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RESOLUTION NO. 63-67 OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF <br />THE CITY OF SANTA ANA EXPRESSING ITS SUPPORT <br />FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE PRINCIPLE OF <br />HOME RULE IN LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL LEGISLATIVE <br />BODIES <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, at every regular session of the Legislature of this <br />State thousands of bills are introduced, and it now appears that the <br />greatest service any legislator can render to his constituents and the <br />citizens of this State is to consistently oppose bad legislation which <br />may be unnecessary, harmful and injurious to the American concept of <br />the preservation of local governmental authority and the maintenance <br />of non partisan local government. <br /> <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That the City Council of <br />the City of Santa Ana hereby petitions the Governor and the legislators <br />of this State to veto, work against and vote against any and every bill <br />which would lku~ther restrict the already very limited area of county <br />and municipal home rule, to oppose bills seeking to regulate working <br />conditions, hours and wages of local governmental employees, and <br />other special interest measures that would restrict the limited area <br />of local government. <br /> <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That this City Council expresses <br />its basic position on the following general principles: <br /> <br />1. Opposition to any legislation to extend tax exemptions <br /> or to reduce the ad valorem property tax base; <br /> <br />Support of the present non-partisan, non-political <br />local elections for which the State of California has <br />been so favorably known and which have tended to avoid <br />the corrupt ward heeler control; <br /> <br />Support for continuation of local home rule and the <br />preservation of the right of local agencies to <br />determine all matters of local concern upon the basis <br />of the conditions existing in the cammunity. <br /> <br /> PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Santa <br />Ana at its regular meeting held on the 6th day of May, 1963. <br /> <br />ATTEST: <br /> <br />CLERK OF THE COUNCIL <br /> <br />STATE OF CALIFORNIA) <br />COUNTY OF ORANGE ) <br />CITY OF SANTA ANA ) <br /> <br />SS <br /> <br /> I, DORIS M. BROWN, do hereby certify that I am the Clerk of <br />the Council of the City of Santa Ana; that the foregoing Resolution was <br />regularly introduced to said Council at its regular meeting held on the <br />6th day of May, 1963, and was at said meeting regularly passed and <br />adopted by the following vote, to-wit: <br /> <br />AYES, COUNCILMEN: <br />NOES, COUNC II~EN: <br /> <br />Hubbard, Harvey~ Gilmore, Schlueter~ <br />Hall <br />N one <br /> <br />ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: None <br /> <br />CLW~K OF THE COUNCIL <br /> <br /> <br />