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RESOLUTION NO. 4143
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF AZUSA OPPOSING ASSEMBLY BILL 127.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Azusa is
advised that on February 14, 1961, the Assembly Committee on Gov-
ernmental Efficiency and Economy will hear AB 127 (Assemblyman
Luckel, et al.); and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Azusa is
informed that this Bill proposes to extend the application of the
Brown Act so as to require that all meetings of local representative
bodies must be open to the public, even if held solely for the pur-
pose of discussion and study without any action taken or intended;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council understands that the
purposed or anticipated litigation with the City Attorney or Sp-
ecial Counsel must be open meetings; and
WHEREAS, this Bill would further provide that any
member of a municipal legislative body who attended a meeting held
in violation of this Bill would be guilty of a misdemeanor; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Azusa,
after due consideration, is of the unanimous opinion that the pro-
posals contained in AB 127 constitute an absolute, unnecessary and
unwarranted extension of the original Brown Act; and constitutes
In part an invasion of the attorney-client privilege; and in many
more instances would seriously impede a municipality's negotiations
in relation to the acquisition of property without eminent domain
proceedings, and in the case of those municipalities that handle
all or any part of their own accident claims litigation, would
.seriously endanger the proper handling of such litigation where
policy decisions had to be made in relation thereto; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Azusa is
of the opinion that the purpose and intent of the original Brown
Act is adequately served by the existing language of the present
Act, and that this extension there9f as proposed by this Bill, or
any others like it, goes far beyond the scope of the original in-
tent and would reduce the City's ability to effectively formulate
decisions in those areas where policy and administration are so
entwined that it is very difficult to separate one from the other
and the best interests of the public are not served by public dis-
cussion or dissemination of information needed on the part of the
local legislator in order to make effective decisions in such areas.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council
of the City of Azusa that said Council go on record as opposing
AB 127 for the reasons hereinabove set forth; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk is
hereby authorized and instructed to forward certified copies of
this Resolution to all members of the Assembly Committee on Gov-
ernmental Efficiency and Economy; to State Senator Richard Richards,
to Assemblyman Hugh Flournoy and to the Office of the League of
California Cities.
Adopted and approved this 20th day of February, 1961.
ATTEST: M or
city Clerk
I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was
duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Azusa at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 20th day of February, 1961, by the
following vote of the Council:
AYES: Councilmen: Paul, McLees, Johnson, Teasley, Ortuno
NOES: Councilmen: None
ASSENT: Councilmen: None
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