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RESOLUTION NO. 2210
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, JOINING
THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS
ASSOCIATION IN OPPOSING ANY ACTION TO DOWN-
GRADE PENALTIES FOR THE USE OF MARIJUANA,
LSD AND OTHER DANGEROUS DRUGS,
WHEREAS, the use of marijuana, LSD, dangerous drugs, and
dependence- inducing substances presents an extreme danger to the user
and constitutes a major problem to society and law enforcement; and
WHEREAS, the use of marijuana, LSD, dangerous drugs, and
dependence- inducing substances has its greatest impact on young people; and
WHEREAS, more than 90% of all heroin addicts had their first
exposure to narcotic use through the use of marijuana, which has increased
by 234% since 1960; and
WHEREAS, addiction to heroin is murder on the installment plan
and the use of marijuana represents the first down payment; and
WHEREAS, the Expert Committee of the United Nations World
Health Organization has determined and stated that marijuana is likely to
produce drug dependence in dependence -prone persons, and recognized the
danger of its use by advocating its total abolition; and
WHEREAS, it has been proposed by some that existing penalties
for possession and use of marijuana be downgraded from felony to misde-
meanor, and by a few, that its use be legalized; and
WHEREAS, any weakening or abolition of legal control of mari-
juana will be most detrimental to society collectively and users individually;
and
WHEREAS, failure to strengthen the laws pertaining to manufacture,
possession, sale, transfer or use of LSD and dangerous drugs would further
handicap law enforcement at the local, state, and federal levels;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THAT THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, does hereby oppose any effort
to downgrade penalties for the possession or use of marijuana, and that this
City Council will support and assist in all efforts to strengthen the laws per-
taining to illegal use of LSD and other dangerous drugs by placing them in the
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felony category, and to support and assist law enforcement by providing all
necessary legal means to cope with and solve the many problems connected
with marijuana, LSD, dangerous drugs, and like dependence- inducing sub-
stances; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this City Council urges the
California Legislature and the Governor of California to support and carry
out the substance of this resolution.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Clerk shall forward
certified copies of this resolution to the following:
1. Governor Ronald Reagan
2. State Senator Robert S. Stevens
3. Assemblyman Robert G. Beverly
4. Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles County
5. All cities in the County of Los Angeles
6. League of California Cities
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 12th day of February, 1968.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
(SEAL)
Ma r of the City of egun o, California.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA, )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, ) SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
I, EUNICE U. CREASON, City Clerk of the
City of E1 Segundo, California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the
whole number of members of the City Council of the said City
is five; that the foregoing Resolution, being Resolution No. 2210
was duly passed and adopted by the said City Council, approved
and signed by the Mayor of said City, and attested by the City
Clerk of said City, all at a regular meeting of the said Council
held on the 12th day of February 8 1968 ,
and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
this 14th
(SEAL)
AYES: Councilmen Carr, Frederick, McElhaney,
Nagel and Mayor McGill,
NOES: Councilmen None;
ABSENT: Councilmen None.
WITNESS my hand and the official seal of said City
day of February 1968
City ClerF—of the City of egun o
California