HomeMy WebLinkAbout68-14 - Regulate Topless Waitresses and the Right to Prohibit Topless EntertainersRESOLUTION N0. 68-14
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA,
CALIFORNIA, RELATING TO THE LEGAL QUESTION OF PREEMPTION AND
URGING THE PASSAGE OF CERTAIN STATE LEGISLATION PROVIDING FOR
THE RIGHT OF CITIES AND COUNTIES TO REGULATE TOPLESS WAIT-
RESSES AND URGING UPON THE LEGISLATURE AN AMENDMENT WHICH
WOULD AUTHORIZE CITIES AND COUNTIES THE RIGHT TO PROHIBIT
TOPLESS ENTERTAINERS AS WELL.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE
AS FOLLOWS:
THAT WHEREAS, Assembly Bill No. 114 has been introduced into the Assembly
by Assemblyman Biddle relating to the legal question of preemption and declaring
that the State does not intend to occupy the field of the regulation of topless
waitresses; and
WHEREAS, this City concurs in this Bill in its present form with a sug-
gested amendment that the legislation include the rights of cities and counties
to prohibit topless entertainment as well as topless waitresses; and
WHEREAS, said Bill will be heard on February 20, 1968, before the Assembly
Procedure Committee;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Costa
Mesa, California, urges the passage of Assembly Bill No. 114 with an added
feature authorizing cities and counties to prohibit topless entertainment, and
topless waitresses, as well as the regulation of the same.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of Lhis Resolution be mailed forthwith
to Assemblyman Biddle for his records in support of this legislation.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be fonrarded to each
of the 24 cities in Orange County by the City Clerk under transmittal letter
urging its consideration, passage, and transmittal to Assemblyman Biddle.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 19th day of February,
1968.
ATTEST: Mayor of the Cit o Costa Mesa
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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. 68-14 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 19th day of February, 1968.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of
the City of Costa Mesa this 20th day of February, 1968.
City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the
City Council of the City of Costa Mesa