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Ordinance Establish R/W Lines Raitt Street btn 5th St. ~ Delhi Road Ordinance Traffic Regulations Ordinance Prbhibiting Distribution Obscene Literature Reso. No. 59-255 Cammunication Mrs. G. M. Wright State Dept. Public Works et al a~ Verano Streets; size of property involved is 181.98 feet by 160.67 feet, was considered and passed by the following vote: Ayes, Councilmen Royal E. Hubbard, Stanley C. Gould, Jr., Dale H. Heinly, Bob Brewer, A. A. Hall Noe s, Councilmen N~ue Absent Councilmen None Communication was presented from Attorney Milford W. Dahl, requesting deferment of acticn, for certain reasons, on the Ordinance establishing future right-of-ws~ lines along both sides of Raitt Street, between Fifth Street and Delhi Road. On motion ~ Councilms~ Gould, seconded by Hubbard and carried, action on the Ordinance was postponed until October 5, 1959. On motion of Councilman Gould, seconded by Hubbard and carried, action on the Ordinance ~ending Chapter 2 of Article III of the SantaAna Municipal Code relating to traffic regulations, was continued until such time as he receives a copy of the Ordinance and ma~es his report, and the matter will then be placed on the calendar. ,, Councilman Brewer asked the members of the Council if there was any possibility of preparing an Ordinance prohibiting the distribution of obscene literature. Coun- cilman Gould stated he had attempted to write an Ordinance and felt there was con- siderable question whether the 8rdinance would affect Section 311 of the Penal Code which covers it. Councilman Gould asked that the Council pass a Resolution finding that, in conjunction with the work of the Com~ittee on Decent Literature, they find certain publications being distributed which do not have a Second Class mailing permit, and in which the display of nude bodies of male and female are questionable as to whether they are obscene; that the Council finds, in certain instances, one of these magazines is published by Sprite Publishing Company, 1722 E. Washington Blvd., Los Angeles 24, California, Volume 1, No. 1; that Cloud 9 is published by the Valley Publicaticns, Inc., 12969½ Ventura Blvd., Sheman Oaks, California, being Volmne 2, and further finds the publication named Rascal, Volume 1, Item No. 1, published by Art Enterprises, 8511 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles; that each of these magazines have therein, and in other publications distributed or printed by said companies, are of questionable nature. That the Council take immediate steps to notify the Attorney General~s office of the State of California, that these three books are in violation of said Penal Code, and quoting in the letter '~,aterials furnished to us appear to be questionaDle and request them to investigate." The Council having unanimously waived the reading of the Resolution, on motion of Councilman Gould, seconded by Brewer and carried, the,f, ollow,isg~R~.solu- "Resolution No. 59-255 requesting the Attorney General of the S~ate of California to investigate certain publications to determine whether or not the sam~ ms~ be in violation of Section 311 of the Penal Code of the State of California" was considered and passed by the following vote: Ayes, Councilmen Royal E. Hubbard, Stanley C. Gould, Jr., Dale H. Heinly, Bob Brewer, A. A. Hall Noes, Councilmen None Absent, Councilmen None On motion of Councilman Hubbard, seconded by Gould and carried, the following communications were received and filed: From Mrs. G. M. Wright, 61~ N. Parton Street, making a plea for the protection /~ of three trees in her neighborhood, and protesting the noisy and mischievous gangs, who gather in the construction area of the new Civic Center. From the State Department of Public Works, submitting Resolution of August 27, 1959, relating to policy and procedure in the relinquishment of superseded State highweys to local authorities.