HomeMy WebLinkAbout71-34 - Opposition to SB 333, Cumpulsory ArbitrationRESOLUTION NO. 71-34
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA,
CALIFORNIA, EXPRESSING ITS STRONG OPPOSITION TO THE ENACTMENT
OF SENATE BILL 333 BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS, Senate Bill 333 has been introduced in the Senate of the State of
California; and
WHEREAS, such Senate Bill would, if enacted, remove policemen and firemen
from the provisions of the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act, Government Code Sections
3500, at seq.; and
WHEREAS, said Senate Bill would impose compulsory and binding arbitration
of wages, hours and other conditions of employment for policemen and firemen; and
WHEREAS, such compulsory arbitration would be by a third party not elected
or appointed within the framework of government process and not responsive to
the desires of the electorate, thereby effecting a drastic and unjustifiable
change in a vital principle of democratic goverment; and
WHEREAS, the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act, now in force, provides an effective
and binding procedure within the framework of government, for meeting, confer-
ring and arriving at a mutually satisfactory agreement between government
employers and employees in the event of labor disputes; and
WHEREAS, the benefits of the said Meyers-Milias-Brawn Act are available
with respect to policemen and firemen and all other governmental employees
without regard to arbitrary classification or distinction;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Costa
Mesa that the City of Costa Mesa is strongly opposed to the enactment of Senate
Bill 333 for the reasons hereinabove cited; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk be and she is hereby directed to
send copies of this resolution to the Honorable Ronald Reagan, Governor of the
State of California; the Honorable Alfred H. Song, State Senator; and to the
Honorable Walter Karabian, Member of the Assembly; to the League of California
Cities and other interested parties.
SECTION 1. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 17th day of May, 1971.
yor of the City of Costa Mesa
ATTEST:
City Clerk of the City of Costa 7ssa
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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. 71-34 was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the
said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the 17th day of May, 1971.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the
City of Costa Mesa, this 18th day of May, 1971.
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City Council of the City of Cos Mesa