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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY
SUPPORTING ASSEMBLY BILLS NO. 87 AND NO. 207 RELATIVE
TO INDECENT LITERATURE
WHEREAS, the City Council, by unanimous action on December 14,
1964, voted to support the present drive against indecent and porno-
graphic literature, said action resulting from the presentation of
petitions bearing over 4,000 signatures and supported by many service
clubs and organizations of the City of Downey; and
WHEREAS, the City Council instructed the Chief of Police to work
very closely with the Citizens Committees and members of the City
Council effecting every means possible to eliminate this type of
indecent and undesirable literature; and
WHEREAS, Assembly Bill #87 stipulates fines and imprisonments for
violating Section 311.2 of the Penal Code relative to the distribution
of morally corruptive matter to the minors; and
WHEREAS, Assembly Bill #207 would further clarify the classifica-
tions of obscenity under the Penal Code, Section 311.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY DOES RESOLVE
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. To strongly support the Assembly Bills #87 and #207
now under study in the current Legislative session.
SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this
i•••. resolution.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 26th day of January, 1965.
Mayor
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City Clerk
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was adopted at a
regular meeting of the City Council held on the 26th day of January, 1965,
by the following vote:
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