HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Res 7130 2021-04-12RESOLUTION 7130
RESOLUTION DENOUNCING STIGMATIZATION,
RACISM, HATE AND XENOPHOBIA AGAINST
MEMBERS OF THE ASIAN AMERICAN AND
PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMUNITY
WHEREAS, the City of Seal Beach prides itself in providing the highest quality of
service, ensuring that Seal Beach is a desirable and safe place to live, work,
play, and do business; while allowing residents and visitors equal access;
WHEREAS, scientists have confirmed that COVID-19 does not respect boarders
and is not caused by ethnicity, and the World Health Organization has cautioned
against using geographic descriptors because they can fuel ethnic discrimination;
and,
WHEREAS, over 2,000,000 Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are working
on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic in health care, law enforcement,
first response and transportation as well as services industries; and,
WHEREAS, the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community has been
affected by a sharp increase in violence, abhorrent acts of racism and
stigmatization in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic; and,
WHEREAS, over 3700 incidents were received by the Stop AAPI Hate reporting
center from March 19, 2020 to February 28, 2021, a figure that represents only a
fraction of the number of hate incidents that actually occurred, but shows how
vulnerable Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are to discrimination, and the
types of intolerance they face; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Seal Beach specifically Leisure World is home to a large
Asian American and Pacific Islander community, wherein one of its' residents
was a recent victim of hate, discrimination and other acts of stigmatization; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Seal Beach is committed to inclusion and advancing
equity and justice for people of all races, nations, origins, and ethnicities; and,
wishes to affirm its commitment to the well-being and safety of Asian American
and Pacific Islander residents, students, employees, visitors, and community
members, and ensure they know they are not alone and that they can speak out
to help stop the spread of bigotry.
NOW THEREFORE, THE SEAL BEACH CITY COUNCIL DOES HEREBY
RESOLVE:
SECTION 1. The Seal Beach City Council strongly condemns and hereby
denounces stigmatization, racism and xenophobia against Asian Americans and
Pacific Islanders.
SECTION 2. The Seal Beach City Council calls on local law enforcement to
continue to work with State and Federal law enforcement officials to investigate
and document all credible reports of COVID-19-related hate crimes and threats.
SECTION 3. The Seal Beach City Council joins local districts, cities, counties
and states across the country in affirming its commitment to the safety and well —
being of the Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders community.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption hereof.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 12th day of April, 2021 by the
following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN
ATTEST:
Council Members: Kalmick, Massa-Lavitt, Moore. Sustarsic, Varipapa
Council Members: None
Council Members: None
Council Members: None
Gloria C,Aarper, City C
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } SS
CITY OF SEAL BEACH }
Joe Kalmick, Mayor
I, Gloria D. Harper, City Clerk of the City of Seal Beach, do hereby certify that the
foregoing resolution is the original copy of Resolution 7130 on file in the office of
the City Clerk, passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a regular
Ang held on the 12th day of April, 2021.
4DQ�rper,
City Clerk