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RESOLUTION NO. 1376
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SEAL BEACH SUPPORTING LEGISLATION TO CONTROL
DISTRIBUTION OF OBSCENE LITERATURE.
WHEREAS, The City Council of the City of Seal Beach has thoughtfully
reviewed the community problem with respect to obscene literature, and
WHEREAS, The District Attorney and other law enforcement officers have
related their inability to control obscenity now found on local newsstands and
many other magazine outlets, and in motion pictures, and
WHEREAS, The inability of law enforcement agencies successfully to
prosecute distributors of obscene materials makes it mandatory to secure
additional legislation, and
WHEREAS, The State has pre-empted the field of obscenity legislation,
and therefor our only ~ecourse is through new state laws, and
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WHEREAS, Proposed legislation has been introduced in the 1965 Session,
to apply reasonable controls over the distribution of obscene literature adverse
to public morals and mores.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Seal Beach
1) Expresses its opinion that the immoral magazines, books, and motion pictures
now being publicly displayed are far below the level of contemporary community
moral standards.
2) Expresses its grave concern regarding the present obscenity problem.
3) Petitions the State Legislature to enact new and stronger obscenity
legislation that is observant of the basic liberties, yet practical to
administer.
4) Directs that copies of this resolution be sent to the Governor of the State
of California, to the presiding officers of the State Senate, and Assembly,
to the Chairman of the Assembly Committee on Criminal Procedure, to Orange
County's representatives in the Assembly and the Senate, and to the other
appropriate gover~nt officials,
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the Seal Beach Cit cil at a meeting
thereof held on April 19, 1965, by the followi ote:
AYES: Councilmen Nescher, Ge . 1, Griswold
ABSENT: Councilman Gummere
Mayor
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Attest:
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F. W. Hickman, City Clerk
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