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Morrow will kick off the first major debate here in Sacramento on the governor's efforts to initiate economies in government. Tomorrow morning, the Senate Business and Professions Committee will start holding hearings on the ordered cutbacks in the Department of Mental Hygiene. Chairman of the committee is Senator

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Alan Short, Democrat from Stockton. Senator Short gained fame a number of years ago, is co author of the Short Doyle Act on Act that Appropriated money, which enabled a number of mental health clinics to be opened up throughout the state Today, Senator Short talked about what

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he thought these hearings might prove. I've received some information on the ability of the information I cannot confirm at this time, regardless of this hearing, regardless of whatever showing is made before the committee, that it's the administration's intention to start firing, uh, personnel in April, May

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and perhaps in June to achieve the 2700 cuts a personnel bye bye June. There's also a large vacancy factor that exists right today, and of course, these vacant positions have been frozen and they're not filling them. What it means is less attention. It means a lessening

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of medical care for people in state hospital facilities. I think this is a very, very unfortunate thing, I believe very firmly that has Dunmore to ruin morale of the workers in the state hospital system than any other move that's been made by this current administration. Governor

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Reagan arrived at the San Francisco airport this morning after his Easter vacation in Phoenix and was immediately asked about the mental health cuts. I don't know of any new cuts over and above those that we talked about is the budget was being ready to be put

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into print when I left, and it still leaves us with a ratio of personnel to patients. That is, um, just about puts us number one in the nation guarantees maintenance of the quality of service. And I've just come to the conclusion that everybody wants a cut

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in the size and the cost of government until you try to cut the size and cost of government. And then the only people who are left who want that cut are the people. Among the witnesses who are scheduled to testify tomorrow, or Dr Stewart Knox of

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the California Medical Association, Dr James Lowry, director of the Department of Mental Hygiene, representatives of the California State Employees Association, representatives of the California Association for Retarded Children and possibly Philip Battaglia, executive secretary to Governor Reagan Rollin Post, k P I X News in Sacramento.