HomeMy WebLinkAbout2717_CCv0001.pdf RESOLUTION NO. 2717
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS
URGING LEGISLATORS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER CLOSING THE UNITED
STATES-MEXICAN BORDER TO AMERICAN MINORS UNLESS ACCOM-
PANIED BY A PARENT OR OTHER RESPONSIBLE ADULT
WHEREAS , The distribution and use of dangerous drugs, marijuana
and narcotics by American minors has become an extremely serious
problem in the State of California, and in the City of Redlands; and
WHEREAS , State and Federal law enforcement agencies directly in-
volved with this problem have advised the City Council of the City
of Redlands that quantities of said dangerous drugs, marijuana and
narcotics are brought into the State by American minors who enter
Mexico by crossing the California-Mexican border, obtain such prod-
ucts in Mexico, and return with them to the State of California; and
WHEREAS , the City of Redlands within the past few months has
experienced an outbreak in the distribution and use of dangerous drugs
and marijuana by minors, particularly students attending local Junior
and Senior High Schools, with ample evidence that such products were
brought to this City from Mexico by American minors ; and
WHEREAS , The General Assembly of the League of California Cities,
assembled at its 70th Annual Conference in Los Angeles on October 16,
1968, passed a resolution urging the United States Congress to con-
duct hearings in Southern California to consider the closing of the
California-Mexican border to minors, unless said minors were accom-
panied by a parent or other responsible adult;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City
of Redlands, in conjunction with the League of California Cities and
other California cities, that this Council urges members of the
United States Congress , State of California Legislators and Federal
and State governmental officials to seriously consider closing the
United States-Mexican border to American minors seeking entry to
Mexico, unless said minors are accompanied by a parent or other res-
ponsible adult;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk is hereby directed to
send copies of this resolution to Senator George Murphy; Senator Alan
Cranston; Congressman Jerry Pettis ; Senator Gordon Cologne; Governor
Ronald Reagan; and Attorney General Thomas C . Lynch.
ADOPTED this 19th day of November, 1968.
Mayor of the City of Redlands alifornia
ATTEST:
City C� f the City of Red nds, California
I, Peggy A. Moseley, City Clerk of the City of Redlands,
California, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was
regularly introduced and adopted by the City Council of the City of
Redlands at a regular meeting thereof held on Tuesday, the 19th day
of November, 1968, by the following vote:
AYES : Councilmen Martinez, DeMirjyn, Knudsen, Mayor Burroughs
NOES : None
ASSENT: Councilman Cummings
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City , ft of the, City o edlands, California
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