HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 01012005 - 2005-716 RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF RESOLUTION NO. 2005/716
NAMING THE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY COURTHOUSE
THE "HONORABLE WAKEFIELD TAYLOR COURT BUILDING"
WHEREAS, the Honorable Wakefield Taylor, Retired Presiding Justice of the California 1st District
Court of Appeal, died April 6, 2005, at the age of 93 years old; and
WHEREAS, Justice Taylor and his wife Carmel have been residents of Martinez since 1939, where
they raised four children, all of whom attended and graduated from Martinez public schools; and;
WHEREAS, Justice Taylor maintained a private law practice with the late Congressman John F.
Baldwin in Martinez, when he was appointed to the Contra Costa County Superior Court by Governor
Earl Warren in 1951; and
WHEREAS, Justice Taylor was active in Martinez doc�munit organizations, including the John Muir
w ` � en� lu ' the Masonic Lodge, the
Association, Martinez Historical S'ocietyjtirlet ell as the Boys and Girls
Sportsmen's Club the American I.. iilaterhif Fs�retC �" r of y
Club and the Mt. Diablo Council,4h13o� f > ii� ar •"
WHEREAS, Justice Tay],
i ' �I,Ife� i}�Ilfte I the highest standards of jt� '( �I a ornmunity service;
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WHEREAS, Justice y1 � distinguished judicial''career spy fined o e thirty ye�� � gas Judge
of the Superior Cc of�optra costa County, and as socia Jus � n, Prssi # ' t�3�e of the
California Court of A deal for the`First Distract.
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hereby design~° tra Costa Co nfY6Courth to be name, IV
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MARK DESAULNIER ' 4 ' ' �i � D. GLOVER
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District IV uper isor ..� . .;. �" District V Supervisor
GAYLE . UILKEMA,Chair
District II Supervisor
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of an
Order entered into the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the
date aforesaid.
John Sweeten,County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors.
By d.IL
Deputy Clerk