CC RESOLUTION 2862RESOLUTION NO. 2862
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF EL SEGUNDO OPPOSING THE USURPATION OF
LOCAL CONTROL BY THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS.
WHEREAS, the best form of government is that form of
government which is closest to the people; and
WHEREAS, the Constitution of the State of California
vests in each local city the power to plan for the welfare of
its own citizens; and
WHEREAS, the Southern California Association of
Governments (hereinafter SLAG) has continually over- stepped its
role as a regional advisory planning agency; and
WHEREAS, SCAG has shown contempt towards locally elected
officials by constantly usurping the powers of local cities with
respect to planning and housing distribution; and
WHEREAS, SCAG's 208 Milestone Report on Water Quality
Management is yet another indication of SCAG's desire to impose
standards and programs upon cities without adequate consideration
of each city's ability to perform these tasks; and
WHEREAS, the 208 Milestone Report, along with SCAG's
recent Housing Allocation Plan are symptomatic of the fundamental
problem cities encounter with SLAG, namely, the usurpation of
local control by a vague regional bureaucracy;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL
SEGUNDO DOES FIND, DETERMINE, AND DECLARE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council of the City of El Segundo
is adamantly opposed to SCAG's usurpation of local control.
Section 2. The City Council of the City of E1 Segundo
urges all local governments to .resist the ever - encroaching
bureaucracy of SLAG.
Section 3. The City Council of the City of El Segundo
asks all other cities to ban together to effect a change in the
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• policies and direction of SLAG.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk is directed to transmit
copies of this resolution to SCAG and to the City of Signal Hill.
1978.
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ATTEST:
(SEAL)
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 5th day of July,
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City Clerk
Mayor of the City of El Segundo
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
I, VALERIE A. BURROWES City Clerk of the
City of Ell Segundo, California, LO 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. 2862
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 1978
and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Benson, Bue, Nagel Van Vranken
and Mayor Balmer
NOES: Councilmen None
ABSENT: Councilmen None
WITNESS MY HAND AND THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF SAID
CITY this 10th day of July , 197 8
City Clerk
of the City of El Segundoo California
(SEAL)
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