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[Identification of item], Business and Transportation Agency Records, F3842, California State Archives.
This listing is a continuation of an earlier inventory titled RECORDS OF THE BUSINESS AND TRANSPORTATION AGENCY, 1967-72. It covers a seven-year period from 1973 through 1979. Starting in 1980 the agency was renamed as the Business, Housing and Transportation Agency.
The record group consists of three subgroups; the Secretary's Administrative Files, the State Transportation Board, and the Office of Transportation Planning and Research. The Secretary's Administration Files, being the largest of the subgroups, is further divided into two categories: subject files and departmental files. Files are set up by department with each project which relates to one department filed behind that department. Any project which relates to more than one department is made a subject file. Communication and coordination with other state agencies and departments outside the Business and Transportation Agency structure may also be found in the subject files.
The Office of Transportation Planning and Research subgroup is divided into two categories: (a) Planning and Research, and (b) Administration. The Office's role was to collect and analyze transportation data in order to make recommendations to the Secretary of Business and Transportation and the State Transportation Board regarding policies, plans, standards and programs. The duties of this office was succeeded by the Department of Transportation in 1973.
The State Transportation Board subgroup covers the period in which the board was in existence. the record reflect the board's efforts in defining its role and in formulation policy and procedure in developing the State Transportation Plan. During this period several events dominated the scene. The energy shortage during the Middle East oil embargo forced each department to assess the effect on its operations and develop a plan of action. In addition to the aforementioned series, Energy Correspondence, there are the summary minutes of the Energy Planning Council; the policy issues and recommendations from the Lt. Governor's Energy Workshop; the proposal for a nuclear power plant by San Diego Gas and Electric Company called the Sundesert Project; and the studies and tax credit guidelines in the Solar Energy Task Force and SolarCal Office and SolarCal Council files.
Another issue was Redlining - the practice of some lending institutions which denied home loans in specific geographical areas regardless of the individuals credit worthiness or the structure's soundness. Steps were taken to oppose Redlining through the passage of the Housing Financial Discrimination Act of 1977 with investigation conducted by the Department of Savings and Loan and the Business and Transportation Fair Lending Boards of Inquiry into unfair lending practices complaints. Other series on the same topic include Office of Fair Lending, Legislators (General) and S.B. 7 Implementation.
When several corporations relocated outside California, state officials consentrated their attention on finding the cause and remedying the situation (see Business Expansion and Department of Economic Development files). Dialogue between the public and private sectors focused on the Inventory Tax and Unitary Tax laws as a major deterrence in attracting foreign and out-of-state companies to do business in California.
Forus then turned to the Jarvis/Gann Initiative, better known as Proposition 13. These files concentrated on contingency planning and the impact on the initiative for lower property taxes on governmental operations and services.
Finally, of special interest is the Olympic's file. The documents support the bid of the City of Los Angeles to host the Games of the XXIII Olympaid in 1984. They include a completed questionnaire for candidate cities applying for the games, public opinion survey, resolutions and letters of support.
Arranged by subject and chronologically there under, except where indicated.
Administrative and general files of the agency secretary consisting of, but not limited to incoming and outgoing correspondence, memoranda, reports, policy and position papers, meeting minutes and agenda, biographical resumes, telegrams, news releases, press clippings, legislative bill analyses, studies and speeches.
Arranged alphabetically by department and chronologically within the files except where indicated.
Contains incoming and outgoing correspondence, memoranda, reports, press releases, legislative proposals and analyses, studies.
Subjects: method internal audits conducted, reappraisal of California's alcohol control policies, status and direction of department, price support programs and fair trade laws in California; crackdown on Hollywood taverns.
Subjects: concern over increased number of foreign banks and branches of banks under foreign control within California; report on Universal Money Order Co. situation; special investigative examination into the Sumitomo Bank of California; Information Practices Act; banking issues of immediate concern; transfer of BIDCO and term loan programs from Banking Department to Economic and Business Development Department; transfer of Small Business Loan Program to Office of Small Business Development.
Subjects: abandoned vehicles program - interagency agreement; first women cadets graduated with the class of 1975; pilot gasohol program.
Subjects: short-range/long-range issues; St. Mary's Gardens Elderly Project.
Created as a result of the Urban Development strategy to advise the Governor and the Legislature on policies and initiatives for California's future housing needs. Subjects include call for Ray Huffman's resignation, testimony before the House Ways and Means Committee and recommendations to the Governor and Legislature.
Subjects: reorganization of Board; proposal for a Department of Small Business Development.
Subjects: reorganizational structure; proposed Federal Trade Commission Rule on Unfair Credit Practices; closing of San Diego office; proposal that Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOP) be subject to state regulation.
Department was created by SB 28 Statutes 1977, ch. 345. subjects: testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee re: unitary tax; transfer of BIDCO and Term Loan Programs from Banking Department to Economic and Business Development Program; Advisory Council meeting minutes and membership; Cannery Row Controversy; foreign trade zones; assessment of California-Mexico trade possibilities; impact of normalization of trade with China and goals; Executive Loan Program; economic forecasts.
Created by Executive Order B-25-77 and signed by Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. on 2/17/77. subjects: goals and functions of the department; trade possibilities with Japan.
Subjects: examples of office's assistance to the business community; Uniroyal Plant Closure in the City of Commerce.
Subjects: reorganization and role of office, capital gains tax analysis, consumer credit trends; California Oil Profits Tax Initiative; analysis of difficulties faced by California steel producers as a result of foreign competition.
Subjects: goals in promoting agricultural exports; Japanese-California Economic Advisory Council.
(Formerly Economic Development Unit in the Department of Housing and Community Development). 1978. subject: information re: OLED's Program; names of people serving on advisory council.
See also file labeled CAL JOBS #6). subjects: California Small Business Issues; possible conflict of interest with office; restructuring.
Subject: source and methodology of statistics used to measure economic impact of tourism to California.
Subjects: program description, applicability of Housing Financial Discrimination Act of 1977 to national banks; regulations and implementation.
Subjects: Grove-Shafter Housing Advisory Committee; factory-built housing, statement of position on housing moratorium; reorganization of Division of Codes and Standards; proposal to rehabilitate state-owned properties; rent control; special Task Committee to participate and assist department in developing and promulgating construction standards and regulations; mobile homes; San Diego Community Development Block Grant; Transfer to EDD's Office of Migrant Services to HCD; application for Housing and Urban Department funding for deinstitutionalization of chronically mental ill; proposed use of plastic pipes; transfer of licensing and regulation of mobile home manufacturers from Department of Motor Vehicles; Housing Element Guidelines: Municipal Housing Bonds.
Subjects: short-range/long-range issues; complaints from consumers; proposed changes in regulations and comments; reorganization of the surveillance and Analysis Division; Bureau of Fraudulent Claims established.
Auto insurance fraud investigation; summary of possible auto insurance fraud proposals (legislative and administrative); establishment of Insurance Fraud Unit within the Department of Justice; auto repair costs.
Newspaper clippings, reports and correspondence on the validity of the system to determine auto insurance rates.
Pros and cons of no fault insurance legislation.
Statewide walkout by physicians protesting malpractice rates; protest of community health clinics re: Insurance Department's decision to place Signal Insurance Company under conservatorship.
Recovery from major fire damage at DMV headquaters; motor vehicle inspection program; information release policy of vehicle registration records; centralized clearinghouse for consumer complaints concerning mobile homes; pilot project on adjudication of traffic cases; fee structure analysis; Non-Resident Violator Compact - assures equal treatment for both residents and non-residents receiving traffic citations.
Proposed environmental education program; applications for the California Environmental Protection Program Fund.
Reflectorized licence plate study.
Complaints from consumers and how the department handled them; adoption of ethics and conduct code for real estate licensees; arguments for and against delicensure of real estate sales-persons;
Composition of Savings and Loan Association Boards of Directors; summary of fair lending complaints;
(aka SOLAR COMMERCIALIZATION PROJECT) Predecessor of SolarCal Office. Business and Transportation Agency worked with the California Builders Council to implement solar heating; guidelines for solar energy tax credit; benefits, developments and problems with solar energy.
Both created on May 3, 1978 by Executive Order. Tax credit guidelines for wind energy conversion systems; solar tax credit guidelines and criteria; standards and procedures certification of solar energy components and systems; solar energy demonstration project; SolarCal Action Program.
Defines role of committee for electronic data processing consolidation. Includes minutes and implementation plan.
Documents early stages of the CDC: funding, major priorities, long-range plan.
Possible sanctions on California for not having implemented a periodic motor vehicle inspection program; legislative and policy direction re: mandatory motorcycle helmet; national maximum speed limit; Administrative Adjudication Pilot Project Agreement.
Background on the origins of California's state highway program (80th anniversary - 1975); highway projects; resolutions designating Metropolitan Transportation Commission recipient of funds under Section S of the National Mass Transportation Assistance Act of 1974; overview of highway financing; feasibility studies; status reports; Transportation Development Act Delegation.
Comments from local and regional planning commissions on proposed changes to Transportation Development Act; intercity bus project recommendations; alternative transportation fuels; decision process in the allocation of SB 620 funds and implementation of SB 620.
Legal analysis of proposals to increase minority participation on project; new minority contractor hiring procedures.
Lyrics to Christmas tunes re: Caltrans layoffs; Saudia Arabia highway construction projects and agreement; letters of concern from employees and their representatives affected; department's efforts to place employees in other departments or agencies.
Transportation Development Act Study; update of the Secretary's Rules and Regulations for the TDA; prospectus for proposed pilot study: issues posed by advanced transport systems for the southern California region.
Temporary increase load weight for trucks on the state highway system as a diesel fuel savings measure.
Arranged alphabetically by district. Consists of memoranda, press releases, correspondence, reports minutes and resolutions.
Arranged alphabetically by region. Contains minutes, resolutions, plans and reports.
Arranged alphabetically by department. Contains correspondence, memoranda and news releases.
Files pertain to grants awarded under the Urban Mass Transportation Administration Act of 1964. Includes Los Angeles Mayor's Transportation Advisory Committee.
Arranged by legislative bill number. Contains correspondence, bill analyses, news releases and memoranda. Includes H.R. 106 pertaining to the establishment of a regional transportation organization for the Los Angeles area.
Arranged by subject and chronologically thereunder. Contains correspondence, statements, news releases, memoranda and analyses. Includes the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1969.
Arranged chronologically. Contains incoming letters from students, legislators, and city supervisors with a copy of reply.
Arranged alphabetically by subject and chronologically thereunder.
Arranged chronologically.
Meeting files comprise of summary minutes, agenda, resolutions, background information and transcripts. Documents the creation of the board; its endeavor to define its role and responsibilities in transportation planning; and the establishment of policy and guidelines regarding the State Transportation Plan.
Arranged alphabetically by committee and chronologically thereunder.
Files contain agenda, notice of meeting, issue memos, summary minutes, correspondence and position papers.
N.B.: No files for the Legislative and Intergovernmental Relations Committee in custody.
Committee approved requirements, criteria and procedure for disposition of funds from the Transportation Planning and Research Account (Created by Senate Bill 325). Information on possible projects for funding include project name, objective, cost, sponsor, benefit, comments and evaluation. Other topics covered are the review of the State Department of Transportation (CALTRANS) budget, Proposition 5 Mass Transit Guideway Applications.
Committee developed guidelines for the State and Regional Transportation Plans and the planning process. Of special interest: a paper offering comparison of the organization and role of CALTRANSas compared to other state transportation departments; correspondence regarding the effect of S.B. 101 and 802 (on the creation of the San Diego Metropolitan Transit Development Board (MTDB) and the North San Diego County Transit Development Board) on funding from the Transportation Development Act (TDA) of 1971.
A series of meetings and workshops held to solicit the views, interests and concerns of the private sector about its part in transportation and transportation planning.
Focus of the committee centered on a state policy making transportation readily accessible to the elderly and handicapped.
Arranged chronologically.
Verbatim transcript on the timetable of the CTP for presentation to the Legislature. The workshop was held shortly after the first phase of public hearings were completed. Presentations were made by CALTRANS, Division of Transportation Planning Staff and the State Transportation Board. Discussions included programs which would permit implementation of regional plans and state-wide objectives within the regions.
A number of briefings (142 scheduled in all) held at various locations around the state to obtain feedback from the public. Each briefing sheet lists the date of the meeting, organization hosting the meeting, names of speakers; names of organizations or individuals present and the major points raised.
Summary of comments in support of or opposition to the policy element. Contains testimony presented at the hearing.
Arranged chronologically.
Subjects cover position statements and comments on the October 1976 draft and February 1977 revision of the California Transportation Plan; Board's analysis of the California Highway Commission's 1977 Six-Year Highway Program; revision of the Transportation Development Act (TDA) Rules and Regulations (chap. 4 of the Public Utilities Code); funding for the Board; airline deregulation and the effect of President Carter's Energy Program on California's highway financing.