The State - News from May 6, 1988

The state Senate narrowly passed and sent to Gov. George Deukmejian legislation enabling the wealthy desert resort city of Indian Wells to build legally required low-income housing beyond its city limits. The proposal was approved on a 22-11 vote, one more than the majority required in the 40-member chamber, following a last-ditch attempt by opponents to defeat it. The governor’s office said Deukmejian has not taken a position on the bill. As the bill headed for the governor’s desk, documents were filed in the secretary of state’s office disclosing that two former top-level advisers to Deukmejian had been hired to lobby the governor in favor of the measure. The pair, former state Finance Director Michael Franchetti and former Health and Welfare Secretary David Swoap, were signed up to push for the bill by Sunrise Desert Partners, developers of a $1-billion Indian Wells resort complex called Sunterra.