1962/10/15 City Council Resolution 28RZSOLUTIcN No. 28
OPPOSED TO PROPOSITION NO. 23, 1HE STATE SENATE
REAPPORTIONM`r'51�:1 I1,11TIATIVL C0I,?STI ^1 TJTIONA AT1�E?�TDNr :T
.4HER AS, The City Council of the City of Rohnert Park, State of
California, finds that the Senate Reapportionment Initiative Constitutional
Amendment will appear on the November 61 1962, ballot as Proposition No. 23, and
WHEREAS, Said City Council finds that Proposition No. 23 would totally
destroy California's existing method of equitable legislative apportionment,
which is based on our traditional Federal system with its protective mechanism
of checks and balances, ar_d would substitute therefor a system whereby repre-
sentation in both houses of the Legislature would be based on population, and
WHEREkS, Said City Council finds further that it is a widely-
recognized princirle in our great nation that representation in the legislative
branch of government is equitably apportioned not according to population alone,
but according to two factors, to wit: population and territory, and
j7rERJAS, It is a prover_ matter of record that our State Senate as
presently constituted has been keenly responsive to urban problems and the
needs of cities, and that many of California's ablest member-- of the State
Senate are from less heavily- populated cities and rural areas, and
v:IERE:�S, There is imminent danger that under Proposition No. 23
control of our State Government would be placed in the hands of political
organizations in a few heavily- populated counties, and
'?I�EREAS, There is no apparent justification for a change in the
method of apportionment of State Senate districts, particularly in view of the
X. teat under our e fisting s.rstem of -legislative ap::ortio= ent this State
has reached a. measure of greatness unmatched by any of our sister states:
now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the City Council of the City of Rohnert Park, :State
of California, does hereby officially go on record as being unconditionally
opposed to said Proposition_ Dio. 23, the State Senate _eapporticr_ment Initiative
Constitutional Amendment that will be submitted to the voters of the State on
November 6, 1962.
RESOLVED FUP.T ER, That said Council urges all voters in the City of
Rohnert Park to join with it in unconditior_al1Tr op osing and in voting "NC" on
said Proposition No. 230
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy
of passed and adopted by the City
Council of the City of Rohnnert Park, at a meeting thereof held on the
I` day of , ��J , 19, by the following vote:
AYES: L t?��.c; ,ri',�� t • ��- z-:c1- /� .
NOES:
ABSENT:
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Mayor of the City of Rohnert Park
ATTEST:
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Clerk