ADVISORY/Mayor Riordan, California Assembly Speaker Villaraigosa, State Education Leaders, Issue Report Card on Tobacco Industry Campaign Lies, Urge Support for Proposition 10.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- WHAT: Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Mayor Richard J. Riordan, California State Assembly Speaker Antonio Villaraigosa Antonio Ramon Villaraigosa (born Antonio (Tony) Ramon Villar, Jr. on January 23, 1953) is the mayor of Los Angeles, California. He is the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles since Cristobal Aguilar in 1872. and representatives of the California Teachers Association The California Teachers Association (CTA), initially established in 1863 as the California Educational Society, is by far the largest teachers' union in the state of California. It is considered by many to be the most powerful union in California. and the California State PTA PTA or parent-teacher association: see parent education. will join Proposition 10 Chairman Rob Reiner Robert "Rob" Reiner (born March 6, 1945) is an American actor, director, producer, writer, children's advocate and political activist. As an actor, Reiner first came to national prominence as Archie Bunker's and Edith Baines-Bunker's son-in-law, Michael "Meathead" Stivic, on at a news conference to refute the latest falsehoods in the tobacco industry's multi-million-dollar campaign to defeat Proposition 10, the California Children and Families Initiative. Despite endorsement of Proposition 10 by every major education organization in California, tobacco industry ads are claiming that the initiative would harm California schools. In fact, as the Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name). cited in its second editorial endorsement of Proposition 10, the initiative would mean an estimated $750 million a year in support for California schools, by better preparing young children for the classroom. WHO: Richard J. Riordan, Mayor of Los Angeles California State Assembly The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature. There are 80 members to the Assembly, representing a relatively equal amount of constituencies, with each district having a population of at least 420,000 citizens. Speaker Antonio Villaraigosa Rob Reiner, Chairman of Proposition 10 Harriett Scully, California State PTA Board of Directors Paul Markowitz, California Teachers Association WHEN: Friday, Oct. 30, 1998, 11 a.m. WHERE: Los Angeles Child Guidance Clinic 3787 South Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, 90007 (Cross street: Exposition Blvd.) VISUALS: Report Card on tobacco industry "No on Prop. 10" tactics Elected officials, education leaders with children BACKGROUND: Proposition 10 would add a 50-cent tax to packs of cigarettes sold in California. The proceeds would fund anti-smoking education and cessation assistance, and programs and services for early childhood development. The initiative's only organized opposition is funded by tobacco companies, which thus far have contributed almost $30 million to defeat the initiative. |
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