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OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY., STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of RIESOLUTIQN NO. 2 0 0
Endorsing S. 1130.
WHEREAS, the special difficulties in making basic health
services available to migratory farm workers and their families
are well-known and documented; and
WHEREAS, many of these workers do not have legal resi-
dence in any state and, therefore, the Federal Government shares
with the states the responsibility for working toward a solution
of this complex health problem; and
WHEREAS, the County of Contra Costa has initiated action
to alleviate this condition to the limited extent to which this
can be done on a local basis; and
WHEREAS, the California Legislature has made a beginning
by enacting State Legislation (SB-282) carrying a modest appro-
priation for initiating local programs and demonstrations, which
legislation has been signed by Governor Brown May, 1961; and
WHEREAS, this State Legislation received the support of
the California .Farm Bureau Federation, California State Grange,
California Medical Association, California State Dental Associ-
ation, the Dental Association of Southern California, California
Congress of Parents and Teachers, and other concerned groups;
and
WHEREAS, the funds made available under SB-282 will under-
write only the extended farm labor health programs which eleven
California agricultural counties launched July 1, 1961 for four
months;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT BY THIS BOARD RESOLVED that the
Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County hereby endorses
S. 1130, which recognizes Federal, responsibility in this urgent
national health problem by providing funds and consultative ser-
vices to interested states and communities through the United
States Public Health Service; and
BE IT ALSO RESOLVED that this Board go on record as urg-
ing immediate attention to the passage of S. 1130 in order to con-
tinue the already approved local extension of existing health ser-
vices which began in California counties on July 10 1961, and
which it is hoped will be funded by United States Public Health
Service funds under S. 1130 after state funds are exhausted on
October 31, 1961; and
RESOLUTION No. 200
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution shall
be forwarded to United States Senator Thomas H. Kuchel, United States
Senator Clair Engle, and Congressman John F. Baldwin.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 11th day of July, 19610 by the fol-
lowing vote of the Board.
AYES: Supervisors Fames P. Kenny, Mel F. Nielsen, Thomas
John Coll, Joseph S. Silva.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Supervisor Edmund A. Linscheid.
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