HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 5848-1972 RESOLUTION NO. 5848
CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
A RESOLUTION DECLARING OPPOSITION
TO PROPOSITION 9.
WHEREAS, citizens of the City of South San Francisco will
be .called upon to affirm or disaffirm Proposition 9, also known
as the '~Clean Environment Act, on the June 6, 1972, Primary
Election Ballot, and
WHEREAS: Proposition 9 embodies many sweeping changes that
would have a profound impact on various phases of industry
such as trucking, manufacturing and labor, and
WHEREAS, many of the sections in Proposition 9, although
designed to reduce the amount of pollutants in the environment,
may. cause unnecessary unemployment, in the areas of trucking and
manufacturing, and
WHEREAS, authorities have criticized Proposition 9 for
failing to. deal with some of the unique causes of pollution in
the Bay Area, and
WHEREAS, that section of the proposition which would ban
the. use of diesel fuel in trucks appears particularly objection-
able when it is considered that sulfur pollutants pose no serious
danger to our environment, and
WHEREAS, Proposition 9 would encourage further pollution
from traditional fuel-burning plants by placing a moratorium
on atomic powered generating plants, and
WHEREAS, the Sierra Club is seriously divided over the
question of the potential efficacy of the proposition and
remains neutral, and
WHEREAS, Proposition 9 attempts to affect so many areas of
environmental control that it can reasonably be argued that
such critical subjects that are dealt with in the proposition
are better left to the Legislature of this State, and further,
that many legal authorities have questioned the constitutionality
of the proposition;
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the
City of South San Francisco that this Council does oppose the
enactment of Proposition 9 and urges this City's electorate
to do likewise.
I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was
regularly introduced and adopted by the City Council of the
City of South San Francisco at a regular meeting
held on the 15th day of May , 19 72 , by
the following vote:
AYES, COUNCILMEN Patrick E. Ahern, Gordon T. Boblitt, William A.
Borba, F. Frank Mammini and Warren STeinkamp
NOES,
ABSENT,
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