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RESOLUTION NO. 2365 WHEREAS, the present a~m~nistration of the Board of Trustees of the City of Santa ~a has consistently and without ~ffecting the efficiency of the administration of local municipal affairs, cut all expenditures for municipal purposes to the bone, and has reduced the salaries of municipal employees very materially, and eliminated municipal employees where possible, consistent with good business Judgment; and WHEREAS, all of the above actions on the part of the members of the Board of Trustees of the City of Santa Aha has been with the one thought in mind, to lessen the burden upon the tax-payer; and WHEREAS, it is the opinion of the members of the Board of Trustees of the City of Santa Ana that the present administration has lessened the burden upon the tax-payers; and WHEREAS, the citizens of our connnunity, in order to maintain existence and carry on business, are compelled to patronize three public utilities operating in our City; and WHEREAS, the service furnished by these utilities consist of gas~ electricity and telephones; and WHEREAS, the said public utilities are subject to orders from the State Railroad Commission concerning the operation and control of said public utilities; and WHEREAS, it is the sense of the Board of Trustees of the City of Santa Ana that reductions in rates to the consumers using said public utilities have not been made in keeping with the business conditions existing at this time; and WWEREAS, in an effort to further lessen the burden of taxes levied upon the tax-payers: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Trustees of the City of Santa Ana petition the Railroad Commission of the Stateof California to call a hearing for th purpose of reducing the rates existing in this City on the following public utilities, to-wit: Southern California Edison Company, Southern Counties Gas Company, and the Southern California Telephone Company. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the proper officers of the Board of Trustees be authorized to take the necessary steps as required by law to have a hearing before the Railroad Commis~on upon the matters contained herein. I HEREBE CERTIFY the foregoing to be a full, true and correct copy of Resoluti No. 2368, introduced and adopted at a regular adjourned meeting of the City Council of the City of Santa Aha, held on the 31st day of July, 1933, by the following vote: AYES, TRUSTEES: A.F.LeGaye, E.G.Warner, Paul B. Witmer, A.C.HasenJaeger, NOES, ABSENT, W.H.Penn TRUSTEES: None TRUSTEES: None ATTEST: E. L. Ve~el~ City Clerk of the City of Santa Ana. (SEAL). 299 n