CC RESOLUTION 27890
RESOLUTION NO. 2789
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, REQUESTING
THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
TO TAKE ACTION TO AID VICTIMS AND WITNESSES
SERVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COURT DISTRICTS
WITHIN LOS ANGELES COUNTY.
WHEREAS, the criminal justice system's insensitivity
to the rights of victims and witnesses too often result in
continued victimization of those the system is sworn to serve; and
WHEREAS, better reporting of crime and greater willing-
ness of persons to testify is essential to the control of crime
and improvement of justice; and
WHEREAS, the attendance of witnesses is essential to
the ordinary process of the judicial system; and
WHEREAS, creating a better understanding of the rights
Of victims and witnesses is essential to the nature of our
criminal justice system; and
'WHEREAS, the adversary system is the cornerstone of
the American judicial process requiring the active participation
of the citizenry; and
WHEREAS, this system has provided a multitude of
services to the accused with few, if any, services provided the
innocent victim and witness, thereby creating an inequitable
standard of assistance to all parties; and
WHEREAS, Witness /Victim Coordinator Programs can be
operated at: minimal cost through the use of citizen volunteers; and
WHEREAS, the County of Los Angeles is duly responsible
for the maintenance and operation of municipal courts within its
boundaries;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council
of the City of E1 Segundo requests the Los Angeles County Board
Of Supervisors to take the necessary and appropriate action to
aid victims and witnesses served by the municipal court districts
• within Lots Angeles County, and develop programatic means of
responding to those needs as identified and appropriate in
each court through the establishment of Witness /Victim
Coordinator Programs, utilizing volunteer assistance to the
greatest extent feasible in order to minimize costs.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 5th day of
July 1977.
ATTEST:
L (� �t aoZ�ia �:cse�1/
City Clerk
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Mayor of the City of-El-Segundo,
California
• STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
I,, Valerie A. Burrowes City Clerk of the
City of El 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. 2789
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 5th day of July 1977
and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Sue, Nagel, Van Vranken
and ZdiZyor j5almer!
NOES: Councilmen None;
ABSENT; Councilmen Rockhold.
WITNESS MY HAND AND THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF SAID
CITY this h day of July , 1977
City Clerk
of the City of El Segundo, California
(SEAL)