News Scrapbook 1986

Rancho Bernardo, CA (San Diego Co.) Bernardo News (Cir. W.)

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P. c. B far. 1888 -'t3aja Real ~tate 2.C/!5'.:> Conference Slated In response to th increasing number of Americans acquiring ocean front property m Baja Cali- fornia, the Univer~ty of San DiPyn'ti Mexico-U.S. Law Institute is hosting a day-long real estate conference on Friday. /. Legal, administrativ and finan- cial ai;pects of purchasing real estate in Mexico will be examined by experts from Mexico and the United States. The me •ting iH scheduled from 8:30 a.m, to 6 p.m. in USD's Man• chester Conference Center. It is designed o provide information for attorneys, brokers and the general public. Reports will be given by Mexican government officials, Tijuana and San Diego attorneys specializing in real estate, Baja resort managers and Mexican bank officials. The program will focus on Mex- ico's 30-year bank trust, known as th fideicomi so, which allows for- eigners to acquire use of property along the borders and coastlines of Mexico, according to Professor Jorge Vargas, director of the law institute. "Given Mexico's financial hard- ships, the Mexican government is utilizing the fideicomiso as the 1 gal mechanism to induce .>reign investment and, at the same time, stimulate tourist and industrial development along its coastal and border areas," he said. Vargas has organized the con- ference to provide the most up-to- date information available on the Mexico real estate market. Advance registration is $75, which includes a set of Mexican legal documents, continental breakfast, lunch and a 4 P-~- cocktail reception. Registration at the door will be $100. For more information, call John Nunes at 2604682.

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It 1' a thrc,lt to world ord,· , und may be a gr ·,itcr dan •er than nudcar war." s.tid John S h.tmh ·rs, ,pc,tk1ng at the Oah North Communit> 'enter to an ,tUdicnce of 111 mh •rs ·tml guc,h of the RB haptcr of ounul. h,1111hcrs , 1 former ,taft officer ol the . Manne orp~, " profe,sor of inter• nattonal relation~ at the University of San D1 •n H1, add1c , , ntiticu"Thc Und clarcd gainst Western l>crnocr,1~1 ·,, " w , peppered with 1 ·tcrcm:cs to the cscah111n number of in - th Worlu lla1r,

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Speakers at the July World Affairs Council meeting were John S. Chambers, professor ofintemational relations at the Uni,-ersity ofSan Diego, wui James P. Kelly , retired Manne Corp colonel and member of1he council. An Miller, cellfer. chairman ofthe RB Chapter of the World Affairs Council, is also pictured above.___ ___

"If the Arabs really wanted a homeland for the Palestinian ," said Kelly, "they would have made one years ago. Jordan had the West Bank for 20 years; Egypt had the Gaza strip, but they made no such homeland. Jordan actually fought the PLO and threw them out." ' ' In spite of dire predicttons of many more and more violent terrorist actions by Khadafy, following the U.S. raid on Libya," Kelly said , "the respose has been nothing." The RB Chapter of the World Affairs Council conducts monthly public forums featuring speakers with special knowledge of the topic. The general public, as well as members, are invited to attend, according to Art Miller, chairman . who expressed a pecial interest in having newcomers attend. Members of the RB Chapter also attend San Diego meetings of the council. Recently 26 members went to Harbor I -land for a talk by Middle Ea,t expert Dr. Jacob Goldberg, who addressed a luncheon meeting of the council. Another dozen members of the chapter joined a busload of San Diego coun- cil members to vi it the Hermitage art ex- hibit at the Los Angeles County Museum, The next World Affairs Council public forum at the Oaks North Community Center will be August 12. The principal speaker will be Dr. Richard Sinkin, vice-president of the Institute of the Americas at UCSD. His topic will be "U.S, Policy in Nicaragua.''

Diplomatic personnel and businessmen were not frequently sought out, with tourists and militiary per onnel the least. "Terrorist don't like to face organized force . They lose." "This terrori t cancer is growing," said Chambers. "We now have our first terrori t states - Iran and Lib)a, which provide training. bases, and safe havens. A state they are members of the U , enjoying all the privileges of sovereignty. Iran today is de troying world shipping, having gone unscathed after holding hostage the staff of our embassy for 400 days. And Arafat has been "greeted on a level of moral equali- ty" by many world leader , and was even mterviewed by the Pope .· "There is no good terrorist anywhere," Chambers said ." A noble cause 1s not enough for the espousal of terrorist action. There is no way that terrorists CA" achieve legitimate political ends. The PLO has rack- ed up an appalling Ii t of casualittes in eigh- teen years, but has not moved one inch toward the establishment of a Palestinian state, their stated goal, while Israel is get- ting stronger every day. After the PLO wreaked havoc in Lebanon for 12 years, it took another war for Israel in 1982 to drive them out." Serving as an intervener-responder to the talk was James P. Kelly, a retired Marine Corps colonel and member of the RB Chapter of the council. Kelly was largely in agreement with Chambers' statements.

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Law School News -- 2~ Gordon T. Ownby Law Center Claims Victory Over Board

The Univeai~ of San Diego's Center for PubUc Intereat UW- fa claiming victory in a ttle agalnat the CaJUornJa regulatory ea- tabllshment with the 111gnlng of a bill abollsb- lng the State Board of Fabric Care. "Getting an agency like the Board of F~ rte Care abolished, or any government gency, b like pulling an Impacted molar from an unrestrained wild boar," sald Pro- fessor Robert Fellmeth, director of the cen- ter at the University of San Diego School of Law. "The case against thla board Ls over- whelming," aakl Felmeth. "They llceme dry cleaners, where repeat-business needs preclude any licensing need." Felmeth said that no other state regulates dry cleaners and that the CaillornJa board's primary ac- tivity waa an attempt, struck down in court, to engage In minimum price fixing. Fellmeth Id that the center's effort to abolish the board began u a student study of the agency. When the center sought an ex- ample of unnecessary government agency to attempt a deregulation pilot pro- ject, It chose the fabric care board in part because of article by John Moot, "'lbe Board of Fabric Care: It Doesn't Care for Yoo," that ppeared ln the center's Califor- nia gulatory Law Reporter. Moot, now trial attorney with the federal public defender's office, wrote the article in 11182 as a third-year law student and intern at the center. "He deserves to take credit for tatlng the case," Fellmeth said last week about Moot. The cl'nter. hlcb uses some 40 law atu- denta as interns, produced witnesses during bearings in acramento on a bill to abolish the board. Fellm th aald the proposal originally started With n Wl8Uccesaful bill spomored by A mbl an Llo¥,d.L'.mmelly, D-Sacra- mento But the bill focwied Increased public- ity on the f bric board, and Fellmeth said board members made the mistake of over- reacting. Soon the board, which Fellmeth d bad only disciplined one licensee In the 10 yeara before 19113, engaged In a "macho and dden enforcement program." Their bl est error, said Fellmeth, was ting a constituent of Assemblyman R J naon, D-Orange, wbo then spoo- red a new bill to disband the board. "From Inactivity to a crlmlnal arreat for having the wrong po1ted bond did not rest well with Aa- mblyman Johnson, or with some of his col- lea,uea," ellm th aald. Fellmetb id tbe eon,telt over the the fab- ric oo,ln(:~it8i" will be pb~ out by 1988, followed fber leglal tive victory: a llleS bill by Ille cen r, carrf by Connelly, to give the lllate Open M lnp Act more aub- tanllve cMI remei:11 . Fell eth sald the center's actions also

prompted the State Bar of California to adopt rules to bring the bar into compliance with the state statutes on open meetings and public records. Fell.metb sa!d the State Bar bad exempted Itself from the lllatutes but de- cided to adopt the new rules after the center sponsored a bill carried by Asaemblyman Elihu Harris, D-Alameda, that would have required the bar to comply with the law. "It too a lot of gumption for a law scbool to stand up to the State Bar," said Fellmeth. But not all of the center's causes have re- sulted In complete victories. One of Its first campaigns was to pursuade the state Public Utilities Commission to tell the $all Blego Guft li:lectric Co. to allow a consumer rate- payer group to Insert matertal soliciting memberships and donations in the utility's billing envelopes. The San Diego utility did not contest the PUC's decision in favor of the consumer's group, but a Northern Caillomla utility cbal- lenged another ratepayer group's claim to envelope space all the way to the U.S. Su- preme Court. In a decision earlier this year, the Supreme Court ruled for the utility on First Amendment grounds. Fellmeth said last week that the center ls currently studying bow to resume enve- lope-stuffing In ways that won't I late the court's ruling. ••• THE SOUTH TEXAS SCHOOL of Law In Houston bad a few extra visitors last week: About a thousand spectators turned out to bear appellate arguments held at the school on the $11 billion verdict won by Pennzoil against Texaco, Inc. As students served as ushers for the pro- ceeding before the Court of Appeals for the First Supreme Judicial District of Texas lawyers for both oil companies argued ove; the interpretation of New York law, which Is a key portion of Texaco's appeal. Before the hearing, law school Associate Dean David R. Hendrick Jr. worried about the expected crowd. "Every other hearing in this case bas been a mob scene. How many Sll billion cases are there?'' ••• LAW SCHOOL BRIEFS: Charles Halpern of the Innovative City University of Ne~ York Law School at Queens College, has an- OOWlced be ls stepping down as the school's flrat dean. In a letter to tudents Halpern said be will resign next summer 'to take a year-long sabbatical and then return to the school t.o teach. . . . Gary Neuatadter a ta Ciara University law professor shlce 1975, has been named an asaoclate dean of the 1 w school. Al one of three associate llf Pw law school, Neustadter will be ~Ible for academic planning, curric- ulum, class scheduling, and registration.

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,.Jflrri 'r - School hires Grauer as assistant director DEL MA~-"stf"~. Grauer of Del ar has been named assistant director of Fairbanks Country Day School in Rancho Santa Fe. Grauer, a 13-year veteran educator, is former principal of the International School of Basel, Switzerland and is completing a doctorate in educational leadership at the Univers~ f San Die&L.,Grauer specializes in school development and curriculum innova- tion. Fairbanks Country Day. formerly the La Jolla School, is new to Rancho Santa Fe and will open its oors to students from preschool through grade 12 in September. Set on nine acres, the school plans feature architecture of Kendrick Kellogg and the sophisticated and highly individualized computerized in- structional programs of La Jolla educators Judson and Christine Cor- nish. Grauer believes that by merging his international perspecth·e with this P C B l

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Reilly, president~ t.f"'Pasadena public relations firm for 13 years, as director of communications, a new position. Reilly, 42, was p.r. director for Pacific Oaks College, a Kiplinger Foundation fellow at the Washington Journalism Center, and a Pasadena Star News reporter. He starts his new job Aug.18.

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scientific and technological orienta- tion, Fairbanks Country Day will be able to offer not only the finest mastery learmng student programs, but an educational system with one foot planted in the future .