HomeMy WebLinkAbout80-167RESOLUIION NO. 80-167
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA URGING
UNANIMOUS SUPPORT OF PROPOSITION 8
AT THE NOVEMBER 4, 1980 ELECTION
WHEREAS, the State Water Project furnishes water to
more than 13 million people in the San Francisco Bay area and
Southern California, and to hundreds of thousands of acres of
agricultural land in the San Joaquin Valley; and
WHEREAS, the State Water Project will be the largest
single source of water supply for Southern California after
the Central Arizona Project is completed and that state takes
delivery of the Colorado River water which Southern California
is presently using but to which Arizona is entitled; and
WHEREAS, without the proposed Peripheral Canal and
additional water development, conservation, reclamation, and
groundwater management programs specified in recently enacted
Senate Bill 200, the State Water Project will not be able to
furnish sufficient water to meet the needs of either Southern
California or the other regions of the State served by the
project; and
WHEREAS, without the Peripheral Canal, the Delta
area's fishery resources, its recreational potential, and its
ability to maintain a quality of water necessary to meet its
own agricultural, domestic, and industrial needs will degrade;
and
WHEREAS, long-standing controversy over protection
of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta has delayed construction
of the Peripheral Canal; and
WHEREAS, the Legislature approved ACA 90 which has
been designated Proposition 8 on the November 1980 State
ballot; and
WHEREAS, the primary purpose of Proposition 8 is to
strengthen Delta protection by adding to the State Constitution
the Delta protection Act and the Delta protection provisions
in SB 200; and
WHEREAS, the provision in Proposition 8 that reempha-
sizes California's intention to maintain State control of its
wild and scenic North-Coast rivers by increasing the present
restriction on export of water from these rivers from a majority
to a two-thirds vote of the California Legislature would
continue to allow the State the option of developing these
waters for export if and when such development is proven
essential to the well-being of Californians.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council
of the City of Santa Ana: That unanimous support of Proposition 8
at the November 4, 1980, election is urged.
RESOLUTION NO. 80-167
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ADOPTED this 6th
1980, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
COUNCILMEN:
COUNCILMEN:
COUNCILMEN:
ATTEST:
day of October
Bricken, Luxembourger, Markel,
Serrato, Ward, Yamamoto
None
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