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RESOLUTION NO. 47Z6
?.ESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
URGING SUPPORT OF S.B. 121 INCREASING FUNDING FOR
AND REVISING THE OPERATION OF THE CALIFORNIA ARTS
COMMISSION
WHEREAS, the City of Palo Alto has always enjoyed a high
level of activity in the p~ivate and public sectors concerning all
aspects of artistic and cultural life; and
WHEREAS, the City of Palo Alto has been extremely sensitive
to the artistic and cultural needs of the community; and
WHEREAS, the cultural and arts programs of the City of Palo
Alto have been of the highest degree of excellence and broadly
based; and
WHEREAS, the California Arts Canmission b~s historically
been underfunded and underactive in its su9port of programs and
projects for the promtion or support of the arts; and
WHEREAS, the City of Palo Alto funds mor~ for the support
and promotion of arts than does the Californi~ Arts Commission
for the entire State of Californiai and
WHEREAS, S.B. 121 has been introduced by Senator Arlen
Gregorio in tha California Senate; and
WHEREAS, S.B. 121 provides for an approximately Seven
hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) increase in f\.lil~ing ·-
for the Californic Arts Commission; and
WHEREAS, s. B. 121 provides for the funding of community
arts progrP\B on a mC\tchinq basis from t.he private and :t>ublic
sectors1 and
WHEREAS, such match!~~ fund approach stimulates the private
and public sectors to increase a9tivity in the support and
promotion of the arts:-.snd
WHEREAS •. the residents of t.:1~ City of Pal~ Alto as well as
the residents of the State of California evidence a high level
of interest in cultu~al and artistic activites which in tern
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raises the quality of life for all residents of the State of
California:
NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Palo Alto does
RESOLVE as follows:
SECTION 1. The Council of the City of Paln Alto hereby
vigorously ~upports the passage of S.B. 121 increasin~ the
appropriation of funds for the California Arts Commission and
establishing matching funds appropriations to oublic or private
institutions and urges all residents of the st~te of California
to support such legislation.
SECTION 2. The City Clerk is hereby directed to forwd.rd
a certified copy of this resolution to Senator Arlen Gregorio,
Senator Clark Bradley, the majority leader of the Senate, the
minori'.y leader of the Senate, the President Pro Tern of the
denate, the Senate Appropriations Committee and the Senate
Fiscal Conunittee.
INTRODUCED AND PASSED: AprU Z, 1973
AYES: UNANIMOUS
NOES:
ABSENT,~
NONE
NONE
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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APPROVED:
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Mayor
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