HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 1965-3701 RESOLUTION NO. 3701
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA
URGING SUPPORT OF ASSEMBLY BILL NO. 87
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista does hereby
resolve as follows :
WHEREAS , the City Council of the City of Chula Vista has
heretofore on several occasions expressed its support of the growing
community concern over the real and devastating effects of the free
availability of obscene and pornographic literature, and has urged
a concerted effort to curb the dissemination of such literature, and
WHEREAS , the Supreme Court of the United States has
recognized the legitimate and vital interests of the states and
localities to prevent such dissemination of material being harmful
to children and has urged said governmental agencies to direct their
laws to the prevention of the distribution of objectional material
to children rather than attempting to quarantine the general reading
public against such materials , and
WHEREAS , the City Attorney of the City of San Diego,
speaking on behalf of the League of California Cities and the City
Attorneys ° Department of the League, has recently cautioned the
Assembly Committee on Criminal Procedure to carefully consider
legislation which, by virtue of its blanket restrictions on reading
materials deemed objectionable , would be subject to rejection by
the Courts as an infringement of free speech and as a result thereof
said Committee failed to recommend such legislation to the Assembly,
and
WHEREAS , Assemblyman Richard Donovan has introduced
Assembly Bill No. 87 , which defines as its objective the denial to
children of access to materials which would tend to corrupt minors .
NOW, THEREFORE , BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the
City of Chula Vista, on behalf of itself and in concurrence with
the opinion of the City Attorney of the City of Chula Vista, that
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in the interests of protecting the minors of this community and
forwarding the total objective of curbing the distribution of obscene
and erotic materials , does hereby join with the representatives and
the City Attorneys of the League of California Cities in their
carefully considered opinion of the methods of control of obscene
and pornographic literature, and urges the passage of Assembly Bill
No. 87 to prohibit the distribution of said harmful materials to
children.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk be, and he is
hereby directed to forward a certified copy of this resolution to
the City Attorney of the City of San Diego, and to Assemblyman
Richard Donovan.
Presented by
Approved as to form by
George D. Lindberg, City Attorney
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ADOPTED AND APPROVED by the CITY COUNCIL of the
CITY OF CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA, this??tlay of April
19_65_, by the following vote, to-wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEN McAllister, Anderson, McCorquodale, Sperling, McMains
NAYES: COUNCILMEN __ None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN None
Mayor of the City of Chula Vista
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City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA l
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ` ss.
CITY OF CHULA VISTA I
I, KENNETH P. CAMPBELL, City Clerk of the City of Chula
Vista, California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing
is a full, true and correct copy of ___ —_____ ______ ,
and that the same has not been amended or repealed.
DATED: — --
City Clerk
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