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WON COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT I M NUMBER.,2
FROM: Ken Hampian, Assistant City Administrative Officer
SUBJECT: Support for U.S. Conference of Mayors Resolution
CAO RECOMMENDATION: Conceptually endorse a resolution adopted by the U.S.
Conference of Mayors at its annual meeting of June 24, 1992 concerning population and
its relationship to the economic, social, and environmental health of cities and the nation.
DISCUSSION:
During the Council meeting of September 1, 1992, at the request of Councilwoman
Rappa, the Council directed staff to agendize the attached resolution previously adopted
by the U.S. Conference of Mayors. The intent is for the Council to support the resolution
and direct the City's delegate to convey the City's support at the upcoming annual
League of California Cities Conference. In general, the resolution addresses the
relationship between rapid population growth and its overall impact on the health of cities
and the nation. It also urges Federal officials to take steps to address this concern.
ATTACHMENT:
Conference of Mayors Resolution
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RESOLUTION RELATING TO POPULATION POLICIES
Source: City of Santa Barbara.
Referred Community Services Policy Committee
Preliminary Recommendation to Resolutions Committee:
Final Recommendation to Resolutions Committee:
WHEREAS, between 1980 and 1990, 45 percent of California's population growth
came from the increase in the number of births over deaths, while between January 1990,
and January 1992, 55 percent of that growth came from that same source (Population
Research Unit, State Department of Finance); and
WHEREAS, new water sources, air pollution control devices and solid waste disposal
technologies and other improvements cannot keep up with the impacts and needs created
by the increasing population; and
WHEREAS, rapid population growth in California is exceeding state and local
government's ability to provide necessary educational, public safety, criminal justice,
transportation and social service programs; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED,by the General Assembly of the League of California Cities assembled
in Annual Conference in Los Angeles, October 13, 1992, that the League urge the Governor
and the California State Legislature to support and urge the National League of Cities to
request the President and Congress to support:
1. The adoption of population policies that recognize the vital link between numbers
Of people, the preservation of the social and physical environment and a healthy economy;
2. The availability of family planning services to every person who wishes to use
them; and
3. The adoption of a method for measuring economic performance that includes
accounting for the depletion of natural resources, such as forests,fisheries,groundwater, and
soils, as well as minerals, to make real costs clear.
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