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RESOLUTION
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF SEAL BEACH EX-
PRESSING ITS VIGOROUS OPPOSITION TO ASSEMBLY BILL
NO. 3762 WHICH PURPORTS TO TAKE FROM THE CITY OF
LONG BEACH THE REVENUE DERIVED BY IT FRCJoI OIL PRO-
DUCTION ON ITS OWN TIDELANDS.
WHEREAS, the City of Long Beach and many other coastal cities
within the State are the sole owners of the tide and submerged
lands within their respective corporate boundariest which owner-
ship has been confirmed many times by the Supreme court of the
. State during its long history; and
WHEREAS, any revenue derived from such lands has al80 been
judicially declared to be an integral part thereof and likewise
property belonging to the City; and
WHEREAS} Assembly Bill No. 3762, now pending in the current
session of tne Legislature, purports to take from the City the
revenue derived by it from oil production on its own tidelands; and
WHEREAS, the Supreme Court of the State of California has
previously held unequivocally that the Legislature may not con-
stitutionally, by purported legislation, divest a city of its
ownership of the tidelands and the revenue accruing therefrom; and
WHEREAS. Assembly Bill No. 3762 would, if enacted, constitute
a grievous breach of faith on the part of the State and would
constitute a grave danger to the economic stability of every
coastal city in California owning tidelands and submerged lands;
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED. that the Seal Beach City
Council hereby expresses its opposition to Assembly Bill No. 3762
and hereby urges the Legislature of the State of California to
reject Assembly Bill No. 3762 and thereby reaffirm the right
and strengthen the efforts of the various coastal municipalities
in providing. maintaining and improving the harbors and other
public uses of the tidelands and submerged lands, severally
granted to them, all in the interest and for the benefit of the
people of the State of California; and
BE IT FuaTHER RESOLVED, that copies of this resolution be
immediately forwarded to the Honorable John A. Murdy, Jr.J Sen-
ator from the 35th Senatorial District and the Honorable ~eRoy
E. Lyon, Jr., Member of the Assembly from the 75th Assembly
District.
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I hereby certify that
by the City Council of the
April 5, 19S5.
the foregoing resolution was adopted
City of Seal Beach at its meeting of
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