CC RESOLUTION 2463RESOLUTION NO. 2463
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA,
REQUESTING THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL
LEAGUE TO RECONSIDER ITS DECISION RE-
GARDING THE BLACKOUT OF THE SUPER
BOWL FOOTBALL GAME, AND EXPRESSING
ITS SUPPORT OF SUPERVISOR KENNETH
HAHN IN HIS OPPOSITION TO THIS BLACKOUT.
WHEREAS, the National Football League has determined
that the Super Bowl football game shall not be broadcast in certain
counties of Southern California; and
WHEREAS, the said Super Bowl game will be broadcast on
public television in all other counties in California; and
facility; and
WHEREAS, the Los Angeles Coliseum is a publicly owned
WHEREAS, Los Angeles County Supervisor Kenneth Hahn,
as a member of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission, has
vigorously opposed this blackout on behalf of the public in Southern Cali-
fornia; and
WHEREAS, few, if any, tickets will be available to Southern
California residents because of the many season ticket holders that will be
given first preference; and
WHEREAS, this City Council views the blackout as an un-
necessary and discriminatory action against the citizens of Southern Cali-
fornia;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council
of the City of E1 Segundo, California, requests the National Football League
to reconsider its action in prohibiting television broadcasting of the Super
Bowl game; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City
of E1 Segundo, California, commends and supports Supervisor Kenneth Hahn
in his opposition to this blackout of the Super Bowl game and encourages his
continuing opposition to the blackout; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council of the
City of E1 Segundo, California, endorses Senate Bill 4010 which provides
for live home television reception of major professional sporting events
when the events are sold out forty -eight hours prior to their scheduled
beginning; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Clerk is hereby
instructed to forward copies of this resolution to United States Senators
Alan Cranston and John V. Tunney, Los Angeles County Supervisor Kenneth
Hahn, the National Football League, the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Commission and the League of California Cities.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 24th day of October,
1972.
ATTEST:
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(SEAL)
Mayor of the CIty of El Segundo, Ca i ornia.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA, )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, ) SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO. )
I, JANE D. HOUGH, , 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. 2463
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 24th day of October 197 2
and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen McGill, Morgan, Nagel, Stephens,
and Mayor Balmer;
NOES: Councilmen None
ABSENT: Councilmen None.
WITNESS my hand and the official seal of said City
this 1 st day of November 1972
i
ity Clerk ofthe City of egun o
L California
(SEAL)