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RESOLUTION NO. 83 -131
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF LYNWOOD, CALIFORNIA URGING RE-
INTRODUCTION OF H.R. 5469, OR A NEW BILL,
TO REMEDY INEQUITY IN THE SOCIAL SECURITY
SYSTEM WHEREBY PERSONS BORN• IN 1917, 1918,
1919, 1920 AND 1921 RECEIVE REDUCED BENEFITS.
WHEREAS, The current Social Security System pays persons
born in the years 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920 and 1921 approximately
$100 per month less than those born before or after the aforesaid
years; and
WHEREAS, The current Social Security System thus penalizes
those persons born in the years 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920 and 1921; and
WHEREAS, The City Council of the City of Lynwood urgently
desires that this inequity be remedied; and
WHEREAS, H.R. 5469, which would have remedied this situ-
ation, failed to make Committee and died at the end of the 1982
legislati -ve session:
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED that the City Council
of the City of Lynwood, California hereby supports reintroduction
of H.R. 5469 or introduction of a new Bill which would ensure that
persons born in 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920 and 1921 receive benefits
- " --- equal to those persons born before or after 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920
and 1921 and which would remove the penalty to which persons born
in 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920 and 1921 are currently subjected.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 4th day of October
1983•
LOUIS A. THOMP 0� AYOR
CITY OF LYNWOOD
ATTEST:
ANDREA L. HOOPER, CITY�CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
ss.
I, the undersigned, City Clerk of the City of
Lynwood, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution
was passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of
Lynwood at a regular meeting held on the
4th day of October 1983_
AYES: Councilmen Byork, Green, Morris, Rowe, Thompson
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
City Clerk, City of Lynwood