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RESOLUTION NO. 48.6
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF POLLING HILLS, CALIFORNIA OPPOSING AB -2660
T,MICH WOULD CHANGE THE COMPOSITION OF THE
GOVERNING BOARD OF THE SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY
MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.
WHEREAS, the Governing Board of the South Coast Air Quality
Management District consists of ten members,. nine of which are city
council persons or supervisors in the four southland counties of Los
Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino and Riverside, and
WHEREAS, city council representatives are accountable to the
electorate and the. City Selection Committees of the four counties that
appoint them to serve on the District Board, and
WHEREAS, board of'supervisors members are accountable to the
electorate and the other members of each of the boards of supervisors
that appoints them to serve on the District Board, and
WHEREAS, this system of locally elected officials directing
a local -agency has resulted in the development of a highly respected
air quality management program and a governing board which is responsive
to the area's needs, and
WHEREAS, Assembly Bill 2660, introduced by Assemblyman Mel
Levine, seeks.to usurp this historical authority of locally elected
officials by altering the composition of the District Board to include
four unelected political appointees chosen in Sacramento, thus pro-
posing that accountability to Sacramento is better than accountability
to the people of this community, and
WHEREAS, this bill would affect only the South Coast Air
Quality Management District --and none of the other more than forty local
air pollution control districts in California --making this a transparent
special interest attempt to weaken the District's accountability and
its air quality program;.
NOW,.. THEREFORE;. 'BE..:IT •RESOLVED; that the City .Council._.of ,the .City
of Rolling Hills expresses its strong opposition to AB 2660 and urges
the members of the Legislature to reject this undemocratic proposal.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED ON APRIL 12, 1982.'
Mayor of the City of Rolling Hills,
California
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RESOLUTION NO. -45.6::
I hereby .certify that the foregoing Resolution No.•486
was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of.Rolling
Hills at a regular meeting thereof held on the 12th day of
April, ,1982 by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Crocker, Heinsheimer, Pernell,
Swanson
Mayor Rose Z
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
City Clerk of e)City of
Rolling Hills California
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