HomeMy WebLinkAbout860_CCv0001.pdf RESOLUTION NO
�EEREAS, appeals from parents, teachers, various other citizens and
associations of this community have been made to the Council of the City of
Redlands, for legislation to prohibit or control the distribution and sale of
lurid, pornographic, and obscene literature, and
Dae to the increase in various forms of literature to be obtained on the
market which portrays horror, sex, sensationalism, depravity, crime and licen-
tiousness, this Council has been requested to take steps to control or prohibit
the sale and distribution of such literature, and
This Council is informed that a bill to control or prohibit the sale and
distribution of such obscene and lurid literature is being presented to the
Legislature for adoption, and
This Council is firmly convinced that state-wide control of this problem
which has enveloped a major part of our United States, is necessary in order to
combat the evil influence which is available to our children on many bookstands
in most every city.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Redlands, as
follows:
1. The Legislature of the State of California is hereby urged and requested
to pass proper legislation to prohibit or control the sale of all literature
within the State portraying and sensationalizing horror, sex, depravity, crime,
obscenity and licentiousness, particularly where it comes into the hands of
children.
2. The City Clerk is hereby directed to forward copies of this resolution
to our representives in the Legislature and to the Legislative Counsel.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was passed and adopted
by the Council of the City of Redlands at a regular meeting thereof, held
on the !Q-t-ji day of February , 1957, by the following vote:
ATES: Councilmen Parker., Hooper, Romo, Wilson and Mayor Lam
MOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATIEST:
Gity—Clerk TIkvor of I 1h Ci of Me-.-dl an s, 7a-Tj—fo rn i a
City of Redlands