HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso. 1981 - 163 - Opposing dissolution of the Legal Services CorporationRESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING
OPPOSING DISSOLUTION OF THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION.
WHEREAS, the President of the .United States has recom-
mended that funds for the Legal Services Corporation be eliminated
from the fiscal year 1982 budget and that the Legal Services Cor-
poration be dissolved, and
WHEREAS, the Legal Services Corporation plays an impor-
tant part in securing fundamental legal rights to those least able
to.obtain effective representation for themselves, and
WHEREAS, the commitment of financial support to Legal
Services Corporation is a significant expression of a national
policy and commitment to equal justice under law, and
WHEREAS, the need for civil legal services for the poor
cannot be met through state and local funding,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED as follows:
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1. The City Council of -the City of Redding opposes
abolishment of the Legal Services Corporation and withdrawal of
Federal funding.
2. The City Council supports*reauthori`zation of the
Legal Services Corporation with full funding for fiscal year 1982.
3. The City Council opposes any amendments to the Legal
Services Corporation Act which impair the ability of legal ser-
vices attorneys to pursue on behalf of all those who would other-
wise face an economic barrier to adequate legal counsel the same
full range of legal remedies that an attorney in private practice
would be able to seek on behalf of more affluent clients.
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4. The City Clerk is directed to send copies of this
Resolution to United States Senators Alan Cranston and S. I.
Hayakawa and to Congressman Eugene Chappie.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was
introduced and read at a regular meeting of the City Council of
the City of Redding on the 3rd day of August , 1981, and was duly
adopted at said meeting by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN: Demsher, Fulton, Gard, and Pugh
NOES: COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: Kirkpatrick
ATTEST:
ETHEL A. RICHTER, City Clerk
FORM APP OVED:
RAND LL A. HAYS, City Attorney
<f-,,A'RCHER UGH
Mayo of the City of Redding
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