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RESOLUTION NO. ll64
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ELSINORE SUPPORTING LEGISLATION
TO CONTROL DISTRIBUTION OF OBSCENE
LITERATURE.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Elsinore has thoughtfully reviewed
the community problem with respect to obscene literature, and
WHEREAS, the District Attorney and other law enforcement officers have related
their inability to control obscenity now found on local newsstands and many other
magazine outlets, and in motJon pictures, and
WHEREAS, the County's legal counsel states that the existing State statutes
concerning obscenity are not enforceable before the courts of this or other
California counties, and
WHEREAS, the inability of law enforcement agencies successfully to prosecute
distributors of obscene materials makes it mandatory to secure additional legis-
lat ion, and
WHEREAS, the State has pre-empted the field of obscenity legislation, and
therefore our only recourse is through new State laws, and
WHEREAS, proposed legislation has been introduced in the 1965 Session, to
apply reasonable controls over the distribution of obscene literature adverse to
public morals and mores.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Elsinore
(I) Expresses its opinion that the immoral magazines, books, and
motion pictures now being publicly displayed are far below the
level of contemporary community moral standards.
(2) Expresses its grave concern regarding the present obscenity problem.
(3) Petitions the State Legislature to enact new and stronger obscenity
legislation that is observant of the basic liberties, yet practical
to administer.
(4) Directs that copies of this resolution be sent to the Governor of the
State of California, to the presiding officers of the State Senate,
and Assembly, and to the Chairman of the Assembly Committee on Criminal
P rocedu re .
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 20th day of April, 1965.
Mayor of the City of Elsinore
Attest:
City Clerk