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HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
. WILLIAM A. HUSTON, CITY MANAGER
RESOLUTION - CITY OF WESTMINSTER
SUPPORTING LEGISL]%TION REGUL~tTING PORNOGRAPHIC MATERIAL
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Councilman Prescott has requested that the City Council consider
the attached resolution adopted by the City of Westminster.
GIVlG GENTER
8200 WESTMINSTE~ BOLJLEVAED
WESTMINSTER, CALIFORNIA 92683
714 CODE 898-3311
February 13, 1989
TO: Mayors and Councilmembers of
Orange County Cities
Orange County Division
League of Cities
Members of the Orange County
Board of Supervisors
.At its regular meeting of January 24, 1989, the Westminster City
Council adopted Resolution No. 2730 entitled:
A RESOLUTION OF THE ~ITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WESTMINSTER,' CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTING
ASSEMBLYMAN GIL FERGUSON'S BILL .TO BAN THE
SALE OF PORNOGRAPHIC MATERIAL FROM ANY PUBLIC
PLACE FROM WHICH MINORS ARE NOT EXCLUDED.
Enclosed is a copy of Resolution No. 2730.
Sincerely,
Mary [.~u Morey, CMC/J
City vClerk ·
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Enclosure
RESOLUTION NO. 2730
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF ~ CITY
OF WESTMINSTER, CALIFO~A, SUPPORTING
ASSEMBLYMAN GIL' FERGUSON'S BI?.?. TO BAN
S~T.~ OF PORNC)GRAP~C MATERIAL FROM ANY PUBLIC
WI~REAS, from the founding of our nation, our
legislators have enacted laws to protect the rights of our
citizens regardless of race, religion, creed, or ages and
WHEREAS, it is the duty of responsible citizens to care
for the'welfare of minor childrens and
WHEREAS, in recent years the distribution and sale of
pornographic materials has increased at a phenomenal rates and
W~REAS, harmful material is now available for sale at
various places of business which are easily accessible to minor
childrens and
WHEREAS, Assembly Bill 2092 (Chapte~ 909) prohibits the
display, .sale or offer to sell in any coin- or slUg-operated
vending machines or mechanically or electronically controlled
vending machine which is located in a public place, other than a
public place from which minors are excluded, any .harmful matter
displaying to ~he public view certain specified sexual acts.~r
sexual Organs is guilty of a misdemeanor~ and
WHEREAS, the legislation be£ng introduced by
Assemblyman Gil Ferguson is to prohibit the sale of harmful
pornographic matter from any public place from which minors are
not excluded~ and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City council of
~he City of Wes~ninster, California, does hereby SUpport
Assemblyman . Ferguson' s legislation to effectively keep harmful
pornographic material from our young people; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council does
hereby urge all members of our 'State Legislation to support this
bill in an effort to stem the increasing distribution of
pornographic material to our young children.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 24th day of January,
1988, by the fo. llowing vote:
AYES:
NOES:
COUNCIl: SMITH, FRY, GILLESPIE, HUSETH, NEUGEBAUER
COU~CI~: NONE
COU~CI~: NONE
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/S/ Charles V. Smith
MAYOR
ATTEST:
/S/ Mar9 Lou'Morey
CITY CLERK
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COL~ OF ORANGE )'
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Interim City Attorney
I, MARY LOU MOREY, duly appointed City Clerk of the
City of Westminster, do hereby certify that the foregoing
resolution was duly adopted, at a regular meeting of the City
Council of the City of Westminster held on the 24th day of
January, 1989.
/S/ Mary Lou Morey
City Clerk of the City of Westminste