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Sacramento, CA (Sacramento Co.) Recorder (Cir. 5xW. 587 )

San Diego, CA (San Diego Co.) Daily Transcript (Cir. D. 10,0001 OCT 2 6 1988

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League of Women Voters sought to inter- vene in lhe suit, bul lhe court denied It is unclear al this point what will happen next The Franchise Tax Board had voluntarily agreed to delayprinung of next year's tax forms until after the Nov. 8 election. But one news source says several other legislators also have filed lawsuits seeking to support their views of The state Supreme Court eventually may have to unravel the issues, the news groups' petitions. the two initiatives.

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new program. Its board ~as decided whether to participate the program, and a spokeswon could not be reached for comm CWSS sponsors two weekly le chmcs for battered women. SV offers one legal clinic. a week victims of dome st ic vJOlence, 1 the surface" of the problem. " legal aspects of it are juS t one part of the whole picture," he said. "We're trying to pull all th e ser- e Because domestic violence is _a recurring problem, Poirot sa~d legal intervention is a first step m halting the cycle, which affects women of all income levels ~nd ages. According to figures compiled by th e Women's Resource Cent~r, 70 percent of all assault cases m- The San Diego Police Depart- ment recorded 3,23_1 reports of do_- mestic violence during t e 1rst s_1x months of 1988, a 22 percent m- crease_over the firnt h~lf of 198'., according to the San Diego Associ• h fi program will help the non-profit agency attract more volunteers to take on family law cases once they get involved in the domestic vio- lence program. Pro bono attorneys respected and assi_sted by judges, Yavenditti and Poirot said, because the judges know how des- perate the need is after seeing so many women coming into court without legal counsel. Judges te nd to be more patient and helpful, be- cause "they want people to help. Ifs better for the courts and better . are for ju st ice," Poirot said. Although 850 att_orneys _have agreed to donate t e1r expe ise O the Volunteer Lawyer Program helping indigent San Diego resi- dents, few of those come from the city's largest firms. Poirot's r~ent focus on recruiting the heavy hitter h rt t yesterday. vices together." . volve spouses. ation of Governments. Yavenditti predicted the new

lo recruit more than 1,000 new at- torneys to its pro bono panels in the DoJ1ating two or four hours a to the proJect, attorneys volunteering for the Domestic Vio- lcnce Prevention Program will ta!T a small room in the family court ~erv1ces building adjacent to the supNior courthouse where women can go for advice and help in filling out the initial TRO forms. A feminist profess10nal organi- zatlon whose membership includes hoth men and women, the Lawyers Club lR particularly enthusiastic about this pro bono program be- cau e of its focus on a problem af• feeling women and families, said Mana T. Arroyo•Tabin, head of the Lawyers Club pro bonocommittee. The Domestic Violence Preven- lion Project is al o a perfect project for the Volunteer Lawyer Project because poor women are one of the gr oup~ most in need of legal help, Pol.rot al. 0 hope" the pro;ect will snag lawyers who are interested in pro bono work, but don't have the lime to take on full blown cases. Domestic violence prevention vol- untecrs will attend a brief training session and then need only volun- te er two hour a month in the pro- month Ccord ing to Poirot. , More than 3,000 women file TRO applications at Superior Court downtown each year, but Lawyers Club member Helen Rowe said that number "underrepresents woefully" the actual number of women who give up their effort:; after an initial trip to the court- ho u. , or don't even try to get a TRO because they don't know how Ell, Newman, coordinator of legal support services at the YWCA Battered Women's Service::;. i enthusiastic about the new program, which she said will help many women start to break the cycle of violence and victimiza. tion. "The nl~d ha been very evi- dent for the la t 10 or 11 years," the pressure off Battered Women's Services, which would rather focus on social and psychological , ervices for there women and their child- ren, hesaid. The YWCA staffs a 24 hour hothn , u 24-bed shelter, and offers . upport groups and counseling. It ha. asked the San Diego Bar Asso- ciation for $3,500 to support a part-time resource aide to help bat- tered women at the courthouse as part oflhe legal proJect. The Center for Women's Studies and Services, a feminist social ser- ' she ~aid. The program will take some of next six months jcct office, he snid to ~tart the proces

That FPPC decision was the subject of the suit filed a short time later by the University of San Diego's Center for Law in the Public Interest and Assemblyman John Vasconcellos, D-San Jose, who actively compaigned for Proposition 68. The FPPC reasoned that because the rival Proposition 73 got more votes, il

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An appellate court has upheld a Fair Political Practices Commission decision invalidating Proposition 68, the cam- paign reform measure passed in June allowing financing of campaigns through a voluntary tax check-off plan. The final order issued Monday by the three-judgepanelofthe4thDistrictCourt

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Resej)l,9-by phone by calling 234-9583. PEASANT OF EL SALVADOR" Two actors create 1_ 6 characters 1n a story of how one farmer and 1s am1ly struggle to maintain !heir way of life amid the recent turbulent events in El Salvador Presented at 7 p.m. on Thursday Oct 27 1n Camino Theat~..SO. :rickets are $5 and are available a lhe door For ticket information, call Judy Rauner at 260-4798 For m~ information, call John Nunes at 260-4682. -

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excess of $1 million remaining in the fund aft.er an election (would be) returned Robert Fellmeth, director of the center, stated in written arguments on behalf of petitioners were "not attempting to loop- hole a definition." He said, "The critical element of (determining) a tax credit js its reliance on ... individual decisions to commit money to a particular purpose." And since individuals had the choice of selecting the $3 box undec Proposition 68, the money should be viewed as a tax credit, not as a mandatory tax for fmanc- Fellmelh could not be reached for ing campaigns. to the General Fund." Proposition 68, however, that the

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by the Volunteer Lawyer Program since its inception five years ago - has shown some initial results. The pro bono program sponsored by Legal Aid Society, l,Lniversity of San Diego Law Center ann an Diegl,County Bar Association has recruited 50 new volunteers in the last month. "The numbers ar,: just part of it," said Poirot. Partners at the larger firms are meetmg and de- veloping policies on pro bono work by the associates, he said. "I'm op- timistic. l think there's a growing awareness in the

Jlli. '• --- JAZZ RECITAL.- Musicians Steve .h Baker, Fred Benedetti, Doug Boott_i..._¼' James Morton and Robert Wllliam~II perform traditional and conJempcrary Jazz at 8 p.m. today In Camino Theatre Unrversit:t_o~~D"Jiego, Proceeds will ' benefit the uslc Department. P. C. 8 F.sr. 1888

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San Diego, CA (San Diego Co.) Evening Tribune (Cir. D. 123,064)

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San Diego, CA (San Diego Co.) Even ing Tribune (Cir. D. 123,064)

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USJ2hoping luck changes ,,~ vs. La Verne~ i- If the law of averages catches up with the University of San Diego today, the Toreros will beat host La Verne in the 1:30 p.m. game with either a late touchdown or a late goal-line stand. Hey, they're due. In its final game last season, USD saw its playoff dreams vanish when Menlo won by one pomt. Menlo did it to the Toreros (3-3) again last month by rallymg for an 18-17 season-opening victory. Redlands' fourth-quarter touchdown beat USD, 17-10, and last week powerful Occidental withstood USD's upset bid when two Toreros passes to the end zone went incomplete in the final minute of a 20-16 loss. "I've been in coaching 19 years, so I've seen it before," s~id USD coach Brian Fogarty. "It's tough to take, espe- cially after a game like the Occidental game. Some years you win games you shouldn't. Some years you Jose them. We well could be 6-0. I'm not quite sure what it is." La Verne (2·4) poses less of a challenge than Occiden- tal -. ~h_ich, despite beating USD, lost its No. 6 spot in the D1V1s1on III West Region this week - and than UC Santa Barbara and Azusa Pacific, the Toreros' final two opponents. .But in Anthony Grove, La Verne-has a big-play threat. Grove had touchdown reception and a 75-yard TD return of an mtercept10n in a 20-17 victory against Clare- mont Mudd. USD will be without linebackers Frank Love (hip pomter) and Braulio Castillo (sore knee). Fullback Todc! Jackson, who rushed for 107 yards in 20 carries last 'week, should play despite a sore back. Fogarty said he had not decided who would start at quarterback, Doug Piper or Brendan Murphy. USD beat La Verne last season, 28-0. - Tom Kraaovic

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l nn Hort.sch and Katie Hunsaker had 14 kills each. TENNIS: Three Stanford players -; second-seeded Tami Whitlinger, Lisa Green and Sar,Jra Birch - reached the semifinals of the wom- en's _All-American Tennis Champi- onships m Pacific Palisades. Tami Whitlinger and Teri Whi- tlinger advanced to the semifinals in doubles, where they are the top seeds. WOMEN'S SOCCER: Wendy Jo- han~on posted her ninth shutout as Santa Clara (11-6-1) defeated UC- Irvine 4-0 in a non-conference match in Santa Barbara. Jenni Sy- mons had two goals for the Bron cos. The Anteaters are 4-12-1.

College Roundup versity of San Diego (9-7-1, 1-3-1) in a West Coast Atnleuc Conference match. VOLLEYBALL: San Jose State (19-6, 7-3) was upset 15-13, 15-2, 10-15, 15-12 hy UC-Santa Barbara (12-12, 5-7) in a Big West Confer- ence match in Goleta. Kim Hicks had 13 kills for the Spartans, and freshman Leslie Page had 10 kills and four blocks. In Pullman, Wash., second- ranked Stanford (19-1, 11-1) rolled to a 15-13, 15-9, 15-12 victory over Washington State (18-13, 2-9) in a Pacific 10 Conference match. At Toso Pavilion, Santa Clara (14-10, 7-1) won 11-15, 15-5, 15-11, 13-15, 15-11 over Loyola Mary

San j t was the individual leader nd the Spar- tans sllared the team lead after the opening round of the Stanford Invi- tational womens golf tom nament Friday at the Stanford course. Hurst shot a 2-under par 71 for a one-shot lead over southern Cal's Kim Cathrein, who IC'd the Trojans to a share of the team lead with SJS at 301. Among four player~ in thLrd place at 73 was San Juse State's Denise Philbrick. Host Stanfo d was in ninth place among the 21 participating teams. The tournament continues today and Sunday State' r , u EN'S SOCCE : Steve Robert- so_n scor~d the game-wmning goal with 7 mmutes 11 xonds remain- ing to g1vP Sa11t Clara (11-2-4,

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2-2-0) a 2·1 victory o er host.~mount in a WCAC match as Rosa-