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RESOLUTION NO. 4492 -----
RESOL'U'"TION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO AL'l'O
OPPOSING LEGISLATIVE REAPPORTIONMENT PLA:.~S WHICH
WOULD PLACE SECTIONS OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO INTO
DIFFERENT CONGRESSIONAL, STATE SENATORIAL, AND
ASSEMBLY DISTRICTS AND SUPPORTING THE INCLUSION OF
THE CITY OF PALO ALTO IN GEOGRAPHICALLY COMPACT
DISTRICTS WITH NEIGHBORING MIOPENINSULA COMMUNITIES
WP.~REAS, the-Senate and the Assembly of the State of California
are ~harqed with the responsibility of ~eapportionin9 the Congres-
sional districts of the State and their respective State Senatorial
and Assembly districts in the near future: and
WHEREAS, under several of the reapportionment plans which
have been proposed, the City of Palo Alto would be divided and
sections of the City would be placed into different Congressional,
State Senatorial, and Assembly districts: and
WHEREAS, under said reapportionment plans, the City of
Palo Alto not only would be divided for purposes of legislative
representation but also would be in the same districts as far
distant c. ·.Jmmuni ties having economic, social, and environmental
interests which differ significantly from those shared by the City
of Palo Alto and its neighboring Midpeninsula communities; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the citizens of the
Midpeninsula area as well as the citizens of the City of Palo Alto
that the City of Palo Alt~ not be so divided and that the City of
Palo Alto be included in geographically compact Con9ression~l,
State Senatcrial~ and Assembly districts with its neiqhboring
Midpeninsula communities1
NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Palo Alto does
RESOLVE as follows:
SECTION l. The Senate and Assembly of the State of California
hereby are urqed not to enact, and the Governo~ of the State of
California hereby is urqad not to approve, any legislative
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reapportionment plan which would divide the City of Palo Alto and
would place sections of the City of Palo Alto into different
Congressional, State Senatorial, or Assembly districts.
SECTION 2. The Senate and Assembly of the State of California
hereby are further urged to enact, and the Governor of the State of
California hereby is urged to approve, a legislative reapportion-
ment plan which would include the City of Palo Alto in geographically
compact Congressional, State Senatorial, and Assembly districts with
its neighboring Midpeninsula communities.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk hereby is directe~ to transmit a
certified copy of this resolution to Governor Ronald Reagan; the
California Congressional Delegation in care of Congressman Paul N.
McCloskey, Jr., Congressman Charles s. Gubser, and Congressman
Don Edwards; James R. Mills, President Pro Tern of the State Senate1
Bob Moretti, Speaker of the Assembly; Walter Karabian, Majority
Leader of the Assembly; Robert Monagan, Minority Leader of the
Assembly; State Senator Clark L. Bradley; State Senator Alfred
Alquist; Assemblyman Richard Hayden; Assemblyman John Vasconcellos;
Mervyn Dymally, Chairman of the Senate Elections and Reapportionment
Committee; Henry A. Waxman, Chairman of th~ Assembly Elections and
Reapportionment Committee; and Richard Carpenter, Executive Director
and Legal Counsel of the League of california Cities.
INTRODUCED AND PASSED: August 9, 1971
AYES: Cla:rk, Comstock, Dias, HPnderson, l !arson, Rosenbaum
NOES: None
ABSENT: Beahrs, Berwald, Norton
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August 16, 1971
I have pleasure in enclosing a copy of City of Palo Alto Resolution No. 4492
opposing legislative reapportionment plans which would place sections of the
City of Palo Alto into different congressional, state senatorial and assembly
districts. This resolution supports the inclusion of the City of Palo Alto in
geographically compact districts with neighboring midpeninsula communities.
The City Council unanimously adopted Resolation No. 4492 at its meeting of
August 9, 1971 and I am transmitting a copy to you as an expression of the
Council's deep concern about legislative reapportionment plans and their
effect upon the City of Pa io Alto.
KWC:ajt
Enclosure
Very truly yours,
KIR KE W. CC'V.STOCK
Mayor