News Scrapbook 1989

San Francisco, CA (San Francisco Co.) San Francisco Banner Dally Journal (Cir. 5xW. 1,500)

SEP 1 4 i 89

San Diego, Calif. lSan Diego Col DAILY TRA.llSCRIPT

Equalizati n Board Member R . 2-tf S unn1ng or Insurance Post By TOM DRESSLAR Dt.J1 J°"rnal Slaff R,po,tn someo ne run (for commissionerl who has a long history as a public interest ad- vocate. I don't think Conway Collis fills that bill. " Conway Collis, a vooferous cntic of In urance tvmmissioner Roxani Gilles- pie, became the first formal candidate for He added, "If Zelman announces·, I ex-

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the 09s1uon Tuesday, prollllsmg to give Cahfomian "whatthey voted for" when they pas ed Proposition 103. Collis, a member ofthe State Board of Equalization running as a Democrat, qu1ckly picked up the endorsement of Harvey Rosenfield, chairman of the Vot- r Revolt campaign for Proposition 103 and a principal author f the insurance re- initiative, passed by voters last November, created the elected commis- ioner' office, which unW now has been Rosenfield was careful to endorse Col• hs as "a citizen and author of Proposition 103," and not a chairman of Voter Re- volt. The nonprofit organization is barred under federal tax law from endorsing po- Voter Revolt staff members and Ro- senfield met as a group with Collis and another potential Democratic candi- date - Walter Zelman, executive direc- tor of California Common Cause - at Colli ' nd ZelmanrrequesFs:" • Robert Fellmeth, director of the Cen- ter for Pubhc Interest Law at the Univer• sity of San Diego, predicted most consumer and public interest advocates would back Zelman if he decides to run. In light of Ro enfield's endorsement of Collis, Fellmeth said, the consumer ad- vocacy community would be split much as 1t wa during the 1988 insurance re- Fellmeth said Rosenfield's support "is not Ralph Nader's endorsement." Na- ·ps the nation's best known advocate, worked closely with Ro enfield to secure passage of Proposi- der, p consum form measure. Th appointive. . litical candidates. groups on the issue. form ballot battle.

pect he would have the support of most of the consumer interest segment in the state. If that happens, a split will be there Zelman confirmed that he had ap- peared before Voter Revolt workers. ''They had some really bitter feelings to- ward people who weren't wholehearted- Zelman supported both Proposition 103 and Proposition 100, a competing measure, in the November election. "When I'm elected, Californians will get what they voted for when they passed 103: one of the toughest insur- ance regulations in the United States," If elected, Collis said he would lower auto insurance rates and implement a "full 20 percent 'good driver' discount," while moving away from a territorial rat- ing setting system, as called for by Prop- and that's a problem.'' ly in their camp,'' he said. Collis said. ter me,•' the Los Angeles resident said. Collis said he would shun campaign contributions from insurance companies, their executives or trade associations dunng bis campaign, and would continue During the past 10 months, Rosenfield said, Collis has' 'fought" for the rate roll- backs mandated by Proposition 103 and "collaborated" with Voter Revolt to im· plement the initiative's provision requir- ing auto rates to be based primarily on driving record, rather than territory. "Conway's helped us reach out to the business community, one of the most im- portant beneficiaries of 103," :Rosenfield said, referring to a proV1sion for group _that policy if elected. · osition 103. And he promised to be accessible to his constituents.

/4e University Center ·n be renamed the Hahn honor of Ernest an ~!!nc:::::.~e ceremony is 5 t. 22 , 4 p.m., at USO. .:??'~ ruverd- Wl .

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/"' /. USD seeks suitable footbilthlm will try to mid on he m by last ~e k o;pen um generated win against e~s se~s?n-openin_g t week, marking the first time since the Toreros had beaten the ougars. USO fullback Todd Jackso rushed 21 times for 117 yards and on~ touchdown. USD quarterback Bre dan Murphy guided the team's Winn: T offense, completing 14-of-21 Pas.Js ~981 TnbuneSIJJIIReport b !he USD def~ated Azusa 24-6 last

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"I want to have consumers looking There were indications that Rosen:1:i over my shoulder, and I want them to be field's endorsement may signal a split • looking over the shoulders of every in- with other consumer and public interest surance commissioner who will come af.

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f ThIS IS the season opener for Whit- ier. The Poets are led by runnin back Gaylan Sweet, a Hoover mJ graduate, who rushed for 618 yards and three touchdowns last season. S':Veet also led the team in receiving with 31 catches for 2 76ya~

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of this ye:a~~s i:;neMfzanA ' t;fieexecutive di!ector ofAppellate Defenders Inc. and the winner e,! i _er. war or outstanding contributions in delivering legal services to the poor, /elf in love with criminal law as a student at Yale Law School "because it de It tant social and philosophical issues. ,, a w1 im or- Appellate Defenders Chief Gets Legal Services Award By SYLVIA TIERSTEN Special ta th, Daily Journal profit corporation and was named executive director in 1979. 'th · p .

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High school correspondence courses offered 2-9'~- The new 1iJ?9.90 high school catalog of correspon ence rourses is now available from University of California Extension. High school courses bv mail enable students to optimize their class scheduling, make up a grade deficiency, take a summer job instead of attending summer school, or keep up with schoolwork.. when llllllble to attend regular classes due to family travel or illness. Many of the courses offered meet specific admission requirements set by the University of California. Interested students enroll at any time in any one of 65 core curriculum courses, study at their own pace when and where they choose, and take up to one year to complete their course. To receive credit they must obtain permission from their high sc oo adviser oc principal before enrolling. High school counselors across the state recognize UC Extension correspondence rourses as a valuable option for students who wish to earn high school honors credit or transferable college credit through university-level rorrespondence courses. The 1989-90 high school catalog has been mailed to all JXIblic and private high schools in ~he state. Students may rev:tew the catalog with their adviser or request a free catalog by phone from any of the following locations: northern California, (415) 642-4124; Los Angeles area (213) 825-997 I· San Drao area (619) 534-3400; sami arSara ·area (805) 961- Davis area (916) 752- ~writc to High School Correspondence Courses, Dept. AN, UC Extrension, 2223 Fulton St., Berkeley, Calif., 94720. A catalog of University level correspondence coun;es is also available.

From its inception, Appellate Defenders was designed to improve the quality of indi- gent representation on appeal. A small staff of s~ecialize~ in-house attorneys cooperated with the pnvate bar by matching lawyers with cases and supervising the quality of work. For years, the Appellate Defenders was an anomaly in the chaotic world of appellate work. Usually the courts randomly doled out appellate projects to private California attor- neys. "Attorneys right out of law schools were getting_ death penalty cases," Alexan- der recalls with a shudder. Under the aegis of the public defender's of- fice, Appellate Defenders staff attorneys han- dled 50 percent of _t~e cases directly and supervised the remammg half, which they as- signed to private practitioners. When the state public defender pulled out in 1983, "we realized the old system was too expensive," says Alexander, who spent what she admits was a "hectic and horrendous three months devising an acceptab le substitute.'' In its present incarnation, Appellate De- fenders fields a staggering 1,600 or so cases a year. The corporation's geographic span has swelled from Division One in San Diego to en- compass the entire 4th Appellate District which includes Riverside, San Bernardino and Orange counties. Three years ago, Appellate Defenders' contract with the 1th Dist~c~ Court of Appeal was expanded to mclude CIVll cases involving _con~age21

_SAN DIEGO - For Elaine A. Alexander this year's recipient of the State Bar's Lore~ A. Mille~ Legal Services Award, 1983 was the best of times ... and the worst of times. The worst occurred when Alexander re- turned from a trip to England and a friend greeted her at the airport with the awful news: "Guess what? The governor has just cut the budget of the state public defender your office in San Diego is going to be closed' and you'll be out of a job in a few months " ' "It was an awful shock," Alexande~ re- calls. ''The ~overnor had said he was going to cut the _pu~hc ~efender budget in half, but I really_didn t thmk it was going to happen." Despite protests from justices on the state suprem~. court and the courts of appeals, Deukme11an axed the San Diego office from the 4th Appellate District. The best occurred when "something was created out of nothing - no small miracle," says Alexander, a scrappy survivor. In the next t~ree months, she and her staff managed to whip up a proposal to resurrect Appellate Defenders Inc. from the ashes of the public defenders debacle. Appellat~ J?efenders, which the San Diego Bar AssOCJation founded as a pilot project in ~972, merged with the office of the state pub- he defender four years later. Alexander was one of the initial staff attorneys at the not-for- Sylvia Tiers/en is a San Diego freelance wn~er who has contn'buted to The Los Angeles DailyJournal.

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SAN DIEGO - Dave Bergmann kicked four field goals to lead the . University of SanDiego to a 1~11c- tory over i'Yh!Uiet' Saturdday °ighf 23 Bergmann kicked fiel goa s o ' 34 and 40 yards in ~he first half, \he d third one with no tune for a 1~ . USD improved to 2-0 w_lljJe_~1tt1er fellto0-1. ~ h·d USD scored its only touc ~wn on an eight-yard run ~y Todd ~1tley 'th 10·21left in the first quar e~, f~ee piays after Ric_k ~alaza(s 1 1/ terception at the Whittier 13...,/

Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles Co.) The Tidings (Cir. W. 57,135) SEP 171989

San Diego, CA. (San Diego Co.) San Diego Union (Cir. D. 217,089) (Cir. S. 341 ,840) SEP l 7 1989

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Fraternity Reprimanded ~?pn Diego SAN DIEGO (CNS) _ A fraternity at the U~ity of San Diego has been pla~ed on diree years' pro- bauon and ordered to per- form ~ommunity service foll~wtng a May cross- bum10g incident that was part of an initiation cere- mony. The cross-bumiog took P!ace May 20 at 'fon'ey !'10es State Reserve in Cal- 1fom1a

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P. c. A • • • • r Construction is complete on the first phase of a $6.2 million, ~6,000· square-foot addition to the Un111er1l• ty of s,n Diego Legal_Research Center at the Univ~ San Diego. The_;eneral contra r wa_s Trepte Construction Co. The archi- tect was Simpson, Gerber and Schul- nik of La Jolla. Construction ~as begun on the second phase, 'I_Vh~ch consists of remodeling the ex1stmg facility. Completion is set to be 5 m- pleted n t spring. 5~ r:..