HomeMy WebLinkAbout80-02 - Supporting Attorney General's Crime Watch PlanRESOLUTION NO. 80-2
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA
MESA, CALIFORNIA, ENDORSING AND SUPPORTING CALIFORNIA
CRIME WATCH AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S PLAN TO RESTORE
PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE 1980'S.
WHEREAS, one United States household in five has been hit by crime at
least once in the last 12 months, with either property stolen or a member of
the household the victim of a physical assault, according to the findings of a
Gallup poll released in December 1979; and
WHEREAS, the Gallup survey findings parallel the upturn in crimes.
reported by the Federal Bureau of Investigation which reported increases in
every kind of major crime for the first six months of 1979; and
WHEREAS, the Bureau of Criminal Statistics of the California Department
of Justice has documented similar results; and
WHEREAS, there has been insufficient public attention to the rights and
plight of crime victims in our society and to effective crime prevention pro-
grams to reduce the number$ of crime victims; and
WHEREAS, it is essential to inform the public of and broaden the avail-
ability and merit of effective methods of crime prevention to help minimize
further disruption in the live.- of crime victims;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY the City Council of the City of Costa
Mesa that, in recognition of the foregoing and the mandate contained in
Article V, Section 13 of the California Constitution, which proclaims the
Attorney General to be California's chief law officer, the City Council of the
City of Costa Mesa hereby takes this opportunity to endorse and support
California Crime Watch and the Attorney General's Plan to Restore Public Safety
in the 80's.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 7th day of January, 1980.
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City Clerk of the City of Costa a
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council
of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and foregoing Resolution
No. 80-2 was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the said City Council at a
regular meeting thereof, held on the 7th day of January, 1980.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of
the City of Costa Mesa this 8th day of January, 1980.
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City Council of the City of Cost esa