Governor Received $14,700 in Gifts in ’84 : Items Include Snoopy T-Shirts, Baseball Tickets, 47 Pounds of Lamb

Gov. George Deukmejian reported Friday that he received nearly $14,700 worth of gifts last year, including 47 pounds of lamb, a gun mounted on a plaque, Snoopy T-shirts and two tickets to the World Series.

Included in the total were $7,320 worth of unsolicited memberships to five private clubs that the governor said he never used.

Deukmejian, who is paid $49,100 a year as governor, made the disclosures in a statement of economic interests that he and other officials are required to file annually.

The reports, intended to help prevent conflicts of interest, require officials to estimate the value of gifts but do not require them to state precisely the sums they received in outside income or investments. Officials merely check a range, such as between $10,000 and $100,000.

Oratorical Skills

Assembly Speaker Willie Brown (D-San San Francisco) received $57,621 for delivering speeches and $14,830 worth of gifts. By virtue of his position and oratorical skills, Brown is much in demand as a speaker.

For example, he received $9,500 for two speeches to National Medical Enterprises Inc. of Los Angeles, one of the nation’s biggest for-profit hospital chains. His gifts included a saddle worth $2,107 from the California Cattlemen’s Assn. and a silver bridle worth $631 from the California Cattle Feeders Assn.

He also reported receiving a pass to the San Francisco Giants baseball games that he did not use.

In addition, Brown reported an investment of more than $100,000 in his law office. He said income from his law practice exceeded $10,000.

Meanwhile, Senate President Pro Tem David Roberti (D-Los Angeles) disclosed that he received more than $41,700 in gifts and honoraria last year, including $2,220 worth of Olympic tickets and $17,000 in trips to Italy and Taiwan.

Committee Loan

State Controller Ken Cory reported receiving more than $131,000 in outside income from 14 sources, including more than $10,000 in interest on a loan he made to his campaign committee. Cory’s state salary is $42,500 a year.

Deukmejian’s report shows that he and his wife, Gloria, have personal wealth consisting primarily of stock holdings in four companies: General Electric Co., Texaco Inc., Unocal Corp. and the Grand Prix Assn. of Long Beach.

The value of the investments was between $31,000 and $310,000, his report shows. According to the governor’s office, nearly all of the stock was inherited by his wife last year and is held in her name.

Deukmejian reported that his outside earnings totaled between $2,750 and $3,500 during 1984. He received a $2,500 honorarium from the Armenian General Benevolent Union for a speech. In addition, he reported making between $250 and $1,000 for an appearance on a television show taped by Pierre Cosette Productions in Los Angeles.

Obtained Loan

The governor also disclosed that he still has a second trust deed on his house in Long Beach for a $25,000 loan he took out last year at 12% interest.

Among the gifts Deukmejian reported receiving were 15 signed limited-edition Olympic posters valued at $1,875 that were given to him by Knapp Communications Corp. of Los Angeles.

The gun mounted on an engraved plaque, worth $250, was given to him by the California Rifle and Pistol Assn. of Garden Grove. The 47 pounds of lamb, valued at $97.36, was the gift of Colusa County Supervisor Floyd Myers (Bud) Marsh. The Snoopy T-shirts, along with a variety of Snoopy chocolates, came from Snoopy’s Ice Cream and Cookie Co. in Los Angeles.

Box of Candy

The governor reported that he continued to receive a monthly box of chocolate from See’s Candies Inc. His statement notes that the candy was “consumed by office staff and guests.”

The largest gifts he received were memberships in private clubs in the Sacramento and Long Beach areas. Although he never used five of the memberships, he did use two others, in the Sutter Club in Sacramento and in the Long Beach Yacht Club, each valued at $600.