HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Res 3151 1982-04-26
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RESOLUTION NO. ~/a/
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SEAL BEACH EXPRESSING ITS OPPOSITION'
TO ASSEMBLY BILL 2660 AND URGING STATE
LESIGLATION TO REJECT THIS PROPOSAL.
WHEREAS, the Governing Board of the South Coast Air Quality
Management District consists of ten members, nine of
which are city council persons or supervisors in the
four southland counties of Los Angeles, Orange, San
Bernardino and Riverside; and
WHEREAS, city council representatives are accountab~e to the
electorate and the City Selection Committees of the
four counties that appoint them to serve on the District
Board; and
WHEREAS, board of supervisors members are accountable to the electorate
and the other members of each of the boards of supervisors
that appoints them to serve on the District Board; and
WHEREAS, this system of locally elected officials directing a local
agency has resulted in the development of a highly respected
air quality management program and a governing board which
is responsive to the area's needs; and
WHEREAS, Assembly Bill 2660, introduced by Assemblyman Mel Levine,
seeks to usurp this historical authority of locally elected
officials by altering the composition of the District Board
to include four unelected political appointees chosen in
Sacramento, thas proposing that accountability to Sacramento
is better than accountability to the people of this community;
and
WHEREAS, this bill would affect only the South Coast Air Quality
Management District--and none of the other more than forty
local air pollution control districts in-California--making
this a transparent special interest attempt to weaken the
District's accountability and its air quality program.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of
Seal Beach, California, expresses its strong opposition to AB 2660 and
urges the members of the Legislature to reject this proposal.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED by the City Council of th~tity of S~ '_
Beach, California, at a meeting thereof held on the 076~day o~,
1982, by the following vot .
AYES: Councilmembe
NOES: Councilmember
ABSENT: Councilmember
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