HomeMy WebLinkAbout820 - Opposing AB 127 - Brown Act RestrictionsRESOLUTION NO. 820
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA
OPPOSING THE PROPOSED EXTENSION OF THE BROWN ACT BY AD 127
AS AN UNNECESSARY, UNWARRANTED AND CRIPPLING RESTRICTION OF
THE FUNCTIONING OF LOCAL LEGISLATIVE BODIES IN THE BEST IN-
TEREST OF THEIR MUNICIPALITIES.
WHEREAS, the provisions of the proposed AB 127 would require open j
meetings of local legislative bodies for the discussion of pending, pro-
posed or anticipated litigation with counsel, and thereby place a
municipality at a serious disadvantage in dealing with an adversary of
the people; and
WHEREAS, the proposed AB 127 would prevent free discussion of muni-
cipal affairs by and between members of local legislative bodies, and could
cripple research and exploratory study, and the consideration of hypothetical
cases; end
WHEREAS, the provisions of the proposed AS 127 would act as a barrier
to free, open, and unguarded interchange of opinion between councilmen in
informal discussion of municipal affairs; and tt■■
WHEREAS, the proposed AB 127 contains, by implication, an unwarranted J
and derogatory reflection on the integrity of local legislative bodies in
every city in the State; and
WHEREAS, the enactment of the proposed AS 127 would reverse recent de-
cisions of the California Appellate Courts, and would impede the functioning
of local legislative bodies in the performance of their duties in the best
interest of the public;
N0W, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of
Costa Mesa, that the protection of the public interest, and the preservation
of the constructive functioning of local government in California, demand the
defeat of the proposed AB 127; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,
that the City Clerk
of the City of Costa Mesa
be hereby directed to forward
certified copies of
this Resolution to Assembly-
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man Richard T. Hanna and to the League of California Cities.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 20th day of February, 1961.
May
Mayortza
Y e vlor Costa Mesa
ATTEST:
City Clerk of the City/Of Costa Mesa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS.
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I,
A. C. SWARTZ,
City Clerk of the City
of Costa
Mesa, hereby
certify that
the above and
foregoing Resolution No.
820 was
duly and
regularly passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa
at a regular meeting thereof held on the 20th day of February, 1961.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
Seal of the City of Costa Mesa, this 20th day of February, 1961.
City Clerk and ex -of cio Clerk of the
City Council of the City of Costa Mesa
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Chief Deputy
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