63 Advisory Panels, Committees Dropped

Can California live without the Tear Gas Advisory Committee, the Common Form Committee and the Acarine Mite Science Advisory Panel? It will have to, because these groups and 60 others were abolished in the new state budget. The 63 boards and commissions were largely moribund, so savings to the state will be minimal.

The following advisory groups were abolished:

Law Enforcement Mutual Aid Radio System Advisory Group; Law Enforcement Regional Coordinator Advisory Committee; California Criminalistic Institute User Group; Crack Down Task Force Advisory Committee; Wanted Persons System Advisory Group; Office of Permit Assistance; Contract Time Overrun and Claims Review Panel; Advanced Lighting Professional Advisory Board; California Building Officials Advisory Group; Geothermal Development Grant Program Advisory Group;

Professional Advisory Group, state Energy Conservation and Development Commission; Technical Review Committee, Energy and Development Commission; Local Jurisdiction Advisory Committee; Residential Implementation Advisory Group; three Forest District Technical Advisory Committees; Forestry Research Advisory Committee; Reforestation Advisory Committee; Council for Women in Parks; Disabled Advisory Committee; Underwater Parks and Reserves Advisory Board;

Women’s Advisory Committee, Department of Personnel Administration; State Advisory Board on Alcohol-Related Problems; State Advisory Board on Drug Programs; AIDS Vaccine Research and Development Advisory Committee; California Children Services Advisory Committee; Chronic Disease Prevention and Control Panel; California Family Planning Advisory Board; State Social Services Advisory Board; American Indian Education Council; Equal Educational Opportunities Commission;

Legal Compliance Committee; Microcomputer Advisory Committee; Graduate Fellowship Advisory Committee; Career Criminal Apprehension Program Steering Committee; Crime Prevention and Suppression Technical Advisory Committee; Crime Resistance Task Force; Suppression of Drugs in Schools State Advisory Committee; Auctioneer Disciplinary Review Committee; Boll Weevil Science Advisory Panel; Brucellosis Review Committee;

Carob Moth Science Advisory Panel; Disabled Advisory Committee, state Department of Food and Agriculture; Department Food and Agriculture’s Women’s Advisory Committee; Direct Marketing Advisory Committee; Foreign Market Development Export Incentive Program Advisory Committee; Gypsy Moth Science Advisory Panel; Hydrilla Science Advisory Panel; Japanese Beetle Science Advisory Panel; Melon Fruit Fly Science Advisory Panel; Oriental Fruit Fly Science Advisory Panel;

Pest Detection Advisory Committee; Red Imported Fire Ant Science Advisory Panel; White Garden Snail Science Advisory Panel; Whitefringed Beetle Science Advisory Panel; Displaced Homemakers Emergency Loan Program Advisory Committee; California Forum on Information Technology; Farm Products Trust Fund Review Board; Economic Opportunity Advisory Commission, and the Tear Gas Advisory Committee, the Common Form Committee and Acarine Mite Science Advisory Panel.