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WHEREAS, this Board has previously resolved its
opposition to continued funding of the California Rura1 Legal
Assistance; and
WHEREAS, Governor Reagan has recently vetoed such
continued funding; and
WHEREAS,the actions of the CRLA continue to con-
stitute a disservice to the citizen-taxpayer of' the 5tate of
California by litigating class actions concerning political
questions to the exclv.sion of th.e iegitimate needs of the poor
for individu.al legal services; and
WHEREAS, the questionable sum appropriated to
fund the CRLA could be better used in the exploration of more
affective means of providing individualized legal services to
the poor citizens of California.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT i~ESOLVED by the Board o~'
S~pervisors of th.e County ofi B~tte, State of Cali~ornia that they
wholeheartedly support the veto exercised by Governor Reagan.
BE 2T RURTHER RESOLVED that the federa~ government
expl.ore alternative method.s of utilizing said vetoed funds for
the the benefit of the poor in California.
BE TT FEIRTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resol~-
tion be sent to the Honorable Richard M. Nixon, President of
~the United States, Honorable A1an Cranston, United States
Senator, Honorable John Tunney, United States Senator, the
Honorable Harold T. "Bizz" Johnson, I~Fember of tl~e House of
RESOLUTION zN SUPPOItT OF GOVERNOR REAGAN'S
VETO OF CONTINUED FEAERAL FUNDING OF THE CRLA
Representatives and Frank Carlucci, Director, OEO, Washington, '
D,Co
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Butte County Board of
Supervisors this 5th day of January, 1971, by $ie folloti,ring
vote:
AYES: Supervisors Gi~.man, Maxon, McKiZlap, and
Chairman ReynoI,ds
NOES: Supervisor Madigan
ABSENT: None
NOT VOTING: None
ATTEST' :
C~ARK A. I~iELSON, County Cl.erlc
and ex~ofticio Clerk of the Board
of Supervisors
By ~~~.
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JERE E:; R~XNOLDS~,~~ Cha~rman of e
Butte~--~ounty Board of 5uperviso~s