HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 1637 RESOLUTION NO. 1637
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH EXPRESS-
ING OBJECTION TO THE SENATE REAPPORT-
IONMENT INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT PROPOSITION NO. . 23 ON THE
NOVEMBER 6, 1962 . STATE BALLOT.
WHEREAS, The City Council of the City of Huntington
Beach, State of California, finds that the Senate Reapportion-
ment Initiative Constitutional Amendment will appear on the
November 6, 1962, ballot as Proposition No. 23, and
WHEREAS, Said City Council finds that Proposition
No. 23 would totally destroy California's existing method of
equitable legislative apportionment, which is based on our
traditional Federal system with its protective mechanism of
checks and balances, and would substitute therefor a system
whereby representation in both houses of the Legislature would
be based on population, and
WHEREAS, Said City Council finds further that it
is a widely-recognized principle in our great nation that
representation in the legislative branch of government is
equitably apportioned not according to population alone, but
according to two factors, to wit: population and territory,
and
WHEREAS, It is a proven matter of record that
our State Senate as presently constituted has been keenly
responsive to urban problems and the needs of cities, and
that many of California's ablest members of the State Senate
are from less heavily-populated cities and rural areas, and
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Resolution No. 1637
WHEREAS, There is imminent danger that under
Proposition No. 23 control of our State Government would be
placed in the hands of political organizations in a few
heavily-populated counties, and
WHEREAS, There is no apparent justification for a
change in the method of apportionment of State Senate
districts, particularly in view of the fact that under our
existing system of legislative apportionment this State has
reached a measure of greatness unmatched by any of our sister
states;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the City
Council of the City of Huntington Beach, State of California,
does hereby officially go on record as being unconditionally
opposed o t said Proposition No 23 the State Senate Reappor-
tionment P � e aPP
tionment Initiative Constitutional Amendment that will be sub-
mitted to the voters of the State on, November 6, 1962.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California, at a regular meeting thereof
held on the 6th day of August, 1962.
Mayor
ATTEST:
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Resolution No. 1637
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
County of Orange ss
City of Huntington Beach
I. PAUL C. JONES, the duly elected, qualified and
acting City Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach, and ex-
officio Clerk of the City Council of said City, do hereby
certify that the whole number of members -of the City Council
of the City of Huntington Beach is five; that the foregoing
resolution was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote
of more than a majority of all the members of said City
Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the 6th day of
August, 1962, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen.:
Stewart, Welch, Lambert
NOES: Councilmen:
None
ABSENT: Councilmen:
Wells, Gisler
City Clerk and 067officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California
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