HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RES 77-1254 6 8 9 13 14 15 16 ~? 18 19 24 25 26 ~8 ~9 ~0 5]. 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 · I'/'Y C L~~ ~ C '" .... ~;-' ..... 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 ) · , 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