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RESOLUTION NO. 2932
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY ENDORSING
OPEN MEETINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE
(Proposition 6)
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WHEREAS, Proposition 6 has been proposed to amend the
i California Constitution providing that all proceedings of each House of
the Legislature and Committees thereof shall be public except as provided
by statute or concurrent resolution; and
WHEREAS, the "Grunsky- Burton Open Meeting Act ", a
related statute, provides that all meetings of the Houses of the Legislature
as well as the Committees and Subcommittees on the budget shall be public
except for executive sessions regarding the appointment of Committees,
the appointment or dismissal of employees, the assignment of bills and
internal House security; and
WHEREAS, the Legislature, in its wisdom, has by enacting
the Brown Act, enunciated as public policy the principle that legislative
business shall be conducted in a public manner; and
WHEREAS, it_ is the belief of this City Council that such a
commendable principle should also apply to those who enacted it.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF DOWNEY DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That this City Council hereby endorses and
-- supports open meetings of the Legislature (Proposition 6) and calls on
all Californians to cast a YES vote for Proposition 6 on June 4th.
SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of
this resolution and appropriate distribution thereof.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 8th day • April , 1974.
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Ric and M. Je i •s, May
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City Clerk `�°
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was adopted at a regular
meeting of the City Council of the City of Downey held on the 8th day of
April , 1974, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: 4 Councilmen: Temple, DiLoreto, Morton, Jennings
NOES: 0 Councilmen: None
ABSENT: 1 Councilmen: Winton
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City Clerk