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RESOLUTION N0. 67-8
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA,
CALIFORNIA, URGING LEGISLATIVE ACTION WITH RESPECT TO PRE-
EMPTION BY THE STATE IN THE FIELD OF VICE AND GAMBLING.
!!l The City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, California, does hereby resolve
■ as follows:
■` THAT WHEREAS, there is a wide divergence between the Ordinances of various
municipalities and the Acts of the State Legislature in the field of vice and
gambling; and
WHEREAS, the municipalities are in some instances frustrated in their
efforts to legislate in this field for the health, safety and welfare of their
citizens; and
WHEREAS, legislative attention is necessary on the State level to resolve
this problem;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Legislature of the State of
California be urged to adopt legislation clarifying the areas of enforcement and
legislative powers between the State and municipalities in the field of vice and
gambling;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that greater attention be paid by the State Legis-
lature to an overall examination and revision where necessary of State laws
affecting the field of gambling and vice to the end that said legislation may
be updated to conform with current social requirements.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 16th day of January, 19 7.
Mayor of the Ci Costa Mesa
ATTEST:
City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS.
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, C. K. PRIEST, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa and ex -officio
Clerk of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the
above and foregoing Resolution No. 67-8 was duly and regularly passed and adopted
by the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa at a regular meeting held on the
16th day of January, 1967.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal
of the City of Costa Mesa, this 17th day of January, 1967.
City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the
City Council of the City of Costa Mesa