HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 2-55P~SOLIY2 ION N0,~. Z-55
WHEREAS, appeals from parentS, teachers, various other
citizens and associations of this community have been made' to
bhe" Council 'of-~he/:City of B~'.ke~rsfield, for legislation to pro-
hibit or control the .diStrib~!~'ion and sale of lurid, pornographic,
and obscene literature,' and
Due to the~increase in various forms Of literature to be
obt'~ine.d on the market which portrays horror, sex, sensationalism~
depravity, crime and licentiousness, this Council has been request-
ed to !tak~4~;~Steps to controlL o~ prohibit the sale and distribution
of such literature, and
,~his councit/'is informed that a bill ..to control or prohibit
the· sale and distribution of s;nch obscene ahd lurid literature is
'~being preS'~nted to the .LegiSlature for adoption, and
This Council is firmly convinced that state-wide control of
this !I~oblem which has enveloped 'a major part of our United States,
is necessary in order to~ cambat the evil· influence which is avail-
a!ble to ou~- children o~ many bookstands in most every city.
NOWI~y TEEFOE, BE~ ~SOLVh~3 by the Council of the City of
Baker~sfield, aS~'~follows:
1. The',~egisl~atur-e~ of .the State of California is hereby urged
and requested to pass. qproperi, tegislation to prohibit oP control the
sale of al!~' li~eratu~e.~i~in the State portraying and sensationalizing
larly WHere it ~comes' into t'h~ hands of children.
2. .The City Cl~k i~>hereby directed to forward copies of
~s~rssolu~ion to o~rep~'~en~a-tives~in-~'the EegiSlat~e -and ~o
'~*~gislati~ Comsel ~
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lEEBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was .passed
and adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular
meeting thereof, he~d on the 10th day of January, 1988, by the
following vote:.
citY~2~' ~x-o'~'~'ij~ork or the
Council of the City of Bakersfield.
APPROVED this 10th day of January, .1985.
the Cit'y ~a~ers!'ield.