70R-564
RESOLUTION NO. 70R- 564
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A P~SOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ANAHEIM REQUESTING ACTION TO STOP THE FLOOD
OF SMUT AND OBSCENITY IN OUR COUNTRY AND STATE.
WHEREAS, the decisions of the Supreme Court of
California have severely limited the abilitv of cities to regulate
and prohibit immoral and obscene activity under the Home Rule
provision of Article XI, Section 11 of the California Constitution;
and
~rnEREAS, the Legislature has failed to take appropriate
action to offset the adverse effect of these decisions and has
failed to enact ~eaningful legislation to stem the tide of
publications and smut movies; and
t~EREAS, the people of the City of Anaheim and people
throughout the country have risen up to express their disgust
of smut and obscenity which is now permitted under the protection
of the law; and
t~EREAS, blame for the present flood of smut publica-
tions and obscene activities can and shoul.d be placed with the
respective courts and with the State and Federal Legislative
bodies.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of
the Ci t~, of Anaheim that the leqislati ve bodies of State of
California take the necessary ste~s to return to the people of
California "Horne Rule" and return the clear meaning of Article XI,
Section 11 of the California Constitution by declaring the
legislative intent not to rreempt the police powers of cities
except in areas specifically declared by the Legislature
to be of state-wide concern and s?ecifically to return to cities
the power to re']ulate obscene activities not protected by the
united States or California Constitution; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the legislative bodies
of the Federal Government take all action,not prohibited by the
Constitution,to halt the flood of s~ut and obscenity in our
country today, ~nd
BE 11' FURri'HEF RESOLV:SD thi,t the: California Supreme
Court and -che United States SUDreme Court re-analyze their
pronouncement of the law and the Constitut.ion as it pertains to
obscenity and Dornography and to recognize the validity of those
decisions of tl-;ci r predccessors 'irhidl e-i=f2cti vely prohibi terl .the
flow of smut anc. ObSCC}1jt.=~r t,ot"olh:;hont t.hi3 c'Yll:.tr:' for many (
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'3E ri' FURTlE':? :s.r:;SGLV:r::D Un tall ci ti zens make knmvn to
their L~qisl~tors and Ju~acs t~ot thev will not tolerate the
rnor:l1. :'iec~v of::mr conntr-:' "hecc.u.':; ()f- .t'v-' failure of the Legis-
lature or t.he LTndces to Drc:~st"rvc th: mnra.l ;?rinci?le u;?on which
our country -das foundec'l and :has survi v (>''j for al'.~'.ost two hundred
years; and
BE IT FURT'JER RESOLVED th;J.t this resolution be forwarded
to the Legislators of the state of California, the Supreme Court
Justices of Californi~, the Supreme Court Justices of the United
States and to :8.epresentativC's in Congress and in the Senate from
our local area.
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UNANIMOUSLY AUTHORIZED AND ADOPTED by the City Council
this 24th day of November, 1970.
ATTEST:
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C CLERK OF THE ITY OF ANAHEIM
I, DENE M. WILLIAMS, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do
hereby certify that the foregoing is the original of Resolution No.
70R-564 duly passed and adopted by the Anaheim City Council on
November 24, 1970.
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City Clerk