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HomeMy WebLinkAbout91-34 - Vending Machines Sexually Explicit MaterialRESOLUTION NO. 91 -34 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH SUPPORTING EFFORTS TO PROHIBIT THE SALE OF SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATERIAL FROM UNSUPERVISED VENDING MACHINES IN PUBLIC PLACES ACCESSIBLE TO MINORS. • WHEREAS, the State Legislature has pre - empted local regulation of the sale or display of sexually explicit material; and WHEREAS, existing law does not prohibit the distribution of sexually explicit material to minors through vending machines in public places; and WHEREAS, Assemblyman Gil Ferguson has introduced legislation (AB184) that would make it illegal to knowingly display or sell sexually explicit material from any unsupervised coin - operated vending machine located in a public place from which minors are not excluded; and WHEREAS, AB 184 will close a loophole in the laws regulating the distribution of sexually explicit material to minors. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Newport Beach supports AB184 and encourages all members of the Legislature to approve legislation which makes it illegal to sell sexually explicit material to minors through unsupervised coin - operated vending machines in public places. ADOPTED, this 22nd day of April , 1991 • MAYOR i City Clerk //