HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 1970-5818RESOLUTION NO. 5818
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA
VISTA, URGING THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES TO
SUPPORT LEGISLATION AMENDING THE ANNEXATION LAWS OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO ALLOW, UNDER CERTAIN
CIRCUMSTANCES, THE ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY TO
CITIES WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE INHABITANTS
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista does hereby
resolve as follows:
WHEREAS, the present laws of the State of California require
that the inhabitants of territory sought to be annexed to a municipality
must consent to that annexation, and
WHEREAS, the present laws provide no exceptions to said con-
sent requirements, even in circumstances where annexation is logical
and necessitated by facts which could be determined by a fact finding
body, and
WHEREAS, although compulsory incorporation of governmental
areas has not been favored in the past, thirty-five states presently
have come to the realization that the overall interests of the com-
munity must at all times override the desires of the inhabitants of
a territory to be annexed to a municipality, and
WHEREAS, said sentiment in opposition to compulsory incor-
poration may have been natural in an agrarian society but it is ill-
suited to the needs of the most populous state in the nation in the
decade of the seventies - the decade of the cities, and
WHEREAS, the annexation or incorporation of territory without
the consent of inhabitants has long been recognized by the Supreme
Court of the United States as constitutional and not violative of the
rights of due process of law.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the
City of Chula Vista that the League of California Cities be urged to
continue to support, as it has done in the past, legislation which
would, under specified conditions, allow for the annexation of territory
without the consent of the inhabitants, and further, that the League
take an even stronger position in respect to such legislation so that
California will not be lacking in the ability to meet the demands of
our times which clearly require the strong leadership role of the
cities.
Presented by Approved as f rm by
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homas D. H it n, Jr., May Geor'e D. Lindberg, City A ~ rney
ADO?'?"'ED AI~~J APPROVED by the L'i:l''%' '~`~'u'`~i,:L or the CIY OF Cr~UI.A VISTA,
CALII'OFSTI~I, this 6th day of October ~~ lg 70 ' by the follo~oing vote
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AYES: Councilmen.__Scott~_ Hobeli Hamilton1__I3yde,_Egrdahl _
IVAYES: Councilmen____None
ABSENT: Councilmen None
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STATE OF CALIFOR~~1IA )
COUNTY OF SAN D7FC0 ) ss.
CITY OF CH'JLA VISTA )
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Mayor of the C ty of Chula Vis
I, JENNIE M. FULASZ, City Clerk of the City of Chula Vista, California,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and roregoing is a full, true and correct copy of
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or repealed.
DATED:
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