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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Res 1365 1965-02-15 I I 1 '" ~. -"'. ..' . . RESOLUTION NO. 1365 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH OPPOSING REAPPORTIONMENT OF THE CALIFORNIA STAtE SENATE. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH DCES HEREBY RESOLVE: WHEREAS, the State of California has always functioned under a bicameral legislative system, and WHEREAS, said system has adequately provided for the growth and development of the State of California, unequalled in the United States of America, and WHEREAS, the United States Supreme Court has held that both houses of a bicameral legislature must be apportioned on the basis of population, and WHEREAS, the State of California's bicameral state legis- lature has one house apportioned on the basis of population and the other on the basis of area, and WHEREAS, it is the desire of this City Council that the systems of checks and balances that currently exist within the State of California be maintained; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED. by the City Council of the City of Seal Beach that they respectfully urge that action be taken to amend the Constitution of the United States allowing any state which has a bicameral legislature to apportion the membership of one house of the legislature on factors other than population. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be sent ,to the United States Senators from the State of California, the Representative of the Thirty-Fourth District, and the Assemblyman of the Sixty-Ninth District, and the State Senator from Orange County. PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 15th day of February, 1965, by the following voter AYES: Councilmen Griswold, Gummere, Anderson NCES: Councilmen None ABSENTr Councilmen Nescher, Ge'!\.m.j;Ir~ The foregoing resoluti~n is ~s ,~~~~ by ~"2thi~ February, 1965. /I _ C; .~ .....--- A'l'TESTr ,11"1.. ". ~c.a~4c<~--' - CJ.ty Clerk 0 t e CJ.ty of Seal Beach . -' , ". '.. ,. ~ :.... , "'"l'..... ~ "0;#..... .:- ..:~ ~ -:;:; '::: ... .~ .... - .. -... .... ... ~ -:- \^ otI,,- ~ -~.... .'\..... "'...~" -., . -,.,......'.-..:;.,... ., '.. ~ ... .. .. ~ ".Jo. . -:J: ". "... '- .... ~ ~ "