Governor

Will attend a University of California Board of Regents meeting in San Francisco on Friday.

Wrote the U.S. Olympic Committee a letter expressing his support for a proposal to bring the 1990 Winter Olympic Games to the Reno-Lake Tahoe area.

Appointed Annie Alexander of Soledad as superintendent of the California Institution for Women-Frontera. A veteran correctional officer, Alexander replaces Sylvia Johnson of Riverside, who resigned. The post pays $52,824 a year and requires Senate confirmation.

Appointed Victor G. Wisehart Jr. of Van Nuys to the Youthful Offender Parole Board. A retired investigator with the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office, Wisehart succeeds Juleann Cathey of Playa del Rey, who resigned. The position pays $59,675 a year and requires Senate confirmation.

Assembly

Floor Action:

Funerals: Approved and sent to the Senate on a 42-25 vote a bill (AB 1804) by Assemblyman Louis J. Papan (D-Millbrae) to allow funeral directors more discretion in using funds from prepaid funeral plans. Both Gov. George Deukmejian and former Gov. Edmund G. Brown, Jr. have vetoed similar legislation in past years.

Exit Polls: Reversed itself and sent to the Senate on a 42-35 vote another bill (AB 948) by Papan to prohibit talking to a voter within 300 feet instead of 100 feet of a polling place to discourage exit polls. The measure was defeated earlier in the week, but the author received permission for reconsideration.

Human Rights: Approved and sent to the Senate on a 44-21 vote a bill (AB 1273) by Assemblyman Charles M. Calderon (D-Alhambra) to require the state to develop a model curriculum in human rights to be included in history and social studies courses.

Senate

Floor Action: Murder: Approved and sent to the Assembly on a 28-4 vote a bill (SB 736) by Sen. Edward R. Royce (R-Anaheim) to permit 16- and 17-year-olds convicted of first-degree murder to be sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. It is part of the governor’s anti-crime program and would require voter approval because it would amend the death penalty law passed by voters in 1978.

Drunk Driving: Approved and sent to the Assembly on a 31-1 vote a bill (SB 1279) by Sen. Wadie P. Deddeh (D-Chula Vista) to require revocation of a minor’s drivers license for one year or until the youth’s 18th birthday, whichever is longer, for refusing to take a blood alcohol test when arrested for driving under the influence.

Off-Track Betting: Approved and sent to the Assembly on a 21-10 vote a bill (SB 590) by Sen. Ken Maddy (R-Fresno) to allow establishment of three off-track horse race betting parlors at unspecified locations.

State Police: Approved and sent to the Assembly on a 21-13 vote a bill (SB 630) by Sen. Ralph C. Dills (D-Gardena) to create a new Department of State Police that no longer would be under the jurisdiction of the Department of General Services. The governor vetoed a similar bill last year.

Committee Action: Video Display Terminals: The Senate Industrial Relations Committee sent to interim study a bill (SB 612) by Sen. Bill Greene (D-Los Angeles) to require employers to pay for eye examinations and special glasses for employees who operate video display terminals. A similar Assembly bill was previously assigned to interim study.

Election Ticket: The same committee also approved another constitutional amendment (SCA 6) by Sen. Leroy Greene (D-Carmichael) to require that the governor and the lieutenant governor run as a ticket beginning with the 1990 general election. Such a requirement would avoid a situation, which currently exists, in which the two officeholders are from different political parties. A 3-1 vote sent the proposal to the floor.

Miscellany Assemblyman Rogers to Run for Senate: Assemblyman Don Rogers (R-Bakersfield) announced he will run for the Senate seat to be vacated next year by retiring Sen. Walter W. Stiern (D-Bakersfield), the dean of the Legislature, who has served in the upper house since 1959.