HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 3726 RESOLUTION NO. 3726
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF DOWNEY ENCOURAGING THE CONTINUED
DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL PLANNING DISTRICTS.
WHEREAS, The LEAA program has been in existence for over ten years, and
WHEREAS, California has developed the regional delivery system, and
WHEREAS, most cities and most counties have participated and have benefited
from the regional system, and
WHEREAS, the new LEAA legislation provides for "Entitlement Jurisdictions" so
that funding can be accomplished with less red tape, and
WHEREAS, the new legislation effectively reduces the authority of the state
to intervene in local criminal justice activities, and
WHEREAS, entitlement jurisdictions consist of:
1. The State;
2. Cities over 100,000 population
3. Counties over 250,000 population; and
4. Any combination of such units with at least
250,000 population; and
WHEREAS, there are approximately thirty -seven entitlement jurisdictions as
set forth under 2 and 3 above, and
WHEREAS, over four hundred other jurisdictions are dependent upon the state
for LEAA funding unless they join together, and
WHEREAS, fragmentation of the criminal justice system must be avoided, and
_ - _ WHEREAS, the joining of individual cities and counties together in entitlement
jurisdictions will enhance local control and maximize the use of LEAA funds, and
WHEREAS, the joining together of cities and counties into entitlement
jurisdictions will make the combinations equal to the state but not autonomous.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Downey
does endorse the concept of cities and counties joining together and creating
an entitlement jurisdiction,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE City Council of the City of Downey supports the findings
and recommendations of the report by the chairmen of California's regional
criminal justice planning boards entitled "Equal But Not Autonomous" and
urges those recommendations to be an integral part of the implementation of
the Law Enforcement Assistance Reform Act in the State of California.
The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 9th DAY OF October 1979.
Kenneth J. Mill-r, Mayor
ATTEST:
7 ' &< R L. Shand, City Clerk
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by
the City Council of the City of Downey at a regular meeting thereof held
on the 9th day of October , 1979, by the following vote
of the Council:
AYES: 5 Council Members: Mackaig, Jackman, Swearingen, Greene, Miller
NOES: 0 Council Members: None
ABSENT: 0
Council Members: None -,-
City Clerk