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HomeMy WebLinkAbout71-22 - Expressing Opposition to AB 437, Abnormal Sex Acts3'7 RESOLUTION NO. 71-22 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTING ASSEMBLYMAN BURKE'S OPPOSITION TO ASSEMBLY BILL 437 AND DECLARING REASONS THEREFOR. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: THAT, WHEREAS, Assembly Bill 437 has been introduced into the California Legislature and proposes to amend Section 12912 of the Education Code, Section 972 and 985 of the Evidence Code and Section 220, 287, 288(a) and 290 of the Penal Code; WHEREAS, said bill proposes to repeal Sections 269(a), 269(b), 286.1 and 288(b) of the Penal Code; and WHEREAS, the resulting legal effect of the aforementioned amendments and repeals tend to legalize heretofore declared abnormal sex acts; and WHEREAS, this City Council deems it in the best interests of the health, safety and welfare of this community that said acts should not be legalized, and that a more forceful program should be pursued through the Legislature for the protection of the community as such laws concern abnormal sex acts; and WHEREAS, this City Council desires to go on record as opposing the legalization of certain abnormal sex acts and to further urge upon the Legislature the defeat of Assembly Bill 437 and the retention of the law respecting these acts as it is now written; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa does hereby oppose the passage of Assembly Bill 437; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be forwarded to Assemblyman Burke, Senator Carpenter, and the Chairman and each member of the Assembly and Senate committees on criminal justice. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be forwarded to each incorporated city within the County of Orange and the Board of Supervisors for the County of Orange, with requests that the same or similar resolutions be adopted by the aforementioned governmental agencies. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 5th day of April, 1971. /PA^A4410V yor of the City of Costa Mesa ATTEST: City Clerk of the City of Costa esa STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS CITY OF COSTA MESA ) I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, 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. 71-22 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 5th day of April, 1971. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the City of Costa Mesa this 6th day of April, 1971. J City Clerk and ex -officio Cler of the City Council of the City of Co to Mesa