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RESOLUTION #829 A RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS OPPOSING AND URGING THE DEFEAT OF PROPOSITION 15 WHEREAS Proposition 15, if approved, would remove Article 34 from the California Constitution which prohibits the development, construction, or acquisition of any low rent housing project by any city, among others, until a majority of the electors of the city approve the project; and WHEREAS the control of local government has been retained in the hands of the citizens of local governmental entities by the California Constitution; and WHEREAS the approval of Proposition 15 would remove from the control of the citizens of each community the question of whether a low rent housing project should or should not be approved and would be in direct contradiction with the principle of local home rule; and WHEREAS allowing the control of local governmental matters by major units of goverment, whether on the State or Federal level , would breed corruption, as well as depriving local citizens of the right to regulate and decide their future; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills does hereby go on record as being in opposition to Proposition 15 and does hereby urge the voter to vote against its approval . BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk of Los Altos Hills is hereby directed to transmit a certified copy of this Resolution forthwith to the League of California Cities, the Los Altos Town Crier, the Palo Alto Times, and the San Jose Mercury-News, each of whom is urged to give the widest possible coverage of the position of the Town of Los Altos Hills on this Proposition. * * * * * I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills held on the 16th day of October, 1974. ATTEST: e uty Cit lerk /