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RESOLUTION NO. 3217
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO
RECOMMENDING AMEI~DMENT OF THE CHARTER OF THE COUNTY OF SAN MATEO TO
PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF BOUNDARIES OF SUPERVISORIALDISTRICTS
WHEREAS, equality of representation is a fundamental principle of democratic government, and
WHERF2~, the County's supervisorial districts have not been redistricted since 1930 at which
time the total population of San Mateo County was 77,405, and
WHEREAS, the population of San Mateo County has grown to 445,000, and
WHEREAS, there now exists a large difference between various supervisorial districts in
respect to the number of electors, and
WHEREAS, this difference results in gross inequality of representation on the Board of
Supervisors,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the County of San Mateo amend its Charter to provide
that it be mandatory for the Board of Supervisors to set boundaries of supervisorial districts
within three years after each decennial Federal census so that no supervisorial district will have
less than 17% nor more than 23% of the total County popmlation.
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
this 19th day of June, 1961, by the following vote:
Ayes, Councilmen:
Noes, "
Absent, "
G. J. Rozzi, Patrick E. Ahern, Emilio Cortesi, Andrew Rocca,
and Leo J. Ryan.
None.
None.
AT~EST: ARTHUR A. RODONDI
City Clerk