HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 1685 RESOLUTION No. 1685
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH OPPOSING ANY
LEGISLATION PERMITTING OR SANCTIONING
THE USE OF PARTISAN POLITICAL LABELS BY
MUNICIPAL OFFICE CANDIDATES.
WHEREAS, in the past there have been several at-
tempts to enact legislation which would. bring partisan poli-
tics into municipal elections; and
WHEREAS, Assembly Bill No. 755 was introduced on
January 25, 19=161, which bill, if enacted, would have permitted
any candidates for a city office to have printed following
his name on the ballot a designation of the political party
with which he was affiliated; and
WHEREAS, said Assembly Bill No. '755 was not rejected
by members of the Assembly, but instead the subject matter
thereof was recommended for interim committee study; and
WHEREAS, there are indications that similar legisla-
tion will be introduced in future sessions of the Legislature;
and
WHEREAS, passage of such legislation and the intro-
duction of partisan political affiliations into municipal
elections would tend toward controls being imposed by out of
city and out of state factions, would make easier the inroads
of machine politics and otherwise be extremely damaging to
good government and local control of municipal affairs;
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Res. No. 1685
NOV, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach resolves that by these presents it formally
and vigorously voices its opposition to the enactment of any
legislation similar to Assembly Bill No. 755 of the 1961
Regular Session; it urges that every effort be made to de-
feat any measure, bill or resolution which Mould permit the
use of partisan political labels for candidates for munici-
pal offices ; and it recommends that other cities of the
State of California be alerted to the danger and consequences
of such legislation.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California, at a regular meeting there-
of held this 19th day of November, 1962.
May r
ATTEST:
Cit erk
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Res. No.1685
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 19th day
of November 1 1962, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen: Stewart, Welch, Lambert
Wells, Gisler,
NOES: Councilmen:
None
ABSENT: Councilmen:
None
C2,
City Clerk n�ex-officio Clerk of the City
Council of the City of Huntington Beach,
California
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