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RESOLUTION NO. 74-99 <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />SANTA ANA REQUESTING THE CREATION OF A UNITED <br />STATES DISTRICT COURTROOM FACILITY IN SANTA ANA, <br />CALIFORNIA. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS the Central District of California ranks twenty- <br />second in geographical size among the present ninety-three United <br />States District Courts; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS it is the only district among the first seventy- <br />seven in geographical size to have only a single courtroom loca- <br />tion; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS the Central District of California ranks sixth of <br />the ninety-three United States Court Districts in the number of <br />civil case filings; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS the population encompassed within the Central Dis- <br />trict of California is the largest among the ninety-three United <br />States Court Districts; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS it is <br />bear, at least in a <br />the number of civil <br /> <br />probable that criminal filings <br />general way, a relationship to <br />filings; and <br /> <br />are likely to <br />population and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS the difficulty of getting to the present Courthouse <br />in Los Angeles from the outlying Counties, such as Orange, River- <br />side and San Bernardino, due in part to heavy freeway congestion <br />and due in part to the complete lack of adequate parking facilities <br />near the present Courthouse makes an additional courtroom location <br />desirable; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the above factors indicate the requirement and <br />desirability,of an additional courtroom facility in an additional <br />District of California; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the location of such an additional facility at Santa <br />Ana in Orange County would be much more accessible, convenient and <br />desirable, not only for Orange County litigants, attorneys, wit- <br />nesses and jurors, but also to most of such persons residing in <br />Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. <br /> <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the <br />City of Santa Aha urges the creation of a United States District <br />Courtroom facility or Courtroom facilities in the soon-to-be con- <br />structed Federal Building in Santa Aha, California. <br /> <br /> PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Santa <br />Ana at its regular meeting held on the 1?th day of June , <br />1974. <br /> <br />ATTEST: <br /> <br />~.CLERK OF THE <br /> <br /> <br />