HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 1965-3808RESOLUTION NO. 3808
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA
URGING THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE SOUTH BAY JUDICIAL DISTRICT
WITH THE SAN DIEGO JUDICIAL DISTRICT
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista does hereby
resolve as follows:
V1HEP.EAS, the expanding population ir.'.°the South Bay
Judicial District and the increasing work load imposed upon the
Municipal Court in the South Bay Judicial District necessitates
additional court rooms to handle the work load, and
WHEREAS, the State Legislature, recognizing this fact,
has adopted Assembly Bil 904, and the Governor has signed said
Assambiy.Bil1, which wnuld authorize the Board of Supervisors
of San Diego County to consolidate certain judicial districts
within the County, including a'consolidation of the South Bay
Judicial District and the San Diego Judicial District, and
64IIEREAS-, the Judicial Council of the State of_ California
has established as a standard for determining required municipal
court judges that there should be ore judge for each 40,000
population present in a judicial district and the present South
Bay Judicial District exceeds 90,000 population, and ,
6VHEREAS, the number of cases filed in the. South Bay
Judicial District have increased by over 2000 cases or more than
29o, and. contested cases have risen by 200 cases, or 90o during
the past year, and
WHEREAS, such a work load far exceeds that of any
municipal court in San Diego County, requiring that cririinal
jury trials ba_ set seven months after arraignment and non-jury
trials three months after arraignment and that small claims matters
are handled far into the evening hours, and
WHEREAS, such a burden is intolerable in the proper and.
competent administration of justice in the interests of both the
people and. individuals, and
~nTHEREAS, attorneys representing clients in the South Bay.
area find such_prolonged delays detrimental to the interests of
their clients and have proceeded to file civil claims in the
San Diego courts rather than in the South Bay Court, and
WHEREAS, the only feasible solution to the alleviation
of this burden is to consolidate the South Bay Judicial District
with the San Diego Judicial District, thus allowing a more ecr_uitable
d.istributior_ of municipal courts to serve the South Bay area.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Cquncii of the
City of Chula Vista, on behalf of themselves and the citizens of
Chula Vista, that they do hereby urge the Board of Supervisors
of the County of San Diego, pursuant to the authority of Assembly
Bill 904, to take all necessary steps at the earliest possible
time to consolidate 'the South Eay Judicial District with the
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San Diego Municipal District, in order to alleviate the overburdened
condition of fhe South Bay Municipal Court and. provide improved
judicial service to the citizens of the City of Chula Vista and the
surrounding communities.
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BE IT FURTHER~RESOLVED, that the City Clerk of the City
of Chula Vista be, and he is hereby directed to forward a certified
copy of this. resolution to the Board of Supervisors of the County
' 'of San Diego. - .
THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA `
- - Eleanor Anderson, Mayor
.Approved as to form by ,
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George D. .ndberg, City Attorney .
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ADOPTED AND APPROVED by the CITY COUNCIL of the CITY OF CHULA
VISTA,. CALIFORNIA, this 3rd day of August , 1965 , by
the. following vote, to, wit:
' AYES: Councilmen Sparling, McMains, McAllister; Anderson, McCorquodale
NAYS:Councilmen None
'ABSENT: Councilmen None
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=STATE OF~CALIFORNIA .) ,
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COUNTY~OF~SA~DIECO ) ss.
'.,CITY OF,' CHUZ,A~VISTA )
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G°~ a ~ Iy ~° ~ ~ City Clerk of the City
of'Chula,Vista, California, DO HERESY CERTIFY that.the above and
foregoing .is a full, true and .correct copy of Resolution No.
and that the same has riot been amended or repealed.'
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