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RESOLUTION NO. 8534
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, IN SUPPORT OF PROPOSITION
49: NONPARTISAN ELECTIONS
WHEREAS, existing provisions of the California Constitution
provide that judicial, school, county, and city offices shall
be nonpartisan; and
WHEREAS, the Supreme Court and the State of California has
ruled that neither the California Constitution nor the statutes
prohibit political parties or their central committees from
supporting, endorsing, or opposing candidates for nonpartisan
office; and
WHEREAS, the concept of nonpartisan judical and local
elections has worked well for more than 70 years and has made
a major contribution to California’s well-deserved reputation
for effective local government; and
WHEREAS, judges should be elected for their good character,
diligence and objectivity and not their affiliation; and
WHEREAS, while political parties provide a needed function
at the national and state level, very large legislative bodies
require party discipline in decision-making, there does not
exist at the local level a comparable need where policies are
negotiated and determined typically by five to seven elected
officials;
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the
City of Carlsbad, California as follows:
1. That the above recitations are true and correct.
2. That the City Council does hereby support Proposition
49 which will restore nonpartisanship to local elections which
have historically served the citizens in California.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the
Carlsbad City Council held on 6th day of May , 1986,
by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Council Members Casler, Lewis, Kulchin, Chick and Pettine
NOES : None
ABSENT: None
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MARY H. ASLER, Mayor
ATTEST :
- Aletha L. Rautenkranz, City C
(SEAL)
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