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.
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