the ill-educated, much faster than we ever did in the past. : The second is the fact that the current wave of illeducated urban immigrants happens to be largely Negro, also Mexican in California. And the long history of discrimination adds heavily to their difficulties for many of them even after they have managed to acquire the skills and values for middle-class urban life, Finally, both these factors are reinforced by the new civic geography which is tending to produce not only ghettoized districts, but disadvantaged cities, whose tax-base will berelatively lower just when they will desperately need to spend much more on education and social services. What we have been blindly throwing away is the whole traditional concept of what a city is for, Throughout history, untila few decades ago, the word "city" meant a wide variety of people and activities, a little world, with a single government to provide whatever services were deemed essential and to resolve the inevitable con~flicts. The traditional function of the city was integration: it created some kind of productive order and unity out of heterogeneity. But what we have done in California is to let the city become an agency which promotes social divisions, disorganization, and civic conflict within the larger metropolitan community, The central cities are trying to reverse the tide in their renewal programs, but they will be. unsuccessful unless there is a push for better balanced development in outlying areas as well. With the enormous volume ot home-building yet to come, we have a real opportunity to counter this destructive trend by promoting new patterns of development in the future. Larger, more compact cities could also provide both jobs, housing and first-class services for a cross-section population, And already there are proposals which would push in this direction, in the recommendations of the Governor's Advisory Commission on Housing Problems, and in bills now before Congress, But none of sats have yet received the serious public. attention which they deserve, It will come, but it better be soon, ---Catherine Bauer Wurster, U.C. professor of city and regional planning, from an address given in Sacramento in January before a statewide conference on "Man in California--1980's". P96T ‘ET isnBny***3088nN AunoD epeAeN’ ** 5

{ 1 i é 4 . NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET wae wadeA dear CVscrest redetdeiae les radiates deh SUPERVISORS MADE WISE MOVES IN CHOICE OF COUNSEL AND: DECISION-ON-VARGAS Nevada County Supervisors recently took two actions which should be of great aid in handling the legal problems of the growing county. The first was the choice last week of Grass Valley attorney, Mrs. Dean Lawrence to fill the new. post of county counsel. Although she has had a multitude of complex problems dumped into her lap, her background makes her well qualified to handle them. The second move was the decision made Monday to keep investigator Frank Vargas in the office of the district attorney instead of moving him to the welfare department as planned. The supervisors last month adopted a resolution to move Vargas to the welfare department. The move was made as part of the package creating the office of county counsel and was done in part as an economy move. Figures disclosed indiscuss ion Monday indicated the job Vargas has been doing in returning support money to the county indicated that this operation might be hampered if the transfer ‘to welfare was made. This would more than eliminate any saving that would be brought about by such a move. The matter was discussed by department heads Monday and the key problem seemedtobe a breakdown of communication between the welfare department and the district attorney's office. With this established, the supervisors took another look at their July action and decided to leave Vargas where he could do the most good. We think the supervisors acted wisely on the choice of a county counsel and on their decision to retain the investigator in the office of the district attorney. IN THE FOOTHILLS VEIN PRESSURE MUST BE KEPT ON FEAR AND HATE MERCHANTS Although he says people laughed about it, we feel we may have embarrassed Joe Morgan of Morgan Ford with our wild poster last week. It wasnot our intention to embarrass Joe or Ford Motor Co, any more than it was our intention that that sort of garbage should appear in our cities. It wasand will continue to be our intention to embarrass the people who nailed up that poster and to perhaps hopefully awaken some of the people in our county to the changing character of our area, Our county will change from a friendly place.to a place of suspicion and fear if August 13, 1964 wecontinue to aslow the fear and hate mongers to roam unchecked, : eeeeeeeeeeee eee STATE TREASURER Bert Betts reports that California population is growing by 1600 every 24 hours. The estimated population was 18, 234,000 at the beginning of this fiscal year and state experts predict by the end of 1965-66 another million or more residents will be here. The greatest percentage of our population is made up of youngsters 14 and under. If this influx continues and the trend toward youth holds, our school problems today will seem like nothing compared to the ones we will have to face in the future. ‘ On the brighter side, Betts also reported our annual rate of personal income this calendar year based on January to March statistics is nearly $55 billion, a jump of 7 percent, over the same quarter of 1964. Per capita income on this basis is $3,045 which is more than 21 per cent higher than the national average. eseeveoeseeeee 0888 THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES last week passed the Wilderness Bill and thus helped guarantee that part of the vast resources and the beauty of our nation will be preserved in their natural state for future generations. There are some 14.5 million acres of public land classified as wilderness, wild, canoe or primitive. None of these, however have any statutory recognition. They were created by order by the Secretary of Agriculture and could be abolished the same way. The House Interior Committee recommended that the wilderness system be established by legislative authority and-thus-permanently preserved. The bill incorporates all areas now designated wilderness, wild or canoe areas intothe wilderness system. This includes a total or more than nine million acres of federally owned lands. Compatible uses would be permitted in some wilderness areas. This includes grazing where it had been permitted before, commercial services which aid realization of the recreational or wilderness purposes, and mineral prospecting where compatible.

eeseeeveseeeeeeee88 WHEN DOES A RUMOR stop being a rumor. We feel a rumor is no longer a rumor when the matter in question is the talk of the town and is confirmed by reliable sources as being fact. Such was the case with the imminent resignation of Nevada City Manager Charles Smith, Councilman Ben Barry Monday night verbally slapped the wrist of the local press for printing a “rumor” story of Smith's intentions. The fact that the so called rumor was well known in town, and that the paper. took the trouble to check and confirm it with two councilmen, did not seem to dampen the ire of either Barry or Councilman Beryl Robinson who felt the story might have influenced Smith in making his decision. We find it hard to believe Mr. Smith could be influenced much by a newspaper story. The newspaper has never had much influence’ on him in the past. Wewouldbethe last ones to deny the right of governmental bodies to hold executive sessions or the need for such sessions, but we can not hold to the philosophy that all matters which transpire in executive session are sacred. In any case, we will soon know the scope of executive session discussions. Councilman Dan O'Nei the city attorney Monday night for an opinion on what is and what is not legitimate information for release from such sessions. eeeeeeeoe eee eee 8 FROM THE Department of incidental intelligence we learned this week that September will be National Bourbon Month. This-may-or may not have been designed to coincide with the joyful return of the kiddies to school, but in any case we did not want to fail to alert those who may want to celebrate the event. CALIFORNIA ---Don Hoagland LOSS OF THE CITY CONCEPT IS CREATING VAST PROBLEMS Increasingly, the older central cities are tending to become primarily the’ abode of the disadvantaged, the poor and the aged, and above all the racial minorities, while the newer suburban communities are predominantly middle and upper class families with children, and almost wholly white. This pattern makes it increasingly impossible for a great many people to live near their job opportunities, and it also threatens the success of central renewal programs by enhancing social and tax base problems. ; It comes at a time, moreover, when our most serious domestic problem is the threat of an expanding class of permanently disadvantaged people, a basic threat to the American dream.Thisis due to three factors which mutually reinforce each other. One is automation, which is cutting out the employment opportunities of the unskilled and the semi-skilled. For the first time in our history, education isnot keeping up with the requirements of the job market. We need massive efforts and expenditures, to upgrade the abilities of the ill-educated, much faster than we ever did in the past. : The second is the fact that the current wave of illeducated urban immigrants happens to be largely Negro, also Mexican in California. And the long history of discrimination adds heavily to their difficulties for many of them even after they have managed to acquire the skills and values for middle-class urban life, Finally, both these factors are reinforced by the new civic geography which is tending to produce not only ghettoized districts, but disadvantaged cities, whose tax-base will berelatively lower just when they will desperately need to spend much more on education and social services. What we have been blindly throwing away is the whole traditional concept of what a city is for, Throughout history, untila few decades ago, the word "city" meant a wide variety of people and activities, a little world, with a single government to provide whatever services were deemed essential and to resolve the inevitable con~flicts. The traditional function of the city was integration: it created some kind of productive order and unity out of heterogeneity. But what we have done in California is to let the city become an agency which promotes social divisions, disorganization, and civic conflict within the larger metropolitan community, The central cities are trying to reverse the tide in their renewal programs, but they will be. unsuccessful unless there is a push for better balanced development in outlying areas as well. With the enormous volume ot home-building yet to come, we have a real opportunity to counter this destructive trend by promoting new patterns of development in the future. Larger, more compact cities could also provide both jobs, housing and first-class services for a cross-section population, And already there are proposals which would push in this direction, in the recommendations of the Governor's Advisory Commission on Housing Problems, and in bills now before Congress, But none of sats have yet received the serious public. attention which they deserve, It will come, but it better be soon, ---Catherine Bauer Wurster, U.C. professor of city and regional planning, from an address given in Sacramento in January before a statewide conference on "Man in California--1980's". P96T ‘ET isnBny***3088nN AunoD epeAeN’ ** 5