Resolution No. 5637
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RESOLUTION NO. 5637
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF VERNON URGING THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TO REALLOCATE MORE FEDERAL
RESOURCES FOR ANTI-DRUG INVESTIGATION AND
DRUG ENFORCEMENT IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND
TO EXPEDITE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
ANTI-DRUG ABUSE ACT OF 1988
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles County
has requested the City Council's assistance in urging the
President, the Los Angeles County Congressmen, and the Office of
National Drug Control Policy to allocate more federal resources
for Los Angeles County's war on drugs; and
WHEREAS, Los Angeles County has become a major drug
importation and transshipment center for the united States with
massive amounts of cocaine and heroin flowing into the area; and
WHEREAS, the dramatic rise in drug trafficking and
abuse within the County has severely overburdened our justice
and health care systems as evidenced by the growing number of
arrests, drug seizures, emergency room episodes and deaths; and
WHEREAS, conservative estimates show that a large
19 percentage of the cocaine entering the united States is being
20 shipped through Los Angeles County; and
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WHEREAS, Los Angeles County receives a dispropor-
tionately low allocation of federal resources for drug enforce-
mente
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF VERNON AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: The City Council of the city of Vernon
hereby finds and determines that the recitals contained
hereinabove are true and correct.
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SECTION 2: The City Council of the City of Vernon
urges the federal government to:
1. Reallocate resources, including personnel, technol-
ogy and funding, available to federal anti-drug en-
forcement agencies to those areas of highest drug
abuse and trafficking activity, particularly to
those federal agency offices working in the Los
Angeles County area.
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2. Expedite implementation of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act
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of 1988, targeting resources made available under
the Act to those areas which have demonstrated the
greatest need, including Los Angeles County, to
assist with local law enforcement health care,
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prevention and education efforts.
SECTION 3: The City Council of the City of Vernon
hereby instructs the City Administrator/City Clerk to send a
copy of this Resolution to the President, the Los Angeles County
Congressional Delegation and Dr. William Bennett, Director of
the Office of National Drug Control Policy.
SECTION 4: The City Clerk of the City of Vernon shall
certify to the passage of this resolution and thereupon and
thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 20th day of June, 1989.
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BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City
Clerk
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk of the City of
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Vernon, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution, being
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Resolution No. 5637, was duly adopted by the City Council of the
City of Vernon, and was approved by the Mayor of said City at a
regular meeting of the City Council held on Tuesday, June 20.
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