Resolution Number 62-8-13-3185
RESOLUTION NO. 62_8-13-3
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO OPPOSING THE BONELLI PLAN
FOR REAPPORTIONMENT OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE
SENATE
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of San Juan Capistrano, State of
California, finds that the Senate Reapportionment Intiiative Constitutional
Amendment will appear on the November 6, 1962, ballot as Proposition No. 23; and
WHEREAS, said City Council finds that Proposition No. 23 would totally des-
troy California's existing method of equitable legislative apportionment, which
is based on our traditional Federal system with its protective mechanism of
checks and balances, and would substitute therefor a system whereby representation
in both houses of the Legislature would be based on population; and
WHEREAS, said City Council finds further that it is a widely recognized
principle in our great nation that representation in the legislative branch of
government is equitably apportioned not according to population along, but accord-
ing to two factors, to wit: population and territory; and
WHEREAS, it is a proven 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 members of the State Senate are from less
heavily -populated cities and rural areas; and
WHEREAS, 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
WHEREAS, there is no apparent justification for a change in the method of
apportionment of State Senate districts, particularly in view of the fact that
under our existing system of legislative apportionment 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 San Juan
Capistrano, State of California, does hereby officially go on record as being
unconditionally opposed to said Proposition No. 23, the State Senate Reapportion-
ment Initiative Constitutional Amendment that will be submitted to the voters of
the State on November 6, 1962.
The resolution was accepted and adopted unanimously by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN: BUCHHEIM, BATHGATE, CLIFF, DURNFORD and OLIVARES
NOES: COUNCILMEN: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: NONE /J A Q
ZA
Mayor of the City of
ATTEST: San Juan Capistrano
City Clerk of the City of
San Juan Capistrano
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO )
I, ERNEST A. THOMPSON, City Clerk -Administrator of the City of San Juan
Capistrano, California, do hereby certify that the attached and foregoing reso-
lution was duly and regularly adopted by the said City Council at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 13th day of August, 1962, and passed by a majority vote
of said Council.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 13th day
of August, 1962.
City Clerk of the City of
San Juan Capistrano