GovernorAppointed Harvey R. Zall of Sacramento as...

Governor

Appointed Harvey R. Zall of Sacramento as the state public defender. A Democrat, Zall, 51, is a deputy public defender. He replaces Frank O. Bell, who resigned. The job pays $85,402 a year and requires Senate confirmation.

Will speak to a senior-care awards dinner in Long Beach tonight and dedicate a school of international relations building Thursday at UC San Diego.

Assembly

Floor Action:

Speed Limit: Passed and sent to the governor on a 64-5 vote a bill (AB 1697) by Assemblyman Richard Katz (D-Sepulveda) to authorize increasing the speed limit from 55 to 60 or 65 m.p.h. on additional rural freeways.

Women: Granted final approval on a voice vote to a resolution (ACR 98) by Assemblywoman Bev Hansen (R-Santa Rosa) to designate March as Women’s History Month.

Committee Action:

AIDS: The Assembly Health Committee approved a bill (AB 2936) by Assemblyman Charles W. Quackenbush (R-Saratoga) to make it a misdemeanor to advertise any unproven drug or device as a cure for AIDS. A 14-0 vote sent the bill to the Assembly Ways and Means Committee.

Bill Introductions:

Legislative Expenditures: AB 4564 by Assemblyman Tom Bane (D-Tarzana) would require legislative expenditures to be audited by an independent auditor, in addition to review by the Rules committees and the state controller.

Miscellany

Congratulations, Mr. Speaker: Willie Brown (D-San Francisco), who recently broke the late Jesse Unruh’s longevity record as Assembly Speaker, received a telegram from Democratic Lt. Gov. Leo McCarthy and Rep. Howard Berman (D-Panorama City). It said, “Congratulations on breaking the longevity record for a Speaker. We are pleased to have played our part in your success.” Brown slipped in as a compromise candidate when then Speaker McCarthy and Berman engaged in a nasty 1980 speakership fight that wound up in a stalemate.