October 31, 1963 (20 pages)

SMALL TOWN :S Lid > WORAIS ‘PAUL LUNARDI DESERVES ELECTION TO SENATE SEAT Voters in Nevada, Sierra and Placer Counties will go to the polls Tuesday to fillthe State Senate seat vacated by Ronald G. Cameron when he became a Superior Court judge in Placer County. We feel there is a stand-out candidate to fill this post---Assemblyman Paul J. Lunardi. ° . Assemblyman Lunardi has worked hard to represent his district, an 1l county area, and he has accomplished this task with astounding success. Some recent examples of the type of good representation that has been of benefit to Nevada County would include Lunardi's action in the last legislature which contributed to the restoration of the Malakoff State Park project to the accelerated park acquisition list, and his sponsorship of legislation enabling the Nevada Irrigation District to be eligible for $3.5 million in Davis-Grunsky recreational funds. : Even more important was the Lunardi effort which enabled NID to proceed with construction of the Yuba-Bear Project this summer. Bids on the project were too high for district financing and the prospects were for another bidding and the delay of construction, probably for a year or more. At this point, NID asked the aid of Lunardi and the assemblyman sponsored andrushed through the legislature a bill which enabled NID to successfully negotiate withthe bidders and begin construction after only a brief delay. These are only afew of the ways tha Lunardi has given special service to Nevada County constituents. And Nevada County is only one of ‘those 11 counties he has represented. In each county, however, the story is the same. Lunardi has represented the residents of those counties in a manner that cannot be matched inthe Assembly. Assemblyman Lunardihas an enviable record. He has never lost a bill which he has sponsored for his district. ” Governor Edmund G. Brown, in expressing his respect for the legislator, ‘explained Lunardi's success by saying, "He does his homework." Lunardi is a Democrat. But his ac~~. tions in the As sembly have not been partisan. He is known in Sacramento as an independent representative. Evi‘dence of this is: the fact that he was one of the few Democrats to oppose the taking away of committee chairmanships from Republican members of the Assembly. MALL WORLD ‘even more important, Lunardi deserves to be raised to the Senate post he seeks. His opponent .praises Lunardi's representation of his district (when speaking in Grass Valley less than two weeks ago), but claims that Lunardi is too valuable to elevate from the As° sembly. This is a peculiar type of argument that has nobearing on the election Tuesday---when Nevada, Sierra and Placer County residents will choose the best qualified mantorepresent them : in the Senate. Lunardi hopes to win the contest, for he feels that he can give better representation to these three counties in the Senate than he has been able to give to them in the Assembly where he has also been responsible for representing eight other counties. While it is hardto visualize how Lunardi couldimprove on his record of representation to our counties, itis easy to see that he is the man with the qualifications for the job. Paul J. Lunardi deserves the Senate post by his record in the Assembly. But we can assure ourselves of excellent representation in the Senate by voting for Lunardi Tuesday. PRAISE FOR COMMITTEE The success of the weekend Small City Workshop was largely due to the fine calibre of speakers that the Extension Division of the University of California at Davis brought to Nevada City. But in addition, there was a great _deal of preliminary work and tasks "behindthe scenes" ofthe workshop itself. Most of these tasks were performed by a local committee of women headed by Sharon Fairclough. Each member of Mrs. Fairclough's committee carried out at least one task that helpedto make the workshop move smoothly and without hitch. This committee deserves the praise of the community for the hours worked on the workshop andthe excellence of its accomplishments. Jean Worth, National Hotél proprietor, also deserves a special note of thanks. Mrs. Worth allowed the use of her hotel as reservations headquarters : assuming the responsibility of seeingthat all registrants’ from out of town were housed in the hotel or motels in Nevada City. In addition she coordin— ated workshop registrations with a member of Mrs. Fairclough's committee. John Knutson, chamber of commerce vice-president, handled the finances of the workshop, in cooperation with Mary Jane Tapp of Mrs. Fairclough's committee. Local organizations should also be praised, for several of them paid the registration fee so that one membercould attend the workshop and report back. The local communities can be proud of the suc@ess of the workshop, for local participation helped make it a success. CALIFORNIA LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FAIL TO STOP SLIPSHOD AND SCATTERED DEVELOPMENTS Let us face the fact that in spite of all efforts to the contrary, the open space in and around our cities is giving way unnecessarily to slipshod scattered developments which destroy the beauty and fertility of California's land. : The inability or unwillingness of California communities to confine new development to reasonable bounds, and adequately to preserve and improve open lands of all kinds, is a drastic failure of local government in California, for it is local:government that has almost complete responsibility for the basic and critical problem of controlling land use. e Evidence of this failure can be seen in every locality. Some cities; counties, and districts have commendable programs of acquiring and developing recreation areas, but no community except possibly San Diego has truly kept pace with its growth by regularly installing new neighborhood, city, and regional parks. Too many cities are aware only that the creation of parks takes land off the tax rolls, andhave made no effort to determine compensating economic factors. Too many cities and counties have allowed parks either to be sold outright or to be despoiled by roads, garages, buildings, warehouses. Marysville planted a county office building in the middle of a city park, for example. Circumventing the express provisions of its own city charter, the Chico City Council agreed to allow a freeway to cross its magnificent Bidwell Park and it has _ now agreed to negotiate to allow a crackling high voltage line to cross the park. To meet parking needs, cities are tearing out old trees and beautifully landscaped parks for cut-and-cover projects. They dig a hole, cover it over with concrete and a thin layer of dirt, plant a lawn and bushes, and call the result a park. Sacramento has fought for years to protect its Plaza Park from such desecration. But San Francisco has permitted the.tearing up of old parks at Civic Center, Union Square, and Portsmouth Square. Los Angeles decreed a similar fate for Pershing Square Park. Groups all over the state are protesting the imminent * loss of one stretch or another of open space, but, the historic.and magnificently scenic vineyards of the Napa and Sonoma valleys are giving way to developers. Inthe Los Angeles basin, there are now some 1,400 square miles of sprawling development. . Tony : In the Lake.Tahoe basin, private interests have dissected, mauled, and mangled the rim of the lake'to suit their own purposes, Théy have Constructed’city-like subdivisions on steep hillside slopes; they have created communities which threaterthe purity, of the lake water with sewage discharge. Only in recent years have the five counties of the region adopted planning and zoning ordinances and building codes in an attempt to insure that future development will confotm to reasonably adequate standards. But none-of the five counties has attempted to assert control of architectural design or establish land4 } be *g oBeg “e961 ‘TE 1eqo190°* "1088NN e4L** g o8eg*’

SMALL TOWN :S Lid > WORAIS ‘PAUL LUNARDI DESERVES ELECTION TO SENATE SEAT Voters in Nevada, Sierra and Placer Counties will go to the polls Tuesday to fillthe State Senate seat vacated by Ronald G. Cameron when he became a Superior Court judge in Placer County. We feel there is a stand-out candidate to fill this post---Assemblyman Paul J. Lunardi. ° . Assemblyman Lunardi has worked hard to represent his district, an 1l county area, and he has accomplished this task with astounding success. Some recent examples of the type of good representation that has been of benefit to Nevada County would include Lunardi's action in the last legislature which contributed to the restoration of the Malakoff State Park project to the accelerated park acquisition list, and his sponsorship of legislation enabling the Nevada Irrigation District to be eligible for $3.5 million in Davis-Grunsky recreational funds. : Even more important was the Lunardi effort which enabled NID to proceed with construction of the Yuba-Bear Project this summer. Bids on the project were too high for district financing and the prospects were for another bidding and the delay of construction, probably for a year or more. At this point, NID asked the aid of Lunardi and the assemblyman sponsored andrushed through the legislature a bill which enabled NID to successfully negotiate withthe bidders and begin construction after only a brief delay. These are only afew of the ways tha Lunardi has given special service to Nevada County constituents. And Nevada County is only one of ‘those 11 counties he has represented. In each county, however, the story is the same. Lunardi has represented the residents of those counties in a manner that cannot be matched inthe Assembly. Assemblyman Lunardihas an enviable record. He has never lost a bill which he has sponsored for his district. ” Governor Edmund G. Brown, in expressing his respect for the legislator, ‘explained Lunardi's success by saying, "He does his homework." Lunardi is a Democrat. But his ac~~. tions in the As sembly have not been partisan. He is known in Sacramento as an independent representative. Evi‘dence of this is: the fact that he was one of the few Democrats to oppose the taking away of committee chairmanships from Republican members of the Assembly. MALL WORLD ‘even more important, Lunardi deserves to be raised to the Senate post he seeks. His opponent .praises Lunardi's representation of his district (when speaking in Grass Valley less than two weeks ago), but claims that Lunardi is too valuable to elevate from the As° sembly. This is a peculiar type of argument that has nobearing on the election Tuesday---when Nevada, Sierra and Placer County residents will choose the best qualified mantorepresent them : in the Senate. Lunardi hopes to win the contest, for he feels that he can give better representation to these three counties in the Senate than he has been able to give to them in the Assembly where he has also been responsible for representing eight other counties. While it is hardto visualize how Lunardi couldimprove on his record of representation to our counties, itis easy to see that he is the man with the qualifications for the job. Paul J. Lunardi deserves the Senate post by his record in the Assembly. But we can assure ourselves of excellent representation in the Senate by voting for Lunardi Tuesday.

PRAISE FOR COMMITTEE The success of the weekend Small City Workshop was largely due to the fine calibre of speakers that the Extension Division of the University of California at Davis brought to Nevada City. But in addition, there was a great _deal of preliminary work and tasks "behindthe scenes" ofthe workshop itself. Most of these tasks were performed by a local committee of women headed by Sharon Fairclough. Each member of Mrs. Fairclough's committee carried out at least one task that helpedto make the workshop move smoothly and without hitch. This committee deserves the praise of the community for the hours worked on the workshop andthe excellence of its accomplishments. Jean Worth, National Hotél proprietor, also deserves a special note of thanks. Mrs. Worth allowed the use of her hotel as reservations headquarters : assuming the responsibility of seeingthat all registrants’ from out of town were housed in the hotel or motels in Nevada City. In addition she coordin— ated workshop registrations with a member of Mrs. Fairclough's committee. John Knutson, chamber of commerce vice-president, handled the finances of the workshop, in cooperation with Mary Jane Tapp of Mrs. Fairclough's committee. Local organizations should also be praised, for several of them paid the registration fee so that one membercould attend the workshop and report back. The local communities can be proud of the suc@ess of the workshop, for local participation helped make it a success. CALIFORNIA LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FAIL TO STOP SLIPSHOD AND SCATTERED DEVELOPMENTS Let us face the fact that in spite of all efforts to the contrary, the open space in and around our cities is giving way unnecessarily to slipshod scattered developments which destroy the beauty and fertility of California's land. : The inability or unwillingness of California communities to confine new development to reasonable bounds, and adequately to preserve and improve open lands of all kinds, is a drastic failure of local government in California, for it is local:government that has almost complete responsibility for the basic and critical problem of controlling land use. e Evidence of this failure can be seen in every locality. Some cities; counties, and districts have commendable programs of acquiring and developing recreation areas, but no community except possibly San Diego has truly kept pace with its growth by regularly installing new neighborhood, city, and regional parks. Too many cities are aware only that the creation of parks takes land off the tax rolls, andhave made no effort to determine compensating economic factors. Too many cities and counties have allowed parks either to be sold outright or to be despoiled by roads, garages, buildings, warehouses. Marysville planted a county office building in the middle of a city park, for example. Circumventing the express provisions of its own city charter, the Chico City Council agreed to allow a freeway to cross its magnificent Bidwell Park and it has _ now agreed to negotiate to allow a crackling high voltage line to cross the park. To meet parking needs, cities are tearing out old trees and beautifully landscaped parks for cut-and-cover projects. They dig a hole, cover it over with concrete and a thin layer of dirt, plant a lawn and bushes, and call the result a park. Sacramento has fought for years to protect its Plaza Park from such desecration. But San Francisco has permitted the.tearing up of old parks at Civic Center, Union Square, and Portsmouth Square. Los Angeles decreed a similar fate for Pershing Square Park. Groups all over the state are protesting the imminent * loss of one stretch or another of open space, but, the historic.and magnificently scenic vineyards of the Napa and Sonoma valleys are giving way to developers. Inthe Los Angeles basin, there are now some 1,400 square miles of sprawling development.. . Tony : In the Lake.Tahoe basin, private interests have dissected, mauled, and mangled the rim of the lake'to suit their own purposes, Théy have Constructed’city-like subdivisions on steep hillside slopes; they have created communities which threaterthe purity, of the lake water with sewage discharge. Only in recent years have the five counties of the region adopted planning and zoning ordinances and building codes in an attempt to insure that future development will confotm to reasonably adequate standards. But none-of the five counties has attempted to assert control of architectural design or establish land4 } be *g oBeg “e961 ‘TE 1eqo190°* "1088NN e4L** g o8eg*’