Ordinance No. 619
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1 ORDINANCE NO. 618
, 2 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CI'fi OF VERNON .FIXING THE RATE OF 'fAXES
AND LEVYING 'ME TAXES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING July 1, 1949.
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THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CI'fi OF VERNON .DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That for the purpose of raising the sUll of
money to be raised by taxation upon taxable property in the
City of Vernon as revenue to carry on.the various departments
of the City for the fiscal year beginning July~, 1949, the
rate of taxes for the dif'f'erent portions of the City of
Vernon are hereby f'ixed and the taxes are hereby levied on
all taxable property in the dif'ferent portions ot said city'
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cents upon each one hundred dollars of the assessed value
of saidproparty, as assessed by the County Assessor and
equalized by the Board of Supervisors of'said County of Los
Angeles, and f'or the several tunds and purposes set forth in
the following table, the taxeslavied upon property in each
portion of said City herainaf'tar described and designated 01 a
District number, being at the rates set opposite the designa-
tionsot the respective funds in the column headed br the'
district number which is prefixed to the description of eaoh
suohportionof said City, as hereinafter stated.
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DISTRIC'f NO.1: All that portion of the City of
Vernon included within the boundaries thereof as criginally
incorporatedjall that territory annexed to the City of
Vernon at annexation election held July 9, 1925, and known,
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as VERNON AVENUE ANNEXATION:
all that territory annexed. to
the City of' Vernon at annexation eleotion held October 3, 1928
and known as VERNON AND OOWHEYTERRI'l'ORY.
DISTFa:CT NO.2: All that terri toJ?Y~ annexed to
the City of Vernon at annexation election held October 26,
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1 1920 known as INDUSTRIAL TRACT; all that territory annexed
2 to the City of Vernon at annexation election held February
3 20, 1914, known as FRUITLAND TRACT; all that territory an-
4 nexed to the City of' Vernon at annexation election held Feb-
5 ruary 20, 1914 and known 'as HAY TRACT; all that territory
,6 annexed to the City of' VernoQ at annexation election held
7 January 9, 1926, and known as CENTRAL MANUFACTURING DISTRICT.
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ASSESSED VALUE:
Taxation District No. 1
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$59,807,ltoO.00
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For General Budget Fund
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Section 2. That in addition totbe foregoing taxes
there is hereby levied upon all taxable property in the several
sewer and municipal improvement districts of said City for the
fiscal year July 1, 1949 in the nUJl'lber of the cents upon each
$100.00 of' the assessed value of' said property as assessed
by the County Assessor and equalized by the Board of' Supervis-
ors of' the County of Los Angeles, f'or the several f'unds and
purposes set f'orth in the f'ollowing table:
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Section 3. There being no newspaper printed,
13 published and circulated in the City of Varnon, the City Clerk
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15 nance and shall post same, or causa same to be posted in
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The Northwest corner of' 38th Street and Santa Fe Avenue,
the Northwest corner of' 37th Street and Santa Fe Avenue, and
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the Bulletin Board in the lobby of the City Hall of the City
of Ve~on, located at 4305 Santa Fe Avenue, and that immediate11
upon the posting thereof' thisordinanee shall be in full force
and ef'f'ect.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
t, T. J. Furlong, City Clerk of' the City of Vernon,
do hereby certify that the f'oregoing Ordinance No. 619 was
duly and regularly introduced at a regular meeting of the City
Council of said City of' Vernon held on August 16, 1949, and
thereafter f'inally adopted at an adjourned regular meeting of
said City Council held on August 23, 1949, by the following vote:
AYES: Anderson, Furlong, Mailliard, Trowbridge
NOES: None
ABSENT: Leonis
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AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING
State of California
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County of' Los Angeles
Clty of Vernon
I, '1'. J. FURLONG, City Olerk of. the City of Vernon,
do hereby certif'y that I did on the 26:aa. day of Augns t, 1949,
post 3 eopies of' ordinance No. 619, in the following places
to-wit: At the Northwest corner of' 38th Street and Santa Fe
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Avenue, at the Northwest corne r of 37th Street and Santa Fe
Avenue, and at the entrance to the City Hall, located at 4305
Santa Fe Avenue, there being no newspaper of general circu-
lation printed and published in the City .of' Vernon.
Signed this,,<3 day of' ~~ , 1949.
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Nota~~~~~ount1
of' Los Angeles, s tate of' Calif'ornia.
My Commission Expires March 10, 1953
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SUPPORTING
DOCUMENTS
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FRED N. HOWSER, Attorney General
BAYARD RHONE,
Deputy Attorney General
600 State Building ,
Los Angeles 12 California
Telephone: MAdison 6-1515
Attorneys for Plaintiff
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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF IDS ANGELES
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF
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CALIFORNIA,
No. 489,890
Plaintiff,
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY
CERTAIN DEFENDANTS
SHOUlD NOT BE PUNISHm>
FOR CONT~PT.
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CITY OF IDS ANGELES, A
MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, et al.,
1~ Defendants.
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18 Leggett charging the City of Ve~non, a Municipal Corpor-
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19 a tion, and its officers, agents and employees thereof,
20 who are defendants, and their successors, with contempt
21 of this court, and upon the record and files herein,and
22 sufficient cause appearing therefor,
23 IT IS ORDERED tha tthe said CITY OF VERNON, a
24 Municipal Corporation, John B. Leonis, C. .W. Trowbridge,
25 c. H.. Maillie.rd, Genevieve Anderson and R., J. Furlong,
26 as members of the City Council of the City of Vernon" and
27 Franois Bates, as City Engineer of the City of Vernon, be
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30 o.f the City Hall, Los Angeles, California, on the 3rd day
31 of January, 1950, at the hour of 9:30 o'olook a.m." to
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show cause why they and each of them should not be. punished
for contempt as in said affidavit alleged.
It is hereby ordered that a copy of said affidavit
and of this order be served upon the persons spec1fically
named in the preceding paragraJ;h and on the City of Vernon,
at least five days before said date of hearing.
Dated: this o-dday of L:J6(E , 19~.
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FRED N. HanSER I At tomey General
of the State of California
BAYARD RHONE,
Deputy Attorney General
600 State Building
Los Angeles 12 t Ca11fornia
Telephone : MAd:I.son 6-1515
Attorneys for Plaintiff
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IN '!HE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
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THE PEOPLE OF 'mE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA ,
No. 489,890
AFFIDAVIT OF JOHN
T. UDGEn'T OF
CONTD1PT OF CERTAIN
DEFnIDANTS IN FAIL-
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Plaintiff,
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15 C~TY OF 100 ANGEIES, et al."
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S'l'ATE OF CAI.IFCIRNIA ~ ss.
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JOHN T. IJilJGETT, being first duly sworn, deposes
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21 1. '!hat he is an assistant sanitary engineer em-
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25 judgment entered in the above entitled action, the means
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Zl this Honorable Court to be abated, the steps and proceedings
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30 and dit'ect1ons contained in said judgment respecting the
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struotion by the defendant City of Los Angeles of the new
high rate aoti vated sludge treatment plant and submarine
outfall at Hyperion.
2. That :1m:nediate ly subsequent to the entry of
judgment in the above entitled action each and every defend-
ant in this prooeeding personally raoei ved notioe that such
judgment had been entered; that during the month of Februsry,
1946, each and every defendant named in this proceeding per-
sonally received a true and correct oopy of the FindingS of
Fact and Conclusions of Law and Judgment in this matter; that
on February 15, 1946 the City of Vernon and its respeotive
officers defendant filed herein a Notice of Intention to Move
for a New Trial; that an appeal was later perfected by the
City of Vernon and its respective officers defendant fram
said judgment to the District Court of Appeal, Second Appel-
late District of the State of California; that said Court on
February 11, 1948 affirmed the judgment of this Court as
entered; that the opinion of said District Court of Appeal
is reported as People v. City of Los Angeles. et al., in
83 Cal. App. 2d 627; that on or about August 7, 1948 the City
of Vernon and its respective officers filed a Petition
for a Writ of Certiorari in the United States Supreme Court,
whioh Writ was denied in October, 1948; and the judgment of
this Court is now final.
3. That the following named persons now OOCUPY'
am at all times since February 1, 1946 have occupied and
are the duly and regularly qualified holders of the offices
of the City of Vernon, designated opposite their respective
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John B. I.eonis
C. W. Trowbridge
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C. H. Ma.111iard Member of City Council
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Francis Bates City Engtneer;
that at all times fran and after April 20, 1948 R. J.
Fur long has been and now is a member of the City Council of
the City of Vernon, and is the successor to J. J. Poxon.
That each of said persons named above has personal
knowledge of all the terms and provisions of said judgment
and is fully aware of the requirements imposed upon the City
of Vernon for the abatement of said nuisance.
4. That the defendant City of ws Angeles has,
subsequent to the entry of said judgment, proceeded With the
oonstruction of a new treatment plant and submartne tube as
required by said judgment to the potnt where the entire pro-
jeot is more than 50% o omp1eted ; that among the permanent
structures of said project said defendant completed and
placed tn operation on May 15, 1947, the Sterilization Plant
at a cost of $237,811.00 and canp1eted and placed in opera-
tion on September 2, 1949, the 5oo0-foot submartne outfall
at a oost of $3,517,871.00; that in conneotion with the con-
struction of the entire project the defendant City of ws
Ange 1es together with the other corporate defendants that
have joined with said City of Los Angeles have tnourred ob-
ligations and liabilities in excess of $38,000,000 and have
expended and have due on accounts payable a sum in excess of
$21,000,000.
5. That it is further provided in said judgment
as follows:
"IT IS FURT.HER ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND nEXmEED
that as to eaoh corporate defendant that does
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"adopt some method of disposing of sewage origin-
ating Within its corporate limits other than by
a new treatment plant at or near Hyperion that
each such corporate defendant proceed With the
preparation of necessary plans and specifica-
tions therefor and the necessary construction
thereof for the safe and san! tary disposal of
sewage With a.ll expedition, and the same must
be completed and in operation not later than
December 31, 1947.
"IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DEDREED
that as to those corporate defendants who do
not adopt some method of disposing of sewage
originat1ngin the corporate limits of such de-
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Hyperion, that such defendant shall Within
ninety days after the entry of this decree have
filed an application with the State Department
of Public Health of the State of California for
a permit to discharge its sewage through a pro-
posed new treatment plant to be built at Hyperion,
and that such defendant shall have by said time
completed all arrangements necessary for the
financing of its proportionate share of said
new treatment plant or works according to the
gallonage al10ted to said corporation, ,so that
said share Will be available as required.
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nIT IS FURTHER ORDmED, ADJUDGED AND .nEVREED
that each corporate defendant herein be and is
hereby required and ordered to report to this
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oourt on or before the 29th day of April,
1946, in detail, the arrangements it has made
for the raising of funds, or other finanoial
arrangements, for the payment of its propor-
tionate share of the oost of any new treatment
plant or works."
6. That neither the City of Vernon, nor any
of the members of its City Counoil nor its Cit,1 Engineer,
nor a:rry other person or body has adopted any method of dis-
posing of sewage originating Within its oorporate 11m1ts
other than through a new treatment plant at or near H:y:perionj
that neither the, City of Vernon nor the members of its City
Counoil nor its City Engineer, nor any other person or body
has taken any action of any kind whatever to proceed with
the preparation of plans and speoifioations or to oonstruot
any sewage treatment plant.
7. That said City of Vernon ha.S at all t1D1es
subsequent to the entry of judgment herein, now is and in-
tends to and Will oontinue to dispose of sewage originating
Within its oorporate limits through. the Los Angeles Sewer
System and the new treatment plant and submarine outfall at
Hyperibn and has offioially advised this Court in action
No. 448132 "That plaintiff (The City of Vernon) has no other
method of disposing of sewage originating Within its oor-
porate l.1m1ts other than by the use of the treatment works
at Hyperion, and the only method by whioh said sewage may be
disoharged is by oonneotion with the !.Ds Angeles Sewage
Sys tem" .
8. 'lha.t on August 24, 1949, said City of Vernon
by and through its offioi.als herein named and by R. J.
Furlong, its Mayor, filed an applioation With the State
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Department of Public Health for a permit to discharge its
sewage through the OUtfall Sewer System, Treatment Plant and
S.u'bJr1ar:.tne Tube ow:n.ed and operated by the City of Los Angeles.,
and into the Pacific Ocean at HYPerionj and in said applica-
tion stated:
"This application is made pursuant to the
Order of the Superior Court of the State of
California, in and for the County of Los Angeles,
contained in that certain Judgment of said Court
dated the 31st day of January, 1946, in that
certain case entitled, 'The People of the State
of California, Plaintiff, vs. The City of Los
Angeles, a municipal corporation, Defendants',
end numbered 489-890."
That said. application was incomplete and was returned to the
City of Vernon for that reasonj that said application has not
been completed, nor has an amended or new application been
presented to said Department of Public Health.
9. That during the period from the date of entry
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of judgment in this action, to wit: February 1, 1946, to
date, neither the City of Vernon nor any of the members of
its City Council, its Mayor or City Engineer, including the
persons holding such offices as alleged in paragraph 3 above s
have or has individually or collectively, exercised any of
its or their official duties, powers or ftmctions as a muni-
cipal corporation or as the governing or adrn:lnistrative
bodies or officials of said municipal corporation to levy a
tax, or set in motion by the enactment of an ordinance,
adoption of a resolution or otherwise, any proceedingS for
the submission to the electors of said municipal corporation
of .a proposition for the incurring of a bonded indebtedness,
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or prescribe and impose any fees, tolls I rentals or other
charges, or by any other system, method, plan or device to
provide the means by which said municipal corporation could
or might raise, accumulate or collect the monies necessary
for the payment of said city's proportionate share of the
cost of construction of the new treatment plant and submar'"
ine outfall at Hyperion so that its share would be available
as required; that no action has been taken to appropriate an::
funds for such purpose; that on June 30, 1949 there was a
balance on hand with the Treasurer of the City of Vernon the
sun of $405,697.62 in the General fund, and $1,491, 103.16
in the Special fund.
10. That said City of Vernon by and through. its
officers and agents herein named admits that it and such of-
ficers and agents have not complied with unm.xnbered para-'
graphs 16 and 17 of the judgment entered herein and state in
paragraph rv of the Report of the City of Vernon Re Compli-
ance with Judgment filed herein on or about August 26, 1949,
as follows:
"That as to the portion of the judgment
rendered herein, whereby defendants who do not
adopt some' method of disposing of sewage origin'"
ating within their corporate limits other than
the new treatment works at Hyperian are required
to report to this Court on or before the 29th day
of April, 1946, the arrangements each has made
for the raising of funds, or other financial ar-
rangements for the payment of its respective
proportionate share of the cost of any new treat-
ment plant or works, the City of Vernon has here-
inabove stated its reasons for not having complied
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11. That said City of Vernon and its officers and
agents herein named have the ability to comply with the judg-
ment of this court in that said officers and agents are the
duly elected, qualified and acting officers and agents of
said municipal corporation in the performance of its function
and the exercise of its powers as such municipal corporation;
that said City of Vernon has the taxing power and resources
from which to raise the funds with tII.'hich to pay its propor-
tionate share of the cost of said treatment plant and sub-
marine outfall at Hyperion; that said taxing powers and re-
sources are more fully disclosed in its ordinances No. 617
and No. 619, being its tax levying ordinances for the fiscal
years 1948-49 and 1949-50 respectively, photostatic copies of
which are attached hereto marked Exh.1bi ts "A" and ItB II res-
pectively, and made a part hereof as if herein set forth at
length.
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WHEREFORE, the affiant prays that an order be
issued to the City of Vernon and all its officers, agents,
and emploYees who are named defendants in this proceeding,
and their successors, to wit: Jolm B. Leonis, C. w.
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Trowbridge, C. H. Mailliard, Genevieve Anderson, R. J.
Furlong and Francis Bates, to show cause Why they and each
of them should not be adjudged in contempt of court I and
upon the proof of the charges contained herein that they and
each of them be adjudged in contempt of court.
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Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 2nd day of December, 1949.
KATHRYN BUCKMAN
NOTARY PuBLIC in and for said
County and State
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