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RESOLUTION N0. 68-~8
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
COUNTY OF BUTTE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
RESOLUTION RELATIVE TO FEDERAL PARTICIPATION
TN WELFARE PAYMENTS TO NONRESIDENTS
WHEREAS, the Federal Social Security Act since its enact-
ment in 1935 has permitted the various states to impose reasonable
residence requirements for eligibility to the various public
assistance programs whose costs are partly paid by federal funds;
and
WHEREAS, the Federal Social Security Act so provides at the
present time, with California having consistently required a
reasonable continued residence as an eligibility factor for
permanent public assistance payments; and
WHEREAS, a federal court in California and other federal
courts in other parts of the nation have declared the unconsti-
tutionality of such residence requirements alleging that they
contravene the "equal protection of the law" guarantee of the
Federal Constitution and that they unduly restrict the freedom
of Americans to travel at will within the country; and
WHEREAS, if this new judicial theory is upheld by the
United States Supreme Court, state and county costs of public
assistance in California will be tremendously and permanently
increased; and
WHEREAS, the County of Butte feels that a considerable
number of people who do not presently reside within California
or the County of Butte and who ordinarily would have no intention
of moving, will forthwith locate in the County of Butte and the
State of California solely because California offers a much .higher
welfare stipend than does the majority of its sister states; and
WHEREAS, migration will undoubtedly cause a depletion of
budgeted funds for indigent aid, and in general deplete the county
funds to the extent that other necessary public functions and
services will be severely affected; and
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WHEREAS, the irreparable injury that may be caused from
these decisions will be an irreparable injury to the taxpayers of
the County of Butte and the State of California,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE TT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisor
of the County of Butte request the President and the Congress of
the United States to amend the Federal Social Security Act at
once as an urgency measure so as to .-:,,provide a reinstatement of
the residency requirements for welfare recipients, however, if
this cannot be accomplished, that the Federal Social Security Act
be amended so as to provide full federal financing of the public
assistance payments made to recipients who do not meet the length
of residence requirements presently permitted by federal statute
and contained in the California Welfare and Institutions Code.
B:C IT FURTHL'R R~SOLVEA that a copy of this resolution be
forwarded to the President and Vice President of the United States
to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, to the Honorable
Harold T. Johnson, the Honorable George Murphy, the Honorable
Thomas Kuchel, and to such other interested parties as this board
may designate.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Supervisors of the
County of Butte, State of California, this 21st day of May, 1968,
by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Dunaway, Howsden, McKil3.op, Pryde and Chairman Maxo:
NOES : None
ABSENT: Nona
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DONALD L.a SON, Chair an of the
Butte County Board of Supervisors
ATTEST:
JESSIF ROGFRS, County Clerk
and ex-officio Clerk of the
Board of Supervisors
By ,
Depu y