HomeMy WebLinkAbout57-316RESOLUTION NO. ~7~316 OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF SANTA ANA,
CALIFORNIA, URGING THAT ORANGE COUNTY BE OFFICIALLY
DESIGNATED AS ONE OF ~HE "STANDARD METROPOLITAN AREAS"
WHEREAS, Orange County, California has heretofore and is now
included as a part of the "Los Angeles-Long Beach Metropolitan Ar®&";
and
WHEREAS, the Department of Employment of the State of California
has now included Ora~ ge County as a part of the title in certain em-
as follows: "Los Angeles-Long Beach-0ral ge County
ployment reports,
Labor Market Area
WHEREAS, si
shment of "Standard Metropolitan
Areas" in 19~0, the list has been expanded for areas qualifying for
recognition; and
WHEREAS, the County now has a population of more than 600,000
and 500,000 of these people live in the central part of Orange County
on the floor of the Santa Aha River Basin, a rapidly growing metro-
politan and industrial area, and an area in which the population
growth is greater than any similar area in the United States; and
WHEP~AS, this rapid growth in population and the rapid growth
of the industrial plant~, principally by new location, entitles Orange
County to be classed as a separate metropolitan area in Federal
Goverr~nent Reports for the benefit of not only said County, but for
the benefit of business and industry generally;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That the City Council of the
City of Santa Aha, California, petition and request the Bureau of
the Budget, ~ne Committee on Standard Metropolita~ Areas, and the
Office of the President of the United States to immediately recognize
Orange County as one of the "Standard Metropolitan Areas" of the
nat i on.
BE IT FURTHER RESOT~VED: That copies of this Resolution be sent
to said three offices, to the Honorable Thomas H. Kuchel and William
F. Knowland, United States Senators from this State, the Honorable
James B. Utt, Representative in Congress from this District, and we
petition and request all addressees to again consider the classi-
fication of Orange County, and to give said area recognition as one
of the standard metropolitan areas of the nation, which we earnestly
believe the fastest growing county in the United States rightly
deserves.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Santa &ua
at its regular meeting held on the 16th d~y of December, 1957.
ATTEST:
CLERK OF THE COUNCIL
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF SANTA ANA )
I, ERNA HUNTER, do hereby certify that I am the Clerk of the
Council of the City of S~ata Ana; that the foregoing Resolution was
regularly introduced to said Council at its regular meeting held on
the 16th d~y of December, 1957, and was at said meeting regularly
passed and adopted by the following vote, to-wit:
AYES, COUNCII2~EN: Royal E. Hubbard, Stanley C. Gould, Jr.,
A. A. H~_l, J. Ogden Markel, Dale H. Heinly
NOES, COUNCIL~EN: None
ABSEI~T, COUNCI LNEN: None
CLERK OF THE COUNCIL
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