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RESOLUTION NO. 75 -79
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF BURLINGAME ENCOURAGING THE CON-
TINUED DEVELOPMENT OF REGIOiNAL PLANNING
DISTRICTS
WHEREAS, the LEAH program has been in existence for over ten years;
WHEREAS, California has developed the regional delivery system;
WHEREAS, most cities and most counties have participated and have
benefited from the regional system; and
WHEREAS, the new LEA,A legislation provides for "Entitlement
Jurisdictions" so that funding can be accomplished with less red tape; and
WHEREAS, the new legislation effectively reduces the authority
of the State to intervene in local criminal justice activities; and
WHEREAS, entitlement jurisdictions consist of:
1. The State;
2. Cities over 100,000 population;
3. Counties over 250,000 population; and
4. Any combination of such units with at least 250,000
population; and
WHEREAS, there are approximately thirty-seven entitlement juris-
dictions as set forth under 2 and 3 above; and
WHEREAS, over four hundred other .jurisdictions are dependent upon
the State for LEAH, funding unless they join together; and
WHEREAS, fragmentation of the criminal ,justice system must be
avoided; and
WHEREAS, the joining of individual cities and counties together
in entitlement jurisdictions will enhance local control and maximize the use
of LEAA funds, and
J:!HEREAS, the joining together of cities and counties into entitle-
ment jurisdictions will make the combinations equal to the State but not
autonomous;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the CITY OF BURLINGAME does
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endorse the concept of cities and counties joining together and creating an
entitlement jurisdiction;
NOW, THEREFORE, the CITY OF BURLINGAME urges the California
League of Cities (or the County Supervisors Association of California) to
adopt a resolution encouraging the continued development of entitlement
jurisdictions; and
NOW, THEREFORE, the CITY OF BURLINGAME supports the findings and
recommendations of the report by the chairmen of California's regional
criminal justice planning boards entitled "Equal But Not Autonomous" and
urges those recommendations to be an integral part of the implementation of
the Law Enforcement Assistance Reform .Act in the State of California.
I, EVELYN H. HILL, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, California,
do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was introduced at a regular
meeting of the City Council held on the 15th day of October, 1979, and was
adopted thereafter by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN: Amstrup-Barton-Crosby-�langini-Martin
NOES: COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: None
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