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RESOLUTION NO. 77-125
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN,
CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE
LOS ANGELES GRAND JURY RELATIVE TO APPOINTMENT OF
A COMMISSION TO STUDY JUVENILE COURT LAW.
The City Council of the City of Tu:;t. in, California, does
I]ereby resolve as follows;
and
w i th
WltEREAS, the
Institutions
enactment .of
J uv e ni 1 e
Code, was
AB 332,
Court Law, as expressed in the Welfare
last revised over fJ..fteen years ago
1961 Statutes, Chapter 1616; and
WIII.]I~E. AS, nmt~erous sections of the 'Code have since beeu
amended; and
WHEREAS, nmme,"ous important changes in Court philoso~hy
policies, and procedures have since taken place; and
WttEREAS, the 1967 Gault decision by. the United Statc;:~ Supreme
Court has cssential].y replaced',the Pare]~s Patriae concept that
formerly prevailed in juvenile proceedings with a due procc:ss
adversary approach; and
WI-IEI~EAS, the Code, as presently written, contains ma;~y
sections which are in discord with the due process philosr)pl-,y; and
WHEI~AS, it is essential that the juvenile justice system b,a
provided wi'th an adequate a~d updated Juvenile Court Law, .i.~.~ order
that Courts, child welfare, and law enforcement agencies can
provide uniform juatice in proc,.?ss;ng a~',d adjudicating juvenile
matters in accordance %,;itl] tl~e law; and
WHE~mI~AS , a study.., commi°,_~sion is
past changes, evaluate the present
analyze future trends; and
needed to review all of the
ideological climate, and
WHEREAS, the Los Angeles County Grand Jury has recommended
that the Los Ange]es~. Board of S,~,')ervisors..~ . reGu~st. ~ the Gov~-~rnor._
of the State of California to appoint a commission of experts
to study and make recommendations for revisions to the Juvenile
Court Law. .
NOW, TiIEREFORE, BE IT ].IESOLVED that the City Council of the
City of Tustin, supports t}~e above recommendations of tl]e Los
Angeles Grand Jury, and does ]~ereby request t!~e Governor of the
State of California to appoint a con~nission of experts to study
....... , ,,,~,.~.: recommenda'kions zor re'v'isio~s to tl~ c uveniie tcuzt
Law.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of tl~e City Council
held on the 5th day of December, 1977.
ATTEST ·
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MAY 0 R '~;
S T A']' E 0 F CA L I F 0 !'h* .~ I A )
COUI,;TY OF OILA:'GE ) SS
CiTY OF TUST'iN )
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RUT]! C. POE, City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of tt~c, City
Cou~cil of tl~e City of Tustin, California, does hereby
certify tt~at the w!]ole nu~nber of the me~:~l)cr,; of the City
Council of tl~e City of ?ustin is five; that the above and
forcgoi~g Reso].ution No. _13~2E_ was duly and ~:egularly
i~troduced, read, [.>i, ssed a~d adopted at a regular moeting
of tl~e City Cou:~cil l~el.d on tl~e ~ ~5_~h .......... day of~.~~er ....... ,
1977, by t!~e following vote-
AYES ·
NOES ·
ABSENT-
c o u :,~ c ~ ~,'. ', s ~,~- s H n RP~
COUNCIL~.~EN ' NONE
COUNCILI.IEN · NONE
City C!er]{,~ty of Tustin, California