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HomeMy WebLinkAbout6910 - Narcotics Traffic Between Mexico & CaliforniaRESOLUTION NO. 6910 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH URGING CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ON THE SUBJECT OF NARCOTICS TRAFFIC BETWEEN MEXICO AND CALIFORNIA WHEREAS, the distribution and use of narcotics and • dangerous drugs by minors has become an extremely serious problem in California; and WHEREAS, there is evidence that quantities of narcotics are brought into California by minors across the California- Mexico border; and WHEREAS, the situation is of particular concern to those cities in the southern part of the state which are in close proxi- mity to the Mexico border, such as the City of Newport Beach; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Newport Beach expresses its support of the Resolution adopted by the League of California Cities by urging the United States Congress to conduct hearings in Southern California to develop measures to remedy the problem of traffic in narcotics and dangerous drugs between Mexico and California; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the United States Congress in conducting such hearings is urged to specifically investigate the traffic in narcotics by minors and to consider the establish - LFLent of specific California- Mexico border controls in cooperation with the Mexican Government as would assist in the elimination of this source of the problem; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk is directed to send copies of this Resolution to the League of California Cities, all cities in Orange County, the Board of Supervisors of Orange County, to United States Senator George Murphy and Senator -Elect Alan Cranston, to Congressmen James B. Utt and Richard Hannah, to State Senators John B. Schmitz and James Whetmore, to Assemblyman Robert Badham and to Governor Ronald Reagan. ADOPTED this 9th day of December, 1968. �- 1�ZQQXV V�Ca�_ ATTEST: �j Mayor City Clerk 12/12/68 AS /J.�}tCE/Q NAt THS :mh CITY CLERK.OF�T�NE CITY EWGF�.......... OPT BEACH DATE, �%%v�