HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 6425A N.C.S. 09/28/1973 __ EER:mi 9-27-73
,alution No _ 625A__ N.C:;S.,..
ORIGINAL
RESOLUTION ADDRESSED '01,0 THE .CALIFORNIA,
SUPREME, :COURT ,RELATING ,TO REAPPORTIONMENT
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INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMAN / At Meeting of
the City Council of the City of Petaluma on the 2 8th day of/' . .. . - September - 19.73
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WHEREAS the especial` masters. on -reapportionment have submitted their
recommended proposed redistricting of the 'State to the 'California Supreme
Court, and, ,
WHEREAS the proposal as related to Senatorial Districts fragments
the County of Sonoma by creating two districts therein, and
WHEREAS this Council finds that such a reapportionment is not in
the best .interests of this City and the County. of Sonoma, in that it will
create a situation which will' provide for a loss of community interest and
dilute. effective .representation for City and County. interests . As Cities
of the County will have different representation-, this will create diffi-
culties and inefficiences in pti suing matters of common interest, and
WHEREAS Santa Rosa, Sonoma and the Valley:: of the Moon are proposed
to be placed in a different 'district with. 'Whet they.` have little 'in common and
where needs and desires are =not ,necessarily reflective of the County of Sonoma
and its Cities therein, .
NOW, THEREFORE;. BE"IT RESOLVED that- for .the reasons stated above,
the .City.- of Petaluma respectfully and strongly: urges the Supreme Court of
the State of California to leave the 'County of Sonoma :within" one Senatorial
District and not split the County. of Sonoma :into two districts in order. to
provide effective "unified repres'entation .-
NOW, THEREFORE,; BE' It FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk is hereby
directed to forward 'certified copies' of this resolution to the Chief Justice
of the Supreme "Court,. the Associ'_ate' 'Justices, the Clerk of the Supreme Court,
and the .special Masters on -reapportionment..
under the power and authority conferred upon this Council by the Charter.of said City.
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'Seconded by _.__. _ Ayes Noes Absent.
I hereby certify that the foregoing"resolution was duly and .
Councilman Robert A. Brunner
regularly introduced and,adopted by the Council of the City of John W. Cavanagh,Jr: "v'
Petaluma, on the28 th 'day •f Septem 1973 ,..by Robert E. Daly ;,/
•the following vote:
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ayor of the City of Petaluma Fred. V. Mattel ,.
• William A. Perry, Jr.
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