1962-0716RESOLUTION NO. 62R -716
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ANAHEIM OPPOSING THE STATE SENATE REAPPOR-
TIONMENT INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
PROPOSITION NO. 23
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Anaheim,
State of California, finds that the Senate Reapportionment Initiative
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 destroy 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 alone, but according 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
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, in the manner
provided for in Proposition No. 23,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of
the City of Anaheim, State of California, does hereby officially go on
record as being unconditionally opposed to said Proposition No. 23, the
State Senate Reapportionment Initiative Constitutional Amendment.