HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 89-108RESOLUTION NO. 89 -108
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF DIAMOND BAR, CALIFORNIA, URGING THE IMPLEMENTATION
OF THE ANTI-DRUG ABUSE ACT OF 1988
TARGETING RESOURCES MADE AVAILABLE UNDER THE
ACT TO THOSE AREAS WHICH HAVE INDICATED THE GREATEST
NEED INCLUDING LOS ANGELES COUNTY
WHEREAS, Los Angeles County is facing a serious
drug problem; and
WHEREAS, Los Angeles County's drug crisis is one
of international and national proportion; and
WHEREAS, in 1988 Los Angeles County, Federal and
local Narcotics Agents seized more than 100 million dollars in
cash, seized 37,000 pounds of cocaine, arrested over 90,000
persons on drug charges; and
WHEREAS, Los Angeles County is the major
transshipment area where cocaine, heroin and other destructive
narcotics are moving throughout the rest of the Unted States;
and
WHEREAS, Los Angeles County has had a
disproportionately small share of Federal resources for
combating the use of drugs.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City
Council of the City of Diamond Bar urges the Federal Government
to reallocate resources including personnel, technology and
funding to Los Angeles County to assist in:
system.
1) Increasing the capacity of the drug treatment
2) Increasing support and prevention and
education efforts aimed at helping young people and others
resist and reject drugs.
3) Increasing the ability of Federal, State and
local law enforcement agencies to detect, arrest and
successfully prosecute those persons responsible for drug
trafficking.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 7th day of
November , 1989.
I, Lynda Burgess, City Clerk of the City of
Diamond Bar, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution
was passed at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City
of Diamond Bar held on the 7th day of November , by
the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Forbing, Miller, Werner,
Mayor Pro Tem Horcher and
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None Mayor Papen
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSTAINED: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
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