HomeMy WebLinkAbout89-038RESOLUTION NO. 89-058
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA ANA UR6IN6 THE ESTABLISHMENT
OF A COUNTY-WIDE DRUG ABATEMENT PROGRAM TO
INCLUDE ENFORCEMENT, TREATMENT AND
PREVENTION STRATEGIES.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Santa Ana
agrees with the Orange County Congregation-Community
Organizations that our county has a drug epidemic which is
threatening the lives of our families and the health of our
communities.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Santa Aha
declares that there is a critical unmet need for a new
commitment to a comprehensive, coordinated policy that will
unify our communities in responding to the drug epidemic.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS FOLLOWS:
A. To recommend that the state legislature, the District
Attorney, Municipal and Superior Court judges, local and County
officials:
1. Establish a drug court within the Superior
Court, as other counties have done;
2. Impose maximum allowable sentences as the norm
for repeat drug offenders;
3. Completely review the procedures governing
"negotiated dispositions," which allow for reduced sentencing,
with the goal of increasing felony sentencing for drug dealers;
4. Develop short-and long-range strategies that
ensures all available municipal and County jail space is used
to get drug dealers off the streets, and to addressing as
quickly as possible the critical shortage of jail space;
5. Utilize all available legal tools, including
aggressive enforcement of "drug abatement" ordinances, to
ensure that anyone profiting from the drug trade--directly or
indirectly--goes punished.
B. To further recommend that City, County and State
officials:
through
risk to
1. To make treatment available for all who want it
a coordinated, county-wide program, thus reducing the
our families; and,
2. To establish detoxification programs for
juveniles, to increase substantially the number of treatment
beds for both juveniles and adults, to assign drug counselors
to existing facilities, and to address the alarming lack of
treatment services in the County.
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C. To further recommend that City, County, and State
and School District officials:
1. Make every effort to move as quickly as
possible toward implementing public school prevention programs
in the lower grades (K-5) throughout the County;
2. Work jointly toward development and
implementation of a strategy that addresses the comprehensive
needs of our communities; and,
5. Immediately develop a coordinated program for
collecting, analyzing, and disseminating statistical data on
drug-related illness, mortality, criminal activity, and
treatment.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA ANA AS FOLLOWS:
That this Council hereby states its willingness to
participate with other elected and appointed officials and the
people of our community in a new county-wide effort to develop
and implement enforcement, treatment and prevention strategies
that will halt and reverse the epidemic.
ADOPTED this 17th day of April , 1989.
ATTEST:
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Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Cler the CounCil/
COUNCILMEMBERS:
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