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This series includes selected documents that agency staff sent to the Governor's Office to represent its work, and are not the official records of the agency, which are housed in the California State Archives. The materials are largely from Secretary Gordon Luce and are not complete.
The following State departments reported to the Secretary of the Business and Transportation Agency: Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, Department of Aeronautics, State Banking Department, Department of Corporations, Department of California Highway Patrol, Department of Housing and Community Development, Department of Insurance, Department of Motor Vehicles, Department of Public Works, Department of Real Estate, Department of Savings and Loan.
This collection is arranged into three series.
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Collection Description
These files consist of items regarding Gordon Luce, who served as Secretary of the Business and Transportation agency from 1967 to 1969. This material appears to have been received from Luce after Governor Reagan left office in 1974. There is a file of original letters from Reagan to Luce most of which were received after 1969. The materials also consists of press releases and newspaper clippings regarding Luce and the Agency, photographs, a campaign brochure, a May 1969 summary of the accomplishments of the Agency, and a copy of a report by the Governor’s Task Force on Transportation.
This series consists of the memorandums and papers each department within the Business and Transportation Agency prepared reporting on the goals and accomplishments of said department. Many of the summaries dealt with the progress made on implementing the recommendations that had been made in the Governor’s Survey on Efficiency and Cost Control. There are also summaries regarding the progress made in implementing new legislation that effected the departments. This material includes a detailed report issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles covering 1967 through 1973.
This series consists of a variety of publications that were prepared by many, but not all, of the departments within the Business and Transportation Agency. Most of the publications are from the Department of Transportation (CALTRANS) and the Department of Public Works. Many of the publications consist of reports that are required by state law.
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