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RESOLUTION NO. 89 -2879
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMPLE
CITY SUPPORTING MORE FEDERAL RESOURCES FOR ANTI -DRUG
INVESTIGATION AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT IN LOS ANGELES
COUNTY
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles County has
requested the City Council's assistance in urging Los Angeles
County Congressmen and the Office of National Drug Control Policy
to allocate more federal resources for Los Angeles County's war
on drugs; and
WHEREAS, Los Angeles County has become a major drug importa-
tion and transshipment center for the United States with massive
amounts of cocaine and heroin flowing into the area; and
WHEREAS, the dramatic rise in drug trafficking and abuse
within the County has severely overburdened our justice and
health care systems as evidenced by the growing number of ar-
rests, drug seizures and emergency room episodes and deaths; and
WHEREAS, conservative estimates show that 40 percent of the
cocaine entering the United States is being shipped through Los
Angeles County; and
WHEREAS, Los Angeles County receives a disproportionately
low allocation of federal resources for drug enforcement.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMPLE CITY
DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
The City Council urges the federal government to:
SECTION 1. Reallocate resources, including personnel,
technology and funding, available to federal anti -drug enforce-
ment agencies to those areas of highest drug abuse and traf-
ficking activity, particularly to those federal agency offices
working in the Los Angeles County area.
SECTION 2. Expedite implementation of the Anti -Drug Abuse
Act of 1988, targeting resources made available under the Act to
those areas which have demonstrated the greatest need, including
Los Angeles County, to assist with local law enforcement, health
care, prevention and education efforts.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and
adoption of this resolution and cause the same to be delivered to
the Los Angeles County Congressional Delegation and Dr. William
Bennett, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy.
RESOLUTION NO. 89 -2879 PAGE 2
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 20th day of June , 1989.
ATTEST:
Chief Deputy
MAYOR
I, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution, Resolution
No. 89 -2879 was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of
Temple City at a regular meeting held on the 20th day of June,
1989 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmember- Atkins ,Breazeal,Gillanders,Froehle
NOES: Councilmember -None
ABSENT: Councilmember -Swain
Chief Deputy
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