HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 2564 RESOLUTION NO. 2564
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIFORNIA, IN
SUPPORT OF ASSEMBLY BILL No. 8o6 RELATING
TO AN AMENDMENT OF THE PENAL CODE
DECLARING THE INTENTION OF THE LEGISLATURE _
NOT TO PREEMPT THE FIELD OF INDECENT
EXPOSURE
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach,
California, does hereby resolve as follows :
WHEREAS, the City of Huntington Beach and the
County of Orange are currently burdened with an influx of
topless dancers who perform in local beer bars; and
WHEREAS, the City of Huntington Beach, California
finds and declares that such entertainment is not socially
common or socially acceptable in this community; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to protect and
improve the image of our community by prohibiting such
activity; and
WHEREAS, under the current state of the law and
case decisions, the State Legislature has acted in the
field of the regulation of morals and sexual activity; and
WHEREAS, the City of Huntington Beach, California
desires to have the power restored to it to regulate, permit
or prohibit the activity as heretofore set forth.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of
Huntington Beach does hereby support and urge the passage
of Assembly Bill No. 806 which reads as follows :
people of the State of California do
enact as follows :
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Section 1. Section 318.6 is added to
the Penal Code, to read:
318.6. It is not the intent of the
Legislature to preempt the field of
indecent exposure, and any county or
city may adopt ordinances in such field
supplementing state law. "
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk be and
he is hereby instructed to send copies of this resolution
to each city in Orange County and to the Board of Supervisors
for the County of Orange and to each member of the Criminal
Procedures Committee of the State Assembly.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that each city and the
County of Orange be urged to adopt similar resolutions
supporting said assembly bill and that each said city and
county be urged to forward their resolutions to each member
of the Criminal Procedures Committee in the State Assembly,
Sacramento .
PASSED AND ADOPTED this lst day of May, 1967.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
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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 seven; 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 lst day of May ,
1967 , by the following vote :
AYES : Councilmen:
Coen, Bartlett, Gisler, Kaufman, Stewart Green, Shipley
NOES : Councilmen:
None
ABSENT: Councilmen:
None
City Clerk a ex-officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California