HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RESO 14,683RESOLUTION NO. 14,683
RESOLUTION EXPRESSING SUPPORT OF AB 1717
OUTLAWING VIDEO LOTTERY MACHINES
WHEREAS, Assembly Bill 1717 has been introduced to expressly outlaw
the use of video lottery machines in California.
WHEREAS, the video lottery machine operates in a similar fashion to
the traditional slot machine and looks like a typical arcade -type video game,
thus openly enticing young people to wager their funds;
WHEREAS, advertisements promoting video lottery machines point out
that this electronic "game" will appeal to the younger generation, a "market"
that otherwise would under -participate in existing lottery games;
WHEREAS, less than one -tenth of one percent of the $1.7 billion
expected in first year California sales would come from video lottery machines
(based on play in the recently suspended video lottery sales in the Illinois
experiments);
WHEREAS, Attorney General John Van de Kamp, the Los Angeles
County District Attorney, Ira Reiner, and every major law enforcement group in
California, including the California Peace Officers Association, the California
Police Chiefs Association, the California State Sheriffs Association, and the
State Coalition of Probation Organizations, support AB 1717; and
WHEREAS, Superintendent of Public Instruction Bill Honig, the
California PTA, the Los Angeles City Board of Education, National City School
Superintendent Gary Smith and Chief of Police Terry Hart support AB 1717;
BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED, the National City City Council
supports the passage of AB 1717.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 2nd day of July, 1985.
ATTEST:
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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George H. Eiser, III - City Attorney
Kile Morgan, : yor