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RESOLUTION NO. 8637
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, IN SUPPORT OF LOCAL APPROVAL
FOR COUNTY DETENTION FACILITIES
WHEREAS, existing law provides that counties have the
authority to site detention facilities within city boundaries
despite formal opposition from the affected city government; and
WHEREAS, the inappropriate siting of county detention
facilities could have serious social and fiscal impacts upon the
public welfare, safety and economic viability of these communities;
and
WHEREAS, some county detention facilities are proposed
for city redevelopment project areas financed through tax increment
funds, and the resulting property devaluation may affect the City's
ability to finance necessary public improvements and revitalization
efforts; and
WHEREAS, SB 2543 (Presley) would provide the state bond
funding for the construction of new county jail facilities; and
WHEREAS, Assemblyman Larry Stirling has sponsored
amendments to SB 2543 to require City Council approval in the
Counties of San Diego and Los Angeles for all county jail facilitie
funded through the state-wide jail construction bonds; and
WHEREAS, these amendments address the critical issue of
local control over vital matters affecting the social and economic
well-being of a community, such as the siting of a county detention
facility;
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of
the City of Carlsbad, California, does hereby support the proposed
amendments to AB 2543 to provide for local control over the siting
of county detention facilities, and we do hereby urge the State
Legislature to approve these amendments.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of
the Carlsbad City Council held on the 1st day of July
1986 by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NOES : None
ABSENT: None
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Council Members Casler, Lewis, Kulchin, Chick and Pettine
Ld..&, MARY H. flASLER, Mayor
ATTEST :
-.Lz.&& J flQ4 ALETHA I;. RAUTENKRANZ, City