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RESOLUTION NO. 64+7
A RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS COMMENDING STATE
SENATOR CLARK L. BRADLEY FOR HIS OPPOSITION TO ASSEMBLY' BILL 1057.
WHEREAS, Assembly Bill 1057 (Knox) ,. designed to. create 'a "Conservation and
Development Agency of San Francisco Bay Area", was defeated- in the' State. Senate on
November 16, 1971 and is now dead, and
. WHEREAS, passage of AB 1057 would hate contributed to the' continuing erosion
of the representative powers of local government by the' placement of other than duly • '
elected Mayors, Councilmen. and Supervisors within its. legislative body, and
WHEREASa;. .a new layer of super government, remote from its constituency,- and
lacking complete public visibility and local responsiveness' would diminish the autonomy
of local government and deprive local citizens of the tax protection to which they are
entitled, and
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WHEREAS, AB 1057 would have perpetually placed in jeopardy, if not destroyed,
the autonomous prerogative of muni.cipaliti,es'..to. determine their own. land use, and
zoning, and
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WHEREAS, local government, if given the' resources' and'the' authority, can •
meet most' of, the' problems with which regional layers -purport .to. deal,- and
WHEREAS, AB 1057 would have created, by•precedent, the pattern of general
purpose regional government in California,
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BE IT RESOLVFI), THEREFORE:
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THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS DOES HEREBY COMMEND STATE •
SENATOR CLARK L. ' BRADLEY FOR HIS TIRELESS EFFORTS. ON BEHALF OF THIS AND SIMILAR
MUNICIPALITIES IN OPPOSING THE PASSAGE OF ASSEMBLY BILL 1057, AND FURTHER SUPPORTS
WHOLEHEARTEDLY HIS COMMITMENT TO GOVERNMENT BY THE DULY ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES OF
GOVERNING BODIES.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was regularly adopted at
a regular meeting of the City •Council of the' Town of Los' Altos Hills held on the
6th day of December, 1971, by the following roll .call vote:
AYES:
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ABSENT:
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• ATTEST:
City. Clerk
• APPROVED:
Mayor