HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RES 82-035RESOLUTION NO. 82- 35
A RESOLUTION OF THE CI'fY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM DESERT,
CALIFORNIA, OPPOSING AB 2660 AFFECTING THE SOUTH COAST AIR
MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.
WHEREAS, the Governing Board of the South Coast Air Quality Management
District consists of ten members, nine of which are city council persons or supervisors in
the four southland counties of Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino and Riverside; and
WHEREAS, city council representatives are accountable to the electorate and the
City Selection Committees of the four counties that appoint them to serve on the District
Board; and
WHEREAS, board of supervisor members are accountable to the electorate and the
other members of each of the boards of supervisors that appoints them to serve on the
District Board; and
WHEREAS, this system of locally elected officials directing a local agency has
resulted in the development of a highly respected air quality management program and a
governing board which is responsive to the area's needs; and
WHEREAS, Assembly Bill 2660, introduced by Assemblyman Mel Levine, seeks to
usurp this historical authority of locally elected officials by altering the composition of
the district Board to include four unelected political appointees chosen in Sacramento,
thus proposing that accountability to Sacramento is better than accountability to the
people of this community; and
Vf/HEREAS, this bill would affect only the South Coast Air Quality Management
District -- and none of the other more than forty local air pollution control districts in
�� � California -- making this a transparent special interest attempt to weaken the District's
���� accountability and its air quality program.
\ L NOVf/, THEREFORE, BE IT RFSOLVED by the City Council of the City of Palm
Desert, California, that this Council expresses its strong opposition to AB 2660 and urges
the members of the Legislature to reject this undemocratic proposal.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED by the City Councii of the City of Palm
Desert, California, at its regular meeting held on the 25th day of March, 1982, by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: McPherson, Newbrander, Puluqi, Snyder bc Wilson
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST:
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