HomeMy Public PortalAboutResolution 60-040RESOLUTION N0. 60 -40
WHEREAS, the present system of senatorial apportionment for
the State Legislature in California works a serious disadvantage to
the Southern Counties of this State; and
WHEREAS, this system of allowing only one senator from each
county gives one -third of the State's population living in Northern
California three - fourths of the State Senate majority, while the re-
maining one- fourth of the Senate represents nearly two- thirds of the
people; and
WHEREAS, in addition to the unjust ratio of representation
in the STATE SENATE, Southern California has suffered from the growing
indifference of the Senate to the legislative needs of this important
region; and
WHEREAS, the mounting indifference toward Southern Californi,
conditions was glaringly apparent during the 1959 session of the Leg-
islature when propositions of vital importance to the people of the
region were either defeated by the Senate or passed in a form which
did not meet the needs of this area; and
WHEREAS, among those measures were bills concerned with se-
curing as• assured water supply for Southern California, equitable gas
'tax dollars distribution, permissive possessory interest taxes, and
:equal policy control, all of which were decided adversely to the inter•
est of the people of Southern California,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED.by the City Council of the
City of Temple City, that the Senate plan of representation is unfair,
unjust and discriminatory -to- the - people of Southern California; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City of Temple City give
full support to securing an initiative petition which would cause sub/
mission to the voters of California on the November 8, 1960, ballot
of a proposed constitutional amendment to readjust the State Senate, a
thus giving Southern California a fairer representation in the compo-
;sition of the State Senate.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 25th day of May(-1960
ATTEST:- AA
illiam Woollett, Jr: Mayor of the City of Temple City
City Clerk of the City of Temple City
1 hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly ad-
opted by the City Council of the City of Temple City at a regular meet
ing thereof held on the 25th day of May, 1960, by the following vote
of the Council:
AYES: Councilmen: Buchan, Dickason, Merritt, Tyrell & Fitzjoh
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSENT: Councilmen: None
Merrill J. F;i- tzjohn
'A�11 Woollett, Jr'
City Clerk
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