HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RESO 8248RESOLUTION NO. 8248
RESOLUTION OPPOSING ANY LEGISLATION
WHICH PERMITS OR SANCTIONS.THE USE OF PARTISAN POLITICAL
LABELS BY CANDIDATES FOR MUNICIPAL OFFICE
WHEREAS in the past there have been several attempts
to enact legislation which would bring partisan politics into
municipal elections, and
WHEREAS Assembly Bill No. 755 was introduced on
January 25, 1961, which bill if enacted would have permitted
any candidate for a City office to have printed following his
name on the ballot, a designation of the political party with
which he was affiliated, and
WHEREAS said Assembly Bill No. 755 received first
and second reading in the Assembly and was recommended for
third and final reading, and
WHEREAS said Assembly Bill No. 755 was not rejected
by members of the Assembly but instead, the subject matter
thereof was recommended for interim committee study, and
WHEREAS there are indications that similar legis-
lation will be introduced in future sessions of the legis-
1 ature, and
WHEREAS passage of such legislation and the intro-
duction of partisan political affiliations into municipal
elections would tend toward controls being imposed by out of
City and out of state factions would make easier the inroads
of machine politics and otherwise be extremely damaging to
good government and local control of municipal affairs,
THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of National
City resolves as follows:
That the City Council vigorously voices its op-
position to the enactment of any legislation similar to Assem-
bly Bill No. 755 of the 1961 Regular Session; the City Council
urges that every effort be made to defeat any measure, bill
or resolution which would permit the use of partisan political
labels by candidates for municipal office; and, the City
Council recommends that other cities of the State of California
be alerted to the danger and consequences of such legislation.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Clerk of the
City of National City is hereby authorized and directed to send
a copy of this resolution to each of the representatives of the
people of National City in the State Legislative Assembly.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this ?7th day of November, 1962.
ATT ES T :
City Clerk